Gre Verbal

GRE VERBAL MADE EASY (MAMA EASY)

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PREFACE This “made easy” has been prepared to meet the requirements of those GRE aspirants, who find it very difficult to learn isolated(unrelated) words. It is true that its very tough to learn isolated words. This guide might help you to prepare in easier way by using groups of “related” words. I prepared this to meet my own requirements during my preparation for the GRE on sep 6, 2002. My friend Balaji.R has played an EQUAL role in preparing this file. It is with his full consent that I am uploading this file on the net. This file is a result of our hard work for 47 days(Jun 01 2002 to July 17 2002)..This guide has helped me a lot. So I thought it “might” help others as well. Thats why I am uploading this. BTW, for those of you who are curious to know, My GRE score is 2200 (V-690, A-710, Q-800). Thanks goes to Prof.James of datamatics coaching centre, Chennai. Because, this file is actually a soft copy of what he teaches in class(Of course, its NOT my work. I only typed out whatever prof.James spoke.. Thats all). I know that there are some inadvertent mistakes in this file. Kindly excuse me for that.

HOW TO USE THIS FILE: 1) First of all, if you are a datamatics student this file might be extremely useful. For others, it might be helpful, only if you are prepared to work very hard. 2) Please get a hard copy of this file. Print it out. Get it hard bound.(Thats what I did). This helps because you can write some sentences formed by you in the blank space. Do some scratch work. Underline. That means you are actively working with the words. It really helps. With soft copy you cannot do these things. Hope you understand what I mean. You can skip this preface(while you print) if you want. ☺ Page 2

3) This might be very difficult. Speak out each word group loudly and record it in your PC as MP3. Well I did do it. This helps you to hear these words(by playing these in winamp) even when you are not actually studying.(Like when you are bathing, relaxing, reading newspaper, chatting with friends). This is helpful. Because, your subconscious is listening to these words. You may not be “consciously” listening. (Psychology guys, kindly excuse me if I am wrong here. But I think I am right here.) Besides, using the same method for learning barron’s also helps. But please kindly understand this is only my opinion and not necessarily the best way to learn words. In fact, this is not “The” best way. The best way is as stated in Barron, “read extensively in a variety of fields”. For those of us “mortals” (Read “Non IIT-ians”) , who cannot do that, I think this way might be helpful. DISCLAIMER: I sincerely hope I have helped people at least in a small way by preparing this file. Even as I say so, I remain as circumspect as ever. Though this file is the result of my work, I strongly maintain that I am not responsible for any mistake (whatsoever) found in this file. But I earnestly request the person who finds the mistake to kindly point it out to me.

Any person with any doubt may feel free to mail me at [email protected] .Or mail to this group. Mailing to the group is preferable because it might be read by others and help them as well.-☺ But please note here that I might take some time to reply. Please excuse me. I sincerely hope this helps. Bye. S.K.M.Varadhan P.S. For those of you who are cursing me for not uploading the MS word (“.doc”) file, one little info. The MS word (“.doc”) file “size” is more than what one floppy can hold. Since I access internet from net café, I am unable to transport it. I have to split, un-split and go through a lot of hell to do it. Hence, I am sorry. I cannot help it. ☺

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SYNONYMS

ANTONYMS

Allay Alleviate Mitigate Ameliorate Lessen Reduce Slacken Assuage Diminish

Aggravate Worsen Deteriorate

2,abase

Humiliate Degrade Demean Debase Lower

Uplift Edify Ennobling Elevated Exalt

3,abash

Disconcert Discomfiture Mortify Embarrass Vexed

Equanimity Composure Poise(mental balance)

4,abdicate

Relinquish Renounce (Depose) Done under compulsion

Seize Besiege(to try for a long time) Usurp

5, abet

Complicity Indirect assistance Illegal, unlawful aid

Unhelpful Aloof Hinder Discourage

6,abeyance

Suspended temporarily Put in cold storage Shelved

7,abhor

Strong dislike Hatred Loathe Detest Abominate(very strong) Aversion(mild) Hate Abhor Odious

WORD 1,abate

(Technical term)

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Love Like Approve

NOTES

8,abject

Affluence Opulence Lucre Mammon Nouveau riche Purloin

Misery Poverty Penury Impoverished Indigence Impecunious Pauper Destitution Privation SECONDARY:

Servile(like that of slaves) Grovel Fawn Obsequious Cringing 9,abjuration(or)abjure

Renounce on oath Relinquish(very strong word)

10,abnegate

Deny pleasures of life Ascetic(person who practice self denialPain living-disciplined) Spartan Austere(person who is strict in manner)

Aristocrat

11,abominate

Strong dislike Hatred Loathe Detest Abominate(very strong) Aversion(mild) Hate Abhor Odious

Love Like approve

12,abrade

Scrape Scrimp Scrunch **

13,abnegation

Deny pleasures of life Ascetic(person who practice self denialPain living-disciplined) Spartan Austere(person who is strict in manner)

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Aristocrat

14,abridge

Concise Synopsis (of an epic) Conspectus Compendium Gist (of a book) Abstract (of a thesis) Condensed Epitome Crux(the most important point) Compress Shorten

Elaborate Exemplify Expatiate Expound Magnify

15,abrogate

Repeal (in Parliament) Rescind (Superior --- Inferior) Quash (Judges) Revoke(Suspension, appointment) Countermand (an election) Cancel Abolish Annul, Invalidate Nullify

Retain status quo

16,absorbed

Assimilate Imbibe SECONDARY:

incorporate engrossed interested 17,absolve

Shrive Shriven Exculpate Exonerate Vindicate Acquit Pardon Amnesty Condone

Arraign Indict Inculpate Impeach Convict Prosecute

18,abstinence

Keeping away from food and drink Abstemious Celibate Temperate

Indulgence, sybaritic

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Clear manifest ostensible

19,abstruse

Confound Unfathomable Recondite Profound, Arcane Incomprehensible Not understandable

20,accolade

Prize Award Honor

21,accoutre

Array Equip Dress (Uniform) Nursewhite PoliceKhaki

22,accrue

Interest Proceeds Results

23,acerbity

Biting Stinging Caustic Acerbic Acidulous Vitriolic Trenchant(very strong) Acidic Waspish

Mild Polite Equanimity

24,acidulous

Biting Stinging Caustic Acerbic Acidulous Vitriolic Trenchant(very strong) Acidic Waspish

Mild Polite Equanimity

25,acme

Pinnacle Zenith Highest point Apex Summit

Nadir Lowest point

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26,acolyte

Religious follower Lackey Flunky Sycophant Flatterer Toady Stooge Parasitic Minion (Valet, Footman)

27,acquiesce

Accept passively Comply Accede Agree Assent

28,acrid

Pungent Acidic Vinegary

29,actuate

Impel Motivate

30,acumen

Mental keenness Shrewd Astute, Clever Skillful, Perspicacious Sophisticated(mild) Expertise Exceptionally gifted

31,adage

Adage Proverb Dictum Saw Maxim Homily Apothegm(Apophthegm- Br) Epigram Aphorism Pithy Sententious Precept

32,addendum

Addition Accessory (Adjunct), Appendix Page 8

Reject Deny Refuse repudiate

Arrest Stop Thwart Hinder Prevent

Platitude, Truism Banal, Trite Inane, Quotidian Cliché, Hackneyed

33,adduce

Infer Quote Suggest Put forth

34,adjure

To urge solemnly Beg Beseech Implore, Obtest Adjure Entreaty Importunate Supplication (Genuflection, Exhort, Hortatory)

35,admonish

Scold Chide Upbraid Reproach Reprove Admonish (UK) Censure Rebuke Reprimand

Order Command

Stronger Words:

Rate, Berate Objurgate Admonish (US) Chastise Castigate 36,adroit

Skillfully Deft Adept Adroit Dexterously Ambidextrous Shrewd Clever Expert Ingenious (Southpaw)

37,adulation

High praise Adoration

38,adumbrate

Umbrella like thing Canopy Cove

39,adventitious

Accidental Fortuitous , Supervene Page 9

Clumsy Maladroit Awkward Gauche

40,affable

Cultured Warm Refined Urbane

Boorish Bucolic Churlish Curt Rude Vulgar

Genial

Congenial Polished Civil Suave Cordial Friendly Amiable 41,affection

Liking Love Regard Kindness

Pretense Feign Act

Tenderness

Fondness Affectionate 42,affront

Affront Insult, Rebuke Umbrage Outrage

43,aggrandise

Unlawful acquisition of Wealth Lucre Mammon Avarice Pelf, Nouveau Riche, Parvenu

44,agile

Nimble Fleet footed Alacrity, Celerity Sprite, Sprightly Spry Verve, Vivacity, pep & bounce (women)

45,allay

Reduce Allay (of pain) lighten Lessen

46,alleviate

Reduce Lessen (Sufferings)

Polite Civil Culture Refine Suave Compliment Flatter

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Slow Sluggish Tardy Slothful Lazy Lackadaisical

47,altercate

Quarrel Tiff Bicker Squabble Wrangler Jangler Altercate Altercation Contentious Disputations Litigious Logomachy Spat

Composure Poise

48,altruistic

Selfless person unselfish Philanthropic Like for humanity Gracious, Humane, Kind Benevolent, Benign

Selfish Egoist Egotistic

49,ambidexterous

Skillful use Of both hands Dexterous Skillful Deft Adept Clever Southpaw(left hand) Sinister

Awkward Gauche Gaucherie Clumsy Maladroit

50,ambiguous

Equivocation(deliberate) Palter Ambivalent

Precise Concise Pointed

51,ameliorate

Improve Better Promote Raise Advance

Worsen Deteriorate Aggravate

52,analect

Epitome Essence Crux Quintessence

53,analeptic

Tonic giving strength and vitality Strength Elixir Invigorating Rejuvenating Page 11

Enervated Effete Emaciate

54,anathema

Curse from church Ex-communication Gods curse by pope Imprecation Malediction Interdiction Proscribe Outlawry, ban

55,anchorite

Recluse Hermit Anchoret anchorite Solitary Eremite

56,anile

Senile (men) Anile (women) Dotard Dotage Decrepitude Enfeebled mentally

57,animadversion

Strong censure Strong criticism Zoilean* Hypercritical Deplore

58,animosity

Ill-will hatred rancor animus acrimonious bitterness hostility inimical

59,anneal

Transition from liquid state to solid state – Metals People attaining a strong position in society from a bad one.

Gregarious Social

Friendly

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60,annul

Repeal (in Parliament) Rescind (Superior --- Inferior) Quash (Judges) Revoke(Suspension, appointment) Countermand (an election) Cancel Abolish, Abrogate Annul, Invalidate Nullify

61,anodyne

Pain Reliever Analgesic Lenitive Palliative Narcotic Sedative

Stimulate rejuvenate

Soporific Somnific *

Emollient Demulcent Balm -Gilead Opium, Opiate 62,anomalous

Minor discrepancy Irregular

63,antediluvian

Primitive Ancient time Antiquated Anachronism(US)

64,apathy

Indifferent nonchalant Insouciance Apathetic Callous Ruthless Heartless Merciless

65,ape

Troglodyte Simian->gorilla Imitating(v), mock(v)

66,aplomb

Confident Self assurance In total Control Self-possession

Pity Empathy Sympathy Care Concern Compassion Solicitude Clemency Commiseration

Diffident Nervous Unsure

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67,apocalyptic

Prophet of doom Seer Oracular Delphic Epiphany Sibylline mystical visionary

68,apocryphal

False Mendacious Mendacity unauthentic Apocryphal Fictitious Uncanonical * Mythical Legendary

Truthful Canonical Authentic Factual Veracity, Veracious Verisimilitude Straight from horses’ mouth

69,apodictic

Beyond doubt Unquestionable Demonstrated Proved Indubitable empirical Axiom-self evident truth Incontrovertible

Solipsism

70,apollyon

Satan Lucifer apollyon Arch-fiend Devil Belial Baal Beelzebub Moloch Mammon Mephistopheles Caliban * Diabolic, Satanic, Fiendish

Humane Kind Benign , Benevolent Angelic, Cherubic, Seraphic Altruistic

71,apostasy or apostate

Give up religious beliefs Recreant, Renegade Apostate Fugitive

Loyalty Allegiance fidelity(spouse) fealty

SECONDARY:

Non- conformist, Recusant Heretic maverick Iconoclast, deserter, Turncoat Page 14

72,apothegm

Proverb Dictum Adage Saw Maxim Homily Apothegm Aphorism Epigram Pithy Sententious Precept Gnome, Byword

Platitude, Truism Banal, Trite Inane, Quotidian Cliché, Hackneyed

73,arraign

Arraign Indict Inculpate Impeach Prosecute Convict

Absolve Shrive shriven Exculpate Exonerated Vindicatedjustify(sec meaning) Acquit Pardon Condone Amnesty

74, arrant

Unscrupulous Rascal Scoundrel Knaves Scamp, Scullion Complete, total, consummate (-)

Probity Integrity

75,arrogate

Usurp Overthrow Take position unlawfully Changeling -False child Imposter Supplant Assert

76,asinine

Silly, Foolish, Stupid, Obtuse Bovine, Asinine Fatuous, Doltish Nit-wit, Ninny Nincompoop, Numskull Dullard, Dunce Blockhead, Dunderhead Demented, imbecile Moronic, Cretin, Idiot Page 15

Wise Clever Sapient sagacious astute skillful

77,aspersion

Revile Malign Slur Aspersion

Praise Laud

78,assay

To attempt Evaluate Test

79,assiduous

Industrious Hard working Diligent Assiduous Sedulous(am+)( br -)

Lazy Slothful Sluggish Indolent Lethargic

SECONDARY:

Pertinacious Tenacious Perseverance Indefatigable Dogged Indomitable 80,assuage

Console Soothing Grief Mitigate Soften Mollify Placate Pacify Appease Propitiate

81,attenuate

Make thin or Slender Rarify Diminish

82,audacious

Bold Daring, Impudent Impertinent, Reckless Courageous, Dauntless Venturesome, Fearless, Intrepid Brave, Valiant, Valorous Adventurous, Plucky Gutsy, Spunky Foolhardy

Provoke Needle(US) Incite Instigate

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Meek Timid Timorous Cowardly Cowardice Dastardly Craven Poltroon(rank coward) Pusillanimous

83,augment (+ve)

Increase Resources Aggrandize (-ve)

84,aver (US)

Assert Declare Pronounce Opine(US) Affirm State

85,babel

Pandemonium Anarchy Confusion Chaos Din Tumult , Noise Bedlam Hubbub

86,badger

Pester Harass Annoying Vexation Baiting(stronger) Torment, Torture

87,badinage

Clown, Buffoon merry-andrew Harlequinade Droll drollery Persiflage, Badinage Raillery Banter

Cosmos Order Harmony Understand

SECONDARY:

Twit & Taunt Tease, Mock, Challenge & joke 88,banter

Joke Drollery Raillery

89,barb

Thorny Anything that pricks Stinging Laceration Prickly

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Serious Grave Sober

90,bashful

Bold Young women who are shy Aggressive Shy(both men and women) Froward* Coy(women) Demure(young maidens who are very shy) Meek, timid, timorous

91,bask

Take the warmth of the VIP parent luxuriantly reposing dallying enjoying lounging enjoy the sun

92,baste

Physical beating Clobber Pommel Pound Baste Beat Thrash Lambaste Bludgeon Cudgel

93,bastinado

Physical beating Thrashing Clobber Pommel Pound Baste Beat Thrash Lambaste Bludgeon Cudgel

94,bastion

Impregnable Fortification Entrenchment Unconquerable Forte Defense

95,bate

Lessening your breath Holding your breath

96,bathos

Anticlimax

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97,bawdy

Vulgar talk in sex Concupiscent-church word, Carnal Prurient Ribald Smutty, Bawdy(jokes) Risqué, Lewd Salacious Lascivious, Lecherous Licentious, Libidinous Lickerish, Lubricous Dissolute Depravity(dissipated) Debauch Profligate Philanderer Libertine Rake Roué Lothario Casanova Don Juan

Satyr Women:

siren seductress wanton Voluptuary rant nymphomaniac fan-fatalle: Circe the enchantress lamia the vampire medusa the gorgon 98,batter

Pommel Clobber Pound Batter Thrash Beat Flog Baste Lambaste Cudgel Bludgeon

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Virtuous Pure Chaste Vestal Continence Celibate

99,bay

Sound made by a hound Bark of dog, Bay of a hound at some distance hounds are after you

100,beadle

(Church word) Church servitor apparitor *, Summoner * Sexton-Protestant church One who Serves the priest pardoner

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101,beatitude

Highest form of Spiritual happiness Bliss Ecstasy Rapturous Happiness Holy joy Pleasure

102,bedlam

Mad-house Irrational Confusion, Chaos, Disorder Pandemonium Maniacal Anarchy Lunatic asylum

Harmony Cosmos

103,bedizen

Over adorned, over-decorative outlandish garish, tawdry dowdy Meretricious Bizarre, Gaudy

Somber Sober Plain

104,begrime

Main Meanings:

Praise Commend

Damage a Man’s reputation Besmirch Besmear, Bemire Begrime Sully Tarnish Stigmatize Related word groups:

Calumny Group of words Disparage Group of words Revile Group of words 105,beguile

Cheat Dupe Gull Cozen Hood wink(milder) Defraud Deceive

106,behest

Order Decree Command Bidding Injunction, Mandatory

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Honest Upright Truthful Integrity Probity

107,behove

Suitable Proper, Propriety Decorous

108,belabour

Verbal assault(US) Physical assault(UK) Pommel Pound Cudgel

109,belated

Delayed Postponed Defer Procrastinate (peripheral)

110,belaud

High praise Praise Applaud Commend Laud, Belaud* Extol Eulogize Paean Panegyric Doxology

Punctual

-Approbation -Plaudits -Commendation -Laudation -Encomium -Eulogy

111,beldam(UK)

Vicious old women Harridan crone Witch Hag Vixen (Middle aged) Termagant, Shrew (Young) Virago Xantippe Jezebel

112,bel espirit

Witty person Bonhomie

113,belial

Satan Apollyon Lucifer Archfiend Belial, Beelzebub, Baal Moloch, Mammon, Mephistopheles Caliban

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Lady

Humane Kind Benign Benevolent Philanthropic Angelic Cherubic Seraphic

Pacifist

114,bellicose

Pugnacious Belligerent Jingoism Warmongering Saber-Rattling

115,bemire

Damage a Man’s reputation Besmirch Besmear, Bemire Begrime Sully Tarnish Stigmatize

116,bemused

Confused confounded perplexed Puzzled Baffled Nonplused Flabbergasted Bamboozled, Mystify Stymied Stultified Stupefied Flummoxed

117,benign

Benevolent Kind

118,berate

Scold Chide Upbraid Reproach Reprove Admonish(UK) Censure Rebuke Reprimand

Wicked Malevolent

Stronger Words:

Rate Berate Objurgate, Admonish(US) Chastise Castigate

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119,besot

Intoxicated Enchanted Come under some body’s spell (Inebriated) (Crapulous)

120,bevy

Group of Pretty girls –Collective noun covey of witches(UK) covey of pretty girls(US) bevy of pretty girls(UK)

121,bewitch (of Beauty)

Put under a Spell Enchanted Enthrall Ensnare Entrap, Bewitch Intoxicated Besot

122,bias

Lean Slant Inclination Bent Flair Predilection Penchant (+) Proclivity (-) Propensity

123,bibulous (of Alcoholics)

Dipsomaniac Crapulous Toper Tippler Sloshed Sozzled Sot Inebriated Alcoholic Guzzler Quaffer

Repulsive

Teetotaler

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124,bicker

Quarrel Tiff Bicker Squabble Wrangler Jangler Altercate Altercation Contentious Disputations Litigious Logomachy Spat

125,bigot

Extremist when it comes to religious intolerance Zealot Fanatic Fundamentalist Bigot Puritan Pharisaical Humbug Hypocrisy

126, Billet (v)

Humble position Just enough salary to keep one alive Soldiers’ lodge Billet-Doux (Love letter)

127,blanch

White with fear Bleach (US) Etiolate (US) Blood Draining from face with fear Horrendous Blench

Ruddy Rosette Robust

128,bland

Non-Spicy Harmless & Non-Irritant Mild & Gentle

Expressiveness

129,blandishment

Compliment Flattery of sorts Gifts Blarney Cajole, Coax, Wheedle

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Catholic Cosmopolitan Broadminded Secular Tolerant Eclectic

130,blarney

Flatter Adulation Gammon See also 129 Blandishment

131,blase

No longer needed Surfeited Satiated, Sated, Satiety Cloyed Otiose Redundant & Superfluous Hackneyed Excessive

132,blatant

Loud & Clear Canard (When a nation lies)

133,blench

Shaking in fear Cowered in fear Tremble in fear Blanch in fear Quiver, Waver, Shake Trepidation

134,blithe

Angelic Spirits(UK) Lively (US) Buoyant, Animated Vivacity (Women) Pep & Bounce (Women) Cheerful Gay Sprightly Elated Verve (US) (Women)

135,bludgeon

Cudgel Clobber Pound Pommel Baste Lambaste

136,bombastic

Pompous Language High Sounding Flowery Turgid Euphuistic Johnsonian

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Direct Simple Plain Lucid

137,bonhomie (Of older men)

Witty Good humor Sociable & Friendly Jolly & Bel esprit

138,boor

Uncultured Crude Rude Vulgar Churlish Rustic, Bucolic Bumpkin Curt, Brusque, Bumptious Abrasive, brash Uncouth

Cultured Warm Refined Urbane Genial, Congenial Polished Civil Suave Friendly Cordial Amiable

139,bosh

Pure nonsense Prate, Prattle Gibber, Gibberish Jabber, Jabberwocky Tattle, Babble, Twaddle Palaver talk Balderdash Jargon Bosh

Cogent Coherent Logical Rational

140,bounden

Obligated Trussed Shackle Manacle Bonded Fetters Feign

Volitional Voluntary

141,bounty

Munificence Largesse Bountiful Generous magnanimous Extravagant & Lavish

Mean Unkind

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142,bourgeoisie (Fr) (Special Word)

Trades folk, Trades people Merchant Class (UK) Vaisyas (Ind) Hot polloi Rabble Canaille Lumpkin Groundling Plebian Publican Yokel Common man

Aristocrat Blue Blooded Patrician Scion Mandarin NoblesseOblige

143,bovine

Silly Foolish Stupid Obtuse Bovine Asinine Fatuous Doltish Nit-wit Ninny Nincompoop Numskull Dullard Dunce Blockhead Dunderhead Demented imbecile Moronic Cretin Idiot

Intelligence Perspicacity Wise Clever Sapient sagacious astute

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144,brag

Brag Boast Vaunt Gloat Swagger Thrasonical Gasconade Rodomontade Cock-a-hoop Roisterer Blusterer Vainglorious Braggart, Braggadocio &Swaggerer

145,brash

Hasty Rash Impetuous Bumptious Tactless Brusque Abrasive Rude Reckless

146,brevity

In a nutshell Concise Shortness Tersely Succinct Brevity

147,brigand

Highwaymen Marauder Foot-pad Mountebank Dacoit (Ind)

148,broach

Approach Begin Introduce a topic or a person

149,bromidic

Dull & Uninteresting Barren Dry Vapid Sterile Jejune Insipid

Humble Humility Modest Meek Timid Timorous

Circumlocutive Lengthy Magnified Prolixity Verbiage Verbosity

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Exhilarating Stimulating Interesting

150,bruit

Rumor Hearsay Hoax Grapevine Unauthentic – Not dependable

Truthful Canonical Authentic From horses’ mouth

151,brusque

Uncultured Crude Rude Vulgar Churlish Rustic, Bucolic Bumpkin Curt, Brusque, Bumptious Abrasive, brash Uncouth

Cultured Warm Refined Urbane Genial, Congenial Polished Civil Suave Cordial Friendly Cordial Amiable

152,bucolic

See 151 BRUSQUE

153,bumpkin

Clown Peasant Clodpoll Clodhopper See also 151 BRUSQUE

154,burgeon

Grow overnight Mushroom Sprout

155,cabal

Conclave (of admirals) Caucus (of party people) Coterie (-) Clique (-) Cohorts (-) Junta->of disgruntled army man Insurgents Insurrectionary Gang Faction Confederacy League

( originally of the secret Jewish group who indulge in occult like clairvoyance, telepathy etc.,)

156,cabalistic

See 155 CABAL

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157,cacophony

Creaking Croaking, Grating Jarring Unpleasant sound Staccato rhythm

158,cadaverous

Of a Dead Body Pallid (US) Wan (US) Corpse (UK)

159,caitiff

I Meaning:

Euphonious Musical Melodious Mellifluent Dulcet

Honest Integrity

Knave Scoundrel Rascal Scamp Scullion Caitiff II Meaning:

Miser Stingy Skinflint(US) Parsimonious Niggardly Codger Curmudgeon 160,callous

Insensitive to others’ feelings Indifferent Nonchalant Insouciance Apathetic Callous Ruthless, Heartless & Merciless

Pity Commiserate Sympathy Empathy Care Concern Solicitude Compassion Clemency

161,callow

Inexperienced person Fledgling Beginner Tyro Greenhorn Callow Neophyte, Novice, Proselyte

Veteran Expert Master Virtuosity

162,calumet

Indian pipe-seen in north To promote fraternity A puff from the pipe

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163,calumny

Detraction Defamation Slander Calumny Vilification Obloquy Traduce Libel Revile family of words.

164,canard

Rank Lie When a nation lies.

165,canaille

Riotous mob Rabble Unruly Violent Plebian Publican Yokel Groundling Hoi-polloi

166,candid

Candor Open Frank Artless Ingenuous, guileless Extrovert

Crafty Artful Cagey Cunning Vulpine Machiavellian

167,cant

Puritanism Hypocrisy of sorts Humbug Zealot Fanatic Bigot Pharisaical Fundamentalist

Catholic Broad minded Eclectic Cosmopolitan Tolerant Secular

168,capacious

Spacious Large Well read

169,caprice (of women)

Whimsical Impulsive Importunate Without forethought SEC: Oddities, Singularities, Idiosyncrasies

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Decisive Firm Steadfast Stern

170,captious

Captious Carp Cavil Querulous Petulant Peevish Piquant Chagrin Irked Ire Fret Fume Chafe

171,carnage

Killing Large no of innocent people Carnage Massacre Butchery Decimate Genocide Pogrom Abattoir Exterminate In a shambles Extirpation Holocaust Cataclysm Calamity Catastrophe Disaster Annihilation, Tragedy, Sanguinary Bloody battle, Slaughter

172,carnal

See 97 BAWDY

173,carte blanche

Total Freedom Total Authority Blank Check

174,castigate

Scold, Chide, Upbraid, Reproach, Reprove, Admonish(UK), Censure Rebuke, Reprimand

Equanimity Composure Poise

Stronger Words:

Rate, Berate Objurgate, Admonish(US) Chastise Castigate

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175,cataclysm

See 171 CARNAGE

176,catechise

Interrogate Impugn Inquisition SEC: Apostate, Renegade Recreant, Fugitive

177,cathartic

Purgative Laxative Bowdlerize Expurgate Inner moral cleansing Purge Cleanse Evacuant

178,causerie

Idle talk Chat Gossip

179,caveat (Latin)

Caveat Emptor (buyer beware) Caveat Venditor (seller beware)

180,cavil

Captious Carp Cavil Querulous Petulant Peevish Piquant Chagrin Irked Ire Fret Fume Chafe

Equanimity Composure Poise

181,celerity

Nimble Agile Fleet footed Alacrity Celerity Sprite, Sprightly Spry

Slow Sluggish Slothful Tardy Lazy Lethargic Indolent

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182,censure

Scold Chide Upbraid Reproach Reprove Admonish(UK) Censure Rebuke Reprimand Stronger Words:

Rate Berate Objurgate, Admonish(US) Chastise Castigate 183,cerulean

Azure Blue colored sky

184,chafe

Fret Vexed Chafe Fume

185,chagrin

See 180 CAVIL

186,choleric

Choleric Splenetic Irascible Ill-tempered Ire

187,changeling

False-child Usurper Take someone’s position unlawfully Imposter Charlatan

188,charlatan

Cheat Cozener Defrauder Mountebank Imposter Pretender

Cloudy Nebulous Turbid murky

Composure Poise Equanimity

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189,charnel house

Cemetery Ossuary Bloody Killing

190,chary

Wary Cautious Careful Circumspect

191,chastise

See 182 CENSURE

192,chattel

Furniture Passive Wives Property ménage

193,chicanery

Political deceit Duplicity Clap-trap Rel Word groups: Filch, purloin group Sophistry group

194,chide

See 182 CENSURE

195,chimera and 196,chimerical

Fantasy Illusion Imagination Phantasmagoria Bizarre Mirage

197,churlish

Rude Unpredictable Ill mannered Sullen Surly Grouchy

198,cicatrice

Hidden Scar

199,circumspect

See 190 CHARY

200,civility

See 40 AFFABLE

Careless Carefree Cavalier Nonchalant

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201, Clap-Trap

Political deceit of sorts Duplicity Chicanery Cheat Rel Word groups: Filch, purloin group Sophistry group

202, Cleave

Hold on Adhere Stick Cleft Cleavage

203, Clemency

Pity, Commiseration Sympathy, Empathy Care, Concern, Solicitude Compassion, Forgiving Clemency

204, Climacteric

Watershed for Indian Cross road of life Turning point Junction Menopause for women Phase of life which is important

205, Clog

Stenosis Choke Block Stanch Impede Prevent Hinder Hamper Thwart

206, Clutter

Confusion Chaos Scattered around Pandemonium Anarchy Disarrangement

207, Cobble

Pebble stones with smooth surface Shoe mender(cobbler) –stitch shoes Metal mender -Tinker Cloth mender Page 37

Probity Integrity Upright Truthful Honest

Indifferent Insouciance Nonchalant Apathetic Ruthless Careless Heartless Merciless

208, Cock-A-Hoop

Brag Boast Vaunt Gloat Swagger Thrasonical Gasconade Rodomontade Cock-a-hoop Vainglorious Braggart, Braggadocio &Swaggerer Roisterer, Blusterer –drunken boaster

Humble Humility Modest Meek Timid Timorous

209, Codger

Miserly Stingy Skinflint(US) Parsimonious Niggardly Curmudgeon Tight wart, Tightfisted Thrifty, Frugal, Husbandry (+)

Extravagant Lavish Spendthrift Squander Prodigal Generous Duck&Drake

210, Cogent

Logical Cohesive Cogent ratiocinate Syllogisms

211, Coiffure

Hair style Head dress Artificial hair

212, Colligate

Join, Bind, Unite, Fuse Coalesce Amalgamate (companies) Concatenate (diversified facts) Agglomerate (ideas) Conglomerate

213, Collocate

Classify Tabulate

214, Colloquy

Dialogue, Discussion Parley Harangue Diatribe Tirade Trenchant

215, Collude and 216, Collusive

2 people get together to harm the interests of 3rd person. Complicity, conspire Page 38

Soliloquy Monologue

217, Comatose

Slow Sluggish Slothful Tardy Lazy Lethargic Indolent Lackadaisical Languorous, Languid Lassitude Torpor, Torpid Inert Comatose Catatonic Death

Nimble Agile Fleet footed Sprightly Alacrity Celerity

218, Commend

Praise Applaud Commend Laud, Belaud* Extol Eulogize

Rebuke Censure Scold Chide

-Approbation -Plaudits -Commendation -Laudation -Encomium -Eulogy

Stronger:

Paean, Panegyric, Doxology 219, Commensurate

Equal Equivalent to Tantamount to Wages salary to the qualification

220, Commingle

Blend, Mix of different cultures

221, Commiserate and 222, Commiseration

Pity, Commiseration Sympathy, Empathy Care, Concern, Solicitude Compassion, Forgiving Clemency

Indifferent Insouciance Nonchalant Apathetic Ruthless Careless Heartless Merciless

223, Compendious

Concise Synopsis (of an epic) Conspectus Compendium Gist (of a book) Abstract (of a thesis) Condensed Epitome Crux(the most important point) Compress, Shorten

Elaborate Exemplify Expatiate Expound Magnify Prolific

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Disgruntled Unhappy Malcontent

224, Complacent

Satisfied Contented Smug

225, Complaisant

Obliging Helpful Feign

226, Compunction

Qualms Compunction Twinge Pain Casuistry Regret Remorse Repentant Contrition Penitent

227, Concatenated

Unite Connect Join Fuse

228, Conceited

Arrogant Proud Imperious Brazen

229, Conciliate

Reconcile

230, Concomitant

Accompanying

231, Concord

Harmony Understanding Détente Entente Comity of nations Agreement, Accord Unison

232, Concupiscent

See 97 BAWDY

233, Condescend

Stoop Deign Patronizing attitude

234, Conduce

Promote Aid Help, Assist Rel :Conducive Page 40

Discord Dissent

235,Configuration

Pattern Design Gestalt Constellation, (malefic)

236, Confluence

Meeting Junction Union Conflux

237, Congeal

Freeze Anneal Solidify Curdle Congeal, Clot, Coagulate - for blood

238, Congruous

Harmony Agreement Understanding

239, Conjecture

Guess Surmise Hypothesis Not factual Supposition

240, Connoisseur

Expert Critic, judge Appreciate of good things Gourmet, Epicurean Art, Music, Paint, Aesthetic

241, Connote

Imply Denote

242, Conscientious

Industrious Hard working Scrupulous Committed work

Careless Inattentive Lax Slapdash

243, Conspectus

Concise Synopsis (of an epic) Conspectus Compendium Gist (of a book) Abstract (of a thesis) Condensed Epitome Crux(the most important point) Compress Shorten Page 41

Elaborate Exemplify Expatiate Expound Magnify Detailed

Philistine Down to earth Materialistic Pragmatic Practical

244, Conspicuous

Prominent by presence or absence Looks Dominant

245, Constraint

Inner compulsive force Obligation

246, Construe

Interpret

Misconstrue Misinterpret

247, Contumacious

Stubborn Obstinate Obdurate Contumacious Intransigent Froward * Refractory Mulish(US) Wayward Intractable

Pliable Amenable Flexible Pliant Suppliant

POS:

Pertinacious Tenacious Perseverance Indefatigable Dogged Indomitable 248, Cozen

Cheat Gull Dupe Defraud Mountebank Deceive Hoodwink Mulct Bilk Rel family: Filch, purloin

Honest Upright Integrity Probity Truthful

249, Credulous

People who easily believe others Naïve, Simpleton Gullible, Ingenuous Frank, Open, Candid Guileless Artless

Crafty Vulpine Disingenuous Artful Shrewd Perspicacious

250, Cryptic

Unfathomable, Profound, Arcane, Obscure, Difficult to understand Incomprehensible, Abstruse, Recondite, Secret, Hidden, Unseen

Obvious Lucid Ostensible Edify Plain

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251, Curmudgeon

Miserly Stingy Skinflint(US) Parsimonious Niggardly Codger, Curmudgeon Tight wart, Tightfisted Thrifty, Frugal, Husbandry (+)

252, Dalliance

Flirtation Coquette, Promiscuous

253, Dally

Dawdle Doodle Waste time Dilatory Tarry Shilly-Shally Dilly-Dally

254, Dastard

Coward Meek, Timid, Timorous Dastardly Craven Poltroon Pusillanimous

255, Data

Information

256, Daub

Plastering & Covering Painted women Splash Dash

257, Daunt

Overwhelming Intimidate Cow Frighten Insurmountable

258, Dauntless

Fearless Valorous Brave Intrepid Valiant Courageous Page 43

Extravagant Lavish Spendthrift Squander Prodigal Generous Lavish Duck&Drake

Brave Courage Dauntless Intrepid Valorous Neg: bold, Audacity Reckless Daring Foolhardy

259, Dawdle

Dawdle Doodle Waste time Dilatory Shilly-Shally Dilly-Dally Fiddle Loiter

260, Dearth

Scarcity (of water) Paucity (of money) Shortage Deficiency

(of people)

Abundant Plentiful Plentitude Copious Plethora

261, Debase

Abased Degrade Demean Deep Humiliation

262, Debauch

See 97 BAWDY

263, Decoy

Bait Enticement Allurement Entrap Temptation Ensnare

264, Debilitate

Loss of vitality Debilitate Enervated Effete Emasculated Etiolated Emaciated Gaunt looks Run down Washed out

Robust Ruddy Rosette Rubicund Vitality Salubrious Sap Wiry

265, Debonair

Well turned out Good looking Spruce Tidy Primp Debonair, Attractive Smart Adonis Chic-women

Slovenly Slatternly

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266, Decadence

Declining of morals standards Declivity Declension

267, Decamp

Runaway after robbing Bolt Escape Fly Flee

268, Deceived

Cheat Gull Dupe Defraud Mountebank Deceive Hoodwink Mulct Bilk Rel family: Filch, purloin

269, Deciduous

Lack of moisture ,Vitality Slough, molt Defoliate, Desiccated

270, Decimate

Killing Large no of innocent people Carnage Massacre Butchery Decimate Genocide Pogrom Abattoir Exterminate In a shambles Annihilation Extirpation

Rectitude

Evergreen

SECONDARY:

Holocaust Cataclysm Calamity Catastrophe Disaster Tragedy, Sanguinary Bloody battle, Slaughter 271, Declivity

Come down from mountain Declension

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Acclivity

272, Decorous

Modest Demure->women Proper Suitable Seeming Propriety Decorous behavior Dress perfect for the perfect place

273, Decorum

See 272 DECOROUS

274, Decrepit

Old Senile (men) Anile (women) Dotard Dotage Decrepitude Enfeebled mentally

275, Decry

Censure (Strong) Deplore Denouncing (Strong)

276, Defalcation

Filch Purloin Mulct (US) Bilk (US) Embezzle Peculate Defalcate Malversation Malfeasance Misappropriation

277, Defamation

Damage one’s reputation Detraction Defamation Slander Calumny Vilification Obloquy Traduce Libel Revile, malign family of words Belittle, Disparage Family of words

278, Defer

Postpone, Delay Procrastinate, Shelve Deep respect for Elders (as in Deference for father) Page 46

Coarse Crude Barbaric Rustic Bucolic

Honest Upright Truthful Integrity Probity

Disrespectful

279, Defile

Desecrate Defile Sacrilegious Profane Blasphemous Showing Disrespect for a place of worship

Consecrate Sanctify Sanctimonious Sanctum Sanctorum Sacrosanct purify

280, Definitive

100% Definite Certitude Categorical Very sure, certain

Vague Indefinite

281, Deflect

Off the course Swerve Ricochet (for bullets) Careen (for fast cars) Divert, Refract

282, Defunct

No longer valid –Dead Extinct (of animals ex: dinosaur) (Of defunct laws, newspapers, constitution)

283, Deify

Elevate someone to the level of god (Demi-god) Apotheosize

284, Deign

Come down to do a favor to somebody stoop condescend Patronize

285, Define

Explicate Clarify Manifested

286,Delete

Erase Rub-out Delete Expunge Obliterate Blot-out Efface Deface

287, Delineation

Portray Depict Limn (-)

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Extant

288, Delude

Dupe Deceive Gull Fool Cheat oneself Grandeur Hallucination Psychosis (Delusion)

289, Deluge

Inundation Downpour Cloudburst Cyclonic Cataclysm, Floods Noah’s Flood & Noah’s Ark Major upheavals

290, Demeanor

Comport Mien Deportment Decorum, Decorous Appearance & Behavior

291, Demur

Hesitate Dither Vacillate Demur Hedge

292, Denigrate

Belittle Disparage Denigrate Derogatory Deprecatory Depreciatory Calumny Family of words (Stronger)

293, Denizen

Resident Habitué

294, Deplete

Drain off resources, Energy Exhausting (Tiring) Exhaust (Pipes) Exhaustive (Complete)

295, Deprecate

See 292 DENIGRATE

296, Depravity

See 97 BAWDY

297, Depreciate

See 292 DENIGRATE Page 48

Misdemeanor Misbehavior

Praise Laud Extol

298, Depredation

Large scale looting Spoliation Despoil Ravage Marauding Rapacious, Rapacity Rapine Plunder Loot Pillage (Of churches, temples)

299,Derelict

Disuse Desuetude Abandoned SECONDARY:

Rickety Ramshackle Dilapidated (Ruins) 300, Deride

Contemptuous Mock , Scorn Scoff, Sneer Deride, Derision, Derisive Jeer Fleer Gibe Ridicule (Twit & Taunt)

301, Derogatory

See 292 DENIGRATE

302, Descry

Espy Spot something with binoculars

303, Desecrate

See 279 DEFILE

304, Desiccate

Lack of moisture Hollow Gaunt Without vitality Deciduous

305, Despoil

See 298 DEPRADATION

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Polite Cultured Suave Composure Poise Equanimity

306, Despondent

Dejected Depressed Downcast Dispirited Despondent Sad Melancholic Doleful Dolorous Lugubrious Mope (US) Megrim Nadir

Euphoria Lively Animated Effervescent Ebullient Buoyant

307, Despotism

Dictator Autocrat Tyrant Despot Totalitarian

Democrat Democracy

308, Desultory

Aimless Casual Amble Unmethodical Stroll Saunter Jaunt Discursive Ramble Maunder Meander Digressive

Pointed Concise Precise Succinct

309, Deteriorate (Law and order)

Worsen Aggravate Exacerbate

310, Detraction

See 277 DEFAMATION

311, Devious

Indirect Circumlocutory Detour Periphrastic Innuendo Insinuation Allusive round about fashion Done in a tricky method Artful, Cunning, Cagey

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Pious Religious Holy Godly

Impious Ungodly Irreligious

313, Dexterous

Skillful use of hands Ambidextrous – Skillful use of both hands Adept Adroit Clever Expertise Deft Ingenious South paw (Left handed)

Maladroit Clumsy Awkward Gauche Gaucherie Sinister

314, Diabolic

Satanic Diabolic Fiendish Devilish Apollyon, Lucifer, Satan, The arch fiend Lieutenants: belial, Beelzebub, Baal Moloch, mammon, Mephistopheles Caliban

Humane Kind Benign Benevolent Angelic Cherubic Seraphic

315, Diaphanous

Transparent Gauzy Gossamer like

Opaque Turbid Murky Nebulous

316, Diatribe

Colloquy Parley Harangue Diatribe Tirade Trenchant

317, Dichotomy

Bisect Divide(cut in two) Dichotomize

318, Dictum

Adage Proverb Dictum Saw Maxim Homily Apothegm (Apophthegm- Br) Epigram Aphorism Pithy Sententious, Precept Page 51

312, Devout

Irreverent

Platitude, Truism Banal, Trite Inane, Quotidian Cliché, Hackneyed

319, Diffidence

Unsure Nervous Uncertain Opposite for confidence

320, Diffuse

Scatter Make thin Dilute Spread

321, Digressive

Discursive Digressive Desultory Rambling Meander Maunder

Confidence Aplomb Self-possession

Succinct Pointed Precise

SECONDARY:

Cursory Perfunctory Casual 322, Dilapidated

Derelict Desuetude Rickety Ramshackle Dilapidated

323, Dilatory

Deliberately delay Stalling for time (Delay, Defer, Postpone)

324, Dilemma

Quandary Predicament Dire straits Harrowing Double minded Dithering Vacillate Indecisive

325, Dilettante

Amateur hobbyist Dabbler Beginner

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Hurry Prompt Punctual

Professional

326, Diligent

Lazy Slothful Lethargic Lackadaisical Tardy

Hardworking Industrious Diligent Assiduous Sedulous SECONDARY:

Pertinacious Tenacious Perseverance Indefatigable Dogged, prod Indomitable 327, Dingy

No ventilation, No light Seedy(US) Dingy(UK)

328, Dipsomaniac

Crapulous Alcoholic Bibulous Toper Tippler Guzzler Quaffer Sloshed Sozzled Sot Inebriated Maudlin - A Sentimental Drinker

329, Dire

A situation between Life and death See also 324 DILEMMA

330, Disclaim

Deny Disavow Reject

331, Disconcert

Embarrass Discomfiture Mortify Chagrin Unsettling Vexed Abashed

332, Disconsolate

Grief stricken Heart broken Forlorn Inconsolable

Teetotaler Sober

Composure Poise Equanimity

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Amity Comity Détente Entente Concord (Armistice Ceasefire Truce)

333, Discordant

Not agreeing A note of dissent Lack of harmony Conflict

334, Discreet

Judicious Wise Prudent Cautious Circumspect

335, Discrepancy

Error Anomaly Foible Defect

336, Discrete

Separate Distinct

337, Discursive

See 321 DIGRESSIVE

338, Dishabille

Transparent Diaphanous Thin Partly dressed

339, Disingenuous

Cagy Crafty Cunning Artful Wily Vulpine Machiavellian Tendentious Disingenuous Guile

Candid Open Frank Artless Ingenuous Naïve Credulous Gullible

340, Disheveled

Clumsy Crumpled, Rumpled Unkempt Tousled Unruly Untidy Slovenly Slatternly

Spruce Tidy Primp Nattily Debonair Chic

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341,Disinterested

Altruistic Selfless Impartial

342, Disparage

Belittle Disparage Denigrate Derogatory Deprecatory Depreciatory Calumny Family of words (Stronger)

343, Dispel

Remove

344, Disperse

Scatter

345, Dispirited

Dejected Depressed Downcast Dispirited Despondent Sad Melancholic Doleful Dolorous Lugubrious Mope (US) Megrim Nadir

346, Dissemble

Cheat Feign Simulate Pretend Malinger Sham Fake Imposter

347, Disseminate

Spread Scatter Broadcast

348, Divest

Stripped Deprive

349, Ebullience

Ebullience, Exuberance, Expansiveness Buoyant, Lively, Animated, verve vivacity, merriment, jocular, jocose Effervescence, Enthusiastic Bubbling with happiness Page 55

Praise Laud Extol

Euphoria Lively Animated Effervescent Ebullient Buoyant Cheer

350, Ecclesiastical

Priest Ecclesiast Cleric Prelate Episcopacy Cardinal Pontiff Pope

351, Éclat (Fr)

Brilliance Outstanding Panache Élan

352, Eclectic

Great Religious tolerance Select from everything Catholic Secular Cosmopolitan Broad-minded

353, Eclogue

Pastoral poems written for shepherds Madrigal

354, Ecumenical

General Laity Common People

355, Eddy

Swirling Maelstrom Whirlpool Vortex

356, Edict

Decree Injunction Mandate Proclamation Manifesto

357, Edify

Ennobling Didactic Elevate Exhort

358, Educe

Extracting something Elicit Infer Deduce Page 56

Fanatic Zealot Bigot Insular Puritanical Funda-mentalist Provincial Colloquial

Ecclesiastic

359, Efface

Erase Rub-out Delete Expunge Obliterate Blot-out Efface Deface

360, Effigy

Figure of a man who is unpopular made of straw.

361, Efflorescence

Flowering Blossoming Blooming

362, Effluence

That which flows out Frith Egress Estuary Effluence Back water, Water outlet

363, Effrontery

Impudence Brazenness Insolence Effrontery Hauteur Supercilious Contumely Proud Arrogant

Polite Civil Cultured Suave Urbane Refined

364, Effulgence

Dazzling Scintillating Refulgent Effulgent Resplendent Transplendent * Bedizen

Coruscated Dull Opaque Turbid Murky Cloudy Nebulous

365, Effusion

Sudden gush outpouring of emotions

366, Egregious

Himalayan Prodigious Mammoth Massive Colossal Gigantic Gargantuan Huge in size

Trivial Miniscule Atomic Petty

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367, Egress

Exit Outlet

368, Elegance

Beautiful Regal Majestic Attractive

369, Elegy

Mournful Poem meant to speak about a dead person

370, Elf

Mischievous sprits Puck Pixie Goblin Hobgoblin Gnome Imp

371, Elide

Words drop down to something else (Brethren – Brother) Expunge

372, Elite

Upper crust Cream Flower

373, Ellipsis

Gap(…) Lacuna Hiatus Omission Chasm Elliptical style

374, Elysian

Greek concept of heaven –paradise Heavenly Empyreal, Empyrean Celestial

375, Emanate

Issue forth Exude Comes out Radiates

Hoi-polloi Lumpkin Plebian

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Hell Limbo Limbus Hades Stygian Perdition Damnation

376, Emasculate

Debilitated Enervated Emasculated Castrated Bobited Emaciated Etiolated Emancipated Washout appearance Pale, Bloodless, Anemic

377, Embellish

Adorning Bedeck Decorated Beautifying Bedizened (-) Garish (-) Outlandish (-) Dowdy (-) Tawdry (-)

378, Embezzle

Filch Purloin Mulct (US) Bilk (US) Embezzle Peculate Defalcate Malversation * Malfeasance Misappropriation

379, Embroil

Entangled Enmeshed Ensnared Caught up in a controversy

380, Emend

Correct Errata Emendation

381, Empiric

Universal Axiomatic Indubitable Apodictic

382, Empyreal and 383, Empyrean

Greek concept of heaven –paradise Heavenly Empyreal, Empyrean Celestial, Ethereal

Ruddy Robust Rubicund Rosette Florid Wiry Rejuvenated

Honest Upright Truthful Integrity Probity

Solipsism

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384, Encomiastic and 385, Encomium

High praise Praise Applaud Commend Laud, Belaud* Extol Eulogize Paean Panegyric Doxology

386, Enervate

See 376 EMASCULATE

387, Enigma

Puzzle Riddle Conundrum Mystery

-Approbation -Plaudits -Commendation -Laudation -Encomium -Eulogy

Ridicule Censure Denounce Deplore Criticize Animadversion Zoilean (K)

SECONDARY:

Labyrinth Maze Rigmarole 388, Ennui

Boredom Lassitude Tedium Languor Monotonous

389, Ensconce

Protected by a shell Harbor Aegis Shield

390, Enthrall

Hypnotize Enslave Captivate Charm Bewitched Enchanted Ensnared Besotted

391, Ephemeral

Temporary Transient Transitory Fleeting Evanescent Ephemeral Fugacious

Eternal Lasting Permanent Immortal

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392, Epigrammatic

Adage Proverb Dictum Saw Maxim Homily Apothegm(Apophthegm- Br) Epigram Aphorism Pithy Sententious Precept

Platitude, Truism Banal, Trite Inane, Quotidian Cliché, Hackneyed

393, Episcopal

Priest Ecclesiast Cleric Prelate Episcopacy Cardinal Pontiff Pope

Laity Ecumenical

394, Epitome

In a Nutshell Quintessence Essence Condensed form SECONDARY:

Abstract, Gist ,crux family 395, Equestrian

Horse rider Cavalier (UK) Chevalier (Fr)

396, Equivocate

Palter Deliberately confuse Ambiguous

397, Eschew

Shun Avoid Eschew

398, Esoteric

Special select body of people Jargon

399, Espirit De Corps

Camaraderie, Fellowship Understanding

400, Estuary

Mouth of the river Water goes in to->frith, inlet Water outlet->effluence, egress Page 61

Precise Pointed Concise Succinct

401, Etiolate

Debilitated Enervated Emasculated Castrated Bobited *(K) Emaciated Etiolated Emancipated Washout appearance Pale, Bloodless, Anemic

402, Exacerbate

Worsen Aggravate Deteriorate

403, Exacting

Demanding Fastidious Finicky Squeamish (women) Meticulous Pernickety Punctilious

404, Ex cathedra

Authoritative Formal Pope’s authority Church order

405, Exculpate (Church word)

Absolve Shrive Shriven Exculpate Exonerate Vindicate Acquit Pardon Amnesty Condone Forgiving

406, Excoriate

Excruciate Physical & Mental Pain

407, Execrate

Abhor Detestable Loathsome Denounce Hateful, Repulsive

408, Exegesis

Translation of bible Solving of the problem Page 62

Ruddy Robust Rubicund Rosette Florid Wiry Rejuvenated

Carefree Cavalier Nonchalant Indifferent

Arraign Indict Prosecute Inculpate Impeach Convict

409, Exigency

Urgency Contingency Necessity Emergencies

410, Exiguous

Small Thin Slender

411, Exorable

Gracious Merciful Forgiving Clemency Benevolent Kind

412, Exorcise

Drive away the terror Expel

413, Exordium

Introduction Preface Prologue Proem Preamble

414, Exotic

Bizarre Foreign Strange

415, Expatiate

Talk at length Explicate Expound Exemplify Detail lecture Expatiate Magnify

416, Expedient

Suitable Proper Politic Fit

417, Expiate

Atone Reparation

Heartless Cruel

Epilogue Peroration Appendix

Concise Terse Succinct

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418, Expletive

Abusive language Severe, Biting, Caustic, Sharp Piquant Sarcastic Mordacious Fulminate Fusillade Expletive Trenchant Invective Vituperative Opprobrium, opprobrious Scurrilous Truculence

419, Explicate

Explain in detail Elucidate

420, Expostulate

Protest Remonstrate

421, Expurgate

Bowdlerize Cleanse Laxative Purgative Evacuant * Pure, Purify, Expurgate Catharsis (Moral Cleansing)

422, Extenuate

Lessen Diminish Reducing

423, Extrude

Expel Discharge Banish Eject Barge in

424, Facetious

Laughter Humor Risible Sardonic

425, Farraginous

Heterogeneous Farrago, Farraginous Mélange Pot-Pourri Hotch-potch Hodge-podge olla podrida Page 64

Pollute Contaminate

Homogeneous Monolithic

426, Fastidious

Hard to please Fussy Finicky Fastidious Squeamish (women) Meticulous Punctilious Dainty Demanding & Exacting Pernickety

Carefree Careless Nonchalant Cavalier

427, Fealty

Loyalty Allegiance Faithful Fidelity ( of Spouse)

Traitor Quisling Infidelity

428, Feculent

Foul, Stench Poisonous Mephitic, Miasmatic Noisome, Noxious Fetid, Feculent Putrid, Putrefaction Morbific * SEC: Pestilential, Scourge

Salubrious Salutary Wholesome Healthy

Fertile

Sterile Dry Arid Barren Fallow

429, Fecund

SECONDARY:

Prolific, Productive

430, Fetid

See 428 FECULENT

431, Flaccid

Loose Flabby Flaccid

432, Flagitious

Wicked Spiteful Flagitous Malevolent Baleful Insidious Treacherous

433, Flail

Thresh, Thrash, Beat, Cudgel Physical beating Clobber, Pommel, Pound Baste, Lambaste, Bludgeon

434, Flex

Getting ready for a fight Bend Page 65

435, Fractious

Unruly rabble (US) canaille (UK) Destructive Riotous

436, Froward *

Stubborn Obstinate Obdurate Contumacious Froward * Intransigent Refractory Mulish(US) Wayward Intractable Unrelenting, Unyielding Pertinacious Tenacious Persevering Indefatigable Dogged Indomitable

Pliable Flexible Amenable Pliant Suppliant Amicable

437, Furtive (of looks & Glances)

Covertly Surreptitious Stealthy Gingerly Clandestine Secretly

Direct Open St.Forward Candid

438, Funereal

Connected with funeral Rituals and ceremonies Exequies & Obsequies Lamentation Dirge Monody Threnody Epicedium Jeremiad Ululation Requiem Cortege Hearse Wreath Lilac (US), Chrysanthemum (UK) Yew tree

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439, Gabble

Pure nonsense Prate, Prattle Gibber, Gibberish Jabber, Jabberwocky Tattle, Babble, Twaddle Palaver talk Balderdash Jargon Bosh

Sensible Rational Cohesive Coherent Logical

440, Garrulous

Talkative Multiloquent Voluble Garrulous men Loquacious women

Taciturn Reserved Reticent Laconic

441, Gauche

Clumsily Done with left hand South paw Maladroit Sinister Tactless Awkward

Skillful Clever Deft Adept Adroit Ingenious

442, Germane

More relevant Pertinent Apposition Kindred (SEC)

Irrelevant

443, Gird

Tie

444, Glib

Smooth Lubricous Oily Unctuous Con man Oleaginous

445, Gnostic

Shrewd in a Mystical sense Clairvoyant Extra Sensory Perception Mystic

446, Gregarious

Sociable

447, Grouchy

Disgruntled, Scowl faced Grumpy, Sullen

Anchorite Hermit Recluse Solitary Eremite

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448, Gull

Cheat Gull Dupe Defraud Mountebank Deceive Hoodwink Mulct Bilk Rel family: Filch, purloin

449, Gyrate

Swaying motion Pirouette Spiral

450, Gyre

Manacle Fetter Chain

451, Halcyon

Peace Calm Placid Serene Tranquil

452, Harridan

Beldam Harridan Crone Witch Hag Vixen (Middle aged) Termagant, Shrew (Young) Virago Xantippe Jezebel

453, Hauteur

Impudence Brazenness Insolence Effrontery Hauteur Supercilious Contumely Proud, Arrogant Overbearing, Overweening

454, Heterogeneous

Farrago, Farraginous Mélange, Pot-Pourri Hotch-potch, Hodge-podge olla podrida (Motley, Variegated, Diversified) Page 68

Homogeneous Monolithic

455, Hoi-polloi

Riotous mob Rabble Unruly Violent Plebian Publican Yokel Groundling Hoi-polloi

456, Homogeneous

Monolithic

457, Hoyden

Tomboy Romp Tramp

458, Hubbub

Dull Noise Uproar Disturbance Tumult Clamorous Boisterous obstreperous Chaotic Din Pandemonium Babel Anarchy Imbroglio

459, Iconoclast

Rebel Maverick Unconventional Unorthodox Dangerous Malcontent Insurgent Insurrectionary Recusant Ideal breaker

460, Idiosyncrasy

Johnsonian Eccentric Singular Oddities, Quixotic, Queer, Quaint

461, Ignis fatuus(L)

Evil sprits which mislead Jack-a-lantern Willow-the-wisp

Calm Peace

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462, Ignoble

Mean Miserly, Stingy Skinflint(US) Parsimonious Niggardly Curmudgeon Tight wart, Tightfisted Thrifty, Frugal, Husbandry (+)

463, Ignominy

Disgraceful Infamous Shameful

464, Ignoramus

Beginner Simpleton, Naïve, Frank

465, Imbroglio (It)

Violence Confusion Bloodshed & Chaos Senseless killing

466, Imbue

Permeate Percolate

467, Immoderate

Intemperate Gluttonous Gourmandize

468, Immure

Entomb Buried alive, (Incarcerate)

469, Immutable

Unchangeable Unalterable Constant Fixed

470, Impassioned

Fervent Fervid Vehement Exhortation, Hortatory

471, Impeach

Arraign Indict Inculpate Impeach Prosecute Convict

Absolve Shrive shriven Exculpate Exonerated Vindicated Acquit Pardon Condone Amnesty Page 70

472, Impeccable

Faultless Immaculate Stainless Blameless Sinless, Spotless

473, Impecunious

Misery Poverty Penury Impoverished Indigence Impecunious Pauperism Destitution Privation Thrifty, Frugal, Husbandry (+)

474, Imperious

Arrogant Throw weight about Impudent

475, Impious

Not religious Ungodly Irreverential

476, Implacable

Irreconcilable

477, Implicit

Understood Hidden Tacit Implied

478, Importunate

Compulsive in urge to do rash action Impulsive

479, Importunity

Beg Beseech Implore Obtest * Adjure Entreaty Importunity Supplication (Strong) Exhortation (Mild) Hortatory Genuflect

480, Impoverished

See 473 IMPECUNIOUS

Riches Wealthy Affluence Opulence Pelf Nouveau riche Lucre Mammon Parvenu Upstart

Devout Pious Holy Godly Religious

Explicit Obvious

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Order Command At your behest

481, Impugn (Strong)

Punish religiously Interrogate Impugn Inquisition

482, Impute

Blame indirectly Insinuation Hint Impute (Direct) Innuendo (Indirect) Allusive (Indirect)

483, Incarcerate

Imprison Immure Confine Entombed, Buried alive

484, Incubus

Burden, evil Nightmare Oppression Situation when breathing is difficult

485, Inculpate

See 471 IMPEACH

486, Indite

Write Compose

487, Inert

Slow Sluggish Slothful Tardy Lazy Lethargic Indolent Lackadaisical Languorous, Languid Lassitude Torpor, Torpid Inert Comatose Catatonic Death

Nimble Agile Fleet footed Sprightly Alacrity Celerity

488, Insidious

Wicked, Spiteful Flagitious Treacherous, Perfidious Slyly, Malevolent (Baleful), Quisling, Malicious (SEC)

Loyal Faithful Fealty

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489, Insouciant

Indifferent Nonchalant Insouciance Apathetic Callous Ruthless Heartless Merciless

Pity Empathy Sympathy Care Concern Compassion Solicitude Clemency Commiseration

490, Intractable

Stubborn Obstinate Obdurate Contumacious Froward * Intransigent Refractory Mulish(US) Wayward Intractable Unrelenting, Unyielding Pertinacious Tenacious Persevering Indefatigable Dogged Indomitable

Pliable Flexible Amenable Pliant Suppliant Amicable

491, Intrepid

Bold Daring Audacious Impudent Impertinent Reckless Courageous Dauntless Venturesome Fearless Intrepid Brave Valiant Valorous Adventurous Plucky Gutsy Spunky Foolhardy

Meek Timid Timorous Cowardly Cowardice Dastardly Craven Poltroon(rank coward) Pusillanimous

492, Jackanapes

Monkey(Person resembling an ape)

493, Jackass

Male ass. Stupid(See also 76 ASININE) Page 73

494, Jacobin

Black friars, who do not come out of monastery and translate the bible with hand, lived with a diet of bread & water.

495, Jaculate *

Dart Throw Hurl Launch

496, Jangling and 497, Jangle

Quarrel Tiff Bicker Squabble Wrangler Jangler Altercate Altercation Contentious Disputations Litigious Logomachy * Spat

498, Janitor

Porter Caretaker Doorkeeper, Doorman

499, Jargon

Technical language not understandable to others. SECONDARY:

Pure nonsense Prate Prattle Gibber Gibberish Jabber Jabberwocky Tattle Babble Twaddle Gabble Palaver talk Bosh Balderdash Jargon 500, Jaundiced

Prejudiced Biased (See also 122 BIAS for secondary meanings) Page 74

501,Jaunt

Holiday trip Stroll Saunter Amble Desultory Rambling Aimless talk

502,Jeer

Contemptuous Mock , Scorn Scoff, Sneer Deride, Derision, Derisive Jeer Fleer Gibe Ridicule (Twit & Taunt)

Polite Cultured Suave Composure Poise Equanimity

503,Jujune

Dull & Uninteresting Barren Dry Vapid Sterile Jejune Insipid

Stimulating Exhilarating Interesting

504,Jeopardy

Unnecessary risk or danger Risk, Risky, Perilous

505,Jeremiad

Lamentation Dirge Monody Threnody Epicedium Jeremiad Ululation Requiem

506,Jezebel

Beldam Harridan Crone Witch Hag Vixen (Middle aged) Termagant, Shrew (Young) Virago Xantippe Jezebel

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Lady

507,Jocose

Merry Jocular Humorous Witty, Jesting, Waggish Happy, Jolly, Bonhomie Jovial, Droll, Funny

508,Junta

Disgruntled army man Malcontent Insurgent Insurrectionary Iconoclast, Maverick Rebellious people Coup detat NEG: Coterie, caucus, clique, cohorts Faction, gang POS: Conclave, cabal

509,Keen

Eager, Anxious, Sharp edged

510,Kickshaw

Trifle Trivial thing like toy

511,Kleptomania

Mania for stealing

512,Knave

Knave Scoundrel Rascal Scamp Scullion Caitiff

513,Knoll

Mound Hillock Sand-dunes(US)

514,Labyrinth

Take you in a cycle and you do not Understand Puzzle Maze Conundrum Rigmarole Labyrinth

515,Lacerate

Cut (literally) Attack heavily Barb

516,Lachrymose

Tearful

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517,Lackadaisical

Slow Sluggish Slothful Tardy Lazy Lethargic Indolent Lackadaisical Languorous, Languid Lassitude Torpor, Torpid Inert Comatose Catatonic Death

518,Lackey

Flunky, Lackey Sycophant Flatterer Toady Stooge Parasitic Minion Valet, Footman Acolyte(+)

519,Laconic

Reserved Reticent Taciturn, Incommunicado Laconic

520,Lambent

Gliding Glossing Touching lightly, Graceful movement

521,Lampoon

Pasquinade (Attack against political rival) Squib Satire, Lampoon

522,Languidness

See 517 LACKADAISICAL

523,Largess

Munificence Bounty Extravagant Largesse Bountiful, Generous Magnanimous, Lavish

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Nimble Agile Fleet footed Sprightly Alacrity Celerity

Garrulous Voluble

524,Lascivious

Vulgar talk in sex Concupiscent-church word, Carnal Prurient Ribald Smutty, Bawdy(jokes) Risqué, Lewd Salacious Lascivious, Lecherous Licentious, Libidinous Lickerish, Lubricous Dissolute Depravity(dissipated) Debauch Profligate Philanderer Libertine Rake Roué Lothario Casanova

Virtuous Pure Chaste Vestal Continence Celibate

Don Juan

Satyr Women:

siren seductress wanton Voluptuary rant nymphomaniac fan-fatalle: Circe the enchantress lamia the vampire medusa the gorgon 525, Lassitude

See 517 LACKADAISICAL

526, Latitude

Slow & Gentle

527, Latitudinarian and 528, Laxity

Laxity Flexible, Pliable Not a disciplinarian

529, Lecherous

See 524 LASCIVIOUS

530, Legerdemain

Trickery Magic Juggling Conjuring

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Martinet

531, Lenitive

Anodyne Pain Reliever Analgesic Lenitive Palliative Narcotic Sedative

Stimulate Rejuvenate

Soporific Somnific *

Emollient Demulcent Gilead Opium, Opiate 532, Lenity

Mild Gentle Soft Lenience

533, Leonine

Lion Like

534, Levity

Discussing serious matters in a frivolous fashion

535, Lewd

See 524 LASCIVIOUS

536, Libel

Detraction Defamation Slander Calumny Vilification Obloquy Traduce Libel Revile family of words.

537, Libertine

See 524 LASCIVIOUS

538, Libidinous

See 524 LASCIVIOUS

539, Licentious

See 524 LASCIVIOUS

540, Limber

Exercise oneself, prepare for athletics

541, Limbo

Hell Limbo Limbus Hades Stygian Perdition Damnation

Elysian Empyreal Celestial Paradise Heavenly Salvation Redemption Page 79

Turbid Murky Opaque Nebulous

542, Limpid

Clear Beautiful Lucid Pure Transparent Crystal Clear eyes Gelly-like Pellucid

543, Limn (-)

Delineated Portray in a bad light Depict in a bad light Limn (-)

544, Linguist

1)Scientific study of a language 2)Speaks several languages but cannot read & write SEC: polyglot (Read, Write, Speak)

545, Lithe

Limber Graceful Flexible Supple Pliable Willowy Slender waist Svelte Lissome

546, Litigious and 547, Logomachy

Quarrel Tiff Bicker Squabble Wrangler Jangler Altercate Altercation Contentious Disputations Litigious Logomachy * Spat

Composure Poise Equanimity

548, Loquacious

Talkative Voluble Multiloquent Garrulous men Loquacious women Verbose Verbiage Prolixity Page 80

Taciturn Reserved Reticent Laconic

549, Lothario

See 524 LASCIVIOUS

550, Lout and 551, Lubber

Oaf Vagabond Waif Vagrant Wastrel Lubber Tramp Hobo Lout

552, Lucre

Wealth Nouveau Riche Parvenu Upstart Riches Affluence Opulence Pelf Aggrandize Lucre Mammon Avarice

Misery Poverty Penury Impoverished Indigence Impecunious Pauperism Destitution Privation

553, Ludicrous

Ridiculous Absurd Silly Foolish Preposterous Fatuous Doltish

Rational Cogent Cohesive

554, Lugubrious

Dejected Depressed Downcast Dispirited Despondent Sad Melancholic Doleful Dolorous Lugubrious Mope (US) Megrim Nadir

Euphoria Lively Animated Effervescent Ebullient Buoyant

555, Lustful

See 524 LASCIVIOUS

556, Lusty

Vigorous, Robust Full throated cry of a baby Page 81

557, Lydian

Soft Gentle Effeminate Voluptuous

558, Lynx-Eyed

Eagle-Eyed Hawk-Eyed Keen-Eyed Angus-Eyed Shrewd Businessman

559, Machiavellian

Cagy Crafty Cunning Artful Wily Vulpine Machiavellian Tendentious Disingenuous Guile

560, Machinate

Plot Maneuver Manipulate Machiavellian person indulges in Machinations

561, Maelstrom

Whirlpool Eddy Waters Swirling Maelstrom Vortex Air current that sucks you apart

562, Maim

Loss of the use of either limb Cripple Mangle Mutilate

563, Maladroit

Clumsy Awkward Gauche, Gaucherie Maladroit Inept Done with left hand South paw, Sinister , Tactless

564, Malapert

Pert Tart Slut, Saucy Page 82

Skillful Clever Deft Adept Adroit Ingenious

565, Malcontent

Dissatisfied Disgruntled Malcontent Insurgent Insurrectionary Iconoclast, Maverick Rebellious people Coup detat NEG: Coterie, caucus, clique, cohorts Faction, gang POS: Conclave, cabal

566, Malediction

Anathema Curse from church Ex-communication Gods curse by pope Imprecation Malediction Interdiction Proscribe Outlawry, ban, Banishment

567, Maligner

To damage one’s reputation Revile Malign Slur Aspersion

Praise Laud

568, Malversation

Filch Purloin Mulct (US) Bilk (US) Embezzle Peculate Defalcate Malversation Malfeasance Misappropriation

Honest Upright Truthful Integrity Probity

569, Mammon

Avaricious Riches Wealthy Nouveau riche Lucre Affluence Opulence Pelf Mammon Parvenu Upstart

Misery Poverty Penury Impoverished Indigence Impecunious Pauperism Destitution Privation Thrifty (+) Frugal (+) Husbandry (+) Page 83

570, Manumit

Free Liberated (Country) Emancipate (Women)

Enslave

571, Martinet

Disciplinarian Stickler Strict Person Rectitude

Latitudinarian

572, Matrix

Source Umbilical

573, Maudlin

Sentimental Drinker SEC: Guzzler group

574, Maxim

Proverb Dictum Adage Saw Maxim Homily Apothegm Aphorism Epigram Pithy Sententious Precept Gnome, Byword

575, Meander

I Meaning:

576, Mélange (Fr)

Heterogeneous Farrago, Farraginous Mélange Pot-Pourri Hotch-potch Hodge-podge olla podrida

577, Melee (Fr)

Fight Affray Fracas Skirmish

Platitude, Truism Banal, Trite Inane, Quotidian Cliché, Hackneyed

Aimless, Casual Amble, Unmethodical Stroll, Saunter Jaunt, Discursive Ramble, Maunder Meander, Digressive II Meaning: Labyrinth, Maze, Rigmarole

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Homogeneous Monolithic

Creaking Croaking Jarring Grating Staccato

578, Mellifluence

Euphonious Musical Melodious Mellifluent Dulcet

579, Ménage

Furniture Chattel Household Passive Wives Property Ménage

580, Mendacious

False Mendacious, Mendacity Unauthentic Apocryphal Fictitious Uncanonical * Mythical Legendary SEC: Parable, Fable, Allegory, Apologue

Truthful Canonical Authentic Factual Veracity, Veracious Verisimilitude Straight from horses’ mouth

581, Mephitic

Foul, Stench Poisonous Mephitic, Miasmatic Noisome, Noxious Fetid, Feculent Putrid, Putrefaction Morbific * SEC: Pestilential Scourge

Salubrious Salutary Wholesome Healthy

582, Meretricious

Bedizened Over adorned Over-decorative outlandish garish tawdry dowdy Meretricious Bizarre Gaudy

Somber Sober Plain

583, Miasma

See 581 MEPHITIC

584, Milksop

Mollycoddle Sissy Effeminate Males Namby-Pamby Page 85

585, Minion

Favorite Lackey Flunky Sycophant Flatterer Toady Stooge Parasitic Minion (Valet, Footman) Acolyte- Religious follower (+)

586, Misconstrue

Misunderstand Misinterpret

587, Miscreant

Felony

588, Mite

Tiny Coin Atomic Particle Whit Modicum Iota Scintilla

589, Mitigate

Abate Allay Alleviate Mitigate Ameliorate Lessen Reduce Slacken Assuage Diminish

Aggravate Worsen Deteriorate

590,Mollify

Soothing Language Placate Appease Propitiate Pacify Mitigate Soften Mollify Console

Provoke Needle(US) Incite Instigate

591, Morbific

See 581 MEPHITIC

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592, Mordacious

Abusive language Severe, Biting, Caustic, Sharp Piquant Sarcastic Mordacious Fulminate Fusillade Expletive Trenchant Invective Vituperative Opprobrium, opprobrious Scurrilous Truculence

593, Mormon

Religious Godly

594, Motley

People from diverse walks of life Variegated Pied Mottled

595, Mountebank

Cheat Gull, Dupe Defraud Mountebank Deceive Hoodwink Mulct, Bilk Rel family: Filch, purloin

596, Multiloquence

Talkative Multiloquent Voluble Garrulous men Loquacious women

597, Mummery

Ritualistic ceremony Ridiculous ceremonial; religious ritual regarded as silly or hypocritical

598, Mundane

Ordinary Commonplace

599, Munificence

Philanthropic Largesse, Bountiful, Munificence Generous, Magnanimous Extravagant & Lavish

600, Mutable

Flux, Change Page 87

Honest Upright Integrity Probity Truthful

Mean Unkind

601, Mutation

See 600 MUTABLE

602, Muzzle

Protective gear Snout Suppress Prevent SEC: Nozle

603, Myopic

Short sighted Near sighted Purblind

604, Myth

See 580 MENDACIOUS

605, Myriad (Of colors, Stars)

Numerous

606, Mystify

Confused confounded perplexed Puzzled Baffled Nonplused Flabbergasted Bamboozled, Mystify Stymied Stultified Stupefied Flummoxed

607, Naiad

Allusive Water-nymph Fairy (Women who are hard to see)

608, Naïveté

Credulous People who easily believe others Naïve, Simpleton Gullible, Ingenuous Frank, Open, Candid Guileless Artless

609, Namby-Pamby

Nonsense Hanky-Panky Silly Frivolous Senseless Shilly-Shally Dilly-Dally See also 584 MILKSOP Page 88

Crafty Vulpine Disingenuous Artful Shrewd Perspicacious

610, Naught

Nothing Nought (Zero)

611, Narcotic

Anodyne Pain Reliever Analgesic Lenitive Palliative Narcotic Sedative Soporific Somnific *

Emollient Demulcent Balm - Gilead Opium, Opiate 612, Nebulous

Cloudy Opaque Turbid (Water) Murky (Night) Nebulous

613, Necrology

Obituary

614, Necromancer

Witchcraft Theurgist Black Magic Shaman Sorcerer Voodoo

Azure Transparent Clear Limpid Incandescent Luminescent

Milder:

Magician Juggler Wizard Conjurer (Merlin) 615, Necropolis

Cemetery Burial ground Graveyard Mortuary Ossuary, Charnel house

616, Neologism

Coining new words

617, Neophyte

Inexperienced person Fledgling, Beginner Tyro, Greenhorn, Callow Neophyte, Novice, Proselyte Page 89

Veteran Expert Master Virtuosity

618, Neoteric

Contemporary Fashion Vogue Beau monde (Sartorial & Tonsorial)

619, Nestle

Cuddle Coddle Nurture Snuggle

620, Nicety

Accuracy Precision SECONDARY:

Fastidious, finicky group

621,Niche

Nook Corner Cranny

622, Niggardly

Miserly Stingy Skinflint(US) Parsimonious, Niggardly Curmudgeon, Codger Tight wart, Tightfisted Thrifty, Frugal, Husbandry (+) Provident(+)

623, Nihilism, Nihility

Non-existent, Existentialism Nothingness

624, Ninny

Silly Foolish Stupid Obtuse Bovine Asinine Fatuous Doltish Nit-wit Ninny Nincompoop Numskull Dullard Dunce Blockhead Dunderhead Demented Imbecile Moronic Cretin Idiot

Extravagant Lavish Spendthrift Squander Prodigal Generous Duck&Drake

Intelligence Perspicacity Wise Clever Sapient sagacious astute

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625, Noblesse

Aristocrat Patrician Scion Mandarin Noblesse-Oblige Blue Blooded

Hot polloi Rabble Lumpkin Groundling Plebian Yokel

626, Nonage

Minor Pupilage Tutelage Protégé

Regent Guardian

627, Nonchalance

Indifferent nonchalant Insouciance Apathetic Callous Ruthless Heartless Merciless

Pity Commiseration Sympathy Empathy Care Concern Solicitude Compassion Clemency

628, Nonpareil

No equal Unequalled Peerless Unparalleled sui generic * Outstanding Genius

629, Nosegay

Bouquet Posy Posey Flowers

Wreath

630, Noxious

Foul, Stench Poisonous Mephitic, Miasmatic Noisome, Noxious Fetid, Feculent Putrid, Putrefaction Morbific * SEC: Pestilential Scourge

Salubrious Salutary Wholesome Healthy

631, Nugget

Words of wisdom Golden oar

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632, Nullify

Repeal (in Parliament) Rescind (Superior --- Inferior) Quash (Judges) Revoke(Suspension, appointment) Countermand (an election) Cancel Abolish, Abrogate Annul, Invalidate Nullify

633, Numskull

See 624 NINNY

634, Nurture

Nourish Foster Feed

635, Oaf

Stupid Person Vagabond Waif Vagrant Wastrel Lubber Lout Tramp Hobo Oaf

636, Obduracy and 637, Obdurate

Stubborn Obstinate Obdurate Contumacious Intransigent Froward * Refractory Mulish(US) Wayward Intractable

Pliable Amenable Flexible Pliant Suppliant

POS:

Pertinacious Tenacious Perseverance Indefatigable Dogged Indomitable 638, Obeisance

Retain status quo

Curtsy Bow Salutation Respect

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639, Obelisk

Pier Pillar

640, Obese

Fat Obese Corpulent Portly Buxom

641, Obfuscate

Befuddle Obfuscate Unclear

642, Objurgate

Scold Chide Upbraid Reproach Reprove Admonish (UK) Censure Rebuke Reprimand Stronger Words:

Rate, Berate Objurgate Admonish (US) Chastise Castigate 643, Oblige

Constrained Feign Compel Bounded

Volitional Voluntary

644, Oblique

Indirect reference Allusive Innuendo NEG: Insinuate Slant, Inclined

Direct St. Forward Pointed

645, Obliterate

Erase Rub-out Delete Expunge Obliterate Blot-out Efface Deface

646, Oblivious

Forgetful Unaware Page 93

647, Obloquy

Detraction Defamation Slander Calumny Vilification Obloquy Traduce Libel Revile family of words.

648, Obnoxious

Repulsive Loathsome Detestable Hateful Repugnant Odious, Odium Abominable (Invidious)

649, Obscene

Vulgar Coarse Obscene posture Crude

650, Obscure

Unfathomable Profound Arcane Obscure Difficult to understand Incomprehensible Abstruse Recondite Secret, Hidden, Unseen

651, Obsequies

Connected with funeral Rituals and ceremonies Exequies & Obsequies Lamentation Dirge Monody Threnody Epicedium Jeremiad Ululation Requiem Cortege Hearse Wreath Lilac (US), Chrysanthemum (UK) Yew tree Page 94

Obvious Lucid Ostensible Edify Plain

Mandate Decree Behest Injunction

652, Obsequious

Servile Fawning Obsequious Bondman Thralldom

653, Obstinacy

See 636 OBDURACY

654, Obstreperous

Boisterous (Children) Clamorous (workers) Obstreperous (Bosses), Tumultuous

655, Obtest

To urge solemnly Beg Beseech Implore, Obtest Adjure Entreaty Importunate Supplication (Genuflection, Exhort, Hortatory)

656, Obtrude

Intrude Barge in Interference Invade someone’s privacy

657, Obtuse

See 624 NINNY

658, Obviate

Preclude Remove

659, Occasional

Done infrequently Casually Not done often Sporadic (Violence)

660, Occlude

Block in the flow of blood Stenosis Occlusion Stanch Hinder, Hamper, Block, Trammel

661, Oddity

Eccentric Singularities Idiosyncrasies Oddities Queer Quaint Quixotic Johnsonian

Order Command

Normal

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662, Odious and 663, Odium

See 648 OBNOXIOUS

664, Odorous

Fragrant Scented Balmy Redolent Whiff

665, Offal

Garbage Can Putrid matter, Putrefaction

666, Offend

Umbrage Affront Insult

667, Officious

Meddlesome Interfering

668, Ogee

Serrated Cyma Wavy

669, Ogle

Eyeing a women Leer

670, Ogre

Monster Hobgoblin

671, Oily

Glib Tongued Smooth Talking Lubricous Oily Unctuous Con man Oleaginous

672, Omen

Ominous Premonition Prescient Precognition Augury (Presage)

673, Onerous

Burdensome Responsible office

674, Opine

Assert, Declare Pronounce, Opine(US) Affirm, State, Aver(US) Page 96

Malodorous Noxious Noisome

675, Opportune

Right moment Timely Auspicious(Ind) Proper Suitable Politic

676, Opprobrious

Abusive language Severe, Biting, Caustic, Sharp Piquant Sarcastic Mordacious Fulminate Fusillade Expletive Trenchant Invective Vituperative Opprobrium, opprobrious Scurrilous Truculence

677, Opulence

Wealth Nouveau Riche Parvenu Upstart Riches Affluence Opulence Pelf Aggrandize Lucre Mammon Avarice

678, Oracular

Prophetic Seer Oracular Delphic Epiphany Sibylline mystical Visionary Apocalyptic Portentous Ominous

679, Ordure

Dung Excrement Faeces

Misery Poverty Penury Impoverished Indigence Impecunious Pauperism Destitution Privation Thrifty (+) Frugal (+) Husbandry (+)

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680, Orgies

Mixed party(men & women) Drinking heavily and indulging in sex

681, Orifice

Tiny opening Aperture

682, Orison

Normally a woman who dress in white for the prayer with bible in hand Woman who is always praying

683, Ostentation

Glamorous Flamboyant Decorated Flaunting Showing Lavish display of wealth Extravagant Outré

684, Ostracism

Social boycott

685, Otiose

Redundant Excessive Superfluous Blasé Satiated, Sated, Satiety Cloyed Surfeited Otiose Lazy Indolent

686, Outré

See 683 OSTENTATION

687, Overture

Beginning of playing of musical instrument Make peace with friends Make pass at a women

688, Pacific

Calm Serene Tranquil Placid Halcyon Peace

689, Pachyderm

Thick skinned animal Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus Behemoth – mammoth animals (100 feet) Leviathan- Huge

Plain Ascetic Spartan

Novel New

Turbulent Agitated Violent

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690, Paean

High praise Praise -Approbation Applaud -Plaudits Commend -Commendation Laud, Belaud* -Laudation Extol -Encomium Eulogize -Eulogy Paean, Doxology Panegyric-Formal citation award at the National level.

691, Pagan (Archaic-old-not used)

Used by early Christians for referring non-Christians(Jews) Heathen Infidel (used by Muslims)

692,Pageant

Spectacle Tableau Float

693, Palliate and 694, Palliative

Anodyne Pain Reliever Analgesic Lenitive Palliative Narcotic Sedative

Christian Loyalist Faithful Fidelity Fealty Allegiance

Stimulate Rejuvenate

Soporific Somnific *

Emollient Demulcent Gilead Opium, Opiate 695, Pallid(US)

Wan(US) Cadaver(UK) Corpse(UK)

696, Palter

Equivocate Ambiguous (Ambivalent)

697, Paltry

Small Trivial Insignificant (Frivolous)

698, Panacea

Cure all, Magic cure Universal Medicine

Precise Concise Pointed Succinct

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699, Pander

700, Panegyric and 701,panegyrical

Procurer Pimp Solicitor, Lawyer (Tout) See 690 PAEAN

702,pantomime

Charade – dumb play Mime Masque Burlesque Parody Caricature

703,parable

Wise Saying(usually those found in bible) Fable Allegory Apologue

704,paradigm

A picture of perfection Example Model Exemplar, Paragon

705,paragon

Women who is beautiful Man who is virtuous Exemplar Model

706,paralogism

Sophism Sophistry Specious reasoning False logic

707,paramour

Lover (Illicit partner of a married person) Mistress Concubine

708,parasite

Lackey Flunky Sycophant Flatterer Toady Stooge Parasitic, Leech Minion Acolyte- Religious follower (+) (Valet, Footman) (Symbiotic(+) ) Page 100

709,parity

Equality Egalitarian Equity(Sometimes used for shares)

710,parlance

Terminology (Jargon, Argot, Phraseology, Patter)

Disparity Unequal

711 712,parody

Exaggerated situation that causes humor Burlesque Caricature

713,paroxysm (Of anger, Of laughter)

Fit Convulsions Spasm Paroxysm

714,parricide

Patricide(US) Killing a near relative(Like Father, Uncle, Nephew, Brother-in-Law)(UK) Treason(UK)

715,parry

Ward off Evade Fencing

716,parsimonious

Miserly Stingy Skinflint(US) Parsimonious Niggardly Codger, Curmudgeon Tight wart, Tightfisted Thrifty, Frugal, Husbandry (+) Provident(+)

Generous Extravagant Lavish Spendthrift Squander Prodigal Generous Duck&Drake

717,parvenu (Fr)

Wealth Nouveau Riche Parvenu Upstart Riches Affluence Opulence Pelf Aggrandize Lucre Mammon Avarice

Misery Poverty Penury Impoverished Indigence Impecunious Pauperism Destitution Privation

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718,pasquin

Attack against political rival Lampoon Pasquinade Squib Satire

719,passé

Out of fashion Outdated Outmoded Obsolete Antiquated Archaic Antediluvian

720,pastiche

Mosaic design of different things Collage Montage Mélange Medley

721,patois (Fr)

Dialect (Patois is only spoken) Creole, Lingo (In a context)

722, patronymic

Surname Cognomen

723,paucity (Of Money, Of funds)

Deficiency of something Scarcity (of water) Paucity (of money) Dearth (People) Shortage, Scanty

724,pauperism

Misery Poverty Penury Impoverished Indigence Impecunious Pauperism Destitution Privation

725,peccadillo

Minor Sin Venial Iniquity –Major sin Peccant – Faulty ( also Unhealthy)

726,peccant

Erring Sinful, Guilty See also 725 PECCADILLO Page 102

Vogue Neoteric Beau monde

Affluence Opulence Lucre Mammon Nouveau riche Purloin

727,peculate

Filch Purloin Mulct (US) Bilk (US) Embezzle Peculate Defalcate Malversation Malfeasance Misappropriation

Honest Upright Truthful Integrity Probity

728,pellucid

Clear Beautiful Lucid Pure Transparent Crystal Clear eyes Gelly-like Pellucid

Turbid Murky Opaque Nebulous

729,penchant

Lean Slant Inclination Bent Flair Predilection Penchant (+) Proclivity (-) Propensity

730,penitence

Regret Remorse Repentant Contrition Penitent

(Recidivist)

SECONDARY: Qualms

Compunction Twinge Pain Casuistry 731,perdition

Damnation Soul in hell –it is damned Limbo Limbus Hell Hades, Stygian

732,peregrination

Globe-trotter, Always on the move Traveling world over Peripatetic, Perambulate, Nomadic Page 103

Redemption Salvation

733,perfidious

Treacherous Insidious Spiteful Malevolent Flagitious Disloyal Dishonest Wicked, Perfidious, Slyly, (Baleful), Quisling, Malicious (SEC)

734,perfunctory

Cursory Casual Off the cuff manner Prima-facie –superficial view Cavalier like Unmethodically

735,perigee

Closest point from equator Nearest Lowest

736,pernicious

Deadly Fell Disease that has no cure (Ex: AIDS) Anemic Condition

737,persiflage

Clown, Buffoon (Wearing a Motley) Merry-andrew Harlequin, Harlequinade Droll, Drollery Persiflage, Badinage Raillery Banter

Loyalty Allegiance fidelity(spouse) fealty

ASININE group

SECONDARY:

Twit & Taunt, Frivolous Tease, Mock, Challenge & joke 738,perspicacious

Razor Sharp intellect Shrewd Astute Clever Sagacious Sapient Perspicacious (Stronger)

739,pert

Malapert Tart Slut, Saucy

740,pervious

Seeps through Penetrates, Permeable

Timid Polite Modest

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741,petulant

Captious Carp Cavil Querulous Petulant Peevish Piquant Chagrin Irked Ire Fret Fume Chafe

742,phlegmatic

Slow to react Stolid Lethargic, Dull witted person

743, Pharisaical

Zealot Fanatic Fundamentalist Bigot Puritan, Cant Pharisaical Humbug Hypocrisy

744,pique

See 741 PETULANT

745,pithy

Proverb Dictum Adage Saw Maxim Homily Apothegm Aphorism Epigram Pithy Sententious Precept Gnome, Byword

746,plaintive

Melancholy Doleful Dolorous Sad

747,platitude

Common place, Hackneyed Truism, Platitude, Banal, Trite Quotidian, Inane, Cliché Page 105

Equanimity Composure Poise

Catholic Cosmopolitan Broadminded Secular Tolerant Eclectic

Platitude, Truism Banal, Trite Inane, Quotidian Cliché, Hackneyed

748,placate

Soothing Language Mollify Placate Pacify Assuasive Appease, Propitiate, Mitigate Soften, Console

Provoke Needle(US) Incite Insinuate

749,plebian

Trades folk, Trades people Merchant Class (UK) Vaisyas (Ind) Hoi polloi (US) Rabble Canaille Lumpkin Groundling Plebian Publican Yokel Common man

Aristocrat Blue Blooded Patrician Scion Mandarin NoblesseOblige

750,polity

Method of government

751,poltroon

Meek Timid Timorous Cowardly Cowardice Dastardly Craven Poltroon(rank coward) Pusillanimous

752,portend

Impending calamity Ominous(writing on the wall) Augury Premonition Precognition, Prescient, Presage Omen

753,potentate

Puissant Mighty king Powerful

754,pragmatic

Practical Pragmatic Feet on terraform Down to earth Realistic Page 106

Courageous Brave Intrepid Bold Audacity Reckless Daring Foolhardy Valorous

Idealist Utopian Quixotic

755,predilection

See 729 PENCHANT

756,preface

Introduction Prologue Foreword Proem Preamble Exordium Preface

Epilogue Peroration Appendix

757,preposterous

Ridiculous Foolish Absurd Ludicrous Obtuse, Silly, Fatuous, Doltish, Stupid Preposterous

Sensible Rational Cogent Cohesive

758,prevaricate

Fact that is distorted Twisted Travesty Garble Convoluted Gnarled Warped

Honest Upright Truthful Integrity Probity

759,pristine

Uncontaminated Pure and beautiful Unpolluted (Of a Vestal Virgin)

760,proclivity

See 729 PENCHANT

761,procrastinate

Defer Delay Postpone Lag Adjourn

Punctual Prompt

762,profane

Desecrate Defile Sacrilegious Profane Blasphemous Showing Disrespect for a place of worship

Consecrate Sanctify Sanctimonious Sanctum Sanctorum Sacrosanct Purify

763,profligate

Spendthrift, Extravagant, Prodigal, Lavish See also See 524 LASCIVIOUS

764,propinquity

Nearness, Proximity Closeness, Contiguous Page 107

765,proscription

Banishment, Anathema Ex-communication Gods curse by pope Imprecation Malediction Interdiction Proscribe Outlawry, ban

766,proselyte

Neophyte, Novice, Proselyte Inexperienced person Fledgling, Beginner Tyro, Greenhorn, Callow

767,proxy

Substitute Deputy Surrogate (motherhood)

768,puerile

Childish Immature, Foolish, Silly

Sophisticated

769,pugnacious

Bellicose Belligerent Pugnacious Jingoism War-mongering

Pacifist Calm

770,puissant

See 753 POTENTATE

771,pulchritude

Ineffable beauty Beauty which Is indescribable

772,punctilious

Hard to please Fussy Finicky Fastidious Squeamish (women) Meticulous Punctilious Dainty Demanding & Exacting Pernickety

773,purlieu

Bounds Limits Level of jurisdiction

774,purloin

See 727 PECULATE

775,pusillanimous

See 751 POLTROON Page 108

Veteran Expert Master Virtuosity

Carefree Careless Nonchalant Cavalier

776,putrefy

Foul, Stench Poisonous Mephitic, Miasmatic Noisome, Noxious Fetid, Feculent Putrid, Putrefaction Morbific * SEC: Pestilential Scourge

777,pyromaniac

Mania for starting fires

778,quack

Does not have credentials he claims to have. Imposter Charlatan Cheat

779,quaff

Dipsomaniac Crapulous Toper Tippler Sloshed Sozzled Sot Inebriated Alcoholic Guzzler Quaffer

780,quagmire

Fen Morass Slough Marshy area

781,quail

Cower, Shrink, Blench, Blanch

782,quaint

Dress in odd, funny fashion, but attractive Queer, Quixotic Oddity, Singularity, Idiosyncrasy

783,qualm

Qualms Compunction Twinge Pain Casuistry

784,quandary

Dilemma, Predicament Dire straits, Harrowing, Double minded Dithering, Vacillate, Indecisive Page 109

Salubrious Salutary Wholesome Healthy

Teetotaler

785,quash

Repeal (in Parliament) Rescind (Superior --- Inferior) Quash (Judges) Revoke(Suspension, appointment) Countermand (an election) Cancel Abolish Annul, Invalidate Nullify

786,quaver

Tremble Shake, Trepidation Quiver

787,queer

See 782 QUAINT

788,quell

Suppressive forcibly Stop Prevent

789,quench

Sate (Thirst) Put out, Douse

790,querulous

Captious Carp Cavil Querulous Petulant Peevish Piquant Chagrin Irked Ire Fret Fume Chafe

791,quibble

Beat around the bush Evasive Circumlocution Verbiage, Verbosity

792,quid pro quo

On a reciprocal basis Tit for tat (Revengeful) (-)

793,quiescent

Dormant Inactive

794,quirk

Twist Trick

Retain status quo

Composure Equanimity Poise

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795,quietus (For a dying person)

Final settlement with god, Peace with god Acquittance Settlement

796,quixotic

Eccentric, Idealist(US) Singularities, Idiosyncrasies, Oddities Queer, Quaint, Quixotic Johnsonian

797,rabble

See 749 PLEBIAN

798,rabid

Maniacal Dislike Furious Implacable Hatred

799,rack

Torture

800,radiance

Inner glow & Happiness

801,ragamuffin

Street urchin, Street Arab Vagrant, Gypsy, Hobo, Wastrel Tramp, Oaf, Oafish, Lout Vagabond, Waif, Lubber, guttersnipe

802,rake

Vulgar talk in sex Concupiscent-church word, Carnal Prurient, Ribald Smutty, Bawdy(jokes) Risqué, Lewd, Salacious Lascivious, Lecherous Licentious, Libidinous Lickerish, Lubricous Dissolute, Depravity(dissipated) Debauch, Profligate, Philanderer Libertine, Rake Roué Lothario Casanova Don Juan

Satyr Women:

siren seductress wanton Voluptuary rant nymphomaniac fan-fatalle: Circe the enchantress lamia the vampire medusa the gorgon Page 111

Virtuous Pure Chaste Vestal Continence Celibate

803,raillery

Clown, Buffoon merry-andrew Harlequinade Droll, Drollery Persiflage, Badinage Raillery, Banter

Serious Grave Sober .

SECONDARY:

Twit & Taunt Tease, Mock, Challenge & joke Slight hearted mirth 804,rakish

Quaint fashioned dress See also 802 RAKE

805,ramble

Wander Desultory Aimless Casual Amble Unmethodical Stroll, Saunter Jaunt Discursive Ramble Maunder, Meander Digressive

806,ramification

Divergence Branching out Forking out

807,rampant

Found everywhere Prevalent, Dominant Ubiquitous Rife, Widespread

808,rancid

Putrid Putrefaction Stale Not Fresh Decompose Fusty Musty

809,rancour

Bitter, Ill will Animosity, Animus Acrimonious Inimical Hostility

Pointed Concise Precise Succinct

Salubrious Salutary Wholesome Healthy

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810,rank

Total, Absolute, Complete Consummate Unscrupulous Scant, Scullion, Knave, Rascal

811,rant

Declaim Spout Shout at the top of voice, Spit Venom Rave

812,rapacious and 813,rapine

Large scale looting Depredation Spoliation Despoil Ravage Marauding Rapacious, Rapacity Rapine Plunder Loot Pillage (Of churches, temples)

814,rapt

Lost Transported Far away

815,rapturous

Very Happy Delirious Bliss, Beatitude, Holy joy Ecstasy Rapturous Pleasure

816,ratify

Corroborate Confirm

817,ratiocination

Reasoning Syllogism, Syllogistic Argumentation Deduction

818,rationale

Reason raison d'être

819,raucous

Laughter Drunken laughter 40 to 50 people laughing at the same time Guffaw

820,ravage

See 812 RAPACIOUS Page 113

821,ravenous

Voracious Appetite Hunger Gargantuan Gourmandize

822,ravish

Deflower, Rape

823,ravine

Canyon Gorge Gulch Chasm SEC: Abyss, Cleft

824,rebellious

Dissatisfied, Disgruntled Malcontent Insurgent, Insurrectionary Iconoclast, Maverick Rebellious people Coup detat, Junta NEG: Coterie, caucus, clique, cohorts Faction, gang SEC: Conclave, cabal, Non-Conformist

825,rebuke

Scold, Chide Upbraid Reproach Reprove Admonish (UK) Censure Rebuke Reprimand Stronger Words:

Rate, Berate Objurgate Admonish (US) Chastise Castigate 826,rebuff

Insult Oppose Affront, Umbrage

827,recalcitrant

Stubborn, Obstinate Obdurate, Contumacious Intransigent, Froward * Refractory, Mulish(US) Wayward, Intractable POS:

Pertinacious, Tenacious, Perseverance Indefatigable, Dogged, Indomitable Page 114

Pliable Amenable Flexible Pliant Suppliant

Fidelity Faithful Loyal Allegiance Fealty

828,recant

Renounce Recusant Non-Conformist Apostate Renegade Recreant

829,recherché

Rare, Uncommon Delicate Exquisite Research in a difficult area

830,reciprocate

Quid pro quo Return a favor

831,recluse

Hermit Anchoret anchorite Solitary Recluse Eremite

832,recondite

Unfathomable, Profound, Arcane, Obscure Difficult to understand Incomprehensible, Abstruse, Recondite, Secret, Hidden, Unseen

833,reconnoitere

Spy Survey Inspect Examine Reconnaissance flight

834,recreant

See 828 RECANT

835,rectitude

Morally upright Integrity Probity Stickler, Martinet

Reprobate Turpitude

836,recumbent

Leaning Lying Backwards (Posture) A good for nothing fellow Posture Reclining Lounging

Prostrate

837,recusant

See 828 RECANT

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Obvious Lucid Ostensible Edify Plain

Stench Foul Malodorous

838,redolent

Fragrance Sweet-scented Odoriferous Perfumed

839,redress (For Grievance)

Social Justice One’s Grievance

840,refluence

Backward flow of water Regurgitate

841,refractory

Stubborn Obstinate Obdurate Contumacious Froward * Intransigent Refractory Mulish(US) Wayward Intractable Unrelenting, Unyielding Pertinacious Tenacious Persevering Indefatigable Dogged Indomitable

Pliable Flexible Amenable Pliant Suppliant Amicable

842,refulgent

Dazzling Scintillating Refulgent Effulgent Resplendent Transplendent * Bedizen

Coruscated Dull Opaque Turbid Murky Cloudy Nebulous

843,refute

Deny Reject Repudiate Retract Confute Volte-face

Accept Accede

844,regale

Raconteur Nice Stories

845,regalia

Medallions Heavily Decorated War heroes Insignia, Emblem Signet, Decorating Page 116

846,regress

Backward step in time Retrocession Retrogression

847,relegate

Transfer Power Delegate Assign Consign

848,relent

Yield after pressure Soften Capitulate Surrender

849,relinquish

Quit Waive Renounce

850,remonstrance

Protest vociferously Expostulate

Progress

Dogmatic

851, 852, 853,remorse

Regret Remorse Repentant Contrition Penitent

(Recidivist)

SECONDARY: Qualms

Compunction Twinge Pain Casuistry 854,rendition

Translation Rendering Transcription

855,renegade

Give up his religious beliefs Apostate Renegade Recreant Fugitive Renounce, Recusant, Non-Conformist

856,repartee

Rejoinder Retort Wit, Witticism Sharp, Fits in very beautiful Page 117

Fidelity Faithful Loyal Allegiance Fealty

857,repeal

Repeal (in Parliament) Rescind (Superior --- Inferior) Quash (Judges) Revoke(Suspension, appointment) Countermand (an election) Cancel Abolish, Abrogate Annul, Invalidate Nullify

858,repine

Yearning for something which leads to nostalgic memories (UK) Reflect(US)

859,repletion

Overflowing Replete Joy, Happiness Satiety, Surfeit

860,repository

People who are custodians of something Repository of Knowledge Container Depository(US) Magazine(US) Custodial (Confluence)

861,requital

Reciprocate (For love) Quid pro quo Tit for Tat

862,reprehend and 863,reprehensible

Strong censure for band conduct or misdemeanor Unmoral (Decry, Deplore, Felony) Blamable

864,repress

Repression of urges Subdue Subjugate Trammel Suppress Crush

865,reprieve

Lease of life Relief Pardon Acquit

866,reprobate

Immoral, Laxity in morality Turpitude Page 118

Retain status quo

Depletion

Rectitude

867,reproof and 868,reprove

Scold Chide Upbraid Reproach Reprove Admonish (UK) Censure Rebuke Reprimand Stronger Words:

Rate, Berate Objurgate Admonish (US) Chastise Castigate 869,repudiate

Discard Deny Reject Refute, Retract Refuse, Repudiate Confute, Volte-face

870,repugnance

Repulsive Loathsome Detestable Hateful Repugnant Odious, Odium Abominable, Obnoxious (Invidious)

871,requite

Compensate Repay Quid pro quo Tit for tat Reciprocity

872,rescind

See 857 REPEAL

873,resplendent

See 842 REFULGENT

874,retard

Hinder Prevent Hamper Thwart Retrogression Filibuster Trammel SEC: Stenosis, Choke, Block, Stanch Impede, Clog (of blood) Page 119

875,retribution 876,retrocede and 877,retrogression

Divine justice Nemesis See 846 REGRESS

878,reveler

Merry making Drink Heavily Celebrating Festive mood, Festive Occasion Noisy, Boisterous, Clamorous Jocose, Jocular, Jolly

879,revile

Revile Malign Slur Aspersion Rel groups: Slander, Calumny group : Disparage. Belittle

880,ribald

See 802 RAKE

881,rife (Rumors)

Widely prevalent or predominant Dominant Rampant (Corruption) Ubiquitous (Cockroach) Omnipresent (God)

882,rigmarole

Labyrinth Maze Rigmarole SEC: Puzzle, Riddle, Conundrum Mystery, Enigma

883,rile(US)

Provoke Instigate Incite Rile Needle(US) (Foment)

884,risible

Mocking Laughter Facetious Risible Sardonic Raucous SEC: Jeer, Fleer, Leer

885,rive

Cut, Rend, Rent Shaping Page 120

Praise Laud

Humble Humility Modest Meek Timid Timorous

886,rodomontade

Brag Boast Vaunt Gloat Swagger Thrasonical Gasconade Rodomontade Cock-a-hoop Roisterer Blusterer Vainglorious Braggart, Braggadocio &Swaggerer

887,roisterer

Drunken Boaster See also 886 RODOMONTADE

888,rublicund

Ruddy, Good looks Reddish & Roundish Robust, Florid Rosette (Women)

Frail Feeble Weak

889,sacrilege

Desecrate Defile Sacrilegious Profane Blasphemous Showing Disrespect for a place of worship

Consecrate Sanctify Sanctimonious Sanctum Sanctorum Sacrosanct Purify

890,sacrosanct

Sacred Holy Hallowed

891,sagacity

Sapient Sagacious Wise Razor Sharp intellect Shrewd Astute Clever Perspicacious (Stronger)

ASININE group

892,sallow

Yellow Pale complexion, Anemic SEC: Pallid, Wan (US), Cadaverous

Ruddy Rosette Rubicund

893,salubrious

Wholesome Healthy Salutary Salubrious

MEPHITIC Group

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894,sanguine

Optimistic Hopeful

895,sardonic

See 884 RISIBLE

896,saucy

Impudent, Brazen Pert, Malapert, Slut, Tart, Insolent

897,savoir-faire

Tactful (Diplomacy) Polish Polite

898,scintillate

See 842 REFULGENT

899,scraggy

Uneven Growth, Jagged Ragged

900,sententious

See 745 PITHY

901,similitude

Akin Similarity Alike

902,sine qua non

Indispensable Essential

903,shibboleth (For Success)

Password (For Success) Secret Word for success

904,slobber

Slaver Blabber Drivel Drool

905,smutty

See 802 RAKE

906,sneer

Contemptuous Mock , Scorn Scoff, Sneer Deride, Derision, Derisive Jeer, Fleer Gibe, Ridicule (Twit & Taunt)

907,snivel

Whimper Whine

908,solecism

Error in grammar Spoonerism Malapropism Page 122

Cynic Pessimistic

Tidy Primp

Cohesive Rational

Polite Cultured Suave Composure Poise Equanimity

909,somatic

Bodily Corporal, Corporeal

910,sophism

Specious reasoning False logic Sophism, Sophistry Paralogism, Casuistry, Quibbling

911,soporific

Sleep Inducing Anodyne - Pain Reliever Analgesic Lenitive Palliative Narcotic Sedative

Stimulate Rejuvenate Invigorating

Soporific Somnific *

Emollient Demulcent Balm -Gilead Opium, Opiate 912,specious

See 910 SOPHISM

913,spume

Froth Foam Waves lash against the rock a kind of foam is produced

914,squeamish

Hard to please Fussy Finicky Fastidious Squeamish (women) Meticulous Punctilious Dainty Demanding & Exacting Pernickety

915,squib

Attack Verbally Pasquinade (Attack against political rival) Squib, Satire, Lampoon

916,staid

Sedate &Dull Drab Staid, Stolid Dour, Dragness of life Sober, Serious, Grave, (Uninteresting)

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Carefree Careless Nonchalant Cavalier Indifferent

Exciting Exhilarating Stimulating

917,stentorian

Booming voice Loud & Unpleasant Strident Clarion

918,stint

Time is limited in a particular job Short time

919,stolid

Dull Phlegmatic Slow, Tardy

920,strait

A narrow path A situation in which one needs to be helped out (In “Dire Straits” ) Dilemma, Predicament, Quandary Dire straits, Harrowing, (Quagmire)

921,strangle

Stifle Choke Strangle Smother Throttle

922,stratagem

Ploy Ruse Trick Deception, Inveigle, Strategy

923,strident

See 917 STENTORIAN

924,stultify and 925,stupefy and 926,stymie

Confused Confounded Bemused, Perplexed Puzzled Baffled Nonplused Flabbergasted Bamboozled, Mystify Stymied Stultified Stupefied Flummoxed

927,sublunary

Connected to moon Worldly as opposed to idealistic, temporal

928,subrosa

Secretly Confidential

Alacrity Celerity

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929,subterfuge

Evasive See 922 STRATAGEM

930,succinct

Concise Precise Tersely Pointedly In a nutshell, Shortness, Succinct, Brevity

931,sully

Damage a Man’s reputation Besmirch Besmear, Bemire Begrime Sully Tarnish Stigmatize

Verbose Verbiage Circumlocution Prolixity

Related word groups:

Calumny Group of words Disparage Group of words Revile Group of words 932,sumptuous (Of Lunch, Dinner)

Lavish meal or Dinner Luxurious Dinner

933,supercilious

Impudence Brazenness Insolence Effrontery Hauteur Supercilious Contumely Proud, Arrogant Haughty Contemptuous Overbearing, Overweening

934,supernumerary

Redundant Excessive Superannuated

935,supplicate

Beg Beseech Implore Obtest * Adjure Entreaty Importunity Supplication (Strong) Exhortation (Mild) Hortatory Genuflect Page 125

Polite Civil Cultured Suave Urbane Refined

Order Command At your behest Decree

936,surly

Scowl Sullen Disgruntled look Menacing look Belligerent look

937,surreptitious

Secretly Covertly Stealthily Furtive Clandestine

938,surrogate ( Of mothers)

Deputy Substitute Proxy

939,svelte

Slender waist Willowy Slim Svelte Limber, Graceful, Flexible Supple, Pliable Lithe, Lissome

940, sycophant

Servile person Flunkey Lackey flatterer sycophant toady stooge parasitic minion acolyte(+)

Master leader captain

941, sybarite

Hedonist Sensualist Voluptuary Cyrenaic*

Ascetic Spartan (Eremite Anchoret Stoic Teetotaler)

942, taciturn

Reticent Incommunicado Laconic Silent Reserved Mute

Voluble Talkative Loquacious Multiloquent* Garrulous

Openly Overtly Artless Candidly

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943, tart

Pert Malapert Saucy Sluts OTHERS: Acerbity Acrimonious Snarling Sharp Bitter Pungent Sour Vinegary

Lady like Mild Harmless

944,tattle

Meaningless talks Prate Prattle Gibberish Jabber Babble Tattle Twaddle Gabble Chatter Palaver Bosh Balderdash

945,tawdry

Women who dresses in outlandish fashion Garish Outlandish Tawdry Gaudy Bedizened(poetic word) Meretricious Flashy

Somber Plain Sober

946, temerity

Rashness Audacity Recklessness Boldness Precipitancy Impudent Arrogant

Polite Civil Cultured Suave Polished

947,termagant

A quarrel some woman Beldam, Harridan, Crone, Witch Hag, Shrew Termagant Virago, Xantippe, Vixen Jezebel Page 127

Lady

948,testy

Irritable-voice will reveal it. Irritable

Peevish Petulance Chagrin Waspish Fretful

Composure Poise Equanimity

949,theurgy

Black magic Necromancer Shaman Sorcerer Witchcraft MILD: Wizard Juggler Magician Conjure

950,thrall

Hypnotize and keep under a spell Slavery - Thralldom Bondman Villain Serf

Lord Master Captain Leader

951,thrasonical

Vain Brag Braggart Bragging Boast Gloat Vaunt Vainglorious Cock-a-hoop Rodomontade Swagger Swaggerer Gasconade

Humble Humility Meek Timid Timorous

952,threnody

Monody Jeremiad Epicedium Dirge Lamentation Requiem Ululation

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953,tipple (or) tippler

Alcoholic Dipsomaniac crapulous Bibulous Toper Tippler Guzzler Quaffed Slush Sozzled Inebriated

954,tirade

Colloquy Parley Harangue Diatribe Tirade Trenchant Truculence Logomachy* Declamation Censure Invective Fulminate Fusillade Vituperative, (Philippic)

955,titter

Woman who laughs in a silly fashion Giggle Chuckle Snigger Snicker

956,tittle

Small particle Iota, Whit, Particle Atom, Grain Speck, Scrap, Bit Scintilla, Modicum, Trace

957,torpor

Slow, Sluggish MILD: Lazy, Lethargic, Indolent STRONG: lackadaisical languorous, lassitude The languid Torpor, torpid inert comatose catatonic dead Page 129

Teetotaler

958,tortuous

Roundabout Circumlocution Sinuous Serpentine Devious Winding Meandering

959,trammel

Restrict Confine Clog Hamper Hinder Impede Shackle Cramp

960,transient

Evanescent Ephemeral Fugacious Fleeting Momentary Transitory Brief Impermanent Volatile

961,transplendent

Resplendent Dazzle Scintillate

962,transude

Exude (confidence) Strain Percolate Ooze Filter Permeate

963,travesty

Distorted Prevaricate Garbled Convoluted Gnarled

Permanent Lasting Durable

SECONDARY:

Caricature Burlesque Parody (Humorous)

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964,trenchant

Severe Caustic Biting Sharp Piquant Sarcastic Fulminate Fusillade Expletive Trenchant Invective Vituperative Opprobrium Scurrilous Truculence

965,trepidation

Tremble Quirk Blench Coward

966,trill

Sharp whistling sound made by a bird Warble Shake Quaver

967,truncheon

Steel rod-carried by police Club Bollard Pound Thrash Beat

968,trundle

Move heavily or noisily Small wheel Roll Bowl Revolve

969,tumbrel

Farmers cart

970,tumid

Swollen Bloated Inflated Enlarged Turgid

Valorous Intrepid Courageous Brave Serene Tranquil

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Calm Serene Halcyon Quiet Placid Tranquil

971,turbulent

Violent Agitated Clamorous Tumultuous Riotous Uproarious

972,turgid

Swollen Enlarged Swelled Inflated Tumid

973,turpitude

Evil Wicked Shameful Depravity Vileness Villainy Baseness Meanness Ignoble

974,tutelage

Instruction Pupilage Protégé Aegis Protection Guardianship Care

975,twit

To tease Mock Taunt Challenging Ridicule reproach

976,ubiquity

Omnipresent [Related words Omniscient Omnipotent]

977,ukase

Russian court

978,ululation

Wailing See 952 THRENODY

979, umbilicus

Source Navel

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980,umbrage

Affront Offence Resentment Pique Displeasure

981,unctuous

Servile Polite Hypocritical Glib-tongued, oily, greasy

982,upbraid

MILD: Rate Berate Chide Reprove Admonish(UK) Rebuke Censure Reprimand Reproach Taunt Condemn Scold STRONG: Objurgate Admonish(US) Chastise Castigate

983,uxorious

Fond of wife

984,vacuous

Void Empty Vacant Unfilled

985,vapid

Dull Uninteresting Jejune Bromidic Stale

986,vacuity

Emptiness void

987,vaquero

Cow boy(Spanish)

988,vaunt

See 951 THRASONICAL

Bluebeard Wife beater

Exhilarating Stimulate

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989,varlet

Young rascal Rogue Rascal Knave Scoundrel Mountebank Charlatan, Gamine Street Arabs, Street Urchin (Guttersnipe)

990,verdant

Green Fresh colored Lush Viridity*

991,verisimilitude

Appearance of truth Probability, Likeliness, Fiction Veracity, Canonical Authentic

992,vertigo

Dizziness giddiness Sickness Light headedness Muzziness*

993,verve (for women)

Vivacity Pep and bounce Vitality, Vigor, Exuberance Briskness Buoyant, Blithe(US),Lively, Animated

994,vicissitude

Change Mutation Alternation Shift

995,viridity

Greenness See also 990 VERDANT

996,vituperate

Defame Revile Abuse Obloquy See also 954 TIRADE

997,waft

Convey Transport Carry Bear

Barren Sterile Arid Dry

Stable

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998,waggery

Pixie Puck Mischievous Merriment Imp & Elf

999,wainscot

Wood paneling

1000,wassail

Bacchanalian Carousal Revelry Toast Heavy drinking during festive occasion Saturnalia

1001,waddle

Toddle On the verge of falling down Totter Wobble

1002,waive

Relinquish Renounce Give up

1003,wallow

Falling and getting up and again falling Flounder

1004,wayward

Stubborn Obstinate Obdurate Contumacious Intransigent Froward * Refractory Mulish(US) Wayward Intractable

Pliable Amenable Flexible Pliant Suppliant

POS:

Pertinacious Tenacious Perseverance Indefatigable Dogged Indomitable 1005,wean

To detach Accustom to food other than (esp. the mother's) milk.

1006,welter

To roll about Flounder Page 135

1007,wheedle

Coax Cajole Persuade someone to do something

1008,whirlpool

Eddy water Maelstrom Vortex

1009,whirr

Going round & round

1010,wizened

Old man with wisdom

1011,wince

Contortion of face Flinch Wince in pain

1012,wistful

Reflective Contemplative

1013,woof

Warp Texture Fabric

1014,wraith

Ghost Spook Zombie Dead

1015,wroth

Anger Ire Irascible

1016,wrangler

Quarrel Tiff Bicker Squabble Wrangler Jangler Altercate Altercation Contentious Disputations Litigious Logomachy * Spat

1017,xanthous

Very fair skinned

1018,xylographer

Wood carver

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Youthful

1019,xylem

Tissue from plant Woody

1020,xantippe

See 947 TERMAGANT

1021,xenodochium and 1022,xenodochy

Guest Chamber Guest room Related to Hospitality

1023,xiphoid (Of Cartilage& Bone)

Sword shaped.

1024,xylophagous

Feeding on wood (Ex: termite)

1025,xylotomous

Cutting wood

1026,yap

Puppy, Yelp

1027,yokel

Trades folk, Trades people Merchant Class (UK) Vaisyas (Ind) Hoi polloi (US) Rabble, Canaille Lumpkin, Groundling Plebian, Publican Yokel, Common man

1028,zany

Nitwit (ASININE Group of words)

1029,zealot

Extremist when it comes to religious intolerance Zealot, Fanatic, Fundamentalist Bigot, Puritan, Pharisaical Humbug, Hypocrisy

1030,zebrine

Zebra like striped

1031,zephyr

West wind (used in poem)

1032,zetetic

In search of truth, Investigating, Inquiring

1033,zoilean

Hypercritical

1034,zygote

Cell formed by union of two gametes.

1035,zymotic

Contagious Fermentative Bacterial, Infectious Page 137

Aristocrat Blue Blooded Patrician Scion Mandarin NoblesseOblige

Catholic Cosmopolitan Broadminded Secular Tolerant Eclectic