Barron's Basic Word List: 1500 words for the PSAT, SAT, etc.

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• Abase forced v lower humiliate defeated queen zenobia
• Abate v subside decrease lessen leaving immediately waited
• Alacrity n cheerful promptness phil dave raring mountians
• Abdicated surprised abdicate v renounce give edward viii
• N aberration deviation expected normal mental irregularity disorder
• Abet v encourage aid accused aiding abetting drug
• Abeyance n suspended action deal held arrival
• Abject adj hopeless crushed servile spiritless wretched streets
• Abrade v wear friction scrape erode sharp rocks
• Abscond v depart secretly avoid capture teller absconded
• Absolute adj complete totally unlimited king siam monarch
• Absolve v pardon offense free blame father confessor
• Abstain v refrain hold oneself back voluntarily action
• Abstract adj theoretical concrete nonrepresentational hunger concept missed
• Abstruse adj obscure profound difficult understand carries works
• Accelerate v move faster science class learn falling
• Accessible adj easy approach obtainable asked guide ruins
• Accessory n additional object essential thing bought cost
• American acclaim v applaud announce great approval nbc
• Accolade n award merit world public relations clio
• Accomodate v provide lodgings mary asked room clerk
• Accomodate v oblige adjust bring harmony adapt mitch
• Accomplice n partner crime provided criminal lethal weapon
• Acknowledge v recognize admit ira acknowledged beatles tunes
• Acquittal n declaration innocence delivrance charge jury surprised
• Acrimony n bitterness words manner candidate attacked opponent
• Acumen n mental keenness business helped succeed failed
• Adamant adj hard inflexible bronson played part revenge-driven
• Adapt v alter modify species animals extinct changing
• Addiction n compulsive habitual drugs caused friends grief
• Adhere i v stick fast opinion solid proof
• Adjacent close adj adjoining neighboring philip's friend jason
• Adjudicate v pass legal judgment sit trust judge
• Admonish v warn scold preacher admonished listeners change
• Adroit adj skillful nimble juggler's admirers enjoyed handling
• Adulation n flattery admiration rock star relished received
• Adulterate v make impure adding inferior tainted substances
• Adversary n opponent aha cried holmes.  "watson i suspect
• Adverse adj unfavorable hostile recession highly effect father's
• Adversity n poverty misfortune learn meet gracefully
• Advocate v urge plead noted abolitionists frederick douglass
• Aesthetic adj artistic dealing capable appreciation beautiful beauty
• Affable adj easily approachable warmly friendly accustomed cold
• Affected adj artificial pretended assumed order impress mannerisms
• Affinity n kinship attraction felt suffered pains pains.  her
• Affirmation n positive assertion confirmation solemn pledge refuses
• Affix v add fasten attach registrar signature license
• Affluence n wealth prosperity abundance galvanized sudden unexpected
• Affront v insult offend accustomed treated respect miss
• Aggregate v gather accumulate wall street scandals dealers
• Agility n nimbleness acrobat's amazed thrilled audience agile
• Agitate v stir disturb fiery remarks agitated angry
• Alias n assumed john smith's bob jones adv
• Alienate v make hostile separate attempts friends failed
• Alleviate v relieve lessen pain stronger drugs
• Alloy v mix make pure lessen moderate delight
• Allude v refer indirectly mention divorce john's presence
• Allure v entice attract allured song sirens helmsman
• Allusion n indirect reference amanda ticket scalper hundred
• Aloft adv upward sailor climbed rigging loft bed
• Aloof adj reserved standoffish people thought james snob
• Altercation n noisy quarrel heated dispute hot-tempered household
• Altruistic adj unselfishly generous concerned star received fee
• Amalgam n mixture elements alloy character king gustav
• Ambiguous adj unclear doubtful meaning proctor's instructions confused
• Ambivalence n contradictory conflicting emotional attitudes torn loving
• Ambulatory adj walk bedridden jonathan highly patient refuse
• Ameliorate v improve make satisfactory carl union organizer
• Amenable adj readily managed give agreeable submissive born
• Amiable adj agreeable lovable warmly friendly women beth
• Amorous adj moved sexual love loving leave motto
• Amorphous adj formless lacking shape definition decided itinerary
• Ample adj abundant bond opportunity escape.  why catch
• Amplify drowned v broaden clarify expanding intensify make
• Anachronism n regarded outmoded misplaced time today's world
• Adj fitting suitable pertinent madonna spent hours suit
• Analogy n similarity parallelism well-known compares body's immune
• Anarchist n person seeks overturn established government advocate
• Anarchy state n absence governing body disorder weeks
• Ancillary doctor adj serving aid accessory auxiliary capacity
• Animated adj lively spirited jim carrey's facial expressions
• Animosity n active enmity mr fang incurred party's
• Anomaly n irregularity place abnormal bird fly classical
• Antagonism n hostility active resistance barry showed stepmother
• Antecedents n preceding events circumstances influence ancestors early
• Anticlimax n letdown thought emotion fine performance act
• Antipathy n aversion dislike tom's extreme disputes arguments
• Antiquated adj obsolete outdated accustomed editing papers word
• Antiseptic n substance prevents infection advisable apply wound
• Antithesis n contrast direct opposite tyranny hoped fought
• Apathy n lack caring indifference firm believer democratic
• Aplomb n poise assurance gwen's handling potentially embarrassing
• Apocryphal adj untrue made impress friends tom invented
• Apostate n abandons religious faith political beliefs switched
• Append v attach i chart report bibliography text
• Apprehension n fear discernment capture tourist refused drive
• Apprenticeship n time spent novice learning trade skilled
• Attain v reach accomplish gain bolingbroke years goal
• Appropriated indian v acquire possession one's set special
• Arable adj fit growing crops settlers wrote home
• Arbiter n person power decide dispute judge labor
• Arbitrary adj unreasonable capricious randomly selected reason based
• Archipelago n group closely located islands gauguin looked
• Arduous adj hard strenuous bob's efforts sapped energy.  
• Aria opera n operatic solo metropolitan audition marian
• Arid adj dry barren cactus adapted survive environment
• Aristocracy hereditary n nobility privileged class americans mixed
• Arrogance n pride haughtiness convinced emma thought class
• Articulate adj effective distinct presentation advertising campaign impressed
• Ascendancy n controlling influence president marcos failed maintain
• Ascetic adj practicing self-denial austere wealthy self-indulgent young
• Aspire v seek attain long aspired career professional
• Assail v assault assailed questions lecture
• Asserted assert v state strongly positively insist demand
• Assiduous adj diligent rembrandt weeks labor satisfied self-portrait
• Assuage v ease lessen pain jilted jane dick
• Assumption taking n granted possession young princess made
• Assurance guinness n promise pledge certainty self-confidence guthrie
• Astute adj wise shrewd keen tutor made observations
• Asylum n place refuge safety fleeing persecution political
• Atrophy v waste months cast stan's biceps atrophied
• Attentive adj watching carefully considerate thoughtful spellbound audience
• Attire n clothing splendid clothes academy awards ceremony
• Attribute n essential quality outstanding kindness
• Attribute v acribe credit regard characteristic person thing
• Attrition n gradual decrease numbers reduction work force
• Audacity n boldness luke addressing princess.  where nerve
• Augment record v increase armies forces calling reinforcements
• Aura n distinctive atmosphere luminous glow radiant happiness
• Auspicious adj favoring success fortunate favorable weather conditions
• Austere adj forbiddingly stern severely simple unornamented headmaster's
• Authentic adj genuine art expert distinguish van gogh
• Authoritative adj weight authority overbearing dictatorial impressed young
• Autonomous adj self-governing island colony matters receives orders
• Autopsy n examination dead body postmortem medical examiner
• Avarice n greediness wealth king midas perfect greedy
• Averse adj reluctant reporter revealing sources information
• Aversion n firm dislike bert yuppies alex punks.  their
• Avert v prevent turn watch cried hoping accident.  she
• Avid adj greedy eager abner pleasure partied great
• Awe n solemn tourists gazed tremendous expanse grand
• Babble v chatter idly girl babbled dolls pets
• Badger v pester annoy harass forced change telephone
• Baffle v frustrate perplex code baffled enemy agents
• Balk v foil thwart stop short refuse warden
• Banal adj hackneyed commonplace trite lacking originality hack
• Bane n ruin curse lucy's brother existence attempts
• Bastion n stronghold source protection villagers fortified town
• Begrudge i v resent minute spend attending meetings
• Beguiled kyle beguile v mislead delude cheat pass
• Belie v contradict give false impression coarse hard-bitten
• Benefactor n gift giver patron years scrooge tiny
• Beneficial adj helpful advantageous tiny tim's cheerful good
• Beneficiary n person entitled benefits proceeds insurance policy
• Benevolent adj generous charitable mr fezziwig employer wished
• Benign adj kindly favorable malignant smile gentle bearing
• Bestial adj beastlike brutal legend werewolf abandon human
• Bestow v confer president wished honors hero
• Betrayed betray v unfaithful reveal unconsciously unwillingly spy
• Biased adj slanted prejudiced judge played golf regularly
• Bizarre adj fantastic violently contrasting plot believed
• Bland adj soothing mild dull stomach lining eaten
• Blandishment n flattery salesperson's customer buy outfit
• Blare n loud harsh roar screech i worse
• Blasphemy n irreverence sacrilege cursing father's house dodgers
• Blatant adj flagrant conspicuously obvious loudly offensive unemployed
• Blithe adj gay joyous carefree care world beth
• Bloat v expand swell water air puff conceit
• Boisterous adj rough noisy rowdy stormy unruly crowd
• Bolster v support reinforce debaters amassed file boxes
• Boon n blesssing benefit recent rains filled empty
• Boundless adj unlimited vast mike's energy greater challenge
• Bountiful adj abundant graciously generous good harvest supply
• Bourgeois middle adj class selfishly materialistic dully conventional
• Boycott v refrain buying effort stop grape growers
• Brackish adj salty stream noticed fresh springlike water
• Brandish v wave flourish alarmed doctor watson wildly
• Breach n breaking contract duty fissure gap jill
• Brevity n conciseness charged transmitted word essential send
• Brine peck n salt water seawater opposed fresh
• Brittle adj easily broken difficult employer's self-control eggshell.  her
• Brochure n pamphlet free farming issued department agriculture
• Brusque adj blunt abrupt jill offended jack's reply
• Bungle v mismanage blunder botch assignment bumstead job
• Buoyant adj float cheerful optimistic boat capsized life
• Burgeon v bloom develop rapidly flourish start small
• Bustle v move energetically teem david children bustled
• Buttress v support prop goverment price declining economy
• Cajole v coax wheedle jill jack buying fur
• Calamity n disaster misery news spread offers relief
• Calligraphy n beautiful writing excellent penmanship middle ages
• Callous adj hardened unfeeling carl worked hospital years
• Camaraderie n good-fellowship ginger loved job sense coworkers
• Candor n frankness open honesty jack carry told
• Canine adj related dogs doglike days population berkely
• N insincere hypocritical speech pious talk jargon thieves
• Capricious changed adj unpredictable fickle storm constantly.  jill boyfriends
• Caption n title chapter heading text illustration capricious
• Captivate v charm fascinate predisposed dislike elizabeth darcy
• Cardiac adj pertaining heart family problems bill unconcerned
• Caricature exaggerated n picture description distortion cartoonist's senator
• Carping adj finding fault critic nit-picker loves point
• Caste n hereditary classes hindu society social stratification
• Castigation n punishment severe criticism sensitive mild virginia
• Casualty n fatal accident number holiday weekend high
• Catacomb n subterranean cemetery underground passageway londoners refer
• Catastrophe n calamity disaster san francisco earthquake destroyed
• Caustic adj burning sarcastically biting critic's review humiliated
• Cede v yield title territory surrender formally eventually
• Censor n inspector overseeing public morals official prevents
• Censure i v blame criticize tony leaving tina
• Cerebral adj pertaining brain intellect content philisophical works
• Cessation n stopping airline workers threatened work management
• Chafed chafe v warm rubbing make sore chilled
• Chaff n husks stems left grain threshed worthless
• Chagrin n vexation caused humiliation injured pride disappointment
• Downcast adj disheartened sad cheerful optimistic nature beth
• Chameleon n lizard color situations candidate assumed political
• Chaotic adj utter disorder bring order state affairs
• Charlatan n quack pretender knowledge realized wizard back
• Chary adj cautious sparing restrained giving prudent thrifty
• Chasm n abyss bottom the
• Chastise v punish physically scold verbally spare rod
• Chauvinist recognize matter flagrant n blindly devoted patriot
• Chicanery n trickery deception sneaky lawyers misrepresented occurred
• Choreography n art representing dances written symbols arrangement
• Chronic adj long established disease doctors finally attribute
• Chronicle v report record chronological order gossip columnist
• Circumscribe i v limit confine activities insist complete
• Circumspect adj prudent cautious investigating acting
• Cite v quote refer commend virginial hundreds biblical
• Clairvoyant n adj foresight fortune-teller cassandra's warning heeded
• Clandestine adj secret avoiding chaperone lovers meeting
• Claustrophobia n fear shut santa claus stuck chimney
• Clemency weather n disposition lenient mildness lawyer pleased
• Cliché n phrase dulled meaning repetition high school
• Climactic adj relating highest point jack reached portions
• Clique n small exclusive group fitzgerald wished belonged
• Coalesce v combine fuse brooks coalesced large river
• Coalition n association union jesse jackson's rainbow brought
• Cogitate v problem solution think
• Coincidence n things occurring time chance john chanced
• Collaborate v work writers collaborated preparing book
• Colossal adj huge radio city music hall stage
• Collusion n conspiring fraudulent scheme swindlers found guilty
• Comely adj attractive agreeable i poor wife rich
• Commiserate v feel express pity sympathy friends commiserated
• Compact adj tightly packed firm short body suited
• Compact n agreement contract signers mayflower establishing form
• Comparable adj similar people jobs combarable difficulty receive
• Compatible adj harmonious harmony neighbors quarreling unimportant matters
• Compile v assemble gather accumulate planned list words
• Complacent adj self-satisfied smug feeling latest victories looked
• Complement v complete make perfect waiter recommended glass
• Compliance bill n readiness yield conformity fulfilling requirements
• Component n element ingredient i stereo system working
• Composure n mental calmness latest work crisis failed
• Compress v close squeeze contract compressed package arm
• Compromise presence v adjust settle making mutual concessions
• Compute v reckon calculate failed interest bank balance
• Concerted adj mutually agreed girl scouts made effort
• Concise adj comprehensive instructions point included detail word
• Concoct v prepare combining make concert inventive chef
• Concurrent adj happening time america colonists resisting demands
• Condescend v act conscious descending lower level patronize
• Disparity n difference condition inequality rank made prince
• Condole v express sympathetic sorrow bill's friends gathered
• Condone v overlook voluntarily forgive excused huck earlier
• Confine v shut restrict terrorists confined prisoner small
• Confirm v corroborate verify support i witnesses account
• Conflagration n great fire earthquake san francisco burned
• Conformity agreement n compliance actions prevailing social customs
• Confront v face encounter hostile fearing wife's hot
• Congeal v freeze coagulate blood congealed veins dreaded
• Congenial adj pleasant friendly father loved meal companions
• Connotation n suggested implied meaning expression foreigners frequently
• Consensus n general agreement time garden club members
• Consequence n self-importance pomposity convinced importance actor strutted
• Consistency puddings explanations n harmony parts dependability uniformity
• Console v lessen sadness disappointment give comfort father
• Consolidation n unification process firmer stronger recent small
• Conspicuous adj easily noticeable striking janet red hair
• Constituent n resident district represented elected official congressman
• Constraint n compulsion repression feelings room dared criticize
• Contagion n infection fearing health authorities great steps
• Contempt people n scorn disdain heavyweight boxer looked
• Contention n claim thesis follow tactics boost score
• Contentious adj quarrelsome disagreeing violently referees ruling coach
• Context n writings preceding passage quoted lines convey
• Contingent adj dependent conditional cher's father informed increase
• Contingent n group makes part gathering york delegates
• Contortion n twisting distortion watching gymnast twisted heaved
• Contrite adj penitent tears influence judge imposed sentence
• Convention n social moral custom established practice flying
• Converge v approach tend meet african-american men united
• Convert n adopted religion opinion trip japan president
• Conviction n judgment guilty crime strongly held belief
• Convoluted adj complex involved intricate winding coiled talk
• Cordial adj gracious heartfelt hosts greeted airport hearty
• Corroborate v confirm support huck tom's story aunt
• Corrosion bridge n destruction chemical action girders supporting
• Cosmic adj pertaining universe vast rays derive fact
• Cosmopolitan adj sophisticated years capital transformed young woman
• Countenance v approve tolerate refused rude behavior part
• Covert adj secret hidden implied investigations central intelligence
• Covetous adj avaricious eagerly desirous child nature wanted
• Cower v shrink quivering fear frightened child cowered
• Crass adj unrefined grossly insensible film critic deplored
• Credibility n believability candidate made pretty unbelievable promises
• Credulity n belief slight evidence gullibility naïveté con
• Criterion n standard judging selected essay prizewinner criteria
• Cryptic adj mysterious hidden secret baffled holmes's remarks
• Culinary adj relating cooking chefs attribute skill wise
• Cull v pick reject month farmer nonlaying hens
• Culmination n attainment highest point inauguration president united
• Culpable adj deserving blame corrupt politicians condone illegal
• Cumbersome adj heavy hard manage burdened parcels
• Curb v restrain overly generous philanthropist beneficent impulses
• Cursory adj casual hastily examination ruins possibility arson
• Curtail v shorten reduce elton asked cher date
• Cynical adj skeptical distrustful human motives birth sidney
• Dabbled dabble v work nonserious fashion splash amateur
• Daunt v intimidate frighten boast prowess.  mere words dauntless
• Dawdle v loiter waste time mall mother grew
• Dearth n scarcity skilled labor compelled employers open
• Debase v reduce quality lower esteem degrade king
• Debilitate v weaken enfeeble michael's severe bout flu
• Decadence n decay decline moral self-indulgence named best-selling
• Decipher v decode i doctor's handwriting
• Decorous adj proper prudence's behavior praised teachers wished
• Decoy n lure bait wild ducks fooled v
• Decry v express strong disapproval disparage founder children's
• Deducible adj derived reasoning accept premise conclusions easily
• Deface v mar disfigure library book pay hefty
• Defamation n harming person's reputation character result slander
• Defeatist adj attitude ready accept defeat natural outcome
• Deference n courteous regard another's minister's request photographs
• Defiance n opposition willingness resist learning read write
• Definitive adj final complete carl sandburg's abraham lincoln
• Defrock minister church v strip priest authority knew
• Defunct adj dead longer existence lawyers sought examine
• Degenerate v worse deteriorate fight dragged champion's style
• Deign v condescend stoop celebrated fashion designer speak
• Delete v erase strike paragraph composition appeal
• Deleterious adj harmful smoking health surgeon general quit
• Delineate v portray depict sketch descriptive phrases jane
• Delirium n mental disorder marked confusion drunkard pink
• Delusion n false belief hallucination don suffers grandeur
• Demean v degrade humiliate standing dignity refused replying
• Demeanor n behavior bearing sober quieted noisy revelers
• Demolish v destroy tear building hotel waterfront construction
• Demur v object doubts scruples hesitate offered post
• Demure adj grave coy reserved nice modest girl
• Denounce v condemn criticize reform candidate denounced corrupt
• Deny he'd v contradict refuse story support pat
• Depict v portray sensational exposé author john lennon
• Deplete v reduce exhaust wait present inventory order
• Deplore v regret strongly express grief ann landers
• Deprecate v express disappoval protest firm believer old-fashioned
• Depreciate v lessen neglect property
• Deprivation n loss prison faced sudden rights granted
• Derelict adj abandoned negligent craft menace navigation.  whoever mid
• Derision n ridicule mockery greeting pretentious dialogue critics
• Derivative adj unoriginal derived source early poetry nature
• Desecrate v profane violate sanctity soldiers desecrated temple
• Designation n identifying appointment position office years president's
• I despise v scorn regard worthless distasteful mr
• Despondent adj depressed gloomy dismay parents william broke
• Desultory reading adj aimless haphazard digressing random prison
• Detached adj emotionally removed calm objective indifferent psychoanalyst
• Determination n resolve measurement calculation decision shake children
• Deterrent n discourages hindrance threat capital punishment serve
• Detrimental adj harmful damaging candidate's acceptance major fincancial
• Deviate v turn form principle norm depart diverge
• Devious adj roundabout erratic straighforward joker's plan great
• Dexterous adj skillful magician follow performed tricks
• Diagnosis n art identifying disease analysis condition medical
• Dichotomy n split branching parts contradictory willie resolve
• Didactic adj teaching instructional pope's lengthy poem essay
• Diehard n unyielding opponent measure position popular president
• Diffident adj shy lacking confidence reserved naturally person
• Diffuse adj wordy rambling spread gas pay authors
• Digression n wandering subject minded professor renoir's lectures
• Dilemma n problem choice unsatisfactory alternatives knew turn
• Dilettante n aimless follower arts amateur dabbler painting
• Diligence n steadiness effort persistent hard work employers
• Dilute v make concentrated reduce strength preferred coffee
• Diminutive adj small size tiny gymnast amazed perform
• Din n continued loud noise jack-hammers classroom window
• Dirge n lament music funeral stirred tears
• Disavowal n denial disclaiming part conspiracy believed jury
• Discernible adj distinguishable perceivable ships harbor fog
• Discerning adj mentally quick observant insight genius star
• Disclaimer n denial legal claim disavowal reporter joe
• Disclose v reveal competitors offered bribes refused information
• Disconcert v confuse upset embarrass lawyer disconcerted evidence
• Discord n lack harmony conflict watching tweedledum battle
• Discount v discredit reduce price prepared ex-wife
• Discrepancy n lack consistency contradiction difference observe watson
• Discriminating adj differences prejudiced superb interpreter picasso sufficiently
• Discursive adj digressing rambling lecturer wandered topic wondered
• Disdain v view scorn contempt film funny face
• Disembark v ashore unload cargo ship passengers pick
• Disgruntled adj discontented sulky dissatisfied numerous delays left
• Disheveled adj untidy appearance hurt chances interview
• Disinterested adj unprejudiced judge's political ambitions lawyer's financial
• Dismay v discourage frighten huge amount work left
• Dismiss v put consideration reject believing john's love
• Disparage v belittle doting mother emma praise son's
• Disparate tony tina sees adj basically unrelated notions
• Dispassionate adj calm impartial company cool judgment bill
• Dispatch n speediness prompt execution message due speed
• Dispel v scatter vanish bright sunlight eventually dispelled
• Disperse v scatter police fired tear gas crowd
• Disputatious adj argumentative fond arguing convinced knew lawyers
• Dissemble v disguise pretend john motive taking modern
• Disseminate v distribute spread scatter seeds internet propagandists
• Dissent v disagree recent supreme court decision justice
• Dissertation n formal essay order earn graduate degree
• Dissident adj dissenting rebellious purge student demonstrations tiananmen
• Dissipate v squander waste scatter fine artist fear
• Dissuade v persuade discourage tom huck running home
• Distinction world war n honor contrast discrimination holder
• Distort v twist shape difficult newspaper accounts riots
• Divergent adj differing deviating graduating medical school doctors
• Diverse adj differing characteristics professor suggested ways approaching
• Diversion n act turning pastime studying hours needed
• Divulge v reveal lover gossip charlotte friend told
• Docile adj obedient easily managed today lion ferocious
• Doctrine n teachings general principle religious legal taught
• Document v provide written evidence receipts business trip
• Dogmatic adj opinionated arbitrary doctrinal discourage doug convince
• Dormant adj sleeping lethargic latent fifty long ambition
• Doubtful adj uncertain undecided outset outcome battle certainty
• Draconian adj extremely severe principal canceled senior prom
• Dregs n sediment worthless residue david poured wine
• Dross n waste matter worthless impurities methods devised
• Ductile adj malleable flexible pliable copper extremely material
• Duplicity n double-dealing hypocrisy tanya learned mark two-timing
• Duty n tax imported exported goods becaus stingy
• Dwindle v shrink reduce food lifeboat gradually dwindled
• Ebb v recede lessen mrs dalloway sat beach
• Ebullient adj showing excitement overflowing enthusiasm nature repressed
• Eccentric adj irregular odd whimsical bizarre comet veered
• Eclectic adj composed elements drawn disparate sources style
• Eclipse v darken extinguish surpass stock market high
• Ecstacy n rapture joy overpowering emotion allison received
• Effervescence n excitement exuberance bubbling fermentation carbonation depressed
• Effrontery n insolent boldness lady bracknell shocked jack
• Egotistical adj excessively self-centered self-important conceited typical remark
• Egregious adj notorious gross shocking liar knew word
• Elated adj overjoyed high spirits grinning ear carl
• Elicit v draw discussion call camp counselor's humorous
• Eloquence n expressiveness persuasive speech crowds stirred martin
• Elucidate v explain enlighten called disputed points article
• Elusive adj evasive baffling hard grasp pin contractors
• Emanate v issue strong odor sulphur emanated spring
• Emancipate v set free attempts abolitionists slaves unpopular
• Embellish v adorn enjoyed mother-in-law's stories russia part
• Embraced embrace v hug adopt espouse accept readily
• Empathy ability n identify another's feelings ideas made
• Empirical adj based experience distrusted hunches intuitive flashes
• Emulate v imitate rival essay describe person admire
• Encumber v burden people luggage short trips
• Endorse v approve support waited rival candidates city
• Enduring adj lasting surviving keats believed power great
• Energize v invigorate make forceful active exhausting maggie
• Engage v attract hire pledge oneself confront case
• Engaging adj charming attractive nancy's pleasant manners personality
• Engender v produce receive praise real accomplishments self-confidence
• Engross v occupy fully joh engrossed studies hear
• Enhance v increase improve chances admitted college choice
• Enigma n puzzle mystery women asked dr sigmund
• Enterprising adj ready undertake ambitious projects young man
• Entice v lure attract tempt baby brother mischief
• Enumerate v list mention huck hung head shame
• Enunciate v speak distinctly stop mumbling!  how people understand
• Ephemeral adj short-lived fleeting mayfly creature adult life
• Epic n long heroic poem similar work art
• Epilogue n short speech conclusion dramatic work audience
• Equivocal adj ambiguous intentionally misleading rejecting candidate's comments
• Erode v eat limestone eroded dripping water thin
• Erratic adj odd unpredictable investors anxious stock market
• Erronious adj mistaken wrong i thought answer correct
• Eschew v avoid hoping present girlfriend totally reformed
• Esoteric adj hard understand chosen yorker short stories
• Espouse v adopt support ready worthy
• Taste esteem v respect jill esteemed jack's music
• Estranged adj separated alienated wife sought divorce estrangement
• Ethereal adj light heavenly unusually refined shakespeare's tempest
• Euphemism n mild expression place unpleasant recently american
• Euphonious pleasing adj sound spoken italian language ear
• Evenhanded adj impartial fair men women receive treatment
• Eventuality n occurrence government instituted security procedures prepare
• Evocative adj tending call emotions memories scent remarkably
• Exacting extremely adj demanding cleaning ceiling sistine chapel
• Excerpt n selected passage written musical cinematic equivalent
• Exculpate excuse v clear blame sid samantha blamed
• Put execute v effect carry death prima ballerina
• Exemplary adj serving model outstanding commencement dean praised
• Exonerate v acquit exculpate defense team feverishly sought
• Expansive adj outgoing sociable broad extensive increase size
• Expedient adj suitable achieve end practical politic pragmatic
• Expedite v hasten tight schedule hope delivery order
• Explicate v explain interpret clarify harry levin explicated
• Explicit adj totally clear definite outspoken hint dissatisfied
• Exploit n deed action brave raoul wallenberg noted
• Exploit v make unjustly cesar chavez fought attempts
• Expunge v wipe remove destroy hit delete key
• Expurgate v clean remove offensive parts book editors
• Extraneous adj essential superfluous ted straight!  his mind cluttered
• Extrapolate v infer project data unknown make conjecture
• Extricate v free disentangle fox trap
• Exuberant adj joyfully enthusiastic flamboyant lavish abundant i
• Fabricate v build lie buildings project standardized sections
• Facile easily ready adj accomplished fluent superficial words
• Facilitate v bring make difficult rest proper nourishment
• Fallacious adj false misleading paradoxically reasoning yield erroneous
• I fallible adj liable err feel confident time
• Farce n broad comedy mockery entire interview degenerated
• Fastidious adj difficult squeamish bobby eater eat sandwich
• Fawning adj seeking favor cringing flattering obsequious stop
• Feasible adj practical build stadium yankees york's west
• Feint n trick shift sham blow fooled opponent's
• Ferment n agitation commotion breakup soviet union eastern
• Fervor n glowing ardor intensity feeling protest rally
• Fester v provoke keen irritation resentment joe's insult
• Fetid litter cat box adj foul disgusting odor
• Fetter v shackle prisoner fettered wall
• Fiasco n total failure tanya's attempt sophisticated smoking
• Fiery adj easily provoked passionate burning reputation redheads
• Finesse n delicate skill adroitness surgeon wielded scalpel
• Finite adj end limited bill wanted win pie-eating
• Firebrand n hothead troublemaker police track local president
• Fissure n crevice mountain climbers secured footholds tiny
• Fitful adj spasmodic intermittent attmepts decided postpone start
• Fleeting adj transitory vanishing quickly glory england autumn
• Flippant adj lacking proper seriousness mark told mona
• Flout v reject mock headstrong youth flouted authority
• Water fluctuate v waver shift pressure shower wildly
• Fluency n smoothness speech spoke french ease
• Foible n weakness slight fault overlook friends perfect
• Foliage n masses leaves autumn fell promised drive
• Forbearance n patience dealing weak illness
• Foreboding n premonition evil suspecting conspiracies caesar gently
• Foreshadow v give indication portend prefigure retrospect political
• Foresight n ability foresee future happenings careful provision
• Forestall v prevent taking action advance setting prenuptial
• Forfeit v lose surrender convicted murderers inherit victims
• Forgo v give determined lose weight summer michelle
• Formidable adj inspiring fear apprehension difficult awe film
• Forthright adj outspoken frank afraid call spade successful
• Fortuitous adj accidental chance pretended encounter he'd hanging
• Foster v rear encourage legend romulus remus fostered
• Frail adj weak delicate child lift heavy carton
• Franchise granted n authority vote business licensed sell
• Frantic adj wild time collision people fear
• Fraudulent adj cheating deceitful government seeks prevent misleading
• Gloss v explain matter hard talk issue president
• Frivolous adj lacking seriousness self-indulgently carefree unimportant nancy
• Fugitive adj fleeting transient elusive fleeing painter capture
• Fundamental adj basic primary essential committee discussed sorts
• Furtive adj stealthy sneaky noticing glance customer gave
• Fusion n union coalition opponents political party power
• Futile adj useless hopeless ineffectual work telephone ringing
• Gainful adj profitable work months brenda excited prospect
• Gale n windstorm gust wind emotional outburst laughter
• Galvanize v stimulate shock stir revitalize news prince
• Garble v mix jumble distort favorite party game
• Garish adj overbright color gaudy wore rhinestone necklace
• Garrulous adj loquacious wordy talkative uncle henry outtalk
• Gastric adj pertaining stomach clutching grimacing broadly acting
• Gavel n hammerlike tool mallet sold cried auctioneer
• Genealogy n record descent lineage proud constantly referred
• Generate v produce create days office president obama
• Generic playing adj characteristic entire class species sue
• Genre n variety art literature short story writer
• Genteel adj well-bred elegant man appearance inspire confidence
• Germane case adj pertinent bearing hand lawyer objected
• Gibberish n nonsense babbling hear fool boy spouting
• Giddy ride adj lighthearted dizzy silly young girls
• Gingerly egg adv carefully separate whites crack avoiding
• Glimmer v shine erratically twinkle darkness cavern glowworms
• Glower v scowl angry boy glowered father
• Gluttonous adj greedy food boy ate cookies
• Gorge n small steep-walled canyon white-water rafting guide
• Gorge v stuff oneself gluttonous guest gorged cramming
• Grandeur n impressiveness stateliness majesty matter hiked mountains
• Grandiose adj pretentious high-flown ridiculously exaggerated impressive aged
• Graphic adj pertaining art delineating vividly i impressed
• Gratify v amy's success job gratified parents
• Gratuitous adj freely unwarranted uncalled quit making comments
• Gregarious adj sociable typically party-throwers hermits
• Guile n deceit duplicity wiliness cunning iago considerable
• Gullible shame adj easily deceived overly people blame
• Hackneyed adj commonplace trite reviewer criticized movie plot
• Halting adj hesitant faltering novice extemporaneous speakers talk
• Hamper v obstruct mother realize effort caring infant
• Harangue n noisy speech lengthy principal berated offenders
• Harass v annoy repeated attacks pay bills quickly
• Harbor v provide refuge hide church harbored illegal
• Haughtiness n pride arrogance realized darcy believed good
• Hazardous adj dangerous occupation insurance companies application
• Headstrong adj stubborn willful unyielding refused marry man
• Heckle v harass taunt jeer home team's fans
• Heed v pay attention hope advice good night's
• Herculean hero adj strong extremely difficult perform mythological
• Heresy n opinion contrary popular belief accepted religion
• Hermetic seal adj sealed fusion airtight sterilize bandages
• Hermit live n chooses solitude recluse abandoning society
• Hiatus n gap pause two-year enrolled peace corps
• Hibernate v sleep winter bears species animals hibernation
• Hierarchy n arrangement rank standing authoritarian body divided
• Hindrance n block obstacle stalled cars highway traffic
• Homespun adj domestic made home wit cloth coarse
• Hostility n unfriendliness hatred children sole objects parents
• Humane adj marked kindness consideration ironic society show
• Humble adj modest proud spoke great feeling loved
• Husband v sparingly conserve save marathon runners energy
• Hyperbole n exaggeration overstatement concerned apple's claims computer
• Hypocritical adj pretending virtuous deceiving martha nice things
• Hypothetical adj based assumptions hypotheses supposed suppose accepted
• Iconoclastic adj attacking cherished traditions deeply jean genet
• Ideology n system ideas group people grown believing
• Idiom n expression meaning differs individual words distinctive
• Idiosyncrasies liking n individual trait odd nature eccentricity
• Ignite v kindle light desi crooned baby fire
• Ignoble adj unworthy base nature noble sir galahad
• Illuminate v brighten clear make understandable enlighten lamp
• Illusory adj deceptive real costs running lemonade stand
• Imbalance black children white n lack balance symmetry
• Imbibe v drink dry soil imbibed rain quickly
• Imbue v permeate completely dye fill sight grandparents
• Immaterial adj unimportant irrelevant intangible kit wholly birthday
• Imminent adj hand impending rosa last-minute worker start
• Immobilize v make unable move moment peter's fear
• Immune adj resistant free exempt fortunately florence contracted
• Immutable adj unchangeable things change time
• Impair v injure hurt drinking alcohol ability drive
• Impart v give convey communicate born dancer imparted
• Impartial adj biased fair knowing child jo refused
• Impassable adj traveled crossed giant redwood fallen highway
• Impasse n predicament offering escape deadlock dead end
• Impecunious adj money scrooge claimed give alms easily
• Impede v hinder block delay series accidents impeded
• Impel v drive force onward strong feeling urgency
• Imperceptible blouse adj unnoticeable undetectable fortunately stain wash
• Impermeable adj impervious permitting passage substance sue chose
• Impertinent adj insolent rude neighbors curiosity lack dates
• Imperturbable adj calm placid composed midst battle duke
• Impetuous adj violent hasty rash leap motto suggested
• Impiety n irreverence lack respect god members youth
• Implacable adj incapable pacified relentlessly seeking revenge madam
• Implement v put effect supply tools mayor unwilling
• Implicate v incriminate show involved deal agree witness
• Implication jim n hinted suggested miss watson purse
• Implicit adj understood stated jack told jill adored
• Importune v beg persistently democratic republican phone solicitors
• Impotent adj weak ineffective wished break nicotine habit
• Impromptu adj previous preparation cuff spur moment judges
• Inadvertently adv unintentionally oversight carelessly judy's great fear
• Inane adj silly senseless point saying.  why bothering make
• Inanimate adj lifeless asked identify body
• Inarticulate adj speechless producing indistinct speech rage uttered
• Incapacitate v disable winter people incapacitated respiratory ailments
• Incarcerate v imprison civil rights workers arrested incarcerated
• Incentive n spur motive mike's strong desire outshine
• Incessant adj uninterrupted unceasing famous tv commercial frogs
• Incipient early i adj beginning stage sleep break
• Incite v arouse action goad motivate induce exist
• Inclusive adj tending include comedian turned invitation join
• Incongruity n lack harmony absurdity wearing sneakers formal
• Incoherent adj unintelligible muddled illogical excited fan blushed
• Inconsequential adj insignificant unimportant brushing ali's apologies broken
• Lawyers agricultural check inconsistencies n state self-contradictory lack
• Incorporate v introduce larger combine unite breaking precedent
• Incorporeal adj lacking material body insubstantial casper friendly
• Incorrigible adj uncorrectable widow douglass hoped reform huck
• Incredulous adj unwilling unable skeptical marco claimed eaten
• Incrustation n hard coating crust dry dock scraped
• Incumbent n officeholder newly elected public official received
• Indefatigable adj tireless effort taking garbage tired wayne
• Indelible adj erased ink left permanent mark shirt
• Indict v charge district attorney suspect strong case
• Indifferent felt adj unmoved unconcerned mediocre consuela desire
• Indigenous adj native cigarettes made tobacco plant world
• Indisputable adj disputed face statements i withdraw complaint
• Indomitable adj unconquerable unyielding focusing final vault twisted
• Indubitable molly adj unable doubted unquestionable auditioning chorus
• Induce v persuade bring quarrel tina talk tony
• Indulgent adj humoring yielding lenient jay's mom excessively
• Industrious adj diligent hard-working busy boss walks past
• Ineffable adj unutterable unable expressed speech newborn daugher
• Inept adj lacking skill unsuited incompetent glove maker
• Inevitable taxes adj unavoidable death supposedly people avoid
• Pope infallible human capable adj unerring faultless jane
• Infamous adj notoriously bad charles manson jeffrey dahmer
• Infer v deduce conclude students glazed easy bored
• Infernal adj pertaining hell devilish batman baffled hinder
• Infinitesimal adj exceedingly small nonexistant making aware extremely
• Infraction n violation rule regulation breach dennis rodman
• Ingenious adj clever resourceful kit admired computer keyboard
• Ingenuous adj naive trusting young unsophisticated woodsman realized
• Ingrate n ungrateful person bob sneered tie i
• Ingratiate v make effort popular eve heroine aspiring
• Inherent adj firmly established nature habit katya's love
• Tyson's inhibit v restrain retard prevent things inhibited
• Initiate v begin originate receive group college program
• Inkling n hint complete surprise i slightest plans
• Inlet n small bay narrow passage islands entrance
• Innate adj inborn mozart's parents recognized young wolfgang's
• Innocuous adj harmless occasional glass wine dinner ill
• Innovation n change introduction richard latest technological abandon
• Inopportune adj untimely poorly chosen punk rock concert
• Inordinate adj unrestrained excessive fondness candy eating boxes
• Inquisitor n questioner harsh investigator fearing grilled ruthlessly
• Insatiable adj easily satisfied greedy welty's thirst knowledge
• Inscrutable poker adj impenetrable readily understood mysterious experienced
• Insidious adj treacherous stealthy sly column works secretly
• Insightful adj discerning perceptive sol thought human behavior
• Insinuate v hint imply creep i robust fat
• Insipid flat adj lacking flavor dull prose ginger
• Insolence n impudent disrespect haughtiness dare treat rudely!  the
• Insolvent money adj bankrupt lacking pay rumors reached
• Insomnia n wakefulness inability sleep refused join midnight
• Instigate v urge start provoke rumors police corruption
• Insubordination n disobedience rebelliousness slightest hint sailors bounty
• Insubstantial adj lacking substance insignificant frail hopes career
• Insurgent adj rebellious forces occupied capital gained control
• Insurrection n rebellion uprising retrospect badly british treated
• Intangible adj perceived touch vague financial benefits oxford
• Integrity n uprightness wholeness lincoln personal inspired millions
• Interminable adj endless speech lasted twenty minutes bored
• Intermittent adj periodic outdoor wedding reception moved indoors
• Interrogate v question closely cross-examine knowing nazis background
• Intimidate v frighten learn karate big bullies
• Intransigence i n refusal compromise stubbornness predicted strike
• Intricacy n complexity knottiness philip spent hours designing
• Intrigue v fascinate interest holmes's air reserve intrigued
• Intrinsic adj essential inherent built-in grandmother's china i
• Introspective adj oneself young francis assisi led wild
• Intrude v trespass enter uninvited person hesitated conversation
• Intuition n insight power knowing reasoning tony denied
• Inundate v overwhelm flood submerge semester i inundated
• Invalidate v discredit nullify relatives received sought claiming
• Invective n abuse expected criticism greeted proposal
• Inviolable adj secure corruption attack violation unassailable batman
• Irascible adj irritable easily angered pop people call
• Irksome adj annoying tedious petty rules regulations bill
• Irony n hidden sarcasm satire words opposite gradually
• Irrational adj illogical lacking reason insane people fear
• Irrelevant adj applicable unrelated matter patient's mumblings give
• Isolate isolated v pinpoint quarantine medical researchers remote
• Itinerant adj wandering traveling peddler traveled pennsylvania virginia
• Jabber v chatter rapidly unintelligibly fellow insist jabbering
• Jargon n language special group technical terminology gibberish
• Jaunty adj lighthearted animated easy carefree singing rain
• Jeopardize v endanger imperil put risk give d
• Jocose adj joking salesman customers suggested stand-up comic
• Jocular adj jest bill knew boss hated jokes
• Judicious adj sound judgment wise key moment life
• Justification n good reason defense excuse jury found
• Juxtapose v place side find easier compare paintings
• Kindle v start fire inspire things ben learned
• Knit v contract wrinkles grow david worries brow
• Laborious adj demanding work care tedious putting dictionary
• Laconic adj point characters portrayed clint eastwood types
• Laggard adj slow sluggish sailor taught carrying orders
• Lair n wild animal's living place den hideaway
• Lament v grieve express sorrow advocates war lamented
• Lampoon v ridicule hilarious article pretensions movie moguls
• Languid adj weary feeble listless apathetic chronic invalid's
• Larceny n theft prisoner's long record district attorney
• Latent adj potential undeveloped dormant hidden polaroid pictures
• Laud v praise nfl lauded boomer esiason's efforts
• Leaven v rise grow lighter mix transforms alleviates
• Lenience n mildness permissiveness gravity offense surprised sentence
• Lethal adj deadly unwise leave weapons children find
• Lethargic adj drowsy dull stuffy room made felt
• Levity n lack seriousness lightness stop giggling wiggling
• Libel batman joker n defamatory statement act writing
• Lilliputian adj extremely small tiny delicate model built
• Lingered house linger v loiter dawdle continue persist
• Loath adj reluctant disinclined fearing son's safety overprotective
• Loathe v detest booing hissing audience showed loathed
• Lofty adj high barbara jordan's fellow students tease
• Longevity n long life reached man proud
• Loquacious adj talkative speak telephone hours
• Lucid adj easily understood clear intelligible explanation child
• Lucrative adj profitable turned hobby profession
• Lugubrious adj mournful funereal gloomy gus walked town
• Luminous adj shining issuing light sun body
• Lure fly v entice attract baiting hook latest
• Lurk v stealthily lie waiting slink exist unperceived
• Luxuriant adj abundant rich splendid fertile lady godiva
• Maelstrom n whirlpool canoe tossed
• Magnanimous adj generous philanthropists definition misers magnanimity n
• Malice n hatred spite jealous cinderella's beauty wicked
• Malign v speak evil bad-mouth defame hatred ex-husband
• Malignant adj evil influence virulent disease drastic measures
• Malleable shaped easily adj capable pounding impressionable gold
• Manifest adj evident visible obvious digby's embarrassment met
• Marked adj noticeable targeted vengeance walked limp souvenir
• Marshal v put order debate tournament extemporanious speakers
• Martinet n strict disciplinarian captain bligh observed regulation
• Massive adj solid heavy large scope severe bust
• Materialism emphasizes n preoccupation physical comforts things nature
• Maverick n rebel nonconformist masculine literary establishment george
• Mawkish adj mushy gushy sentimental maudlin gigi boyfriend
• Maxim n proverb truth pithily stated aesop's fables
• Meager adj scanty inadequate hungry serving porridge oliver
• Mealymouthed adj indirect speech hypocritical evasive jill directly
• Turn meander v wind needing stay close source
• Mediate dispute v settle services outsider king solomon
• Mediocre adj ordinary commonplace disappointed gave performance role
• Meditation n reflection thought reached decision
• Meek adj quiet obedient spiritless lois lane superman's
• Melancholy adj gloomy morose blue eugene stuck small
• Mellifluous adj sweetly smoothly flowing melodious language italian
• Mentor n counselor teacher period adviser sympathetic understanding
• Mercantile adj trade selling candy bars classmates parents
• Mercenary adj interested money gain andy's act prompted
• Mercurial adj capricious changing fickle quick quicksilver change
• Mesmerize road highway v hypnotize fascinate long stretch
• Meticulous adj excessively careful painstaking scrupulous martha stewart
• Migratory adj wandering return birds northern sections country
• Ministration n act giving care attending someone's red
• Minute adj extremely small twins resembled closely differences
• Misanthrope n hates mankind gulliver's travels swift portrays
• Misconception n misunderstanding misinterpretation afraid suffering mr collins
• Misconstrue v interpret incorrectly misjudge passage humorously misconstrued
• Miserly adj stingy man greedily counted gold coins
• Misnomer n wrong incorrect designation tyrannical conduct proved
• Misrepresent v give false incorrect impression unintentionally ad
• Mitigate v appease moderate jason medea's anger refused
• Mobile adj movable fixed blood bank operated red
• Mock v ridicule imitate derision unkind stupid significantly
• Mode n prevailing style manner rock star hair
• Mollify v soothe airline customer service representative angry
• Momentous adj important marie pierre curie discovered radium
• Monarchy n government single ruler england today question
• Monochromatic adj color people blind distinguish view world
• Monotony n sameness leading boredom deadly dull punching
• Monumental adj massive immense writing dictionary task reading
• Moratorium delay n suspension activity authorized period payment
• Morose adj ill-humored sullen melancholy forced early retirement
• Morsel n small bit food aunt polly said.  "i'm
• Mortify v humiliate punish flesh mortified blunder ran
• Muddle v confuse mix thoughts muddled chaotic n
• Mural n wall painting chicano community center covered
• Murky dark adj gloomy thick fog vague depths
• Muse v ponder moment mused beauty scene thoughts
• Mutability rags n ability change form fickleness riches
• Muted adj silent muffled toned thick sound-absorbing walls
• Mutinous adj unruly rebellious captain force quiet crew
• Myriad n large number mosquitoes swamps invaded village
• Nadir n lowest point people realized dow-jones averages
• Naïveté n quality unsophisticated simplicity artlessness gullibility touched
• Narrative adj related telling story born teller tales
• Navigable adj wide deep ships pass steered sand
• Nebulous adj vague hazy cloudy years hand memory
• Negligence n neglect failure reasonable care tommy failed
• Negligible adj small trifling unimportant easily disregarded damage
• Invent neologism n newly coined word phrase devices
• Neophyte n recent convert beginner mountain slope slides
• Nocturnal adj relating occurring active night mr jones
• Nonchalance n indifference lack concern composure cool calm
• Nondescript adj undistinctive ordinary private detective fellow outstanding
• Nonentity n person thing importance nonexistence dismiss john
• Nostalgia n homesickness longing past grandfather seldom spoke
• Notable adj conspicuous important distinguished calm kitchen today
• Notorious good adj disreputable widely scandalous starlet publicity
• Novelty n newness computer longer office adj
• Novice n beginner working computers install barron's study
• Nozzle n projecting spout tapering tube leave garden
• Nucleus central n point core component protoplasm part
• Make nullify v invalid null void contract nullified
• Nurture v nourish educate foster head start program
• Nutrient n nourishing substance budding nutritionist kim learned
• Obdurate adj stubborn manager refusing discuss workers grievances
• Obfuscate v confuse muddle make unclear occasionally talking
• Objective adj influenced emotions fair son behavior
• Objective n goal aim degree medicine ultimate
• Obligatory adj required legally morally binding books borrowed
• Oblique adj indirect slanting deviating perpendicular straight line
• Completely obliterate v destroy film independence day explosion
• Oblivion n obscurity forgetfulness period popularity hurston's works
• Oblivious adj inattentive unmindful wholly absorbed deep book
• Obnoxious adj offensive objectionable sneak tattletale sid brat
• Obscure adj dark vague unclear i read poem
• Obscure v darken make unclear times purposely meaning
• Obsequious adj slavishly attentive servile fawning sycophantic waiters
• Obsessive adj related thinking constantly preoccupying ballet hobby
• Obsolescent adj quickly computer technology reconcile fact matter
• Obsolete adj outmoded hip expression love beads tie-dye
• Obtrude v push oneself one's ideas forward intrude
• Offensive adj attacking insulting distasteful street brawls minor
• Officious adj meddlesome excessively pushing offering one's services
• Olfactory wine adj sense smell taster discriminating palate
• Ominous adj threatening clouds suggest severe storm
• Omnivorous adj eating plant animal food devouring including
• Opaque adj transparent impenetrable light window shade sunlight
• Opportunist n individual sacrifices principles expediency taking advantage
• Opprobrium n public digrace reproach vilification republicans manage
• Opt v decide favor choose choice movie folk
• Optimist half n person good side pessimist glass
• Opulence n extreme wealth luxuriousness abundance glitter ballroom
• Orator n public speaker abolitionist frederick douglass brilliant
• Ordeal n severe trial affliction june painfully shy
• Ornate adj excessively elaborately decorated furnishings homes shown
• Ostentatious adj showy pretentious attract attention trump's latest
• Outlandish adj bizarre peculiar unconventional eccentric professor engages
• Outmoded adj longer stylish old-fashioned unconcerned keeping style
• Outwit v outsmart trick disguising woman holmes pursuers
• Overbearing adj bossy arrogant decisively important importance unimportance
• Overt adj open view united states constitution person
• Pacifist n opposed force antimilitarist shooting jungle rambo
• Pacify v soothe make calm quiet subdue dentists
• Painstaking adj expending showing diligent care great effort
• Palatable adj agreeable pleasing taste jack's underbaked opinions
• Pallid adj pale wan occupation required work night
• Panacea n cure-all remedy diseases people claim vitamin
• Pandemonium n wild tumult ships collided harbor broke
• Parable n short tale illustrating moral principle good
• Paradox n apparently contradictory nature statement false correct
• Paragon n model perfection class disliked teacher pointing
• Paramount adj foremost importance supreme proper nutrition hygiene
• Parched adj extremely dry thirsty desert landscape hostile
• Parody n humorous imitation spoof takeoff travesty show
• Partial adj incomplete liking issue published list contributors
• Partisan adj one-sided prejudiced committed party issues principle
• Partition v divide parts daughter born jason lizzie
• Passive adj active acted mahatma gandhi urged followers
• Passport travel n legal document identifying bearer citizen
• Pastoral adj rural simple peaceful idyllic relating shepherds
• Patronize v support act superior customer penniless artists
• Paucity n scarcity lack closed restaurant customers made
• Pedantic adj showing learning bookish leavening decisions humorous
• Pedestrian page adj ordinary unimaginative unintentionally boring wrote
• Peerless adj equal incomparable admirers reigning operatic tenor
• Pendulum n suspended body swings freely watching swinging
• Penitent adj feeling regret sorrow one's offenses repentant
• Perceptive adj insightful aware wise maud generally critic
• Perdition n damnation complete ruin praying salvation young
• Peremptory adj demanding leaving choice jack's knock door
• Perfidious adj treacherous disloyal caesar realized brutus betrayed
• Perfunctory adj superficial lacking interest care enthusiasm giving
• Perjury n false testimony oath lie indicted witness
• Permutation n transformation rearrangement elements pretty ted's phone
• Pernicious adj destructive crack cocaine effect urban society
• Perpetrate v commit offense insane person horrible crime
• Perpetual adj everlasting ponce de león hoped find
• Perpetuate v make preserve extinction critics attack adventures
• Peruse v read care conflagration burned house joan
• Reminiscence n recollection experiences fascinating write book
• Pervasive adj pervading spread part airing hours rid
• Perverse mood adj stubbornly wrongheaded wicked perverted jack
• Pessimism n belief life basically bad evil gloominess
• Petulant adj touchy peevish sleep nights people phoning
• Phenomena n pl observable facts events careful records
• Philanthropist n lover mankind doer good role public
• Phlegmatic adj easily excited action emotional displays calm
• Pious adj devout religious challenge church members today
• Pique v provoke arouse annoy i lucy ethel's
• Pique n irritation resentment showed loss refusing contestants
• Pivotal adj crucial key vital smart weapons technology
• Placate v pacify conciliate store manager angry customer
• Placid adj calm peaceful storm-tossed waters lake bob
• Plagiarize v steal another's ideas pass one's teacher
• Platitude n trite remark commonplace statement giving advice
• Plausible adj show truth open doubt specious mother
• Plethora n excess overabundance offered excuses shortcomings
• Pliable adj flexible yielding adaptable remodeling bathroom replaced
• Plight state n condition bad predicament loggers unmoved
• Pluck n courage enemies young indiana jones impressed
• Plunder n loot takings raid rubbing hands glee
• Podium n pedestal raised platform audience applauded conductor
• Polemical adj aggressive verbal attack disputatious lexy master
• Ponderous adj weighty unwieldy humor lacked light touch
• Pore v study deeply stare research sat pored
• Porous adj full pores sieve dancers wear clothing
• Portend v foretell presage king omens asked soothsayers
• Portly adj stout corpulent salesclerk diplomatically referred overweight
• Posterity n descendants future generations hope leave world
• Potency n power effectiveness influence expiration date cough
• Potentate n monarch sovereign spent time monte carlo
• Practical adj based experience sharon gained hospital work
• Pragmatic practical adj opposed idealistic concerned worth impact
• Prairie n vast level slightly rolling tract grassland
• Prate v speak foolishly boast idly elizabeth's obvious
• Prattle v babble baby john prattled cats ball
• Preamble n introductory statement constitution purpose document set
• Precarious adj uncertain risky stock investment broker advised
• Precedent i buy n preceding time authority guide
• Precipitate i adj rash premature abrupt hasty sudden
• Precipitous adj steep overhasty hill difficult climb slip
• Year's preclude v make impossible eliminate band booked
• Romantic precursor n forerunner gray burns share traits
• Predator n creature seizes devours animal person robs
• Predetermine predetermined v predestine settle decide influence markedly

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