Important CSS Vocabulary.

IMPORTANT CSS VOCAB

1.  Aberration – straying away from what is normal 

2.  Abeyance - suspended action 

3.  Abhor - to hate, to detest

4.  Abide - be faithful to; endure 

5.  Abjure - promise or swear, to give up 

6.  Abet - help/encourage somebody (in doing wrong) 

7.  Abraded - rubbed off, worn away by friction 

8.  Abrasion - rubbing, scraping, wearing off 

9.  Abrogate - repeal or annul by authority 

10. Abscond - to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest) 

11. Abstruse - difficult to comprehend; obscure 

12. Abundant - plentiful 

13. Abut - border on 

14. Abysmal - bottomless, extreme

15. Acarpous - effete, no longer fertile, worn out 

16. Accentuate - give more force or attention to 

17. Acclaimed - welcomed with shouts and approval 

18. Accolade - praise, approval 

19. Accretion - the growing of separate things into one 

20. Acquiesce in - agree (without protest) 

21. Acquisition - something acquired, acquiring 

22. Adamant - kind of stone; inflexible 

23. Adhere - remain faithful, stick fast to 

24. Adhesion - adhering, support 

25. Adjacent - lying near, next 

26. Admonitory - containing warning 

27. Adorn - add beauty; decorate 

28. Adulteration - making unpure, poorer in quality 

29. Affable - polite and friendly

30. Affinity - close connection, relationship 

31. Aggravate - make worse; irritate 

32. Agile - active, quick-moving 

33. Agog - eager/excited 

34. Ail - trouble; be ill 

35. Alacrity - eager and cheerful readiness 

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36. Alcove - recess/partially enclosed place 

37. Alienate - estrange 

38. Allegiance - duty, support, loyalty 

39. Alleviate - make (pain) easier to bear 

40. Alloy - to debase by mixing with something inferior 

41. Aloof - reserved, indifferent 

42. Amalgamate - mix, combine, unite societies 

43. Ambidextrous - able to use the left hand or the right equally well 

44. Ambiguous - doubtful, uncertain 

45. Ambivalent - having both of two contrary meanings 

46. Ameliorate - improve, make better 

47. Amendment - improving 

48. Amicable - friendly 

49. Amortize - end (a debt) by setting aside money 

50. Amplify - make large or fuller, increase the strength 

51. Anguish - severe suffering 

52. Animosity - strong dislike 

53. Annul - put an end to

54. Anticlimax - sudden fall

55. Antidote - medicine used against a poison or a disease 

56. Antithetical - direct opposing 

57. Apartheid - brutal racial discrimination 

58. Apathetic - indifference 

59. Aplomb - self-confidence 

60. Apostate - one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions 

61. Apotheosis - deification, glorification to godliness 

62. Appease - make quiet or calm 

63. Apprehensive - grasping, understanding; fear, unhappy feeling about

future 

64. Apprise - give notice to, inform 

65. Approbation - approval 

66. Appropriate - take for one's own use, acquire, set aside 

67. Apropos - appropriate to the situation; apt 

68. Apt - well-suited, quick-witted 

69. Arabesque - whimsical 

70. Arbitrate - decide by arbitration 

71. Arboreal - of connected with trees  

72. Ardently - with full of ardor 

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73. Ardor - enthusiasm 

74. Arduous - steep, difficult ascent; laborious 

75. Argot - jargon, slang 

76. Arrant - in the highest degree 

77. Arrogance - proud, superior manner of behaviour 

78. Articulate - speak distinctly, connect by joints 

79. Ascend - go or come up 

80. Ascent - the act of ascending 

81. Ascertain - get to know 

82. Ascetic - practicing self-denial, austere, stark 

83. Ascribe - consider to be the origin of or belonging to 

84. Aseptic - surgically clean 

85. Asperity - roughness, harshness, ill temper, irritability 

86. Aspersion - slander 

87. Assail with - attack violently 

88. Asset - valuable quality, something that has money value 

89. Assiduous - diligent, hard-working, sedulous 

90. Assuage - make something (pain, desire) less 

91. Assumption - something supposed but not proved 

92. Asterisk - the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters) 

93. Astringent - substance that shrinks 

94. Astute - clever; quick at seeing to get an advantage 

95. Atonement - repayment; death of Jesus 

96. Attenuate - make thin. weaken, enervate 

97. Attune - bring into harmony 

98. Audacious - daring, foolishly bold, impudent 

99. Augury - omen, sign 

100.  August - majestic, venerable 

101.  Auspice - protection or support, patronage 

102.  Auspicious - favorable, successful, prosperous 

103.  Austere -  severely moral and strict; simple and plain 

104.  Auxiliary - helping, supporting 

105.  Aver - affirm, assert, prove, justify 

106.  Aversion - strong dislike 

107.  Avid - eager, greedy 

108.  Avow - admit. Declare openly 

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109.  Babble - talk in a way that is difficult to understand 

110.  Baleful - harmful, ominous, causing evil 

111.  Balk - obstacle; purposely to get on the way of 

112.  Balloon - swell out like balloon 

113.  Balm - sweet-smelling oil; consolation 

114.  Banal - uninteresting 

115.  Band - flat, thin strip of material; range of frequencies 

116.  Bane - cause of injury, poison, source of harm 

117.  Baneful - causing harm or ruin, pernicious, destructive 

118.  Barrage - artificial obstacle built across a river 

119.  Barren - not good enough, unable to have young ones, without

value 

120.  Bask in - enjoy warmth and light 

121.  Bazaar - market 

122.  Be irreconcilable - cannot be brought into harmony 

123.  Beatify - to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to 

124.  Bedizen - to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner 

125.  Belabor - beat hard 

126.  Belie - contradict, give a false impression 

127.  Belittle - cause to seem unimportant 

128.  Bellicose - belligerent, pugnacious, warlike 

129.  Belligerent - (person, nation) waging war 

130.  Belligerently - waging war 

131.  Bend - cause something to be out of a straight line 

132.  Benefactor - person who has given help 

133.  Benevolence - wish or activity in doing good 

134.  Benign - kind and gentle; mild (climate) 

135.  Bequest - arrangement to give something at death 

136.  Berate - scold sharply 

137.  Bereft - rob or dispossess of something (material) 

138.  Bewilder - puzzle, confuse 

139.  Biased - prejudice 

140.  Bigot - stubborn, narrow-minded person 

141.  Bilge - bulge, the protuberance of a cask 

142.  Blandishment - flattery, coaxing 

143.  Blandness - polite manner, comforting, uninteresting 

144.  Blatant - noisy and rough 

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145.  Blithe - gay and joyous 

146.  Blueprint – plan, scheme, photographic print 

147.  Blunt - plain, not troubling to be polite 

148.  Boggle - be alarmed, hesitate, amazed 

149.  Bogus - sham, counterfeit, not genuine 

150.  Boisterous - loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint 

151.  Bolster - give greatly needed support 

152.  Boor - ill-mannered person 

153.  Boorish - crude, offensive, rude 

154.  Braid - strands of hair woven together, something edging sloth

155.  Brash - hasty, rush; cheeky, saucy 

156.  Brass - yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc) 

157.  Brazen - made of brass 

158.  Breach - opening broken place, breaking 

159.  Brigant - brigand, bandit 

160.  Brisk - active, lively 

161.  Brisket - breast of an animal 

162.  Brittle - easily broken 

163.  Broach - bring up, announce, begin to talk about 

164.  Brook - to tolerate, endure 

165.  Buoyant - able to float; light-hearted 

166.  Burgeon - grow forth, send out buds 

167.  Burnish - to polish, rub to a shine 

168.  Bust - run out of money 

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169.  Cabal - a scheme or plot, a group of plotters 

170.  Cadge - to beg, to get by begging 

171.  Cajolers - flattery or deceit to persuade 

172.  Calf - young of the domestic cow 

173.  Calipers - metal supports attached to the legs, measuring

instrument 

174.  Calumniate - to slander, present false accusal 

175.  Calumny - slander, aspersion 

176.  Candid - frank straight-forward

177.  Cantankerous - bad-tempered/quarrelsome 

178.  Cantin - sincere talk/jargon 

179.  Canvass - discuss thoroughly; sort of touting 

180.  Capricious - fickle, whimsical, given to change, unpredictable 

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181.  Castigate - to chastise, correct by punishing 

182.  Castigation - severe punishment

183.  Casual - happening by chance, careless 

184.  Catalyst - substance that causes speeding up 

185.  Caustic - biting, sarcastic 

186.  Censure - expression of blame or disapproval; a rebuke 

187.  Census - official counting of the population 

188.  Centurion - leader of a unit of 100 soldiers 

189.  Chary - cautious, wary 

190.  Chastened - corrected, punished 

191.  Chastisement - punishment 

192.  Chauvinist – a blindly devoted patriot 

193.  Chicanery - legal trickery/false argument 

194.  Chisel - steel tool for shaping materials 

195.  Churl - bad-tempered person 

196.  Cite - give as an example 

197.  Clamor - shout complain with a lot of noise 

198.  Cleanse - make pure, thoroughly clean 

199.  Clientele - customers 

200.  Clinch - come to grips/settle conclusively 

201.  Cling - to resist separation 

202.  Clot - half-solid lump formed from liquid 

203.  Cloture - closing, device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting 

204.  Coalescing - coming together and uniting into one substance 

205.  Coax - get somebody to do something by kindness 

206.  Coda - passage that completes a piece of music 

207.  Coddle - treat with care and tenderness 

208.  Coerce - compel to force to make obedient 

209.  Coeval - of the same period, coexisting 

210.  Cogent – strong convincing

211.  Cogitate – think deeply, mediate 

212.  Cognition - knowing, awareness (emotionless) 

213.  Cognizant – being fully aware of 

214.  Coherent – sticking together 

215.  Colander - bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off

water 

216.  Collaborate - work in partnership 

217.  Collusion - secret agreement for a deceitful purpose 

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218.  Combustion - process of burning 

219.  Commemorate - keep the memory of 

220.  Commend - praise 

221.  Commendable - worthy of praise 

222.  Commingle - mingle together 

223.  Commodious - having plenty of space for what is needed 

224.  Commuter - person who travels regularly

225.  Complacently – with self-satisfaction

226.  Complaisance - tending to comply, obliging, willingness to please 

227.  Comply - act in accordance 

228.  Compound - mix or combine 

229.  Comprise - be composed of 

230.  Compunction - feeling of regret for one's action 

231.  Conceal - hide, keep secret 

232.  Conceit - over-high opinion of, too much pride 

233.  Conciliatory - reconciling, soothing, comforting, mollifying 

234.  Concord - agreement or harmony 

235.  Concur - agree in opinion, happen together 

236.  Condense - increase in density, strength, make laconic 

237.  Condone - forgive 

238.  Congeal - make or become stiff and solid

239.  Conjoin – to join together 

240.  Connoisseur - a person with good judgment (e.g.. in art) 

241.  Connotation - suggestion in addition to 

242.  Consent - give agreement or permission 

243.  Consequential - pompous, self important 

244.  Consolation - consoling or being consoled 

245.  Console - give comfort or sympathy to 

246.  Conspicuous - easily seen; remarkable 

247.  Consternation - surprise and fear, dismay 

248.  Constrain - compel 

249.  Constrict - make tight or smaller 

250.  Consume - get to the end of 

251.  Consummate - perfect/make perfect/complete

252.  Contemn - to scorn or despise

253.  Contentious - argumentative, pugnacious, combative, quarrelsome 

254.  Contiguous - touching, neighboring, near 

255.  Contrite - filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing 

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256.  Contumacious - insubordinate, rebellious 

257.  Conundrum - a riddle, dilemma, enigma 

258.  Conviction - convincing; firm belief 

259.  Convoke - call together, summon 

260.  Convoluted - complicated; coiled, twisted 

261.  Cord - twisted strands 

262.  Cordial - warm and sincere 

263.  Cordon – line of police acting as a guard 

264.  Cornucopia - abundant supply 

265.  Corporeal - physical; of or for the body 

266.  Correlate - have a mutual relation 

267.  Corroboration - additional, strengthening evidence 

268.  Countenance to - favor or approve of 

269.  Counterfeit - forgery 

270.  Countervail - counterbalance 

271.  Covert - disguised 

272.  Covetous - eagerly desirous 

273.  Cower - crouch; shrink back 

274.  Coy – shy/modest (esp of a girl) 

275.  Crass - very great (es. stupidity) 

276.  Cravat - piece of linen worn as a necktie 

277.  Craven – cowardly 

278.  Crease - line made by crushing; white line on the ground in cricket 

279.  Credulity - too great a readiness to believe things 

280.  Credulous - ready to believe things

281.  Crush - press, lose shape, subdue, overwhelm 

282.  Cryptic - secret, with a hidden meaning 

283.  Cumbersome - burdensome, heavy and awkward to carry 

284.  Curmudgeon - bad-tempered person 

285.  Curriculum - course of study 

286.  Cursory - quick, hurried 

287.  Curtail - make shorter then was planned 

288.  Cynic - person who see no good in anything 

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290.  Dainty - pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please 

291.  Dart - quick movement; missile in darts 

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292.  Daunt - intimidate, make fearful 

293.  Dawdler - person who is slow; waste of time 

294.  Dearth - shortage 

295.  Debacle - a breakup, overthrow, sudden disaster 

296.  Decorous - polite, decent 

297.  Decorum - propriety, properness 

298.  Decree - order given by authority 

299.  Decry - disapprove of 

300.  Defer - postpone; give way (to show respect) 

301.  Deference - respect 

302.  Deferential - showing respect 

303.  Defiance - open disobedience or resistance 

304.  Deflect - turn aside 

305.  Defy - resist openly 

306.  Degrade - reduce in rank or status 

307.  Delineate - to portray, depict, sketch out 

308.  Deluge - great flood, heavy rush of water 

309.  Delusion - false belief 

310.  Demagogue - person appealing not to reasons 

311.  Demur - to hesitate, raise objections 

312.  Denigrate - blacken, belittle, sully, defame 

313.  Denouement - an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot 

314.  Denounce - give information against 

315.  Dent - hollow, depression mad by a blow 

316.  Deplete - use until none remains 

317.  Deposition - dethronement, depositing 

318.  Deprave - make morally bad; corrupt 

319.  Deprecate - protest against, express disapproval of 

320.  Dereliction - deserting and leaving to fall into ruins 

321.  Derision - ridicule, mockery, deriding 

322.  Derivative - unoriginal, obtained from another source 

323.  Derogatory - insulting; tending to damage 

324.  Descry - catch sight of, see something in the distance 

325.  Desiccant - substance used to absorb moisture 

326.  Desiccate - dry out all the moisture 

327.  Desuetude - cessation of use; disuse 

328.  Desultory - aimless, haphazard, digressing at random 

329.  Detach - separate 

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330.  Deter - discourage, hinder 

331.  Detraction - slandering, verbal attack, aspersion 

332.  Detumescence - diminishing or lessening of swelling 

333.  Deviance - being different in moral standards (from normal) 

334.  Dexterity - skill (esp. in handling) 

335.  Dexterous - clever, skillful with hands 

336.  Diaphanous - transparent, gauzy 

337.  Diatribe - bitter and violent attack in words 

338.  Dictate - order 

339.  Diffidence - shyness 

340.  Diffident - lacking in self-confidence 

341.  Dilate - speak comprehensively, become wider, large 

342.  Dilatory - causing delay, procrastinating 

343.  Din - loud noise that continues 

344.  Disabuse - to undeceive, correct a false impression 

345.  Disallow - refuse to allow or accept as a correct 

346.  Discern - see with an effort but clearly 

347.  Discomfit - to defeat, put down 

348.  Disconcert - upset the self-possession of 

349.  Discountenance - refuse to approve of 

350.  Discourse - speech, lecture, 

351.  Discredit - refuse to believe

352.  Discreet - careful/prudent 

353.  Discrete - individually distinct 

354.  Disdain - look on with contempt 

355.  Disencumber - free from encumbrance

 

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356.  Encumbrance - burden; things that get on the way of 

357.  Endearing - making dear or liked 

358.  Endemic - epidemic 

359.  Endorse - write one's name on the back of 

360.  Enduring - lasting 

361.  Enervate - weaken, deprive of strength, attenuate 

362.  Engender - cause, produce, give rise to 

363.  Engrave - impress deeply 

364.  Engrossing - taken up all the time or attention; writing in large or

formal 

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365.  Engulf - swallow up

366.  Enigma - something that is puzzling 

367.  Enmity - hatred; being an enemy 

368.  Enormity - excessive wickedness; evilness 

369.  Enormousness - great size 

370.  Ensign - flag/badge 

371.  Entangle - put into difficulties 

372.  Enthral - please greatly/enslave (fig) 

373.  Entice - tempt or persuade 

374.  Entreat - ask earnestly 

375.  Enunciate - pronounce (words)/express a theory 

376.  Enzyme - catalyst 

377.  Epicure – food lover, a connoisseur of food 

378.  Epicurean - devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment) 

379.  Epistle – letter

380.  Epithet – adjective 

381.  Epitome - brief summary; representative example; a typical model 

382.  Equable - steady, regular 

383.  Equanimity - calmness of temperament 

384.  Equilibrium - state of being balanced 

385.  Equipoise - equal distribution of weight; equilibrium 

386.  Equivocal - having a double or doubtful meaning; suspicious 

387.  Equivocate - try to deceive by equivocal language 

388.  Eradicate - get rid of; pull up by the roots 

389.  Erasure – erasing, removing all traces 

390.  Erode - wear away, eat into 

391.  Erratic - irregular in behaviour or opinion 

392.  Erudite - learned, scholarly 

393.  Escalate - increase, develop

394.  Eschew - avoid 

395.  Esoteric - abstruse; intended only for a small circle of 

396.  Espouse - marry; give one's support to 

397.  Eulogy - formal praise; panegyric 

398.  Euphoria - elation; state of pleasant excitement 

399.  Euthanasia - easy and painless death 

400.  Evaluating - finding out the value 

401.  Evaporate - change into vapor, disappear, die 

402.  Evasive - tending to evade 

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403.  Evince - to show clearly, to indicate 

404.  Evoke - call up, bring out 

405.  Evolve - unfold, develop naturally and gradually 

406.  Excoriate - to flay, stip off the skin; to denounce sharply 

407.  Excoriation - severe criticism

408.  Exculpate - to clear from a charge of guilt 

409.  Exert - thrust out, push forth 

410.  Exertion - instance of exerting 

411.  Exhaustive - complete, thorough 

412.  Exigency - emergency, an urgent situation 

413.  Exonerate - free; clear 

414.  Exoneration - set somebody clear, free (e.g.. from blame) 

415.  Exorbitant - much too high or great 

416.  Expatiate - to roam, wander freely 

417.  Expedient - likely to be useful for a purpose 

418.  Expiation - ending; expiring 

419.  Exploit – brilliant achievement; develop; use selfishly 

420.  Expostulate - argue earnestly to dissuade, correct, or protest 

421.  Expurgate - to remove obscenity, purify, censor

422.  Exscind - to cut out, cut away 

423.  Extant - still in existence 

424.  Extempore - without previous thought or preparation

425.  Extensive - far-reaching 

426.  Extenuate - reduce the strength of, lessen seriousness, partially

excuse 

427.  Extinct - no longer active 

428.  Extinguish - end the existence of/wipe or put out 

429.  Extirpate - to destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind 

430.  Extol - praise highly 

431.  Extort - obtain by threats, violence 

432.  Extralegal - outside the law 

433.  Extricable – that can be freed 

434.  Extrovert - cheerful person 

435.  Exuberance - state of growing vigorously; being full of life

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437.  Facetious - humorous, funny, jocular 

438.  Facile - easily done 

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439.  Facilitate - make easy (e.g.. a process of smth) 

440.  Fallacious - based on error 

441.  Fallacy - false or mistaken belief 

442.  Falter - waver/move in an uncertain manner 

443.  Fatuous - without sense, foolish self-satisfaction 

444.  Faucet - device for controlling the outflow of a liquid 

445.  Fawn - young deer, try to win somebody's favor 

446.  Feckless - lacking purpose or vitality; ineffective; careless 

447.  Fecund - fertile 

448.  Feint - pretend 

449.  Felicitous - apt; suitably expressed, well chosen, apropos 

450.  Felon - person guilty of murder

451.  Ferment - substance; become excited 

452.  Ferocity - savage cruelty 

453.  Ferret - discover by searching; search 

454.  Fertile - producing much, full of ideas 

455.  Fertilize - make fertile or productive 

456.  Fervid - showing earnest feeling 

457.  Fervor - warmth of feelings; earnestness 

458.  Fetid - stinking 

459.  Fetter - to shackle, put in chains 

460.  Feud - bitter quarrel over a long period of time 

461.  Fidelity - loyalty, accuracy 

462.  Fidget - move restlessly, make nervous 

463.  Figurehead – carved image on the prow of a ship 

464.  Finesse - delicate way of dealing with a situation

465.  Finical - too fussy about food, clothing, etc. 

466.  Finicky - finical 

467.  Finite - limited, having bounds 

468.  Fission - splitting or division (esp. of cells) 

469.  Fix at - stare at 

470.  Flak - criticism/anti-aircraft guns 

471.  Flamboyant - brightly colored, florid 

472.  Flammable - having tendency to burst into flames 

473.  Flaunting - show off complacently 

474.  Flaw - crack, lessen value 

475.  Flax - pale yellow (hair); a plant 

476.  Fledged - able to fly, trained, experienced 

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477.  Fleet – number of ships, quick-moving

478.  Fleeting - passing quickly

479.  Flexibility - easily bent without braking 

480.  Flinch - draw, move back, wince 

481.  Flop - fail/move/fall clumsily 

482.  Florid - very much ornamented; naturally red (e.g.. of face) 

483.  Floridness - ruddiness; heavily decorated; ornateness 

484.  Flout - reject, mock, to go against (as in going against tradition) 

485.  Fluke - lucky stroke 

486.  Fluster – make nervous or confused 

487.  Foible - defect of character (a person is wrongly proud) 

488.  Foil - prevent from carrying out; contrast 

489.  Foment - put something warm (to lessen the pain) 

490.  Foolproof - incapable of failure or error 

491.  Foppish - like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes 

492.  Forage - food for horses and cattle

493.  Forbear - refrain from, be patient; ancestor 

494.  Forbearance - patience, willingness to wait 

495.  Ford - shallow place in a river (to cross) 

496.  Forestall - prevent by taking action in advance, preempt 

497.  Forethought - foresight, planned in advance 

498.  Forfeit – suffer the loss of something

499.  Forge - workshop for the shaping of metal; to shape metal; lead 

500.  Forgery - counterfeit 

501.  Forswear - renounce, disallow, repudiate 

502.  Fortify - strengthen 

503.  Fortuitous - happening by chance 

504.  Foster - nurture, care for 

505.  Fracas – noisy quarrel 

506.  Fragile - easily injured, broken or destroyed

507.  Fragrant - sweet-smelling 

508.  Franchise - special right given by authority 

509.  Frantic - wildly excited with joy, pain, anxiety 

510.  Frenetic - frantic, frenzied 

511.  Fret - worry; irritation; wear away 

512.  Friction - the rubbing of one thing against another, difference of

opinion 

513.  Fringe - edge; ornamental border; part of hair over the forehead 

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514.  Froward - intractable, not willing to yield or comply, stubborn 

515.  Frugal - careful, economical 

516.  Fulminate - berate, vituperate, to thunder out, to explode 

517.  Fulmination - bitter protest 

518.  Fulsome - disgusting, offensive due to excessiveness

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519.  Gainsay - to deny, declare false, to oppose 

520.  Gambol - quick, playful jumping

521.  Garble - make unfair selection from facts 

522.  Garment - article of clothing 

523.  Garner - to gather and save; to store up  

524.  Garrulity - talkativeness 

525.  Garrulous – too talkative 

526.  Gaucherie - socially awkward, tactless behavior 

527.  Germane - relevant; pertinent to 

528.  Gist - the point, general sense 

529.  Glean - gather facts in small quantities 

530.  Glib - ready and smooth but not sincere 

531.  Glimmer - weak/unsteady light 

532.  Gloat - over look at with selfish delight 

533.  Glut - supply to much, fill to excess 

534.  Gnaw - waste away; bite steadily

535.  Goad - something urging a person to action 

536.  Gorge - eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream 

537.  Gossamer - soft light, delicate material 

538.  Gouge - tool for cutting grooves in wood 

539.  Grace – favor

540.  Grandiloquent - using pompous words 

541.  Grave - serious, requiring consideration 

542.  Graze - touch or scrape lightly in passing 

543.  Gregarious - living in societies; liking the company 

544.  Grievance - cause for complaint or protest 

545.  Grievous - causing grief or pain; serious, dire, grave 

546.  Grimace - twisted expression of a face 

547.  Grind - crush, polish 

548.  Grooves - long channel in the surface, habitual way of living

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549.  Grovel - crawl, humble oneself 

550.  Guile - deceit, cunning 

551.  Guileless - straight-forward, candid 

552.  Gull - cheat, deceive 

553.  Gullible - easily gulled 

554.  Gush - burst out suddenly/talk ardently 

555.  Gust - outburst of feeling; sudden rain, wind, fire, etc.

H

556.  Hack - cut roughly; hired horse 

557.  Halcyon - calm and peaceful 

558.  Hallow - to make holy; consecrate 

559.  Hamper - basket with a lid, prevent free movement or activity

560.  Hapless - unlucky, unfortunate 

561.  Harangue - a long, passionate speech 

562.  Harbinger - something or somebody that foretells the coming

563.  Harrow - to distress, create stress or torment 

564.  Harsh - rough, cruel, stern 

565.  Haughty - arrogant; conceited 

566.  Haven – harbor, safety place 

567.  Heed - attention/give notice to 

568.  Heinous - odious (of crime) 

569.  Heresy - belief contrary to what is generally accepted 

570.  Hermetic - sealed by fusion 

571.  Heterogeneous - made up of different kinds 

572.  Hew - make by hard work; cut (by striking) 

573.  Highbrow - (person) with superior tastes 

574.  Hirsute - hairy, shaggy 

575.  Hoax - mischievous trick played on somebody for a joke 

576.  Hoipolloi - the masses; the rabble

577.  Hollow - not soled, with hole 

578.  Holster - leather case for a pistol 

579.  Homiletics - act of preaching 

580.  Hone - stone used for sharpening tools 

581.  Hoodwink - trick, mislead 

582.  Hospitable - liking to give hospitality 

583.  Hubris - arrogant pride 

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584.  Hurdle - light frame, fence to be jumped over 

585.  Hush - make or become silent 

586.  Husk - worthless outside part of anything 

587.  Hypocrisy - falsely making oneself appear to be good

I

588.  Iconoclast - person who attacks popular beliefs 

589.  Iconoclastic - attacking cherished beliefs 

590.  Idiosyncrasy - personal mannerism

591.  Idolatrous - worshipping idols \

592.  Idolatry - excessive admiration of 

593.  Ignoble - dishonorable, common, undignified 

594.  Ignominious - shameful, dishonorable, undignified, disgraceful 

595.  Illicit - unlawful, forbidden 

596.  Illusory - deceptive; an illusion 

597.  Imbroglio - complicated and embarrassing situation 

598.  Immaculate - pure, faultless 

599.  Immerse - absorb; put under the surface of 

600.  Imminent - likely to come or happen soon 

601.  Immutable - that cannot be changed 

602.  Impair - worsen, diminish in value 

603.  Impaired - damaged, weakened 

604.  Impassive - unmoved; feeling no sign of passion

605.  Impecunious - having little or no money 

606.  Impede - hinder; get in the way of 

607.  Impediment - something that hinders (e.g. stammer) 

608.  Impending - imminent, being about to happen, expected 

609.  Imperative - urgent, essential 

610.  Imperious - commanding, haughty, arrogant 

611.  Impermeable – that cannot be permeated 

612.  Imperturbable - calm; not capable of being excited 

613.  Impervious - not allowing to pass through (of materials) 

614.  Imperviousness - arrogance, commanding presence, over

bearingness

615.  Impetuous - having sudden energy, impulsive, thrusting ahead,

forceful 

616.  Impiety - lack of reverence or dutifulness 

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617.  Implacable - incapable of being placated, unpleasable 

618.  Implausibility – incredibility

619.  Implicate - show that somebody has a share 

620.  Implicit - implied though not plainly expressed 

621.  Implosion - collapse; bursting inward 

622.  Imply - make a suggestion 

623.  Importune - beg urgently; solicit (of a prostitute) 

624.  Imprecation - an invocation of evil; a curse 

625.  Impromptu - without preparation 

626.  Impudence - being rash, indiscreet 

627.  Impudent - rash, indiscreet 

628.  Impugned - challenged, to be doubted 

629.  Impute - to attribute to a cause or source, ascribe 

630.  Inadvertent - done thoughtlessly 

631.  Inane - silly, senseless 

632.  Inasmuch - since, because

633.  Incense - make angry 

634.  Incessant - often repeated, continual 

635.  Inchoate -not yet fully formed, rudimentary, elementary 

636.  Incipient - beginning 

637.  Incise - engrave, make a cut in 

638.  Incite – stir up, rouse 

639.  Inclined - directing the mind in a certain direction 

640.  Incoherently - not consistently, unclearly 

641.  Incongruous - out of place, not in harmony or agreement 

642.  Incorrigibility - cannot be cured or corrected 

643.  Incredulous - skeptical, unwilling to believe 

644.  Inculcate - fix firmly by repetition 

645.  Incumbents - official duties 

646.  Incursion - a raid, a sudden attack

647.  Indefatigability - not easily exhaustible; tirelessness 

648.  Indelible - that cannot be rubbed out 

649.  Indelicate - immodest; lacking in refinement 

650.  Indigence - poverty 

651.  Indigenous - native 

652.  Indistinct - not easily heard, seen, clearly marked 

653.  Indolence - laziness 

654.  Indomitable - not easily discouraged or subdued 

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655.  Indulge - gratify, give way to, satisfy; allow oneself 

656.  Indulgent - inclined to indulge 

657.  Ineffable – to great to be described in words 

658.  Ineluctable - certain, inevitable 

659.  Inept - unskillful; said or done at the wrong time 

660.  Ineptitude - quality of being unskillful

661.  Inferno - hell 

662.  Infertile - not fertile, barren 

663.  Inflame - become red, angry 

664.  Inflammatory - tending to inflame 

665.  Infuriate - fill with fury or rage 

666.  Infuse - put, pour, fill 

667.  Ingenuous - naive, young, artless, frank, honest, sincere 

668.  Ingest - take in by swallowing 

669.  Inherent - existing as a natural part 

670.  Inhibit - hinder, restrain 

671.  Inimical - harmful or friendly 

672.  Inimitable - defying imitation, unmatchable 

673.  Innocuous - causing no harm 

674.  Inscrutable - incapable of being discovered or understood

675.  Insensible - unconscious, unresponsive, unaffected

676.   Insinuate - suggest unpleasantly; make a way for something gently 

677.  Insipid -without taste or flavor 

678.  Insouciant - unconcerned, carefree 

679.  Insularity - narrow-mindedness, isolated 

680.  Insurrection - rising of people to open resistance to 

681.  Interdict - prohibit, forbid 

682.  Interim - as an installment 

683.  Intersperse - place here and there 

684.  Intervene - come between; interfere to change the result 

685.  Intractable - unruly, refractory, stubborn 

686.  Intransigence - unwillingness to compromise, stubbornness,

intractability 

687.  Intransigent - uncompromising 

688.  Intrepid – fearless, brave, undaunted 

689.  Introspection - examining one's own thoughts and feelings 

690.  Inundate - flood; cover by overflowing 

691.  Inured - accustomed to, adapted 

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692.  Invective - abusive language, curses 

693.  Inveigh - to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate 

694.  Inveterate - deep-rooted. long-established 

695.  Invincible - too strong to be defeated 

696.  Involute - complex 

697.  Irascible - irritable, easily angered 

698.  Irate - angry 

699.  Ire - anger 

700.  Irksome – tiresome 

701.  Irrelevant - not relevant, not connected 

702.  Irresolute - hesitating; undecided

703.  Irrevocable - final and unalterable 

704.  Itinerary - plan for a journey, details or records of a route 

705.  Itinerate - to travel from place to place, to peregrinate

J

706.  Jabber -talk excitedly; utter rapidly 

707.  Jeopardize - put in danger 

708.  Jibe - gibe, make fun of 

709.  Jocular - meant as a joke 

710.  Judicious - sound in judgment; wise

K

711.  Knit - draw together, unite firmly

 L

712.  Labyrinthine - to entangle the state of affairs 

713.  Lachrymose - causing tears, tearful 

714.  Lackluster - (of eyes) dull, without bright 

715.  Laconic - brief, to the point, terse 

716.  Lag - go too slow

717.  Lament - show, feel great sorrow 

718.  Lassitude - weariness, tiredness 

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719.  Latent - present but not yet active, developed or visible 

720.  Laudatory - expressing or giving praise 

721.  Lavish - giving or producing freely, liberally or generously 

722.  Leakage - the process of leaking 

723.  Legacy - something handed down from ancestors 

724.  Levee - formal reception/embankment 

725.  Levity - lack of seriousness 

726.  Libel - statement that damages reputation 

727.  Liberality - free giving; generosity 

728.  Libertine - immoral person 

729.  Lien - legal claim until a debt on it is repaid 

730.  Limn - paint, portray 

731.  Limp - lacking strength, walking unevenly 

732.  Lionize - treat as a famous person 

733.  Lithe - bending, twisting 

734.  Loll - rest, to sit or stand in a lazy way; hang (dog's tongue) 

735.  Lope - move along with long strides 

736.  Loquacious - talkative, garrulous 

737.  Lubricant - substance that makes work easier 

738.  Lubricate - put oil to make work easily 

739.  Lubricious - lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery 

740.  Lucubrate - write in scholarly fashion 

741.  Luculent - easily understood, lucid, clear 

742.  Lugubrious - mournful, excessively sad 

743.  Lull - become quiet or less active 

744.  Lumber - move in a clumsy/noisy way 

745.  Luminary - star, light-giving body 

746.  Lurk - be out of view ready to attack 

747.  Lustrous - being bright, polished

M

748.  Macabre - gruesome, suggesting death 

749.  Macerate - make or become soft by soaking in water 

750.  Machination - plot, scheme (esp. evil) 

751.  Maladroit - tactless, clumsy 

752.  Malapropism - misuse of a word (for one that resembles it) 

753.  Malevolence - wishing to do evil 

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754.  Malign - injurious, speak ill of somebody, tell lie 

755.  Malinger - to fake illness or injury, in order to shirk a duty 

756.  Malleable - yielding; easily shaped; moldable; adapting 

757.  Manacle - chains for the hands or feet 

758.  Martial - brave, of associated with war 

759.  Massacre - cruel killing of a large number of people 

760.  Matriculation - be admitted, enter a university as a student 

761.  Mature - come to full development, to a state ready for use 

762.  Maudlin - sentimental in a silly or tearful way 

763.  Maul - hurt by rough handling 

764.  Maverick – rebel, nonconformist 

765.  Mellifluous - sweetly flowing 

766.  Mendacious - false 

767.  Mendacity - dishonesty 

768.  Mendicant - a beggar 

769.  Mercurial - quick, changeable in character, fleeting 

770.  Meretricious - attractive on the surface but of little value 

771.  Mesmerize - hypnotize 

772.  Meticulous - giving great attention to details 

773.  Mettle - quality of endurance or courage 

774.  Mettlesome - courageous, high-spirited 

775.  Middling -fairly good but not very good 

776.  Minatory - menacing, threatening 

777.  Mince - pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize 

778.  Misanthrope - person who hates mankind 

779.  Mischievous - harmful, causing mischief 

780.  Miser - person who loves wealth and spends little 

781.  Misogynist - one who hates women/females 

782.  Missile - something that is thrown or shot 

783.  Mitigate - make less severe or painful 

784.  Moderation - quality of being limited, not extreme 

785.  Mollify - make calmer or quieter 

786.  Molt - moult, lose hair, feathers before new growing 

787.  Morbid - diseased, unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas) 

788.  Morose - ill-tempered, unsociable 

789.  Mortuary - place where dead bodies are taken to be kept until burial 

790.  Muffler - cloth worn round the neck/silencer 

791.  Multifarious - varied, motley, greatly diversified 

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792.  Mundane - worldly as opposed to spiritual; commonplace, everyday

793.  Myriad - very great number

N

794.  Nadir -lowest, weakest point 

795.  Nascent - coming into existence, emerging 

796.  Nebulous - cloud-like; hazy; vague; indistinct 

797.  Negligent - taking too little care 

798.  Neophyte - person who has been converted to a belief 

799.  Nexus - a connection, tie, or link 

800.  Nibble - show some inclination to accept (an offer) 

801.  Nice - precise, sensitive to subtleness 

802.  Noisome - offensive, disgusting (smell) 

803.  Nonchalant - not having interest 

804.  Nonplused - greatly surprised 

805.  Nostrum - a quack remedy, an untested cure 

806.  Notion - nominal, token 

807.  Noxious - harmful 

808.  Nugatory – trifling/worthless 

809.  Nullify - make void and null 

810.  Numb – without ability to feel or move 

811.  Numbness - without ability to move a finger

O

812.  Obdurate - hardened and unrepenting; stubborn, inflexible 

813.  Obfuscate - to darken, make obscure, muddle 

814.  Oblivious - unaware, having no memory 

815.  Obloquy - abusively detractive language, sharp criticism,

vituperation

816.  Obsequious - too eager to obey or serve

817.  Obsolete - no longer used 

818.  Obstreperous - noisy, loud 

819.  Obtain - to be established, accepted, or customary 

820.  Obtrusive - projecting, prominent, undesirably noticeable 

821.  Obtuse - blunt/stupid 

822.  Obviate – to make unnecessary, get rid of 

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823.  Occluded - blocked up 

824.  Occult - hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension 

825.  Odious - repulsive, hateful 

826.  Odium - contempt, dislike, aversion 

827.  Odor - smell; favor; reputation 

828.  Officious - too eager or ready to help, offer advice 

829.  Ominous - threatening 

830.  Opaqueness - dullness/not allowing light to pass through 

831.  Opprobrious - showing scorn or reproach 

832.  Ossify - to turn to bone; to settle rigidly into an idea 

833.  Ostensible - seeming, appearing as such, professed 

834.  Ostentation - display to obtain admiration or envy 

835.  Ostentatious - fond of showing ostentation 

836.  Ostracism - shut out from society, refuse to meet, talk 

837.  Ostrich - fast-running bird unable to fly 

838.  Outset - start 

839.  Overhaul - examine thoroughly to learn about the condition 

840.  Overweening - presumptuously arrogant, overbearing, immoderate,

being a jerk 

841.  Overwhelm - weigh down, submerge

P

842.  Paean - song of praise or triumph 

843.  Palate - roof of the mouth; sense of taste 

844.  Palatial - magnificent 

845.  Palliate - to make something appear less serious, to alleviate, to

gloss over 

846.  Palpability - can be felt, touched, understood

847.  Palpitate - tremble, beat rapidly and irregularly 

848.  Pan - flat/zoom 

849.  Panegyric - formal praise, eulogy 

850.  Paradigm - a model, example, or pattern 

851.  Parenthesis - sentence within another one, something separated 

852.  Pariah - an outcast, a rejected and despised person 

853.  Parsimonious - too economical, miserly 

854.  Partisan - one-sided, committed to a party, biased or prejudiced 

855.  Patron - regular customer; person who gives support 

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856.  Paucity - scarcity, a lacking of 

857.  Peccadillo - small sin; small weakness in one's character 

858.  Pedantic - bookish, showing off learning 

859.  Pedestrian - commonplace, trite, unremarkable 

860.  Pellucid - transparent, easy to understand 

861.  Penchant - strong inclination, a liking 

862.  Penitent - feeling or showing regret 

863.  Penurious - poor/stingy 

864.  Penury - extreme poverty

865.  Peregrination - traveling about, wandering 

866.  Peremptory - urgent, imperative, unchallengeable, ending debate 

867.  Perennial - lasting for a long time (e.g.. a year) 

868.  Perfidious - treacherous, faithless 

869.  Perfidy - treachery; breaking of faith 

870.  Perfunctory - done as a duty without care 

871.  Perilous - dangerous 

872.  Peripatetic - wandering 

873.  Perish - be destroyed; decay 

874.  Perjury - willful false statement, unlawful act

875.  Permeate - spread into every part of 

876.  Pernicious - harmful, injurious 

877.  Perpetrate - be guilty; commit (a crime) 

878.  Persevere - keep on steadily, continue 

879.  Personable - pleasing in appearance, attractive 

880.  Perspicacity - quick judging and understanding 

881.  Pertain - belong as a part, have reference 

882.  Pest - destructive thing or a person who is nuisance 

883.  Petrified - taken away power (to think, feel, act) 

884.  Petrify - to make hard, rocklike 

885.  Petrous - like a rock, hard, stony 

886.  Petulant - unreasonably impatient 

887.  Philistine - a smug ignorant person; one who lacks knowledge

888.  Phlegmatic - calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional 

889.  Picaresque - involving clever rogues or adventurers 

890.  Pied - of mixed colors 

891.  Pinch - be too tight, take between the thumb and finger 

892.  Pine - waste away through sorrow or illness 

893.  Pious - dutiful to parents; devoted to religion 

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894.  Piquant - agreeably pungent, stimulating

895.  Pique - hurt the pride or self-respect, stir (curiosity)

896.  Pitfall - covered hole as a trap, unsuspected danger 

897.  Pith - essential part, force, soft liquid substance 

898.  Pivotal - of great importance (others depend on it) 

899.  Placate - soothe, pacify, calm 

900.  Plaintive - mournful, melancholy, sorrowful 

901.  Plaque - flat metal on a wall as a memorial 

902.  Platitude - a trite or banal statement; unoriginality

903.  Plea - request 

904.  Plead - address a court of law as an advocate 

905.  Plethora – glut 

906.  Pliant - pliable, easily bent, shaped or twisted 

907.  Plod - continue doing something without resting 

908.  Pluck - pull the feathers off, pick (e.g.. flowers) 

909.  Plumb - get to the root of 

910.  Plummet - fall, plunge, steeply 

911.  Plunge - move quickly, suddenly and with force 

912.  Poignant - deeply moving; keen 

913.  Poise - be ready, be balanced, self-possession 

914.  Polemical - controversial, argued 

915.  Poncho - large piece of cloth 

916.  Ponderous - heavy, bulky, dull 

917.  Portent - omen; marvelous; threatening 

918.  Poseur - someone taking on airs to impress others; a phony 

919.  Posture - state, attitude; adopt a vain 

920.  Poverty - state of being poor 

921.  Pragmatic - practical, favoring utility 

922.  Precarious - uncertain, risky, dangerous 

923.  Precept - moral instruction 

924.  Precepts - rules establishing standards of conduct 

925.  Precipitate - throw something violently down from a height 

926.  Preclude - prevent, make impossible 

927.  Precursory - preliminary, anticipating 

928.  Predilection - special liking, mental preference 

929.  Predominate - have more power than others 

930.  Preempt - obtain by preemption or in advance 

931.  Preen - tidy/show self-satisfaction 

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932.  Premature - doing or happening something before the right time 

933.  Preponderance - greatness in number, strength, weight 

934.  Presage - warning sign 

935.  Presumption - arrogance 

936.  Preternatural - not normal or usual 

937.  Prevalent - common 

938.  Prevaricate - to equivocate, to stray from the truth 

939.  Prim - neat; formal 

940.  Pristine - primitive, unspoiled, pure, as in earlier times

unadulterated 

941.  Probity - uprightness, incorruptibility, principle 

942.  Proclivity - inclination 

943.  Procrast - ination keeping on putting off 

944.  Prodigal - wasteful, reckless with money 

945.  Prodigious - enormous, wonderful 

946.  Profane - worldly, having contempt for God 

947.  Profligacy - shameless immorality 

948.  Profligate - wasteful, prodigal, licentious, extravagant 

949.  Profundity - depth 

950.  Profuse - abundant/lavish 

951.  Proliferate - grow, reproduce by rapid multiplication 

952.  Prolix - tiring because too long 

953.  Prone - prostrate; inclined to (undesirable things) 

954.  Propagation - increasing the number, spreading, extending 

955.  Propinquity - nearness in time or place, affinity of nature 

956.  Propitiate - do something to take away the anger of 

957.  Propitiatory - conciliatory, appeasing, mitigating 

958.  Propitious - auspicious, presenting favorable circumstances 

959.  Prosaic - everyday, mundane, commonplace, trite, pedestrian 

960.  Proscribe - denounce as dangerous 

961.  Protracted – prolonged

962.  Provident - frugal; looking to the future 

963.  Provisional - of the present time only 

964.  Provoke - make angry; vax 

965.  Prudence - careful forethought 

966.  Prudish - easily shocked, excessively modest 

967.  Prune - dried plum, silly person 

968.  Pry - get smth; inquire too curiously 

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969.  Pucker - wrinkle 

970.  Pugnacious - fond of, in the habit of fighting 

971.  Puissance - strength 

972.  Punch - strike with the fist; tool for cutting holes; alc. drink 

973.  Punctilious – precise, paying attention to trivialities 

974.  Pundit - pedant, authority on a subject 

975.  Pungency - sharpness; stinging quality 

976.  Purvey - provide, supply 

977.  Pusillanimous – cowardly, craven 

978.  Putrefaction - becoming rotten 

979.  Pyre - large pile of wood for burning

Q

980.  Quack - person dishonestly claiming to smth 

981.  Quaff - drink deeply 

982.  Quail - lose courage, turn frightened 

983.  Qualm - feeling of doubt, temporary feeling of sickness 

984.  Quandary - state of doubt or perplexity 

985.  Quell - suppress, subdue 

986.  Quibble - try to avoid by sophistication 

987.  Quiescence - state of being passive/motionless 

988.  Quiescent - at rest, dormant, torpid 

989.  Quirk - habit or action peculiar to somebody or smth 

990.  Quixotic - generous, unselfish 

991.  Quotidian - banal; everyday

R

992.  Rabble -mob, crowd; the lower classes of populace 

993.  Raconteur - person who tells anecdotes 

994.  Radiant - bright, shining 

995.  Raffish - low, vulgar, base, tawdry 

996.  Rail at - find fault, utter reproaches 

997.  Ramify - to be divided or subdivided; to branch out 

998.  Rancorous - feeling bitterness, spitefulness 

999.  Rant - use extravagant language 

1000.  Rapacious - greedy (especially for money) 

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1001.  Rarefy - to make thin, to make less dense, to purify or refine 

1002.  Rave - act with excessive enthusiasm 

1003.  Reactionary - opposing progress 

1004.  Rebuff - snub 

1005.  Recalcitrant - disobedient 

1006.  Recant - take back as being false; give up 

1007.  Recast - cast or fashion anew 

1008.  Recidivism - relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior 

1009.  Reciprocity - granting of privileges in return for similar 

1010.  Recital - performance of music 

1011.  Recluse - person who lives alone and avoids people 

1012.  Recompense - make payment to; reward, punish 

1013.  Reconcile - settle a quarrel; restore peace 

1014.  Recondite - little known; abstruse 

1015.  Recourse - something turned to for help 

1016.  Recreancy - cowardice, a cowardly giving up 

1017.  Recuperate - become strong after illness, loss, exhaustion 

1018.  Redeem - get back by payment; compensate 

1019.  Redemptive - serving to redeem 

1020.  Redoubtable - formidable, causing fear 

1021.  Refine - make or become pure, cultural 

1022.  Refractory - stubborn, unmanageable, intractable 

1023.  Refulgent - shining, brilliant 

1024.  Regale - to delight or entertain; to feast 

1025.  Regicide - crime of killing a king 

1026.  Reiterate - say or do again several times 

1027.  Rejuvenation - becoming young in nature or appearance 

1028.  Relapse -fall back again 

1029.  Relinquish - give up 

1030.  Reluctant - unwilling or disinclined 

1031.  Remonstrate - to protest, object 

1032.  Render - deliver, provide, represent 

1033.  Renovate - restore something to better condition 

1034.  Renowned - celebrated, famous 

1035.  Rent - regular payment for the use of smth, division or split 

1036.  Repast - meal 

1037.  Repel - refuse to accept/cause dislike 

1038.  Repine at – be discontented with 

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1039.  Reproach - scold, upbraid 

1040.  Reprobate - person hardened in sin; one devoid of decency 

1041.  Repudiate - disown, refuse to accept or pay 

1042.  Repulsive - causing a feeling of disgust 

1043.  Requite - repay, give in return 

1044.  Rescind - repeal/annul/cancel 

1045.  Resigned - unresisting, submissive 

1046.  Resilience - quality of quickly recovering the original shape 

1047.  Resolve - determine 

1048.  Resort to - frequently visit 

1049.  Restive - refusing to move; reluctant to be controlled 

1050.  Resurrect - bring back into use 

1051.  Resuscitation - coming back to consciousness 

1052.  Retard - check, hinder 

1053.  Reticent - reserved, untalkative, silent, taciturn 

1054.  Revere - have deep respect for 

1055.  Reverent - feeling or showing deep respect 

1056.  Riddle - puzzling person or thing 

1057.  Rift - split, crack, dissension 

1058.  Rivet - fix, take up, secure; metal pin  

1059.  Roll call - calling of names 

1060.  Rope - thick strong cord made by twisting 

1061.  Rotund - rich and deep; plump and round 

1062.  Rubric - heading, title, or category 

1063.  Ruffian - violent, cruel man 

1064.  Rumple - make rough

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1065.  Sagacious - having sound judgment; perceptive, wise; like a sage 

1066.  Salacious - obscene 

1067.  Salient - prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant 

1068.  Salubrious - healthful 

1069.  Salutary - remedial, wholesome, causing improvement 

1070.  Sanctimony - Self-righteousness, hypocritical, with false piety 

1071.  Sanction - approval (by authority); penalty 

1072.  Sanguine - cheerful, confident, optimistic 

1073.  Sanity - health of mind; soundness of judgement 

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1074.  Sap - weaken 

1075.  Sash - long strip worn round the waist 

1076.  Sate - satiate 

1077.  Satiate - satisfy fully 

1078.  Saturnine - gloomy, dark, sullen, morose 

1079.  Savant - person of great learning 

1080.  Savor - taste, flavor smth 

1081.  Sawdust - tiny bits of wood 

1082.  Scabbards - heath for the blade 

1083.  Scent - smell (especially pleasant) 

1084.  Scorch - become discolored/dry up/go at high speed 

1085.  Scribble - write hastily 

1086.  Scurvy - mean, contemptible 

1087.  Seal - piece of wax, lead, etc stamped on the document 

1088.  Secular - material (not spiritual); living outside monasteries 

1089.  Sedulous - persevering 

1090.  Seminal - like a seed; constituting a source, originative 

1091.  Sententious - short and pithy, full of maxims/proverbs 

1092.  Sequence - succession, connected line of 

1093.  Sere - make hard and without feeling/mouldy flower. 

1094.  Sermon - reproving a person for his faults 

1095.  Serrated - having a toothed edge 

1096.  Serration - having a toothed edge 

1097.  Servile - like a slave, lacking independence 

1098.  Sever - break off 

1099.  Severance - severing 

1100.  Shaft - arrow or spear, something long and narrow 

1101.  Shallow - little depth; not earnest 

1102.  Shard - piece of broken earthenware 

1103.  Sheath - cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool 

1104.  Shove - push 

1105.  Shrewd - astute; showing sound judgement 

1106.  Shrill - sharp, piercing 

1107.  Shun - keep away from; avoid 

1108.  Shunt - send from one track to another; lay aside; evade discussion 

1109.  Sidestep - step to one side 

1110.  Simper - (give a) silly/self-conscious smile 

1111.  Sinuous - winding, undulating, serpentine 

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1112.  Skiff - small boat 

1113.  Skit - short piece of humorous writing 

1114.  Slack - sluggish; dull; not tight 

1115.  Slake - to assuage, to satisfy, allay 

1116.  Slate - king of blue-grey stone; propose; criticize 

1117.  Sluggard - lazy, slow-moving person 

1118.  Slur - join sounds/words (indistinct)