Collegiate English words

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• Abrogate v abolish repeal to
• Abdicate v give royal power
• Able-bodied adj competent physical service
• Abomination n detestable act practice
• Abut v touch end boundary line
• Abominable adj hateful very
• Abstinence n denial self
• Abrasion n rubbed that which
• Aldermanship n dignity condition office term alderman
• Accredit v give credit authority
• Allude v refer incidentally suggestion
• Adhesion n state attached joined
• Affiliate n auxiliary person thing
• Blaspheme v indulge profane oaths
• Aerostat n balloon apparatus floating sustained air
• Adulterate v make impure admixture baser ingredients
• Adroit adj skill bodily mental powers
• Actuate v move incite action
• Antarctic adj pertaining south pole regions
• Administrator n manages affairs kind
• Aloof adv sympathy desiring associate
• Amputate v remove cutting limb portion body
• Ambidextrous adj ability hands equal skill ease
• Accompany v companion with to
• Antidote n counteract remove effects poison disease
• Annuity n annual allowance payment income
• Amorous adj propensity falling love
• Antenatal adj occurring existing birth
• Adverse adj opposing opposed or
• Antiquary n collects examines things coins books medals
• Afire adv adj fire literally figuratively
• Adjuration n vehement appeal a
• Alto n lowest deepest female voice part
• Anemometer n instrument measuring force velocity wind
• Aggrandize v greatly to cause
• Allotment n portion
• Affront n open insult indignity
• Aforesaid adj preceding part said
• Accomplish v bring pass to
• Actuary n officer insurance company calculates states risks
• Aerial adj pertaining air of
• Bilateral adj two-sided
• Aggravate v make heavier worse burdensome
• Antiphony n anthem composition sung responsively
• Amusement n diversion
• Annals n record events chronological order year
• Alliance n combination union common purpose
• Afterthought n thought expected time
• Accede v agree to
• Antechamber n waiting room seek audience
• Amorphous adj determinate shape without
• Altitude n vertical distance elevation point base-level sea
• Accumulate v greater quantity number
• Accept v offered to take
• Anglo-saxon n entire english race found europe united
• Amply adv sufficiently
• Afresh adv rest interval once
• Antiphon n response alteration generally musical
• Amalgam n alloy union mercury metal
• Annual adj occurring year every
• Anglophobia n hatred dread england english
• Accursed adj doomed evil misery misfortune
• Ambiguous adj double meaning having
• Ambulate v walk to about
• Adherence n attachment
• Acquiescence n passive consent
• Anhydrous adj withered
• Antipodes n place region opposite side earth
• Alter v make change to
• Anatomy n branch morphology treats structure organisms
• Accessory n person thing aids principal agent
• Ancestry n one's ancestors collectively
• Acreage n quantity extent land cultivated
• Advent n coming arrival important change event state
• Adjutant adj auxiliary
• Aerostatics n branch pneumatics treats equilibrium pressure mechanical
• Ambitious adj eagerly desirous aspiring
• Ante v game poker put stake cards dealt
• Agitate v move excite feelings thoughts
• Achillean adj invulnerable
• Allege v assert true formal manner court
• Acquaint v make familiar conversant
• Anode n point path voltaic current enters electrolyte
• Ambrosial adj divinely sweet fragrant delicious
• Anemia n deficiency blood red corpuscles
• Access n approach entrance passage
• Anesthetic adj pertaining producing loss sensation
• Adumbrate v represent outline emblem
• Aliment n nourishes that which
• Alienate v turn to cause
• Affect v act to upon
• Acme n highest point summit
• Averse adj reluctant
• Allot v assign definite thing part person
• Accost v speak to
• Anthropomorphous adj resembling human form
• Ache v pain distress to
• Agglomerate v pile heap to
• Accession n induction elevation dignity office government
• Affluence n profuse abundant supply riches
• Anterior adj prior
• Achromatic adj colorless
• Actionable adj affording instituting action trespass slanderous words
• Anthology n collection extracts writings authors
• Advocate n pleads legal ecclesiastical court
• Alternate n chosen act place case absence incapacity
• Adduce v bring forward consideration
• Antipathize v show feel feeling antagonism aversion dislike
• Anew adv once more
• Acquire v one's to get
• Accurate adj conforming truth standard
• Advisory adj mandatory not
• Annex v add affix end
• Annalist n historian
• Admittance n entrance permission enter
• Adamant n substance exceeding hardness impenetrability
• Aberration n deviation customary prescribed
• Abusive adj employing harsh words ill treatment
• Abscond v depart suddenly secretly purpose escaping arrest
• Abeyance n state suspension temporary inaction
• Abridgment n condensed form book play
• Abscission n act cutting surgical operation
• Academy n institution higher branches learning taught
• Absolve v free sin penalties
• Abbey n group buildings collectively form dwelling-place society
• Abhorrence n act detesting extremely
• Aborigines n original earliest inhabitants country
• Abundant adj plentiful
• Aboriginal adj primitive unsophisticated
• Abbot n superior community monks
• Abominate v hate violently to
• Absence n fact present the
• Absorb v drink suck sponge water
• Absolution n forgiveness passing offenses
• Academic adj pertaining academy college university
• Abduction n carrying person illegally
• Abnegate v renounce privilege to
• Abhorrent adj repugnant hateful very
• Academician n member academy literature art science
• Abstruse adj dealing matters difficult understood
• Abjure v recant renounce repudiate oath
• Absorption n act process absorbing
• Abase v lower position estimation degrade
• Abrupt adj beginning ending changing suddenly break
• Abnormal adj conformed ordinary rule standard
• Aboveboard adv adj concealment fraud trickery
• Absent-minded adj lacking attention surroundings business
• Abbess n lady superior nunnery
• Abdomen n mammals visceral cavity diaphragm pelvic floor
• Abscess n collection pus cavity formed tissue body
• Abdominal n pertaining situated abdomen
• Abet v aid promote encourage commission offense
• Absurd adj inconsistent reason common sense
• Abridge v make shorter words keeping essential features
• Abed adv bed in on
• Abidance n abiding an
• Abyss n bottomless gulf
• Abstemious adj characterized denial abstinence drink food
• Abject adj sunk low condition
• Abstain v oneself back to
• Abrade v wear surface part friction
• Ablution n washing cleansing body
• Subject allegory n setting guise aptly suggestive likeness
• Alteration n change modification or
• Animalcule n animal microscopic smallness
• Aggregate n entire number sum mass quantity
• Adoration n profound devotion
• Acquit v free clear accusation
• Adieu inter good-by farewell
• Acquiesce v comply submit to
• Alleviate v make burdensome hard bear
• Acidify v change acid to
• Anathema n forbidden social usage
• Alternative n exist chosen or
• Accompaniment n subordinate part enriching supporting leading
• Alderman n member municipal legislative body exercises judicial
• Ambulance n vehicle fitted conveying sick wounded
• Allay v calm violence reduce intensity mitigate
• Album n book leaves made form paper frames
• Antichrist n opponent enemy christ person power
• Ado n unnecessary activity ceremony
• Altruism n benevolence subordination self-interest
• Agrarian adj pertaining land agricultural
• Analyze v examine minutely critically
• Antemundane adj pertaining time world's creation
• Animosity n hatred
• Word anagram n letters phrase transposed make
• Antagonism n mutual opposition resistance counteracting forces principles
• Alabaster n white delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum
• Anthropology n science man general
• Affectation n studied ostentatious pretense attempt
• Alias n assumed an name
• Acrid adj harshly pungent bitter
• Annunciation n proclamation
• Advertiser n advertises newspapers one
• Alkali n neutralize acid lime magnesia
• Acquittal n discharge accusation judicial action
• Acknowledgment n recognition
• Aggrieve v give grief sorrow
• Alcove n covered recess connected side larger room
• Analyst n analyzes makes analytical method
• Altar n raised place structure sacrifices offered incense
• Accessible adj approachable
• Adjacent n bordering that which
• Annihilate v destroy absolutely to
• Ameliorate v relieve pain hardship
• Accommodate v furnish kindness favor
• Anthracite n hard coal
• Analogy n reasoning relations resemblance formed
• Animate v make alive to
• Adjunct n joined connected thing holding subordinate place
• Antilogy n inconsistency contradiction terms ideas
• Animadvert v pass criticism censure
• Aeronautics n art practice flying aircraft
• Alienable adj capable aliened alienated lands
• Affix v fasten to
• Ambush n act state lying concealed purpose surprising
• Acquisition n gained made one's effort labor
• Acquittance n release discharge indebtedness obligation responsibility
• Akin adj similar nature qualities
• Admonition n gentle reproof
• Accouter v dress to
• Addle v make inefficient worthless muddle
• Amity n friendship
• Acute adj fine penetrating discernment
• Amplitude n largeness
• Annotate v make explanatory critical notes
• Afoot adv progress in
• Altruist n advocates practices altruism
• Aggravation n fact made heavier heinous crime offense
• Acetic adj pertaining nature vinegar
• Accusation n charge crime misdemeanor error
• Affable adj easy approach to
• Acrimony n sharpness bitterness speech temper
• Alluvion n flood
• Accuse v charge wrong misconduct error
• Altercate v contend angrily zealously words
• Americanism n peculiar sense english word phrase united
• Amenable adj ready submit willing
• Adulterant n adulterating substance an
• Anonymous adj unknown authorship of
• Analogous adj respects form proportion relations
• Anteroom n room situated opening larger
• Account n record statement receipts expenditures business transactions
• Alchemy n chemistry middle ages characterized pursuit changing
• Ally n person thing connected relation helpfulness
• Advert v refer incidentally to
• Alacrity n cheerful willingness
• Aeronaut n navigates air balloonist
• Amalgamate v mix blend homogeneous body
• Aghast adj struck terror amazement
• Addendum n added something or
• Accustom v make familiar to
• Antecedent n precedes time place rank order causality
• Anticlimax n gradual sudden decrease importance impressiveness
• Admonish v warn fault to
• Antic n grotesque ludicrous fantastic action
• Alien n owes allegiance foreign government
• Accomplice n associate wrong-doing an
• Antedate v assign affix date earlier actual
• Albino n person milky white skin hair eyes
• Advocacy n act pleading the
• Antediluvian adj pertaining times things events great flood
• Anecdote n account interesting event incident
• Acrimonious adj full bitterness of
• Alcoholism n condition resulting inordinate persistent alcoholic beverages
• Acclaim v utter shout to
• Accompanist n accompanies one who
• Acumen n quickness intellectual insight discernment keenness discrimination
• Amatory adj designed excite love
• Alienation n estrangement
• Adherent adj clinging sticking fast
• Acid n sour substance a
• Alley n narrow street garden path walk
• Animadversion n utterance criticism censure
• Admissible adj privilege entry having
• Aggression n unprovoked attack an
• Airy adj delicate ethereal
• Antecede v precede to
• Amateur adj practicing art occupation love profession
• Amphibious adj living land water
• Anarchy n absence utter disregard government
• Agile adj move act quickly physically mentally
• Anachronism n occurring existing proper time
• Actuality n reality any
• Albeit conj even though
• Accelerate v move faster to
• Accusatory adj pertaining involving accusation
• Acknowledge v recognize admit genuineness validity
• Acerbity n sourness bitterness astringency
• Ampersand n character the and
• Acoustic adj pertaining act sense hearing
• Amphitheater n edifice elliptical shape constructed central open
• Angular adj sharp-cornered
• Alder n shrub small tree genus alumnus oak
• Allusion n indirect incidental reference definite mention
• Accuracy n exactness
• Antemeridian adj noon before
• Ailment n slight sickness
• Accordion n portable free-reed musical instrument
• Anemic adj affected anemia with
• Amour n love-affair illicit nature
• Aggress v make attack to
• Adjacency n state adjacent the
• Anticyclone n atmospheric condition high central pressure currents
• Aide-de-camp n officer receives transmits orders general
• Angelic adj saintly
• Ampere n practical unit electric-current strength
• Almanac n series tables giving days week astronomical
• Adjudge v award bestow formal decision
• Adhere v stick fast to
• Amicable adj friendly spirit done
• Acetate n salt acetic acid
• Asexual adj distinct sexual organs
• Bigamist n spouses time one
• Arrogant adj unduly excessively proud wealth station learning
• Aperture n hole
• Assassination n murderer secret assault treachery
• Beatify v make supremely happy
• Asperity n harshness roughness temper
• Ascent n rising soaring climbing
• Autonomous adj self-governing
• Bedlam n madhouse
• Armory n arsenal an
• Battalion n body infantry composed companies forming part
• Beseech v implore to
• Arboreal adj pertaining tree or
• Bass adj low tone compass
• Aye adv expression assent an
• Ardor n intensity passion affection
• Augment v make bigger to
• Audition n act sensation hearing
• Azalea n flowering shrub a
• Avalanche n fall sliding mass snow ice mountain-slope
• Assassin n kills treacherously secretly
• Assent v express agreement statement matter opinion
• Beck v give signal nod gesture
• Bewilder v confuse perceptions judgment
• Belle n woman center attraction beauty accomplishments
• Bailiff n officer court custody prisoners arraignment
• Apprehend v make prisoner person law
• Batter n thick liquid mixture materials beaten cookery
• Aviary n spacious cage enclosure live birds
• Arbor n tree a
• Auricular adj pertaining ear auricle sense hearing
• Apparition n ghost
• Aroma n agreeable odor an
• Awaken v arouse emotion interest
• Barometer n instrument indicating atmospheric pressure unit surface
• Baste v cover melted fat gravy cooking
• Apology n disclaimer intentional error offense
• Baffle v foil frustrate to
• Autocrat n claims wields unrestricted undisputed authority influence
• Apposition n act placing side contact
• Bibulous adj fond drinking of
• Arbitrate v act give judgment umpire
• Azure n color sky the
• Bedeck v cover ornament to
• Baconian adj pertaining lord bacon system philosophy
• Baize n single-colored napped woolen fabric table-covers curtains
• Arbiter n chosen appointed mutual consent parties dispute
• V accept true testimony authority
• Appease v soothe quieting anger indignation
• Benefit n helpful result
• Ascribe v assign quality attribute
• Biograph n bibliographical sketch notice
• Archbishop n chief bishops ecclesiastical province greek roman
• Arthurian adj pertaining king arthur real legendary hero
• Authenticity n state quality genuine origin authorship claimed
• Baleful adjective threatening harm menacing bill shot glance
• Betrothal n engagement marry to
• Antispasmodic adj tending prevent relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections
• Bestrew v sprinkle cover things strewn
• Bide v await to
• Attache n subordinate member diplomatic embassy
• Astringent adj harsh disposition character
• Attest v certify accurate genuine true
• Apothecary n drugs sale puts prescriptions
• Badger v pester to
• Auriferous adj gold containing
• Atonement n amends reparation expiation made wrong injury
• Aura n pervasive psychic influence supposed emanate persons
• Audible adj loud heard enough
• Atheism n denial existence god
• Assiduous adj diligent
• Appreciable adj capable discerned senses intellect
• Antitoxin n substance neutralizes poisonous products micro-organisms
• Astute adj keen discernment in
• Appall v fill dismay horror
• Bequeath v give to by
• Apostasy apostasize apostate n total departure one's faith
• Aversion n mental condition fixed opposition dislike thing
• Arrogate v demand claim presumptuously reasons grounds
• Assonant adj resemblance sound having
• Bestride sit astride v horse stand span straddle
• Benign adj good kind heart
• Atrocity n great cruelty reckless wickedness
• Batten n narrow strip wood
• Apiary n place bees a
• Besmear v smear oily sticky substance
• Archdeacon n high official administrator affairs diocese
• Avert v turn to away
• Atone v make amends to
• Auburn adj reddish-brown hair said
• Antislavery adj opposed human slavery
• Apostle n messenger commissioned divine authority
• Benevolence n act kindness well-doing
• Assay n chemical analysis testing alloy ore
• Antiseptic n destroys restrains growth putrefactive micro-organisms
• Bevel n inclination surfaces degrees
• Arborescent adj nature tree having
• Arboriculture n cultivation trees shrubs
• Assignee n appointed act management property interests
• Aristocrat n hereditary noble connected nobility
• Betroth v engage marry to
• Athwart adv side from to
• Apathy n insensibility emotion passionate feeling
• Arrival n coming stopping-place destination
• Archaeology n branch anthropology concerned systematic investigation relics
• Assonate v accord sound vowel
• Belay v make fast rope winding round cleat
• Appellation n title person class thing called
• Ardent adj burning passion with
• Autobiography n story one's life written
• Augur v predict to
• Adj suitable purpose circumstances appropriate
• Barring prep apart from
• Beatitude n state great happiness
• Benignant adj benevolent feeling character aspect
• Joy antistrophe n inversion terms successive classes home
• Aspire v earnest desire longing high good attained
• Beset v attack sides to
• Apprehensible adj capable conceived of
• Biography n written account one's life actions character
• Beget v produce sexual generation
• Arid adj dry very
• Arrange v put definite proper order
• Archipelago n large body water studded islands collectively
• Bale n large package prepared transportation storage
• Bilingual adj speaking languages two
• Augustinian adj pertaining st augustine doctrines religious orders
• Assimilate v adapt to
• Assassinate v kill surprise secret assault killing eminent
• Ascension n act rising the
• Artless adj ingenuous
• Archetype n prototype a
• Belate v delay past proper hour
• Baton n official staff borne weapon emblem authority
• Arrant adj notoriously bad
• Appertain v belong fitness association classification possession natural
• Aqueduct n water-conduit supplying community distance
• Ascetic adj severe self-denial practicing excessive abstinence devotion
• Autopsy n examination dead body dissection ascertain death
• Aural adj pertaining ear of
• Bedaub v smear oily sticky
• Bight n slightly receding bay headlands formed long
• Auditory adj pertaining hearing organs sense
• Barograph n instrument registers graphically continuously atmospheric pressure
• Benevolent adj loving actively desirous well-being
• Bauble n trinket a
• Autarchy n unrestricted power
• Ascendant adj dominant
• Appellate adj capable appealed of
• Passageway arcade n vaulted street roofed shops opening
• Automaton n living actions involuntary mechanical
• Autocracy n absolute government
• Becalm v make quiet to
• Austere adj severely simple unadorned
• Bask v make warm genial heat
• Apparent adj easily understood
• Beau n escort lover an
• Appraise v estimate money to
• Avidity n greediness
• Armada n fleet war-vessels a
• Atomizer n apparatus reducing liquid fine spray disinfection
• Artesian n deep bored water rises due underground
• Befriend v friend to be
• Antique adj pertaining ancient times
• Benison n blessing
• Apotheosis n deification
• Apostate adj false
• Arrear n overdue unpaid something
• Artful adj characterized craft cunning
• Bier n horizontal framework handles end carrying corpse
• Bestial adj animal
• Birthright n privilege possession born
• Bereave v make desolate loneliness grief
• Autumnal adj pertaining autumn of
• Apposite adj similar fitting suitable relevant client accounting
• Antonym n word directly opposed meaning
• Assuage v harsh violent severe excitement appetite pain
• Athirst adj wanting water
• Benefice n church office endowed funds property maintenance
• Biped n animal feet an
• Barcarole n boat-song venetian gondoliers
• Audacious adj fearless
• Auxiliary n aids helps regarded subsidiary accessory
• Arraign v call court person indicted crime demand
• Belie v misrepresent to
• Beneficiary n lawfully entitled profits proceeds estate property
• Balsam n medical preparation aromatic oily healing
• Apex n highest point mountain
• Avarice n passion keeping riches
• Askance adv side indirect glance meaning
• Apogee n climax the
• Archaism n obsolescence
• Attorney-general n chief law-officer government
• Bibliophile n loves books one
• Append v add attach accessory subordinate supplementary
• Antiquate v make date to
• Bibliography n list words author literature bearing subject
• Authentic adj undisputed origin of
• Biennial n plant produces leaves roots year flowers
• Benefactor n doer kindly charitable acts
• Anxious adj distressed mind respecting uncertain matter
• Avocation n diversion
• Betimes adv good season time
• Bigamy n crime marrying person legal spouse living
• Beneficial adj helpful
• Bitterness n acridity taste as
• Autonomy n self-government
• Arboretum n botanical garden place devoted cultivation trees
• Biology n science life living organisms
• Belligerent adj manifesting warlike spirit
• Auspice n favoring protecting propitious influence guidance
• Archangel n angel high rank
• Atrocious adj outrageously wantonly wicked criminal vile cruel
• Berth n bunk bed vessel sleeping-car
• Bibliomania n passion collecting books
• Armful n held arm as
• Ballad n popular narrative poem epic subject lyric
• Aspirant n seeks earnestly advancement honors place
• Befog v confuse to
• Bellicose adj warlike
• Bacterium n microbe a
• Assailant n attacks one who
• Assess v determine amount tax sum paid
• Bethink v remind oneself to
• Beneficent adj characterized charity kindness
• Auricle n chambers heart receives blood veins
• Assonance n resemblance correspondence sound
• Aristocracy n hereditary nobility a
• Assets n pl property general regarded applicable payment
• Aver v assert fact to
• Arbitrary adj fixed capriciously or
• Benediction n solemn invocation divine blessing
• Artifice n trickery
• Betide v happen befall to
• Archaic adj antiquated
• Approbation n sanction
• Baritone adj register higher bass lower tenor
• Awry adv adj proper form direction position
• Avow v declare openly to
• Bawl v proclaim outcry to
• Arrangement n act putting proper order state put
• Ashen adj pale
• Banal adj commonplace
• Aspiration n earnest one's present reach
• Aqueous adj pertaining water of
• Aphorism n proverb
• Benignity n kindness feeling disposition manner
• Aurora n luminous phenomenon upper regions atmosphere
• Begrudge v envy possession to
• Bemoan v lament to
• Assessor n officer duty assess taxes
• Belittle v disparage to
• Bristle n coarse stiff hairs swine brush-making
• Bungle v execute clumsily to
• Bumper n cup glass filled brim drunk toast
• Chronometer n portable timekeeper highest attainable precision
• Chagrin n keen vexation annoyance mortification one's failures
• Ceremonious adj observant ritual of
• Chiffon n thin gauze trimmings evening dress
• Christendom n part world christianity generally professed
• Cite v refer specifically to
• Calorie n amount heat needed raise temperature kilogram
• Boorish adj rude
• Chaos n condition elements parts utter disorder confusion
• Captivate v fascinate excellence eloquence beauty
• Citadel n strong fortress any
• Comely adj handsome
• Choral adj pertaining intended performed chorus choir
• Bridle n head-harness horse consisting head-stall bit reins
• Coerce v force to
• Calculus n concretion formed parts body resembling pebble
• Canon n rule law any
• Codicil n supplement adding revoking explaining body
• Clandestine adj surreptitious
• Brigade n body troops consisting regiments
• Clan n tribe a
• Candid adj straightforward
• Blase adj sated pleasure with
• Caucus n private meeting members political party select
• Commemorate v serve remembrance to
• Bountiful adj showing abundance
• Commingle v blend to
• Colloquy n conversation
• Charlatan n quack a
• Burgher n inhabitant citizen freeman borough burgh corporate
• Cajolery n delusive speech
• Blaze n vivid glowing flame
• Cadenza n embellishment flourish prepared improvised solo voice
• Cardinal adj prime special importance
• Cholera n acute epidemic disease
• Bray n loud harsh sound cry ass blast
• Carnage n massacre
• Boll n round pod seed-capsule flax cotton
• Blockade n shutting town frontier line coast hostile
• Bronchus n subdivisions trachea conveying air lungs
• Clamorous adj urgent complaint demand
• Circumference n boundary-line circle the
• Cauterize v burn sear heated iron
• Brae n hillside
• Colloquial adj pertaining peculiar common speech distinguished literary
• N leaden sash-bar grooved strip fastening panes stained-glass
• Boycott v place products merchandise ban
• Census n official numbering people country district
• Bumptious adj full offensive aggressive self-conceit
• Blemish n mark mars beauty
• Captious adj hypercritical
• Cacophony n disagreeable harsh discordant sound combination tones
• Brine n water saturated salt
• Briticism n word idiom phrase characteristic great britain
• Characteristic n distinctive feature a
• Calvinism n system doctrine taught john calvin
• Clothier n makes sells cloth clothing
• Cessation n discontinuance action motion
• Bombardier n person charge mortars bombs shells
• Braggart n vain boaster a
• Coincide v correspond to
• Canto n divisions extended poem
• Hundred centenary adj pertaining years period
• Collapsible adj collapse that may
• Bulbous adj pertaining bulb or
• Brethren n pl members brotherhood gild profession association
• Choleric adj easily provoked anger
• Clarion n small shrill trumpet bugle
• Caprice n whim a
• Coercive adj serving tending force
• Clement adj compassionate
• Coagulant adj producing coagulation
• Bolster v support wrong to
• Cognizant adj taking notice
• Buoyant adj power tendency float afloat
• Ceremonial adj characterized outward form ceremony
• Callosity n state hard insensible
• Calculable adj estimated reckoning that
• V talk singsong preaching tone affected solemnity
• Chastise v subject punitive measures
• Cipher v calculate arithmetically noun meaning
• Colleague n associate professional employment
• Brotherhood n spiritual social fellowship solidarity
• Bromine n dark reddish-brown non-metallic liquid element suffocating
• Brogue n dialectic pronunciation english irish people
• Carrion n dead putrefying flesh
• Coercion n forcible constraint restraint moral physical
• Chronology n science treats computation time investigation arrangement
• Breech n buttocks the
• Candor n quality frankness outspokenness
• Burnish v make brilliant shining
• Circumnavigate v sail to quite
• By-law n rule law adopted association corporation
• Comestible adj fit eaten to
• Cadaverous adj resembling corpse a
• Blatant adj noisily offensively loud clamorous
• Brigand n lives robbery plunder
• Cardiac adj pertaining heart to
• Bureau n chest drawers clothing
• Collision n violent contact
• Bodice n women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist
• Capillary n minute vessel walls composed single layer
• Chasten v purify affliction to
• Braze v make ornament brass
• Clairvoyance n intuitive sagacity perception
• Collaborate v labor cooperate literary scientific pursuits
• Cabal n number persons secretly united effecting intrigue
• Comical adj funny
• Canary adj bright delicate yellow
• Collusion n secret agreement wrongful purpose
• Bosom n breast upper front thorax human woman
• Centimeter n length hundredth meter
• Cartilage n elastic animal tissue firm consistence
• Bombard v assail missile abusive speech
• Cantata n choral composition a
• Collective adj consisting number persons objects considered gathered
• Collapse v shrink fall fail
• Coddle v treat baby invalid
• Coalition n combination body mass
• Carnivorous adj eating living flesh
• Bursar n treasurer a
• Cohere v stick to together
• Chattel n article personal property
• Clearance n certificate proper authorities vessel complied law
• Coincidence n circumstance agreeing implying accident
• Catastrophe n great sudden misfortune calamity
• Chivalry n knightly system feudal times code usages
• Calvary n place christ crucified
• Cognate adj akin
• Borough n incorporated village town
• Buttress n support prop any
• Cathode n negative pole electrode galvanic battery
• Brittle adj fragile
• Classify v arrange class basis observed resemblance’s differences
• Buffoonery n low drollery coarse jokes
• Commissariat n department army charged provision food water
• Collier n works coal-mine one
• Severely censorious adj judging harshly critical
• Bowler n cricket player delivers ball
• Chastity n sexual moral purity
• Cession n surrender possessions rights
• Bullock n ox an
• Bomb n hollow projectile explosive material
• Breach n violation official duty lawful legal obligation
• Bronchitis n inflammation bronchial tubes
• Cadence n rhythmical measured flow movement poetry time
• Boisterous adj unchecked merriment animal spirits
• Cabalism n superstitious devotion one's religion
• Capitulate v surrender stipulate terms
• Catholicism n system doctrine practice roman catholic church
• Capacious adj roomy
• Caitiff adj cowardly
• Bulrush n tall rush-like plants growing damp ground
• Cohesion n consistency
• Breaker n trains horses dogs
• Caret n sign line indicating omitted words inserted
• Brooch n article jewelry fastened hinged pin hook
• Chateau n castle manor-house a
• Bolero n spanish dance illustrative passion love accompanied
• Circumspect adj showing watchfulness caution careful consideration
• Cataract n opacity lens eye resulting complete partial
• Bole n trunk body tree
• Causal adj indicating expressing or
• Circumscribe v confine bounds to
• Bowdlerize v expurgate editing literary composition omitting words
• Britannia n united kingdom great britain
• Browbeat v overwhelm attempt stern haughty rude address
• Callow adj experience world without
• Clarify v render intelligible to
• Bombast n inflated extravagant language unimportant subjects
• Commentary n series illustrative explanatory notes important work
• Boatswain n subordinate officer vessel general charge rigging
• Centurion n captain company hundred infantry ancient roman
• Butt v strike head horns
• Chromatic adj belonging relating abounding color
• Bravo interj well done
• Coalescence n act process coming form body combination
• Botanize v study plant-life to
• Bric-a-brac n objects curiosity decoration
• Cereal adj pertaining edible grain farinaceous seeds
• Catholicity n universal prevalence acceptance
• Coagulate v change clot jelly heat chemical action
• Canaanite n member tribes dwelt land canaan western
• Clumsy adj awkward movement of
• Brazier n open pan basin holding live coals
• Collegian n college student a
• Carcass n dead body animal
• Bureaucracy n government departments men transacting branches public
• Brigadier n general officer commands brigade ranking colonel
• Collector n makes collection objects art books
• Broach v mention time to
• Broadcast adj disseminated wide far
• Casualty n fatal accident disaster
• Bravado n aggressive display boldness
• Bustle v hurry to
• Brandish v wave shake flourish triumphantly defiantly sword
• Cabinet n body men constituting official advisors executive
• Cohesive adj property consistency having
• Clangor n clanking ringing arms chains bells clamor
• Calvinize v teach imbue doctrines calvinism
• Circumlocution n indirect roundabout expression
• Brokerage n business making sales purchases commission broker
• Circulate v disseminate to
• Christ n title jesus a
• Clemency n mercy
• Cajole v impose dupe flattering speech
• Castigate v punish to
• Bleak adj desolate
• Cartridge n charge firearm blasting
• Cede v pass title to
• Collide v meet strike violently
• Cantonment n part town district troops quartered
• Canine adj characteristic dog of
• Burgess n colonial times member lower house legislature
• Brogan n coarse heavy shoe
• Carouse v drink deeply boisterous jovial manner
• Check v hold back to
• Censor n official examiner manuscripts empowered prohibit publication
• Bodily adj corporeal
• Chancery n court equity distinguished common-law
• Christen v baptism to name
• Carnal adj sensual
• Bulwark n security defense anything
• Coincident adj taking place time
• Colossus n strikingly great person object
• Campaign n complete series connected military operations
• Butte n conspicuous hill low mountain natural turret
• Casual adj accidental chance by
• Cameo n small engraved carved work relief
• Cat-o-nine-tails n instrument consisting pieces cord flogging army
• Blithe adj joyous
• Cataclysm n overwhelming flood water
• Brevity n shortness duration of
• Buffoon n clown a
• Close-hauled adj sails set sailing close wind
• Blithesome adj cheerful
• Brusque adj rough rude manner speech
• Cogent adj appealing strongly reason conscience
• Chasm n yawning hollow earth's surface
• Bore v weary tediousness dullness
• Buoyancy n power tendency float liquid gas
• Botanical adj connected study cultivation plants
• Brimstone n sulfur
• Botany n science treats plants
• Characterize v describe distinctive marks peculiarities
• Colloquialism n form speech chiefly conversation
• Caption n heading chapter section document
• Claimant n makes claim demand
• Caustic adj sarcastic severe and
• Chameleon adj changeable appearance in
• Caricature n picture description natural characteristics exaggerated distorted
• Blazon v make widely generally
• Caste n division society artificial grounds
• Calumny n slander
• Centiliter n hundredth liter a
• Convene v summon assemble to
• Complicity n participation partnership wrong-doing wrong-doer
• Conduit n means conducting tube pipe passageway fluid
• Creed n formal summary fundamental points religious belief
• Constituent n vote election one
• Conservative adj adhering existing order things
• Cosmology n general science universe
• Conversion n change state position form
• Conjunction n state joined things
• Conciliatory adj tending reconcile to
• Corporeal adj material nature physical
• Contumacious adj rebellious
• Counterfeit adj made resemble to
• Contuse v bruise blow breaking skin
• Corruptible adj open bribery to
• Console v comfort to
• Contradiction n assertion opposite the
• Conscientious adj governed moral standard
• Condensation n act process making dense denser
• Conjugate adj joined pairs together
• Creamery n butter-making establishment a
• Conscience n faculty man distinguishes wrong character conduct
• Conspicuous adj visible clearly
• Continuation n prolongation
• Contemptuous adj disdainful
• Covenant n agreement entered persons parties
• Convoy n protecting force accompanying property transportation
• Counting-house n house office transacting business bookkeeping correspondence
• Convulsion n violent abnormal muscular contraction body
• Contingency n possibility happening of
• Confederacy n number states persons compact league mutual
• Corrosive n gradual decay crumbling surface disintegration
• Countryman n rustic a
• Conceit n self-flattering opinion
• Coronet n inferior crown denoting form degrees noble
• Consul n officer appointed reside foreign city chiefly
• Confessor n spiritual advisor a
• Constable n officer duty maintain peace
• Culprit n guilty person a
• Corollary n proposition requires demonstration
• Convertible adj interchangeable
• Corpulent adj obese
• Concord n harmony
• Counterbalance v oppose equal force
• Conflagration n great fire buildings forest
• Contravene v prevent obstruct operation
• Confidence n state feeling trust reliance
• Consulate n place consul transacts official business
• Consecrate v set sacred to
• Contrite adj broken spirit sense sin
• Confront v encounter difficulties obstacles
• Comprise v consist to of
• Convivial adj devoted feasting good-fellowship eating drinking
• Condolence n expression sympathy person pain sorrow misfortune
• Constellation n arbitrary assemblage group stars
• Comprehension n ability to know
• Coquette n flirt a
• Cosmography n science describes universe including astronomy geography
• Convulse v spasms to cause
• Contrive v manage carry device scheme
• Courtesy n politeness originating kindness exercised habitually
• Cosmos n world universe considered system perfect order
• Consignor n entrusts one who
• Creak n sharp harsh squeaking sound
• Crucible n purifying test agency
• Cosmic adj pertaining universe to
• Competent adj qualified
• Contingent adj predictable not
• Corruption n loss purity integrity
• Convalescent adj recovering health sickness
• Conjugal adj pertaining marriage marital rights married persons
• Contiguous adj touching joining edge boundary
• Complaisance n politeness
• Cryptogram n written characters secret arranged hidden meaning
• Contraposition n placing opposite a
• Concur v agree to
• Continence n self-restraint respect desires appetites passion
• Corrode v ruin destroy to
• Conformity n correspondence form manner
• Comprehensible adj intelligible
• Comparable adj fit compared to
• Common contributor n furnishes purpose
• Consanguineous adj descended parent ancestor
• Condense v abridge to
• Corpse n dead body a
• Consort n companion associate a
• Concordance n harmony
• Culinary adj pertaining cooking kitchen
• Congeal v coagulate to
• Condescend v voluntarily equal terms inferiors
• Countercharge v accuse return to
• Compulsory adj forced
• Concede v surrender to
• Complication n intermingling combination things parts perplexing manner
• Compute v ascertain mathematical calculation
• Contender n exerts oneself opposition rivalry
• Compliant adj yielding
• Comparative adj relative
• Convalescence n state progressive restoration health strength cessation
• Convolution n winding motion a
• Commotion n disturbance violent agitation
• Conformable adj harmonious
• Credible adj believable
• Correlate v put relation connection correspondence
• Contiguity n proximity
• Corroborate v strengthen proof conviction
• Consternation n panic
• Compliment v address gratify expressions delicate praise
• Crusade n concerted movement vigorously prosecuted behalf idea
• Complement v make complete to
• Counter-claim n cross-demand alleged defendant favor plaintiff
• Consonance n state quality accord
• Corrigible adj capable reformation of
• Conclusive adj sufficient convince decide
• Cornucopia n horn plenty symbolizing peace prosperity
• Conservatory n institution instruction training music declamation
• Compunction n remorseful feeling
• Contusion n bruise a
• Courser n fleet spirited horse
• Cosmetic adj pertaining art beautifying complexion
• Crustaceous adj crust-like shell having
• Convenience n fitness time place
• Contradictory adj inconsistent with itself
• Commute v put severe place
• Counterpart n completion something taken
• Correlative adj mutually involving implying
• Concerto n musical composition a
• Crematory adj place cremating dead bodies
• Courageous adj brave
• Copious adj plenteous
• Control v exercise directing restraining governing influence
• Conciliate v obtain friendship to
• Compression n constraint force authority
• Covert adj concealed evil purpose
• Coxswain n steers rowboat charge ship's boat crew
• Crag n rugged rocky projection cliff ledge
• Corrosion n gradual decay crumbling surface disintegration
• Congenial adj kindred character tastes
• Consonant adj agreement harmony being
• Complex adj complicated
• Connote v signify to mean
• Contemporaneous adj living occurring existing time
• Confidant n secrets entrusted one
• Coronation n act ceremony crowning monarch
• Compensate v remunerate to
• Concurrence n agreement
• Corroboration n confirmation
• Corporal adj belonging relating body opposed mind
• Conformation n general structure form outline
• Confide v reveal trust confidence
• Crustacean adj pertaining division arthropods lobsters crabs crawfish
• Contagious adj transmitting disease
• Consolidate v combine body system
• Conscript v force military service
• Cranium n skull animal part enclosing brain
• Compressible adj capable pressed smaller compass
• Conspirator n agrees cooperate accomplishing unlawful purpose
• Consecutive adj uninterrupted succession following
• Conscious adj aware lives feels thinks
• Cosmogony n doctrine creation origin universe
• Complacent adj pleased satisfied oneself
• Contemplate v thoughtfully to consider
• Creamy adj resembling cream or
• Craving n vehement desire a
• Counteract v act opposition to
• Conferee n person confers a
• Concurrent adj occurring acting or
• Composure n calmness
• Convergent adj tending point to
• Cosmopolitan adj common world to
• Conductible adj capable conducted transmitted
• Confectionery n candy collectively confectioner makes sells
• Cull v pick sort rest
• Continuity n uninterrupted connection space time operation development
• Corps n number body persons acting
• Conjugation n state condition joined

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