v.

lower;

degrade;

humiliate.

N: abasement

v.

embarrass

v.

subside or moderate

adj.

abnomral or deviant

n.

abnormality;

departure from the norm;

mental irregularity or disorder.

v.

assist, usually in doing something wrong;

encourage

v.

detest;

hate

N.: abhorrence

adj.

wretched;

lacking pride

v.

renounce upon oath;

disavow

N.: abjuration

n.

washing

n.

renunciation;

self-sacrifice

v.

loathe;

hate

adj.

unsuccessful;

fruitless

adj.

rubbing way;

tending to grind down

V.: abrade

v.

abolish

n.

removal by cutting off, as in surgery;

seperation

v.

depart secretly and hide

v.

pardon (an offense)

adj.

sparing in eating an drinking;

temperate

V: abstain

adj.

obscure;

profound;

difficult to understand

adj.

border upon;

adjoin

adj.

bottomless

n.

sharp upslope of a hill

n.

award of merit

v.

oblige or help someone;

adjust or bring into harmony;

adapt

n.

agreement

v.

approach and speak first to a person

v.

equip

N.: accoutrement

n.

growth;

increase

V.: accrete

v.

come about by addition

N.: accural

adj.

bitter or sour in nature;

sharp and cutting

n.

bitterness of speech and temper

adj.

vinegary

adj.

slightly sour;

sharp;

caustic

n.

peak;

pinnacle;

highest point

v./n.

assent;

agree passively

ADJ: acquiescent

adj.

sharp;

bitterly pungent

adj.

bitter in words or manner

N: acrimony

adj.

calculating;

pertaining to insurance statistics

v.

motivate

n.

sharpness

n.

mental keenness

n.

wise saying;

proverb

adj.

hard;

inflexible

N.: adamancy

n.

addition;

appendix to book

v.

muddle;

drive crazy;

become rotten

adj./n.

expert at

v./n.

stick fast

N: adherence

n.

supporter;

follower

n.

something (generally nonessential or inferior) added on or attached

n.

solemn urging

V: adjure

v.

warn;

reprove

n.

staff officer assisting the commander;

assistant

adj.

skillful

n.

flattery;

admiration

V: adulate

v.

make impure by adding inferior ot tainted substances

n.

arrival

adj.

accidental;

casual

adj.

unfavorable;

hostile

n.

poerty;

misfortune

v.

refer (to)

n.

support;

active pleading on behalf of someone or something.

v./n.

urge;

plead for

n.

shield;

defense

n.

nest of a large bird of prey

adj.

artistic;

dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful

N: aesthete

adj.

easily approachable;

warmly friendly

N: affability

adj.

artificial;

pretended;

assumed in order to impress

N: affability

n.

written statement made under oath

n.

kinship

n.

positive assertion;

confirmation;

solemn pledge by one who refuses to take on an oath.

v.

attach or add on;

fasten.

n.

state of distress;

cause of suffering.

n.

abundance;

wealth.

n./v.

insult;

offense;

intetional act of disrespect

adj.

openmouthed.

n.

items of buisness at a meeting

n.

collection;

heap.

v.

increase or intensify;

raise in power, wealth, rank or honor.

v./adj.

gather;

accumulate.

N: aggregation

n.

attacker

adj.

horrified;

dumbfounded.

n.

nimbleness

v.

stir up;

disturb.

n./adj.

one who is skeptical of the existence of a god or any ultimate reality

adj.

highly excited;

intensely curious.

adj.

pretainting to land or its cultivation

n.

cheerful promptness;

eagerness.

n.

medieval form of speculative thought that aimed to transform base metals into silver or gold and to discover a means of prolonging life.

n.

nook;

recess.

n./adj.

an assumed name

v.

make hostile;

separate.

adj.

supplying nourishment

n.

payments made to an ex-spouse after divorce.

v.

calm;

pacify

v.

state without proof

N: allegation

n.

loyalty

n.

story in which characters are used as symbols;

fable.

ADJ: allegorical

v.

relieve

n.

repetition of beginning sound in poetry

v.

assign

n.

a mixture as of metals;

v.

mix;

make less pure;

lessen or moderate

v.

refer indirectly

v.

entice;

attract

n.

indriect reference

adj.

pretaining to soil deposits left by running water

adj.

apart;

reserved

n.

noisy quarrel;

heated dispute

adj.

unselfishly generous;

concerned for others.

N: altruism

v.

combine;

unite in one body

v.

collect

n.

female warrior

adj.

capable of using either hand with equal ease

n.

environment;

atmosphere

n.

the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes

ADJ: ambivalent

n./v.

moving at an easy pace

n.

food of the gods

adj.

able to walk;

not bedridden.

v.

improve

adj.

readily managed or willing to be led;

answerable or accountable legally

v.

correct;

change, generally for the better

adj.

agreeable;

loveable;

warmly friendly

adj.

politely friendly;

not quarrelsome

n.

pardon

adj.

in a state of rage

n.

something or someone misplaced in time

ADJ: anachronistic

adj.

causing insensitivity to pain

n.

solemn curse;

someone or something regarded as a curse

V: anathematize

adj./n.

serving as an aid or accessory;

auxiliary.

n.

short account of an amusing or interesting event

n.

critical remark

n.

active enmity

n.

hostile feeling or intent

n.

records;

history

v.

reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling

v.

attach;

take possession of

v.

comment;

make explanatory notes

n.

yearly allowance

v.

make void

n.

drug that relieves pain;

opiate

adj.

abnomral;

irredular

n.

state of being nameless;

anonymousness.

ADJ: anonymous

v.

precede

n.

preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes late;

ancestors or early background

adj.

antiquated;

extremely ancient

adj./n.

extravagantly odd

n.

aversion;

dislike

v.

imitate or mimic

n.

opening;

hole

n.

tip;

summit;

climax

n.

loss of speech due to injury or illness

n.

pithy maxim or saying

ADJ: aphoristic

n.

a place where bees are kept

n.

poise;

assurance

adj.

spurious;

not authentic;

invented rather than true

n.

highest point

n.

one who writes in defense of a cause or institution

n.

one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

N: apostasy

n.

pithy, compact saying

n.

elevation to godhood;

an ideal example of something.

n.

name;

title

v.

attach

n.

diligent attention.

V: apply

adj.

appropriate;

fitting

v.

arrest (a criminal);

dread;

perceive

adj.

fearful;

discerning

v.

inform

n.

approval

n.

subordinate possessions

adj.

to the point and timely

Prep.

with reference to;

regarding

n.

fitness;

talent

adj.

curved, hooked

n.

style of decoration involving intertwined plants and abstract curves;

ballet position with one leg supporting the weight of the body, while the other leg is extended in back.

adj.

fit for growing crops

n.

person with power to decide a matter in dispute;

judge.

adj.

unreasonable or capricious;

tyrannical.

v.

act as judge

n.

place where different varieties of trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited

n.

a covered passageway, usually lined with shops.

adj.

secret;

mysterious;

known only to the initiated.

adj.

antiquated.

n.

prototype;

primitive pattern

n.

group of closely located islands

n.

heat;

passion;

zeal.

ADJ: ardent

adj.

hard;

strenuous

n.

slang

n.

operatic solo

v.

charge in court;

indict

v./n.

marshal;

draw up in order

v./n.

clothe;

adorn

n.

being in debt

adj.

lacking rhythm or regularity

N: arrhythmia

n.

gully

adj./v.

effective;

distinct

n

deception;

trickery

adj.

without guile;

open and honest

n.

controlling influence

v.

to find out for certain

adj./n.

practicing self-denial;

austere

N: asceticism

v.

refer;

attribute;

assign

adv.

with a sideways or indirect look

adv.

crookedly;

slanted;

at an angle

n.

sharpness (of temper)

n.

slanderous remark

n./adj.

seeker after position or status

v.

seek to attain;

long for

N: aspiration

v.

assault

v./n.

analyze;

evaluate

v./n.

agree;

accept.

v.

state strongly or positively;

insist on or demand recognition of (rights, claim, ect.)

adj.

diligent

v.

ease or lessen (pain);

satisfy (hunger);

asoothe (anger).

N: assuagement

n.

something taken for granted;

the taking over or taking possession of

V: assume

n.

promise or pledge;

certainty;

self-confidence

V: assure

ADJ: assured

n.

eye defect that prevents proper focus

adj.

relating to the stars

adj./n.

binding;

causing contraction;

harsh or severe

adj.

wise;

shrewd;

keen

adv.

into parts;

apart

n.

resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents;

reversion to an earlier type;

throwback.

ADJ: atavistic

n.

brutal deed

v.

make thinner;

weaken or lessen (in density, force, degree)

n.

essential quality

v.

ascribe;

explain

n.

gradual decrease in numbers;

reduction in the work force without firing employees;

wearing away of opposition by means of harassment.

adj.

not nomral

adj.

daring;

bold.

N: audacity

v.

increase;

add to

n.

omen;

prophecy.

V: augur

adj.

impressive;

majestic.

n.

sun's corona;

halo

adj.

pertaining to the aurora borealis

adj.

favoring success

adj.

forbiddingly stern;

severely simple and unornamented.

adj.

having absolute, unchecked power;

dictatorial

n.

mechanism that imitates actions of humans.

adj.

self-governing.

N: autonomy

adj./v.

offering or providing help;

additional or subsidiary.

n.

greediness for wealth.

v.

assert confidently or declare;

as used law, state formally as a fact.

adj.

reluctant;

disinclined.

v.

prevent;

turn away.

n.

enclosure for birds.

adj.

greedy;

eager for.

N: avidity

n.

secondary or minor occupation.

n.

declare openly.

adj.

like an uncle.

n.

pointed tool used for piercing.

adv./adj.

distorted;

crooked.