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

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