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accolade: award of merit; expression of approval; praise
adamant: extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
admonition: gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against fault or oversight; warning
affable: easily approachable; warmly friendly
affinity: natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
aftermath: outcome; consequence, especially of a disaster or misfortune
ailing: somewhat ill or prone to illness
aisles: spaces for walking between row of seats
amenable: responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
amidst: amid; in the middle of; among
among: in, into, or through the midst of more than two points,objects, etc.
apocryphal: untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious
appall: depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak
arousal: act of awaking from sleep; arousing from what is like sleep
assuage: ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
awash: covered with water
bared: uncovered; exposed; revealed
barely: just; only; hardly; scarcely
bear: support; sustain; carry; have; yield; give birth; hold up or support
beef: meat from an adult domestic bovine
beg: call upon in supplication
bend: strain or move out of a straight line; curve; turn toward some certain point
beneath: lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; below
bequest: inheritance; legacy; act of giving, leaving by will, or passing on to another
besiege: surround with armed forces; harass with requests
bet: stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; amount or object risked in a wager
bind: tie, or confine with a cord, band, or chain; make fast; contract; cohere or stick together
binge: short period of excessive consumption; rapid and excessive consumption of food, especially of excessive alcohol consumption
blade: flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants; cutting part of an instrument
blasphemy: act of claiming for oneself the attributes and rights of God; utterance or writing concerning God or a sacred entity
blast: explode; burst; gale; very strong gust of wind or air
blazing: light up by or as by fire or flame; of tremendous intensity or fervor
blister: (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
blow: forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
blunt: having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
boast: show off oneself; speak of with excessive pride
bobbing: moving up and down
bolster: support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
bout: contest between antagonists; contest or fight; a period of time spent in a particular way, as in illness
brag: an instance of boastful talk
brash: presumptuously daring
breed: raise; produce offspring; give birth to or hatch; mate
brevity: quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
bribe: something serving to influence or persuade; reward or gift with a view to prevent judgment
brusque: abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
burden: problem, trouble, an onerous or difficult concern
burglary: breaking and entering for the purpose of committing a crime
burst: the act of exploding or bursting something
cacophony: loud confusing disagreeable sounds
calf: young of domestic cattle
callus: thickened layer of skin
captivity: prison; confinement; state of being a prisoner
cartons: a box made of cardboard
catering: providing food and services
cattle: domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
cease: stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
censure: expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame
chimera: monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having lion head, goat body, and dragon tail
chuckle: call, as a hen to her chickens; fondle; cocker; laugh in a suppressed or broken manner
churning: moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation
clam: be moist or glutinous; stick or adhere; produce or cause to clang
clamor: noise; loud outcry; expression of discontent or protest
clash: make noise by striking against something; dash noisily together; meet in opposition
clemency: mildness, as of the weather
clever: showing inventiveness and skill
clumsy: awkward; showing lack of skill or aptitude
clutch: grasp and hold tightly; attempt to grasp or seize
coalesce: combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unite
cock: adult male chicken
coeds: a female student at a school for males and females.
cognizant: aware; conscious
come: about happen
commiserate: feel or express pity or sympathy for
complaisant: trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others
comprised: included; consisted of
concealed: put out of sight; hidden
concern: interest in any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety
contract: constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate
convey: carry from one place to another; bear or transport
convict: find or declare guilty
copious: plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply
copper: a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element
couch: sofa; arrange or dispose as in a bed
crap: obscene terms for feces
craze: fine crack in a surface or glaze; short-lived popular fashion; inordinate desire or longing; passion
crop: the top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of plant or tree; grain or other product of field while standing; anything cut off or gathered
crotch: the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
culprit: one guilty of a crime
cumbersome: heavy; difficult to handle because of weight or bulk
curl: form into coiled or spiral shape; twist into ringlets or coils; move in curve or spiral
dainty: delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite; gratification or pleasure taken in anything
dairy: place where milk is produced, kept, or converted into butter or cheese
dare: a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
dart: move suddenly and rapidly
dawn: time each morning at which daylight first begins; beginning; start
dazzling: bright; brilliant
deaf: unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; unwilling to hear or listen; regardless; not to be persuaded
dean: dignitary or presiding officer; head in the faculty of some colleges or universities
dearth: scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
decadence: process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline; falling off or away; decay
decay: decompose; break sown; disintegration; rottenness; decline; worsen; decadence
deceive: fool; cause to believe what is not true; mislead
deed: something that is carried out; act or action; feat or exploit
defy: renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; provoke to combat or strife
demise: end of existence or activity; termination
denim: a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
dentures: artificial teeth
depleted: emptied; drained; used up
deputy: one appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him; substitute in office
desultory: aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with subject
deter: keep from; stop; prevent or discourage from acting
devise: form, plan, or arrange in the mind; transmit or give by will
diatribe: bitter verbal attack
dimple: slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body; slight indentation on any surface
dire: causing fear or dread or terror
disgruntled: unhappy; dissatisfied; frustrated
dispassionate: calm; impartial; unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
distress: discomfort; cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to
donor: giver; one that contributes something, such as money, to a cause or fund
downwind: towards the side away from the wind
doze: slumber; sleep lightly; be in dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; be drowsy
draped: covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak
dreary: gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless
drizzling: (of rain) falling lightly in very small drops
drowziness: state of being in torpor, sleepy
dull: lacking responsiveness or alertness; intellectually weak or obtuse
dumb: mute; lacking the power of speech
duplicity: double-dealing; deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech; acting in bad faith.
duty: work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
dye: substance used to color materials
ease: satisfaction; pleasure; entertainment; freedom from care
edge: brink; perimeter; margin
edifice: building, especially one of imposing appearance or size; a structure that has a roof and walls
eerie: suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
effervescent: bubbly, lively
eloquent: vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
endowed: given from birth
endure: tolerate; carry on through, despite hardships
enmity: ill will; hatred; quality or state of being hostile
equivocal: open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
erroneous: containing or derived from error; mistaken
exemplary: serving as model; outstanding; typical
expedient: suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest
exuberance: overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness