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VOCABULARY LISTS

800 high frequency words GRESeptember 14, 2012 By Vin K.

1.

give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors

2.

markedly different from an accepted norm

3.

temporary cessation or suspension

4.

of the most contemptible kind

5.

formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief

6.

the act of cutting something off

7.

run away

8.

marked by temperance in indulgence

9.

the trait of refraining from something, especially alcohol

abdicate

aberrant

abeyance

abject

abjure

abscission

abscond

abstemious

abstinence

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10.

resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be immeasurable

11.

an increase by natural growth or addition

12.

grow by addition

13.

very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem

14.

something added to another thing but not essential to it

15.

take to task

16.

make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance

17.

characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste

18.

influenced

19.

a natural attraction or feeling of kinship

20.

abysmal

accretion

accrue

adamant

adjunct

admonish

adulterate

aesthetic

affected

affinity

aggrandize

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add details to

21.

a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together

22.

liveliness and eagerness

23.

a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times

24.

lessen the intensity of or calm

25.

provide physical relief, as from pain

26.

a mixture containing two or more metallic elements

27.

the power to entice or attract through personal charm

28.

to bring or combine together or with something else

29.

having more than one possible meaning

30.

mixed feelings or emotions

aggregate

alacrity

alchemy

allay

alleviate

alloy

allure

amalgamate

ambiguous

ambivalence

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31.

the food and drink of the gods

32.

to make better

33.

disposed or willing to comply

34.

pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions

35.

a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil

36.

something located at a time when it could not have existed

37.

capable of relieving pain

38.

similar or equivalent in some respects

39.

a state of lawlessness and disorder

40.

capable of relieving pain

41.

ambrosia

ameliorate

amenable

amenity

amulet

anachronism

analgesic

analogous

anarchy

anodyne

anomalous

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deviating from the general or common order or type

42.

a preceding occurrence or cause or event

43.

of or relating to the period before the biblical flood

44.

a feeling of intense dislike

45.

an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

46.

the highest point of something

47.

the farthest point in an orbit around the Earth

48.

a short pithy instructive saying

49.

make peace with

50.

identifying words by which someone or something is called

51.

being of striking appropriateness and pertinence

antecedent

antediluvian

antipathy

apathy

apex

apogee

apothegm

appease

appellation

apposite

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52.

inform somebody of something

53.

official approval

54.

suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc

55.

of an appropriate or pertinent nature

56.

position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind

57.

the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures

58.

feelings of great warmth and intensity

59.

characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion

60.

a characteristic language of a particular group

61.

take into custody

62.

apprise

approbation

appropriate

apropos

arabesque

archeology

ardor

arduous

argot

arrest

artifact

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a man-made object taken as a whole

63.

simple and natural; without cunning or deceit

64.

someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

65.

harshness of manner

66.

a disparaging remark

67.

marked by care and persistent effort

68.

provide physical relief, as from pain

69.

tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue

70.

a shelter from danger or hardship

71.

a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

72.

become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude

artless

ascetic

asperity

aspersion

assiduous

assuage

astringent

asylum

atavism

attenuate

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73.

disposed to venture or take risks

74.

of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor

75.

existing as an independent entity

76.

reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth

77.

to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

78.

an auxiliary activity

79.

being or relating to an uncle

80.

evident without proof or argument

81.

used of riotously drunken merrymaking

82.

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

83.

audacious

austere

autonomous

avarice

aver

avocation

avuncular

axiomatic

bacchanalian

banal

banter

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light teasing repartee

84.

a lyric poet

85.

humorously vulgar

86.

make blessedly happy

87.

decorate tastelessly

88.

someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

89.

be in contradiction with

90.

doing or producing good

91.

split or divide into two

92.

flattery intended to persuade

93.

uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence

bard

bawdy

beatify

bedizen

behemoth

belie

beneficent

bifurcate

blandishment

blase

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94.

support and strengthen

95.

ostentatiously lofty in style

96.

ill-mannered and coarse in behavior or appearance

97.

any of various wild or domestic cattle

98.

unrestrained by convention or propriety

99.

bring up a topic for discussion

100.

devoted to raising sheep or cattle

101.

grow and flourish

102.

polish and make shiny

103.

a support usually of stone or brick

104.

bolster

bombastic

boorish

bovine

brazen

broach

bucolic

burgeon

burnish

buttress

cacophonous

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having an unpleasant sound

105.

obtain or seek to obtain by wheedling

106.

having calluses

107.

a false accusation of an offense

108.

a deliberately misleading fabrication

109.

a collection of books accepted as holy scripture

110.

a slope in the turn of a road or track

111.

stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate

112.

determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity

113.

tending to find and call attention to faults

114.

a vivid red color

cadge

callous

calumny

canard

canon

cant

cantankerous

capricious

captious

cardinal

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115.

of or relating to the body or flesh

116.

persistent petty and unjustified criticism

117.

the making of maps and charts

118.

a hereditary social class among Hindus

119.

verbal punishment

120.

a sudden violent change in the earth's surface

121.

substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction

122.

relating to or included in a class or classes

123.

meet to select a candidate or promote a policy

124.

involving an entity that produces an effect

125.

carnal

carping

cartography

caste

castigation

cataclysm

catalyst

categorical

caucus

causal

caustic

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capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

126.

relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven

127.

tending to move away from a center

128.

tending to move toward a center

129.

someone who has won first place in a competition

130.

censure severely

131.

the use of tricks to deceive someone

132.

the medieval principles governing knightly conduct

133.

having a bad disposition; surly

134.

deviating from a straight course

135.

someone who can perceive things not present to the senses

celestial

centrifugal

centripetal

champion

chasten

chicanery

chivalry

churlish

circuitous

clairvoyant

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136.

utter or proclaim insistently and noisily

137.

an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

138.

change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state

139.

residence that is a place of religious seclusion

140.

fuse or cause to grow together

141.

the closing section of a musical composition

142.

organize into a system, such as a body of law

143.

having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization

144.

a paste-up of pieces to form an artistic image

145.

corresponding in size or degree or extent

146.

clamor

clique

coagulate

cloister

coalesce

coda

codify

cognizant

collage

commensurate

compendium

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a publication containing a variety of works

147.

contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions

148.

showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others

149.

something added to embellish or make perfect

150.

disposed to act in accordance with someone's wishes

151.

a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed

152.

curving inward

153.

making or willing to make concessions

154.

make something by mixing

155.

following or accompanying as a consequence

156.

excuse, overlook, or make allowances for

complacent

complaisant

complement

compliant

compunction

concave

conciliatory

concoct

concomitant

condone

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157.

be confusing or perplexing to

158.

suitable to your needs

159.

relating to the relationship between a wife and husband

160.

an expert able to appreciate a field

161.

enroll into service compulsorily

162.

give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

163.

compete for something

164.

showing an inclination to disagree

165.

voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge

166.

feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

167.

confound

congenial

conjugal

connoisseur

conscript

consecrate

contend

contentious

continence

contrite

contumacious

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willfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient

168.

a difficult problem

169.

having a common boundary or edge

170.

the act of meeting formally

171.

be adjacent or come together

172.

curving or bulging outward

173.

occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company

174.

rolled longitudinally upon itself

175.

large in number or quantity

176.

talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

177.

a horn filled with fruit and grain symbolizing prosperity

conundrum

contiguous

convention

converge

convex

convivial

convoluted

copious

coquette

cornucopia

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178.

metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe

179.

secret or hidden

180.

immoderately desirous of acquiring something

181.

be dishonest with

182.

lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful

183.

the mental attitude that something is believable

184.

any system of principles or beliefs

185.

cause to lose courage

186.

an insufficient quantity or number

187.

a wild gathering involving drinking and promiscuity

188.

cosmology

covert

covetous

cozen

craven

credence

credo

daunt

dearth

debauchery

decorum

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propriety in manners and conduct

189.

charge falsely or with malicious intent

190.

an option that is selected automatically

191.

courteous regard for people's feelings

192.

no longer in force or use; inactive

193.

represented accurately or precisely

194.

a statistic characterizing human populations

195.

of or for the common people

196.

politely refuse or take exception to

197.

charge falsely or with malicious intent

198.

a plant or animal naturalized in a region

defame

default

deference

defunct

delineate

demographic

demotic

demur

denigrate

denizen

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199.

the outcome of a complex sequence of events

200.

treat or speak of with contempt

201.

a compound obtained from another compound

202.

lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless

203.

a state of inactivity or disuse

204.

marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose

205.

something immaterial that interferes with action or progress

206.

a petty disparagement

207.

so thin as to transmit light

208.

thunderous verbal attack

209.

denouement

deride

derivative

desiccate

desuetude

desultory

deterrent

detraction

diaphanous

diatribe

dichotomy

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being twofold

210.

lack of self-assurance

211.

spread out; not concentrated in one place

212.

a turning aside

213.

a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person

214.

free somebody from an erroneous belief

215.

having or revealing keen insight and good judgment

216.

cause to lose one's composure

217.

not in agreement or harmony

218.

the state of being held in low esteem

219.

a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

diffidence

diffuse

digression

dirge

disabuse

discerning

discomfit

discordant

discredit

discrepancy

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220.

constituting a separate entity or part

221.

power of making choices unconstrained by external agencies

222.

not straightforward or candid

223.

unaffected by concern for one's own welfare

224.

taken apart at the points of connection

225.

stop associating with

226.

express a negative opinion of

227.

fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind

228.

behave unnaturally or affectedly

229.

cause to become widely known

230.

discrete

discretion

disingenuous

disinterested

disjointed

dismiss

disparage

disparate

dissemble

disseminate

dissident

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a person who dissents from some established policy

231.

separation into component parts

232.

disagreeable sounds

233.

cause to expand as it by internal pressure

234.

undergo condensation

235.

having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety

236.

move or draw apart

237.

take away possessions from someone

238.

make known to the public information previously kept secret

239.

a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions

240.

a representation of a person's thinking with symbolic marks

dissolution

dissonance

distend

distill

distrait

diverge

divest

divulge

doctrinaire

document

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241.

a comic verse of irregular measure

242.

pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative

243.

inactive but capable of becoming active

244.

worthless or dangerous material that should be removed

245.

fool or hoax

246.

joyously unrestrained

247.

selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas

248.

the process of bubbling as gas escapes

249.

excessively self-indulgent, affected, or decadent

250.

capacity or power to produce a desired effect

251.

doggerel

dogmatic

dormant

dross

dupe

ebullient

eclectic

effervescence

effete

efficacy

effrontery

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audacious behavior that you have no right to

252.

concern for your own interests and welfare

253.

having an inflated idea of one's own importance

254.

a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

255.

call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response

256.

a substance believed to cure all ills

257.

relating to the abode of the blessed after death

258.

very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

259.

make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color

260.

a substance with a soothing effect when applied to the skin

261.

derived from experiment and observation rather than theory

egoism

egotistical

elegy

elicit

elixir

elysian

emaciated

embellish

emollient

empirical

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262.

strive to equal or match, especially by imitating

263.

a formal expression of praise

264.

native to or confined to a certain region

265.

weaken mentally or morally

266.

make children

267.

increase

268.

the branch of zoology that studies insects

269.

express or state clearly

270.

anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day

271.

the philosophical theory of knowledge

272.

emulate

encomium

endemic

enervate

engender

enhance

entomology

enunciate

ephemeral

epistemology

equable

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not varying

273.

steadiness of mind under stress

274.

intentionally vague or ambiguous

275.

straying from the right course or from accepted standards

276.

having or showing profound knowledge

277.

understandable only by an enlightened inner circle

278.

an analytic or interpretive literary composition

279.

deserving of respect or high regard

280.

centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own

281.

the cause of a disease

282.

a history of a word

equanimity

equivocation

errant

erudite

esoteric

essay

estimable

ethnocentric

etiology

etymology

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283.

the study of improving qualities by selective breeding

284.

a formal expression of praise for someone who has died

285.

an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one

286.

a feeling of great elation

287.

the act of killing someone painlessly

288.

give expression to

289.

serving to bring to mind

290.

make worse

291.

marked by strict and complete accordance with fact

292.

pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

293.

eugenics

eulogy

euphemism

euphoria

euthanasia

evince

evocative

exacerbate

exact

exculpate

execrable

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unequivocally detestable

294.

spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

295.

a pressing or urgent situation

296.

relating to or dealing with the state of being

297.

expel through adjuration or prayers

298.

add details, as to an account or idea

299.

a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country

300.

make amends for

301.

elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses

302.

serving to expound or set forth

303.

still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost

exhort

exigency

existential

exorcise

expatiate

expatriate

expiate

explicate

expository

extant

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304.

with little or no preparation or forethought

305.

destroy completely, as if down to the roots

306.

not belonging to that in which it is contained

307.

an inference about the future based on known facts

308.

not forming an essential part of a thing

309.

cleverly amusing in tone

310.

make easier

311.

a servant employed to do a variety of jobs

312.

containing or based on incorrect reasoning

313.

left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season

314.

extemporaneous

extirpate

extraneous

extrapolation

extrinsic

facetious

facilitate

factotum

fallacious

fallow

fatuous

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devoid of intelligence

315.

all the animal life in a particular region or period

316.

attempting to win favor by flattery

317.

exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style

318.

wild and menacing

319.

feelings of great warmth and intensity

320.

offensively malodorous

321.

a shackle for the ankles or feet

322.

a legally binding command or decision

323.

the quality of being faithful

324.

a tactic for delaying legislation by making long speeches

fauna

fawning

felicitous

feral

fervor

fetid

fetter

fiat

fidelity

filibuster

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325.

subtly skillful handling of a situation

326.

a long narrow depression in a surface

327.

a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design

328.

young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying

329.

all the plant life in a particular region or period

330.

elaborately or excessively ornamented

331.

grow vigorously

332.

treat with contemptuous disregard

333.

a flow or discharge

334.

try to stir up

335.

finesse

fissure

flag

fledgling

flora

florid

flourish

flout

flux

foment

forbearance

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a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges

336.

keep from happening or arising; make impossible

337.

extremely impressive in strength or excellence

338.

formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief

339.

a person who establishes some institution

340.

noisy quarrel

341.

easily irritated or annoyed

342.

a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster

343.

an ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band

344.

habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

345.

prudence in avoiding waste

forestall

formidable

forswear

founder

fracas

fractious

fresco

frieze

froward

frugality

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346.

cause to explode violently and with loud noise

347.

unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating

348.

the act of melding or melting together

349.

producing no result or effect

350.

take exception to

351.

play boisterously

352.

full of trivial conversation

353.

lacking social polish

354.

a disposition to be friendly and approachable

355.

divide voting districts unfairly and to one's advantage

356.

fulminate

fulsome

fusion

futile

gainsay

gambol

garrulous

gauche

geniality

gerrymander

glib

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artfully persuasive in speech

357.

stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick

358.

a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture

359.

an impression in a surface, as made by a blow

360.

lofty in style

361.

temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others

362.

popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs

363.

free of deceit

364.

an artful or simulated semblance

365.

naive and easily deceived or tricked

366.

of or relating to the sense of taste

goad

gossamer

gouge

grandiloquent

gregarious

grouse

guileless

guise

gullible

gustatory

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367.

a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice

368.

worthy of religious veneration

369.

a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion

370.

extremely painful

371.

feeding only on plants

372.

completely sealed or airtight

373.

characterized by departure from accepted standards

374.

a writing system using picture symbols

375.

having or covered with hair

376.

characteristic of acting or a stage performance

377.

halcyon

hallowed

harangue

harrowing

herbivorous

hermetic

heterodox

hieroglyphic

hirsute

histrionic

homeostasis

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metabolic equilibrium maintained by biological mechanisms

378.

a sermon on a moral or religious topic

379.

all of the same or similar kind or nature

380.

extravagant exaggeration

381.

characterized by attack on established beliefs

382.

the worship of idols or images that are not God

383.

produced by the action of fire or intense heat

384.

an intricate and confusing interpersonal situation

385.

not subject or susceptible to change or variation

386.

make worse or less effective

387.

having or revealing little emotion or sensibility

homily

homogeneous

hyperbole

iconoclastic

idolatry

igneous

imbroglio

immutable

impair

impassive

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388.

not having enough money to pay for necessities

389.

be a hindrance or obstacle to

390.

preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through

391.

marked by extreme calm and composure

392.

not admitting of passage or capable of being affected

393.

infringe upon

394.

incapable of being placated

395.

highly imaginative but unlikely

396.

implied though not directly expressed

397.

burst inward

398.

impecunious

impede

impermeable

imperturbable

impervious

impinge

implacable

implausible

implicit

implode

imprecation

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the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil

399.

attribute or credit to

400.

without knowledge or intention

401.

possessing or existing in bodily form

402.

only partly in existence; imperfectly formed

403.

the quality of disagreeing

404.

lacking worth or importance

405.

make into a whole or make part of a whole

406.

the act of entering some territory or domain

407.

not fixed or known in advance

408.

a state of extreme poverty or destitution

impute

inadvertently

incarnate

inchoate

incongruity

inconsequential

incorporate

incursion

indeterminate

indigence

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409.

disinclined to work or exertion

410.

impossible to avoid or evade

411.

unable to move or resist motion

412.

lacking in sophistication or worldliness

413.

existing as an essential constituent or characteristic

414.

not injurious to physical or mental health

415.

barely able to be perceived

416.

give to understand

417.

lacking interest or significance or impact

418.

marked by unconcern

419.

indolent

ineluctable

inert

ingenuous

inherent

innocuous

insensible

insinuate

insipid

insouciant

insularity

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the state of being isolated or detached

420.

incapable of being surmounted or excelled

421.

incapable of being perceived by the senses especially touch

422.

command against

423.

within a group or organization

424.

insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby

425.

the time between two reigns or governments

426.

marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity

427.

difficult to manage or mold

428.

stubbornly refusing to compromise

429.

given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences

insuperable

intangible

interdict

internecine

interpolate

interregnum

intimate

intractable

intransigence

introspective

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430.

fill or cover completely, usually with water

431.

made tough by habitual exposure

432.

abusive language used to express blame or censure

433.

complain bitterly

434.

influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

435.

habitual

436.

containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice

437.

quickly aroused to anger

438.

uncertain how to act or proceed

439.

traveling from place to place to work

440.

inundate

inured

invective

inveigh

inveigle

inveterate

invidious

irascible

irresolute

itinerant

itinerary

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an established line of travel or access

441.

affected by yellowing of the skin

442.

shift from one side of the ship to the other

443.

characterized by jokes and good humor

444.

a massive inexorable force

445.

a group of officers who rule a country after seizing power

446.

place side by side

447.

an expression of approval and commendation

448.

liable to change

449.

brief and to the point

450.

censure severely or angrily

jaundiced

jibe

jocose

juggernaut

junta

juxtapose

kudos

labile

laconic

lambaste

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451.

driven by lust

452.

a feeling of lack of interest or energy

453.

potentially existing but not presently evident or realized

454.

praise, glorify, or honor

455.

deficient in alertness or activity

456.

an embankment built to prevent a river from overflowing

457.

a manner lacking seriousness

458.

showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

459.

unrestrained by convention or morality

460.

(psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire

461.

lascivious

lassitude

latent

laud

lethargic

levee

levity

liberal

libertine

libido

lilliputian

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very small

462.

make a portrait of

463.

clear and bright

464.

consisting of or related to language

465.

any long and tedious address or recital

466.

the literary intelligentsia

467.

a legal proceeding in a court

468.

a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches

469.

full of trivial conversation

470.

transparently clear; easily understandable

471.

informal terms for money

limn

limpid

linguistic

litany

literati

litigation

log

loquacious

lucid

lucre

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472.

softly bright or radiant

473.

reflecting light

474.

a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527)

475.

a crafty and involved plot to achieve your ends

476.

a powerful circular current of water

477.

liberality in bestowing gifts

478.

speak unfavorably about

479.

avoid responsibilities and duties

480.

capable of being shaped or bent

481.

someone who exhibits independence in thought and action

482.

luminous

lustrous

Machiavelli

machination

maelstrom

magnanimity

malign

malinger

malleable

maverick

megalomania

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a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur

483.

a collection of live animals for study or display

484.

given to lying

485.

a pauper who lives by begging

486.

tastelessly showy

487.

attract strongly, as if with a magnet

488.

striking change in appearance or character or circumstances

489.

the philosophical study of being and knowing

490.

of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions

491.

marked by precise accordance with details

492.

the courage to carry on

menagerie

mendacious

mendicant

meretricious

mesmerize

metamorphosis

metaphysics

meteorological

meticulous

mettle

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493.

having a proud and unbroken spirit

494.

a miniature model of something

495.

have force or influence; bring about an effect or change

496.

threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

497.

very small

498.

a small or minor detail

499.

someone who dislikes people in general

500.

a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

501.

a person without moral scruples

502.

a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular

503.

mettlesome

microcosm

militate

minatory

minuscule

minutia

misanthrope

miscellany

miscreant

misogynist

mitigate

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lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

504.

of or relating to the practice of aiding the memory

505.

a small or moderate or token amount

506.

cause to be more favorably inclined

507.

imposing in size or bulk or solidity

508.

showing a brooding ill humor

509.

consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds

510.

having many aspects

511.

found in the ordinary course of events

512.

conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying

513.

make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

mnemonic

modicum

mollify

monolithic

morose

motley

multifarious

mundane

necromancy

negate

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514.

a newly invented word or phrase

515.

any new participant in some activity

516.

the means of connection between things linked in series

517.

filled with bewilderment

518.

longing for something past

519.

patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable

520.

of no real value

521.

stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

522.

attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

523.

attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

524.

neologism

neophyte

nexus

nonplussed

nostalgia

nostrum

nugatory

obdurate

obsequious

obsequious

obviate

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do away with

525.

block passage through

526.

supernatural forces and events and beings collectively

527.

a long wandering and eventful journey

528.

intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

529.

of or relating to the sense of smell

530.

a political system governed by a few people

531.

not easily borne; wearing

532.

using words that imitate the sound they denote

533.

a state of extreme dishonor

534.

a scientist who studies birds

occlude

occult

odyssey

officious

olfactory

oligarchy

onerous

onomatopoeia

opprobrium

ornithologist

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535.

move or swing from side to side regularly

536.

intended to attract notice and impress others

537.

presumptuously arrogant

538.

a hymn of praise

539.

the earth science that studies fossil organisms

540.

deficient in color suggesting physical or emotional distress

541.

formally expressing praise

542.

a perfect embodiment of a concept

543.

a fervent and even militant proponent of something

544.

relating to the study of diseases

545.

oscillate

ostentatious

overweening

paean

paleontology

pallid

panegyric

paragon

partisan

pathological

patois

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a regional dialect of a language

546.

an insufficient quantity or number

547.

marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning

548.

transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity

549.

a strong liking

550.

a state of extreme poverty or destitution

551.

traveling or wandering around

552.

putting an end to all debate or action

553.

lasting three seasons or more

554.

tending to betray

555.

hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

paucity

pedantic

pellucid

penchant

penury

peregrination

peremptory

perennial

perfidious

perfunctory

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556.

the nearest point in an orbit around the Earth

557.

allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through

558.

disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried

559.

spreading or spread throughout

560.

easily irritated or annoyed

561.

showing little emotion

562.

a legendary bird that burned to death and emerged reborn

563.

the human face

564.

righteousness by virtue of being pious

565.

having an agreeably pungent taste

566.

perigee

permeable

perturb

pervasive

petulant

phlegmatic

phoenix

physiognomy

piety

piquant

pique

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a sudden outburst of anger

567.

cause to be more favorably inclined

568.

free from disturbance by heavy waves

569.

expressing sorrow

570.

the property of being physically malleable

571.

a trite or obvious remark

572.

free from physical desire

573.

extreme excess

574.

exactly vertical

575.

the feather of a bird

576.

drop sharply

placate

placid

plaintive

plasticity

platitude

platonic

plethora

plumb

plume

plummet

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577.

a political system governed by the wealthy people

578.

full of vessels or holes

579.

a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not

580.

concerned with practical matters

581.

speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly

582.

speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly

583.

a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution

584.

not secure; beset with difficulties

585.

rule of personal conduct

586.

bring about abruptly

587.

plutocracy

porous

poseur

pragmatic

prate

prattle

preamble

precarious

precept

precipitate

precursor

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something indicating the approach of something or someone

588.

acquire for oneself before others can do so

589.

adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object

590.

an early warning about a future event

591.

a foreboding about what is about to happen

592.

excessively forward

593.

existing outside of or not in accordance with nature

594.

be deliberately ambiguous or unclear

595.

having existed from the beginning

596.

immaculately clean and unused

597.

complete and confirmed integrity

preempt

prehensile

premonition

presage

presumptuous

preternatural

prevaricate

primordial

pristine

probity

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598.

making great mental demands

599.

recklessly wasteful

600.

situated at or extending to great depth

601.

tending to discourage, especially of prices

602.

grow rapidly

603.

make peace with

604.

a natural inclination

605.

correct behavior

606.

command against

607.

giving something useful for the future

608.

problematic

prodigal

profound

prohibitive

proliferate

propitiate

propensity

propriety

proscribe

provident

puissant

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powerful

609.

marked by precise accordance with details

610.

strong and sharp

611.

have the often specious appearance of being or intending

612.

lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution

613.

a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

614.

small gallinaceous game birds

615.

meeting the proper standards and requirements for a task

616.

uneasiness about the fitness of an action

617.

an instance of questioning

618.

evade the truth of a point by raising irrelevant objections

punctilious

pungent

purport

pusillanimous

quagmire

quail

qualified

qualm

query

quibble

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619.

being quiet or still or inactive

620.

a gathering of the minimal number of members of a group

621.

a person skilled in telling anecdotes

622.

a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)

623.

especially fine or decorative clothing

624.

a development that complicates a situation

625.

of high moral or intellectual value

626.

an explanation of the fundamental reasons

627.

a puzzle consisting of pictures representing words

628.

stubbornly resistant to authority or control

629.

quiescent

quorum

raconteur

rail

raiment

ramification

rarefied

rationale

rebus

recalcitrant

recant

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formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief

630.

one who lives in solitude

631.

difficult to penetrate

632.

inspiring fear

633.

stubbornly resistant to authority or control

634.

subject to change in direction of a propagating wave

635.

radiating or as if radiating light

636.

overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof

637.

provide with choice or abundant food or drink

638.

assign to a lower position

639.

argue in protest or opposition

recluse

recondite

redoubtable

refractory

refract

refulgent

refute

regale

relegate

remonstrate

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640.

fail to fulfill a promise or obligation

641.

something done or paid in expiation of a wrong

642.

express discontent

643.

repeat an earlier theme of a composition

644.

express criticism towards

645.

a person without moral scruples

646.

refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid

647.

cancel officially

648.

a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner

649.

find a solution or answer

650.

renege

reparation

repine

reprise

reproach

reprobate

repudiate

rescind

resolution

resolve

reticent

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reluctant to draw attention to yourself

651.

feeling or showing profound respect or veneration

652.

a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying

653.

having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation

654.

category name

655.

feel sorry for; be contrite about

656.

a deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture

657.

a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics

658.

suggestive of or tending to moral looseness

659.

promoting health

660.

tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health

reverent

riposte

rococo

rubric

rue

ruse

sage

salacious

salubrious

salutary

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661.

official permission or approval

662.

disdainfully or ironically humorous

663.

of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring

664.

fill to satisfaction

665.

infuse or fill completely

666.

bitter or scornful

667.

one of a class of woodland deities

668.

the taste experience when a savoury condiment is tasted

669.

represented in simplified or symbolic form

670.

generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids

671.

sanction

sardonic

sartorial

satiate

saturate

saturnine

satyr

savor

schematic

secrete

sedition

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an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority

672.

marked by care and persistent effort

673.

subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration

674.

marked by the appetites and passions of the body

675.

taking delight in beauty

676.

endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness

677.

submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior

678.

an instrument for measuring angular distance

679.

a broken piece of a brittle artifact

680.

of or relating to the stars or constellations

681.

relating to or resembling an ape

sedulous

seismic

sensual

sensuous

sentient

servile

sextant

shard

sidereal

simian

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682.

a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things

683.

an office that involves minimal duties

684.

being a single and separate person or thing

685.

curved or curving in and out

686.

someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs

687.

the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol

688.

wet through and through; thoroughly wet

689.

full of anxiety and concern

690.

speech you make to yourself

691.

capable of meeting financial obligations

692.

simile

sinecure

singular

sinuous

skeptic

sobriety

sodden

solicitous

soliloquy

solvent

somatic

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characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit

693.

sleep inducing

694.

foul and run-down and repulsive

695.

plausible but false

696.

a broad range of related objects or values or qualities

697.

someone who spends money prodigally

698.

recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances

699.

sordid dirtiness

700.

separating the notes; in music

701.

stop the flow of a liquid

702.

with a booming voice

soporific

sordid

specious

spectrum

spendthrift

sporadic

squalor

staccato

stanch

stentorian

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703.

a symbol of disgrace or infamy

704.

supply sparingly and with restricted quantities

705.

make an express demand or provision in an agreement

706.

having or revealing little emotion or sensibility

707.

deposited or arranged in horizontal layers

708.

a stripe or stripes of contrasting color

709.

severe criticism

710.

unpleasantly loud and harsh

711.

to walk with a lofty proud gait

712.

deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless

713.

stigma

stint

stipulate

stolid

stratified

stria

stricture

strident

strut

stultify

stupefy

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make dull or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation

714.

dark and dismal as of the river in Hades

715.

a writ issued to compel the attendance of a witness

716.

sink to a lower level or form a depression

717.

establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

718.

having a firm basis in reality and therefore important

719.

contain or include

720.

in opposition to a civil authority or government

721.

assistance in time of difficulty

722.

a legal right to vote

723.

consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds

Stygian

subpoena

subside

substantiate

substantive

subsume

subversive

succor

suffrage

sundry

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724.

take the place or move into the position of

725.

lying face upward

726.

take the place or move into the position of

727.

humbly entreating

728.

someone who prays to God

729.

the cognitive process of conjecturing

730.

reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises

731.

relating to or characteristic of wooded regions

732.

implied by or inferred from actions or statements

733.

a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil

734.

supersede

supine

supplant

suppliant

supplicant

supposition

syllogism

sylvan

tacit

talisman

tangential

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of superficial relevance if any

735.

useless repetition

736.

a classification of organisms based on similarities

737.

a religious doctrine proclaimed as true without proof

738.

very thin in gauge or diameter

739.

of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth

740.

a political unit governed by a deity

741.

a theatrical performer

742.

the distinctive property of a complex sound

743.

a speech of violent denunciation

744.

a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage

tautology

taxonomy

tenet

tenuous

terrestrial

theocracy

thespian

timbre

tirade

toady

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745.

a large and scholarly book

746.

a state of motor and mental inactivity

747.

a twisting force

748.

marked by repeated turns and bends

749.

advertize in strongly positive terms

750.

easily managed

751.

the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle

752.

lasting a very short time

753.

allowing light to pass through diffusely

754.

use of physical or mental energy; hard work

755.

tome

torpor

torque

tortuous

tout

tractable

transgression

transient

translucent

travail

travesty

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a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style

756.

a formal exposition

757.

quivering as from weakness or fear

758.

a feeling of alarm or dread

759.

obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness

760.

a secret rendezvous, especially between lovers

761.

lack of moral standards in a society

762.

abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas

763.

clouded as with sediment

764.

ostentatiously lofty in style

765.

providing protective supervision

treatise

tremulous

trepidation

truculence

tryst

anomie

tumid

turbid

turgid

tutelary

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766.

surpassing the ordinary or normal

767.

wavelike motion

768.

not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed

769.

incapable of being defended or justified

770.

not in keeping with accepted standards of what is proper

771.

the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest

772.

be undecided about something

773.

devoid of matter

774.

a farewell oration

775.

lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest

776.

uncanny

undulation

unfeigned

untenable

untoward

usury

vacillate

vacuous

valedictory

vapid

variegated

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having a variety of colors

777.

show off

778.

capable of being corrupted

779.

a blood feud between members of opposing parties

780.

regard with feelings of respect and reverence

781.

habitually speaking the truth

782.

using or containing too many words

783.

a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall

784.

anger produced by some annoying irritation

785.

capable of life or normal growth and development

786.

disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge

vaunt

venal

vendetta

venerate

veracious

verbose

vertigo

vexation

viable

vindictive

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787.

someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

788.

the human face

789.

having a relatively high resistance to flow

790.

make imperfect

791.

marked by harshly abusive criticism

792.

the act of operating on living animals

793.

a current state of general acceptance and use

794.

substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to vapor

795.

a powerful circular current of water

796.

formal and explicit approval

797.

virtuoso

visage

viscous

vitiate

vituperative

vivisection

vogue

volatile

vortex

warrant

wary

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marked by keen caution and watchful prudence

798.

a confused multitude of things

799.

determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity

800.

an odd or fanciful or capricious idea

801.

showing pensive sadness

802.

a fervent and even militant proponent of something

803.

fanatical devotion to a cause, belief, or idea

804.

existing, whether with lawful authority or not

805.

a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable

806.

yield to another's wish or opinion

807.

free from physical desire

welter

whimsical

whimsy

wistful

zealot

zealotry

de facto

deviant

defer

platonic

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808.

detect with the senses

809.

application of biological principles to the study and design of engineering systems (especially electronicsystems)

810.

a commonsense rule to help solve some problem

811.

fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience

812.

shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

813.

a theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components

814.

the tendency of something to stay in rest or motion

815.

a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow

816.

a person who pays too much attention to formal rules

discern

bionics

heuristic

equitable

guile

reductionism

inertia

pathos

pedant