pleasant

courteous

kindly

(ant. ungracious)

feeling or expressing gratitude

thankful

obliged

(ant. ungrateful)

without charge or payment

free

thankfulness

(ant. ingratitude)

1. given freely

2. unwarrented

present of money in return for a favor or service;

tip

1. not subject to death 

2. not subject to oblivion

imperishable

(ant. mortal)

1. eternal life

2. lasting fame

(ant. mortality)

dying

near death

1. destined to die

2. human

3. causing death; fatal

human being

person

individual

1. death rate

2. mortal nature

shame

humiliation

embarressment

embarrass

shame

humiliate

"make dead, kill"

stiffness of the body that sets in several hours after death

"stiffness of death"

1. organized body of persons

2. branch of the military

bulky

obese

very fat

1. blood cell

2. minute particle

"little body"

1. facts proving that a crime has been committed

2. body of the victim in a murder case

spirit of a body or persons

group spirit

1. writ (order) requiring a detained person to be brought before a court to investigate the legality of that person's detention

2.right of a citizen to secure court protection against illegal imprisonment

tending to lead to

contributive

helpful

lead

guide

escort

1. taking away; subtraction

2. reasoning from the general to the particular

(ant. addition)

1. able to be drawn out or hammered thin

2. easliy lead; docile

lead on

move by persuasion

admit as a member

initiate

1. ceremony by which one is made a member

initiation

2. reasoning from the particular to the general

enticement

leading astray into wrong doing

malign

slander

vilify

calumniate

"lead along"

following in a regular order

successive

1. that which follows logically; result

2. importance

1. follor through to completion; carry out

2. put to death

of no consequence

trivial

unimportant

oppress

harrass

annoy

1. follow to the end or until finished

2. conduct legal proceedings against; sue

something that follows

continuation

consequence

outcome

the following of one thing after another

succession

orderly series

arranged in a sequence

serial

1. agree; be of the same opinion

"run together"

2. happen together; coincide

(ant. contend)

running together

occuring at the same time

simultaneous

now in progress

prevailing

flow

running or flowing

(said of handwriting which the letters are connected)

running over hastily

superficially done

wandering from one topic to another

rambling

disgressive

going out or forth

expedition

1. meet with something undesirable

2. bring upon oneself

1. rushing into

2. hostile invasion; raid

forerunner

predecessor

disposed to attack

militant

assertive

pushing

means of going out

exit

1. change by steps or stages

2. act of grading

step

stage

degree

rating

1. rate at which a road, railroad track, temperature, voltage, etc. rises or falls

2. slope; inclination

step by step

proceeding by small stages or degrees

going forward to something considered better

(ant. reactionary, retrogressive)

disposed to move backward

retrogressive

1. going backward

2. becoming worse

act of going from a better to a worse state

deterioration

(ant. progress)

step beyond the limits or barriors

go beyond

break a law

violate

wormlike animal with one pair of legs on most of its segments

"hundred legged"

1. facilitate

2. accelerate or speed up

"extricate someone caught by the foot"

(ant. delay)

hinder

obstruct

block

(ant. assist; aid)

1. hindrance; obstacle

2. defect

wormlike animal with two pairs of legs on most of its segments

"thousand legged"

1. support or foot of a column or statue

2. foundation

person traveling on foot

commonplace

unimaginative

dull

1. child's tricycle

2. early form of a bicycle

touching or meeting

association

connection

touching

in physical contact

adjoining

1. dependent on something else

2. accidental

untouched or uninjured

kepr of left whole

(ant. defective)

1. not capable of being perceived by the sense of touch

2. hard to grasp or define exactly

(ant. tangible)

having or showing tact

diplomatic

(ant. tactless)

1. pertaining to the sense of touch

2. tangible

touching at only one point

line of surface meeting a curved line or surface at one point, but not intersecting it

merely touching

slightly connected

digressive

1. seize or take into custody

2. understand

1. quick to understand or grasp

2. fearful of what may come; anxious

(ant. confident)

able to be grasped mentally

understandable

(ant. incomprehensible)

including very much

extensive

find fault with

rebuke

reprimand

censure

deserving of censure

culpable

sunk or cast down to a low condition

downtrodden

deserving contempt

wretched

guess

supposition

inference

downcast

discouraged

depressed

throw out

expel

evict

force

introduce

throw in between

insert

interpose

protest

disapprove

thrust or "throw forward"

plan

discard

refuse to take

(ant. accept)

force (someone) to undergo something unpleasant or inconvenient

expose

make liable to

turn attention

refer

feeling of repugnance toward something with the desire to turn away from it

strong dislike

antipathy

prevent

avoid

transform

(e.g., "turn" from one belief to another, one currency to another)

entertainment

amusement

1. turn aside

2. amuse; entertain

someone "turned outward"

(e.g., focused on outside matters rather than on inner concerns)

(ant. introvert)

without turning ones mind to the matter at hand

carelessly

unintentionally

not able to be "turned opposite" or disputed

not open to question

(ant. controvertible; disputible)

someone "turned inward"

(focused on one's one thoughts and feelings rather than on outside matters)

turn inside

side turned toward the observer

therefore the front of a coin, medal, etc.

(ant. reverse)

turned away from what is right or good

corrupt

wrongheaded

turn away from right or truth

give a wrong meaning to

return

go back

able to turn with ease from one thing to another

adaptable

condition in which one feels that one's surrounding are turning about

dizziness

1. consignment to prison or a mental institution

2. pledge

death

"sending or putting down"

send out

give off

coming and going at intervals

"sending between"

written message sent

letter

negligent

careless

lax

(ant. scrupulous)

lessening, relieving, or disappearance

(as of disease symptoms)

forgiveness, abatement, or cancellation

(as of guilt or of penalty)

1. send money due

2. forgive

convey

cause something (as knowledge, tradition, wealth, infection, radio waves, or light beams) to go from one person or place to another

conversational

informal

talking together

conference

conversation

speaking with force and fluency

movingly expressive

using lofty or pompous words

bombastic

1. questioner

2. one who participates in a conversation

talkative

garrulous

1. speaking against; censure; reproach

2. bad repute

(ant. praise)

1. infected with or bearing disease; pestilential

2. evil

producing a loud outcry

clamorous

noisy

"bearing"

"producing"

"yielding"

"speak"

"talk"

"throw"

"cast"

"seize"

"grasp"

"step"

"walk"

"go"

"lead"

"conduct"

"draw"

"pleasant"

"thank"

"favor"