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{
    "all_words": [{
        "meaning": "lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (oneself) lose self-respect",
        "word": "abase"
    }, {
        "meaning": "embarrass",
        "word": "abash"
    }, {
        "meaning": "subside or moderate",
        "word": "abate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shorten",
        "word": "abbreviate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "renounce; give up (position, right, or responsibility)",
        "word": "abdicate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "abnormal or deviant",
        "word": "aberrant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deviation from the normal; mental disorder",
        "word": "aberration"
    }, {
        "meaning": "assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage",
        "word": "abet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "suspended action",
        "word": "abeyance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "detest; hate",
        "word": "abhor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a condition) wretched; as low as possible; lacking pride; very humble; showing lack of self-respect; Ex. abject apology",
        "word": "abject"
    }, {
        "meaning": "renounce upon oath",
        "word": "abjure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "washing",
        "word": "ablution"
    }, {
        "meaning": "renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation",
        "word": "abnegation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cancel; put an end to",
        "word": "abolish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "loathe; hate",
        "word": "abominate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "detestable; extremely unpleasant",
        "word": "abominable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native; indigenous; N. aborigine",
        "word": "aboriginal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unsuccessful; fruitless",
        "word": "abortive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rubbing away; tending to grind down",
        "word": "abrasive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "condense or shorten",
        "word": "abridge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "abolish",
        "word": "abrogate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cutting off; separation",
        "word": "abscission"
    }, {
        "meaning": "depart secretly and hide",
        "word": "abscond"
    }, {
        "meaning": "complete; totally unlimited; having complete power; certain; not relative; Ex. absolute honesty/ruler; CF. absolutism",
        "word": "absolute"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pardon (an offense)",
        "word": "absolve"
    }, {
        "meaning": "refrain; withhold from participation; intentionally not use one's vote",
        "word": "abstain"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sparing in eating and drinking; temperate",
        "word": "abstemious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking; CF. abstention: act of abstaining from vote",
        "word": "abstinence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational",
        "word": "abstract"
    }, {
        "meaning": "obscure; profound; difficult to understand",
        "word": "abstruse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "coarsely insulting; physically harmful",
        "word": "abusive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "border upon; adjoin",
        "word": "abut"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bottomless",
        "word": "abysmal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit",
        "word": "abyss"
    }, {
        "meaning": "related to a school; not practical or directly useful",
        "word": "academic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "agree",
        "word": "accede"
    }, {
        "meaning": "move faster",
        "word": "accelerate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "easy to approach; obtainable",
        "word": "accessible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "additional object; useful but not essential thing",
        "word": "accessory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "applaud; praise; greet with great approval; announce with great approval; Ex. The new drung has been acclaimed as the most important discoveries for years; N: strong expression of approval and praise",
        "word": "acclaim"
    }, {
        "meaning": "adjust to climate or environment; adapt",
        "word": "acclimate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sharp upslope of a hill; OP. declivity",
        "word": "acclivity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "award of merit; strong praise and approval",
        "word": "accolade"
    }, {
        "meaning": "oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt; make enough space for; ADJ. accommodative; CF. accomodating: helpful and obliging",
        "word": "accommodate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "partner in crime",
        "word": "accomplice"
    }, {
        "meaning": "agreement",
        "word": "accord"
    }, {
        "meaning": "approach and speak first to a person",
        "word": "accost"
    }, {
        "meaning": "equip; N. accoutrement",
        "word": "accoutre"
    }, {
        "meaning": "growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase; increase by natural growth; Ex. towers and other accretions of the castle; V. accrete",
        "word": "accretion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "come to one as a gain; accumulate over time; come about by addition; Ex. benefits that accrue from scientific research; Ex. interest accruing in a bank account; N. accrual",
        "word": "accrue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bitterness of speech and temper; ADJ. acerbic: bitter; acrid (in taste, manner, or tone)",
        "word": "acerbity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "vinegary",
        "word": "acetic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slightly sour (in taste or manner); sharp; caustic",
        "word": "acidulous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "recognize; admit",
        "word": "acknowledge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "peak; pinnacle; highest point",
        "word": "acme"
    }, {
        "meaning": "science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in",
        "word": "acoustics"
    }, {
        "meaning": "assent; agree passively; comply without protest",
        "word": "acquiesce"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deliverance from a charge; V. acquit: free from a charge or accusation; discharge from a duty; conduct (oneself) in a specified manner",
        "word": "acquittal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bitter (to the taste or smell); sharp; bitterly pungent",
        "word": "acrid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stinging; caustic; bitter in words or manner; N. acrimony: bitter ill-natured animosity in speech or behavior",
        "word": "acrimonious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fear of heights",
        "word": "acrophobia"
    }, {
        "meaning": "calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics",
        "word": "actuarial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "someone who advises insurance companies",
        "word": "actuary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "motivate; activate; cause to act",
        "word": "actuate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)",
        "word": "acuity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mental keenness; sharpness of judgment; ability to judge quickly and well; Ex. business acumen",
        "word": "acumen"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of the senses) sharp; quickly perceptive; keen; penetrating; brief and severe; Ex. acute sense of smell/analysis/pain",
        "word": "acute"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wise saying; proverb",
        "word": "adage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "adage; someone or something well known for notoriety; ADJ. proverbial: of a proverb; widely known; ADV. proverbially",
        "word": "proverb"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hard; inflexible",
        "word": "adamant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make or become suitable for a specific use; alter; modify; adjust; N. adaptation: act of adapting; composition recast into a new form; Ex. The play is an adaption of a short novel.",
        "word": "adapt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "addition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end of a speech or book)",
        "word": "addendum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "compulsive habitual need",
        "word": "addiction"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make or become confused; muddle; drive crazy; become rotten (egg)",
        "word": "addle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "direct a speech to; speak to; deal with or discuss; direct one's efforts or attention to; make with a destination; N: formal speech",
        "word": "address"
    }, {
        "meaning": "expert at; very skilled",
        "word": "adept"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stick fast; be a devotd follower; N. adhesion: adhering; devotion; loyality",
        "word": "adhere"
    }, {
        "meaning": "supporter; follower",
        "word": "adherent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "adjoining; neighboring; close by",
        "word": "adjacent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "something attached to but holding an inferior position",
        "word": "adjunct"
    }, {
        "meaning": "solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly",
        "word": "adjuration"
    }, {
        "meaning": "staff officer assisting the commander; assistant",
        "word": "adjutant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "warn or speak to with gentle disapproval; reprove",
        "word": "admonish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "decorate",
        "word": "adorn"
    }, {
        "meaning": "skillful (in using mind or hand)",
        "word": "adroit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flattery; admiration that is more than is necessary or deserved",
        "word": "adulation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make impure or of poorer quality by adding inferior or tainted(contaminated) substances",
        "word": "adulterate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "arrival",
        "word": "advent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "accidental; casual; happening by chance",
        "word": "adventitious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "opponent; enemy",
        "word": "adversary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "going against; opposing; unfavorable; hostile",
        "word": "adverse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "great hardship or affliction; misfortune; calamitous event",
        "word": "adversity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "refer",
        "word": "advert"
    }, {
        "meaning": "support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something",
        "word": "advocacy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "speak in favor of; support (an idea or plan); urge; plead for",
        "word": "advocate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shield; protection; defense",
        "word": "aegis"
    }, {
        "meaning": "nest of a large bird of prey",
        "word": "aerie(aery,eyrie,eyry)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful (of a person or building); CF. aesthete; CF. aesthetics",
        "word": "aesthetic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "easily approachable; easy to talk to; warmly friendly",
        "word": "affable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "artificial; pretended",
        "word": "affected"
    }, {
        "meaning": "written statement made under oath (for use as proof in a court of law)",
        "word": "affidavit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "joining; associating with",
        "word": "affiliation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinity for her; Ex. many affinities between two languages",
        "word": "affinity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath; V. affirm; ADJ. affirmative; CF. affirmative action: positive discrimination",
        "word": "affirmation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state of distress; trial; cause of distress or suffering; V. afflict: inflict grievous suffering on",
        "word": "affliction"
    }, {
        "meaning": "abundance; wealth",
        "word": "affluence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; V: insult or hurt the feelings of intentionally",
        "word": "affront"
    }, {
        "meaning": "openmouthed",
        "word": "agape"
    }, {
        "meaning": "items of business at a meeting",
        "word": "agenda"
    }, {
        "meaning": "collection; heap; V. agglomerate: gather into a rounded mass; N. aggolmeate: jumbled mass; heap",
        "word": "agglomeration"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make greater; increase in power, wealth, rank, or honor; N. aggrandizement",
        "word": "aggrandize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sum; total; ADJ. V: gather into a mass or whole; accumulate; add up to; Ex. aggregate 100 dollars",
        "word": "aggregate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "filled with great surprise or fear; horrified",
        "word": "aghast"
    }, {
        "meaning": "nimbleness; ability to move quickly",
        "word": "agility"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stir up; disturb",
        "word": "agitate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality",
        "word": "agnostic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "highly excited; intensely curious",
        "word": "agog"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to land or its cultivation; Ex. agrarian reform",
        "word": "agrarian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cheerful promptness without reluctance",
        "word": "alacrity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "medieval chemistry",
        "word": "alchemy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "nook; recess",
        "word": "alcove"
    }, {
        "meaning": "an assumed name esp. by a criminal (usually to mislead people); ADV. alias",
        "word": "alias"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make unfriendly or hostile; estrange; separate; change the ownership of",
        "word": "alienate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "supplying nourishment",
        "word": "alimentary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorce",
        "word": "alimony"
    }, {
        "meaning": "calm; pacify",
        "word": "allay"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state without proof",
        "word": "allege"
    }, {
        "meaning": "loyalty",
        "word": "allegiance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fable",
        "word": "allegory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "relieve (pain)",
        "word": "alleviate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "repetition of beginning sound in poetry",
        "word": "alliteration"
    }, {
        "meaning": "assign; set apart for a particular purpose",
        "word": "allocate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mixture as of metals; something added that lowers in value or purity; V: mix; make less pure; lower in value or quality; spoil; CF. unalloyed: not in mixture with other maetals; pure; complete; unqualified; Ex. unalloyed happiness",
        "word": "alloy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "refer indirectly; N. allusion: indirect reference",
        "word": "allude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "entice; attract; tempt",
        "word": "allure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "apparatus for making sounds; womanlike creature",
        "word": "siren"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to soil deposits left by running water",
        "word": "alluvial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "apart; not open in one's relationship with other people; reserved; ADV.",
        "word": "aloof"
    }, {
        "meaning": "upward; high up in the air",
        "word": "aloft"
    }, {
        "meaning": "noisy quarrel",
        "word": "altercation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unselfishly generous; concerned for others; N. altiruism: unselfish concern for the welfare of others; unselfishness; OP. egoism",
        "word": "altruistic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of societies or groups) combine; unite in one body",
        "word": "amalgamate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "combination of different things; mixture of metals (containing mercury) used for filling holes in teeth",
        "word": "amalgam"
    }, {
        "meaning": "collect (gradually, in a very large amount)",
        "word": "amass"
    }, {
        "meaning": "female warrior",
        "word": "amazon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "capable of using either hand with equal ease",
        "word": "ambidextrous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "environment; atmosphere; Ex. restraurant with a pleasant ambience; ADJ. ambient: completely surrounding; Ex. ambient temperature",
        "word": "ambience"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unclear or doubtful in meaning; having more than one possible interpretation",
        "word": "ambiguous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions",
        "word": "ambivalence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "walking at an easy unhurried pace; V: walk slowly and aimlessly",
        "word": "amble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "food of the gods",
        "word": "ambrosia"
    }, {
        "meaning": "drink of the gods; sweet liquid collected by bees",
        "word": "nectar"
    }, {
        "meaning": "able to walk",
        "word": "ambulatory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "improve",
        "word": "ameliorate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "obedient; compliant; readily managed; responsive; willing to be led; answerable or accountable legally; responsible; able to be tested by; Ex. amenable to sensible suggestions; Ex. He is very amenable; Ex. amenable to the usual tests",
        "word": "amenable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "correct; change ; generally for the better",
        "word": "amend"
    }, {
        "meaning": "convenient features that helps to make life pleasant; social courtesies",
        "word": "amenities"
    }, {
        "meaning": "agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly",
        "word": "amiable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "peaceful; politely friendly; not quarrelsome; Ex. amicable settlement",
        "word": "amicable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wrong; faulty; Ex. something amiss; ADV.",
        "word": "amiss"
    }, {
        "meaning": "friendship; peaceful relationship as between nations",
        "word": "amity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "loss of memory",
        "word": "amnesia"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pardon (allowed by government to political criminals)",
        "word": "amnesty"
    }, {
        "meaning": "nonmoral; having no understanding of right and wrong",
        "word": "amoral"
    }, {
        "meaning": "moved by sexual love; loving; of sexual love; Ex. amorous advances",
        "word": "amorous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "formless; lacking shape or definition",
        "word": "amorphous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "able to live both on land and in water; N.",
        "word": "amphibian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "oval building with tiers of seats; CF. arena",
        "word": "amphitheater"
    }, {
        "meaning": "enough; abundant; spacious; large in size; Ex. ample opportunity/garden; N. amplitude: quality of being ample; abundance; largeness of space",
        "word": "ample"
    }, {
        "meaning": "increase in size or effect; expand; broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger; Ex. amplify one's remarks with a graph",
        "word": "amplify"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cut off part of body; prune (a limb)",
        "word": "amputate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "in a state of rage; Ex. run amok",
        "word": "amok(amuck)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "charm; talisman; an object worn believed to protect against evil, bad luck",
        "word": "amulet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "an error involving time in a story; something or someone misplaced in time; ADJ. anachronistic",
        "word": "anachronism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "causing insensitivity to pain; N.",
        "word": "analgesic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "condition of being unable to feel pain",
        "word": "analgesia"
    }, {
        "meaning": "comparable; similar",
        "word": "analogous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "similarity; parallelism; comparing two similar things",
        "word": "analogy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority",
        "word": "anarchist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "absence of governing body; state of disorder",
        "word": "anarchy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse; V. anathematize",
        "word": "anathema"
    }, {
        "meaning": "family descent; ADJ. ancestral",
        "word": "ancestry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place; N. anchorage",
        "word": "anchor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary; N.",
        "word": "ancillary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "short story of an amusing or interesting event",
        "word": "anecdote"
    }, {
        "meaning": "condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; ADJ. anemic",
        "word": "anemia"
    }, {
        "meaning": "substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness; N. anesthesia",
        "word": "anesthetic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "acute pain; extreme suffering",
        "word": "anguish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sharp-cornered; having an angle; not rounded (body); bony; lean; gaunt; stiff in manner",
        "word": "angular"
    }, {
        "meaning": "critical remark; V. animadvert: comment critically with disapproval",
        "word": "animadversion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lively; spirited",
        "word": "animated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "active enmity",
        "word": "animosity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hostile feeling or intent; animosity; hostility; disposition",
        "word": "animus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "records arranged in yearly parts; history",
        "word": "annals"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass)",
        "word": "anneal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "attach; add to a large thing; take possession of; incorporate (territory) into a larger existing political unit (by force); N: building added to a large one",
        "word": "annex"
    }, {
        "meaning": "destroy",
        "word": "annihilate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "comment; make explanatory notes",
        "word": "annotate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "yearly allowance",
        "word": "annuity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make void",
        "word": "annul"
    }, {
        "meaning": "run away secretly with the intention of getting married",
        "word": "elope"
    }, {
        "meaning": "drug that relieves pain or trouble; opiate; ADJ. Ex. anodyne statement",
        "word": "anodyne"
    }, {
        "meaning": "consecrate; put oil on (in a religious ceremony)",
        "word": "anoint"
    }, {
        "meaning": "abnormal; irregular",
        "word": "anomalous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "irregularity",
        "word": "anomaly"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state of being nameless; anonymousness; ADJ. anonymous",
        "word": "anonymity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hostility; active opposition; V. antagonize: cause to become an enemy; N. antagonist: person who is opposed to another; opponent; adversary; principal character in oppostion to the protagonist",
        "word": "antagonism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "precede",
        "word": "antecede"
    }, {
        "meaning": "preceding events that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background",
        "word": "antecedents"
    }, {
        "meaning": "antiquated; extremely ancient",
        "word": "antediluvian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "song of praise or patriotism; Ex. national anthem",
        "word": "anthem"
    }, {
        "meaning": "book of literary selections by various authors; CF. omnibus",
        "word": "anthology"
    }, {
        "meaning": "manlike; resembling a human being; N.",
        "word": "anthropoid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "student of the history and science of humankind",
        "word": "anthropologist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having human form or characteristics",
        "word": "anthropomorphic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "letdown in thought or emotion; something unexciting, ordinary, or disappointing coming after something important or exciting",
        "word": "anticlimax"
    }, {
        "meaning": "remedy to counteract a poison or disease; Ex. antidote to the economic troubles",
        "word": "antidote"
    }, {
        "meaning": "aversion; dislike or opposition",
        "word": "antipathy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "obsolete; old-fashioned; outdated",
        "word": "antiquated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "substance that prevents infection in a wound; ADJ.",
        "word": "antiseptic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "contrast; direct opposite of or to; ADJ. antithetic or antithetical",
        "word": "antithesis"
    }, {
        "meaning": "iron block used in hammering out metals",
        "word": "anvil"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lack of caring; indifference; lack of concern or interest in important matters; Ex. He was sunk in apathy after his failure; ADJ. apathetic",
        "word": "apathy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "imitate or mimic (a person's behavior or manner)",
        "word": "ape"
    }, {
        "meaning": "opening; hole; adjustable opening in a camera that limits the amount of light",
        "word": "aperture"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tip; summit; climax; highest point",
        "word": "apex"
    }, {
        "meaning": "loss of speech due to injury or illness",
        "word": "aphasia"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pithy maxim or saying; ADJ. aphoristic",
        "word": "aphorism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "a place where bees are kept",
        "word": "apiary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "box for bees; V: cause to go in a hive",
        "word": "hive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bee-keeping",
        "word": "apiculture"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person who keeps bees",
        "word": "apiarist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "poise; composure in difficult situations; assurance; self-confidence",
        "word": "aplomb"
    }, {
        "meaning": "good judgment with composure; balance; V: place in a carefully balanced position",
        "word": "poise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prophetic; pertaining to revelations especially of disaster; N. apocalypse",
        "word": "apocalyptic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a story) widely believed but untrue",
        "word": "apocryphal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "highest point; the point farthest from the earth; OP. perigee",
        "word": "apogee"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs",
        "word": "apolitical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who writes in defense of a cause or institution; N. apologia",
        "word": "apologist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stroke; loss of consciousness caused by too much blood in the brain",
        "word": "apoplexy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs; N. apostasy",
        "word": "apostate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "druggist; pharmacist",
        "word": "apothecary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pithy, compact saying",
        "word": "apothegm(apophthegm)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "elevation to godhood; an ideal example of something",
        "word": "apotheosis"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dismay; shock deeply",
        "word": "appall"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ghost; phantom",
        "word": "apparition"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pacify or soothe; Ex. appease a crying baby; N. appeasement",
        "word": "appease"
    }, {
        "meaning": "name; title",
        "word": "appellation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "attach",
        "word": "append"
    }, {
        "meaning": "diligent attention; diligence; V. apply oneself",
        "word": "application"
    }, {
        "meaning": "appropriate; fitting",
        "word": "apposite"
    }, {
        "meaning": "estimate value of; N. appraisal",
        "word": "appraise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of; ADJ. appreciable: enough to be felt; Ex. appreciable difference",
        "word": "appreciate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "arrest (a criminal); dread; perceive; N. apprehension",
        "word": "apprehend"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fearful; discerning",
        "word": "apprehensive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "inform",
        "word": "apprise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "approval",
        "word": "approbation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "acquire; take possession of for one's own use without permission; set aside for a particular purpose; allocate; CF. misappropriate",
        "word": "appropriate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "subordinate possessions; something added to a more important thing",
        "word": "appurtenances"
    }, {
        "meaning": "with reference to; regarding; Ex. remarks apropos (of) the present situation; ADJ. ADV.",
        "word": "apropos"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fitness; talent",
        "word": "aptitude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "curved; hooked; of or like an eagle; Ex. aquiline nose",
        "word": "aquiline"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fit for growing crops; Ex. arable land",
        "word": "arable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person with power to decide a matter in dispute; judge who is in a position ot make influential judgments; Ex. supreme arbiter of fashion in beachware",
        "word": "arbiter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unreasonable or capricious; random; tyrannical; Ex. arbitrary ruler",
        "word": "arbitrary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "act as judge (at the request of both sides)",
        "word": "arbitrate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "place where different trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited",
        "word": "arboretum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of or living in trees",
        "word": "arboreal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "a covered passageway usually lined with shops",
        "word": "arcade"
    }, {
        "meaning": "esoteric; secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated; Ex. arcane ritual; Ex. arcane process closed to the uninitiated listener",
        "word": "arcane"
    }, {
        "meaning": "study of artifacts and relics of early mankind",
        "word": "archaeology"
    }, {
        "meaning": "antiquated; no longer used; belonging to the past; N.",
        "word": "archaic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prototype; primitive pattern",
        "word": "archetype"
    }, {
        "meaning": "chief; first; Ex. archbishop",
        "word": "arch-"
    }, {
        "meaning": "group of closely located islands",
        "word": "archipelago"
    }, {
        "meaning": "public records; place where public records are kept",
        "word": "archives"
    }, {
        "meaning": "heat; passion; zeal; ADJ. ardent",
        "word": "ardor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hard; strenuous; Ex. arduous work",
        "word": "arduous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slang; speech spoken by only a small group of people",
        "word": "argot"
    }, {
        "meaning": "operatic solo; a song sung by one person in an opera or oratorio",
        "word": "aria"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of land) dry; barren; unproductive",
        "word": "arid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hereditary nobility; privileged class; government by nobility; N. aristocrat",
        "word": "aristocracy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fleet of warships",
        "word": "armada"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fragrant; having a sweet smell; N. aroma: strong pleasant smell",
        "word": "aromatic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "charge in court; indict",
        "word": "arraign"
    }, {
        "meaning": "marshal; draw up in order; arrange in order; clothe splendidly; adorn; N: fine clothes; ordered group; Ex. in battle array",
        "word": "array"
    }, {
        "meaning": "being in debt; money that should have been paid; work that should have been done",
        "word": "arrears"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lacking rhythm or regularity; N. arrhythmia",
        "word": "arrhythmic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pride; haughtiness; ADJ. arrogant: unpleasantly self-important (with a strong confidence in one's own importance and a lack of respect for other people)",
        "word": "arrogance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "gully; narrow channel formed by rainwater",
        "word": "arroyo"
    }, {
        "meaning": "blood-vessel; CF. vein",
        "word": "artery"
    }, {
        "meaning": "effective; distinct; expressing ideas clearly; having clear sounds; having joints; Ex. articulate speech; V: express thoughts and feeling clearly; pronounce clearly; unite by joints",
        "word": "articulate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "storage place for military equipment",
        "word": "arsenal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "object made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced",
        "word": "artifacts"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deception; trickery",
        "word": "artifice"
    }, {
        "meaning": "a manually skilled worker",
        "word": "artisan"
    }, {
        "meaning": "without guile; open and honest",
        "word": "artless"
    }, {
        "meaning": "controlling influence; position of controlling influence; CF. in the ascendant",
        "word": "ascendancy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "find out for certain; make certain",
        "word": "ascertain"
    }, {
        "meaning": "practicing self-denial; avoiding physical pleasures and comforts; austere; Ex. ascetic life of Buddhist monks; N. asceticism",
        "word": "ascetic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "refer; attribute; assign",
        "word": "ascribe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "preventing infection; having a cleansing effect",
        "word": "aseptic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ash-colored; deadly pale",
        "word": "ashen"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stupid; Ex. asinine remarks",
        "word": "asinine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "with a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distruct); Ex. look askance at",
        "word": "askance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "crookedly; slanted; at an angle",
        "word": "askew"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winter",
        "word": "asperity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slanderous remark; Ex. cast aspersions on",
        "word": "aspersion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "seeker after position or status",
        "word": "aspirant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "seek to attain (position or status); long for; Ex. aspire to become president; Ex. aspire to/after the leadership",
        "word": "aspire"
    }, {
        "meaning": "assault",
        "word": "assail"
    }, {
        "meaning": "analyze (to discover what materials are present); evaluate (soil or ore)",
        "word": "assay"
    }, {
        "meaning": "agree; accept; N. assessment",
        "word": "assent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state strongly or positively; demand recognition of (rights, claims, etc.); make a claim to (by forceful action); Ex. assert one's independence",
        "word": "assert"
    }, {
        "meaning": "diligent",
        "word": "assiduous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "absorb; take (food) into the body and digest it; understand (knowledge) completely and be able to use properly; cause to become homogeneous (the people of a country or race in the wasy of behaving or thinking)",
        "word": "assimilate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mak less severe; ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)",
        "word": "assuage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "something taken for granted; the taking over or taking possession of; Ex. her assumption of power; V. assume",
        "word": "assumption"
    }, {
        "meaning": "a person who governs in place of a ruler who is ill, absent, or still a child; ADJ. Ex. the Prince regent",
        "word": "regent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "firm statement that something is certainly true; promise or pledge; certainty; confidence in one's own ability; self-confidence; Ex. In spite of all his assurances, he did not come back; Ex. assurance of his loyalty; Ex. The teacher lacked assurance in fron of his class; V. assure; tell firmly with confidence; ensure; make (something) certain to heappen; make (someone) feel sure; give confidence to; ADJ. assured: self-assured; confident in one's own ability; showing certainty",
        "word": "assurance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small planet",
        "word": "asteroid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "eye defect which prevents proper focus; OP. stigmatism",
        "word": "astigmatism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "relating to the stars",
        "word": "astral"
    }, {
        "meaning": "binding; causing contraction (stopping bleeding); harsh or severe; stringent; Ex. astringent criticism",
        "word": "astringent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "enormously large or extensive",
        "word": "astronomical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wise; shrewd; keen; seeing quickly something that is to one's advantage",
        "word": "astute"
    }, {
        "meaning": "into parts; apart; V. sunder",
        "word": "asunder"
    }, {
        "meaning": "place of refuge or shelter; protection (religious or political)",
        "word": "asylum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not identical on both sides of a dividing central line",
        "word": "asymmetric"
    }, {
        "meaning": "resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback; ADJ. atavistic",
        "word": "atavism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "denying the existence of God; N. atheism",
        "word": "atheistic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make amends for; pay for; Ex. atone for",
        "word": "atone"
    }, {
        "meaning": "brutal deed; ADJ. atrocious",
        "word": "atrocity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wasting away; V: weaken and lose flesh and muscle (through lack of blood or lack of use)",
        "word": "atrophy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "alert and watchful; listening carefully; paying attention; considerate; thoughtful; politely helpful; Ex. attentive audience; Ex. He was attentive to the old lady; N. attentions: act of courtesy and consideration",
        "word": "attentive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make thin; weaken",
        "word": "attenuate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "testify; bear witness",
        "word": "attest"
    }, {
        "meaning": "essential quality; V: ascribe; explain",
        "word": "attribute"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rubbing away by friction; gradual decrease in numbers or strength; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment; Ex. a war of attrition",
        "word": "attrition"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not normal; not typical",
        "word": "atypical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "daring; bold; N. audacity",
        "word": "audacious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "examination of accounts of a business; official examination; V.",
        "word": "audit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "increase; add to",
        "word": "augment"
    }, {
        "meaning": "omen; prophecy; sign of coming events; V. augur: predict; foretell; be a sign of (something in future)",
        "word": "augury"
    }, {
        "meaning": "impressive; majestic",
        "word": "august"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sun's corona; halo; bright circle of light",
        "word": "aureole"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to the aurora borealis; CF. aurora australis",
        "word": "auroral"
    }, {
        "meaning": "favoring success; giving signs of future success; Cf. auspices",
        "word": "auspicious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "forbiddingly stern; ascetic; without comfort or enjoyment; severely simple and unornamented; Ex. a monk's austere life; Ex. austere grandeur of the cathedral; N. austerity",
        "word": "austere"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prove genuine",
        "word": "authenticate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will; Ex. authoritarian regime/father",
        "word": "authoritarian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having the weight of authority; regarded as providing knowledge that can be trusted; reliable; peremptory and dictatorial; Ex. authoritative dictionary/manner; CF. definitive",
        "word": "authoritative"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having absolute unchecked power; dictatorial; N. autocrat, autocracy",
        "word": "autocratic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mechanism that imitates actions of humans; machine that works by itself",
        "word": "automaton"
    }, {
        "meaning": "self-governing; N. autonomy",
        "word": "autonomous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "examination of a dead body; postmortem; V.",
        "word": "autopsy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "offering or providing help; additional or subsidiary; N: helper; assistant",
        "word": "auxiliary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "great mass of falling snow and ice",
        "word": "avalanche"
    }, {
        "meaning": "greediness for wealth",
        "word": "avarice"
    }, {
        "meaning": "take vengence for something or on behalf of someone; Ex. They avenged his death by burning the village; Ex. He swore to avenge his brother; Ex. They avenged themselves on their enemy.",
        "word": "avenge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state confidently; declare as true",
        "word": "aver"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reluctant; disinclined; not liking or opposed; Ex. averse to cats/doing the house work",
        "word": "averse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "firm dislike",
        "word": "aversion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prevent; avoid; turn away (eyes or thought); Ex. An accident was averted by his quick thinking; Ex. She averted her eyes from the terrible sight.",
        "word": "avert"
    }, {
        "meaning": "enclosure for birds; large cage",
        "word": "aviary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "greedy; extremely eager for; Ex. avid learner; N. avidity",
        "word": "avid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "secondary or minor occupation",
        "word": "avocation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "declare openly; N. avowal",
        "word": "avow"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of or like an uncle",
        "word": "avuncular"
    }, {
        "meaning": "solemn wonder; feeling of respect mixed with wonder and fear; V: fill with awe; ADJ. awesome",
        "word": "awe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "terrible; very bad",
        "word": "awful"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pointed tool used for piercing",
        "word": "awl"
    }, {
        "meaning": "distorted; crooked; bent; Ex. Our plans have gone awry.",
        "word": "awry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "self-evident truth requiring no proof",
        "word": "axiom"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sky blue",
        "word": "azure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous sounds like water running gently over rounded stone; N.",
        "word": "babble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "drunken",
        "word": "bacchanalian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "noisy party with a lot of drinking",
        "word": "bacchanal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "the ancient Roman festival in honor of Bacchus",
        "word": "Bacchanalia"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pester; annoy continually with demands; persuade by asking again and again; Ex. The children badgered me into taking them into the cinema; N: a kind of mountain animal",
        "word": "badger"
    }, {
        "meaning": "teasing conversation; banter; joking talk",
        "word": "badinage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "frustrate; perplex",
        "word": "baffle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "harass; tease; torment; Ex. badger baiting; N: food or other lure used to catch fish or trap animals",
        "word": "bait"
    }, {
        "meaning": "evil; malignant in intent or effect; deadly; having a malign influence; portending evil; ominous; threatening; Ex. baleful look",
        "word": "baleful"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue; foil; stop or get in the way of; frustrate",
        "word": "balk"
    }, {
        "meaning": "heavy substance used to add stability or weight; V. supply with ballast",
        "word": "ballast"
    }, {
        "meaning": "something that relieves pain; oily liquid with a pleasant smell from trees",
        "word": "balm"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sudden sharp feeling of pain",
        "word": "pang"
    }, {
        "meaning": "soft and mild (of air); fragrant",
        "word": "balmy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; clich\\'ed",
        "word": "banal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "discuss lightly or glibly; discuss in a frivolous manner; exchange (words) heatedly; quarrel; Ex. bandy words with",
        "word": "bandy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "posion; cause of ruin; ADJ. baneful: harmful; poisonous",
        "word": "bane"
    }, {
        "meaning": "joking talk; good-naturedly ridiculing; N.V. banter",
        "word": "bantering"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sharp projection from fishhook, arrow, or other object; openly cutting remark",
        "word": "barb"
    }, {
        "meaning": "poet",
        "word": "bard"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shameless and noticeable; blatant; bold; unconcealed; having no covering on the face; Ex. barefaced lie",
        "word": "barefaced"
    }, {
        "meaning": "making no attempt to change one's bad practices",
        "word": "unregenerate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "highly ornate",
        "word": "baroque"
    }, {
        "meaning": "barrier laid down by artillery fire; overwhelming profusion; large number of questions or statements; Ex. a barrage of criticism",
        "word": "barrage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law; CF. bar",
        "word": "barrister"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lawyer in the lower court of law",
        "word": "solicitor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trader; V. barter: trade; exchange good for other goods rather than money",
        "word": "barterer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth",
        "word": "bask"
    }, {
        "meaning": "take pleasure in great comfort",
        "word": "luxuriate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stronghold; something seen as a source of protection; Ex. the last bastion of male chauvinism",
        "word": "bastion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "let down; lessen the force of; moderate; restrain; Ex. with bated breath; CF. abate",
        "word": "bate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trinket; cheap jewel; trifle",
        "word": "bauble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "indecent; obscene; about sex in a rude funny way; CF. bawd",
        "word": "bawdy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "giving or showing bliss; blissful",
        "word": "beatific"
    }, {
        "meaning": "complete happiness; ADJ. blissful",
        "word": "bliss"
    }, {
        "meaning": "blessedness; state of great happiness",
        "word": "beatitude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of hidden meaning and spiritual power; Ex. mystic ceremonies; N. CF. mysticism",
        "word": "mystic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dress with vulgar finery",
        "word": "bedizen"
    }, {
        "meaning": "beautiful clothes for a special occasion",
        "word": "finery"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wet thoroughly; ADJ. bedraggled: draggled",
        "word": "bedraggle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "direct quick route",
        "word": "beeline"
    }, {
        "meaning": "confuse thoroughly",
        "word": "befuddle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make stupid or confused as with alcholic drink; N. in a fuddle: confused",
        "word": "fuddle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "father; become the father of; produce; give rise to",
        "word": "beget"
    }, {
        "meaning": "envy; give or allow unwillingly; grudge; Ex. We shouldn't begrudge him his success.",
        "word": "begrudge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deep feeling of dislike; Ex. grudge fight; V.",
        "word": "grudge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deceive; mislead or delude; cheat; pass time pleasantly; charm or attract; Ex. beguiling smile",
        "word": "beguile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "huge creature; something of monstrous size or power",
        "word": "behemoth"
    }, {
        "meaning": "obligated; indebted; owing thanks; obliged or indebted from gratitude",
        "word": "beholden"
    }, {
        "meaning": "be suited to; be incumbent upon; be right and necessary; Ex. It behooves one to do.",
        "word": "behoove(behove)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "harp on; dwell on tediously; explain or go over excessively or to a ridiculous degree; assail verbally; beat severely; attack physically",
        "word": "belabor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "delayed",
        "word": "belated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "besiege or attack (with an army); harass; beset",
        "word": "beleaguer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "contradict; give a false impression; disguise; Ex. The poor sales belied our high hopes; Ex. Her smile belies her true feeling of displeasure.",
        "word": "belie"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disparage; depreciate",
        "word": "belittle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "warlike",
        "word": "bellicose"
    }, {
        "meaning": "quarrelsome",
        "word": "belligerent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lament; moan for; express sorrow or disapproval of",
        "word": "bemoan"
    }, {
        "meaning": "confused; lost in thought; preoccupied",
        "word": "bemused"
    }, {
        "meaning": "blessing",
        "word": "benediction"
    }, {
        "meaning": "gift giver; patron; person who does good or who gives money for a good purpose",
        "word": "benefactor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "kindly; doing good",
        "word": "beneficent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "helpful; useful; advantageous",
        "word": "beneficial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will",
        "word": "beneficiary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "advantage; anything that brings helpl, advantage, or profit; money provided by the government to the people; fund-raising public entertainment; Ex. unemployment benefit; V: receive benefits; be beneficial to; give benefits",
        "word": "benefit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "generous; charitable; having a wish to do good",
        "word": "benevolent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "kindly; favorable; not malignant (disease); Ex. benign tumor",
        "word": "benign"
    }, {
        "meaning": "blessing",
        "word": "benison"
    }, {
        "meaning": "determined; Ex. bent on advancing in the business; N: natural talent or inclination",
        "word": "bent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "leave to someone by means of a will; hand down in his will; N. bequest",
        "word": "bequeath"
    }, {
        "meaning": "scold strongly",
        "word": "berate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved; state of being bereaved or bereft",
        "word": "bereavement"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deprived of (someone beloved through death)",
        "word": "bereaved"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deprived of (something valuable); lacking",
        "word": "bereft"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mad with violent anger; frenzied; madly excited",
        "word": "berserk"
    }, {
        "meaning": "beg; plead with",
        "word": "beseech"
    }, {
        "meaning": "harass or trouble from all directions; hem in",
        "word": "beset"
    }, {
        "meaning": "surround tightly so that movement is impossible; Ex. hem in; N.",
        "word": "hem"
    }, {
        "meaning": "surround with armed forces; harass (with requests); annoy continually",
        "word": "besiege"
    }, {
        "meaning": "soil; defile; make dirty",
        "word": "besmirch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "beastlike; brutal; inhuman; very cruel",
        "word": "bestial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "confer",
        "word": "bestow"
    }, {
        "meaning": "signify; indicate; be a sign of",
        "word": "betoken"
    }, {
        "meaning": "outward sign; Ex. a token of our gratitude",
        "word": "token"
    }, {
        "meaning": "be unfaithful; reveal (unconsciously or unwillingly); Ex. Her trembling hands betray her anxiety.",
        "word": "betray"
    }, {
        "meaning": "become engaged to marry",
        "word": "betroth"
    }, {
        "meaning": "large group; Ex. a bevy of starlets",
        "word": "bevy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "two-chambered as a legislative body",
        "word": "bicameral"
    }, {
        "meaning": "quarrel",
        "word": "bicker"
    }, {
        "meaning": "every two years",
        "word": "biennial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "divided into two branches; forked",
        "word": "bifurcated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stubborn intolerance",
        "word": "bigotry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics)",
        "word": "bigot"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not willing to accept ways of thinking different from one's own; CF. tolerant; CF. tolerate",
        "word": "intolerant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "suffering from indigestion; sick from having too much bile; irritable; easily irritated",
        "word": "bilious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "swindle; cheat",
        "word": "bilk"
    }, {
        "meaning": "swelling out in waves; surging",
        "word": "billowing"
    }, {
        "meaning": "large wave of water; a great swell or surge (of smoke); V: surge, swell, roll in billows",
        "word": "billow"
    }, {
        "meaning": "long wave of water that moves continuously without breaking; V.",
        "word": "swell"
    }, {
        "meaning": "powerful movement of or like a wave; V.",
        "word": "surge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "temporary encampment; camp without tents; V.",
        "word": "bivouac"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fantastic; violently contrasting; noticeably odd; strikingly unconventional",
        "word": "bizarre"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bleach; whiten; make white or pale",
        "word": "blanch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "soothing or mild (food); agreeable; causing no trouble or offence",
        "word": "bland"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flattery",
        "word": "blandishment"
    }, {
        "meaning": "loud or harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light",
        "word": "blare"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unpleasant high sharp sound; shriek; V.",
        "word": "screech"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make blind with a sudden intense light; amaze; fill with wonder",
        "word": "dazzle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bored with pleasure or dissipation; uninterested or bored",
        "word": "blas\u00e9"
    }, {
        "meaning": "irreverence; sacrilege; cursing; bad language about God or holy things; V. blasphem; ADJ. blasphemous; CF. sacrilege",
        "word": "blasphemy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "extremely (offensively) obvious; loudly offensive; Ex. blatant lie; N. blatancy",
        "word": "blatant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cold or cheerless; frigid; unlikely to be favorable; depressing",
        "word": "bleak"
    }, {
        "meaning": "suffering from a disease; destroyed",
        "word": "blighted"
    }, {
        "meaning": "plant disease; V: infect with blight; ruin; destroy",
        "word": "blight"
    }, {
        "meaning": "gay; joyous",
        "word": "blithe(blithesome)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air",
        "word": "bloated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "talkative boaster; braggart",
        "word": "blowhard"
    }, {
        "meaning": "club; heavy-headed weapon; V.",
        "word": "bludgeon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff; ADJ: rough but good-natured",
        "word": "bluff"
    }, {
        "meaning": "error; stupid mistake",
        "word": "blunder"
    }, {
        "meaning": "utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement",
        "word": "blurt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully; speak in a noisy or bullying manner; CF. breeze, gust, gale",
        "word": "bluster"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who is habitually cruel to weaker people; V.",
        "word": "bully"
    }, {
        "meaning": "foreshadow; portend",
        "word": "bode"
    }, {
        "meaning": "counterfeit; not authentic; intentionally false; Ex. bogus interview",
        "word": "bogus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unconventional (in an artistic way)",
        "word": "bohemian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "violent; rough; noisy",
        "word": "boisterous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "support; reinforce",
        "word": "bolster"
    }, {
        "meaning": "door bar; fastening pin or screw; length of fabric; large roll of cloth; V: dash or dart off; fasten (a door); gobble down",
        "word": "bolt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "move or throw suddenly and quickly",
        "word": "dart"
    }, {
        "meaning": "eat very quickly",
        "word": "gobble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "attack (as with missiles or bombs); V. bombard",
        "word": "bombardment"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pompous; using inflated language",
        "word": "bombastic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "grandiloquent, pompous speech",
        "word": "bombast"
    }, {
        "meaning": "blessing; benefit; something very helpful",
        "word": "boon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rude; insensitive",
        "word": "boorish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rude, insensitive person",
        "word": "boor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "clear beef (or meat) soup",
        "word": "bouillon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "generous; graciously generous; showing bounty",
        "word": "bountiful"
    }, {
        "meaning": "kind in a generous way (to someone less important)",
        "word": "gracious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "middle class; selfishly materialistic; too interested in material possessions",
        "word": "bourgeois"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cowlike; placid and dull; slow-thinking; calm",
        "word": "bovine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "expurgate; CF. Thomas Bowdler",
        "word": "bowdlerize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "somewhat saline",
        "word": "brackish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "boasting",
        "word": "braggadocio"
    }, {
        "meaning": "boast",
        "word": "brag"
    }, {
        "meaning": "boaster; bragger",
        "word": "braggart"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wave around (a weapon); flourish",
        "word": "brandish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "swagger; assumed air of defiance; false show of bravery",
        "word": "bravado"
    }, {
        "meaning": "walk or behave with an over-confident manner",
        "word": "swagger"
    }, {
        "meaning": "human muscle; muscular strength; sturdiness",
        "word": "brawn"
    }, {
        "meaning": "muscular; having well-developed muscles",
        "word": "brawny"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strong and firm (in the body)",
        "word": "sturdy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "insolent; without shame; bold; Ex. brazen lie; V: face with bold self-assurance or with unshamed confidence",
        "word": "brazen"
    }, {
        "meaning": "noisy quarrel",
        "word": "brawl"
    }, {
        "meaning": "breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap; opening; V.",
        "word": "breach"
    }, {
        "meaning": "width; extent",
        "word": "breadth"
    }, {
        "meaning": "conciseness; shortness of duration",
        "word": "brevity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tawny or grayish with streaks or spots (of animals)",
        "word": "brindled"
    }, {
        "meaning": "brownish yellow",
        "word": "tawny"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rising like bristles; showing irritation",
        "word": "bristling"
    }, {
        "meaning": "short stiff hair; V: (hair or fur) stand up stiffly",
        "word": "bristle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hard but easily broken; difficult; unstable; Ex. brittle situation",
        "word": "brittle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "introduce as a subject; moot; open up",
        "word": "broach"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rich, figured(patterned) fabric",
        "word": "brocade"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pamphlet",
        "word": "brochure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ornamental clasp; pin",
        "word": "brooch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hold firmly within arms",
        "word": "clasp"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tolerate; endure; Ex. brook no interference; N: small stream",
        "word": "brook"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bully; intimidate",
        "word": "browbeat"
    }, {
        "meaning": "graze; feed on growing grass; skim or glance at casually",
        "word": "browse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of an animal) feed on growing grass; cause (an animal) to feed on grass; scrape (esp. the skin) or touch lightly in passing; brush; Ex. We can't graze the cattle till summer; N: surface wound",
        "word": "graze"
    }, {
        "meaning": "read or glance through quickly; touch lightly in passing; brush; remove from the surface of a liquid",
        "word": "skim"
    }, {
        "meaning": "main impact or shock (of an attack or blow); Ex. brunt of the argument",
        "word": "brunt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "blunt; abrupt; curt; not wanting to waste time being nice",
        "word": "brusque"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pirate",
        "word": "buccaneer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rustic; pastoral",
        "word": "bucolic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strike forcefully; slap; batter; knock out; N: table with food set out for people to server themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set",
        "word": "buffet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hit quickly with the flat part of the hand; N. CF. smack",
        "word": "slap"
    }, {
        "meaning": "clowning",
        "word": "buffoonery"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stupid person; clown",
        "word": "buffoon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "act stupidly; play the fool; N.",
        "word": "clown"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bugbear; object of baseless terror",
        "word": "bugaboo"
    }, {
        "meaning": "gold and silver in the form of bars",
        "word": "bullion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strong wall built for defense; earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends",
        "word": "bulwark"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mismanage; blunder; botch; blow; spoil by clumsy behavior",
        "word": "bungle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mismanage; blow",
        "word": "botch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "able to float; cheerful and optimistic; N. buoyancy; Ex. buoyancy of wood/water/American market",
        "word": "buoyant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "overregulated administrative system marked by red tape; ADJ. bureaucratic",
        "word": "bureaucracy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "grow rapidly; grow forth; send out buds; Ex. burgeoning computer industry; CF. bludgeon",
        "word": "burgeon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly",
        "word": "burlesque"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make shiny by rubbing; polish",
        "word": "burnish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "support; prop up; N. stationary structure to support wall; Ex. flying buttress",
        "word": "buttress"
    }, {
        "meaning": "support placed under or against something; V.",
        "word": "prop"
    }, {
        "meaning": "full-bosomed; plump; jolly",
        "word": "buxom"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pleasantly fat; nicely rounded",
        "word": "plump"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests",
        "word": "cabal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hiding place; V.",
        "word": "cache"
    }, {
        "meaning": "discordant; inharmonious; N. cacophony: unpleasant mixture of loud sounds",
        "word": "cacophonous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "corpse; dead human body",
        "word": "cadaver"
    }, {
        "meaning": "like a corpse; pale",
        "word": "cadaverous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat; regular beat of sound; rhythm",
        "word": "cadence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "persuade by praise or false promise; coax; wheedle",
        "word": "cajole"
    }, {
        "meaning": "persuade by flattery",
        "word": "coax"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disaster; misery",
        "word": "calamity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deliberately planned; likely",
        "word": "calculated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "large kettle",
        "word": "caldron(cauldron)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ability; quality; diameter of the inside of a round cylinder; Ex. work of very high caliber",
        "word": "caliber"
    }, {
        "meaning": "beautiful writing; excellent penmanship",
        "word": "calligraphy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hardened; unfeeling; without sympathy for the sufferings of others; unkind",
        "word": "callous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "area of thick hard skin",
        "word": "callus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "youthful; immature; inexperienced",
        "word": "callow"
    }, {
        "meaning": "heat-producing; N. calorie",
        "word": "calorific"
    }, {
        "meaning": "malicious misrepresentation; slander",
        "word": "calumny"
    }, {
        "meaning": "good-fellowship; CF. comrade",
        "word": "camaraderie"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special appearance in a minor role in a film",
        "word": "cameo"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unfounded false rumor; exaggerated false report",
        "word": "canard"
    }, {
        "meaning": "frankness; open honesty; ADJ. candid",
        "word": "candor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "related to dogs; doglike",
        "word": "canine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "any ulcerous sore; ulcer; any evil; CF. cancer",
        "word": "canker"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sore place appearing on the skin inside or outside the body; Ex. stomach ulcer; ADJ. ulcerous; V. ulcerate",
        "word": "ulcer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shrewd in money matters; thrifty",
        "word": "canny"
    }, {
        "meaning": "insincere speech or expression of piety; jargon of thieves; special words used by a particular group of people",
        "word": "cant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ill-humored; irritable",
        "word": "cantankerous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "story set to music to be sung by a chorus (shorter than an oratorio)",
        "word": "cantata"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slow gallop; V. CF. trot",
        "word": "canter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "division of a long poem",
        "word": "canto"
    }, {
        "meaning": "determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.; go through (a region) to solicit votes or orders; conduct a survey; N.",
        "word": "canvass"
    }, {
        "meaning": "spacious",
        "word": "capacious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mental or physical ability; role; position or duty; ability to accommodate; Ex. in my capacity as president",
        "word": "capacity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity",
        "word": "capillary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "surrender; give up all resistance",
        "word": "capitulate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "whim; sudden change of mind without any real cause",
        "word": "caprice"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unpredictable; fickle",
        "word": "capricious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "title; chapter heading; text under illustration",
        "word": "caption"
    }, {
        "meaning": "faultfinding; too critical",
        "word": "captious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "glass water bottle; decanter",
        "word": "carafe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shell covering the back (of a turtle, tortoise, crab, etc.)",
        "word": "carapace"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unit of weight for precious stones; measure of the purity of gold",
        "word": "carat(karat)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "causing cancer; N. carcinogen",
        "word": "carcinogenic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "chief; most important; N: priest; cardinal number: number that shows quantity rather thatn order",
        "word": "cardinal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "doctor specializing in ailments of the heart",
        "word": "cardiologist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lurch; sway from side to side; move with irregular swinging movement; stagger",
        "word": "careen"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rush wildly; go at full speed",
        "word": "career"
    }, {
        "meaning": "swing from side to side; influence (someone) to change one's opinion; N.",
        "word": "sway"
    }, {
        "meaning": "distortion; burlesque",
        "word": "caricature"
    }, {
        "meaning": "a set of bells (often in a tower) capable of being played",
        "word": "carillon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "destruction of life; slaughter; killing of large numbers of people or animals",
        "word": "carnage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fleshly; sensual; concerning the desires of the body",
        "word": "carnal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "meat-eating; N. carnivore; CF. herbivore",
        "word": "carnivorous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "drunken revel; V. carouse",
        "word": "carousal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "petty criticism; fault-finding; fretful complaining; quibble",
        "word": "carping"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rotting flesh of a dead body; CF. vulture",
        "word": "carrion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "map-maker",
        "word": "cartographer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small waterfall",
        "word": "cascade"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society; social stratification; prestige",
        "word": "caste"
    }, {
        "meaning": "punishment; severe criticism or disapproval",
        "word": "castigation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "serious or fatal accident; person killed or wounded in an accident or battle",
        "word": "casualty"
    }, {
        "meaning": "happening by chance; irregular; occasional; informal; showing or feeling little interest; Ex. casual reader/labor/remark",
        "word": "casual"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deluge; upheaval; earthquake; violent and sudden event or change",
        "word": "cataclysm"
    }, {
        "meaning": "agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged; CF. catalysis",
        "word": "catalyst"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slingshot; hurling machine; V: fire from catapult",
        "word": "catapult"
    }, {
        "meaning": "throw forcefully; shout out violently",
        "word": "hurl"
    }, {
        "meaning": "great waterfall; eye abnormality (causing a gradual loss of eyesight)",
        "word": "cataract"
    }, {
        "meaning": "calamity ; disaster",
        "word": "catastrophe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shout of disapproval or displeasure (made at the theater or a sports match); boo; V.",
        "word": "catcall"
    }, {
        "meaning": "book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form; religious instruction by question and answer; V. catechize",
        "word": "catechism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "without exceptions; made without any doubt in mind; unqualified; absolute",
        "word": "categorical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reach a necessary standard; limit the meaning of something stated",
        "word": "qualify"
    }, {
        "meaning": "purging or cleansing of any passage of the body; purging and weakening of strong emotions as a result of experiencing a dramatic work of art",
        "word": "catharsis"
    }, {
        "meaning": "purgative; medicine that causes the bowels to empty; ADJ.",
        "word": "cathartic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of likings and interests) universal; general; broad; including many different parts; wide-ranging liberal; Ex. catholic opinions/tastes",
        "word": "catholic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy; CF. the Caucus club of Boston",
        "word": "caucus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make watertight (by blocking up cracks as in a ship)",
        "word": "caulk(calk)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "implying a cause-and-effect relationship; N. causality",
        "word": "causal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "burning; corrosive; able to burn by chemical action; sarcastically biting; (of remarks) intended to hurt; bitter; harmful; OP. harmless",
        "word": "caustic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "burn (a wound or snakebite, etc.) with hot iron or caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent infection",
        "word": "cauterize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages; parade; CF. cavalry",
        "word": "cavalcade"
    }, {
        "meaning": "casual and offhand; arrogant; N: knight",
        "word": "cavalier"
    }, {
        "meaning": "quibble; make frivolous objections; find fault unnecessarily",
        "word": "cavil"
    }, {
        "meaning": "yield (title or territory) to (esp. after losing a war); surrender formally; N. cession",
        "word": "cede"
    }, {
        "meaning": "speed; rapidity",
        "word": "celerity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "heavenly",
        "word": "celestial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "life after death",
        "word": "hereafter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "life after death; later part of one's life",
        "word": "afterlife"
    }, {
        "meaning": "abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried; N. celibacy",
        "word": "celibate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(in ancient Rome) overseer of morals (also taking the census); person who eliminates inappropriate matter; V.",
        "word": "censor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "severely critical",
        "word": "censorious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "blame; criticize; express strong disapproval; N: severe criticism; strong disapproval",
        "word": "censure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mythical figure, half man and half horse",
        "word": "centaur"
    }, {
        "meaning": "denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)",
        "word": "centigrade"
    }, {
        "meaning": "radiating; departing from the center",
        "word": "centrifugal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "machine that separates substances by whirling them",
        "word": "centrifuge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tending toward the center",
        "word": "centripetal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers)",
        "word": "centurion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to the brain or intellect; intellectual rather than emotional; CF. cerebrum",
        "word": "cerebral"
    }, {
        "meaning": "thought; working of the brain",
        "word": "cerebration"
    }, {
        "meaning": "marked by formality; extremely formal and polite; CF. ceremony: conventional social courtesy",
        "word": "ceremonious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not done politely without due formalities",
        "word": "unceremonious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "certainty",
        "word": "certitude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stoppage",
        "word": "cessation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "yielding to another; ceding",
        "word": "cession"
    }, {
        "meaning": "warm by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; N.",
        "word": "chafe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "worthless products of an endeavor; husk(outer seed cover) separated from grain; Ex. separate the wheat from the chaff",
        "word": "chaff"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bantering; joking",
        "word": "chaffing"
    }, {
        "meaning": "annoyance and disappointment; vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride)",
        "word": "chagrin"
    }, {
        "meaning": "goblet; consecrated cup",
        "word": "chalice"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lizard that changes color in different situations",
        "word": "chameleon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "support militantly; fight for; N: person who fights for or supports strongly (a principle, movement, person, etc.)",
        "word": "champion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "position of champion; defense or support; competition held to determine a champion",
        "word": "championship"
    }, {
        "meaning": "in utter disorder",
        "word": "chaotic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "divine gift; great popular charm or appeal; magnetism",
        "word": "charisma"
    }, {
        "meaning": "quack; pretender to knowledge (esp. in medicine)",
        "word": "charlatan"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cautious; unwilling to take risks; sparing or restrained about giving; OP. bold",
        "word": "chary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ornament a metal surface by indenting; follow rapidly to catch",
        "word": "chase"
    }, {
        "meaning": "abyss; very deep crack",
        "word": "chasm"
    }, {
        "meaning": "framework and working parts of an automobile; framework to which components are attached",
        "word": "chassis"
    }, {
        "meaning": "morally pure; virginal; abstaining from illicit sexual acts; modest; simple (of a style of writing); not highly decorated; austere",
        "word": "chaste"
    }, {
        "meaning": "discipline; punish in order to correct; CF. castigate",
        "word": "chasten"
    }, {
        "meaning": "punish as by beating; criticize severely",
        "word": "chastise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group, cause, or sex; ADJ. chauvinistic; CF. chauvinism; Nicolas Chauvin",
        "word": "chauvinist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stop motion; curb or restrain",
        "word": "check"
    }, {
        "meaning": "marked by great changes in fortune; with many changes of fortuene; CF. checked: having a pattern of squares",
        "word": "checkered (chequered)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "angelic; innocent-looking; N. cherub; CF. seraph: winged angel of the highest order",
        "word": "cherubic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trickery; deception",
        "word": "chicanery"
    }, {
        "meaning": "scold; rebuke (someone who has done wrong)",
        "word": "chide"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; N. chimera: unreal fancy; fire-breathing female creature",
        "word": "chimerical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "swindle or cheat; N: wedgelike tool for cutting",
        "word": "chisel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lose a small piece from the surface or edge; N: small piece broken off something; CF. French fry; Potato chip/crisp",
        "word": "chip"
    }, {
        "meaning": "courteous; faithful; brave; N. chivalry",
        "word": "chivalrous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily angered; CF. cholera",
        "word": "choleric"
    }, {
        "meaning": "art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances",
        "word": "choreography"
    }, {
        "meaning": "daily domestic task (such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping); unpleasant task",
        "word": "chore"
    }, {
        "meaning": "chuckle with delight; N.",
        "word": "chortle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "laugh quietly",
        "word": "chuckle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "long established as a disease",
        "word": "chronic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "report; record (in chronological order)",
        "word": "chronicle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "boorish; rude; N. churl: boor; yahoo",
        "word": "churlish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having minute hairs; CF. cilium; CF. cilia: eyelash",
        "word": "ciliated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero; secret code; V.",
        "word": "cipher"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small ring; band of gold, silver, jewel, etc. (worn on the head, arms, or neck as decoration)",
        "word": "circlet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "roundabout",
        "word": "circuitous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "closed circular line around an area; circumference; regularly repeated journey from place to place",
        "word": "circuit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly)",
        "word": "circumlocution"
    }, {
        "meaning": "limit; confine; draw a line around",
        "word": "circumscribe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prudent; cautious; acting after careful thought",
        "word": "circumspect"
    }, {
        "meaning": "outwit; defeat by behaving more cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get around",
        "word": "circumvent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reservoir or water tank",
        "word": "cistern"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fortress",
        "word": "citadel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "quote; commend; Ex. cited for bravery in an official record",
        "word": "cite"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having to do with citizens; not military or religious; courteous and polite; Ex. married in a civil ceremony; Ex. civil strife/disorder/law; N. civility; CF. civic",
        "word": "civil"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having foresight; fortuneteller; N. clairvoyance",
        "word": "clairvoyant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "understanding the nature of an event after it has actually happened",
        "word": "hindsight"
    }, {
        "meaning": "climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble",
        "word": "clamber"
    }, {
        "meaning": "loud continous noise; continuous demand or complaint made by a large number of people; V: make a clamor; express (a demand) continually and loudly; ADJ. clamorous",
        "word": "clamor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "secret",
        "word": "clandestine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman",
        "word": "chaperon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "loud resounding noise; sound of repeated clanging",
        "word": "clangor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "striker (tongue) of a bell",
        "word": "clapper"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strike the palms of the hands together with a sudden explosive sound; come together suddenly with a sharp sound; put or send promptly; Ex. clap the thief in jail; N: clapping; loud or explosive sound; CF. applause",
        "word": "clap"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shrill, trumpetlike sound; kind of trumpet used in former times",
        "word": "clarion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fear of being locked in",
        "word": "claustrophobia"
    }, {
        "meaning": "collarbone",
        "word": "clavicle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disorderly fight between two or more people",
        "word": "scrimmage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to; N. cleavage; ADJ. cloven",
        "word": "cleave"
    }, {
        "meaning": "N: split",
        "word": "cleft"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments; mildness as of the weather; ADJ. clement",
        "word": "clemency"
    }, {
        "meaning": "phrase dulled in meaning by repetition; platitude; ADJ. clich\u00e9d",
        "word": "clich\u00e9"
    }, {
        "meaning": "platitude; chemical compound used to calm excitement",
        "word": "bromide"
    }, {
        "meaning": "body of customers",
        "word": "clientele"
    }, {
        "meaning": "relating to the highest point; N. climax; CF. climatic",
        "word": "climactic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "climate",
        "word": "clime"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small exclusive group of people",
        "word": "clique"
    }, {
        "meaning": "monastery or convent",
        "word": "cloister"
    }, {
        "meaning": "great influence (especially political or social); hard blow with fist",
        "word": "clout"
    }, {
        "meaning": "distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental; V. cloy: become unpleasant through too much sweetness or excess",
        "word": "cloying"
    }, {
        "meaning": "congeal; thicken; clot; N. coagulant",
        "word": "coagulate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or blood); V.",
        "word": "clot"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hot sweet dish",
        "word": "pudding"
    }, {
        "meaning": "combine; fuse; N. coalescence",
        "word": "coalesce"
    }, {
        "meaning": "partnership; league; union of separate political parties",
        "word": "coalition"
    }, {
        "meaning": "concluding section of a musical or literary composition",
        "word": "coda"
    }, {
        "meaning": "treat gently; indulge excessively; pamper; mollycoddle; baby; cook in water just below boiling point; Ex. coddled eggs",
        "word": "coddle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "supplement to the body of a will; later addition to a will",
        "word": "codicil"
    }, {
        "meaning": "arrange (laws or rules) as a code; classify; N. code: system of words used instead of ordinary writing; collection of laws, rules, established social customs",
        "word": "codify"
    }, {
        "meaning": "use of force to get someone to object; compelling; V. coerce",
        "word": "coercion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "living at the same time as; existing during the same period of time; contemporary; of the same age",
        "word": "coeval"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tooth projecting from a wheel",
        "word": "cog"
    }, {
        "meaning": "convincing",
        "word": "cogent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "think over; ponder",
        "word": "cogitate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having a common origin; related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature; Ex. cognate languages; N.",
        "word": "cognate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes; N. cognition: the mental process of knowing",
        "word": "cognitive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "knowledge; ADJ. cognizant; having knowledge; aware",
        "word": "cognizance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "live together",
        "word": "cohabit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stick together",
        "word": "cohere"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tendency to keep together",
        "word": "cohesion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "group of people who share some common quality; armed band; a group of between 300 and 600 soldiers under one commander (in the ancient Rome)",
        "word": "cohorts"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hairstyle",
        "word": "coiffure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make coins; invent or fabricate (a word or phrase); N. coinage: word or phrase recently invented",
        "word": "coin"
    }, {
        "meaning": "the chance occurrence, at the same time, of two or more seemingly connected events; V. coincide: happen at the same time; be in agreement; CF. coincident; CF. coincidental",
        "word": "coincidence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "utensil with perforated bottom used for straining",
        "word": "colander"
    }, {
        "meaning": "work together; cooperate treasonably with the enemy",
        "word": "collaborate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "work of art put together from fragments",
        "word": "collage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small bit or fragment; discarded waste material; fight; Ex. a scrap of paper/cloth; V: break into parts for disposal; discard as worthless; fight; quarrel",
        "word": "scrap"
    }, {
        "meaning": "leftover food",
        "word": "scraps"
    }, {
        "meaning": "quarrelsome",
        "word": "scrappy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "examine and compare in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order (the sheets of a book before they are bound)",
        "word": "collate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "security given for loan; ADJ: secondary; descended from the same person but through different sons or daughters",
        "word": "collateral"
    }, {
        "meaning": "a light meal; collating",
        "word": "collation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to conversational or common speech; informal; N. colloquialism: colloquial expression",
        "word": "colloquial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "informal discussion; conversation",
        "word": "colloquy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others; V. collude",
        "word": "collusion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "huge",
        "word": "colossal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "gigantic statue; person or thing of great size or importance",
        "word": "colossus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "in a coma; extremely sleepy",
        "word": "comatose"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deep prolonged unconsciousness caused by disease, poison, or a severe blow",
        "word": "coma"
    }, {
        "meaning": "easily burned; N. CF. combustion",
        "word": "combustible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "attractive; agreeable; having a pleasing appearance",
        "word": "comely"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not good-looking; unattractive",
        "word": "homely"
    }, {
        "meaning": "something fit to be eaten",
        "word": "comestible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deserts; well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke",
        "word": "comeuppance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "what someone deserves",
        "word": "deserts"
    }, {
        "meaning": "courtesy; civility; Ex. comity of nations",
        "word": "comity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "take (private property) for military use without needing permission or giving payment; draft for military purposes",
        "word": "commandeer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "first rough form; conscription; draught; V: make a draft of; conscript",
        "word": "draft"
    }, {
        "meaning": "current of air (through a room or to a fire); act of pulling roads; act of swallowing liquid or amount of liquid swallowed at a time",
        "word": "draught"
    }, {
        "meaning": "remembering; honoring the memory of; Ex. commemorative stamp",
        "word": "commemorative"
    }, {
        "meaning": "honor the memory of; serve as a memorial to; Ex. commemorate the 100th anniversary/those who died in the war",
        "word": "commemorate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "equal in extent; of the same size",
        "word": "commensurate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "feel or express pity or sympathy for",
        "word": "commiserate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "spacious and comfortable",
        "word": "commodious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "held in common; public; of a group of people; of a commune",
        "word": "communal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small (often rural) community whose members share work and income; V: exchange thoughts or feelings; Ex. commune with nature",
        "word": "commune"
    }, {
        "meaning": "agreement; contract; ADJ: tightly packed; firm; brief; concise; Ex. compact statement",
        "word": "compact"
    }, {
        "meaning": "harmonious; in harmony with; able to exist together",
        "word": "compatible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "overpowering; irresistible in effect; holding one's attention; that compels one to do something; Ex. a compelling adventure story; V. compel",
        "word": "compelling"
    }, {
        "meaning": "compelling; strong desire that is difficult to control; irresistible impulse",
        "word": "compulsion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "obligatory; that must be done",
        "word": "compulsory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "resulting from compulsion",
        "word": "compulsive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "brief, comprehensive summary; ADJ. compendious",
        "word": "compendium"
    }, {
        "meaning": "making up for; repaying",
        "word": "compensatory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "listing of information in tabular or book form; compiling",
        "word": "compilation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "assemble; gather; accumulate; make (a report or a book) from facts and information found in various places; Ex. compile a dictionary",
        "word": "compile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "self-satisfaction; smugness; ADJ. complacent",
        "word": "complacency"
    }, {
        "meaning": "self-satisfied; complacent",
        "word": "smug"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trying to please; obliging; willing to please others",
        "word": "complaisant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "complete; consummate; make perfect; N.",
        "word": "complement"
    }, {
        "meaning": "serving to complete something",
        "word": "complementary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "conformity in fulfilling requirements; readiness to yield; disposition to yield to others; V. comply",
        "word": "compliance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "readily acting in accordance with a rule, order, or the wishes or others; yielding; comforming to requirements",
        "word": "compliant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "participation; involvement (in a questionable act or a crime)",
        "word": "complicity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "element; ingredient",
        "word": "component"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bear one's self; behave; Ex. comport oneself; N. comportment",
        "word": "comport"
    }, {
        "meaning": "send out of the country; behave; N. deportation, deportment",
        "word": "deport"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deportment; connection",
        "word": "bearing"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mental calmness",
        "word": "composure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "combine; produce by combining; increase; make worse by adding to or increasing; exacerbate; Ex. compound an error; ADJ: consisting of two or more parts; N: combination of two or more parts; area enclosed by a wall containing a group of buildings; Ex. factory compound; CF. complex",
        "word": "compound"
    }, {
        "meaning": "broad; including a lot or everything; thorough; inclusive",
        "word": "comprehensive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words; N: thick mass of cloth pressed to part of the body to stop bleeding or swelling, reduce fever, etc.",
        "word": "compress"
    }, {
        "meaning": "include; consist of",
        "word": "comprise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of; put into danger, disrepute, or a dishonorable position; Ex. compromise one's principle; N.",
        "word": "compromise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "remorse; strong uneasiness caused by guilt",
        "word": "compunction"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reckon; calculate",
        "word": "compute"
    }, {
        "meaning": "count; calculate; regard as; think; suppose",
        "word": "reckon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "link as in a chain",
        "word": "concatenate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hollow; curved inwards; OP. convex",
        "word": "concave"
    }, {
        "meaning": "admit; acknowledge as being true (often reluctantly); yield; grant; Ex. concede a goal",
        "word": "concede"
    }, {
        "meaning": "vanity or self-love; too high opinion of one's own value; extravagant metaphor (in poetry)",
        "word": "conceit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "full of self-admiration; conceited; without result; unsuccessful; N. vanity",
        "word": "vain"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having a common center",
        "word": "concentric"
    }, {
        "meaning": "beginning; forming of an idea; fertilization; V. conceive: form an idea in the mind; devise; become pregnant; CF. inception",
        "word": "conception"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mutually agreed on; done together by agreement; Ex. concerted effort; CF. in concert: working together",
        "word": "concerted"
    }, {
        "meaning": "an act of yielding; conceding; something conceded; point, right, etc. given unwillingly; privilege of maintaining a business in a certain place; Ex. oil concessions in the North sea; CF. concessionaire",
        "word": "concession"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reconciling; soothing; V. conciliate: reconcile; soothe; win the friendly feelings (by removing anger)",
        "word": "conciliatory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "brief and compact",
        "word": "concise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "private secret meeting",
        "word": "conclave"
    }, {
        "meaning": "decisive; ending all debate",
        "word": "conclusive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prepare by mixing or combining; make up in concert; devise (something false) so as to deceive; Ex. concoct an elaborate excuse for being late; N. concoction",
        "word": "concoct"
    }, {
        "meaning": "that which accompanies; Ex. Deafnes is a frequent concommitant of old age; ADJ: existing or happening together with something else",
        "word": "concomitant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "harmony; accord",
        "word": "concord"
    }, {
        "meaning": "formal agreement",
        "word": "concordat"
    }, {
        "meaning": "agree; coincide; happen at the same time",
        "word": "concur"
    }, {
        "meaning": "happening at the same time; in agreement",
        "word": "concurrent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(derog.) bestow courtesies with a superior air; descend to the level of one considered inferior",
        "word": "condescend"
    }, {
        "meaning": "adequate; (of punishment) severe and well deserved",
        "word": "condign"
    }, {
        "meaning": "seasonings; spices",
        "word": "condiments"
    }, {
        "meaning": "express condolences; N. condolence: sympathy for someone who has experienced great sorrow",
        "word": "condole"
    }, {
        "meaning": "overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse",
        "word": "condone"
    }, {
        "meaning": "helpful; contributive; V. conduce; Ex. conduce to/towards",
        "word": "conducive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "aqueduct; passageway for fluids",
        "word": "conduit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret)",
        "word": "confidant(confidante)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tell in confidence (to a person one trusts); be confident about",
        "word": "confide"
    }, {
        "meaning": "self-assurance; calm unworried feeling based on a strong belief in one's abilities; strong belief in the ability of a person or plan; trust or faith in a person or thing; something confided; secret; Ex. confidence in your ability; Ex. I'm telling you this in confidence; Ex. exchange confidences about their boyfriends; ADJ. confident",
        "word": "confidence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "spoken or written in secret; trusted with private matters; Ex. confidential secretary",
        "word": "confidential"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shut in an enclosed space; restrict; keep within limits; N. confinement",
        "word": "confine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "seize; take possession of (private property) by official order (usu. as a punishment); commandeer",
        "word": "confiscate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "great fire",
        "word": "conflagration"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flowing together; the place where two rivers flow together; crowd; gathering together",
        "word": "confluence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "harmony; agreement with established rules or customs; similarity; Ex. behave in conformity with; V. conform: be similar; act in agreement; comply; Ex. conform to the rule; CF. conformance",
        "word": "conformity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "confuse; puzzle",
        "word": "confound"
    }, {
        "meaning": "freeze; coagulate",
        "word": "congeal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pleasant; friendly; in agreement with one's tastes and nature; Ex. congenial weather",
        "word": "congenial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "existing at birth",
        "word": "congenital"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mass of material sticking together",
        "word": "conglomeration"
    }, {
        "meaning": "corporation made up of several different companies in diversified fields; mass of various material gathered together; rock consisting of small stones held together by clay; V.",
        "word": "conglomerate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "correspondence of parts; harmonious relationship; CF. congruity",
        "word": "congruence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "in agreement; harmonious; corresponding; coinciding exactly; CF. congruous",
        "word": "congruent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pine tree (usu. evergreen); cone-bearing tree; ADJ. coniferous; CF. deciduous; CF. evergreen",
        "word": "conifer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "surmise; guess; V.",
        "word": "conjecture"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to marriage",
        "word": "conjugal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cause to appear by magic; summon (a devil or a spirit) by magical power; practice magic (esp. by very quick movement of the hands); evoke; conjure up: bring into the mind; Ex. The magician conjured a rabbit out of his hat.",
        "word": "conjure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend; V. connive: feign ignorance (of a wrong); cooperate secretly in an illegal action; conspire",
        "word": "connivance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person competent to act as a judge of art, etc. (whose judgments are respected); a lover of an art",
        "word": "connoisseur"
    }, {
        "meaning": "suggested or implied meaning of an expression; V. connote",
        "word": "connotation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state",
        "word": "connubial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state of being married",
        "word": "matrimony"
    }, {
        "meaning": "property inherited from a father",
        "word": "patrimony"
    }, {
        "meaning": "kinship; relationship by birth",
        "word": "consanguinity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having a common ancestor",
        "word": "consanguineous(consanguine)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "scrupulous; through and careful; Ex. conscientious worker",
        "word": "conscientious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "draftee; person forced into military service; V.",
        "word": "conscript"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dedicate; sanctify; declare as sacred; Ex. consecrate one's life to helping the poor",
        "word": "consecrate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "general agreement; opinion reached by a group",
        "word": "consensus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "self-important; significant; consequent; following as a result; Ex. consequential air; CF. subsequent",
        "word": "consequential"
    }, {
        "meaning": "school of the fine arts (especially music or drama); glass-enclosed area; CF. conservancy",
        "word": "conservatory(conservatoire)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "send to a person or place for sale; deliver officially; entrust; put into the care of another; set apart (for a special purpose); N. consignment; CF. consignor, consignee",
        "word": "consign"
    }, {
        "meaning": "absence of contradictions; uniformity; degree of thickness or firmness; Ex. consistency of thick cream; CF. viscous",
        "word": "consistency"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lessen sadness or disappointment; give comfort; allay the sorrow of; N. consolation",
        "word": "console"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unification; process of becoming firmer or stronger; V. consolidate: merge; strengthen",
        "word": "consolidation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "harmony; agreement",
        "word": "consonance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "harmonious; in agreement; N.",
        "word": "consonant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "associate with; keep company; N: husband or wife (or a ruler)",
        "word": "consort"
    }, {
        "meaning": "treacherous plot; secret plan against the law (by two or more people)",
        "word": "conspiracy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "take part in a conspiracy; (of events) work together; combine; Ex. Events conspired to produce great difficulties.",
        "word": "conspire"
    }, {
        "meaning": "great shock; dismay",
        "word": "consternation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "supporter; voter; member of a constituency; component",
        "word": "constituent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "voters represented by an elected official; district so represented; group of supporters (or constituents)",
        "word": "constituency"
    }, {
        "meaning": "constituting; system of laws; composition of something; physical makeup or structure of a person; Ex. men with strong constitutions",
        "word": "constitution"
    }, {
        "meaning": "restraint; compulsion; repression of feelings; reticence; V. constrain: hold back; restrain; compel; oblige; confine forcibly; imprison",
        "word": "constraint"
    }, {
        "meaning": "explain; interpret; Ex. construe her silence as meaning that she agreed; CF. misconstrue",
        "word": "construe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "complete; V.",
        "word": "consummate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "infection (by contact); ADJ. contagious; CF. infectious: that can be passed by infection in the air",
        "word": "contagion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strong; violent and severe; Ex. drastic changes/measures",
        "word": "drastic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pollute",
        "word": "contaminate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "scorn; disdain; ADJ. contemptuous; CF. contemptible",
        "word": "contempt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "struggle; compete; assert earnestly; state strongly",
        "word": "contend"
    }, {
        "meaning": "assertion; claim; thesis; struggling; competition",
        "word": "contention"
    }, {
        "meaning": "opinion put forward and supported by reasoned arguments",
        "word": "thesis"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lift by pushing up from below; increase; raise; N: push upward; increase",
        "word": "boost"
    }, {
        "meaning": "quarrelsome; controversial; likely to cause arguments",
        "word": "contentious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dispute; argue about the rightness of; compete for; try to win; Ex. contest the election results; Ex. contest a seat in Parliament; N.",
        "word": "contest"
    }, {
        "meaning": "writings preceding and following the passage quoted; circumstance in which an event occurs",
        "word": "context"
    }, {
        "meaning": "adjacent to; touching upon",
        "word": "contiguous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "self-restraint; sexual chastity; sexual abstinence; voluntary control over bladder and bowel functions; ADJ. continent",
        "word": "continence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dependent on something uncertain or in the future; conditional; happening by chance; accidental; N: a group of soldiers, ships to a larger force; CF. contingency: future event that may or may not occur; possibility; Ex. prepare for every contingency",
        "word": "contingent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "twistings; distortions; V. contort: twist violently out of shape; CF. contortionist",
        "word": "contortions"
    }, {
        "meaning": "illegal trade; smuggling; smuggled goods; ADJ.",
        "word": "contraband"
    }, {
        "meaning": "contradict; oppose; violate (a rule, law, or custom); N. contravention",
        "word": "contravene"
    }, {
        "meaning": "penitent; repentant; N. contrition",
        "word": "contrite"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unnatural and forced; artificial; not spontaneous; Ex. The ending was rather contrived.",
        "word": "contrived"
    }, {
        "meaning": "invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation); manage; Ex. contrive to attract his attention",
        "word": "contrive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "something contrived; machine or apparatus; clever deceitful plan; scheme",
        "word": "contrivance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict; ADJ. controversial; N. controversy",
        "word": "controvert"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stubborn and disobedient; resisting authority (esp. disobedient to an order made by a court)",
        "word": "contumacious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bruise",
        "word": "contusion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "injure without breaking the skin; N.",
        "word": "bruise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "riddle; difficult problem",
        "word": "conundrum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "come together; assemble; call to meet; Ex. convene the council",
        "word": "convene"
    }, {
        "meaning": "social or moral custom; established practice; formal meeting; international agreement",
        "word": "convention"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ordinary; typical; not nuclear; Ex. conventional weapons",
        "word": "conventional"
    }, {
        "meaning": "approach; tend to meet; come together",
        "word": "converge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "familiar with; having knowledge of",
        "word": "conversant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "opposite; ADJ.",
        "word": "converse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who has adopted a different religion or opinion; V: change into another form; (persuade to) adopt a particular religion or belief",
        "word": "convert"
    }, {
        "meaning": "curving outward",
        "word": "convex"
    }, {
        "meaning": "vehicle; transfer; act of conveying; Ex. public conveyance",
        "word": "conveyance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "judgment that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief",
        "word": "conviction"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pleasantly merry; festive; joyous; gay; characterized by joviality; jovial",
        "word": "convivial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "call together; Ex. convoke Parliament; N. convocation",
        "word": "convoke"
    }, {
        "meaning": "coiled around; twisted; involved; complicated; intricate; complex; N. convolution: twist; one of the convex folds of the surface of the brain",
        "word": "convoluted"
    }, {
        "meaning": "violent uncontrollable shaking movement (caused by illness); V. convulse; ADJ. convulsive",
        "word": "convulsion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "plentiful",
        "word": "copious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flirt; flirtatious woman; woman who tries to attract the admiration of men without sincere feelings; V.",
        "word": "coquette"
    }, {
        "meaning": "behave in a way that attracts (sexual) attention; deal triflingly with; N: one (or woman) given to flirting; ADJ. flirtatious",
        "word": "flirt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "warmly friendly; gracious; heartfelt; Ex. cordial welcome",
        "word": "cordial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress;",
        "word": "cordon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "projecting molding on building (usually above columns or pillars)",
        "word": "cornice"
    }, {
        "meaning": "horn (or horn-shaped container) overflowing with fruit and grain; symbol of abundance; horn of plenty",
        "word": "cornucopia"
    }, {
        "meaning": "natural consequence (which naturally follows from something else)",
        "word": "corollary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bodily (rather than spiritual); of a bodily form; material; tangible",
        "word": "corporeal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "very fat; N. corpulence",
        "word": "corpulent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "collection (of writings or information); Ex. the corpus of Shakespear's works; Cf. corpse",
        "word": "corpus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "red or white cell in the blood",
        "word": "corpuscle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mutual relationship",
        "word": "correlation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "either of the correlated things; V.",
        "word": "correlate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "confirm; support; strengthen",
        "word": "corroborate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "destroy or wear away gradually by chemical action (over a long period)",
        "word": "corrode"
    }, {
        "meaning": "eating away by chemicals or disease; (of language) fierce",
        "word": "corrosive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wrinkled; ridged",
        "word": "corrugated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small ridge on a smooth surface (face or cloth); V.",
        "word": "wrinkle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wrinkle",
        "word": "crinkle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to the universe; vast",
        "word": "cosmic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "group that meets socially; select circle; close group of people with shared interests",
        "word": "coterie"
    }, {
        "meaning": "approve; support; tolerate; Ex. countenance his rude behavior; N: face; appearance",
        "word": "countenance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cancel; revoke (an order)",
        "word": "countermand"
    }, {
        "meaning": "thing that completes another; things very much alike; thing that has the same purpose in a different system",
        "word": "counterpart"
    }, {
        "meaning": "highly successful action or sudden attack; coup(s) d'\\'etat; CF. coup de gr\\^ace: deathblow or shot which kills",
        "word": "coup"
    }, {
        "meaning": "join; unite; OP. uncouple",
        "word": "couple"
    }, {
        "meaning": "messenger",
        "word": "courier"
    }, {
        "meaning": "binding agreement between two groups or people; compact; V: enter into a covenant; promise",
        "word": "covenant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "agreement between two groups or people; something for sale at a price advantageous to the buyer; V: negotiate; trade; Ex. bargaining power",
        "word": "bargain"
    }, {
        "meaning": "secret; hidden; implied; OP. overt",
        "word": "covert"
    }, {
        "meaning": "avaricious; desirous of (someone else's possessions); V. covet: desire eagerly (someone else's possessions)",
        "word": "covetous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "terrorize; intimidate",
        "word": "cow"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shrink quivering as from fear; cringe",
        "word": "cower"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shy (flirtatiously); showing a (pretended) lack of self-confidence; modest; coquettish; CF. job offer",
        "word": "coy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cheat; hoodwink; swindle",
        "word": "cozen"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sour; bad-tempered; peevish; difficult to read as handwriting",
        "word": "crabbed"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bad-tempered; irritable; V. peeve: make angry",
        "word": "peevish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "very unrefined; grossly insensible; crude and undiscriminating; Ex. crass behavior",
        "word": "crass"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cowardly",
        "word": "craven"
    }, {
        "meaning": "belief",
        "word": "credence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "creed",
        "word": "credo"
    }, {
        "meaning": "belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivet\\'e; ADJ. credulous",
        "word": "credulity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "system of religious or ethical belief",
        "word": "creed"
    }, {
        "meaning": "increase in the volume or intensity as in a musical passage; climax; CF. crescent",
        "word": "crescendo"
    }, {
        "meaning": "too improbable to be believed; implausible; Ex. far-fetched story",
        "word": "far-fetched"
    }, {
        "meaning": "musical introduction to a long musical piece; first offer or proposal (to begin talks in the hope of reaching an agreement); Ex. overtures for peace",
        "word": "overture"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dejected; dispirited",
        "word": "crestfallen"
    }, {
        "meaning": "top (as of a hill or wave); showy feathers on the head of a bird",
        "word": "crest"
    }, {
        "meaning": "crack; fissure",
        "word": "crevice"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shrink back as if in fear; cower",
        "word": "cringe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "standards used in judging; CF. criterion",
        "word": "criteria"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hag; ugly old woman",
        "word": "crone"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of someone old) eccentric; odd; whimsical; bad-tempered; N. crotchet: odd or whimsical notion",
        "word": "crotchety"
    }, {
        "meaning": "essential or main point; Ex. the crux of the problem; ADJ. crucial: of deciding importance",
        "word": "crux"
    }, {
        "meaning": "secret recess or vault usually used for burial; underground room (under a church)",
        "word": "crypt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mysterious; hidden; secret",
        "word": "cryptic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small chamber used for sleeping or work",
        "word": "cubicle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided",
        "word": "compartment"
    }, {
        "meaning": "style of cooking; Ex. French cuisine",
        "word": "cuisine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "relating to cooking or kitchen",
        "word": "culinary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pick out from others (to kill the weakest members); reject; select; collect (information); N.",
        "word": "cull"
    }, {
        "meaning": "highest point; climax; V. culminate in: reach the highest point in; end in; Ex. a series of minor clashes culminating in war",
        "word": "culmination"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deserving blame; blameworthy",
        "word": "culpable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one guilty of a crime",
        "word": "culprit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road",
        "word": "culvert"
    }, {
        "meaning": "heavy and awkward to carry or wear; burdensome; Ex. cumbersome parcel/uniform",
        "word": "cumbersome"
    }, {
        "meaning": "growing by addition; accumulative",
        "word": "cumulative"
    }, {
        "meaning": "greed (for wealth); CF. cupid; CF. Cupid",
        "word": "cupidity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "superintendent; manager (in charge of a museum or a library)",
        "word": "curator"
    }, {
        "meaning": "churlish, miserly individual; bad-tempered old person",
        "word": "curmudgeon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of writing) flowing; running; having the successive letters joined",
        "word": "cursive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "casual; hastily done with little attention to detail",
        "word": "cursory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shorten; reduce",
        "word": "curtail"
    }, {
        "meaning": "skeptical or distrustful of human motives; N. cynicism; CF. cynic: person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness",
        "word": "cynical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "object of general attention; person or thing that is a center of attention; CF. Ursa Minor",
        "word": "cynosure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "work at in a nonserious fashion; splash around; move noisily in a liquid",
        "word": "dabble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "raised platform for speakers or other important people",
        "word": "dais"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trifle with; toy with; treat without the necessary seriousness; procrastinate; waste time",
        "word": "dally"
    }, {
        "meaning": "damp; unpleasantly wet",
        "word": "dank"
    }, {
        "meaning": "neat and trim (in appearance); (of small men) neat in appearance and quick in movements; neat; spry",
        "word": "dapper"
    }, {
        "meaning": "spotted",
        "word": "dappled"
    }, {
        "meaning": "smear (as with paint); cover with something sticky; Ex. daub one's clothes with mud/paint; N: small bit of sticky substance; Ex. a daub of paint",
        "word": "daub"
    }, {
        "meaning": "spread or cover with a sticky substance; N: mark made by smearing",
        "word": "smear"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dirty mark with unclear edges made by rubbing; V.",
        "word": "smudge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "intimidate; frighten; discourage; dishearten",
        "word": "daunt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bold; fearless",
        "word": "dauntless"
    }, {
        "meaning": "loiter; hang around; waste time doing nothing",
        "word": "dawdle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces; stalemate",
        "word": "deadlock"
    }, {
        "meaning": "condition of no movement or activity; stop",
        "word": "standstill"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wooden; impassive; with no show of feeling; with an expressionless face",
        "word": "deadpan"
    }, {
        "meaning": "scarcity",
        "word": "dearth"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster",
        "word": "d\\'eb\\^acle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "degrade; reduce in quality or value; degenerate; lower in esteem; disgrace; N. debasement",
        "word": "debase"
    }, {
        "meaning": "go down on one's knee(s)",
        "word": "kneel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "corrupt morally; seduce from virtue; N. debauchery: wild behavior (with sex and alcohol)",
        "word": "debauch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lead away from proper conduct; entice; ADJ. seductive",
        "word": "seduce"
    }, {
        "meaning": "weaken (esp. through heat, hunger, illness); enfeeble",
        "word": "debilitate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "match; short period of great activity; Ex. wrestling bout; bout of drinking/flu",
        "word": "bout"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of men) friendly, charming, and fashionably dressed; aiming to please; CF. of good disposition",
        "word": "debonair"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rubble; wreckage; scattered remains of something broken or destroyed",
        "word": "d\\'ebris"
    }, {
        "meaning": "expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc.; ridicule",
        "word": "debunk"
    }, {
        "meaning": "young woman making formal entrance into society",
        "word": "debutante"
    }, {
        "meaning": "d\\'ebut; first public appearance; formal presentation of a young woman to society",
        "word": "debut"
    }, {
        "meaning": "decay; fall to a lower level (of morality, civilization, or art); ADJ. decadent",
        "word": "decadence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pour off gently (wine or liquid)",
        "word": "decant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "behead",
        "word": "decapitate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slow down",
        "word": "decelerate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "falling off at a specific season or stage of growth as of leaves; Ex. deciduous tree/teeth",
        "word": "deciduous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man); destroy or kill a large part of",
        "word": "decimate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "decode; CF. indecipherable",
        "word": "decipher"
    }, {
        "meaning": "downward slope",
        "word": "declivity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a dress) having a low-cut neckline; CF. d\\'ecolletage: low neckline (on a dress)",
        "word": "d\\'ecollet\\'e"
    }, {
        "meaning": "authoritative order; edict; judgment of a court of law; V: order or judge by decree",
        "word": "decree"
    }, {
        "meaning": "decay; V. decompose: decay; break and separate into simple parts",
        "word": "decomposition"
    }, {
        "meaning": "propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners; appropriateness of behavior or conduct",
        "word": "decorum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "proper (in behavior, conduct, or appearance)",
        "word": "decorous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lure or bait; V.",
        "word": "decoy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state of collapse or weakness caused by illness or old age",
        "word": "decrepitude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "weak and in bad condition from old age or hard use; Ex. decrepit old chair/man",
        "word": "decrepit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "express strong disapproval of; condemn openly (something dangerous to the public); disparage; Ex. decry the violence of modern films",
        "word": "decry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "derived by reasoning; V. deduce: infer; derive by reasoning",
        "word": "deducible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mar; disfigure",
        "word": "deface"
    }, {
        "meaning": "spoil the appearance of",
        "word": "mar"
    }, {
        "meaning": "harm someone's reputation; malign; speak evil of; slander; N. defamation; ADJ. defamatory",
        "word": "defame"
    }, {
        "meaning": "failure to act; failure to perform a task or be present; V.",
        "word": "default"
    }, {
        "meaning": "resigned to defeat or failure; accepting defeat or failure as a natural outcome; N. CF. defeatism",
        "word": "defeatist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "desertion",
        "word": "defection"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shortcoming; V: desert (in order to join the opposite one)",
        "word": "defect"
    }, {
        "meaning": "give in respectfully; submit; delay till later; exempt temporarily; N. deferment; CF. show respect, comply with, courteous",
        "word": "defer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "courteous regard for another's wish; courteous yielding to another's wish or opinion (showing respect); ADJ. deferential; OP. effrontery",
        "word": "deference"
    }, {
        "meaning": "refusal to yield; resistance; V. defy; ADJ. defiant",
        "word": "defiance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pollute; make filthy or dirty; corrupt morally; profane; desecrate; N: narrow passage or gorge through mountains",
        "word": "defile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "most reliable; authorative and complete; that cannot be improved; conclusive; decisive; definite; Ex. definitive decision by the supreme court",
        "word": "definitive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "turn aside; turn away from a straight course",
        "word": "deflect"
    }, {
        "meaning": "destroy leaves; deprive of leaves (by the use of chemicals); N. defoliant",
        "word": "defoliate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "provide for the payment of; undertake the payment of; pay",
        "word": "defray"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strip a priest or minister of church authority; unfrock",
        "word": "defrock"
    }, {
        "meaning": "long loose garment (worn by monks)",
        "word": "frock"
    }, {
        "meaning": "neat; skillful",
        "word": "deft"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dead; no longer in use or existence",
        "word": "defunct"
    }, {
        "meaning": "become worse in quality; deteriorate; ADJ: having become worse; Ex. a degenerate species; N: depraved or corrupt person",
        "word": "degenerate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "humiliation; debasement; degeneration; V. degrade: debase; disgrace; degenerate; reduce (something) in worth; demote (someone); reduce in rank",
        "word": "degradation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disgrace; N. ADJ. dishonorable",
        "word": "dishonor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "remove water from; dry out",
        "word": "dehydrate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "turn into a god; make a god of; idolize; Ex. Kings were deified; CF. deity",
        "word": "deify"
    }, {
        "meaning": "condescend; stoop",
        "word": "deign"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bend forward and down; lower or debase oneself; fall to a lower standard of behavior by doing something; condescend; Ex. stoop to lying",
        "word": "stoop"
    }, {
        "meaning": "erase; strike out",
        "word": "delete"
    }, {
        "meaning": "harmful",
        "word": "deleterious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "consider; ponder; ADJ: done on purpose; slow",
        "word": "deliberate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "portray; depict; sketch; describe; N. delineation",
        "word": "delineate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mental disorder marked by confusion; uncontrolled excitement; ADJ. delirious",
        "word": "delirium"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river",
        "word": "delta"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deceive",
        "word": "delude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flood; rush; V.",
        "word": "deluge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "false belief; hallucination; deluding; Ex. delusions of grandeur; Ex. under the delusion that",
        "word": "delusion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deceptive; likely to delude; misleading; raising vain hopes; Ex. delusive promises",
        "word": "delusive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dig; search deeply; investigate",
        "word": "delve"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people; CF. demagoguery",
        "word": "demagogue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disgrace; humiliate; debase in dignity; behave",
        "word": "demean"
    }, {
        "meaning": "behavior; bearing",
        "word": "demeanor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "insane",
        "word": "demented"
    }, {
        "meaning": "death",
        "word": "demise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "related to population balance; N. demography: statistical study of human population",
        "word": "demographic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "destruction; V. demolish",
        "word": "demolition"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fiendish; cruel; N. demon: evil supernatural being; devil",
        "word": "demoniac(demoniacal)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "evil spirit; devil",
        "word": "fiend"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of or pertaining to the people",
        "word": "demotic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "object (because of doubts, scruples); raise an objection (showing qualms); hesitate; Ex. demur at the idea of working on Sunday",
        "word": "demur"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a woman or child) grave; quiet and serious; coy; pretending to be demure",
        "word": "demure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "blacken; defame",
        "word": "denigrate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(animal, person, or plant) inhabitant or resident of a particular place; regular visitor",
        "word": "denizen"
    }, {
        "meaning": "meaning; distinguishing by name; V. denote: indicate; refer to directly; mean; CF. connotation",
        "word": "denotation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "final outcome; final development of the plot of a play or other literary work; the end of a story when everything is explained",
        "word": "d\\'enouement"
    }, {
        "meaning": "condemn; criticize; N. denunciation",
        "word": "denounce"
    }, {
        "meaning": "portray",
        "word": "depict"
    }, {
        "meaning": "public revelation of something discreditable",
        "word": "expos\\'e"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reduce; exhaust",
        "word": "deplete"
    }, {
        "meaning": "regret; express sorrow and severe disapproval for something bad; Ex. deplore their violent behavior; ADJ. deplorable: very bad; deserving severe disapproval; Ex. deplorable living condition",
        "word": "deplore"
    }, {
        "meaning": "spread out (troops) in an extended though shallow battle line; distribute (persons or forces) systematically or strategically",
        "word": "deploy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "army unit made up of four or more companies",
        "word": "battalion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dethrone; remove from office; give a deposition; testify",
        "word": "depose"
    }, {
        "meaning": "testimony under oath; deposing; dethroning",
        "word": "deposition"
    }, {
        "meaning": "extreme corruption; wickedness; V. deprave",
        "word": "depravity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "express disapproval of; deplore; protest against; belittle; ADJ. deprecatory",
        "word": "deprecate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lessen in value; belittle; represent as of little value",
        "word": "depreciate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "plundering; destruction",
        "word": "depredation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "insane",
        "word": "deranged"
    }, {
        "meaning": "organization for a special purpose; V: establish",
        "word": "institute"
    }, {
        "meaning": "instituting; (building for the) organization; established custom, practice, or relationship in a society; mental hospital; Ex. institution of marriage",
        "word": "institution"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make into an institution; put or confine in an institution",
        "word": "institutionalize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "negligent; (of someone) neglectful of duty; (of something) deserted by an owner; abandoned; N: abandoned property; homeless or vagrant person",
        "word": "derelict"
    }, {
        "meaning": "neglect of duty; abandonment",
        "word": "dereliction"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ridicule; treat with contempt; make fun of; OP. respect",
        "word": "deride"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ridicule; ADJ. derisive; CF. derisory",
        "word": "derision"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unoriginal; obtained from another source; Ex. derivative prose style; N.",
        "word": "derivative"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deriving; origin or source of something; Ex. the derivation of the word",
        "word": "derivation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who studies the skin and its diseases",
        "word": "dermatologist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "skin disease (on the face)",
        "word": "acne"
    }, {
        "meaning": "expressing a low opinion; disparaging; V. derogate: detract; disparage",
        "word": "derogatory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "catch sight of (something distant)",
        "word": "descry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "profane; violate the sanctity of",
        "word": "desecrate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "break (a law); defile; desecrate; assault sexually; Ex. violate graves",
        "word": "violate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dry up",
        "word": "desiccate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a place) deserted; unpopulated; (of a person) lonely; forlorn; joyless",
        "word": "desolate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make desolate; forsake; abandon and desert",
        "word": "desolate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reckless, desperate outlaw",
        "word": "desperado"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having lost all hope; despairing; reckless and violent because of loss of hope or despair; undertaken as a last resort",
        "word": "desperate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful; ADJ. despicable: contemptible",
        "word": "despise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "plunder; sack; Ex. despoil the village",
        "word": "despoil"
    }, {
        "meaning": "without hope and courage; depressed; gloomy; N. despondency: loss of hope with gloom; dejection",
        "word": "despondent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; CF. despotism",
        "word": "despot"
    }, {
        "meaning": "extremely poor; lacking means of subsistence; utterly lacking; devoid; Ex. destitute of any experience",
        "word": "destitute"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make poor; deprive of natural strength or something important; Ex. impoverished soil",
        "word": "impoverish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "aimless; haphazard; digressing at random",
        "word": "desultory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "emotionally removed; free from emotional involvement; calm and objective; physically separate; N. detachment; CF. attachment",
        "word": "detached"
    }, {
        "meaning": "keep waiting; prevent from leaving or going; N. detention",
        "word": "detain"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having a fixed order of procedure; precisely defined; invariable; fixed; conclusive; final",
        "word": "determinate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "resolve; firmness of purpose; measurement or calculation; decision",
        "word": "determination"
    }, {
        "meaning": "something that discourages or deters",
        "word": "deterrent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "explosion",
        "word": "detonation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slandering; aspersion; detracting; CF. detractor",
        "word": "detraction"
    }, {
        "meaning": "harmful; damaging; N. detriment",
        "word": "detrimental"
    }, {
        "meaning": "turn away from (a principle, norm); move away from an accepted standard; swerve; depart; diverge; N. deviation; Ex. deviation of the path of light by a prism",
        "word": "deviate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "roundabout; erratic; deviating from the straight course; not straightforward; not completely honest; Ex. devious route",
        "word": "devious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "think up; invent; plan; bequeath; N: bequest",
        "word": "devise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "empty; lacking",
        "word": "devoid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deputize; pass or be passed to others (power, work, or property); Ex. devolve on/upon/to",
        "word": "devolve"
    }, {
        "meaning": "work or appoint as a deputy; N. deputy: person who has the power to take charge when the leading person is away",
        "word": "deputize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "enthusiastic follower; enthusiast; Ex. devotee of Bach",
        "word": "devotee"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pious; deeply religious; sincere; earnest; Ex. my devout hope",
        "word": "devout"
    }, {
        "meaning": "skillful; skill in using hands or mind; N. dexterity",
        "word": "dexterous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "diabolic; devilish; fiendish",
        "word": "diabolical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "crown",
        "word": "diadem"
    }, {
        "meaning": "relating to the art of debate; mutual or reciprocal; Ex. dialectical situation; N. dialectic: art of arriving at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments",
        "word": "dialectical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sheer; transparent",
        "word": "diaphanous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bitter scolding or denunciation; invective; abuse",
        "word": "diatribe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "division into two opposite parts; split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)",
        "word": "dichotomy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "authoritative and weighty statement (made by a judge in court); saying; maxim; CF. obiter dictum: incidental, nonbinding remark (something said in passing)",
        "word": "dictum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of speech or writing) intended to teach a moral lesson; teaching; instructional; N. didacticism",
        "word": "didactic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "metal block used for shaping metal or plastic; device for stamping or impressing; mold; CF. dice",
        "word": "die"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shyness; lack of self-confidence; timidity; ADJ. diffident",
        "word": "diffidence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wordy; verbose; rambling; spread out (like a gas); V: spread out in all directions; disperse; N. diffusion; CF. suffuse",
        "word": "diffuse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wandering away from the subject; V. digress",
        "word": "digression"
    }, {
        "meaning": "falling to pieces; in a bad condition; ruined because of neglect; Ex. dilapidated old car/castle; N. dilapidation",
        "word": "dilapidated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "expand; dilate on/upon: speak or write at length on (a subject)",
        "word": "dilate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "delaying; tending to delay",
        "word": "dilatory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "situation that requires a choice between equally unfavorable options; problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives",
        "word": "dilemma"
    }, {
        "meaning": "aimless follower of an art or a field of knowledge (not taking it seriously); amateur; dabbler; CF. delight",
        "word": "dilettante"
    }, {
        "meaning": "steadiness of effort; persistent hard work",
        "word": "diligence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make (a liquid) less concentrated; reduce in strength; Ex. dilute the influence of the president",
        "word": "dilute"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lessening; reduction in size; V. diminish",
        "word": "diminution"
    }, {
        "meaning": "continued loud noise; V: make a din; instill by wearying repetition",
        "word": "din"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tired after long work; V.",
        "word": "weary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small boat (often ship's boat)",
        "word": "dinghy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "leave helpless on a deserted island or coast; ADJ. red brown",
        "word": "maroon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of things and place) dirty and dull; Ex. dingy street/curtain",
        "word": "dingy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of colors or surfaces) not bright; cloudy; overcast; boring; (of edge or sound) not sharp; not rapid; sluggish; slow in thinking and understanding; stupid; V.",
        "word": "dull"
    }, {
        "meaning": "means; effort; Ex. by dint of hard work",
        "word": "dint"
    }, {
        "meaning": "life-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history; three-dimensional scene with modeled figures against a painted background",
        "word": "diorama"
    }, {
        "meaning": "warning of disaster; disastrous; (of needs and dangers) very great; urgent; Ex. dire prediction/need of food",
        "word": "dire"
    }, {
        "meaning": "funeral song; slow mournful piece of music (sung over a dead person)",
        "word": "dirge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "correct a false impression; undeceive; free from a wrong belief",
        "word": "disabuse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disloyal; lacking loyality; V. disaffect: cause to lose affection or loyalty",
        "word": "disaffected"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disapproval; condemnation",
        "word": "disapprobation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state of disorder; a disorderly or untidy state; Ex. with her clothes in disarray",
        "word": "disarray"
    }, {
        "meaning": "denial; disclaiming; repudiating; disowning; V. disavow; CF. disclaim",
        "word": "disavowal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dissolve; disperse; (of a group) break up and separate; Ex. The club has disbanded.",
        "word": "disband"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pay out (as from a fund); N. disbursement; CF. purse",
        "word": "disburse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "distinguishable; perceivable; Ex. discernible improvement",
        "word": "discernible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mentally quick and observant; having insight; perceptive; able to make good judgments; V. discern: perceive",
        "word": "discerning"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disown; renounce claim to; deny; CF. disclaimer",
        "word": "disclaim"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reveal; N. disclosure",
        "word": "disclose"
    }, {
        "meaning": "discomposed; confused",
        "word": "discombobulated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disturb the composure of; confuse",
        "word": "discompose"
    }, {
        "meaning": "frustrate; put to rout; defeat; disconcert; embarrass; perturb",
        "word": "discomfit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "confuse; upset; embarrass; perturb",
        "word": "disconcert"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hopelessly sad (at the loss of something)",
        "word": "disconsolate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "conflict; lack of harmony; dissonance (when musical notes are played)",
        "word": "discord"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not harmonious; conflicting",
        "word": "discordant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disregard; regard (a story or news) as unimportant; deduct from a cost",
        "word": "discount"
    }, {
        "meaning": "serious speech, writing, or conversation; formal discussion (either written or spoken); conversation; V.",
        "word": "discourse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "defame; disgrace; destroy confidence in; disbelieve; N. CF. discreditable: causing discredit; shameful",
        "word": "discredit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lack of consistency or agreement as between facts; difference; Ex. discrepancy between two descriptions",
        "word": "discrepancy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "separate; unconnected",
        "word": "discrete"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prudence; ability to adjust actions to circumstances; freedom of action or judgment; ADJ. discreet; CF. discretionary",
        "word": "discretion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "able to see differences; discerning; prejudiced; N. discrimination",
        "word": "discriminating"
    }, {
        "meaning": "distinguish; make distinctions on the basis of preference",
        "word": "discriminate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "quick and active; marked by liveliness and vigor",
        "word": "brisk"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a person or writing) digressing; rambling (without any clear plan)",
        "word": "discursive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "treat with scorn or contempt",
        "word": "disdain"
    }, {
        "meaning": "debark; go ashore (from a ship); unload cargo from a ship; CF. embark",
        "word": "disembark"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disfranchise; deprive of a civil right; OP. enfranchise",
        "word": "disenfranchise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "uncouple; separate; disconnect; stop fighting; OP. engage",
        "word": "disengage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mar the appearance of; spoil",
        "word": "disfigure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "surrender something (stolen); eject; vomit; OP. gorge",
        "word": "disgorge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make discontented",
        "word": "disgruntle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "discourage",
        "word": "dishearten"
    }, {
        "meaning": "untidy (of hair or clothing); V. dishevel",
        "word": "disheveled"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unwillingness",
        "word": "disinclination"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not naive; not candid; sophisticated; worldly wise; OP. ingenuous",
        "word": "disingenuous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dig up; unearth; OP. inter",
        "word": "disinter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unprejudiced; free from bias and self-interest; objective",
        "word": "disinterested"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disconnected; lacking coherence; V. disjoint: disconnect; disjoin",
        "word": "disjointed"
    }, {
        "meaning": "act or state of separation; disunity; CF. disjunctive: expressing a choice between two ideas; CF. conjunction; CF. conjunctive",
        "word": "disjunction"
    }, {
        "meaning": "remove (forcibly); force out of a position; Ex. dislodge the food caught in his throat; CF. lodge",
        "word": "dislodge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "take apart; disassemble",
        "word": "dismantle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "loose sleeveless outer garment; cloak; something that covers or envelops; the layer of the earth between the crust and the core",
        "word": "mantle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hard outer covering (as of earth or snow)",
        "word": "crust"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cut into small parts; cut (a body) apart limb from limb",
        "word": "dismember"
    }, {
        "meaning": "eliminate from consideration; no longer consider; put out of court without further hearing; reject; discharge from employment; direct to leave; ADJ. dismissive; N. dismissal",
        "word": "dismiss"
    }, {
        "meaning": "belittle",
        "word": "disparage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strategic military or naval movement (done for training purposes); carefully planned process; stratagem; V: carry out a military maneuver; use maneuvers in gaining an end",
        "word": "maneuver(manoeuver)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "basically different; impossible to compare; unrelated",
        "word": "disparate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "difference; condition of inequality; OP. parity",
        "word": "disparity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "calm; impartial; not influenced by personal feelings",
        "word": "dispassionate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed; V: send to a specified destination; finish promptly; kill",
        "word": "dispatch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "scatter; drive away; cause to vanish",
        "word": "dispel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "distribute; prepare and give out (medicines); N. dispensation: dispensing; religious system; official exemption from an obligation or a rule",
        "word": "dispense"
    }, {
        "meaning": "scatter; Ex. disperse the cloud/crowd",
        "word": "disperse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lacking in spirit",
        "word": "dispirited"
    }, {
        "meaning": "amuse; Ex. disport oneself; CF. divert",
        "word": "disport"
    }, {
        "meaning": "argumentative; fond of argument",
        "word": "disputatious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "uneasiness; anxiety; V. disquiet: make anxious",
        "word": "disquietude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "formal systematic inquiry; explanation of the results of a formal inquiry; long formal speech or written report",
        "word": "disquisition"
    }, {
        "meaning": "analysis; cutting apart in order to examine",
        "word": "dissection"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disguise; hide the real nature of; pretend",
        "word": "dissemble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds)",
        "word": "disseminate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disagree",
        "word": "dissent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "formal essay; treatise",
        "word": "dissertation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dissenting (with an opinion, a group, or a government); rebellious; N.",
        "word": "dissident"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pretend; conceal by feigning; dissemble",
        "word": "dissimulate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "squander; waste foolishly; scatter",
        "word": "dissipate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disintegration; reduction to a liquid form; looseness in morals; sensual indulgence; debauchery; ADJ. dissolute: lacking in moral restraint; leading an immoral life",
        "word": "dissolution"
    }, {
        "meaning": "diminish; bring to a weaker or more difficult condition; demote; lower in rank; separate into components by analysis; Ex. reduced to the ranks; Ex. reduce the house to rubble; N. reduction",
        "word": "reduce"
    }, {
        "meaning": "persuade not to do; discourage; N. dissuasion",
        "word": "dissuade"
    }, {
        "meaning": "discord",
        "word": "dissonance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reserved or aloof; cold in manner; Ex. distant greeting; ADV. distantly",
        "word": "distant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "expand; swell out",
        "word": "distend"
    }, {
        "meaning": "refine (a liquid by evaporating and subsequent condensation); concentrate; separate the most important parts from; Ex. distill fresh water from sea water; CF. brew",
        "word": "distill"
    }, {
        "meaning": "honor; excellence; difference; contrast; discrimination; Ex. graduated with distinction; Ex. a writer of real distinction",
        "word": "distinction"
    }, {
        "meaning": "clearly different; clearly noticed",
        "word": "distinct"
    }, {
        "meaning": "clearly different from others of the same kind",
        "word": "distinctive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "twist out of shape; give a false account of; misrepresent; N. distortion",
        "word": "distort"
    }, {
        "meaning": "absentminded; distracted",
        "word": "distrait"
    }, {
        "meaning": "upset; distracted by anxiety; very anxious and troubled almost to the point of madness; Ex. distraught with grief/worry",
        "word": "distraught"
    }, {
        "meaning": "take (one's attention) off something; upset emotionally; make anxious; ADJ. distracted",
        "word": "distract"
    }, {
        "meaning": "daily; occurring during the daytime",
        "word": "diurnal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "operatic singer; prima donna",
        "word": "diva"
    }, {
        "meaning": "vary; go in different directions from the same point; ADJ. divergent: differing; deviating",
        "word": "diverge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "differing in some characteristics (from each other); various; N. diversity: variety; dissimilitude; lack of resemblance",
        "word": "diverse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "act of turning aside; pastime; V. divert: turn aside from a course; distract; amuse",
        "word": "diversion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strip (as of clothes); deprive (as of rights); dispossess; N. divestiture(divestment)",
        "word": "divest"
    }, {
        "meaning": "perceive intuitively (by or as if by magic); foresee the future; foretell; dowse; ADJ. N. divination",
        "word": "divine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "use a divining rod to search for underground water or minerals",
        "word": "dowse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reveal",
        "word": "divulge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "obedient; easily managed; submissive",
        "word": "docile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fierce; violent; N. ferocity",
        "word": "ferocious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "program as for trial; book where such entries are made; list of things to be done; agenda; label fixed to a package listing contents or directions; V: describe in a docket",
        "word": "docket"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding; marked by inflexible attachment to a doctrine without regard to its practical difficulties",
        "word": "doctrinaire"
    }, {
        "meaning": "teachings in general; particular principle (religious, legal, etc.) taught; dogma; tenet; ADJ. doctrinal",
        "word": "doctrine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cause to accept a doctrine without questioning it; Ex. indoctrinated with mindless anti-communism",
        "word": "indoctrinate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "provide written evidence (for a claim); record with documents; N.",
        "word": "document"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shaky; infirm from old age; V. dodder",
        "word": "doddering"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deserve; ADJ. meritorious: deserving reward or praise",
        "word": "merit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "take off; OP. don",
        "word": "doff"
    }, {
        "meaning": "determined; stubborn; stubbornly persevering; tenacious; Ex. Inspector Javert's dogged pursuit of Jean Valjean",
        "word": "dogged"
    }, {
        "meaning": "continue steadily in spite of difficulties",
        "word": "persevere"
    }, {
        "meaning": "poor verse",
        "word": "doggerel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "opinionated; holding stubbornly to one's opinion; arbitrary; doctrinal",
        "word": "dogmatic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "blues; listlessness(lack of spirit or energy); slack(inactive) period; period of stagnation; ocean area near the equator where ships cannot move because there is no wind; Ex. in the doldrums",
        "word": "doldrums"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state of depression or melancholy; style of slow, mournful music (evolved from southern Black American songs)",
        "word": "blues"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sorrowful; N. dolor",
        "word": "dolorous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slow-thinking stupid person; CF. dull",
        "word": "dolt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "home; V. ADJ. domiciled: having one's domicile; Ex. He is domiciled in Britain.",
        "word": "domicile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rule over tyrannically",
        "word": "domineer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "control; rule; enjoy a commanding position in; overlook from a height",
        "word": "dominate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "exercising the most influence; high and easily seen; stronger than the other part of a system; not recessive",
        "word": "dominant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "put on; OP. doff",
        "word": "don"
    }, {
        "meaning": "clothing or equipment for a special purpose; Ex. cowboy outfit",
        "word": "outfit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sleeping; temporarily inactive; lethargic; latent",
        "word": "dormant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "window projecting upright from roof; CF. sleeping room",
        "word": "dormer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "relating to the back of an animal; Ex. dorsal fin",
        "word": "dorsal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "file of documents on a subject or person; file; CF. bundle of papers labeled on the back",
        "word": "dossier"
    }, {
        "meaning": "senility; feeblemindedness of old age; Ex. In one's dotage",
        "word": "dotage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline",
        "word": "dote"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sullen; gloomy; stubborn",
        "word": "dour"
    }, {
        "meaning": "silently showing ill humor or resentment; dark; gloomy",
        "word": "sullen"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sit on in order to hatch; think deeply or worry anxiously; N: the young of certain animals; group of young birds hatched at one time",
        "word": "brood"
    }, {
        "meaning": "plunge into water or liquid; dip; immerse; drench; wet throughly; extinguish; throw water over; dowse",
        "word": "douse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "untidy (of a woman or clothes); slovenly; dressed in an unattractive way; shabby; CF. unattractive woman",
        "word": "dowdy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disheartened; dejected; sad; directed downward",
        "word": "downcast"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dull; lacking color; cheerless ; Ex. drab coat/life",
        "word": "drab"
    }, {
        "meaning": "extremely severe; Ex. draconian punishment; CF. Draco: Athenian politician",
        "word": "draconian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sediment in a liquid; lees; worthless residue",
        "word": "dregs"
    }, {
        "meaning": "nonsense; foolishness; V: talk nonsense",
        "word": "drivel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "speech or writing with no meaning; foolish behavior or language; Ex. make (a) nonsense of: spoil; cause to fail",
        "word": "nonsense"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flow or fall in drops; let saliva flow out slowly from the mouth; move a ball; N.",
        "word": "dribble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fall or let fall in drops; shed drops; N: action or sound of falling in drops; liquid that falls in drops",
        "word": "drip"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flow in drops or in a thin stream; N.",
        "word": "trickle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "queer and amusing",
        "word": "droll"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strange; eccentric; deviating from the normal",
        "word": "queer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "idle person who lives on other people's work; male bee",
        "word": "drone"
    }, {
        "meaning": "talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee; N.",
        "word": "drone"
    }, {
        "meaning": "low, indistinct, continuous sound; V. CF. mumble",
        "word": "murmur"
    }, {
        "meaning": "waste matter; worthless impurities",
        "word": "dross"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hard unpleasant work; menial work",
        "word": "drudgery"
    }, {
        "meaning": "do drudgery; N: person who drudges",
        "word": "drudge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "questionable; (of something) causing doubt; (of someone) filled with doubt; N. dubiety",
        "word": "dubious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "malleable; pliable; (of metals) easily pulled into shape; flexible; (of someone) easily influenced or controlled",
        "word": "ductile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sweet sounding; pleasing to the ear; melodious",
        "word": "dulcet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "astonish (making dumb); ADJ. dumbfounded, dumfounded, dumbstruck",
        "word": "dumbfound(dumfound)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "someone easily fooled or deceived; V: deceive",
        "word": "dupe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "double-dealing; hypocrisy; being dishonest and deceitful; ADJ. duplicitous",
        "word": "duplicity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "length of time something lasts",
        "word": "duration"
    }, {
        "meaning": "forcible restraint, especially unlawfully; coercion by threat; illegal coercion; Ex. a promise made under duress",
        "word": "duress"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of people or their behavior) respectful; obedient (filled with a sense of duty)",
        "word": "dutiful(duteous)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shrink; reduce gradually",
        "word": "dwindle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "energetic; vigorously active",
        "word": "dynamic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "generator for producing electricity; energetic person",
        "word": "dynamo"
    }, {
        "meaning": "suffering from indigestion; N. dyspepsia: indigestion; difficulty in digesting food",
        "word": "dyspeptic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "abnormal; impaired",
        "word": "dys-"
    }, {
        "meaning": "word blindness; learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to read",
        "word": "dyslexia"
    }, {
        "meaning": "inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract",
        "word": "dysentery"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unrefined; coarse; of earth; Ex. earthy remarks; OP. ethereal",
        "word": "earthy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of this earth; terrestrial; worldly; not divine; possible; Ex. no earthly reason",
        "word": "earthly"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of the tide) recede; lessen; diminish; N. OP. flow: rise of tide",
        "word": "ebb"
    }, {
        "meaning": "showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm; boiling; N. ebullience; N. ebullition: state of boiling",
        "word": "ebullient"
    }, {
        "meaning": "irregular; odd; unconventional; whimsical; bizarre; not concentric",
        "word": "eccentric"
    }, {
        "meaning": "oddity; idiosyncrasy",
        "word": "eccentricity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ecclesiastical; pertaining to the church; N: minister; priest; cleric; clergyman",
        "word": "ecclesiastic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small church (in a prison, college, or hospital)",
        "word": "chapel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "clergyman attached to a chapel",
        "word": "chaplain"
    }, {
        "meaning": "chaplain (in the armed forces)",
        "word": "padre"
    }, {
        "meaning": "selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources; selecting individual elements from a variety of sources; N. eclecticism",
        "word": "eclectic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "darken; extinguish; outshine; surpass; cause an eclipse",
        "word": "eclipse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "path of the sun and the planets",
        "word": "ecliptic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment; person concerned with the detrimental effects of human civilization on the environment; CF. ecology",
        "word": "ecologist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ecological community together with its environment",
        "word": "ecosystem"
    }, {
        "meaning": "efficiency or conciseness in using something; thrifty management of resources",
        "word": "economy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rapture; very strong feeling of joy and happiness; any overpowering emotion; ADJ. ecstatic: causing or experiencing ecstasy",
        "word": "ecstasy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "great joy and delight; ecstasy; ADJ. rapturous",
        "word": "rapture"
    }, {
        "meaning": "swirling current of water, air, etc.; V.",
        "word": "eddy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "decree (especially one issued by a sovereign); official command",
        "word": "edict"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ruler in a monarchy; ADJ: (of a country) independent and self-governing; having supreme power; supreme; excellent",
        "word": "sovereign"
    }, {
        "meaning": "complete independence and self-government (of a country); supremacy of authority; power to govern",
        "word": "sovereignty"
    }, {
        "meaning": "instruct; correct morally",
        "word": "edify"
    }, {
        "meaning": "building (of imposing size)",
        "word": "edifice"
    }, {
        "meaning": "weird; causing fear because strange",
        "word": "eerie"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rub out; remove the surface of",
        "word": "efface"
    }, {
        "meaning": "able to produce a desired effect; valid",
        "word": "effectual"
    }, {
        "meaning": "effectual; producing a strong response; striking; in operation; in effect; Ex. effective speech/photograph",
        "word": "effective"
    }, {
        "meaning": "effect; produce; achieve; Ex. effectuate a reconciliation",
        "word": "effectuate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having womanly traits",
        "word": "effeminate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "weaken; castrate",
        "word": "emasculate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "remove the sex organs (of a male animal or person)",
        "word": "castrate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "inner excitement or exuberance; showing high spirits; emitting bubbles forming inside; bubbling from fermentation or carbonation; ADJ. effervescent; V. effervesce",
        "word": "effervescence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having lost one's original power; barren; worn out; exhausted",
        "word": "effete"
    }, {
        "meaning": "power to produce desired effect; ADJ. efficacious: effectual",
        "word": "efficacy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dummy; likeness of a person made of wood, paper, or stone; Ex. burn an effigy of the President",
        "word": "effigy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "imitation of a real object used as a substitute; effigy",
        "word": "dummy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "noxious(harmful) smell",
        "word": "effluvium"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rudeness without any sense of shame; shameless boldness; presumptousness; nerve; cheek",
        "word": "effrontery"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shining brightly; brilliant",
        "word": "effulgent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pouring forth; unrestrained outpouring of feeling; V. effuse: pour out; ADJ. effusive: pouring forth; gushing",
        "word": "effusion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of liquid) pour out in large quantities from a hole; make an excessive display of feeling (without true feeling); Ex. Blood gushed from the wound.",
        "word": "gush"
    }, {
        "meaning": "excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others; selfishness; ADJ. egoistic, egoistical",
        "word": "egoism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one's opinion of oneself; self-esteem",
        "word": "ego"
    }, {
        "meaning": "egotistic; excessively self-centered(egocentric); self-important; conceited",
        "word": "egotistical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tendency to speak or write of oneself excessively; conceit; self-importance",
        "word": "egotism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking",
        "word": "egregious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "exit; opening for going out; act of going out; OP. ingress",
        "word": "egress"
    }, {
        "meaning": "exclamation; abrupt ejection (to discharge sperm); V. ejaculate",
        "word": "ejaculation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "addition of details; intricacy",
        "word": "elaboration"
    }, {
        "meaning": "work out carefully; add more detail or information; ADJ.",
        "word": "elaborate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "filled with excited joy and pride; overjoyed; in high spirits; joyful and proud; Ex. elated crowd; V. elate; N. elation",
        "word": "elated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "poem or song expressing lamentation (for the dead); ADJ. elegiacal, elegiac",
        "word": "elegy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "draw out fact or information (by discussion or from someone)",
        "word": "elicit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cure-all; panacea; something invigorating",
        "word": "elixir"
    }, {
        "meaning": "omission of words from a text; mark used to indicate an omission (when the meaning can be understood without them); PL. ellipses",
        "word": "ellipsis"
    }, {
        "meaning": "elliptic; oval; of an ellipse; containing an ellipsis; ambiguous either purposely or because key words have been left out",
        "word": "elliptical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "expressiveness; persuasive speech; ADJ. eloquent: movingly expressive; expressing ideas well so that the hearers can be influeneced",
        "word": "eloquence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "explain; make clear; clarify; enlighten; CF. lucid",
        "word": "elucidate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "evasive; not frank; baffling; hard to grasp, catch, or understand; V. elude: escape from; escape the understanding or grasp of; Ex. elude the hunter; Ex. His name eludes me.",
        "word": "elusive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "relating to paradise; blissful",
        "word": "elysian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "place or condition of bliss",
        "word": "Elysium"
    }, {
        "meaning": "thin and wasted (from hunger or illness)",
        "word": "emaciated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "issue forth; come out",
        "word": "emanate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "set free; liberate",
        "word": "emancipate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ban on commerce or other activity",
        "word": "embargo"
    }, {
        "meaning": "commence; go on board a boat; begin a journey",
        "word": "embark"
    }, {
        "meaning": "enclose; place in something; fix firmly in a surrounding mass",
        "word": "embed(imbed)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "adorn; ornament; enhance as a story (by adding fictitious details)",
        "word": "embellish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "taking for one's own use in violation of trust; stealing (of money placed in one's care)",
        "word": "embezzlement"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ornament richly (a shield or flag); N. emblazonment",
        "word": "emblazon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "give a bodily form to; incorporate; include",
        "word": "embody"
    }, {
        "meaning": "produce a design in raised relief; decorate with a raised design",
        "word": "emboss"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hug; clasp with the arms; adopt or espouse; accept readily; encircle; include; Ex. embrace the cause/socialism; Ex. all-embracing; CF. brace; CF. bracelet",
        "word": "embrace"
    }, {
        "meaning": "surround",
        "word": "encircle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "decorate with needlework; ornament (a story) with fancy or fictitious details; embellish",
        "word": "embroider"
    }, {
        "meaning": "throw into confusion; involve in strife, dispute, or quarrel; entangle; CF. imbroglio",
        "word": "embroil"
    }, {
        "meaning": "undeveloped; rudimentary; N. embryo: organism in the early stage of development",
        "word": "embryonic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "correct (usually a text); N. emendation: correction of errors; improvement",
        "word": "emend"
    }, {
        "meaning": "substance causing vomiting; ADJ.",
        "word": "emetic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rising above others; high; lofty; distinguished; Ex. eminent position",
        "word": "eminent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "agent (sent on a mission to represent another); messenger",
        "word": "emissary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "soothing or softening remedy (for the skin); ADJ.",
        "word": "emollient"
    }, {
        "meaning": "salary; payment for an office; compensation",
        "word": "emolument"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ability to identify with another's feelings, ideas, etc.; identification with and understanding of another's feelings; V. empathize; CF. sympathy",
        "word": "empathy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sympathy for the suffering of others; ADJ. compassionate",
        "word": "compassion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "based on experience",
        "word": "empirical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "imitate; rival; try to equal or excel (through imitation)",
        "word": "emulate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "in love; Ex. enamored of his own beauty; V. enamor: inspire with love",
        "word": "enamored"
    }, {
        "meaning": "encode; convert a message into code; put into cipher",
        "word": "encipher"
    }, {
        "meaning": "territory enclosed within an alien land",
        "word": "enclave"
    }, {
        "meaning": "praising; eulogistic; N. encomium: very high praise; eulogy",
        "word": "encomiastic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "surround; include; Ex. His activities encompass publishing and computers.",
        "word": "encompass"
    }, {
        "meaning": "gradual intrusion; Ex. I resent all these encroachments on my valuable time; V. encroach: take another's possessions or right gradually or stealthily; intrude; Ex. encroach on/upon",
        "word": "encroachment"
    }, {
        "meaning": "burden; N. encumbrance",
        "word": "encumber"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fond word or act; expression of affection",
        "word": "endearment"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make beloved; Ex. endear her to everyone; ADJ. dear: loved; cherished; high-priced",
        "word": "endear"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country; peculiar to a particular region or people; CF. pandemic",
        "word": "endemic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "approve; support; write one's signature on the back of; N. endorsement; CF. dorsal",
        "word": "endorse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "provide with some quality; endow",
        "word": "endue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lasting; surviving; V. endure: bear (pain or suffering) for a long time; remain alive (in spite of difficulties); last; survive",
        "word": "enduring"
    }, {
        "meaning": "invigorate; give energy to; make forceful and active",
        "word": "energize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "weaken; take away energy from",
        "word": "enervate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "admit to the rights of citizenship (especially the right to vote); CF. franchise",
        "word": "enfranchise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "attract; employ; hire; pledge oneself; confront; fight; enter into confliction; interlock; lock together; participate; N. engagement: agreement to marry; arrangement to meet someone or to do something; battle",
        "word": "engage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "charming; attractive",
        "word": "engaging"
    }, {
        "meaning": "employed; busy; betrothed; involved in conflict",
        "word": "engaged"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cause; produce; give rise to",
        "word": "engender"
    }, {
        "meaning": "occupy fully; absorb",
        "word": "engross"
    }, {
        "meaning": "increase; make greater (as in value, reputation, or usefulness); improve",
        "word": "enhance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "puzzle; mystery; ADJ. enigmatic: obscure; puzzling",
        "word": "enigma"
    }, {
        "meaning": "baffle or confuse by a difficult problem; ponder over a problem in an effort to solve; clarify or solve by reasoning; Ex. puzzle out the answer; N.",
        "word": "puzzle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "command; order; forbid",
        "word": "enjoin"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ill will; hatred; hostility",
        "word": "enmity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "boredom; listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; CF. annoy",
        "word": "ennui"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hugeness (in a bad sense); excessive wickedness; Ex. enormity of the crime; ADJ. enormous",
        "word": "enormity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "please intensely; fill with rapture and delight",
        "word": "enrapture"
    }, {
        "meaning": "settle comfortably; place comfortably (in a secure place)",
        "word": "ensconce"
    }, {
        "meaning": "follow (as a result)",
        "word": "ensue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make necessary; require; necessitate; involve; limit the inheritance of (property) to a specified succession of heirs; Ex. entail A on/upon B",
        "word": "entail"
    }, {
        "meaning": "full of initiative; showing enterprise",
        "word": "enterprising"
    }, {
        "meaning": "willingness to take new ventures; initiative; business organization; plan (that is difficult or daring); Ex. their latest enterprise to sail round the world in a small boat",
        "word": "enterprise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "capture; enslave; captivate; hold the complete attention of (as if magic); hold spellbound",
        "word": "enthrall"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lure; persuade to do (something wrong); attract; tempt",
        "word": "entice"
    }, {
        "meaning": "behavior (of children) causing trouble with no serious harm; damage; harm; Ex. mischief to the crops; ADJ. mischievous: causing mischief; playfully troublesome",
        "word": "mischief"
    }, {
        "meaning": "real being",
        "word": "entity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "study of insects",
        "word": "entomology"
    }, {
        "meaning": "put under a spell(condition caused by magical power); carry away(fill with strong feeling) with emotion; put into a trance; fill with delight",
        "word": "entrance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hypnotic state; ecstatic state; detachment from one's physical surrounding (as in contemplation or daydreaming); CF. transition",
        "word": "trance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "induced sleeping state; ADJ. hypnotic; V. hypnotize",
        "word": "hypnosis"
    }, {
        "meaning": "plead; ask earnestly",
        "word": "entreat"
    }, {
        "meaning": "entrance; a way in; right to enter; main dish of a meal; Ex. entree into the exclusive circle",
        "word": "entree(entr\\'ee)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "businessperson (who assumes the risk of a business venture); contractor; ADJ. entrepreneurial",
        "word": "entrepreneur"
    }, {
        "meaning": "list; mention one by one",
        "word": "enumerate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "announce; proclaim; utter or speak, especially distinctly; pronounce clearly; articulate; Ex. This theory was first enunciated by him.",
        "word": "enunciate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "enclose; surround; N. environs: surrounding area (as of a city)",
        "word": "environ"
    }, {
        "meaning": "long period of time; an age; longest division of geologic time containing two or more eras",
        "word": "eon(aeon)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform, etc.)",
        "word": "epaulet(epaulette)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "decorative edge of hanging threads; edge",
        "word": "fringe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "short-lived; fleeting",
        "word": "ephemeral"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fast; rapid; N. ADJ. fleeting: passing quickly; ephemeral",
        "word": "fleet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "long heroic poem, novel, or similar work of art (celebrating the feats of a hero); ADJ: (of stories or events) resembling an epic; grand",
        "word": "epic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "connoisseur of food and drink; gourmet; ADJ. epicurean; CF. Epicurus",
        "word": "epicure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided; N.",
        "word": "Epicurean"
    }, {
        "meaning": "witty thought or saying, usually short",
        "word": "epigram"
    }, {
        "meaning": "short speech at conclusion of dramatic work",
        "word": "epilogue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a story or play) loosely connected; made up of separate and loosely connected parts; N. episode: incident in the course of an experience",
        "word": "episodic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge; N. epistemology",
        "word": "epistemologist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "inscription in memory of a dead person (as on a tombstone)",
        "word": "epitaph"
    }, {
        "meaning": "word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing; descriptive phrase to characterize a person (often contemptous)",
        "word": "epithet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "perfect example or embodiment; brief summary; Ex. epitome of good manners; V. epitomize: make an epitome of; be an epitome of; embody",
        "word": "epitome"
    }, {
        "meaning": "period of time",
        "word": "epoch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tranquil; of even calm temper; (of temperature) steady; uniform",
        "word": "equable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "calmness of temperament; composure",
        "word": "equanimity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rider on horseback; ADJ.",
        "word": "equestrian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "balance of opposing forces; balance of the mind; equanimity",
        "word": "equilibrium"
    }, {
        "meaning": "resembling a horse; Ex. equine face",
        "word": "equine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "period of equal days and nights; the beginning of spring and autumn; Ex. vernal/autumnal equinox; ADJ. equinoctial",
        "word": "equinox"
    }, {
        "meaning": "balance; balancing force; equilibrium",
        "word": "equipoise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fair; impartial; OP. inequitable",
        "word": "equitable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fairness; justice; OP. inequity",
        "word": "equity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of words or statements) ambiguous; intentionally misleading; (of behavior) questionable; OP. unequivocal",
        "word": "equivocal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "use equivocal language to deceive people; lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth; N. equivocation",
        "word": "equivocate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "eat away; wear away gradually by abrasion; Ex. The sea erodes the rocks.",
        "word": "erode"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to passionate love or sexual love",
        "word": "erotic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wandering (esp. in search of adventure); straying from proper moral standards; Ex. knight-errant",
        "word": "errant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "odd; irregular in movement or behavior; unpredictable",
        "word": "erratic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mistaken; wrong; incorrect",
        "word": "erroneous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a person or book) learned; full of learning; scholarly; N. erudition",
        "word": "erudite"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prank; flighty conduct; reckless adventure that disobeys rules",
        "word": "escapade"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mischievous trick",
        "word": "prank"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(esp. of a woman's behavior) capricious; often changing, esp. from one lover to another; impulsive",
        "word": "flighty"
    }, {
        "meaning": "avoid habitually; Ex. eschew alcoholic drinks",
        "word": "eschew"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hard to understand; known only to the chosen few, esp. initiates; N. esoterica",
        "word": "esoteric"
    }, {
        "meaning": "spying",
        "word": "espionage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "adopt; support (an idea or aim); marry; N. espousal",
        "word": "espouse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "respect; value; judge; N.",
        "word": "esteem"
    }, {
        "meaning": "separated; alienated; V. estrange: alienate (people in a family); N. estrangement",
        "word": "estranged"
    }, {
        "meaning": "like a spirit or fairy; unearthly light; heavenly; unusually refined; Ex. She has an ethereal beauty; CF. ether: upper air",
        "word": "ethereal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of air; high in the air; lofty; immaterial; unreal",
        "word": "airy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "relating to races",
        "word": "ethnic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "study of humankind; study of the different races of human beings; CF. anthropology",
        "word": "ethnology"
    }, {
        "meaning": "underlying character of a culture, group, etc.; character or ideas peculiar to a specific person, group, or culture; Ex. the company ethos",
        "word": "ethos"
    }, {
        "meaning": "study of word parts; study of the origins of words",
        "word": "etymology"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to the improvement of race; N. eugenics: study of hereditary improvement of the human race",
        "word": "eugenic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "praising; full of eulogy",
        "word": "eulogistic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death; V. eulogize",
        "word": "eulogy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mild expression in place of an unpleasant one; ADJ. euphemistic",
        "word": "euphemism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sweet sound; ADJ. euphonious",
        "word": "euphony"
    }, {
        "meaning": "feeling of exaggerated or unfounded(ungrounded; baseless) well-being; feeling of great happiness or well-being (when unreasonable); ADJ. euphoriaric",
        "word": "euphoria"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mercy killing",
        "word": "euthanasia"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fleeting; vanishing; soon disappearing; V. evanesce",
        "word": "evanescent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit",
        "word": "evasive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "show clearly",
        "word": "evince"
    }, {
        "meaning": "impartial; fair",
        "word": "evenhanded"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tending to call up (emotions, memories)",
        "word": "evocative"
    }, {
        "meaning": "call forth (memory or feeling); Ex. That old film evoked memories of my childhood; N. evocation",
        "word": "evoke"
    }, {
        "meaning": "female sheep",
        "word": "ewe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "male sheep; V. strike or drive against with a heavy impact",
        "word": "ram"
    }, {
        "meaning": "worsen; aggravate; embitter",
        "word": "exacerbate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make bitter; fill with painful or bitter feelings; make sad and angry; Ex. He was embittered by many disappointments.",
        "word": "embitter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "extremely demanding; Ex. exacting standard of safety",
        "word": "exacting"
    }, {
        "meaning": "demand and obtain by force; Ex. exact a promise from him; N. exaction",
        "word": "exact"
    }, {
        "meaning": "raise in rank or dignity; praise highly; inspire; Ex. exalt the imagination; ADJ. exalted; N. exaltation",
        "word": "exalt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "vex; annoy or make angry (by testing the patience)",
        "word": "exasperate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "objectionable; likely to cause dislike; offensive; CF. unexceptionable: entirely acceptable",
        "word": "exceptionable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "exclude; N. exception: objection; exclusion; ADJ. exceptional: unusual; of unusually high quality",
        "word": "except"
    }, {
        "meaning": "selected passage (written or musical) taken from a longer work; V.",
        "word": "excerpt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "treasury; Ex. Chancellor of the exchequer",
        "word": "exchequer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "legal official of high rank; CF. chancellery(chancellory): position of a chancellor",
        "word": "chancellor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "keep as precious; cherish",
        "word": "treasure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cut away; cut out; N: government tax on good produced and used inside a country; N. excision",
        "word": "excise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cry out suddenly; N. exclamation; ADJ. exclamatory",
        "word": "exclaim"
    }, {
        "meaning": "scold with biting harshness; censure strongly; strip the skin off",
        "word": "excoriate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "clear from blame or guilt",
        "word": "exculpate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "very bad; detestable",
        "word": "execrable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "curse; express abhorrence for; detest",
        "word": "execrate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "put into effect; carry out; kill as a lawful punishment; N. execution",
        "word": "execute"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person designated to execute the terms of a will",
        "word": "executor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person administering capital punishment",
        "word": "executioner"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person having administrative authority; one branch of government executing laws; ADJ: relating to executing",
        "word": "executive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "legislating branch of government; CF. legislate: make laws",
        "word": "legislature"
    }, {
        "meaning": "judicial branch of government",
        "word": "judiciary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "explanation, especially of biblical(of the bible) passages",
        "word": "exegesis"
    }, {
        "meaning": "serving as a model; outstanding; Ex. exemplary punishment/behavior; N. exemplar: typical example; model",
        "word": "exemplary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "show by example; furnish an example; serve as an example of; Ex. His pictures exemplify that sort of painting.",
        "word": "exemplify"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not subject to a duty or obligation; free from a duty; V.",
        "word": "exempt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "effort; expenditure of much physical work; V. exert oneself: make a great effort",
        "word": "exertion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "breathe out; OP. inhale",
        "word": "exhale"
    }, {
        "meaning": "invigorating and refreshing; cheering; V. exhilarate: make cheerful and excited; Ex. exhilarated by the ride in the sports car",
        "word": "exhilarating"
    }, {
        "meaning": "urge (by strong argument or advice); Ex. The general exhorted his men to fight bravely; N. exhortation",
        "word": "exhort"
    }, {
        "meaning": "drive or force forward (by causing impulses); drive to take action; impel; entreat earnestly; Ex. urge horses; N: impulse that prompts action",
        "word": "urge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "compelling immediate action; pressing; persistent; importunate; Ex. urgent in his demands",
        "word": "urgent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dig out of the ground; remove from a grave",
        "word": "exhume"
    }, {
        "meaning": "urgent situation; ADJ. exigent",
        "word": "exigency"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small in amount; minute",
        "word": "exiguous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to existence; pertaining to the philosophy of existentialism",
        "word": "existential"
    }, {
        "meaning": "departure (of a large number of people)",
        "word": "exodus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "acquit; exculpate; free from blame or guilt",
        "word": "exonerate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of costs or demands) excessive; exceeding reasonable bounds",
        "word": "exorbitant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "drive out evil spirits",
        "word": "exorcise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not native; from another part of the world; strange; intriguingly unusual; Ex. exotic flower/dress",
        "word": "exotic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make secret plans; plot; arouse the curiosity of; N: secret scheme; plot; secret love affair",
        "word": "intrigue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a person) outgoing and sociable; broad and extensive; able to increase in size",
        "word": "expansive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sociable; eager to mix socially with others",
        "word": "outgoing"
    }, {
        "meaning": "talk at length; speak or write in detail",
        "word": "expatiate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native land; V: exile; banish; leave one's country",
        "word": "expatriate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "suitable (for a particular purpose although not necessarily morally correct); practical; politic(prudent); N: something expedient",
        "word": "expedient"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hasten; make go faster",
        "word": "expedite"
    }, {
        "meaning": "done with speed; quick; N. expedition",
        "word": "expeditious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "payment or expense; expending; something expended; output; Ex. receipt for the expenditure; Ex. expenditure of all the energy",
        "word": "expenditure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "specialized knowledge (in a particular field); expert skill",
        "word": "expertise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make amends for (a sin)",
        "word": "expiate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "meaningless word; interjection; profane oath; swear-word",
        "word": "expletive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "exclamation; Ex. \"Ouch''",
        "word": "interjection"
    }, {
        "meaning": "vow; promise; use profane oaths; use offensive words",
        "word": "swear"
    }, {
        "meaning": "word considered offensive; Ex. \"bloody''",
        "word": "swear-word"
    }, {
        "meaning": "solemn promise; blasphemous use of sacred words to express strong feelings; swear-word; Ex. \"For Christ's sake''",
        "word": "oath"
    }, {
        "meaning": "explain in detail; interpret; clarify; CF. explicable",
        "word": "explicate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "totally clear; definite; outspoken",
        "word": "explicit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "brave and successful act; deed or action, particularly a brave deed; CF. crossing the Atlantic ocean",
        "word": "exploit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make use of, sometimes unjustly; N. exploitation",
        "word": "exploit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition",
        "word": "expository"
    }, {
        "meaning": "protest; remonstrance; reasoning with someone to correct or dissuade; V. expostulate",
        "word": "expostulation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "risk, particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements; unmasking; act of laying something open; Ex. exposure of governmental corruption",
        "word": "exposure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "explain",
        "word": "expound"
    }, {
        "meaning": "take possession of (often for public use and without payment)",
        "word": "expropriate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cancel; remove a word or name (from a book or list); erase",
        "word": "expunge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "clean; remove offensive parts of a book",
        "word": "expurgate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of something written or painted) still in existence",
        "word": "extant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not planned; impromptu; extempore",
        "word": "extemporaneous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "weaken; mitigate; lessen the seriousness of (bad behavior)",
        "word": "extenuate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "root up; uproot; destroy completely",
        "word": "extirpate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "praise very highly; glorify",
        "word": "extol"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wring from; get money by threats, etc.; obtain by force or threats; CF. extortionate: exorbitant",
        "word": "extort"
    }, {
        "meaning": "twist (to extract liquid); extract by twisting; wrench painfully (necks or hands)",
        "word": "wring"
    }, {
        "meaning": "surrender of prisoner by one state to another; Ex. extradition treaty; V. extradite",
        "word": "extradition"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not essential; irrelevant; superfluous; external; coming from the outside; Ex. extraneous details/noise/to the subject",
        "word": "extraneous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "projection; conjecture; V. extrapolate: infer (unknown information) from known information",
        "word": "extrapolation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "free from an entanglement or difficulty; disentangle",
        "word": "extricate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "external; not essential or inherent; extraneous; OP. intrinsic",
        "word": "extrinsic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person interested mostly in external objects and actions",
        "word": "extrovert"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mix together in close association",
        "word": "mingle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "force or push out; thrust out; shape (plastic or metal) by forcing through a die",
        "word": "extrude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness; ADJ. exuberant: high-spirited and lively; growing abundantly and strongly",
        "word": "exuberance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shine brightly without a flame (as of eyes or metals); show redness and heat (in the face) after hard work or because of strong feelings; N: light produced by a heated body; brilliance of a color",
        "word": "glow"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flow out slowly; discharge (gradually); give forth; N. exudation",
        "word": "exude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly; N: mud or thick liquid as at the bottom of a river",
        "word": "ooze"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rejoice",
        "word": "exult"
    }, {
        "meaning": "build; lie; make up (a story) in order to deceive; Ex. fabricate the whole story; CF. fabric: underlying structure; Ex. fabric of society",
        "word": "fabricate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "front or face (of building); superficial or false appearance",
        "word": "facade(fa\\c{c}ade)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small plane surface (of a gem(precious stone)); a side",
        "word": "facet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "joking (often inappropriately); unserious; humorous",
        "word": "facetious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "easily accomplished; ready or fluent; superficial; not deep; Ex. facile solution to a complex problem; Ex. facile speaker; N. facility: ability to do something easily and well; ease in doing resulting from skill or aptitude; something that facilitates an action; amenity; Ex. with great facility",
        "word": "facile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "help bring about; make less difficult",
        "word": "facilitate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "copy",
        "word": "facsimile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "party; clique (within a large group); dissension",
        "word": "faction"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disagreement of opinions causing strife within a group",
        "word": "dissension"
    }, {
        "meaning": "inclined to form factions; causing dissension",
        "word": "factious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "artificial; produced artificially; sham; false; Ex. factitious tears",
        "word": "factitious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "handyman; person who does all kinds of work; CF. do everything",
        "word": "factotum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mental or bodily powers; teaching staff",
        "word": "faculty"
    }, {
        "meaning": "false; based on a fallacy; misleading; N. fallacy: false idea or notion; false reasoning; Ex. popular fallacy; Ex. fallacy of the argument",
        "word": "fallacious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "liable to err",
        "word": "fallible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make (something written) false by changing",
        "word": "falsify"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of land) plowed but not sowed (to improve the quality); uncultivated",
        "word": "fallow"
    }, {
        "meaning": "plant or scatter seed",
        "word": "sow"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hesitate; weaken in purpose or action; walk or move unsteadily through weakness; N.",
        "word": "falter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trip and almost fall; proceed unsteadily; act falteringly; N.",
        "word": "stumble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause; N. fanatic; ADJ. fanatic",
        "word": "fanaticism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "imagined; unreal",
        "word": "fancied"
    }, {
        "meaning": "breeder or dealer of animals; one who has a special interest, as for raising specific plant or animal",
        "word": "fancier"
    }, {
        "meaning": "whimsical; visionary; imaginary; produced by imagination; Ex. fanciful scheme",
        "word": "fanciful"
    }, {
        "meaning": "imagination (of a whimsical or fantastic nature); capricious liking; V: imagine; be fond of; ADJ. decorative; elaborate",
        "word": "fancy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "call by bugles or trumpets; showy display; spectacular public display",
        "word": "fanfare"
    }, {
        "meaning": "broad comedy; mockery; humorous play full of silly things happening; ADJ. farcical",
        "word": "farce"
    }, {
        "meaning": "difficult to please; squeamish; fussy; finicky",
        "word": "fastidious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "easily shocked or sickened by unpleasant things; fastidious; Ex. A nurse should not be squeamish.",
        "word": "squeamish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "belief that events are determined by forces or fates beyond one's control; ADJ. fatalistic; CF. fatal: causing death",
        "word": "fatalism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "comprehend; investigate; determine the depth of; N. unit of measurement for the depth of water",
        "word": "fathom"
    }, {
        "meaning": "too deep to be measured or understood; unfathomable",
        "word": "fathomless"
    }, {
        "meaning": "smugly and unconsciously foolish; inane; silly; N. fatuity, fatuousness",
        "word": "fatuous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "animals of a period or region; CF. flora",
        "word": "fauna"
    }, {
        "meaning": "courting favor by cringing and flattering; V. fawn: exhibit affection as a dog; seek favor or attention by obsequiousness",
        "word": "fawning"
    }, {
        "meaning": "attempt to gain; seek; woo; risk; behave so as to invite; attempt to gain the favor of by attention; Ex. court disaster",
        "word": "court"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disconcert; dismay; embarrass",
        "word": "faze"
    }, {
        "meaning": "practical; able to be carried out; practicable",
        "word": "feasible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "feverish",
        "word": "febrile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fertility; fruitfulness; ADJ. fecund: very productive of crops or young",
        "word": "fecundity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "producing many young, fruits, or seeds; (of land) producing good crops; V. fertilize",
        "word": "fertile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "producing results; profitable; prolific; producing in abundance",
        "word": "fruitful"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pretend",
        "word": "feign"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trick; shift; sham blow; feigned attack to draw away defensive action; V.",
        "word": "feint"
    }, {
        "meaning": "change position or place; exchange (one thing) for another; change in direction or position; Ex. shift the stolen goods; N. group of workers which takes turns with other groups; working period of such a group",
        "word": "shift"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a word or remark) apt; suitably expressed; well chosen",
        "word": "felicitous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "happiness; appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.); quality of being felicitous",
        "word": "felicity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of a member of the cat family; N.",
        "word": "feline"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cruel; (of a disease) deadly",
        "word": "fell"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cut or knock down (a tree or a person); bring down (with a missile)",
        "word": "fell"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person convicted of a grave crime; CF. felony: serious crime",
        "word": "felon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of an animal) not domestic; wild",
        "word": "feral"
    }, {
        "meaning": "agitation; commotion(noisy and excited activity); unrest (of a political kind); V. produce by fermentation; undergo fermentation; cause (a state of trouble)",
        "word": "ferment"
    }, {
        "meaning": "chemical reaction that splits complex organic compounds; unrest; agitation",
        "word": "fermentation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "drive or hunt out of hiding; hunt with ferrets; drive out (as from a hiding place); expel; uncover or discover by searching; Ex. ferret out the secret; N. small fierce animal which catches rats and rabbits by going into their holes",
        "word": "ferret"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ardent; zealous; hot",
        "word": "fervent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ardent; zealous; hot",
        "word": "fervid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of speech) filled with passion; fervent",
        "word": "impassioned"
    }, {
        "meaning": "glowing ardor; intensity of feeling; quality of being fervent or fervid; zeal; intense heat",
        "word": "fervor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rankle; produce irritation or resentment; (of a cut or wound) generate pus or rot; Ex. His insult festered in my mind for days.",
        "word": "fester"
    }, {
        "meaning": "joyous; celebratory; relating to a feast or festival",
        "word": "festive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "honor at a festival; celebrate or honor with a feast; N. (outdoor) festival or feast; CF. feast",
        "word": "fete(f\\^ete)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "malodorous; foul",
        "word": "fetid(foetid)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "very bad or disagreeable; very dirty; Ex. foul smell/flavor/temper/language/air/deed/weather/means; N. act against the rules; V. make or become foul; commit a foul",
        "word": "foul"
    }, {
        "meaning": "object believed to have spiritual powers; object of excessive attention or reverence; CF. fetishism",
        "word": "fetish(fetich)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shackle; restrict the freedom of; N. chain or shackle for the foot of a prisoner; CF. foot",
        "word": "fetter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "total failure; CF. bottle",
        "word": "fiasco"
    }, {
        "meaning": "command; arbitrary order; Ex. presidential fiat; CF. let it be done",
        "word": "fiat"
    }, {
        "meaning": "changeable (in affections or friendship); faithless",
        "word": "fickle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "imaginary; non-existent; purposely invented to deceive; untrue; Ex. fictitious name/boyfriend; CF. fictional",
        "word": "fictitious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "loyalty; accuracy",
        "word": "fidelity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "invention; something invented; imaginary thing; Ex. figment of your imagination",
        "word": "figment"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not literal but metaphorical; using a figure(impression) of speech",
        "word": "figurative"
    }, {
        "meaning": "written symbols; number; amount represented in numbers; outline or silhouette of a thing or human body; person (well-known); impression; diagram; pattern; group in a dance; Ex. figure of speech; V. calculate with numbers; adorn with figures; appear; consider; Ex. My name did not figure in the list.",
        "word": "figure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small ornamental statuette(very small statue)",
        "word": "figurine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "steal (things of small value)",
        "word": "filch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "steal things of small value; filch; snitch",
        "word": "pilfer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter; Ex. filial respect",
        "word": "filial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "block legislation or prevent action in a lawmaking body by making very slow long speeches; N; freebooter",
        "word": "filibuster"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pirate or plunderer who makes war in order to grow rich",
        "word": "freebooter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "piece of sculpture showing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest; V: break up; arrest; Ex. crimebuster",
        "word": "bust"
    }, {
        "meaning": "delicate ornamental lacelike metalwork",
        "word": "filigree"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cord used to draw and tie together two opposite edges (as of a shoe); delicate fabric made of fine threads; V: draw together by tying a lace",
        "word": "lace"
    }, {
        "meaning": "particle removed by a file",
        "word": "filing"
    }, {
        "meaning": "conclusion; concluding part",
        "word": "finale"
    }, {
        "meaning": "delicate skill; V: handle with finesse",
        "word": "finesse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "too particular; fussy; difficult to please; too concerned with unimportant details or quality; Ex. finicky about her food",
        "word": "finicky"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fastidious; finicky; easily upset",
        "word": "fussy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby",
        "word": "fuss:"
    }, {
        "meaning": "limited",
        "word": "finite"
    }, {
        "meaning": "piece of burning wood; hothead; troublemaker; person who stirs up trouble",
        "word": "firebrand"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person who does things too quickly without thinking; ADJ. hotheaded",
        "word": "hothead"
    }, {
        "meaning": "crevice; crack",
        "word": "fissure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "spasmodic; intermittent; irregular",
        "word": "fitful"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sudden outburst of an illness or feeling; convulsion caused by epilepsy",
        "word": "fit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flabby; lacking firmness; weak; Ex. flaccid muscles",
        "word": "flaccid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "walk lamely; ADJ: lacking firmness; weak",
        "word": "limp"
    }, {
        "meaning": "droop; grow feeble; decline in vigor or strength; ADJ. flagging; CF. unflagging",
        "word": "flag"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bend or hang downward; become weakened; Ex. His shoulders drooped with tiredness; N.",
        "word": "droop"
    }, {
        "meaning": "conspicuously wicked, bad, or offensive; blatant; outrageous",
        "word": "flagrant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "act of extreme violence or viciousness; resentful anger; V: commit an outrage on; produce anger in; ADJ. outrageous: offensive",
        "word": "outrage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "beat with or as if with a flail; move wildly; thresh grain by hand; strike or slap; toss about; N: threshing tool consisting of a stick swinging from the end of a long handle",
        "word": "flail"
    }, {
        "meaning": "beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw",
        "word": "thresh"
    }, {
        "meaning": "throw lightly; move or lift (the head) with a sudden motion; flip (a coin) to decide something",
        "word": "toss"
    }, {
        "meaning": "talent",
        "word": "flair"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ornate; highly elaborate; richly colored; ostentatious; showy; CF. flame",
        "word": "flamboyant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "display ostentatiously; Ex. ``Honey, if you've got it, flaunt it !''",
        "word": "flaunt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strip off skin; plunder; remove the skin from; criticize harshly",
        "word": "flay"
    }, {
        "meaning": "spot; mark with flecks; N: small mark or spot",
        "word": "fleck"
    }, {
        "meaning": "inexperienced; N: young bird that has acquired wing feathers and is learning to fly; inexperienced person",
        "word": "fledgling(fledgeling)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wool coat of a sheep; V: shear the fleece from; rob by a trick; swindle; plunder",
        "word": "fleece"
    }, {
        "meaning": "remove (fleece or hair) by cutting; remove the hair or fleece from; cut with or as if with shears; N: shears; pair of scissors",
        "word": "shear"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person who cheats people",
        "word": "trickster"
    }, {
        "meaning": "light stroke as with a whip; V: move with a light quick blow; strike with a light quick blow (as from a whip); Ex. flick the switch",
        "word": "flick"
    }, {
        "meaning": "burn unsteadily or fitfully; move waveringly; N: flickering movement or light; brief sensation; Ex. flicker of excitement",
        "word": "flicker"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a bird with large wings) wave (the wings) lightly, rapidly, and irregularly; vibrate rapidly or erratically; fly by waving quickly; flitter; N.",
        "word": "flutter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hesitate; shrink back (in fear of something unpleasant); Ex. She did not flinch in the face of danger.",
        "word": "flinch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lacking proper seriousness; Ex. flippant remarks about death; N. flippancy",
        "word": "flippant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "send (something) spinning, often into the air, by striking with a light quick blow; turn over; Ex. flip over",
        "word": "flip"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fly; fly or move lightly or quickly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by; Ex. a bee flitting from flower to flower",
        "word": "flit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flat mass of floating ice",
        "word": "floe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "plants of a region or era",
        "word": "flora"
    }, {
        "meaning": "condition or period of flowering",
        "word": "florescence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ruddy; (of a complexion) reddish; flowery; very ornate; CF. rose",
        "word": "florid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "redden; blush; flow suddenly and abundantly; wash out by a rapid brief flow of water; N: reddish tinge; blush; brief rush; rush of strong feeling; Ex. flush of pride; ADJ: having surfaces in the same plane; even; blushing",
        "word": "flush"
    }, {
        "meaning": "become red in the face (from embarrassment or shame); become red or rosy; N.",
        "word": "blush"
    }, {
        "meaning": "give a slight degree of a color or quality to; N: slight degree of a color or quality; Ex. tinged with grey/jealousy",
        "word": "tinge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slight degree of color; V: give a tint to",
        "word": "tint"
    }, {
        "meaning": "full of flowers; full of ornate expressions",
        "word": "flowery"
    }, {
        "meaning": "drifting wreckage",
        "word": "flotsam"
    }, {
        "meaning": "things thrown from a ship (to lighten the ship)",
        "word": "jetsam"
    }, {
        "meaning": "struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or falter (as in water, mud, snow, etc.); proceed in confusion",
        "word": "flounder"
    }, {
        "meaning": "beat with a whip or flail; defeat utterly; talk about thoroughly in order to find the answer; move wildly or violently; Ex. The fishes thrashed about in the net.",
        "word": "thrash"
    }, {
        "meaning": "grow well; prosper; make sweeping gestures; wave; brandish; Ex. The trees flourished in the sun. N: showy movement or gesture; embellishment or ornamentation (esp. in handwriting)",
        "word": "flourish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reject; mock; show contempt for; scorn; Ex. flout the rules",
        "word": "flout"
    }, {
        "meaning": "chain or strap used with a bit to restrain a horse; something that checks; V: check; restrain",
        "word": "curb"
    }, {
        "meaning": "waver; shift; rise and fall as if in waves; change or vary irregularly",
        "word": "fluctuate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "smoothness of speech; ADJ. fluent",
        "word": "fluency"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune; accidental stroke of good luck; ADJ. fluky",
        "word": "fluke"
    }, {
        "meaning": "confuse; make nervous and confused; N.",
        "word": "fluster"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having vertical parallel grooves (as in a pillar); V. flute: make long parallel inward curves in; N. flute: long rounded groove incised on the shaft of a column",
        "word": "fluted"
    }, {
        "meaning": "long narrow channel made in a surface to guide the movement of something; Ex. groove of the record",
        "word": "groove"
    }, {
        "meaning": "speak with involuntarily pauses or repetitions",
        "word": "stammer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flowing; series of changes; fluctuation; Ex. in a state of flux",
        "word": "flux"
    }, {
        "meaning": "coarse food for cattle, horses, etc.; feed for livestock; CF. food",
        "word": "fodder"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small weakness of character; slight fault; CF. feeble",
        "word": "foible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "contrast; one that by contrast enhances the distinctive characteristics of another",
        "word": "foil"
    }, {
        "meaning": "defeat; frustrate; prevent from being successful; thwart; CF. fail",
        "word": "foil"
    }, {
        "meaning": "insert improperly; impose upon another by coercion; palm off; pass off as genuine or worthy; CF. fist",
        "word": "foist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "conceal in the palm of the hand; palm off: pass off; Ex. palm off some bad oranges onto the lady/the painting as a real Renoir",
        "word": "palm"
    }, {
        "meaning": "present falsely; represent falsely to be",
        "word": "pass_off"
    }, {
        "meaning": "masses of leaves; CF. defoliate",
        "word": "foliage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stir up; incite; instigate; promote the growth of (something evil or unpleasant)",
        "word": "foment"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rash; reckless; foolishly daring",
        "word": "foolhardy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "vain about dress and appearance; N. fop: man who takes too much interest in his clothes and appearance",
        "word": "foppish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "raid; sudden raid or military advance; V.",
        "word": "foray"
    }, {
        "meaning": "patience; forgiveness; V. forbear: refrain from (in a generous and forgiving way); be patient; Ex. forbear to send him to prison",
        "word": "forbearance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "place where a river can be crossed on foot; V.",
        "word": "ford"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ancestors",
        "word": "forebears(forbears)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "premonition of evil; feeling of coming evil; V. forebode: be a warning of (something unpleasant)",
        "word": "foreboding"
    }, {
        "meaning": "suitable to debate or courts of law; of or used in legal proceedings and the tracking of criminals; Ex. forensic science/medicine",
        "word": "forensic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "public square of an ancient Roman city; public place for open discussion; court of law",
        "word": "forum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "give an indication beforehand; be a sign of (what is coming); portend; prefigure",
        "word": "foreshadow"
    }, {
        "meaning": "be a sign of; foreshadow",
        "word": "prefigure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "predecessor; one that comes before and indicates the approach of another",
        "word": "forerunner"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ability to foresee future happenings; prudence in providing for the future",
        "word": "foresight"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prevent by taking action in advance",
        "word": "forestall"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of marriage or the wedding ceremony; N; nuptials; wedding ceremony",
        "word": "nuptial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "something surrendered as punishment for a crime or breach of contract; V: lose as a forfeit; N. forfeiture",
        "word": "forfeit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "counterfeit; reproduce fraudulently; form by heating in a forge and hammering into shape; move with a sudden increase of speed or power; Ex. forged ahead in the last two years; N: furnace where metals are heated",
        "word": "forge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "give up; do without",
        "word": "forgo(forego)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sad and lonely; wretched; desolate",
        "word": "forlorn"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ceremonious quality; ceremonious adherence to rules; something done just for form's sake; Ex. mere formality",
        "word": "formality"
    }, {
        "meaning": "menacing; arousing fear; threatening; difficult to defeat; Ex. formidable foe/question",
        "word": "formidable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "threat; V: threaten",
        "word": "menace"
    }, {
        "meaning": "desert; abandon; renounce",
        "word": "forsake"
    }, {
        "meaning": "renounce under oath; abandon; make a solemn promise to give up; CF. abjure",
        "word": "forswear"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strong point or special talent in a person's character",
        "word": "forte"
    }, {
        "meaning": "straightforward; direct; frank",
        "word": "forthright"
    }, {
        "meaning": "happening in the near future; ready; willing to help; Ex. No answer was forthcoming.",
        "word": "forthcoming"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bravery; courage; strength of mind",
        "word": "fortitude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "accidental; by chance; N. fortuity",
        "word": "fortuitous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rear; bring up (for a certain period only); encourage; promote the development of (feelings or ideas); Ex. help foster friendly relations; ADJ: giving parental care although not related by blood; Ex. foster parents",
        "word": "foster"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fail completely; sink; CF. flounder",
        "word": "founder"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person who establishes (an organization or business)",
        "word": "founder"
    }, {
        "meaning": "brawl(noisy quarrel or fight) in which a number of people take part; melee",
        "word": "fracas"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unruly; peevish; cranky; bad-tempered; Ex. fractious horse",
        "word": "fractious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "weak; N. frailty",
        "word": "frail"
    }, {
        "meaning": "right or privilege granted by authority; right to vote; license to sell a product in a particular territory",
        "word": "franchise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wild; distraught as from fear or worry; Ex. frantic with fear",
        "word": "frantic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cheating; deceitful; Ex. fraudulent means; N. fraud: deception; swindle",
        "word": "fraudulent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "filled (with something unpleasant); full; Ex. fraught with danger and difficulties; CF. freight",
        "word": "fraught"
    }, {
        "meaning": "brawl; fight; V: wear away or unravel by rubbing; have loose threads developing; cause to become worn out (a person's temper or nerves); CF. rub",
        "word": "fray"
    }, {
        "meaning": "frenzied; frantic",
        "word": "frenetic(phrenetic)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "madly excited; N. frenzy: violent wild excitement",
        "word": "frenzied"
    }, {
        "meaning": "painting on wet plaster (usually fresh)",
        "word": "fresco"
    }, {
        "meaning": "smooth viscous mixture as of flour(powder made by crushing grain) and water (used as an adhesive); V: cause to adhere by applying paste",
        "word": "paste"
    }, {
        "meaning": "paste of flour and water (eaten when baked)",
        "word": "pastry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "paste that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls; V.",
        "word": "plaster"
    }, {
        "meaning": "be annoyed or vexed; Ex. fret over your poor grades; N: irritation of mind; ADJ. fretful",
        "word": "fret"
    }, {
        "meaning": "clash or conflict in opinion; rubbing against",
        "word": "friction"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ornamental horizontal band on a wall",
        "word": "frieze"
    }, {
        "meaning": "intensely cold; cold in manner; Ex. frigid zone",
        "word": "frigid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "waste (time or money on unimportant things)",
        "word": "fritter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lacking in seriousness; flippant; self-indulgently carefree; unworthy of serious attention; relatively unimportant; trivial",
        "word": "frivolous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "excessive indulgence of one's own desire",
        "word": "self-indulgence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "free from worries; having no problems",
        "word": "carefree"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prankish; gay; playful; merry; frisky",
        "word": "frolicsome"
    }, {
        "meaning": "play and jump about happily; frisk; Ex. frolicking young lambs",
        "word": "frolic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fern leaf; palm or banana leaf",
        "word": "frond"
    }, {
        "meaning": "waste material thrown away (as bits of paper scattered untidily); V: cover untidily with scattered litter",
        "word": "litter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bear fruit; produce fruit",
        "word": "fructify"
    }, {
        "meaning": "thrift; economy; ADJ. frugal: practicing economy; costing little; inexpensive",
        "word": "frugality"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization; Ex. come to/be brought to fruition",
        "word": "fruition"
    }, {
        "meaning": "thwart; defeat; prevent from accomplishing a purpose",
        "word": "frustrate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fleeting or transitory; lasting only a short time; roving(wandering); running away or fleeing as from the law; N: one who flees; Ex. fugitives at large",
        "word": "fugitive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "support on which a lever rests or pivots",
        "word": "fulcrum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "thunder; explode; issue a severe denunciation",
        "word": "fulminate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disgustingly excessive; offensively flattering; Ex. fulsome praise/expressions of admire",
        "word": "fulsome"
    }, {
        "meaning": "move the fingers and hands awkwardly (in search of something); mishandle or drop a ball that is in play; bungle; botch; spoil by mishandling; N.",
        "word": "fumble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "official (who performs a particular function)",
        "word": "functionary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "made for practical use only (without decoration); functioning; Ex. functional modern furniture; CF. functionalism",
        "word": "functional"
    }, {
        "meaning": "basic; primary; essential",
        "word": "fundamental"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sad; solemn; suitable for a funeral",
        "word": "funereal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "frenzy; great anger and excitement; CF. fury",
        "word": "furor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stealthy; quiet and secret (trying to escape notice); sneaky; Ex. furtive glance",
        "word": "furtive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "move, give, or take in a quiet, stealthy way; N: one who sneaks; ADJ. sneaky",
        "word": "sneak"
    }, {
        "meaning": "done slyly and secretly (being dishonest)",
        "word": "underhand(underhanded)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "clever in deceiving; secretive; not telling one's intentions",
        "word": "sly"
    }, {
        "meaning": "simultaneous firing or outburst (of missiles, questions, etc.)",
        "word": "fusillade"
    }, {
        "meaning": "union; coalition; V. fuse",
        "word": "fusion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "useless; hopeless; ineffectual",
        "word": "futile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "animal-biting fly; irritating person",
        "word": "gadfly"
    }, {
        "meaning": "social blunder",
        "word": "gaffe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deny",
        "word": "gainsay"
    }, {
        "meaning": "manner of walking or running; speed",
        "word": "gait"
    }, {
        "meaning": "large isolated system of stars, such as the Milky Way; collection of brilliant personalities",
        "word": "galaxy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "windstorm; gust of wind; emotional outburst (laughters, tears); Ex. gale of laughter",
        "word": "gale"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bitterness of feeling; nerve; effrontery; CF. gall bladder",
        "word": "gall"
    }, {
        "meaning": "annoy; exasperate; chafe; N: skin sore caused by rubbing (as on the skin of a horse); exasperation",
        "word": "gall"
    }, {
        "meaning": "large three-masted sailing ship",
        "word": "galleon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "low ship with sails (rowed along by slaves)",
        "word": "galley"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sailing vessel built for great speed",
        "word": "clipper"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small boat",
        "word": "pinnace"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cut off with shears; fasten; N: something clipped off (as a short extract from film); clasp or fastener",
        "word": "clip"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stimulate or shock by an electric current; stimulate by shock; shock into action; stir up; coat with rust-resistant zinc by using electricity",
        "word": "galvanize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of the production of electricity by the action of an acid on a metal; having the effect of an electric shock; Ex. galvanic cell; galvanic effect; CF. Luigi Galvani",
        "word": "galvanic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed; action made to produce a future advantage",
        "word": "gambit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strategem to gain an advantage; tactic; Ex. management ploy",
        "word": "ploy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "romp; skip about; leap about playfully; frolic; N.",
        "word": "gambol"
    }, {
        "meaning": "play or frolic boisterously; gambol; N.",
        "word": "romp"
    }, {
        "meaning": "outer skin of an orange used for giving a special taste to food; spice; interest; flavor; spirited enjoyment; Ex. add a certain zest to the affair; Ex. zest for life",
        "word": "zest"
    }, {
        "meaning": "in a spirited manner; with courage; Ex. fight gamely against a superior boxer; ADJ. game",
        "word": "gamely"
    }, {
        "meaning": "entire range",
        "word": "gamut"
    }, {
        "meaning": "open widely; open the mouth wide; stare wonderingly with the mouth open; CF. agape",
        "word": "gape"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mixed up; jumbled; distorted; V. garble: mix up or distort (a message) to such an extent as to make misleading or unintelligible",
        "word": "garbled"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mix in a confused way",
        "word": "jumble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "huge; enormous; gigantic; CF. the hero of Gargantua and Pantagruel",
        "word": "gargantuan"
    }, {
        "meaning": "waterspout carved in grotesque figures on a building",
        "word": "gargoyle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "overbright in color; unpleasantly bright; gaudy",
        "word": "garish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make neat or tidy by clipping; reduce by removing what is unnecessary; ornament; decorate (round the edges); Ex. trim the cost; Ex. jacket trimmed with fur; N. ADJ: tidy; in good order",
        "word": "trim"
    }, {
        "meaning": "gather; store up; amass",
        "word": "garner"
    }, {
        "meaning": "decorate; add a garnish to; decorate (food or drink) with small items such as lemon slices; N.",
        "word": "garnish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "loquacious; wordy; talkative; N. garrulity",
        "word": "garrulous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "art and science of preparing and serving good food; CF. gastronome",
        "word": "gastronomy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "clumsy (in social behavior); coarse and uncouth",
        "word": "gauche"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flashy; showy",
        "word": "gaudy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "showy; gaudy; giving a momentary brilliance",
        "word": "flashy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cover with a thin layer of gold",
        "word": "gild"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lean and angular; thin and bony; emaciated; barren",
        "word": "gaunt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hammerlike tool; mallet(wooden hammer) used by a presiding officer or an auctioneer; V.",
        "word": "gavel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "command; utter (a greeting); offer as a price; N: offer of a price; amount offered; earnest effort to gain something; Ex. bid for freedom",
        "word": "bid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed awe",
        "word": "gawk"
    }, {
        "meaning": "official periodical publication; newspaper",
        "word": "gazette"
    }, {
        "meaning": "record of descent; lineage; ancestry; study of ancestry",
        "word": "genealogy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "vague statement; general statement which is not detailed; quality of being general; greater part; most; Ex. generality of people",
        "word": "generality"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cause; produce; create",
        "word": "generate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "characteristic of an entire class or species; of a genus",
        "word": "generic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "division of animals or plants, below a family and above a species",
        "word": "genus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "beginning; origin",
        "word": "genesis"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy; ADJ. genial: cheerful and good-tempered",
        "word": "geniality"
    }, {
        "meaning": "particular variety of art or literature",
        "word": "genre"
    }, {
        "meaning": "well-bred; elegant; striving to convey an appearance of refinement; Ex. genteel poverty",
        "word": "genteel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "those of gentle birth; high social class; refinement; quality of being genteel",
        "word": "gentility"
    }, {
        "meaning": "produce young; rear; bring up; produce (an undesirable condition); N: kind or sort of animal or plant",
        "word": "breed"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hybridize; N: hybrid; CF. interbreed; CF. inbreed",
        "word": "crossbreed"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of good upbringing; well-mannered and refined",
        "word": "well-bred"
    }, {
        "meaning": "people of standing(rank or position); people of good family or high social position; class of people just below nobility",
        "word": "gentry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "kindly; soft; mild; of good family",
        "word": "gentle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bend the knee as in worship",
        "word": "genuflect"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertinent; bearing upon(having connection with) the case at hand; appropriate",
        "word": "germane"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to a germ; creative; Ex. germinal idea",
        "word": "germinal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "earliest form of an organism; seed or bud; something that may develop into something larger or more important; microbe",
        "word": "germ"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cause to sprout; sprout",
        "word": "germinate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "begin to grow; give off shoots or buds; N: new growth on a plant; shoot",
        "word": "sprout"
    }, {
        "meaning": "new growth from a plant",
        "word": "shoot"
    }, {
        "meaning": "government ruled by old people",
        "word": "gerontocracy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "study of the sociological phenomena associated with old age",
        "word": "gerontology"
    }, {
        "meaning": "medical treatment and care of old age",
        "word": "geriatrics"
    }, {
        "meaning": "change voting district lines in order to favor a political party; N. CF. Elbridge Gerry + (sala)mander",
        "word": "gerrymander"
    }, {
        "meaning": "evolve as in prenatal growth; N. gestation: period of development from conception until birth",
        "word": "gestate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "connected with birth; CF. prenatal; CF. postnatal",
        "word": "natal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "motion; gesture; V. gesticulate: make gestures (while speaking)",
        "word": "gesticulation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "horrible; terrifying; resembling ghosts; CF. aghast",
        "word": "ghastly"
    }, {
        "meaning": "nonsense; nonsensical or unintelligible talk or writing; babbling",
        "word": "gibberish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mock; make jeering remarks; N: jeering remarks",
        "word": "gibe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "light-hearted; not serious; frivolous; dizzy; causing dizziness; Ex. giddy youth; Ex. giddy climb/height",
        "word": "giddy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "very carefully; ADJ.",
        "word": "gingerly"
    }, {
        "meaning": "distance around something; circumference",
        "word": "girth"
    }, {
        "meaning": "essence; main point; substance",
        "word": "gist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "like a glacier; of an ice age; extremely cold; Ex. glacial epoch; CF. iceberg",
        "word": "glacial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of something bad) highly conspicuous; harshly bright; shining intensely and blindingly",
        "word": "glaring"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shine intensely and blindingly; stare fixedly and angrily; N.",
        "word": "glare"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cover with a thin and shiny surface; apply a glaze to; N: thin, smooth, shiny coating (as for pottery); Ex. unglazed pottery",
        "word": "glaze"
    }, {
        "meaning": "gather leavings; gather grain left behind by reapers; gather bit by bit (facts or information) often with difficulty",
        "word": "glean"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fluent (with insincerity or superficiality); facile; slick",
        "word": "glib"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make smooth or glossy; N: smooth surface; Ex. oil slick; ADJ: smooth; glossy; deftly executed; adroit; glib",
        "word": "slick"
    }, {
        "meaning": "smooth and shining (as from good health); V.",
        "word": "sleek"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shine erratically; twinkle; N: dim or unsteady light; faint indication; Ex. glimmer of hope",
        "word": "glimmer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shine brightly with flashing points of light; Ex. glittering diamond ring; N: sparkling light; attractiveness; glamor; Ex. glitter of the sun on the waves",
        "word": "glitter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "compelling charm; ADJ. glamorous",
        "word": "glamor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "express evil satisfaction; look at or think about with evil satisfaction; view malevolently; Ex. The thief gloated over the stolen jewels.",
        "word": "gloat"
    }, {
        "meaning": "explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults",
        "word": "gloss_over"
    }, {
        "meaning": "brief explanation note or translation of a difficult expression; V.",
        "word": "gloss"
    }, {
        "meaning": "brief explanation of words used in the text",
        "word": "glossary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "smooth and shining; N. gloss: shiny brightness on a surface; superficially attractive appearance; Ex. gloss of good manners",
        "word": "glossy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not shiny; matte; having a dull finish; N: flat piece of material used as a floor covering; V.",
        "word": "mat"
    }, {
        "meaning": "surface texture; completeness of execution",
        "word": "finish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "properly made and complete; Ex. finished product/performance",
        "word": "finished"
    }, {
        "meaning": "scowl; glare; look or stare angrily",
        "word": "glower"
    }, {
        "meaning": "frown angrily; N: angry frown",
        "word": "scowl"
    }, {
        "meaning": "overstock; fill beyond capacity (with food); fill to excess; N: oversupply",
        "word": "glut"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sticky; viscous; gluey",
        "word": "glutinous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "someone who eats too much; ADJ. gluttonous: given to gluttony; greedy; CF. gluttony: habit of eating too much",
        "word": "glutton"
    }, {
        "meaning": "twisted",
        "word": "gnarled"
    }, {
        "meaning": "protruding knot on a tree; V.",
        "word": "gnarl"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dwarf; underground spirit who guards treasure hoards",
        "word": "gnome"
    }, {
        "meaning": "urge on; drive with a goad; cause (someone) to do something by continued annoyance; Ex. They goaded him into doing it by saying he was a coward; N: sharp-pointed stick for driving cattle; stimulus; CF. annoy continually",
        "word": "goad"
    }, {
        "meaning": "narrow canyon; steep rocky cleft; ravine (made by a stream which runs through it)",
        "word": "gorge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stuff oneself (with food); glut; CF. gorgeous: dazzlingly beautiful",
        "word": "gorge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bloody; N. gore: blood (from a wound)",
        "word": "gory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shake uncontrollably; tremble; V.",
        "word": "shudder"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sheer; very light; like cobwebs; N: soft and sheer fabric; cobweb",
        "word": "gossamer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pure; thin and transparent; very steep",
        "word": "sheer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tear out; cut out (as if with a gouge); Ex. gouge his eyes out; N: chisel for cutting out hollow areas in wood",
        "word": "gouge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "overcharge (with high price); extort from; Ex. gouge the public; CF. usury",
        "word": "gouge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "epicure; person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink",
        "word": "gourmand"
    }, {
        "meaning": "connoisseur of food and drink; epicure",
        "word": "gourmet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "arranged by degrees (of height, difficulty, etc.)",
        "word": "graduated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "arrange into categories or grades; divide into marked intervals (for use in measurement); Ex. graduated ruler",
        "word": "graduate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "storehouse for grain",
        "word": "granary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "impressiveness; stateliness; majesty",
        "word": "grandeur"
    }, {
        "meaning": "formal; ceremonious; grand in style or size; majestic",
        "word": "stately"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a person or speech) using high sounding or important-sounding language; pompous; bombastic",
        "word": "grandiloquent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "affectedly grand; pretentious; high-flown; ridiculously exaggerated; impressive; great in size or scope; grand; Ex. grandiose ideas",
        "word": "grandiose"
    }, {
        "meaning": "highly pretentious or inflated",
        "word": "high-flown"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dramatic or musical performance given in the afternoon",
        "word": "matin\\'ee(matinee)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "form into grains or granules; N. granule: grain or particle",
        "word": "granulate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to the art of delineating; vividly described",
        "word": "graphic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of light or color) bright and distinct; evoking lifelike mental images; Ex. vivid red hair/description",
        "word": "vivid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "black form of carbon used in lead pencils",
        "word": "graphite"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wrestle; come to grips with; take hold of and struggle with; Ex. grapple with the burglar",
        "word": "grapple"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred by rubbing against a rough surface; Ex. grated cheese N: framework of metal bars to hold fuel in a fireplace",
        "word": "grate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "please; satisfy; Ex. gratify a desire",
        "word": "gratify"
    }, {
        "meaning": "free; without charge; ADJ.",
        "word": "gratis"
    }, {
        "meaning": "given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for; done without good reason; Ex. gratuitous comment",
        "word": "gratuitous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tip",
        "word": "gratuity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "seriousness; ADJ. grave",
        "word": "gravity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sociable; (of an animal) tending to form a group",
        "word": "gregarious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cause of complaint; complaint",
        "word": "grievance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "question severely; cook on a grill; broil; N: cooking surface of parallel metal bars",
        "word": "grill"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cook by direct heat; N.",
        "word": "broil"
    }, {
        "meaning": "causing great fear; unrelenting; determined in spite of fear; Ex. grim smile",
        "word": "grim"
    }, {
        "meaning": "facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust, etc; V.",
        "word": "grimace"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ghastly; horrifying; Ex. grisly remains of the bodies",
        "word": "grisly"
    }, {
        "meaning": "man employed to take care of horses; V: make neat and trim; clean and brush (an animal)",
        "word": "groom"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fantastic; comically hideous; strange and unnatural (causing fear or amusement)",
        "word": "grotesque"
    }, {
        "meaning": "repulsive to the sight; ugly; repugnant; Ex. hideous face/scream",
        "word": "hideous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small cavern",
        "word": "grotto"
    }, {
        "meaning": "complain; fuss; grumble; grouch; N: plump chickenlike game bird",
        "word": "grouse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "complain; mutter discontentedly; grouch; N.",
        "word": "grumble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "utter (complaining words) indistinctly in low tones",
        "word": "mutter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make or move with a deep rolling sound (as thunder or stomach)",
        "word": "rumble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate; behave in a servile manner",
        "word": "grovel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unwilling; reluctant; stingy(giving reluctantly)",
        "word": "grudging"
    }, {
        "meaning": "thin liquid porridge",
        "word": "gruel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "soft food made by boiling oatmeal",
        "word": "porridge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "crushed oats used for making porridge",
        "word": "oatmeal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "exhausting; Ex. grueling marathon race",
        "word": "grueling"
    }, {
        "meaning": "grisly; horrible",
        "word": "gruesome"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rough-mannered; (of a voice) rough; hoarse",
        "word": "gruff"
    }, {
        "meaning": "utter a deep guttural sound (as a pig does); N.",
        "word": "grunt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "boisterous laughter; V.",
        "word": "guffaw"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning; Ex. persuade her by guile",
        "word": "guile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "clever in deceiving; sly; N: cleverness in deceiving; deceit",
        "word": "cunning"
    }, {
        "meaning": "without deceit",
        "word": "guileless"
    }, {
        "meaning": "outward appearance; costume; Ex. in a new guise",
        "word": "guise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trick; deceive; hoodwink; N: person who is easily tricked; dupe",
        "word": "gull"
    }, {
        "meaning": "easily deceived",
        "word": "gullible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "affecting or relating to the sense of taste",
        "word": "gustatory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "eager enjoyment; zest; enthusiasm",
        "word": "gusto"
    }, {
        "meaning": "windy",
        "word": "gusty"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strong abrupt rush of wind; V. CF. bluster",
        "word": "gust"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cable or chain attached to something that needs to be braced or steadied; CF. guide",
        "word": "guy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "become unsteady and fall down",
        "word": "topple"
    }, {
        "meaning": "topple; N.",
        "word": "overthrow"
    }, {
        "meaning": "turn over; capsize; topple",
        "word": "overturn"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a boat) turn over",
        "word": "capsize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "apparatus used to maintain balance, ascertain direction, etc.",
        "word": "gyroscope"
    }, {
        "meaning": "accustom or familiarize; addict",
        "word": "habituate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hairs on back and neck, especially of a dog; Ex. make someone's hackles rise",
        "word": "hackles"
    }, {
        "meaning": "low, guttural, menacing sound (as of a dog)",
        "word": "growl"
    }, {
        "meaning": "commonplace; trite",
        "word": "hackneyed"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wasted away; gaunt; Ex. haggard faces of the rescued miners",
        "word": "haggard"
    }, {
        "meaning": "argue about prices (in an attempt to bargain)",
        "word": "haggle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "calm; peaceful; Ex. halcyon days",
        "word": "halcyon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "healthy",
        "word": "hale"
    }, {
        "meaning": "frozen rain drop; V: salute or greet; precipitate hail",
        "word": "hail"
    }, {
        "meaning": "blessed; consecrated; Ex. hallowed ground; V. hallow: set apart as holy",
        "word": "hallowed"
    }, {
        "meaning": "delusion; false idea; false perception of objects with a compelling sense of their reality; objects so perceived; V. hallucinate; ADJ. hallucinatory",
        "word": "hallucination"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hesitant; faltering; not fluent; Ex. halting steps/voice; V. halt: proceed or act with uncertainty; falter; hesitate; waver; stop",
        "word": "halting"
    }, {
        "meaning": "move or swing back and forth; be uncertain or unsteady in decision or movement; Ex. wavering between accepting and refusing",
        "word": "waver"
    }, {
        "meaning": "obstruct; prevent the free movement of; N:",
        "word": "hamper"
    }, {
        "meaning": "chance; luck",
        "word": "hap"
    }, {
        "meaning": "random; by chance; happening in an unplanned manner; Ex. haphazard growth of the town",
        "word": "haphazard"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unfortunate; luckless",
        "word": "hapless"
    }, {
        "meaning": "long, passionate, and vehement speech; V.",
        "word": "harangue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "annoy by repeated attacks",
        "word": "harass"
    }, {
        "meaning": "forerunner (which foreshadows what is to come)",
        "word": "harbinger"
    }, {
        "meaning": "give protection (by giving food and shelter); provide a refuge for; hide; keep in mind (thoughts or feelings); Ex. harbor a grudge/criminal; N: place of shelter; refuge",
        "word": "harbor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "natural home of a plant or animal; CF. habitation",
        "word": "habitat"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of people or animals) sturdy; robust; (of plants) able to stand inclement(stormy) weather",
        "word": "hardy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tiresome dwelling on a subject; V. harp: dwell on(think or speak a lot about) tediously",
        "word": "harping"
    }, {
        "meaning": "agonizing; distressing; traumatic; V. harrow: break up and level (soil) with a harrow; inflict great distress on; agonize; N: farming machine to break up the earth",
        "word": "harrowing"
    }, {
        "meaning": "harass, annoy, torment (by repeated attacks); raid",
        "word": "harry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deck opening; lid covering a deck opening; V: emerge from an egg; produce (young) from an egg",
        "word": "hatch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fastening or lock consisting of a movable bar that fits into a notch; V: close with a latch",
        "word": "latch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "V-shaped cut in a surface; V.",
        "word": "notch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pride; arrogance; ADJ. haughty",
        "word": "haughtiness"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a spirit) visit (a place); come to mind continually; visit (a place) regularly; frequent; Ex. haunted house; Ex. haunted by his last words; N: place much frequented",
        "word": "haunt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "place of safety; refuge; harbor; Ex. tax haven",
        "word": "haven"
    }, {
        "meaning": "widespread damage; disorder; chaos",
        "word": "havoc"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dangerous",
        "word": "hazardous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "venture; put in danger; risk; Ex. hazard a guess; N: possible source of danger",
        "word": "hazard"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slightly obscure; misty; unclear; N. haze: light mist or smoke; confused state of mind",
        "word": "hazy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hasty; rash; headfirst; ADV.",
        "word": "headlong"
    }, {
        "meaning": "moving with the head leading; headlong",
        "word": "headfirst"
    }, {
        "meaning": "willful; stubborn; unyielding; determined to have one's own way; CF. no 'excessive'",
        "word": "headstrong"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person who verbally harasses others; V. heckle: verbally harass as with gibes (by interrupting a speaker or speech)",
        "word": "heckler"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life; CF. hedonism: practice of living one's life purely for pleasure",
        "word": "hedonist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not noticing; disregarding",
        "word": "heedless"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pay attention to; N: close attention",
        "word": "heed"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dominance especially of one nation over others",
        "word": "hegemony"
    }, {
        "meaning": "atrocious; wicked; hatefully bad; Ex. heinous crime",
        "word": "heinous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "total; fragrant; clearly wrong; (of people's behavior) coarse; corpulent; Ex. gross insolence/behavior; V: earn as a total amount; N: 12 dozens",
        "word": "gross"
    }, {
        "meaning": "steering wheel of a ship; position of control",
        "word": "helm"
    }, {
        "meaning": "grain-eating; CF. herbivore",
        "word": "herbivorous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion; ADJ. heretical; CF. heretic",
        "word": "heresy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sealed by fusion so as to be airtight; airtight",
        "word": "hermetic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "concerning alchemy or magic; obscure and mysterious; occult",
        "word": "hermetic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "incapable of producing young; free from microorganism; V. sterilize",
        "word": "sterile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "home of a hermit",
        "word": "hermitage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who studies reptiles; CF. herpetology: branch of zoology that deals with reptiles and amphibians",
        "word": "herpetologist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of beliefs) against accepted opinion; unorthodox; unconventional",
        "word": "heterodox"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dissimilar; mixed; not homogeneous; consisting of dissimilar elements or plants",
        "word": "heterogeneous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cut to pieces with ax or sword; chop; N.",
        "word": "hew"
    }, {
        "meaning": "time of greatest success or power; prime",
        "word": "heyday"
    }, {
        "meaning": "period of ideal or peak condition; earliest or beginning stage; Ex. in the prime of life; Ex. prime of the year(spring); ADJ: first in importance or rank; first; V: make ready; prepare",
        "word": "prime"
    }, {
        "meaning": "first in rank or importance; principal; earliest in time; Ex. primary stages; N. CF. first",
        "word": "primary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "first in rank or importance; being first in time; original; Ex. man's primal innocence",
        "word": "primal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "group of mammals including humans",
        "word": "primate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "gap; pause; gap or interruption in space or time; break",
        "word": "hiatus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wintry; wintery; of or like winter",
        "word": "hibernal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sleep throughout the winter; N. hibernation",
        "word": "hibernate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "arrangement by rank or standing; authoritarian body divided into ranks; body of persons having authority",
        "word": "hierarchy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "animal, plant, or natural object serving as a symbol of a clan or family; representation of this; Ex. totem pole",
        "word": "totem"
    }, {
        "meaning": "picture writing; ADJ.",
        "word": "hieroglyphic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "boisterous mirth(merriment; laughter); ADJ. hilarious: full of laughter",
        "word": "hilarity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "furthest behind; farthest to the rear",
        "word": "hindmost"
    }, {
        "meaning": "begin and continue (a war)",
        "word": "wage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "block; obstacle; V. hinder",
        "word": "hindrance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "back country; inner part of a country; OP. foreland",
        "word": "hinterlands"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who serves for hire (usually used contemptuously); one who works solely for compensation; Ex. hireling politician",
        "word": "hireling"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hairy; having a lot of hair",
        "word": "hirsute"
    }, {
        "meaning": "theatrical; excessively dramatic or emotional; affected; of actors or acting; N. histrionics: histrionic behavior",
        "word": "histrionic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "important in history; Ex. historic battle",
        "word": "historic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "connected with history; based on events in history (whether regarded as important or not)",
        "word": "historical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stockpile; accumulate for future use; N: supply stored for future use",
        "word": "hoard"
    }, {
        "meaning": "white with age",
        "word": "hoary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trick which makes someone take action; practical joke; Ex. hoax mail; V.",
        "word": "hoax"
    }, {
        "meaning": "destruction by fire; CF. burnt whole; CF. Holocaust",
        "word": "holocaust"
    }, {
        "meaning": "leather pistol case (that hangs on a belt around the waist)",
        "word": "holster"
    }, {
        "meaning": "honor; tribute; great respect; Ex. pay/do homage to",
        "word": "homage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tendency of a system or organism to maintain relative stability or internal equilibrium; CF. homeo-: constant; Ex. homeotherm",
        "word": "homeostasis"
    }, {
        "meaning": "domestic; made at home; spun or woven at home; simple and ordinary; Ex. homespun philosophy",
        "word": "homespun"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rotate swiftly; make (thread) by twisting (cotton, wool, etc.); N.",
        "word": "spin"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sermon; tedious moralizing lecture; serious warning; ADJ. homiletic",
        "word": "homily"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of the same kind; uniform in composition throughout",
        "word": "homogeneous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sharpen (a tool); N: whetstone for sharpening a tool",
        "word": "hone"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deceive; delude",
        "word": "hoodwink"
    }, {
        "meaning": "crowd; swarm",
        "word": "horde"
    }, {
        "meaning": "large group of insects moving in a mass; crowd of people or animals; V: move in a crowd or mass",
        "word": "swarm"
    }, {
        "meaning": "encouraging; exhortive; marked by exhortation; CF. exhort",
        "word": "hortatory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to cultivation of gardens; N. horticulture: science or art of cultivating fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants; CF. agriculture: science or art of farming or growing crops",
        "word": "horticultural"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unfriendliness; hatred; enmity; ADJ. hostile",
        "word": "hostility"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shack; small wretched house",
        "word": "hovel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "crude dwelling; shack",
        "word": "hut"
    }, {
        "meaning": "crude cabin",
        "word": "shack"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small roofed structure for storage and shelter; V: pour forth; lose by natural process; repel without allowing penetration; radiate; cast; Ex. shed tears/light/water/skin/leaves",
        "word": "shed"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hang about; (of birds or aircraft) stay in the air in one place; (of people) wait nearby; stay around one place; waver; be in an uncertain state",
        "word": "hover"
    }, {
        "meaning": "confused uproar; loud noise; din",
        "word": "hubbub"
    }, {
        "meaning": "arrogance; excessive self-conceit",
        "word": "hubris"
    }, {
        "meaning": "color; aspect; Ex. opinions of every hue",
        "word": "hue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule",
        "word": "hue_and_cry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "marked by kindness or consideration; kind and compassionate; humanitarian",
        "word": "humane"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one devoted to the promotion of human welfare; CF. humanism",
        "word": "humanitarian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dull; monotonous",
        "word": "humdrum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "damp; N. humidity",
        "word": "humid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "humbleness of spirit",
        "word": "humility"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of low rank or position; modest; having a low opinion of oneself and a high opinion of others; unassuming; not proud; V. humiliate: make humble; cause to feel ashamed or to lose the respect of others",
        "word": "humble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small hill; hillock",
        "word": "hummock"
    }, {
        "meaning": "substance or rich soil formed by decaying vegetable matter; CF. soil",
        "word": "humus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "crash; rush; move with great speed; Ex. hurtling runaway train",
        "word": "hurtle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "use sparingly; conserve; save; Ex. husband one's energy; CF. house holder",
        "word": "husband"
    }, {
        "meaning": "frugality; thrift; economy; agriculture; farming; Ex. animal husbandry; CF. husbandman",
        "word": "husbandry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mongrel; mixed breed; V. hybridize",
        "word": "hybrid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "plant or animal (esp. a dog) of mixed breed; ADJ.",
        "word": "mongrel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "line of ancestors; ancestry; lineage; ADJ. (of an animal) descended from of a chosen family; Ex. pedigree dog; CF. crane's foot",
        "word": "pedigree"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fear of water; rabies",
        "word": "hydrophobia"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disease passed on by the bite of an infected animal (causing madness and death)",
        "word": "rabies"
    }, {
        "meaning": "science and practice of the promotion and preservation of health; ADJ. hygienic: showing careful attention to cleanness (to prevent disease); Ex. hygienic condition",
        "word": "hygiene"
    }, {
        "meaning": "exaggeration; overstatement; ADJ. hyperbolic: of hyperbole; of a hyperbola",
        "word": "hyperbole"
    }, {
        "meaning": "excessively exacting; too critical (without noticing good qualities)",
        "word": "hypercritical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person unduly worried about his health; worrier without cause about illness; ADJ. CF. hypochondria: neurosis that one is or is becoming ill; CF. abdomen",
        "word": "hypochondriac"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pretending to be virtuous; deceiving; N. hypocrisy: profession of beliefs one does not possess; CF. hypocrite",
        "word": "hypocritical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "based on assumptions or hypotheses; supposed; N. hypothesis",
        "word": "hypothetical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "study of fish; CF. ichthyo-: fish",
        "word": "ichthyology"
    }, {
        "meaning": "religious image; idol; image or representation",
        "word": "icon(ikon)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "attacking cherished traditions; N. iconoclast: one who attacks traditional ideas; one who destroys sacred images",
        "word": "iconoclastic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "system of ideas characteristic of a group or culture",
        "word": "ideology"
    }, {
        "meaning": "expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words; distinctive style (of expression); Ex. idiom of the modern popular music; ADJ. idiomatic",
        "word": "idiom"
    }, {
        "meaning": "individual trait usually odd in nature; behavioral peculiarity; eccentricity; attitude, behavior, or opinion peculiar to a person; anything highly individual or eccentric; ADJ. idiosyncratic",
        "word": "idiosyncrasy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "worship of idols; excessive admiration or devotion; ADJ. idolatrous",
        "word": "idolatry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "charmingly carefree; simple and happy; Ex. idyllic scene",
        "word": "idyllic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "short poem idealizing rural life; simple happy period of life (in the country); scene from such a time; Ex. idyll of two young lovers",
        "word": "idyll(idyl)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "produced by fire; of fire; volcanic; (of rocks) formed from lava; Ex. igneous meteorite",
        "word": "igneous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "kindle; light; catch fire or set fire to",
        "word": "ignite"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unworthy; not noble; dishonorable; Ex. ignoble deed",
        "word": "ignoble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deep disgrace; shame or dishonor; ADJ. ignominious; Ex. ignominous defeat",
        "word": "ignominy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "illegal",
        "word": "illicit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "infinite; limitless",
        "word": "illimitable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "brighten; clear up or make understandable; enlighten; enable to understand; Ex. illuminating remarks",
        "word": "illuminate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "misleading vision or visual image; false idea or belief; CF. delusion",
        "word": "illusion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deceiving; based on illusion; causing illusion; deceptive",
        "word": "illusive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "illusive; deceptive; not real",
        "word": "illusory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lack of balance or symmetry; disproportion",
        "word": "imbalance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lack of proportion (between the parts); ADJ. disproportionate",
        "word": "disproportion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "weakness of mind; state of being an imbecile; N. imbecile: stupid person; fool",
        "word": "imbecility"
    }, {
        "meaning": "drink in",
        "word": "imbibe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "complicated situation (as in a play); painful or complex misunderstanding (as in a play); entanglement; confused mass (as of papers); V. embroil",
        "word": "imbroglio"
    }, {
        "meaning": "saturate(soak thoroughly); fill; Ex. imbue someone with feelings",
        "word": "imbue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "spotless; flawless; absolutely clean",
        "word": "immaculate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one that pays rent to use property owned by another",
        "word": "tenant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "possession of land or building by rent; period of a tenant's occupancy",
        "word": "tenancy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "impending; near at hand",
        "word": "imminent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state of being immovable",
        "word": "immobility"
    }, {
        "meaning": "offer or kill as a sacrifice (by fire)",
        "word": "immolate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "resistant to; free or exempt from; N. immunity",
        "word": "immune"
    }, {
        "meaning": "imprison; shut up in confinement; CF. wall",
        "word": "immure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unchangeable",
        "word": "immutable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "injure; hurt; damage",
        "word": "impair"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pierce (with a sharp point); Ex. impaled by the spear",
        "word": "impale"
    }, {
        "meaning": "imperceptible(not easily understood); intangible; OP. palpable: tangible; easily perceptible",
        "word": "impalpable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not biased; fair; N. impartiality",
        "word": "impartial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "grant a share of; make known; Ex. news to impart",
        "word": "impart"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not able to be traveled or crossed",
        "word": "impassable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "predicament(dangerous condition) from which there is no escape; situation allowing for no further progress",
        "word": "impasse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "without feeling; expressionless; imperturbable; stoical; Ex. impassive face",
        "word": "impassive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "charge (a public official) with crime in office; raise doubts about; indict; Ex. impeach a witness's credibility",
        "word": "impeach"
    }, {
        "meaning": "faultless",
        "word": "impeccable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "evidence concerning one's authority; written proof of a person's position; Ex. The new ambassador presented his credentials to the court.",
        "word": "credential"
    }, {
        "meaning": "without money",
        "word": "impecunious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hide; retard or obstruct the progress of; block",
        "word": "impede"
    }, {
        "meaning": "delay (in development); ADJ. retarded: (as of a child) slower in development",
        "word": "retard"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hindrance; stumbling-block; speech defect preventing clear articulation; Ex. speech impediment",
        "word": "impediment"
    }, {
        "meaning": "drive or force onward; drive to take action; urge to action",
        "word": "impel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "nearing; approaching; about to happen",
        "word": "impending"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not able to be pierced or entered; beyond understanding; impossible to understand; Ex. impenetrable mystery",
        "word": "impenetrable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not repentant",
        "word": "impenitent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "absolutely necessary; that must be done; critically important; expressing command; Ex. It is imperative that; N: something that must be done",
        "word": "imperative"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unnoticeable; impossible to perceive; undetectable",
        "word": "imperceptible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "like an emperor; related to an empire; CF. imperialism",
        "word": "imperial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "put in danger",
        "word": "imperil"
    }, {
        "meaning": "domineering; too commanding; haughty; CF. imperial/emperor",
        "word": "imperious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "impervious; not permitting passage through its substance; impossible to permeate",
        "word": "impermeable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "insolent; rude; not pertinent; N. impertinence",
        "word": "impertinent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unshakably calm; placid",
        "word": "imperturbable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "composed; calm; self-possessed",
        "word": "collected"
    }, {
        "meaning": "impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed; incapable of being affected (in one's opinions); Ex. impervious to water/criticism",
        "word": "impervious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "violent; hasty; rash; impulsive; without careful thought; Ex. impetuous decision",
        "word": "impetuous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "moving force; momentum; force of a moving body; incentive; stimulus; impulse",
        "word": "impetus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "irreverence; lack of respect for God or piety",
        "word": "impiety"
    }, {
        "meaning": "infringe; encroach; influence; touch; collide with; Ex. The effects are impinging on every aspect of our lives.",
        "word": "impinge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "irreverent",
        "word": "impious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "incapable of being pacified; impossible to appease; Ex. implacable enemy",
        "word": "implacable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unlikely (to be true); unbelievable; Ex. implausible alibi",
        "word": "implausible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "put into effect; enforce; carry out; supply with tools; Ex. implement the plan/suggestion; N: tool or instrument",
        "word": "implement"
    }, {
        "meaning": "incriminate; involve incriminatingly; show to be involved (in a crime); Ex. implicate someone in the crime",
        "word": "implicate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "something hinted at or suggested; implying; implicating",
        "word": "implication"
    }, {
        "meaning": "understood but not stated; implied; unquestioning and complete; Ex. implicit trust",
        "word": "implicit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "burst inward; CF. vaccum tube",
        "word": "implode"
    }, {
        "meaning": "beg",
        "word": "implore"
    }, {
        "meaning": "suggest a meaning not expressed; signify",
        "word": "imply"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not wise; not expedient; not politic",
        "word": "impolitic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "weightless; that cannot undergo precise evaluation; CF. pound",
        "word": "imponderable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "significance; importance; meaning",
        "word": "import"
    }, {
        "meaning": "expressing a meaning; important; Ex. significant smile; N. significance: importance; meaning; V. signify: denote; mean; signal; make known; matter; be significant",
        "word": "significant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "urging; always demanding; troublesomely urgent or persistent",
        "word": "importunate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "beg persistently; make repeated requests (in an annoying way)",
        "word": "importune"
    }, {
        "meaning": "assuming a false identity; masquerade; CF. impostor",
        "word": "imposture"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wear a mask or disguise; pretend; N: costume party or ball at which masks are worn; pretense; disguise",
        "word": "masquerade"
    }, {
        "meaning": "weak; ineffective; lacking in physical strength or power",
        "word": "impotent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "desire; want intensely",
        "word": "crave"
    }, {
        "meaning": "curse; swearword",
        "word": "imprecation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "invulnerable; impossible to capture or enter by force; Ex. impregnable fort/argument; CF. take",
        "word": "impregnable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make pregnant; fill thoroughly; saturate",
        "word": "impregnate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "without previous preparation; off the cuff(end of a sleeve); on the spur of the moment",
        "word": "impromptu"
    }, {
        "meaning": "improperness; unsuitableness",
        "word": "impropriety"
    }, {
        "meaning": "thriftless; not providing for the future",
        "word": "improvident"
    }, {
        "meaning": "compose on the spur of the moment",
        "word": "improvise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lacking caution; not prudent; injudicious",
        "word": "imprudent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "impertinence; insolence",
        "word": "impudence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dispute or contradict (often in an insulting way); attack as false or questionable; challenge; gainsay; CF. fight",
        "word": "impugn"
    }, {
        "meaning": "powerlessness; feebleness",
        "word": "impuissance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "freedom from punishment or harm; CF. punish",
        "word": "impunity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "attribute; ascribe; charge; N. imputation",
        "word": "impute"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly",
        "word": "inadvertently"
    }, {
        "meaning": "watch over and direct; supervise; N. oversight: unintentional failure to notice or do something; supervision",
        "word": "oversee"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not to be taken away; nontransferable; Ex. inalienable rights",
        "word": "inalienable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "silly; senseless; Ex. inane remarks; N. inanity",
        "word": "inane"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lifeless; not animate",
        "word": "inanimate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "speechless; producing indistinct speech; not articulate; not expressing oneself clearly",
        "word": "inarticulate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unable for the moment to speak (because of strong feeling); Ex. speechless with anger",
        "word": "speechless"
    }, {
        "meaning": "begin formally; install in office; induct into office by a formal ceremony; N. inauguration; ADJ. inaugural",
        "word": "inaugurate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting visible light when heated; Ex. incandescent light bulb; CF. candle",
        "word": "incandescent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "singing or chanting of magic spells; magical formula; (the saying of) words used in magic; CF. enchant",
        "word": "incantation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tune(melody) in which a number of words are sung on the same note; V: sing (a chant); utter (a slogan) in the manner of a chant",
        "word": "chant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "quality of pleasing; amulet; action or formula thought to have magical power; spell; V: attract; cast a spell on; bewitch",
        "word": "charm"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cast a spell over; captivate completely",
        "word": "bewitch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "repeat aloud (something learned); describe; Ex. recite his complaints; N. recitation",
        "word": "recite"
    }, {
        "meaning": "act of reciting publicly; detailed account; performance of music or dance (by a solo performer)",
        "word": "recital"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disable; N. incapacity: lack of capacity",
        "word": "incapacitate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "imprison",
        "word": "incarcerate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "endowed with flesh; invested with bodily form; personified; Ex. devil incarnate; V: give bodily form to; embody",
        "word": "incarnate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "act of assuming a human body and human nature; one who personifies something; personification; Ex. previous incarnation/reincarnation",
        "word": "incarnation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "represent (an inanimate object) as a person; be the embodiment or perfect example of; Ex. She is evil/patience personified; N. personification",
        "word": "personify"
    }, {
        "meaning": "arsonist; ADJ: causing fire; of arson; Ex. incendiary bomb",
        "word": "incendiary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "enrage; infuriate(make furious); make extremely angry; outrage; N: aromatic substance burned to produce a pleasant odor",
        "word": "incense"
    }, {
        "meaning": "spur; motive; something which encourages one to greater activity",
        "word": "incentive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "start; beginning",
        "word": "inception"
    }, {
        "meaning": "uninterrupted; unceasing",
        "word": "incessant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of desire, wish, plan) recently begun; not explicit; at the beginning of development; rudimentary; elementary; Ex. inchoate mass",
        "word": "inchoate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rate of occurrence; particular occurrence; Ex. high incidence of infant mortality",
        "word": "incidence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not essential; minor; N: something incidental",
        "word": "incidental"
    }, {
        "meaning": "event; event that causes a crisis",
        "word": "incident"
    }, {
        "meaning": "burn to ashes",
        "word": "incinerate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "beginning; in an early stage",
        "word": "incipient"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(appreciatively) cutting; sharp; Ex. incisive remarks; V. incise: make a cut into",
        "word": "incisive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "arouse to action; goad; motivate; induce to exist; Ex. incite a riot/the crowd to rebellion",
        "word": "incite"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stormy; unkind; unmerciful; CF. clement",
        "word": "inclement"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slope; slant; Ex. steep incline",
        "word": "incline"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tending or leaning toward; bent; V. incline: slant; dispose; be disposed; tend",
        "word": "inclined"
    }, {
        "meaning": "have a tendency; take care of; minister; serve at; apply one's attention; attend",
        "word": "tend"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tending to include all; all-inclusive; Ex. inclusive charge",
        "word": "inclusive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "with identity concealed; using an assumed name; ADJ.",
        "word": "incognito"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unintelligible; muddled; unable to express one's thoughts in an orderly manner; illogical; lacking cohesion; not coherent",
        "word": "incoherent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not spacious; inconvenient",
        "word": "incommodious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "inharmonious; N. incompatibility",
        "word": "incompatible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lack of harmony; absurdity; ADJ. incongruous: lacking in harmony; inappropriate",
        "word": "incongruity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "clothe; N: clothing; array; apparel",
        "word": "attire"
    }, {
        "meaning": "insignificant; unimportant",
        "word": "inconsequential"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness; ADJ. inconsistent: displaying a lack of consistency; erratic; contradictory; incompatible",
        "word": "inconsistency"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lacking self-restraint; not continent; licentious",
        "word": "incontinent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "indisputable; impossible to dispute; not open to question; unquestionable",
        "word": "incontrovertible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "introduce something into a larger whole; include; embody; give material form to; ADJ.",
        "word": "incorporate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "without a material body; insubstantial",
        "word": "incorporeal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "uncorrectable",
        "word": "incorrigible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tendency to disbelief",
        "word": "incredulity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "withholding belief; skeptical; showing disbelief",
        "word": "incredulous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "increase",
        "word": "increment"
    }, {
        "meaning": "accuse of or implicate in a crime; serve as evidence against; cause to seem or make guilty of a crime; Ex. incriminating evidence",
        "word": "incriminate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hard coating or crust; V. incrust: encrust; cover with a crust",
        "word": "incrustation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hatch; warm (eggs) with the body to promote hatching; maintain at optimal environment conditions for development; be holding in one's body an infection which is going to develop into a disease; N. incubation; CF. incubation:disease",
        "word": "incubate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "since; owing to the fact that",
        "word": "inasmuch_as"
    }, {
        "meaning": "burden; very worriying problem; mental care; nightmare; male devil; CF. succubus",
        "word": "incubus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "teach (ideas or principles); instill",
        "word": "inculcate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "obligatory; imposed as an obligation; currently holding an office; N: person who holds an office",
        "word": "incumbent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bring upon oneself",
        "word": "incur"
    }, {
        "meaning": "temporary invasion; CF. excursion: short journey",
        "word": "incursion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tireless; untiring; showing no sign of getting tired",
        "word": "indefatigable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not able to be erased",
        "word": "indelible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make secure against damage or loss; compensate for damage or loss; CF. make uninjured",
        "word": "indemnify"
    }, {
        "meaning": "notch; deep recess; V. indent; CF. tooth",
        "word": "indentation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bind as servant or apprentice to master; bind by indenture; N: contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified time (as between an apprentice and his master)",
        "word": "indenture"
    }, {
        "meaning": "uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite",
        "word": "indeterminate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "suggestive; implying; serving to indicate",
        "word": "indicative"
    }, {
        "meaning": "signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index",
        "word": "indices"
    }, {
        "meaning": "charge; N. indictment",
        "word": "indict"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unmoved or unconcerned by; having no interest in; mediocre; neither good nor bad",
        "word": "indifferent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "poverty",
        "word": "indigence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "native; Ex. plant indigenous to the New World",
        "word": "indigenous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "poor; destitute",
        "word": "indigent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "anger at an injustice; Ex. righteous indignation; ADJ. indignant",
        "word": "indignation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "morally upright; just",
        "word": "righteous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "legally correct; Ex. rightful owner",
        "word": "rightful"
    }, {
        "meaning": "treatment or situation that causes shame or loss of dignity, respect; offensive or insulting treatment; humiliating or degrading treatment; Ex. I suffered the indignity of having to say that in front of them.",
        "word": "indignity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "choosing at random; confused; not based on careful distinctions",
        "word": "indiscriminate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "too certain to be disputed; beyond doubt",
        "word": "indisputable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "permanent; impossible to dissolve or disintegrate",
        "word": "indissoluble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "write; compose",
        "word": "indite"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lazy",
        "word": "indolent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unconquerable; unyielding",
        "word": "indomitable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unable to be doubted; which cannot be doubted; unquestionable",
        "word": "indubitable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "persuade; lead to do something; bring about; N. inducement",
        "word": "induce"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to induction or proceeding from the specific to the general",
        "word": "inductive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "place formally in office; install; admit as a member; initiate; N. induction: inducting; process of deriving general principles from particular facts",
        "word": "induct"
    }, {
        "meaning": "humoring; yielding; lenient; showing indulgence",
        "word": "indulgent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "yield to; gratify; allow oneself a special pleasure; Ex. indulge one's every whim/a child/in a big cigarette; N. indulgence",
        "word": "indulge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "indulge; comply with the wishes of; N. quality that makes something amusing; state of mind; mood; Ex. in a bad humor; Ex. out of humor",
        "word": "humor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "diligent; hard-working; N. industry",
        "word": "industrious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "habitually intoxicated; drunk; N. inebriety",
        "word": "inebriated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make drunk; intoxicate; N. intoxicated person",
        "word": "inebriate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make drunk; stimulate or excite; Ex. intoxicated by all the money he might win",
        "word": "intoxicate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unutterable; not to be uttered; taboo; that cannot be expressed in speech; indescribable; unspeakable; inexpressible; Ex. ineffable name/joy",
        "word": "ineffable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not effective; not having a desired effect; weak",
        "word": "ineffectual"
    }, {
        "meaning": "irresistible; not to be escaped; unavoidable",
        "word": "ineluctable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unsuited; inappropriate; lacking skill; incompetent; CF. inapt: (of statements or ideas) inappropriate",
        "word": "inept"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unfairness; ADJ. inequitable",
        "word": "inequity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "infallibility",
        "word": "inerrancy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act; Ex. chemically inert; N. inertia: state of being inert; force which keeps a thing in the position or state",
        "word": "inert"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unavoidable",
        "word": "inevitable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "relentless; unyielding; implacable; not capable of being changed by entreaty or efforts; Ex. inexorable price rises",
        "word": "inexorable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unerring; never making mistakes",
        "word": "infallible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "notoriously bad; notorious; well known for being bad; Ex. infamous behavior; N: infamy: infamous act; evil fame or reputation",
        "word": "infamous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "childish; infantlike",
        "word": "infantile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deduce; conclude; N. inference",
        "word": "infer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to hell; devilish; N. inferno: place of fiery heat or destruction",
        "word": "infernal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unbeliever (with respect to a particular religion)",
        "word": "infidel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pass into or through; penetrate or enter (an organization) sneakily; Ex. infiltrate the troops into enemy territory; CF. infiltrator",
        "word": "infiltrate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "enter into; pierce; permeate; see through; grasp the inner significance of; understand",
        "word": "penetrate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "very small",
        "word": "infinitesimal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "weakness",
        "word": "infirmity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "exaggerated; pompous; enlarged (with air or gas)",
        "word": "inflated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flowing into",
        "word": "influx"
    }, {
        "meaning": "violation (of a rule or regulation); breach",
        "word": "infraction"
    }, {
        "meaning": "violate (a law); encroach (the right of another person)",
        "word": "infringe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "marked by inventive skill; clever; resourceful; N. ingenuity",
        "word": "ingenious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "clever and imaginative (in dealing with difficult situations); N. resource, resourcefulness",
        "word": "resourceful"
    }, {
        "meaning": "naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated; candid",
        "word": "ingenuous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ing\\'enue; young innocent girl",
        "word": "ingenue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deeply established; firmly rooted; Ex. ingrained dirt/prejudice",
        "word": "ingrained"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ungrateful person (not expressing thanks)",
        "word": "ingrate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "become popular with; bring (oneself) in favor of another; Ex. ingratiate himself with the boss",
        "word": "ingratiate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "firmly established by nature or habit; intrinsic",
        "word": "inherent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "restrain; prohibit; retard or prevent; N. inhibition",
        "word": "inhibit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a person) unable to express what one really feels",
        "word": "inhibited"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having no inhibitions; free in behavior and feelings",
        "word": "uninhibited"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of someone) unfriendly; hostile; (of something) harmful; detrimental; CF. enemy",
        "word": "inimical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "matchless; not able to be imitated",
        "word": "inimitable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wicked; immoral; unrighteous; N. iniquity; Ex. den of iniquity",
        "word": "iniquitous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "begin; originate; receive into a group; introduce to a new field or activity; Ex. initiate someone into the mysteries of a secret religion; N: one who has been initiated",
        "word": "initiate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "harmful; causing injury",
        "word": "injurious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hint; slight indication",
        "word": "inkling"
    }, {
        "meaning": "inborn",
        "word": "innate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "harmless",
        "word": "innocuous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "change; something newly introduced; introduction of something new; V. innovate: begin or introduce (something new); be creative; ADJ. innovative",
        "word": "innovation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "indirect or subtle (derogatory) hint; insinuation; Ex. sexual innuendo",
        "word": "innuendo"
    }, {
        "meaning": "untimely; inappropriate or ill-timed; poorly chosen",
        "word": "inopportune"
    }, {
        "meaning": "beyond reasonable limits; unrestrained; excessive; Ex. inordinate demands",
        "word": "inordinate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "questioner (especially harsh); investigator; person making an inquisition",
        "word": "inquisitor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "eager for knowledge; unduly curious",
        "word": "inquisitive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unwholesome; not healthful; Ex. insalubrious place",
        "word": "insalubrious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "conducive to good health; Ex. healthful mountain air",
        "word": "healthful"
    }, {
        "meaning": "possessing good health; healthful",
        "word": "healthy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "conducive to mental or physical health; healthful",
        "word": "wholesome"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not easily satisfied; unquenchable; Ex. insatiable appetite",
        "word": "insatiable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "difficult to understand; impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious",
        "word": "inscrutable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "without feeling; lacking sense; foolish",
        "word": "insensate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unconscious; unresponsive; insensitive; unaware; imperceptible; Ex. insensible of his danger/to pain; Ex. insensible change; CF. not the opposite of sensible",
        "word": "insensible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "treacherous; stealthy; sly; working or spreading harmfully in a stealthy manner; Ex. insidious spreading of dry rot",
        "word": "insidious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "discerning; perceptive",
        "word": "insightful"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hint; imply; suggest indirectly; creep in; introduce or insert (oneself) by artful means; Ex. insinuate himself into the boss's favor; CF. ingratiate",
        "word": "insinuate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "move with body close to the ground; move stealthily or slowly; N.",
        "word": "creep"
    }, {
        "meaning": "exhibiting art or skill; deceitful; cunning; CF. artifice",
        "word": "artful"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lacking in flavor; lacking interest; dull; Ex. insipid food/character",
        "word": "insipid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "impudent disrespect; haughtiness; ADJ. insolent; CF. haughty + rude",
        "word": "insolence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bankrupt; lacking money to pay; N. insolvency",
        "word": "insolvent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wakefulness; inability to sleep",
        "word": "insomnia"
    }, {
        "meaning": "without concern or care; unconcerned; indifferent",
        "word": "insouciant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "start; urge; provoke; incite; Ex. instigate a search/quarrel",
        "word": "instigate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disobedience; rebelliousness; ADJ. insubordinate",
        "word": "insubordination"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lacking substance; insignificant; frail; immaterial",
        "word": "insubstantial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "narrow-mindedness; isolation; ADJ. insular: of an island; isolated; narrow-minded; CF. peninsula",
        "word": "insularity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "insurmountable; unbeatable; Ex. insuperable difficulties",
        "word": "insuperable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "chances; probability; disagreement; Ex. The odds are that it will rain. Ex. at odds with",
        "word": "odds"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rebellious; N.",
        "word": "insurgent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "overwhelming; unbeatable; insuperable",
        "word": "insurmountable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rebellion; uprising",
        "word": "insurrection"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not able to be perceived by touch; vague",
        "word": "intangible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "complete; necessary for completeness; Ex. integral part",
        "word": "integral"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make whole; combine; make into one unit",
        "word": "integrate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "honesty; uprightness; wholeness; state of being whole and undivided; completeness",
        "word": "integrity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(sitting or standing) straight up; honest; moral",
        "word": "upright"
    }, {
        "meaning": "higher mental powers; person of great intellectual ability",
        "word": "intellect"
    }, {
        "meaning": "intellectuals; members of the educated elite (often used derogatorily)",
        "word": "intelligentsia"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bury; N. interment",
        "word": "inter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "place for burying the dead",
        "word": "cemetery"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prohibit; forbid; N.",
        "word": "interdict"
    }, {
        "meaning": "meantime; Ex. in the interim; ADJ. taking place during an interim; Ex. interim paper",
        "word": "interim"
    }, {
        "meaning": "intruder; one who interferes",
        "word": "interloper"
    }, {
        "meaning": "endless",
        "word": "interminable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals",
        "word": "intermittent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mutually destructive",
        "word": "internecine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "insert between",
        "word": "interpolate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "period between two successive reigns or governments",
        "word": "interregnum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "question closely; cross-examine; cross-question",
        "word": "interrogate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "come between; interfere; Ex. intervened to prevent a fight; N. intervention",
        "word": "intervene"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hint; suggest; imply; ADJ: marked by close relationship; familiar; private; personal; Ex. intimate knowledge/thoughts in the diary; N: close friend or confidant; CF. intimacy",
        "word": "intimate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "frighten; N. intimidation",
        "word": "intimidate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unruly; difficult to manage; Ex. intractable problem/child",
        "word": "intractable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "refusal of any compromise; stubbornness; ADJ. intransigent: uncompromising",
        "word": "intransigence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fearless",
        "word": "intrepid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "essential; inherent; built-in",
        "word": "intrinsic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "looking within oneself; N. introspection: self-examination",
        "word": "introspective"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who is introspective or inclined to think more about oneself; ADJ. introverted",
        "word": "introvert"
    }, {
        "meaning": "put or force in without being asked; trespass; enter as an uninvited person; Ex. intrude one's own opinion into the report; CF. thrust in",
        "word": "intrude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning; ADJ. intuitive; V. intuit: know by intuition",
        "word": "intuition"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flood; overflow; submerge; cover completely; Ex. inundated with work",
        "word": "inundate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of water) cover completely; defeat completely by much greater force; Ex. overwhelmed by grief",
        "word": "overwhelm"
    }, {
        "meaning": "place under water; dip; go under water; cover completely (as with water); Ex. submerged in work",
        "word": "submerge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "surround and swallow up",
        "word": "engulf"
    }, {
        "meaning": "accustomed; hardened; Ex. inured to the Alaskan cold; V. inure: make used to something undesirable; harden; CF. unfeeling",
        "word": "inured"
    }, {
        "meaning": "weaken; destroy; make invalid; nullify",
        "word": "invalidate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one incapacitated(disabled) by a chronic illness; ADJ: incapacitated by illness; not valid; null; V: allow to leave (a military force) because of ill-health",
        "word": "invalid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "abuse",
        "word": "invective"
    }, {
        "meaning": "denounce; utter censure or invective; Ex. inveigh against the evils of drink",
        "word": "inveigh"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deceive; lead astray by deception; wheedle(cajole); Ex. inveigle her into joining the club; CF. interest dishonestly",
        "word": "inveigle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "opposite",
        "word": "inverse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "turn upside down or inside out; reverse the position or condition of",
        "word": "invert"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deep-rooted; habitual; CF. grow old",
        "word": "inveterate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "designed to create ill will or envy; tending to rouse ill will or envy; Ex. invidious comparison",
        "word": "invidious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unconquerable",
        "word": "invincible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "secure from corruption, attack, or violation(or profanation); unassailable; Ex. inviolable oath/rights; N. inviolability",
        "word": "inviolable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prayer for help (used in invoking); calling upon as a reference or support; act of invoking",
        "word": "invocation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "call and bring into use (a right or law); call on/upon (a higher power or god) for help; ask for; beg for; conjure (a spirit); Ex. invoke the veto power; Ex. invoke one's advisor/God",
        "word": "invoke"
    }, {
        "meaning": "incapable of injury; impossible to damage or injure",
        "word": "invulnerable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "very small quantity",
        "word": "iota"
    }, {
        "meaning": "irritable; easily angered",
        "word": "irascible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "angry; CF. ire: anger; wrath",
        "word": "irate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "exhibiting rainbowlike colors; Ex. iridescent oil slick; N. iridescence",
        "word": "iridescent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "annoying; tedious; V. irk: annoy",
        "word": "irksome"
    }, {
        "meaning": "expressing irony; occurring in an unexpected and contrary manner",
        "word": "ironic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hidden sarcasm or satire; use of words that seem to mean the opposite of what they actually mean; use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning",
        "word": "irony"
    }, {
        "meaning": "impossible to reconcile; incompatible; not able to be resolved",
        "word": "irreconcilable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "indisputable; incontrovertible; undeniable",
        "word": "irrefutable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not applicable; unrelated",
        "word": "irrelevant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "incurable; uncorrectable; impossible to remedy",
        "word": "irremediable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not able to be corrected or repaired; impossible to repair",
        "word": "irreparable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unable to be restrained or held back; impossible to hold back",
        "word": "irrepressible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "beyond reproach; blameless; impeccable; Ex. irreproachable conduct",
        "word": "irreproachable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "uncertain how to act; weak; lacking in resolution; indecisive; N. irresolution",
        "word": "irresolute"
    }, {
        "meaning": "marked by indecision; inconclusive; Ex. indecisive battle",
        "word": "indecisive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "irresolution; inability to make up one's mind",
        "word": "indecision"
    }, {
        "meaning": "impossible to recover or regain; CF. retrieve",
        "word": "irretrievable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lack of proper respect or reverence; ADJ. irreverent",
        "word": "irreverence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unalterable; irreversible; impossible to revoke",
        "word": "irrevocable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "varying from of an element",
        "word": "isotope"
    }, {
        "meaning": "narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land",
        "word": "isthmus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wandering; traveling from place to place (to perform work); Ex. itinerant preacher",
        "word": "itinerant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "plan of a trip; record of a trip",
        "word": "itinerary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "chatter rapidly or unintelligibly",
        "word": "jabber"
    }, {
        "meaning": "poke abruptly with something sharp; punch with short blows",
        "word": "jab"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tired or uninterested by surfeit; fatigued; surfeited; worn out; wearied; Ex. jaded appetite",
        "word": "jaded"
    }, {
        "meaning": "language used by special group; technical terminology; gibberish; nonsensical or incoherent talk",
        "word": "jargon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "yellowed; prejudiced (envious, hostile, or resentful) from long and disappointing experience of human affairs; Ex. with a jaundiced eye",
        "word": "jaundiced"
    }, {
        "meaning": "medical condition in which the skin, the white part of the eyes, etc. turn yellow; V: affect with jaundice; affect with prejudice, envy, or hostility; bias",
        "word": "jaundice"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trip; short journey",
        "word": "jaunt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cheerful and pleased with life; lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree; dapper in appearance; Ex. jaunty person/hat",
        "word": "jaunty"
    }, {
        "meaning": "endanger; imperil; put at risk; N. jeopardy: danger",
        "word": "jeopardize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "throw overboard (from a ship or plane)",
        "word": "jettison"
    }, {
        "meaning": "agree; be in harmony with; gibe",
        "word": "jibe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "extremely aggressive and militant patriot; warlike chauvinist; N. jingoism: extreme nationalism",
        "word": "jingoist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "given to(having a tendency of) joking",
        "word": "jocose"
    }, {
        "meaning": "said or done in jest or playfully; marked by joking",
        "word": "jocular"
    }, {
        "meaning": "playful remark or act; V. act or speak playfully",
        "word": "jest"
    }, {
        "meaning": "merry",
        "word": "jocund"
    }, {
        "meaning": "gaiety; cheerfulness; ADJ. jolly: merry; gay",
        "word": "jollity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shove; bump; push against (someone) rather roughly; Ex. jostled by the crowds",
        "word": "jostle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "push forward; push roughly; Ex. pushing and shoving to get on the bus; N.",
        "word": "shove"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hit or knock against with force; N.",
        "word": "bump"
    }, {
        "meaning": "good-natured; merry; cheerful",
        "word": "jovial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rejoicing; great joy",
        "word": "jubilation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sound on judgment; wise",
        "word": "judicious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "irresistible crushing force; overwhelming advancing force that crushes everything in its path",
        "word": "juggernaut"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pitcher; container for holding liquids",
        "word": "jug"
    }, {
        "meaning": "crisis; point in time; joining point; joint; act of joining",
        "word": "juncture"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trip especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense",
        "word": "junket"
    }, {
        "meaning": "group of persons joined in political intrigue; cabal; group of military officers ruling a country after seizing power (by force)",
        "word": "junta"
    }, {
        "meaning": "science of law",
        "word": "jurisprudence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "right and power to apply the law; authority",
        "word": "jurisdiction"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of the law and its administration; CF. judicial: of courts of law; CF. judiciary",
        "word": "juridical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "place side by side; CF. next",
        "word": "juxtapose"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass, etc. produce interesting symmetrical effects; series of changing events; Ex. kaleidoscope of European history; CF. beautiful",
        "word": "kaleidoscope"
    }, {
        "meaning": "range of knowledge; Ex. beyond one's ken",
        "word": "ken"
    }, {
        "meaning": "central or vital part; core; whole seed (as of corn)",
        "word": "kernel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "grouch; spoilsport; one who intentionally spoils the pleasure of others",
        "word": "killjoy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bad-tempered complaint; person who keeps complaining; V: complain; grumble",
        "word": "grouch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who spoils the pleasure of others",
        "word": "spoilsport"
    }, {
        "meaning": "start a fire; ignite; inspire; arouse",
        "word": "kindle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "related; belonging to the same group; similar in nature or character; Ex. kindred languages; N: relative; kin; kinship",
        "word": "kindred"
    }, {
        "meaning": "producing motion; of motion",
        "word": "kinetic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fate; destiny; Ex. Kismet is the Arabic word for fate.",
        "word": "kismet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person who has a compulsive desire to steal",
        "word": "kleptomaniac"
    }, {
        "meaning": "untrustworthy person; rogue; scoundrel; jack; N. knavery",
        "word": "knave"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mix; work dough; mix and work into a uniform mass (with the hands); Ex. knead dough",
        "word": "knead"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tolling of a bell especially to indicate a funeral, disaster, etc.; sound of the funeral bell; V.",
        "word": "knell"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sound (a large bell) slowly at regular intervals; N: sound of a bell; fixed tax or charge",
        "word": "toll"
    }, {
        "meaning": "regulation requiring all people to leave the streets at stated times; signal (as a bell) announcing the hour of a curfew",
        "word": "curfew"
    }, {
        "meaning": "contract into wrinkles; grow together; join together closely; make (a fabric or garment) by interwining yarn or thread; Ex. knit the brow; Ex. The bones should knit together in a few weeks.",
        "word": "knit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle; N. CF. crotchet",
        "word": "crochet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "little round hill; hillock",
        "word": "knoll"
    }, {
        "meaning": "intricate; difficult; tangled; CF. knot",
        "word": "knotty"
    }, {
        "meaning": "honor; glory; acclaim or praise for exceptional achievement",
        "word": "kudos"
    }, {
        "meaning": "group of attendants; retinue; CF. surround",
        "word": "entourage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "likely to change; unstable; Ex. emotionally labile; N. lability",
        "word": "labile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "demanding much work or care; tedious",
        "word": "laborious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "maze",
        "word": "labyrinth"
    }, {
        "meaning": "torn ragged wound; V. lacerate: tear (the skin as with broken glass); wound",
        "word": "laceration"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tear or be torn quickly and violently; Ex. The sail ripped under the force of the wind; N.",
        "word": "rip"
    }, {
        "meaning": "scrap of cloth; ADJ. ragged: old and torn; seeming unfinished and imperfect; Ex. ragged debut/performance",
        "word": "rag"
    }, {
        "meaning": "producing tears; tearful",
        "word": "lachrymose"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lacking interest or effort; lacking purpose or zest; lazy; halfhearted; languid",
        "word": "lackadaisical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "exhibiting little interest or enthusiasm",
        "word": "halfhearted"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lacking luster(shine; gloss); dull",
        "word": "lackluster"
    }, {
        "meaning": "brief and to the point; using few words; terse",
        "word": "laconic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slow; sluggish; N: one who lags; straggler",
        "word": "laggard"
    }, {
        "meaning": "move or develop more slowly; straggle; Ex. lag behind the rest; N.",
        "word": "lag"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stray or fall behind (a main group); spread out in a scattered group; Ex. straggling marathon racer; Ex. straggling branch",
        "word": "straggle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shallow body of water or lake near a sea; lake separated from a sea by sandbars or coral reefs",
        "word": "lagoon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "laypersons; laymen; persons not connected with the clergy",
        "word": "laity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "man who is not a cleric; man who is nonprofessional",
        "word": "layman"
    }, {
        "meaning": "grieve; express sorrow; N. lamentation",
        "word": "lament"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ridicule; N: written attack ridiculing or satirizing a person, group, or institution",
        "word": "lampoon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small surgical tool for making incisions",
        "word": "lancet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pierce with a lance; cut into; N: spearlike weapon",
        "word": "lance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lacking energy or vitality; weary; sluggish; listless",
        "word": "languid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lose animation or strength",
        "word": "languish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lack of physical or mental energy; lassitude; depression",
        "word": "languor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "long and thin; Ex. Lank, gaunt, Abraham Lincoln",
        "word": "lank"
    }, {
        "meaning": "take in food or drink with one's tongue; splash gently; Ex. waves lapping the shore; N: front area from the waist to the knees of a seated person",
        "word": "lap"
    }, {
        "meaning": "theft; Ex. petit larceny",
        "word": "larceny"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pantry; place where food is kept",
        "word": "larder"
    }, {
        "meaning": "generous gift (given to people who do not have enough)",
        "word": "largess"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lustful",
        "word": "lascivious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "intense sexual desire; intense eagerness; V.",
        "word": "lust"
    }, {
        "meaning": "languor; weariness; listlessness",
        "word": "lassitude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "present but not yet noticeable or active; dormant; hidden; N. latency; CF. potential",
        "word": "latent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of or coming from the side",
        "word": "lateral"
    }, {
        "meaning": "freedom from narrow limitations",
        "word": "latitude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "praise; N. ADJ. laudable: praiseworthy; ADJ. laudatory: expressing praise",
        "word": "laud"
    }, {
        "meaning": "liberal; wasteful; generous or wasteful in giving or using; abundant; profuse; great; Ex. decorated lavishly; V. give in abundance",
        "word": "lavish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "careless; negligent; not paying enough attention; Ex. lax service",
        "word": "lax"
    }, {
        "meaning": "add leaven to; cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven; N: agent, such as yeast, that causes dough to rise (by fermentation); element that lightens or enlivens",
        "word": "leaven"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make lively or spirited; animate",
        "word": "enliven"
    }, {
        "meaning": "gross lewdness; lustfulness; ADJ. lecherous; N. lecher: lecherous man",
        "word": "lechery"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reading desk or stand for a public speaker",
        "word": "lectern"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious",
        "word": "leery"
    }, {
        "meaning": "room to move; margin; latitude; Ex. leeway for the deadline",
        "word": "leeway"
    }, {
        "meaning": "border; room; allowance beyond what is needed; Ex. margin of safety",
        "word": "margin"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of a margin; barely within a limit; Ex. marginal effect/writing ability",
        "word": "marginal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor",
        "word": "legacy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "explanatory list of symbols on a map",
        "word": "legend"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sleight(dexterity) of hand; CF. light of hand",
        "word": "legerdemain"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mildness; permissiveness; ADJ. lenient: not severe in judgment or punishment",
        "word": "leniency"
    }, {
        "meaning": "allowing much freedom; lenient; Ex. permissive society",
        "word": "permissive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "like a lion",
        "word": "leonine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deadly",
        "word": "lethal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "drowsy; dull; N. lethargy: state of sluggishness and inactivity",
        "word": "lethargic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding; CF. raise",
        "word": "levee"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rise and float in the air (especially by magical means); CF. light",
        "word": "levitate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity; lightness of manner",
        "word": "levity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "impose (a fine); collect (a payment); impose or collect (a tax); Ex. levy a tax on tobacco",
        "word": "levy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lustful",
        "word": "lewd"
    }, {
        "meaning": "compiler of a dictionary; CF. lexicography: work of compiling a dictionary",
        "word": "lexicographer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dictionary",
        "word": "lexicon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "drawback; handicap; debts; obligation; responsibility; condition of being liable; ADJ. liable: likely; responsible (for paying)",
        "word": "liability"
    }, {
        "meaning": "contact that keeps parties in communication; communication between groups; one that maintains communication; go-between; secret love affair; V. liaise: keep a connection",
        "word": "liaison"
    }, {
        "meaning": "defamatory written statement; act of writing something that smears a person's character; V. ADJ. libelous",
        "word": "libel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "debauched person; dissolute or licentious person; rou\\'e; CF. free",
        "word": "libertine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lecherous man",
        "word": "rou\\'e"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lustful",
        "word": "libidinous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "psychic and emotional energy or urges behind human activity; sexual desire",
        "word": "libido"
    }, {
        "meaning": "text of an opera or oratorio; CF. book",
        "word": "libretto"
    }, {
        "meaning": "amoral; lewd and lascivious; unrestrained",
        "word": "licentious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "official or legal permission; latitude of action or speech; excessive freedom that causes harm or damage; V.",
        "word": "license"
    }, {
        "meaning": "legal claim or right on a property",
        "word": "lien"
    }, {
        "meaning": "like wood",
        "word": "ligneous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "extremely small; CF. Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels",
        "word": "lilliputian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flexible; supple; pliable; V.",
        "word": "limber"
    }, {
        "meaning": "region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept; prison (slang); Ex. Purgatory and Limbo",
        "word": "limbo"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dwelling place; home",
        "word": "abode"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dwell; abide by: comply with; put up with; tolerate; Ex. abide by the rules; Ex. I can't abide rude people.",
        "word": "abide"
    }, {
        "meaning": "draw; outline; describe; CF. line ?",
        "word": "limn"
    }, {
        "meaning": "crystal clear",
        "word": "limpid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "descent; ancestry",
        "word": "lineage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "features especially of the face; distinctive shape or contour of the face; CF. line",
        "word": "lineaments"
    }, {
        "meaning": "distinctive part of the faces (as the eyes or mouth); features: overall appearance of the face; prominent or distinctive quality; prominent article; film; V: make prominent",
        "word": "feature"
    }, {
        "meaning": "loiter or dawdle; be slow in leaving; delay going; continue or persist; be slow to disappear; Ex. The smell lingered for days.",
        "word": "linger"
    }, {
        "meaning": "continue in existence; last; continue in a course of action in spite of opposition; Ex. persist in/with something; ADJ. persistent",
        "word": "persist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to language",
        "word": "linguistic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "treat (a person) as a celebrity",
        "word": "lionize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "settle accounts; pay off (a debt); clear up; eliminate; kill or abolish",
        "word": "liquidate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tilt (as of a ship); lean over (to one side)",
        "word": "list"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lacking in spirit or energy; languid",
        "word": "listless"
    }, {
        "meaning": "supplicatory prayer; prayer in which the priest calls out and the people replies in the same words",
        "word": "litany"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flexible; supple; CF. limber",
        "word": "lithe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flexible; pliant; slender; CF. willow",
        "word": "willowy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lawsuit; N. litigant: one party in a lawsuit; V. litigate",
        "word": "litigation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "understatement for emphasis; Ex. ``not bad(=pretty good)''",
        "word": "litotes"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state with less truth than seems warranted by the facts; Ex. He understated the seriousness of the crime; N. understatement; OP. overstate",
        "word": "understate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lead-colored; black and blue (as from a bruise); ashen; enraged; extremely angry",
        "word": "livid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reluctant; unwilling; disinclined; Ex. Romeo and Juliet were both loath for him to go.",
        "word": "loath"
    }, {
        "meaning": "detest; ADJ. loathsome: arousing loathing; offensive; Ex. loathsome smell",
        "word": "loathe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "metal-bearing vein(long deposit of an ore)",
        "word": "lode"
    }, {
        "meaning": "very high",
        "word": "lofty"
    }, {
        "meaning": "room or space under the roof; attic",
        "word": "loft"
    }, {
        "meaning": "record of a voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activities; section of a trunk; V.",
        "word": "log"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hang about/around; stand idly about; linger",
        "word": "loiter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lounge about",
        "word": "loll"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stand, sit, or lie in a lazy, relaxed way",
        "word": "lounge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "long life; long duration",
        "word": "longevity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "appear or take shape (usually in an enlarged, indistinct, or distorted form); Ex. The shadow of the gallows loomed threateningly. N: apparatus for making thread into cloth",
        "word": "loom"
    }, {
        "meaning": "framework from which a noose is suspended (used for execution by hanging)",
        "word": "gallows"
    }, {
        "meaning": "loop formed in a rope",
        "word": "noose"
    }, {
        "meaning": "gallop slowly",
        "word": "lope"
    }, {
        "meaning": "talkative; N. loquacity",
        "word": "loquacious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "clumsy person; ADJ. loutish; CF. from countrysides ?",
        "word": "lout"
    }, {
        "meaning": "moo; make the sound of a cow",
        "word": "low"
    }, {
        "meaning": "apply a lubricant to; N. lubricant: substance that reduces friction",
        "word": "lubricate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "easily understood; clear; intelligible; N. lucidity",
        "word": "lucid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "profitable; producing wealth",
        "word": "lucrative"
    }, {
        "meaning": "money; profit; Ex. filthy lucre",
        "word": "lucre"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dirty matter; ADJ. filthy",
        "word": "filth"
    }, {
        "meaning": "laughable; ridiculous; trifling",
        "word": "ludicrous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mournful; sorrowful",
        "word": "lugubrious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "moment of calm; period of reduced activity; Ex. a lull in the rain; V: cause to become less active; cause to sleep or rest; Ex. lull the opponents into a false sense of security; CF. lullaby",
        "word": "lull"
    }, {
        "meaning": "move heavily or clumsily; Ex. The bear lumbered through the woods; N: timber",
        "word": "lumber"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unit of light energy (one candle's worth)",
        "word": "lumen"
    }, {
        "meaning": "celebrity (in a specific field); dignitary; object that gives light (as a celestial body)",
        "word": "luminary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person of high rank or position",
        "word": "dignitary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shining (esp. in the dark); issuing light; Ex. luminous paint/road signs",
        "word": "luminous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to the moon",
        "word": "lunar"
    }, {
        "meaning": "insane; Ex. lunatic asylum",
        "word": "lunatic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome; horrible; Ex. lurid details of the murder",
        "word": "lurid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stealthily lie in waiting; slink; exist unperceived",
        "word": "lurk"
    }, {
        "meaning": "move furtively; ADJ. slinky: stealthy; furtive; sneaky (as in ambush)",
        "word": "slink"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pleasing to taste or smell; delicious",
        "word": "luscious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shine; gloss (of a polished surface)",
        "word": "luster"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shining; brilliant; Ex. lustrous hair",
        "word": "lustrous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "abundant; growing healthily and in large amounts; excessively ornate; rich and splendid; fertile; Ex. luxuriant forests/prose; CF. luxurious, luxuriate",
        "word": "luxuriant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "gruesome; grisly; ghastly; CF. of death",
        "word": "macabre"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mortuary; place where bodies are kept before burial or cremation",
        "word": "morgue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "incinerate (a corpse); N. crematory, crematorium",
        "word": "cremate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority; clublike medieval weapon",
        "word": "mace"
    }, {
        "meaning": "soften by soaking in liquid; waste away; Ex. macerate powdered wood to make paper",
        "word": "macerate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "crafty; double-dealing; of the political doctrine of Machiavelli, which holds that craft and deceit are justified in pursuing political power",
        "word": "Machiavellian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "evil schemes or plots; schemes or plots to achieve an evil end; V. machinate",
        "word": "machinations"
    }, {
        "meaning": "spotted; stained; CF. immaculate",
        "word": "maculated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pastoral song; song for several singers without instruments",
        "word": "madrigal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "violent whirlpool; violent or tublent situation; CF. stream",
        "word": "maelstrom"
    }, {
        "meaning": "authoritative; imperious; commanding; of a magistrate; Ex. magisterial study of Roman law; Ex. magisterial manner",
        "word": "magisterial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "official with power to administer the law",
        "word": "magistrate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "generosity; ADJ. magnanimous: generous",
        "word": "magnanimity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person of prominence or influence; powerful or influential person (in business or industry); Ex. oil magnate",
        "word": "magnate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "boastful; pompous",
        "word": "magniloquent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "greatness (in size or extent); extent",
        "word": "magnitude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mutilate; injure lastingly; disable; cripple; Ex. maimed for life",
        "word": "maim"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tear or cut to pieces; mutilate or disfigure; Ex. badly mangled bodies",
        "word": "mangle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "clumsy; not skillful; awkward; bungling",
        "word": "maladroit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "illness",
        "word": "malady"
    }, {
        "meaning": "uneasiness; vague feeling of ill health (without any particular pain or appearance of disease)",
        "word": "malaise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "comic misuse of a word; CF. Mrs. Malaprop",
        "word": "malapropism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "inappropriate; ADV.",
        "word": "malapropos"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs; discontented person; ADJ: discontented",
        "word": "malcontent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "curse",
        "word": "malediction"
    }, {
        "meaning": "evildoer; criminal",
        "word": "malefactor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "doing evil; N. maleficience",
        "word": "maleficient"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wishing evil; exhibiting ill will; N. malevolence",
        "word": "malevolent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wrongdoing; misconduct (by a public official)",
        "word": "malfeasance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hateful; spiteful; expressing malice; N. malice: desire to harm others; spite",
        "word": "malicious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "speak evil of; bad-mouth(criticize spitefully); defame; ADJ: harmful; Ex. malign influence",
        "word": "malign"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tending to cause death; highly injurious; aggressively malevolent; Ex. malignant tumor",
        "word": "malignant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who feigns illness to escape duty; V. malinger: feign illness to avoid work",
        "word": "malingerer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a metal) capable of being shaped by pounding(beating); pliable; (of someone) impressionable(easily influenced); easily controlled; tractable",
        "word": "malleable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "foul-smelling",
        "word": "malodorous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mixture of decaying organic matter used as fertilizer; V: put or make compost",
        "word": "compost"
    }, {
        "meaning": "vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young",
        "word": "mammal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having a backbone or spinal column; N: group of animals having a segmented spinal column",
        "word": "vertebrate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "give or take milk at the breast or udder",
        "word": "suckle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "suckle; take care of (as a nurse); bear in mind; Ex. nursing mother; Ex. nurse a hope/grudge against someone",
        "word": "nurse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "gigantic; enormous",
        "word": "mammoth"
    }, {
        "meaning": "restrain; handcuff; N.",
        "word": "manacle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "order; charge; authoritative command; power to govern another country; power to given to a government; region under administration; V: give a mandate to; place under a mandate; Ex. mandated territory",
        "word": "mandate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "obligatory; compulsory; of a mandate",
        "word": "mandatory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shabby; wretched; suffering from mange; of bad appearance",
        "word": "mangy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "skin disease (esp. of domestic animals) marked by loss of hair",
        "word": "mange"
    }, {
        "meaning": "raging mad; insane; N. maniac: insane person; CF. mania: disorder of the mind; intense enthusiasm",
        "word": "maniacal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "evident; visible; obvious; V: show plainly",
        "word": "manifest"
    }, {
        "meaning": "outward demonstration; manifesting; indication of the presence of something; Ex. manifestation of his pronounced musical bent",
        "word": "manifestation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "distinct; very noticeable; Ex. pronounced limp",
        "word": "pronounced"
    }, {
        "meaning": "public declaration of principles; statement of policy",
        "word": "manifesto"
    }, {
        "meaning": "many in number or kind; numerous; varied",
        "word": "manifold"
    }, {
        "meaning": "operate with one's hands; control or play upon (people, forces, etc.) artfully; maneuver; Ex. how to manipulate publicity and men; ADJ. manipulative",
        "word": "manipulate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "affected; not natural; Ex. mannered way of speech",
        "word": "mannered"
    }, {
        "meaning": "distinctive behavioral trait; affected style in art (according to a set of styles)",
        "word": "mannerism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "emancipate; free from slavery or bondage",
        "word": "manumit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to marriage",
        "word": "marital"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bordering on(adjacent to) the sea; nautical; of the ships or the sea; Ex. Maritime Provinces",
        "word": "maritime"
    }, {
        "meaning": "noticeable; targeted for vengeance or attack; Ex. marked improvement/man",
        "word": "marked"
    }, {
        "meaning": "damaged; disfigured; V. mar: spoil; disfigure",
        "word": "marred"
    }, {
        "meaning": "put in order; guide ceremoniously to the correct place; Ex. marshal the children into the museum; N: military officer; official",
        "word": "marshal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(cause to) join the armed forces; obtain (help, sympathy, or support)",
        "word": "enlist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch(pocket of skin or leather); CF. kangaroo, opossum, wombat",
        "word": "marsupial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "warlike; of war; Ex. martial art/law",
        "word": "martial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "student at a military school",
        "word": "cadet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strict disciplinarian; person who demands total obedience to rules and orders; CF. Jean Martinet",
        "word": "martinet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who voluntarily suffers death for his or her religion or cause; great sufferer; Ex. martyr to his rheumatism",
        "word": "martyr"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person who enjoys his own pain; CF. masochism",
        "word": "masochist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "chew",
        "word": "masticate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "preoccupation with physical comforts and things; excessive regard for worldly concerns (rather than spiritual matters)",
        "word": "materialism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "motherly; N. maternity: motherhood",
        "word": "maternal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "woman who rules a family or larger social group",
        "word": "matriarch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "enroll (in college or graduate school); CF. matrix",
        "word": "matriculate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "point of origin; array of numbers or algebraic symbols; mold or die; Ex. the matrix of Western civilization",
        "word": "matrix"
    }, {
        "meaning": "effusively sentimental",
        "word": "maudlin"
    }, {
        "meaning": "swayed by sentiment; appealing to the sentiments",
        "word": "sentimental"
    }, {
        "meaning": "handle roughly; batter; injure by beating; Ex. mauled by his overexcited fans; N: heavy long-handled hammer",
        "word": "maul"
    }, {
        "meaning": "monumental tomb; large stately tomb; CF. Mausolos",
        "word": "mausoleum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pale purple",
        "word": "mauve"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rebel; nonconformist (in a group)",
        "word": "maverick"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mushy(sentimental) and gushy; icky-sticky sentimental; excessively and objectionably sentimental",
        "word": "mawkish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "proverb; truth pithily stated",
        "word": "maxim"
    }, {
        "meaning": "injury to body; crime of willfully maiming or crippling a person; violent disorder; Ex. mayhem in the zoo; CF. maim",
        "word": "mayhem"
    }, {
        "meaning": "scanty; inadequate",
        "word": "meager"
    }, {
        "meaning": "indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said); hypocritical; evasive",
        "word": "mealymouthed"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wind or turn in its course; follow a winding or turning course; move aimlessly and idly",
        "word": "meander"
    }, {
        "meaning": "interfering; V. meddle: interfere",
        "word": "meddlesome"
    }, {
        "meaning": "settle a dispute through the services of an outsider; act as an intermediary; produce by mediating; Ex. mediate a cease-fire",
        "word": "mediate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "intermediate; acting as a mediator; N: mediator; go-between",
        "word": "intermediary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ordinary; commonplace; neither good nor bad",
        "word": "mediocre"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reflection; thought; V. meditate",
        "word": "meditation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "element that is a creature's natural environment; nutrient setting in which microorganisms are cultivated; appropriate occupation or means of expression; channel of communication; compromise; middle position between extremes; intervening substance through which something else is transmitted",
        "word": "medium"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mixture",
        "word": "medley"
    }, {
        "meaning": "submissive; patient and long-suffering",
        "word": "meek"
    }, {
        "meaning": "man who is courting a woman",
        "word": "suitor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mania for doing grandiose things; mental disorder characterized by delusions of wealth, power, or importance",
        "word": "megalomania"
    }, {
        "meaning": "gloomy; morose; blue; N. ADJ. melancholic; CF. melancholia",
        "word": "melancholy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "gloomy; depressed",
        "word": "blue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fight",
        "word": "melee"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of words or a voice) sweetly or smoothly flowing; melodious; having a pleasant tune",
        "word": "mellifluous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "token; reminder of the past; keepsake; Ex. memento of your visit",
        "word": "memento"
    }, {
        "meaning": "commemorate",
        "word": "memorialize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to honor the memory of a person or event; ADJ: commemorative",
        "word": "memorial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "collection of wild animals on exhibition; zoo",
        "word": "menagerie"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lying; habitually dishonest; N. mendacity",
        "word": "mendacious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "beggar; ADJ: living as a beggar",
        "word": "mendicant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "money or goods given to the poor",
        "word": "alms"
    }, {
        "meaning": "suitable for servants; lowly; mean; N: someone who does menial work (esp. servant in a house)",
        "word": "menial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "counselor; teacher",
        "word": "mentor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "concerning trade or merchants",
        "word": "mercantile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "motivated solely by money or gain; N.",
        "word": "mercenary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "capricious; quick and changing; fickle; containing the element mercury; Ex. mercurial temper; CF. mood",
        "word": "mercurial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mercury",
        "word": "quicksilver"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flashy; tawdry; attractive on the surface but of no real value; Ex. metericious argument/jewel; CF. prostitute",
        "word": "meretricious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of the common people; deficient in refinement; not refined; coarse; Ex. vulgar display of wealth; N. vulgarism: vulgarity; crudely indecent word; CF. vulgarian: vulgar person; boor; lout",
        "word": "vulgar"
    }, {
        "meaning": "combination (of two business corporations); act of merging",
        "word": "merger"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hypnotize; N. mesmerism; CF. Franz Mesmer",
        "word": "mesmerize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores; N. metallurgy: science that deals with extracting metals from ores",
        "word": "metallurgical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "change of form; Ex. metamorphosis of caterpillar to butterfly; V. metamorphose: change by metamorphosis",
        "word": "metamorphosis"
    }, {
        "meaning": "implied comparison; CF. simile",
        "word": "metaphor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rise or fly high in the air; Ex. The rocket soared into the sky.",
        "word": "soar"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to speculative philosophy; of metaphysics; N. metaphysics: branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality",
        "word": "metaphysical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "measure; distribute; administer; Ex. mete out justice/punishment",
        "word": "mete"
    }, {
        "meaning": "like a meteor; swift; momentarily brilliant; Ex. meteoric rise to fame; N. meteor",
        "word": "meteoric"
    }, {
        "meaning": "systematic; N. method: systematic method of procedure",
        "word": "methodical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "excessively careful (with great attention to detail); painstaking; scrupulous",
        "word": "meticulous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "large city",
        "word": "metropolis"
    }, {
        "meaning": "courage (to continue bravely in spite of difficulties); spirit; ADJ. mettlesome",
        "word": "mettle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "swamp gas; heavy vaporous atmosphere often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence; noxious atmosphere or influence",
        "word": "miasma"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wetland; marsh; V: flood; overwhelm; drench in with liquid",
        "word": "swamp"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small representative world; world in miniature; Ex. microcosm of English society",
        "word": "microcosm"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small model; small painting; ADJ: small",
        "word": "miniature"
    }, {
        "meaning": "changing its habitat; wandering; Ex. migrant birds/workers; N: one that migrates",
        "word": "migrant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wandering; V. migrate: move from one region and settle in another; move periodically from one region to another",
        "word": "migratory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "social environment; means of expression; Ex. feel out of one's milieu; Ex. His proper milieu is watercolor.",
        "word": "milieu"
    }, {
        "meaning": "combative; bellicose; N.",
        "word": "militant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "work against; Ex. militate against the chances of promotion; CF. serve as a soldier",
        "word": "militate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers",
        "word": "militia"
    }, {
        "meaning": "thousand-year period (as in the New Testament); hoped-for period of happiness and prosperity",
        "word": "millennium"
    }, {
        "meaning": "imitation",
        "word": "mimicry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pantomime(act without dialogue); mimicry; mimer; V: mimic; pantomime",
        "word": "mime"
    }, {
        "meaning": "menacing; threatening",
        "word": "minatory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "affectedly dainty(delicate); V. mince: cut (esp. meat) into very small pieces; walk with exaggerated primness; walk in an unnatural way, taking little short steps; Ex. The actor minced across the stage; CF. mincemeat; CF. mincer",
        "word": "mincing"
    }, {
        "meaning": "delicate; delicately beautiful; fastidious; not easy to please; Ex. dainty movement/dress",
        "word": "dainty"
    }, {
        "meaning": "delicate; very finely made; extremely beautiful; Ex. exquisite piece of jewelry",
        "word": "exquisite"
    }, {
        "meaning": "delicate; of very fine quality",
        "word": "choice"
    }, {
        "meaning": "servile dependent; obsequious follower",
        "word": "minion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "extremely small",
        "word": "minuscule(miniscule)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "extremely small; CF. minutes: official record of the proceedings at a meeting",
        "word": "minute"
    }, {
        "meaning": "petty or trivial details; CF. minutia",
        "word": "minutiae"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unreal reflection; optical illusion",
        "word": "mirage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "entangle; stick in swampy ground; stick or sink in mire; N: bog; deep mud; Ex. sucked deeper into the mire",
        "word": "mire"
    }, {
        "meaning": "merriment; laughter",
        "word": "mirth"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mischance; ill luck; Ex. death by misadventure",
        "word": "misadventure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who hates mankind; misanthropist",
        "word": "misanthrope"
    }, {
        "meaning": "despicable; unpleasant; disgusting; Ex. vile slander",
        "word": "vile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "error; misunderstanding; V. misapprehend",
        "word": "misapprehension"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mixture of writings on various subjects; collection of various items",
        "word": "miscellany"
    }, {
        "meaning": "made up of a variety of parts",
        "word": "miscellaneous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ill luck",
        "word": "mischance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "interpret incorrectly; misinterpret; misjudge",
        "word": "misconstrue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wretch; wrongdoer; villain; Ex. kindness to the miscreant; CF. believe",
        "word": "miscreant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "miserable person; bad or despicable person; ADJ. wretched: miserable; bad; contemptible; vile",
        "word": "wretch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "minor crime; misdeed; wrongdoing",
        "word": "misdemeanor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "immoral behavior; bad management; V.",
        "word": "misconduct"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stingy; mean",
        "word": "miserly"
    }, {
        "meaning": "doubts",
        "word": "misgivings"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unfortunate accident",
        "word": "mishap"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wrong or improper name; incorrect designation",
        "word": "misnomer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hatred of marriage",
        "word": "misogamy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hater of woman; CF. misogyny",
        "word": "misogynist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "object to be thrown or projected",
        "word": "missile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "letter; written statement; CF. sent",
        "word": "missive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "very small object or insect-like creature; small coin",
        "word": "mite"
    }, {
        "meaning": "appease; moderate; make or become less in force or intensity",
        "word": "mitigate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to memory; assisting the memory; N: device, such as as formula or rhyme, used as a mnemonic aid",
        "word": "mnemonic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "movable; not fixed; N. mobility",
        "word": "mobile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ridicule; deride; imitate often in derision",
        "word": "mock"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prevailing style; current fashion; manner; way of doing something; Ex. in the latest mode; Ex. simple mode of life",
        "word": "mode"
    }, {
        "meaning": "limited quantity; small amount; Ex. He does not have a modicum of sense; CF. moderate",
        "word": "modicum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fashionable; conforming to the current fashion",
        "word": "modish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tone down in intensity; change the intensity or tone of; regulate; change from one musical key to another; Ex. modulate from E to G",
        "word": "modulate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "powerful person; Ex. oil moguls; CF. Mogol, Moghul; CF. Mongolian",
        "word": "mogul"
    }, {
        "meaning": "the smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a substance that has all the properties of that substance",
        "word": "molecule"
    }, {
        "meaning": "soothe an angry person",
        "word": "mollify"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pamper; coddle; baby; indulge excessively",
        "word": "mollycoddle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth)",
        "word": "molt(moult)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "melted; Ex. molten lava",
        "word": "molten"
    }, {
        "meaning": "very important; N. moment; CF. momentary",
        "word": "momentous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "quantity of motion of a moving body; impetus; moving force",
        "word": "momentum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "government under a single ruler",
        "word": "monarchy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "related to monks or monasteries; removed from worldly concerns",
        "word": "monastic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to money",
        "word": "monetary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having only one color",
        "word": "monochromatic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "painting in only one color; ADJ.",
        "word": "monochrome"
    }, {
        "meaning": "design composed of one or more initials of a name; V.",
        "word": "monogram"
    }, {
        "meaning": "scholarly article",
        "word": "monograph"
    }, {
        "meaning": "solidly uniform; unchangeable; unyielding; N. monolith: large block of stone",
        "word": "monolithic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "belief in one God",
        "word": "monotheism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sameness leading to boredom; monotonousness; ADJ. monotonous; CF. monotone",
        "word": "monotony"
    }, {
        "meaning": "massive; impressively large; built as a monument",
        "word": "monumental"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fits of depression or gloom; ADJ. moody: given to changeable moods; subject to periods of depression; gloomy CF. mood: state of mind or emotion",
        "word": "moodiness"
    }, {
        "meaning": "legal delay of payment or action; Ex. declare moratorium on the building of new houses",
        "word": "moratorium"
    }, {
        "meaning": "given to unwholesome or unhealthy thought; moody; characteristic of disease; Ex. morbid curiosity; N. morbidity; CF. disease",
        "word": "morbid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "biting; sarcastic; stinging; (apprec.) incisive; cutting; Ex. mordant pen/wit",
        "word": "mordant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "conventions; moral standards; moral customs",
        "word": "mores"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dying; at the point of death; CF. death",
        "word": "moribund"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ill-humored; sullen; sullenly melancholy",
        "word": "morose"
    }, {
        "meaning": "undertaker; CF. death",
        "word": "mortician"
    }, {
        "meaning": "funeral director; one whose business is to arrange burials",
        "word": "undertaker"
    }, {
        "meaning": "humiliate by embarassing excessively; shame; punish the flesh; discipline (one's body) by self-denial; Ex. mortified by her blunder; Ex. mortify the flesh; CF. cause to die",
        "word": "mortify"
    }, {
        "meaning": "picture made of small colorful inlaid tiles; ADJ.",
        "word": "mosaic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small speck (esp. of dust)",
        "word": "mote"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small piece or mark; Ex. speck of dust in the eye",
        "word": "speck"
    }, {
        "meaning": "theme; recurrent thematic element in a musical or literary work; single or repeated pattern; figure",
        "word": "motif"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ability to move spontaneously; ADJ. motile: moving spontaneously",
        "word": "motility"
    }, {
        "meaning": "multi-colored (as of a garment worn by a jester); mixed; heterogeneous; CF. jester: one who jests (as a paid fool at medieval courts)",
        "word": "motley"
    }, {
        "meaning": "brief statement used to express a principle",
        "word": "motto"
    }, {
        "meaning": "blotched in coloring; spotted; Ex. mottled face; V. mottle: mark with blotches of different colors",
        "word": "mottled"
    }, {
        "meaning": "spot; blot; CF. blot+botch",
        "word": "blotch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mar; spoil the beauty or perfection of; N: flaw or defect (that spoils perfection); Ex. blemishes in the crystal; CF. unblemished",
        "word": "blemish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "charlatan; boastful pretender",
        "word": "mountebank"
    }, {
        "meaning": "travel about selling (wares); CF. foot",
        "word": "peddle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "confuse; mix up confusedly; N: state of confusion",
        "word": "muddle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of weather) warm and damp",
        "word": "muggy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "defraud a person of something; swindle; Ex. mulct the boy of his legacy",
        "word": "mulct"
    }, {
        "meaning": "varied; greatly diversified; Ex. multifarious activities",
        "word": "multifarious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having many forms",
        "word": "multiform"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having many languages; fluent in several languages",
        "word": "multilingual"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state of being numerous or multiple; large number; Ex. multiplicity of details; ADJ. multiple: of more than one element",
        "word": "multiplicity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday; of the ordinary; Ex. mundane existence; CF. world",
        "word": "mundane"
    }, {
        "meaning": "very generous in giving; Ex. munificent benefactor; N. munificience",
        "word": "munificent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wall painting",
        "word": "mural"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague; Ex. murky night/fog; N. murk: partial or complete darkness; gloom",
        "word": "murky"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ponder at length; N: source of inspiration (esp. of a poet)",
        "word": "muse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having the odor of musk; N. musk: odorous substance secreted by an Asian deer",
        "word": "musky"
    }, {
        "meaning": "gather; assemble (troops); Ex. muster up one's strength for the ordeal; N.",
        "word": "muster"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stale (in odor or taste); spoiled by age; CF. moist",
        "word": "musty"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ability to change in form; fickleness; ADJ. mutable: able to change; fickle; CF. mutate; CF. mutant",
        "word": "mutablility"
    }, {
        "meaning": "silent; muffled; toned down; Ex. muted traffic noise",
        "word": "muted"
    }, {
        "meaning": "silent; without speech; not pronounced; unable to speak; N: one who is incapable of speech; V: soften the sound, color, shade of",
        "word": "mute"
    }, {
        "meaning": "maim; injure lastingly; deprive of a limb or an essential part",
        "word": "mutilate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unruly; rebellious; Ex. mutinous teenagers; N. mutiny: open rebellion; CF. mutineer",
        "word": "mutinous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "nearsighted; lacking foresight; N. myopia",
        "word": "myopic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "very large number; ADJ. CF. ten thousand",
        "word": "myriad"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lowest point; point on the celestial sphere diametrically opposite the zenith",
        "word": "nadir"
    }, {
        "meaning": "quality of being unsophisticated; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility; ADJ. naive(na\\\"ive): ingenuous; lacking worldliness; simple; credulous",
        "word": "naivet\\'e(naivety)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "conceited person; N. narcissism; CF. narcissus",
        "word": "narcissist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "related to telling a story; N: narrated account; story; V. narrate: tell (a story); CF. narration",
        "word": "narrative"
    }, {
        "meaning": "incipient; coming into being or existence; Ex. nascent ability in music",
        "word": "nascent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "swimming",
        "word": "natation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "neatly or smartly dressed; dapper; smart; Ex. natty dresser",
        "word": "natty"
    }, {
        "meaning": "intelligent; quick and energetic; fashionable; Ex. smart pace/restaurant; V: cause or feel a sharp pain; N: smarting pain",
        "word": "smart"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cause to become sick; fill with disgust; fill nausea",
        "word": "nauseate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "feeling of sickness and desire to vomit; disgust; CF. seasickness",
        "word": "nausea"
    }, {
        "meaning": "causing nausea; feeling nausea",
        "word": "nauseous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to ships or navigation",
        "word": "nautical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a body of water) wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; (of a ship or aircraft) able to be steered",
        "word": "navigable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "vague; hazy; cloudy; of a nebula; Ex. nebulous proposal",
        "word": "nebulous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas; galaxy",
        "word": "nebula"
    }, {
        "meaning": "black magic; sorcery; dealings with the dead; art that professes to communicate with the spirits of the dead so as to predict the future; CF. necromancer; CF. necro+divination; CF. necro-: death; Ex. necropolis",
        "word": "necromancy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "very wicked",
        "word": "nefarious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cancel out; nullify; cause to have no effect; deny; N. negation",
        "word": "negate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "neglect; failure to take reasonable care; ADJ. negligent: neglectful; lax; not taking enough care",
        "word": "negligence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "so small, trifling, or unimportant as to be easily disregarded",
        "word": "negligible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "someone seeking revenge; source of downfall or ruin; CF. Nemesis",
        "word": "nemesis"
    }, {
        "meaning": "new or newly coined word or phrase",
        "word": "neologism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "recent convert; new member of a religious group; beginner; CF. plant",
        "word": "neophyte"
    }, {
        "meaning": "favoritism (to a relative); CF. nephew",
        "word": "nepotism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "display of partiality toward a favored person",
        "word": "favoritism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lower; Ex. nether garments/regions",
        "word": "nether"
    }, {
        "meaning": "irritate; annoy; vex; ADJ. nettlesome",
        "word": "nettle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "connection",
        "word": "nexus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "beak(bill); pen point",
        "word": "nib"
    }, {
        "meaning": "precision; accuracy; minute distinction or difference; Ex. to a nicety: exactly; precisely; Ex. distinguish between niceties",
        "word": "nicety"
    }, {
        "meaning": "meanly stingy; parsimonious; N. *****rd: stingy person",
        "word": "niggardly"
    }, {
        "meaning": "spend too much time on minor points (esp. when finding fault); find fault; Ex. niggle over details; ADJ. niggling",
        "word": "niggle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who considers traditional beliefs to be groundless and existence meaningless; absolute skeptic; revolutionary terrorist; CF. nihilism: belief that nothing has meaning or value; belief that destruction of existing political or social institutions is necessary for future improvement",
        "word": "nihilist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "snip off; stop something's growth or development; bite; make numb with cold; Ex. nip the plan; Ex. A guard dog nipped the postman; Ex. fingers nipped by the extreme chill",
        "word": "nip"
    }, {
        "meaning": "short quick cut with scissors; V: cut with scissors",
        "word": "snip"
    }, {
        "meaning": "squeeze between the thumb and a finger, or other edges; Ex. I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming. N: amount that can be held between the thumb and a finger",
        "word": "pinch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "in Buddhist teachings, the ideal state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an impersonal beatitude",
        "word": "nirvana"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not being a person; not showing personal feelings; Ex. impersonal force/manner/organization",
        "word": "impersonal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "done or active at night; Ex. nocturnal animals/raids; CF. nocturne",
        "word": "nocturnal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "foul smelling; very unpleasant; unwholesome",
        "word": "noisome"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wandering; N. nomad: tribe who migrates from place to place",
        "word": "nomadic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "terminology(system of specialized words); system of names or naming things",
        "word": "nomenclature"
    }, {
        "meaning": "in name only; of a name; trifling; (of a sum of money) very small; CF. nominate: propose as a candidate; appoint",
        "word": "nominal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "indifference; lack of concern; composure; ADJ. nonchalant: unconcerned; cool; indifferent; Ex. nonchalant attitude to his debts",
        "word": "nonchalance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "neutral; refusing commitment to a particular opinion; unpledged; undecided",
        "word": "noncommittal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "undistinctive; ordinary; ordinary-looking; Ex. nondescript fellow in a crowd",
        "word": "nondescript"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person of no importance; nonexistence",
        "word": "nonentity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "put at a loss; bring to a halt by confusion; perplex; CF. no more",
        "word": "nonplus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "homesickness; longing for the past; Ex. nostalgia for the clothes of 1920s; ADJ. nostalgic",
        "word": "nostalgia"
    }, {
        "meaning": "questionable medicine; quack medicine; CF. our (remedy)",
        "word": "nostrum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "conspicuous; worthy of note; remarkable; important; distinguished; noted",
        "word": "notable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disrepute; ill fame",
        "word": "notoriety"
    }, {
        "meaning": "star that suddenly becomes much brighter and then returns to its original brightness",
        "word": "nova"
    }, {
        "meaning": "something new; newness; ADJ. novel: new; original",
        "word": "novelty"
    }, {
        "meaning": "beginner",
        "word": "novice"
    }, {
        "meaning": "harmful; CF. obnoxious",
        "word": "noxious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shade of slight difference in meaning or color; subtle distinction",
        "word": "nuance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slight difference in degree; nuance; degree of color; Ex. shades of meaning/grey",
        "word": "shade"
    }, {
        "meaning": "series of gradual stages; degree in such a progression",
        "word": "gradation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "marriageable; of marriageable age; CF. connubial",
        "word": "nubile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "worthless; futile",
        "word": "nugatory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make invalid; make null; invalidate",
        "word": "nullify"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person who collects coins; N. numismatics: study or collection of money, coins, and medals",
        "word": "numismatist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "related to marriage or the wedding ceremony; N. nuptials: wedding ceremony",
        "word": "nuptial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "nourish; feed; educate; rear; care for while it is growing or developing; foster; cultivate; N: something that nourishes; rearing",
        "word": "nurture"
    }, {
        "meaning": "nourishing substance; ADJ: providing nourishment",
        "word": "nutrient"
    }, {
        "meaning": "process of nourishing or being nourished; CF. malnutrition",
        "word": "nutrition"
    }, {
        "meaning": "providing nourishment",
        "word": "nutritious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "provide with food necessary for life and growth",
        "word": "nourish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "something that nourishes; food",
        "word": "nourishment"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stupid awkward person; CF. elf",
        "word": "oaf"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stubborn; refusing to change one's belief",
        "word": "obdurate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bow (to show respect and obedience)",
        "word": "obeisance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tall column tapering(becoming gradually narrower toward the end) and ending in a pyramid",
        "word": "obelisk"
    }, {
        "meaning": "excessively fat; N. obesity",
        "word": "obese"
    }, {
        "meaning": "confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex; make so confused as to be difficult to understand",
        "word": "obfuscate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "death notice (esp. in a newspaper); ADJ.",
        "word": "obituary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not influenced by emotions; fair; N: goal; aim",
        "word": "objective"
    }, {
        "meaning": "binding; required; compulsory; V. oblige: constrain; make grateful; do a favor; accommodate",
        "word": "obligatory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "indirect; slanting (deviating from the perpendicular or from a straight line); Ex. oblique reference",
        "word": "oblique"
    }, {
        "meaning": "destroy completely; wipe out; Ex. obliterate the village",
        "word": "obliterate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "obscurity; condition of being completely forgotten; forgetfulness",
        "word": "oblivion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "inattentive or unmindful; unaware; wholly absorbed; forgetful(having the habit of forgetting)",
        "word": "oblivious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slander; disgrace; infamy",
        "word": "obloquy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "offensive; disagreeable; Ex. obnoxious smell",
        "word": "obnoxious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dark; vague; unclear; not well known; Ex. obscure meaning/village; V: darken; cover; make unclear; Ex. obscure the moon/meaning",
        "word": "obscure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slavishly attentive; servile; full of servile compliance; sycophantic",
        "word": "obsequious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of or like a slave; servile; showing no originality; copied very closely; Ex. slavish devotion/copy of the original",
        "word": "slavish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "funeral ceremony",
        "word": "obsequy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "related to thinking about something constantly; of an obsession; preoccupying; N. obsession: compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea; compulsive idea; V. obsess: preoccupy the mind of excessively",
        "word": "obsessive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "black volcanic rock",
        "word": "obsidian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "detached plant shoot used in grafting; descendant",
        "word": "scion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "outmoded; no longer used",
        "word": "obsolete"
    }, {
        "meaning": "physician specializing in delivery(assisting in giving birth) of babies; N. obstetrics; CF. midwife",
        "word": "obstetrician"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stubborn; hard to control or treat; Ex. obstinate cough; N. obstinacy",
        "word": "obstinate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "boisterous; noisy and uncontrollable",
        "word": "obstreperous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "push (oneself or one's ideas) forward or intrude; impose (oneself or one's ideas) on others; butt in; stick out or extrude; thrust out; Ex. obtrude A on B; ADJ. obtrusive; N. obtrusion; CF. unobtrusive",
        "word": "obtrude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "blunt; not sharp; stupid; slow in understanding",
        "word": "obtuse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make unnecessary; get rid of; Ex. obviate the need",
        "word": "obviate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "the West",
        "word": "Occident"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shut; close; obstruct; Ex. A blood clot occluded an artery.",
        "word": "occlude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mysterious; secret; supernatural; beyond human comprehension; CF. mysterious to human ?; OP. bare",
        "word": "occult"
    }, {
        "meaning": "physician who specializes in treatment of the eyes",
        "word": "oculist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "arousing strong dislike; hateful(causing hatred); vile",
        "word": "odious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "detestation; quality of being odious; hatefulness; disrepute (resulting from hateful conduct)",
        "word": "odium"
    }, {
        "meaning": "giving off an odor",
        "word": "odoriferous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having an odor",
        "word": "odorous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "long, eventful, adventurous journey",
        "word": "odyssey"
    }, {
        "meaning": "attacking; insulting; distasteful; V. offend: violate; hurt the feelings of; N. offense: offending; violating of a moral or social code; crime; attack; Ex. first offense",
        "word": "offensive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "casual; done without prior thought or preparation",
        "word": "offhand"
    }, {
        "meaning": "meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services; overly eager in offering unwanted services or advices; Ex. officious bellboy",
        "word": "officious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disagreeably aggressive",
        "word": "pushy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "look at amorously; make eyes at; Ex. old men ogling young girls",
        "word": "ogle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "concerning the sense of smell",
        "word": "olfactory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "government by a privileged few",
        "word": "oligarchy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "threatening; of an evil omen",
        "word": "ominous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sign or warning (of coming danger); Ex. threat of rain; V: express a threat; give warning of (something bad); Ex. The cloud threatens rain.",
        "word": "threat"
    }, {
        "meaning": "all-powerful; having unlimited power",
        "word": "omnipotent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "universally present; ubiquitous",
        "word": "omnipresent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "all-knowing",
        "word": "omniscient"
    }, {
        "meaning": "eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything",
        "word": "omnivorous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "burdensome",
        "word": "onerous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "words formed in imitation of natural sounds",
        "word": "onomatopoeia"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make slight sounds like silk moving or being rubbed together",
        "word": "rustle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "vicious assault; fierce attack; Ex. unexpected onslaught of the enemy",
        "word": "onslaught"
    }, {
        "meaning": "killing of animals for food; massacre; V: butcher (animals) for food; kill in large numbers",
        "word": "slaughter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "burden; responsibility",
        "word": "onus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "give; use; refrain from harming; save from experiencing; exempt; Ex. spare me 5 minutes; Ex. Take this money and spare my life; Ex. The emperor was spared the onus; ADJ: kept in reserve; free for other use; unoccupied; Ex. spare time",
        "word": "spare"
    }, {
        "meaning": "iridescent; lustrous; like an opal; N. opalescence",
        "word": "opalescent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dark; not transparent; N. opacity",
        "word": "opaque"
    }, {
        "meaning": "medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction; sleep-producing drug containing opium",
        "word": "opiate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "timely; well-chosen",
        "word": "opportune"
    }, {
        "meaning": "individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances; N. opportunism",
        "word": "opportunist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "infamy; disgrace arising from shameful conduct; vilification(slander); scorn; contempt; Ex. opprobrium hurled against him; ADJ. opprobrious: expressing contempt; shameful or infamous",
        "word": "opprobrium"
    }, {
        "meaning": "maker and seller of eyeglasses",
        "word": "optician"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person who looks on the bright side; N. optimism",
        "word": "optimist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "most favorable; optimal; N: most favorable condition",
        "word": "optimum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not compulsory; left to one's choice; N. option: act of choosing; choice; freedom or power to choose; something available as a choice; Ex. have no option; Ex. two options",
        "word": "optional"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who fits glasses to remedy visual defects",
        "word": "optometrist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance; ADJ. opulent: possessing great wealth; abundant",
        "word": "opulence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "work (esp. musical composition); Ex. magnum opus: masterpiece; CF. opera",
        "word": "opus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of an oracle; prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous; hard to understand; N. oracle: wiser person; prophecy made by an oracle",
        "word": "oracular"
    }, {
        "meaning": "public speaker",
        "word": "orator"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dramatic poem set to music; long musical work with singing but without acting; CF. cantata",
        "word": "oratorio"
    }, {
        "meaning": "decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine; install as a minister, priest, or rabbi; N. ordainment; CF. ordination",
        "word": "ordain"
    }, {
        "meaning": "severe trial or affliction; difficult experience; trial(test of patience or endurance); affliction",
        "word": "ordeal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "decree; authoritative order",
        "word": "ordinance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ceremony conferring holy orders; ceremony of ordaining a priest",
        "word": "ordination"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wild drunken revelry; unrestrained indulgence in an activity; Ex. orgy of shopping",
        "word": "orgy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "get one's bearings; adjust; make familiar with a situation; orientate",
        "word": "orient"
    }, {
        "meaning": "act of finding oneself in society; orienting",
        "word": "orientation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mouthlike opening; small opening (esp. to a cavern or passage of the body); CF. mouth",
        "word": "orifice"
    }, {
        "meaning": "excessively or elaborately decorated",
        "word": "ornate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "scientific student of birds; N. ornithology: scientific study of birds",
        "word": "ornithologist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "traditional; (of someone) conservative in belief; adhering to an established doctrine",
        "word": "orthodox"
    }, {
        "meaning": "correct spelling; CF. ortho-: straight; correct; Ex. orthodontics",
        "word": "orthography"
    }, {
        "meaning": "vibrate pendulumlike; waver",
        "word": "oscillate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "made of bone; bony",
        "word": "osseous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "change or harden into bone; become hard and unchanging in one's ideas",
        "word": "ossify"
    }, {
        "meaning": "apparent; appearing as such; professed(pretended); pretended; Ex. ostensible purpose of the expedition",
        "word": "ostensible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "evident; easily seen or understood; appearing as such; Ex. apparent improvement",
        "word": "apparent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "showy; trying to attract attention; pretentious; N. ostentation: showy display",
        "word": "ostentatious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "banish from a group; exclude from public favor; ban; Ex. His friends ostracized him. N. ostracism",
        "word": "ostracize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "vote against (an applicant); ostracize; N: negative vote",
        "word": "blackball"
    }, {
        "meaning": "expel; drive out; force out; N. ouster: ousting",
        "word": "oust"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bizzare; peculiar; unconventional",
        "word": "outlandish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "no longer in fashion or use; no longer stylish; old-fashioned",
        "word": "outmoded"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fringes; outer borders (as of a city); Ex. outskirts of Boston",
        "word": "outskirts"
    }, {
        "meaning": "candid; blunt",
        "word": "outspoken"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in speech or manner; brusque; V: make or become blunt",
        "word": "blunt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "outrun; surpass; outdo",
        "word": "outstrip"
    }, {
        "meaning": "outsmart; defeat by behaving more cleverly",
        "word": "outwit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "enthusiastic applause",
        "word": "ovation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bossy; domineering and arrogant; decisively important; Ex. overbearing manner/importance; V. overbear: dominate",
        "word": "overbearing"
    }, {
        "meaning": "open to view; public; not secret; CF. covert",
        "word": "overt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "arrogant; presumptuous",
        "word": "overweening"
    }, {
        "meaning": "nervous or excited; extremely agitated; hysterical; wrought-up; CF. wrought: made or done",
        "word": "overwrought"
    }, {
        "meaning": "excessive or uncontrollable excitement; N. hysteric: person suffering from hysteria; CF. hysterics: attack of hysteria",
        "word": "hysteria"
    }, {
        "meaning": "egg-shaped; CF. ovum; CF. ovulate",
        "word": "ovoid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "thick-skinned animal",
        "word": "pachyderm"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one opposed to force; antimilitarist; ADJ. N. pacifism: opposition to war as a means of resolving disputes",
        "word": "pacifist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "soothe; make calm or quiet; subdue; bring peace to",
        "word": "pacify"
    }, {
        "meaning": "song of praise or joy; Ex. paeans celebrating the victory",
        "word": "paean"
    }, {
        "meaning": "taking pains; showing hard work; taking great care; very careful and through",
        "word": "painstaking"
    }, {
        "meaning": "agreeable; pleasing to the taste",
        "word": "palatable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "roof of the mouth; sense of the taste",
        "word": "palate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of or suitable for a palace; magnificent",
        "word": "palatial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "study of prehistoric life or fossils; CF. paleo-: ancient or prehistoric; Ex. paleography: study of ancient written documents",
        "word": "paleontology"
    }, {
        "meaning": "board on which painter mixes pigments(coloring matters)",
        "word": "palette"
    }, {
        "meaning": "parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original writing has been erased",
        "word": "palimpsest"
    }, {
        "meaning": "writing material made from the skin of a sheep or goat",
        "word": "parchment"
    }, {
        "meaning": "become boring; grow tiresome",
        "word": "pall"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small poor bed; Ex. straw pallet",
        "word": "pallet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ease pain (without curing); make less severe or offensive (a crime or illness)",
        "word": "palliate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pale; wan; Ex. pallid complexion",
        "word": "pallid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tangible; (of something bad) easily perceptible; obvious; Ex. palpable blunder",
        "word": "palpable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "throb; beat rapidly; flutter; tremble; Ex. Her heart began to palpitate.",
        "word": "palpitate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a heart or machine) beat rapidly or violently; N. Ex. hearthrob: heartbeat; sweetheart",
        "word": "throb"
    }, {
        "meaning": "insignificant; petty; trifling; contemptible; Ex. paltry sum; CF. trash",
        "word": "paltry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "criticize harshly",
        "word": "pan"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cure-all; remedy for all diseases",
        "word": "panacea"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flair; manner of doing things without any difficulty (causing admiration); flamboyance; bunch of feathers (on a helmet); Ex. with great panache",
        "word": "panache"
    }, {
        "meaning": "widespread; affecting the majority of people; N: pandemic disease; CF. all people",
        "word": "pandemic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wild tumult(commotion); wild noisy disorder; CF. Paradise Lost",
        "word": "pandemonium"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cater to (the low desires of others)",
        "word": "pander"
    }, {
        "meaning": "provide food and drink (for); cater to: try to satisfy (desires of a bad kind)",
        "word": "cater"
    }, {
        "meaning": "formal praise; encomium; Ex. I don't deserve such panegyrics.",
        "word": "panegyric"
    }, {
        "meaning": "denoting an unobstructed and comprehensive view; N. panorama: unbroken view of a wide area",
        "word": "panoramic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "acting without dialogue; V.",
        "word": "pantomime"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ancient paper made from stem of papyrus plant",
        "word": "papyrus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "short simple story teaching a moral",
        "word": "parable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "model; example that serves as a model; pattern; list of all the inflectional forms of a word",
        "word": "paradigm"
    }, {
        "meaning": "something apparently contradictory in nature (that may nonetheless be true); statement that looks false but is actually correct",
        "word": "paradox"
    }, {
        "meaning": "model of perfection; Ex. paragon of virtue",
        "word": "paragon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state of being parallel; similarity; analogy",
        "word": "parallelism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "similar; analogous; corresponding; N: parallel line; person or thing that is parallel (to another); similarity; Ex. know of no parallel to the case; Ex. without parallel; V: be similar to; make parallel; Ex. Your experience parallels mine; CF. unparalleled",
        "word": "parallel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "limit; independent variable; Ex. parameters of the problem; Ex. within the parameters of the budget",
        "word": "parameter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "foremost in importance; supreme; CF. para-: beyond; above; Ex. paranormal",
        "word": "paramount"
    }, {
        "meaning": "illicit lover",
        "word": "paramour"
    }, {
        "meaning": "woman whom a man loves",
        "word": "inamorata"
    }, {
        "meaning": "psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution; N: ADJ: paranoid, paranoiac",
        "word": "paranoia"
    }, {
        "meaning": "equipment; odds and ends used in a particular activity; personal belongings; Ex. photographic paraphernalia; CF. married woman's property exclusive of her dowry",
        "word": "paraphernalia"
    }, {
        "meaning": "money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage",
        "word": "dowry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "restate a passage in one's own words while retaining thought of author; N: restatement of a text in other words",
        "word": "paraphrase"
    }, {
        "meaning": "animal or plant living on another; toady; sycophant; CF. para-: beside",
        "word": "parasite"
    }, {
        "meaning": "inhabit in numbers large enough to be harmful; Ex. Mice infested the house; Ex. shark-infested waters",
        "word": "infest"
    }, {
        "meaning": "extremely dry; very thirsty; V. parch: make or become extremely dry (by exposure to heat)",
        "word": "parched"
    }, {
        "meaning": "social outcast; Ex. Mariah the pariah",
        "word": "pariah"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one that has been excluded from a society; ADJ.",
        "word": "outcast"
    }, {
        "meaning": "equality; close resemblance; CF. disparate",
        "word": "parity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "language; manner of speaking; idiom; Ex. in legal/common parlance",
        "word": "parlance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "conference (between opponents); CF. speak",
        "word": "parley"
    }, {
        "meaning": "narrow in scope or outlook; provincial; related to parishes",
        "word": "parochial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "area in the care of a single priest and served by one main church",
        "word": "parish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "point of view; view from a particular place; expectation for the future; prospect; Ex. outlook on life; Ex. pleasing outlook; Ex. weather outlook",
        "word": "outlook"
    }, {
        "meaning": "humorous imitation; spoof; takeoff; travesty; V.",
        "word": "parody"
    }, {
        "meaning": "parody",
        "word": "spoof"
    }, {
        "meaning": "burlesque; act of leaving the ground",
        "word": "takeoff"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fit or attack of pain, laughter, rage; sudden outburst",
        "word": "paroxysm"
    }, {
        "meaning": "floor made of wood strips inlaid in a mosaic like matter; CF. strip: long narrow piece",
        "word": "parquet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ward off a blow; deflect; Ex. He parried the unwelcome question very skillfully; N.",
        "word": "parry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "administrative division of a city; division in a hospital or prison; incompetent person placed under the protection of a guardian; V: guard; ward off: avert",
        "word": "ward"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stinginess; excessive frugality; ADJ. parsimonious",
        "word": "parsimony"
    }, {
        "meaning": "incomplete; favoring one side over another; having a liking for something",
        "word": "partial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state of being partial; inclination; favorable bias; special fondness; preference",
        "word": "partiality"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party (with dislike of any others); N: strong supporter of a party; guerrilla",
        "word": "partisan"
    }, {
        "meaning": "upstart; newly rich person",
        "word": "parvenu"
    }, {
        "meaning": "divide into parts",
        "word": "partition"
    }, {
        "meaning": "old-fashioned; past the prime",
        "word": "pass\\'e"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not active; acted upon; receiving an action without acting in return; accepting without resistance",
        "word": "passive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing; work of art openly imitating the works of other artists",
        "word": "pastiche"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor",
        "word": "pastoral"
    }, {
        "meaning": "obvious; easily seen; open for the public to read; of or protected by a patent; Ex. patent to everyone; N.",
        "word": "patent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "causing sadness, compassion, pity; touching",
        "word": "pathetic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "causing a feeling of pity or sympathy; pathetic; V. touch: cause to feel pity or sympathy; ADJ. touched",
        "word": "touching"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to disease; N. pathology: study of disease",
        "word": "pathological"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings; Ex. pathos that runs through the novel",
        "word": "pathos"
    }, {
        "meaning": "green crust on old bronze works or copper; tone slowly taken by varnished painting",
        "word": "patina"
    }, {
        "meaning": "paint used to coat a surface with a glossy film; glossy coating produced by using this substance; Ex. nail varnish; V.",
        "word": "varnish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "local or provincial dialect",
        "word": "patois"
    }, {
        "meaning": "father and ruler of a family or tribe",
        "word": "patriarch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "noble; aristocratic; N: person of high rank; aristocrat; CF. member of the governing classes in ancient Rome; CF. plebian",
        "word": "patrician"
    }, {
        "meaning": "support; act superior toward; treat in a condescending manner; be a customer of; N. patron: one that supports; regular customer; N. patronage; CF. boycott",
        "word": "patronize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "scarcity; dearth",
        "word": "paucity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "very poor person",
        "word": "pauper"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slight offense or fault; CF. sin",
        "word": "peccadillo"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hit with a sweeping motion; N.",
        "word": "swipe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to money",
        "word": "pecuniary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "teacher; CF. child leader",
        "word": "pedagogue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "teaching; art of education",
        "word": "pedagogy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "scholar who overemphasizes book learning, trivial details of learning, or technicalities",
        "word": "pedant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bookish; showing off learning; marked by an excessive ostentatious concern for book learning; N. pedantry",
        "word": "pedantic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fond of books and reading",
        "word": "bookish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "given to diligent study",
        "word": "studious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ordinary; dull; unimaginative(lacking in imagination); going on foot; Ex. pedestrian prose; N.",
        "word": "pedestrian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "division of a city for election or police purposes; precincts: space that surrounds a building; Ex. precincts of the college",
        "word": "precinct"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ancestry; lineage",
        "word": "pedigree"
    }, {
        "meaning": "physician specializing in children's diseases; N. pediatrics",
        "word": "pediatrician"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having no equal; incomparable",
        "word": "peerless"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who has equal standing with another; nobleman; V: look intently; N. peerage; CF. peeress",
        "word": "peer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a word or phrase) suggesting that someone is of little value; negative in connotation; having a belittling effect; Ex. Many women now considers ``housewife'' a pejorative expression, because it patronized them.",
        "word": "pejorative"
    }, {
        "meaning": "in confusion; disorderly; Ex. dash pell-mell",
        "word": "pell-mell"
    }, {
        "meaning": "transparent; limpid(crystal clear); clear in meaning; easy to understand",
        "word": "pellucid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "self-imposed punishment for sin; Ex. do penance for one's sins; CF. penitent",
        "word": "penance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strong inclination; strong liking (esp. for something that is disapproved of by other people); Ex. penchant for fast cars",
        "word": "penchant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hanging down from something; pending; N: ornament (hanging from a necklace etc.)",
        "word": "pendant(pendent)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not yet decided or settled; impending; Ex. pending decision; PREP. while awaiting; until; Ex. delay the decision pending his return",
        "word": "pending"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hanging; suspended",
        "word": "pendulous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cause to stop for a period; interrupt; hold in abeyance; defer; hang from above; exclude for a period from a position; Ex. suspended state; Ex. suspend judgment; Ex. suspended from the team; N. suspension",
        "word": "suspend"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state of being undecided; anxiety or apprehension resulting from uncertainty",
        "word": "suspense"
    }, {
        "meaning": "repentant; N.",
        "word": "penitent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dreamily or deeply thoughtful; sadly thoughtful; thoughtful with a hint of sadness; contemplative; CF. think over",
        "word": "pensive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "partial shadow (in an eclipse); CF. almost shadow",
        "word": "penumbra"
    }, {
        "meaning": "extreme poverty; stinginess; ADJ. penurious: very poor; stingy",
        "word": "penury"
    }, {
        "meaning": "landless agricultural worker; bond servant; menial worker; N. peonage",
        "word": "peon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "insightful; showing a good ability at perceiving and understanding; aware; wise; of perception",
        "word": "perceptive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "striking one object against another sharply; Ex. percussion instrument; N: striking together of two bodies; sound caused by percussion",
        "word": "percussion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "damnation; complete ruin; hell",
        "word": "perdition"
    }, {
        "meaning": "condemn; criticize severely; condemn to everlasting punishment; doom; bring to ruin; N. damnation",
        "word": "damn"
    }, {
        "meaning": "condemnation to a severe penalty; ruin; fate (esp. a tragic or ruinous one); V.",
        "word": "doom"
    }, {
        "meaning": "journey; V. peregrinate",
        "word": "peregrination"
    }, {
        "meaning": "demanding and leaving no choice; imperative; Ex. peremptory decree/knock",
        "word": "peremptory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "something long-lasting; perennial plant; ADJ: lasting through the year or many years; lasting for a long time; enduring",
        "word": "perennial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "treacherous; disloyal; N. perfidy: treachery",
        "word": "perfidious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pierce; put a hole through",
        "word": "perforate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "done routinely and with little care; superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; Ex. perfunctory kiss",
        "word": "perfunctory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth; CF. apogee",
        "word": "perigee"
    }, {
        "meaning": "outer boundary; length of the outer boundary; circumference",
        "word": "perimeter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "leap or spring; limit or confine; constitute the limit of; Ex. bounded by Canada; N: leap or jumping; boundary; ADJ: certain; having a duty to do something (legally or morally); confined by bonds; Ex. We are bound to be late; Ex. I am bound to say my opinion; CF. bounce, rebound",
        "word": "bound"
    }, {
        "meaning": "walking about from place to place (to work); moving; Ex. peripatetic school of philosophy",
        "word": "peripatetic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of a periphery; marginal; outer; of minor importance; not central; Ex. peripheral nerve/interest",
        "word": "peripheral"
    }, {
        "meaning": "outside edge especially of a round surface; perimeter; Ex. periphery of the town",
        "word": "periphery"
    }, {
        "meaning": "false testimony while under oath; V. perjure oneself: testify falsely under oath",
        "word": "perjury"
    }, {
        "meaning": "that can be permeated; penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through; V. permeate: spread or flow throughout; charge",
        "word": "permeable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "very harmful; deadly; very destructive; Ex. pernicious effect/anemia",
        "word": "pernicious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "conclusion of an oration; perorating; V. perorate: conclude a speech; speak at great length",
        "word": "peroration"
    }, {
        "meaning": "commit an offense; do (something wrong)",
        "word": "perpetrate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "everlasting",
        "word": "perpetual"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make perpetual; make something last for a long time; preserve from extinction; N. perpetuity",
        "word": "perpetuate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "any gain above stipulated salary; Ex. perquisites such as free meals and a car",
        "word": "perquisite(perk)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "attractive (in personality or appearance)",
        "word": "personable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of someone) having insight; penetrating; astute",
        "word": "perspicacious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity",
        "word": "perspicuity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of something) plainly expressed; easy to understand; Ex. perspicuous comments",
        "word": "perspicuous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(esp. of a girl or young woman) impertinent; forward; trim; jaunty; Ex. pert young miss/hat",
        "word": "pert"
    }, {
        "meaning": "presumptuous or bold",
        "word": "forward"
    }, {
        "meaning": "holding tenaciously to an action; stubborn; persistent",
        "word": "pertinacious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "suitable; to the point; relevant",
        "word": "pertinent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disturb greatly",
        "word": "perturb"
    }, {
        "meaning": "read through with care; N. perusal",
        "word": "peruse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "spread throughout; V. pervade: (of smells, ideas, feelings) spread throughout; charge; permeate",
        "word": "pervasive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "purposely continuing to do something wrong; stubbornly wrongheaded; perverted; directed away from what is right; wicked and unacceptable; Ex. perverse satisfaction; Ex. Hannibal Lecter in a perverse mood; N. perversity",
        "word": "perverse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "corruption; turning from right to wrong",
        "word": "perversion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "corrupt; turn from right to wrong; misuse; Ex. perverted sexual desire/scientific knowledge; N: person whose sexual behavior is not natural",
        "word": "pervert"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stubbornly wrong",
        "word": "wrongheaded"
    }, {
        "meaning": "belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess; tendency to take the gloomiest possible view of a situation; ADJ. pessimistic",
        "word": "pessimism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "causing plague; tending to cause death; baneful; N. pestilence: fatal epidemic disease (esp. bubonic plague)",
        "word": "pestilential(pestilent)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tool for mashing or grinding substances in a hard bowl or mortar",
        "word": "pestle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "vessel in which substances are crushed with a pestle",
        "word": "mortar"
    }, {
        "meaning": "crush into mash; convert into mash; N: mixture of ground grain and nutrients fed to livestock and fowl",
        "word": "mash"
    }, {
        "meaning": "turn to stone; cause to become stonelike; stun or paralyze",
        "word": "petrify"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trivial; unimportant; very small; small-minded; petty-minded",
        "word": "petty"
    }, {
        "meaning": "touchy; peevish; ill-tempered",
        "word": "petulant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears; group of men packed together (for attack or defense)",
        "word": "phalanx"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to the Pharisees, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self-righteous; hypocritical",
        "word": "pharisaical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "Pharisee: member of an ancient Jewish group that emphasized strict observance of the Mosaic law (considering themselves very holy); hypocritical self-righteous person",
        "word": "pharisee"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sure of one's own righteousness; moralistic",
        "word": "self-righteous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation; SG. phenomenon: observable fact; very unusual person, thing, or event; marvel; wonder; CF. phenomenons; ADJ. phenomenal: very unusual; extraordinary; of a phenomenon; Ex. phenomenal strength",
        "word": "phenomena"
    }, {
        "meaning": "faithless lover; flirt",
        "word": "philanderer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lover of mankind; doer of good; N. philanthropy",
        "word": "philanthropist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stamp-collector; N. philately: stamp collecting",
        "word": "philatelist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain; uncultured person who is indifferent to artistic and cultural values; member of an ancient people in Palestine; OP. aesthete",
        "word": "philistine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "study of language or words",
        "word": "philology"
    }, {
        "meaning": "calm and unexcitable; not easily disturbed; CF. phlegm: sticky mucus produced in the respiratory tract",
        "word": "phlegmatic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "morbid fear",
        "word": "phobia"
    }, {
        "meaning": "symbol of immortality or rebirth; Ex. phoenix rising from its ashes",
        "word": "phoenix"
    }, {
        "meaning": "major classification, second to kingdom, of plants and animals; category ranking below a kingdom and above a class; division",
        "word": "phylum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "face (as showing the character and the mind); art of judging human character from facial features",
        "word": "physiognomy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms; N. physiology",
        "word": "physiological"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of different colors; mottled; spotted in different colors (esp. in black and white); Ex. piebald horse; CF. pie+bald",
        "word": "piebald"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one part at a time; gradually; in stages; Ex. read a novel piecemeal",
        "word": "piecemeal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "piebald; variegated(many-colored); multicolored",
        "word": "pied"
    }, {
        "meaning": "devoutness; reverence for God; ADJ. pious",
        "word": "piety"
    }, {
        "meaning": "coloring matter (usually powder to be mixed with water or oil)",
        "word": "pigment"
    }, {
        "meaning": "plunder",
        "word": "pillage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "punish by placing in a wooden frame or pillory; subject or expose to criticism and ridicule; N.",
        "word": "pillory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "long for; yearn; languish from longing or grief; decline",
        "word": "pine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "restrain or immobilize by binding the wings or legs; N: bird's wing",
        "word": "pinion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "peak; highest point; acme; Ex. pinnacle of fame",
        "word": "pinnacle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "devout; religious; N. piety",
        "word": "pious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pleasantly tart-tasting; spicy; pleasantly stimulating; Ex. piquant situation when my old enemy asked for my help",
        "word": "piquant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sharp to the taste; acid-tasting; caustic; sarcastic; Ex. tart apple/reply",
        "word": "tart"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having a sharp or acid taste; acid; tart; bad-tempered; V.",
        "word": "sour"
    }, {
        "meaning": "irritation; resentment from wounded pride (eg. loss in a contest); V: provoke; arouse; annoy; cause to feel resentment; Ex. pique her curiosity",
        "word": "pique"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to fishing; CF. Pisces",
        "word": "piscatorial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hidden danger; concealed trap",
        "word": "pitfall"
    }, {
        "meaning": "be cautious (of)",
        "word": "beware"
    }, {
        "meaning": "core or marrow; spongelike substance in the center of stems; essence; substance",
        "word": "pith"
    }, {
        "meaning": "soft fatty tissue that fills most bone cavities and is the source of blood cells",
        "word": "marrow"
    }, {
        "meaning": "concise and meaningful; substantial; meaty",
        "word": "pithy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small amount (of money); small allowance or wage",
        "word": "pittance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of a pivot; central; critical; crucial",
        "word": "pivotal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pacify; bring peace to; conciliate; appease",
        "word": "placate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill",
        "word": "placebo"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small round piece of medicine; flat piece of stone or metal bearing an inscription; Ex. stone tablet on the wall",
        "word": "tablet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "peaceful; calm; Ex. placid child/lake",
        "word": "placid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "steal another's ideas or writings and pass them off as one's own; Ex. ideas plagiarized from my article; N. plagiarism; CF. kidnap",
        "word": "plagiarize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "expressing sorrow; mournful; Ex. plaintive song",
        "word": "plaintive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "braid; interwine; interweave strands or lengths of; make by weaving strands together; Ex. plaited hair; N: braided length as of hair o fabric; CF. pigtail, ponytail",
        "word": "plait"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ability to be molded; ADJ. plastic: capable of being shaped or molded; Ex. plastic material such as clay",
        "word": "plasticity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trite remark; commonplace statement; ADJ. platitudinous",
        "word": "platitude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ordinary; N: something ordinary or common; trite remark",
        "word": "commonplace"
    }, {
        "meaning": "nation governed by the people; republic; people of a nation",
        "word": "commonwealth"
    }, {
        "meaning": "purely spiritual; theoretical; without sensual desire",
        "word": "platonic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "praise; enthusiastic approval; round(succession or series) of applause; ADJ. plauditory; CF. applaud",
        "word": "plaudit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "conceivably true; having a show of truth but open to doubt; specious",
        "word": "plausible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "common; vulgar; pertaining to the common people; N: common people in ancient Rome; CF. patrician",
        "word": "plebeian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "direct vote by the entire electorate (on an important issue)",
        "word": "plebiscite"
    }, {
        "meaning": "direct vote by all the people",
        "word": "referendum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of power) complete; full; fully attended by all qualified members; Ex. plenary power",
        "word": "plenary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "abundance; plenty; great amount; completeness; fullness; CF. plenary, plenty",
        "word": "plenitude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "excess; overabundance; Ex. a plethora of excuses",
        "word": "plethora"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flexible; easily influenced; yielding; adaptable",
        "word": "pliable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flexible; easily influenced",
        "word": "pliant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "difficult condition; condition or state (esp. a bad state or condition); predicament",
        "word": "plight"
    }, {
        "meaning": "courage; V: pull off or out; pull out the hair or feathers of; ADJ. plucky: courageous; brave",
        "word": "pluck"
    }, {
        "meaning": "feathers of a bird;",
        "word": "plumage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "exactly vertical; N: weight on the end of a line; V: examine very carefully or critically in order to understand; measure depth (by sounding); Ex. plumb the depth of",
        "word": "plumb"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who installs and repairs pipes and plumbing(pipes)",
        "word": "plumber"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fall sharply; fall straight down; Ex. Stock prices plummeted.",
        "word": "plummet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "society ruled by the wealthy",
        "word": "plutocracy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "doctor who treats ailments of the feet; chiropodist; N. podiatrics",
        "word": "podiatrist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pedestal; raised platform",
        "word": "podium"
    }, {
        "meaning": "support or base as for a pillar or statue",
        "word": "pedestal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion; ADJ. poignant: touching; deeply moving; (of sorrow, grief, etc.) painful; keenly distressing to the mind; Ex. poignant memory/anxiety; CF. prick",
        "word": "poignancy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "split into opposite extremes or camps",
        "word": "polarize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state of having two opposite qualities",
        "word": "polarity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of a pole; characterized by opposite extremes; Ex. polar opposites",
        "word": "polar"
    }, {
        "meaning": "group sharing a common cause or opinion",
        "word": "camp"
    }, {
        "meaning": "attack or defense of an opinion; controversy or refutation; argument in support of point of view; N. polemics: art of debate or controversy",
        "word": "polemic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious (rather than simply expressing opinions)",
        "word": "polemical(polemic)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prudent; judicious; well judged; expedient; well devised",
        "word": "politic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(particular form of) political organization; form of government of nation or state; Ex. student polity",
        "word": "polity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who has more than one spouse at a time; CF. bigamy; CF. polyandry",
        "word": "polygamist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "speaking several languages; multilingual; Ex. polyglot person/society; N.",
        "word": "polyglot"
    }, {
        "meaning": "self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt(pompous person); ADJ. pompous: self-important",
        "word": "pomposity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having great weight; weighty; unwieldy; lacking lightness; dull; Ex. ponderous body/style of writing",
        "word": "ponderous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious; CF. pontiff: pope; bishop",
        "word": "pontifical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "study industriously; ponder; scrutinize; Ex. pore over the book; N.",
        "word": "pore"
    }, {
        "meaning": "full of pores; like a sieve",
        "word": "porous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "narrow space between things",
        "word": "interstice"
    }, {
        "meaning": "foretell; presage; be a sign or warning of; N. portent: sign; omen; forewarning",
        "word": "portend"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who foretells the future",
        "word": "soothsayer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stout; corpulent",
        "word": "portly"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rather fat; strong in body; sturdy; resolute; determined; strong in determination; Ex. stout stick/supporter",
        "word": "stout"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant, etc., to impress others; person who poses; CF. pose",
        "word": "poseur"
    }, {
        "meaning": "assume a particular posture; put forward; present; affect a particular attitude (to impress others); Ex. pose a threat; N.",
        "word": "pose"
    }, {
        "meaning": "descendants; future generations; Ex. go down to posterity; CF. posterior, anterior",
        "word": "posterity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "after death (as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death); coming or occurring after one's death; Ex. posthumous fame/novel",
        "word": "posthumous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "autopsy; ADJ: occurring after death; of a postmortem",
        "word": "postmortem"
    }, {
        "meaning": "self-evident truth; something assumed without proof; V: assume the truth of (as a basis of an argument)",
        "word": "postulate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "assume an affected pose; act artificially; N: pose; attitude",
        "word": "posture"
    }, {
        "meaning": "suitable for drinking; drinkable",
        "word": "potable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "powerful; convincing; persuasive; greatly influential",
        "word": "potent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "monarch; sovereign",
        "word": "potentate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "expressing possibility; latent; N: capacity for growth",
        "word": "potential"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dose (of liquids); liquid dose",
        "word": "potion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "heterogeneous mixture; medley; mixture of dried flower petals a pot (to give a pleasant smell to a room)",
        "word": "potpourri"
    }, {
        "meaning": "soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body",
        "word": "poultice"
    }, {
        "meaning": "feasible",
        "word": "practicable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "based on experience; of or acquired through practice (rather than theory); useful; Ex. practical man",
        "word": "practical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with practical worth or impact of something; Ex. pragmatic test of the skill",
        "word": "pragmatic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "practical person; N. pragmatism: pragmatic way of dealing with things",
        "word": "pragmatist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "move about in a spirited manner (proudly and confidently)",
        "word": "prance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "talk idly; speak foolishly; boast idly",
        "word": "prate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "talk idly; babble; N. CF. prate",
        "word": "prattle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not working; not employed or busy; lazy; without purpose; useless; lacking substance; baseless; not based on truth; Ex. idle worker; Ex. talk idly; V.",
        "word": "idle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "introductory statement",
        "word": "preamble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unsafe; lacking in stability; uncertain; risky; Ex. precarious living",
        "word": "precarious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "something preceding in time which may be used as an authority or guide for future action; V. precede; CF. unprecedented",
        "word": "precedent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "preceding (in time, rank, etc.)",
        "word": "precedent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "practical rule guiding conduct; Ex. mother's precept",
        "word": "precept"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cliff; dangerous position; Ex. on the edge of the precipice",
        "word": "precipice"
    }, {
        "meaning": "edge (at the top of a cliff); Ex. on the brink of the Grand Canyon",
        "word": "brink"
    }, {
        "meaning": "something that causes a substance in a chemical solution to separate out in solid form; OP. solvent",
        "word": "precipitant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hurl downward; throw headlong; hasten; cause to happen sooner; condense and fall as rain or snow; cause (a solid substance) to be separated from a solution; ADJ. hasty; rash; premature; sudden",
        "word": "precipitate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "steep; overhasty; precipitate",
        "word": "precipitous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "abstract; concise summing up of main points; concise summary of a text",
        "word": "pr\\'ecis"
    }, {
        "meaning": "exact",
        "word": "precise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make impossible; prevent; exclude; eliminate",
        "word": "preclude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "advanced in development; N. precocity",
        "word": "precocious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "forerunner; predecessor",
        "word": "precursor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "predatory animal or bird; predatory person; creature that seizes and devours another animal; person who robs or exploits others; ADJ. predatory: living by preying on other organisms; plundering; N. predation",
        "word": "predator"
    }, {
        "meaning": "former occupant of a post",
        "word": "predecessor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "determine in advance; predestine; settle or decide beforehand; influence markedly",
        "word": "predetermine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "difficult situation; tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma",
        "word": "predicament"
    }, {
        "meaning": "preference; partiality",
        "word": "predilection"
    }, {
        "meaning": "give an inclination toward (in advance); make susceptible to; Ex. predispose people to certain cancer; N. predisposition",
        "word": "predispose"
    }, {
        "meaning": "outstanding; superior",
        "word": "preeminent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prevent in advance; head off(forestall); forestall by acting first; appropriate for oneself before others; supplant; take the place of; displace; Ex. preempt any attempts; ADJ. preemptive",
        "word": "preempt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction or pride; (of a bird) smooth or clean (feathers) with the beak; Ex. preen oneself on; CF. prune",
        "word": "preen"
    }, {
        "meaning": "introductory; of a preface",
        "word": "prefatory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "capable of grasping or holding (esp. by wrapping around); Ex. prehensile tails",
        "word": "prehensile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "church dignitary; priest of high position in the church (esp. bishop)",
        "word": "prelate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "introduction; introductory performance or event; forerunner",
        "word": "prelude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "plan in advance; Ex. premeditated murder",
        "word": "premeditate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "assumption; postulate; proposition upon which an argument is based",
        "word": "premise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "forewarning; presentiment; foreboding",
        "word": "premonition"
    }, {
        "meaning": "serving to warn",
        "word": "premonitory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "superiority of power, quantity, etc.; V. preponderate: be greater in power, weight, or importance; ADJ. preponderant",
        "word": "preponderance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "absurd; completely unreasonable; ridiculous",
        "word": "preposterous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "privilege; unquestionable right; CF. ask before",
        "word": "prerogative"
    }, {
        "meaning": "foretell; be a warning or sign of; N: presentiment; foreboding; omen",
        "word": "presage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ability to foretell the future; knowledge of actions before they occur; ADJ. prescient",
        "word": "prescience"
    }, {
        "meaning": "premonition; foreboding; feeling something will happen; anticipatory fear",
        "word": "presentiment"
    }, {
        "meaning": "respect or admiration; impression produced by achievements or reputation; ADJ: causing admiration; ADJ. prestigious: having prestige",
        "word": "prestige"
    }, {
        "meaning": "going beyond what is right; excessively forward; arrogant; taking liberties",
        "word": "presumptuous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "take for granted; assume; act overconfidently; take liberties; presume on/upon: take unfair advantage of (someone's kindness or connection); N. presumption",
        "word": "presume"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ostentatious; showy; pompous; making unjustified claims; overambitious; Ex. pretentious films that claim to be art",
        "word": "pretentious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "feign; pretend to: claim to possess; make pretensions to; Ex. I don't pretend to much expertise; N. pretense",
        "word": "pretend"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pretentiousness; claim (without foundation); Ex. I make no pretensions to skill as an artist.",
        "word": "pretension"
    }, {
        "meaning": "beyond what is normal in nature; supernatural; Ex. preternatural strength/forces",
        "word": "preternatural"
    }, {
        "meaning": "excuse",
        "word": "pretext"
    }, {
        "meaning": "be widespread; triumph over; gain victory; prevail on: persuade; induce; Ex. Justice has prevailed; Ex. prevail on someone to do something",
        "word": "prevail"
    }, {
        "meaning": "widespread; generally accepted",
        "word": "prevalent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lie; hide the truth (by equivocating)",
        "word": "prevaricate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "target of a hunt; victim; V: hunt and eat as prey; victimize; Ex. Cats prey on mice.",
        "word": "prey"
    }, {
        "meaning": "proper to the point of affectation; very precise and formal; exceedingly proper",
        "word": "prim"
    }, {
        "meaning": "seniority by birth; state of being the first-born child; right of the eldest child (to inherit the entire property of one or both parents)",
        "word": "primogeniture"
    }, {
        "meaning": "existing at the beginning (of time); rudimentary",
        "word": "primordial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "groom oneself with care; adorn oneself",
        "word": "primp"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unspoiled; remaining in a pure state; characteristic of earlier times; primitive; Ex. an old book in pristine condition",
        "word": "pristine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life; hardship; want; CF. deprive",
        "word": "privation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "secret; hidden; not public; made a participant in something secret; Ex. privy chamber government; Ex. be privy to a discussion; CF. private",
        "word": "privy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "explore with a probe or tools; investigate; N: slender instrument used to explore a wound or body cavity; device designed to investigate an unknown region; thorough investigation; Ex. space probe",
        "word": "probe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "uprightness; honesty; incorruptibility",
        "word": "probity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "embezzle",
        "word": "defalcate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "causing a problem; open to doubt; doubtful; unsettled; questionable; Ex. Whether the arena will ever be completed is problematic.",
        "word": "problematic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "inclination; natural tendency (esp. towards something bad)",
        "word": "proclivity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "postpone; delay or put off",
        "word": "procrastinate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "obtaining; V. procure: obtain by effort; obtain (a prostitute) for another",
        "word": "procurement"
    }, {
        "meaning": "poke (with a pointed object); stir up; urge; goad to action; N: pointed object used to prod; prodding",
        "word": "prod"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wasteful; reckless with money; profuse; Ex. a mind prodigal of ideas; N. prodigality",
        "word": "prodigal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "enormous; marvelous; extraordinary; Ex. prodigious amount/memory",
        "word": "prodigious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "highly gifted child; person with exceptional talents; marvel; wonder",
        "word": "prodigy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "violate; desecrate (something holy); treat unworthily; be profane for; ADJ: secular; nonreligious; irreverent for holy things",
        "word": "profane"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wasteful (of money); dissipated; wildly immoral; dissolute; N: profligate person; N. profligacy",
        "word": "profligate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deep; not superficial; complete; Ex. profound thinker/remark/silence/deafness; N. profundity",
        "word": "profound"
    }, {
        "meaning": "great amount; plenty; overabundance; excess; lavish expenditure; Ex. profusion of choices; ADJ. profuse: plentiful; copious; giving or given abundantly; extravagant",
        "word": "profusion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ancestor",
        "word": "progenitor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "children; offspring; descendants",
        "word": "progeny"
    }, {
        "meaning": "forecasted course of a disease; prediction; CF. prognostic",
        "word": "prognosis"
    }, {
        "meaning": "predict (according to present indications)",
        "word": "prognosticate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "so high as to prohibit purchase or use; tending to prevent the purchase or use of something; prohibiting; inclined to prevent or forbid; Ex. prohibitive tax",
        "word": "prohibitive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "missile; fired or thrown object (such as stone or bullet)",
        "word": "projectile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "member of the working class; blue collar guy; N. proletariat: working class (who have to work for wages)",
        "word": "proletarian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "grow rapidly (in numbers); spread; multiply; N. proliferation",
        "word": "proliferate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "producing offspring or fruit in abundance; fertile; fecund; abundantly fruitful; producing abundant works; Ex. prolific writer",
        "word": "prolific"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tedious wordiness; verbosity; ADJ. prolix: wordy; verbose; diffuse",
        "word": "prolixity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "introduction (to a poem or play)",
        "word": "prologue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bitter prolonged quarrel (usually between two peoples or families); V. CF. Romeo and Juliet; CF. feudal, feudalism",
        "word": "feud"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lengthen; extend; draw out",
        "word": "prolong"
    }, {
        "meaning": "protruding(sticking out); conspicuous; notable; eminent",
        "word": "prominent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mixed indiscriminately; indiscriminate; not choosing carefully; indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners; irregular, particularly sexually; Ex. promiscuous life/girl; N. promiscuity",
        "word": "promiscuous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "headland",
        "word": "promontory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "advance in rank; advance; help to flourish; advocate; help actively in forming; publicize or popularize; Ex. Milk promotes health; Ex. promote a match/bill; Ex. promote a new product",
        "word": "promote"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cause; urge; provoke; provide a cue (for an actor); ADJ: done without delay; done at the right time; punctual; on time; N: reminder or cue",
        "word": "prompt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "word or signal (as in a play to prompt another actor's speech or entrance); reminder or hint; V: give a cue to",
        "word": "cue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "announce; proclaim a doctrine or law; make known by official publication",
        "word": "promulgate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "inclined to; likely to (suffer); prostrate; lying with the front downward; Ex. prone to disease/make mistakes; Ex. accident-prone",
        "word": "prone"
    }, {
        "meaning": "increase in number by producing young; multiply; spread; Ex. Most plants propagate by seed; Ex. newspaper propagating their ideas",
        "word": "propagate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "substance which propels or drives forward (such as an explosive charge or a rocket fuel)",
        "word": "propellant(propellent)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "natural inclination",
        "word": "propensity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of a prophet or prophecy; having to do with predicting the future; N. prophecy; V. prophesy; N. prophet",
        "word": "prophetic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "used to prevent disease; N: something prophylactic; condom; N. prophylaxis: prevention of disease",
        "word": "prophylactic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "nearness (in space or relationship); proximity; kinship",
        "word": "propinquity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "appease; conciliate; make peaceful; ADJ. propitiatory",
        "word": "propitiate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "favorable; auspicious; advantageous; fortunate; Ex. propitious day/sign",
        "word": "propitious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "diagram of the positions of stars at a given moment (eg. of a person's birth) used by astrologers",
        "word": "horoscope"
    }, {
        "meaning": "supporter; backer; opposite of opponent",
        "word": "proponent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "put forth for consideration or analysis; set forth; Ex. propound a problem/theory",
        "word": "propound"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fitness; quality of being proper; correct conduct; conformity to prevailing customs and usages; CF. proprietor, proprietary",
        "word": "propriety"
    }, {
        "meaning": "act or manner of using; accepted practice; way in which words are actually used",
        "word": "usage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "driving forward; N. propulsion",
        "word": "propulsive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lacking in imagination; dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact(concerned with facts, not imagination or feelings); factual; CF. prose",
        "word": "prosaic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "part of stage in front of curtain; front arch of a stage",
        "word": "proscenium"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prohibit; ostracize; banish; outlaw",
        "word": "proscribe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fugitive from the law (excluded from legal protection); V: declare (someone) to be an outlaw; deprive of the protection of the law; declare illegal; Ex. Drinking has been outlawed.",
        "word": "outlaw"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(induce someone to) convert to a religion or belief; N. proselyte: new convert to a doctrine or religion",
        "word": "proselytize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "art of versification; study of the metrical structure of verse",
        "word": "prosody"
    }, {
        "meaning": "metric; written in the form of poetry; Ex. metrical translation of Homer",
        "word": "metrical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "arrangement of words in the form of poetry (by accentual rhythm)",
        "word": "meter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "good fortune and financial success; physical well-being",
        "word": "prosperity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "become successful (esp. financially); thrive; grow well; Ex. children prospering under his care",
        "word": "prosper"
    }, {
        "meaning": "successful; rich; affluent; well-to-do; well-off",
        "word": "prosperous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stretch out full on ground; make prostrate; enervate; Ex. prostrating illness; ADJ: lying face down; having lost all strength",
        "word": "prostrate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "able to take on many forms; versatile; CF. Proteus: sea god to change his shape at will",
        "word": "protean"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person receiving protection and support from a patron",
        "word": "prot\\'eg\\'e"
    }, {
        "meaning": "diplomatic etiquette; ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats; first copy of a treaty before its ratification; Ex. Protocol demands that the queen meet him at the airport.",
        "word": "protocol"
    }, {
        "meaning": "original work used as a model by others",
        "word": "prototype"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prolong; lengthen in time; draw out",
        "word": "protract"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stick out; jut; project; Ex. protruding teeth",
        "word": "protrude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "protrusion; swelling; bulge",
        "word": "protuberance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "protruding part; swelling of a surface; Ex. The apple made a bulge in his pocket; V: swell outward; protrude",
        "word": "bulge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "place of origin; origin or source of something; Ex. Gunpowder is of Chinese provenance; CF. come",
        "word": "provenance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dry food for livestock; fodder",
        "word": "provender"
    }, {
        "meaning": "providing for future needs; displaying foresight; thrifty; preparing for emergencies; OP. improvident",
        "word": "provident"
    }, {
        "meaning": "quality of being provident; divine care; god's care; Providence: god; Ex. It seemed like providence that the doctor happened to be there; ADJ. providential: of divine providence; fortunate",
        "word": "providence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; narrow; unsophisticated",
        "word": "provincial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tentative; temporary",
        "word": "provisional"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stipulation; condition in an agreement; provision",
        "word": "proviso"
    }, {
        "meaning": "act of providing; something provided; preparatory measure; provisions: necessary supplies (esp. food); stipulation; condition in an agreement; Ex. According to the provisions of the agreement",
        "word": "provision"
    }, {
        "meaning": "arousing anger or sexual interest; annoying; Ex. provocative in tight jeans; V. provoke: incite to anger; cause (an unpleasant action or feeling); N. provocation",
        "word": "provocative"
    }, {
        "meaning": "extraordinary ability; military bravery; Ex. prowess in battle",
        "word": "prowess"
    }, {
        "meaning": "nearness; ADJ. proximate",
        "word": "proximity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "authorized agent; authority to act for another",
        "word": "proxy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "excessively modest or proper person (who is easily shocked by improper things, esp. of a sexual nature); N. prudery; ADJ. prudish: excessively concerned with propriety",
        "word": "prude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cautious; careful; prudential",
        "word": "prudent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cut away; trim",
        "word": "prune"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having or causing lustful desires and thoughts; arousing immoderate sexual desire",
        "word": "prurient"
    }, {
        "meaning": "inquire impertinently (someone else's private affairs); use leverage to raise or open something; prize; N. pries: tool for prying",
        "word": "pry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pry; move with a lever; value highly; esteem; Ex. his most prized possession; N: something captured during war-time (esp. an enemy ship)",
        "word": "prize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pen name; fictitious name assumed by an author; ADJ. pseudonymous",
        "word": "pseudonym"
    }, {
        "meaning": "soul; mind",
        "word": "psyche"
    }, {
        "meaning": "doctor who treats mental diseases",
        "word": "psychiatrist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of psyche; mental; of or possessing extraordinary mental powers",
        "word": "psychic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to mental dearrangement; N. psychopath: person with an antisocial personality disorder",
        "word": "psychopathic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mental disorder; ADJ. N. psychotic",
        "word": "psychosis"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of the influence of the mind on the body (esp. with respect to disease)",
        "word": "psychosomatic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "extinct flying reptile; CF. wing+finger",
        "word": "pterodactyl"
    }, {
        "meaning": "childish; immature; CF. puer: boy",
        "word": "puerile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "boxer; CF. pugilism: boxing",
        "word": "pugilist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "combativeness; disposition to fight; ADJ. pugnacious: (of people) belligerent; combative in nature",
        "word": "pugnacity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "powerful; strong; potent; N. puissance: power",
        "word": "puissant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "beauty; comeliness; ADJ. pulchritudinous",
        "word": "pulchritude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to the lungs",
        "word": "pulmonary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "throb; beat regularly; vibrate regularly",
        "word": "pulsate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rhythmical throbbing of arteries; brief sudden change in a normally constant quantity; V: pulsate",
        "word": "pulse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "crush or grind into very small particles",
        "word": "pulverize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pommel; beat or pound with fists",
        "word": "pummel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points; stressing niceties of conduct or form; N. punctilio, punctiliousness: careful attention payed to every small exact detail",
        "word": "punctilious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "authority on a subject; expert; learned person",
        "word": "pundit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stinging; acrid; sharp in taste or smell; (of speech or writing) caustic; N. pungency",
        "word": "pungent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "punishing; Ex. punitive measures",
        "word": "punitive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tiny; weak; insignificant",
        "word": "puny"
    }, {
        "meaning": "secure grasp or hold; firm grasp or footing",
        "word": "purchase"
    }, {
        "meaning": "place of spiritual expiation; temporary state or place in which the souls must expiate their sins",
        "word": "purgatory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "remove or get rid of something or someone unwanted; eliminate; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify (esp. of sin, guilt, or defilement); N.",
        "word": "purge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "intention; purpose; meaning; V: claim; profess; Ex. order which purports to be signed by the general",
        "word": "purport"
    }, {
        "meaning": "alleged; claimed; reputed or rumored; Ex. purported Satanists",
        "word": "purported"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cock; adult male chicken",
        "word": "rooster"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mob; noisy crowd",
        "word": "rabble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pucker; contract (lips) into wrinkles; N: wallet",
        "word": "purse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "gather into wrinkles or folds; N: wrinkle or fold",
        "word": "pucker"
    }, {
        "meaning": "furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer; V. purvey: supply (eg. food); furnish; CF. provide",
        "word": "purveyor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cowardly; lacking courage; fainthearted",
        "word": "pusillanimous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "supposed; reputed; generally regarded as such; Ex. putative father of the child",
        "word": "putative"
    }, {
        "meaning": "decayed and foul-smelling; foul; rotten; decayed; N. putridity",
        "word": "putrid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make or become putrid; N. putrefaction",
        "word": "putrefy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "becoming putrid; putrefying",
        "word": "putrescent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "decay of body tissue caused by insufficient blood supply (usually following injury); ADJ. gangrenous",
        "word": "gangrene"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person with an insane desire to set things on fire",
        "word": "pyromaniac"
    }, {
        "meaning": "charlatan; impostor",
        "word": "quack"
    }, {
        "meaning": "four-footed animal; ADJ. CF. biped",
        "word": "quadruped"
    }, {
        "meaning": "drink with zest; drink with relish(zest; hearty enjoyment)",
        "word": "quaff"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bog; marsh; soft, wet, boggy land; predicament; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself",
        "word": "quagmire"
    }, {
        "meaning": "soft wet land; V: hinder or be hindered; Ex. bogged down in the mud",
        "word": "bog"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cower; shrink back in fear; lose heart",
        "word": "quail"
    }, {
        "meaning": "odd in an old-fashioned way; odd; old-fashioned; picturesque",
        "word": "quaint"
    }, {
        "meaning": "limited; restricted; V. qualify: limit the meaning of; modify",
        "word": "qualified"
    }, {
        "meaning": "uneasy feelings; misgivings; uneasy fears especially about matters of conscience; Ex. I have no qualms about giving this assignment to Helen.",
        "word": "qualms"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dilemma; state of uncertainty; Ex. She is in a quandary about whether to go.",
        "word": "quandary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "isolation of a person, place, or ship to prevent spread of infection; V: isolate in quarantine",
        "word": "quarantine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person or animal of pursuit; victim; object of a hunt; prey",
        "word": "quarry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dig into (to get stone); N: mine",
        "word": "quarry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "heap; piled-up mass; embankment; lateral tilting (as of an aircraft in turning); V: pile up; protect with a bank; tilt in turning",
        "word": "bank"
    }, {
        "meaning": "crush; suppress; squash; subdue; annul; Ex. quash a rebellion/the decision of the low court",
        "word": "quash"
    }, {
        "meaning": "crush; quash; suppress",
        "word": "squash"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dock; wharf; pier; landing place (for boats)",
        "word": "quay"
    }, {
        "meaning": "experiencing nausea; nauseated; easily nauseated; squeamish; Ex. feel a little queasy",
        "word": "queasy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "suppress; put an end to; put down forcibly; extinguish; quiet; Ex. \"Army Quells Rebellion'' in newspaper; CF. kill",
        "word": "quell"
    }, {
        "meaning": "assuage or satisfy (thrust); slake; douse or extinguish; put out; suppress",
        "word": "quench"
    }, {
        "meaning": "produce a splashing sound (when stepping through mud); crush; squash",
        "word": "squelch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "given to complaining; complaining; fretful; whining",
        "word": "querulous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "complain (in a sad voice); make a high sad sound (as in pain or supplication)",
        "word": "whine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "inquiry; question; V.",
        "word": "query"
    }, {
        "meaning": "line (of waiting people or vehicles)",
        "word": "queue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "minor objection or complaint; V: raise minor objections; carp; cavil",
        "word": "quibble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dormant; temporarily inactive; at rest; N. quiescence",
        "word": "quiescent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tranquillity; calmness",
        "word": "quietude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "purest and highest embodiment; perfect example; apotheosis; most essential element; Ex. quintessence of wit; ADJ. quintessential; CF. fifth essence",
        "word": "quintessence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "taunt; clever sarcastic remark; V.",
        "word": "quip"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deride or provoke; challenge in derision; N.",
        "word": "taunt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sudden sharp turn or twist; startling twist; caprice; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity of behavior; Ex. by a quirk of fate",
        "word": "quirk"
    }, {
        "meaning": "traitor who aids invaders; CF. Vidkun Quisling",
        "word": "quisling"
    }, {
        "meaning": "case for arrows",
        "word": "quiver"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tremble; shake; N.",
        "word": "quiver"
    }, {
        "meaning": "restraining rope fastened to the collar of an animal (to control it); Ex. a dog on a leash",
        "word": "leash"
    }, {
        "meaning": "idealistic but impractical; CF. Don Quixote",
        "word": "quixotic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "curious; suggesting puzzlement (without saying); questioning; teasing; mocking; bantering; Ex. quizzical glance",
        "word": "quizzical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "minimal number of members necessary to conduct a meeting",
        "word": "quorum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "daily; commonplace; customary; Ex. quotidian routine",
        "word": "quotidian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of or suffering rabies; like a fanatic; extremely zealous; furious; CF. rabies: hydrophobia",
        "word": "rabid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "story-teller; one who tells stories with wit and skill",
        "word": "raconteur"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dirty child in torn clothes; person wearing tattered clothes",
        "word": "ragamuffin"
    }, {
        "meaning": "torn piece of cloth; ADJ. tattered: (of clothes) old and torn; (of a person) dressed in old torn clothes",
        "word": "tatter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "complain bitterly; scold; rant; Ex. the weaker railing against injustices",
        "word": "rail"
    }, {
        "meaning": "clothing; garments; Ex. I have no raiment fit to wear.",
        "word": "raiment"
    }, {
        "meaning": "jaunty; stylish; sporty; morally corrupt; dissolute; Ex. He wore his hat at a rakish and jaunty angle.",
        "word": "rakish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "angle of a slope; V: slant from the perpendicular",
        "word": "rake"
    }, {
        "meaning": "immoral or dissolute person",
        "word": "rake"
    }, {
        "meaning": "come or bring together; call up or summon (forces, vital powers, etc.); revive or recuperate (after illness or difficulty); N: act of rallying; mass gathering",
        "word": "rally"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wander aimlessly (physically or mentally); digress",
        "word": "ramble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "branching out; subdivision; one branch of a system; one of the results following from an action or decision; Ex. ramifications of a business/the decision",
        "word": "ramification"
    }, {
        "meaning": "branch out; divide into branches or subdivisions",
        "word": "ramify"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slope; inclined plane or roadway (connecting two levels)",
        "word": "ramp"
    }, {
        "meaning": "growing or spreading uncontrollably; growing in profusion; unrestrained; Ex. rampant lawlessness/weed",
        "word": "rampant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "defensive mound of earth",
        "word": "rampart"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a building or vehicle) poorly constructed; rickety; falling apart",
        "word": "ramshackle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of buildings) likely to break or fall apart; of rickets; CF. rickets; CF. vitamin D",
        "word": "rickety"
    }, {
        "meaning": "search thoroughly; pillage (going through a place); Ex. Enemy soldiers ransacked the town.",
        "word": "ransack"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having the odor of stale or decomposing fat; rank",
        "word": "rancid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "offensive in odor or flavor",
        "word": "rank"
    }, {
        "meaning": "long-lasting hatred; bitterness; Ex. negotiation without rancor; ADJ. rancorous",
        "word": "rancor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "without definite purpose, plan, or aim; haphazard; Ex. random shots; Ex. chosen at random",
        "word": "random"
    }, {
        "meaning": "object used in making a determination at random; fate; piece of land",
        "word": "lot"
    }, {
        "meaning": "choosing of a lot or card",
        "word": "draw"
    }, {
        "meaning": "contest in which winners are selected in a drawing of lots",
        "word": "lottery"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lottery; V: award as a prize in a raffle; Ex. raffle off a new car",
        "word": "raffle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "irritate; fester; annoy",
        "word": "rankle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "speak violently or excitedly; rave; talk excitedly showing anger; scold; make a grandiloquent speech; Ex. The priest ranted about the devil.",
        "word": "rant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "voracious; ravenous; taking everything one can; excessively grasping; plundering; subsisting on live prey; Ex. rapacious birds",
        "word": "rapacious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "close relationship; emotional closeness; harmony",
        "word": "rapport"
    }, {
        "meaning": "engrossed; absorbed; enchanted; Ex. rapt listener",
        "word": "rapt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "made less dense (of a gas); V. rarefy: make less dense; N. rarefaction",
        "word": "rarefied"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of air) thin in density; rarefied; Ex. rare air of the mountains",
        "word": "rare"
    }, {
        "meaning": "making a harsh noise; grating; harsh",
        "word": "raspy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a sound) grate on (eg. nerves); make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; rub with something rough; Ex. The cat's tongue rasped my hand.",
        "word": "rasp"
    }, {
        "meaning": "approve formally; confirm; verify",
        "word": "ratify"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises; V. ratiocinate: reason logically",
        "word": "ratiocination"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fundamental reason or principle (on which a system or principle is based); fundamental reason or justification; grounds for an action",
        "word": "rationale"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make rational; devise false reasons for (one's behavior); offer an excuse; give a plausible reason for an action in place of a true, less admirable ones; N. rationalization",
        "word": "rationalize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a person) having reason; (of ideas) based on reason; logical",
        "word": "rational"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fixed portion; V: distribute as rations",
        "word": "ration"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of voice) harsh and unpleasant; (of people) disorderly and boisterous; Ex. raucous shouts",
        "word": "raucous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "devastate; plunder; despoil; Ex. crops ravaged by storms",
        "word": "ravage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "move in search of plunder; Ex. marauding army",
        "word": "maraud"
    }, {
        "meaning": "overwhelmingly favorable review; V: talk wildly as if mad; Ex. raving lunatic",
        "word": "rave"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fall apart into tangles; entangle; unravel or untwist",
        "word": "ravel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "extremely hungry; voracious",
        "word": "ravenous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "narrow valley with steep sides; gorge; CF. gully, canyon",
        "word": "ravine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "destroy completely; Ex. raze the city to the ground",
        "word": "raze"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strongly opposed to social or political change; opposing progress; politically ultraconservative; N. OP. radical",
        "word": "reactionary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "restore to a previous condition or position",
        "word": "reinstate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "kingdom; field or sphere; Ex. not within the realms of possibility",
        "word": "realm"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who harvests grain; Ex. the Grim Reaper; V. reap: cut and gather (crop); harvest a crop",
        "word": "reaper"
    }, {
        "meaning": "return of part of a payment; discount; V.",
        "word": "rebate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reject bluntly; snub; beat back; Ex. She rebuffed his invitation; N.",
        "word": "rebuff"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ignore or behave coldly toward; Ex. I made a suggestion but she snubbed me; N.",
        "word": "snub"
    }, {
        "meaning": "scold harshly; criticize severely",
        "word": "rebuke"
    }, {
        "meaning": "representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols; puzzle in which pictures or letters stand for words; Ex. ``R U 18'' is a rebus for ``Are you 18''.",
        "word": "rebus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "refutation; response with contrary evidence; V. rebut: refute; disprove",
        "word": "rebuttal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disobedient or resisting authority even after being punished; obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly; Ex. recalcitrant child",
        "word": "recalcitrant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error; Ex. recant one's faith/a statement",
        "word": "recant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "summarize",
        "word": "recapitulate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reconstruct (a sentence, story, statue, etc.); fashion again",
        "word": "recast"
    }, {
        "meaning": "give shape to; make; Ex. fashion the pot out of clay",
        "word": "fashion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "quick or willing to receive (ideas, suggestions, etc.); Ex. receptive to the proposal",
        "word": "receptive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity",
        "word": "recession"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pause; temporary cessation; alcove; secret inner place; Ex. parliament in recess; V. CF. recessive",
        "word": "recess"
    }, {
        "meaning": "habitual return to crime (even after being punished); N. recidivist",
        "word": "recidivism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "receiver",
        "word": "recipient"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mutual; given and received in return; exchangeable; interacting; Ex. reciprocal trade agreement",
        "word": "reciprocal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "do or give something in return; repay in kind; give or take mutually; interchange; move backwards and forwards; Ex. reciprocate his invitation by inviting him; N. reciprocity: reciprocal relationship; mutual interchange of advantages between two groups; Ex. reciprocity in trading rights",
        "word": "reciprocate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hermit; loner; ADJ. reclusive",
        "word": "recluse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make friendly again (after quarrel); make consistent (two ideas in opposition); correct inconsistencies; Ex. reconcile one's political principles with one's religious beliefs",
        "word": "reconcile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "abstruse; not easily understood; profound; secret",
        "word": "recondite"
    }, {
        "meaning": "survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering; V. reconnoiter: make a preliminary inspection of (esp. to gather military information)",
        "word": "reconnaissance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "narrate or tell (a story); count over again",
        "word": "recount"
    }, {
        "meaning": "resorting to help when in trouble; Ex. without recourse to",
        "word": "recourse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "turn to for help; Ex. resort to violence; N.",
        "word": "resort"
    }, {
        "meaning": "temporary expedient or substitute (in the case of urgent need); Ex. makeshift shelter",
        "word": "makeshift"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disloyal; cowardly; N: disloyal and cowardly person",
        "word": "recreant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "countercharges; V. recriminate",
        "word": "recrimination"
    }, {
        "meaning": "set right; correct; CF. rect-: right",
        "word": "rectify"
    }, {
        "meaning": "moral correctness; moral uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment",
        "word": "rectitude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reclining; lying down completely or in part",
        "word": "recumbent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lie down",
        "word": "recline"
    }, {
        "meaning": "recover; return to health; regain; Ex. recuperate losses",
        "word": "recuperate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "occurring again and again",
        "word": "recurrent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "odorous; fragrant; suggestive (of an odor); Ex. redolent of onions/mystery",
        "word": "redolent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "formidable; causing fear",
        "word": "redoubtable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "remedy; compensation; Ex. seek redress for the damage to your car; V: put right; remedy or rectify (a wrong); make amends for",
        "word": "redress"
    }, {
        "meaning": "superfluous; more than is necessary; verbose; excessively wordy; repetitious",
        "word": "redundant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke); give off an unpleasant odor; give out smoke; Ex. reeking chimney; N: unpleasant odor; stench",
        "word": "reek"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strong foul odor; reek; stink",
        "word": "stench"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stench; V: emit a strong foul odor",
        "word": "stink"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dining hall; room where meals are served (in a school)",
        "word": "refectory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bending of a ray of light",
        "word": "refraction"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unmanageable; disobedient and stubborn; Ex. refractory horse",
        "word": "refractory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "abstain from; resist; forbear; N: chorus",
        "word": "refrain"
    }, {
        "meaning": "phrase repeated throughout a song or poem",
        "word": "chorus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "effulgent; brilliant; brightly shining; gleaming; Ex. refulgent moon",
        "word": "refulgent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "brief flash of light; glow; V.",
        "word": "gleam"
    }, {
        "meaning": "renovate; make clean, bright, or fresh (make new) again; make bright by polishing; Ex. refurbish an old theater; CF. furbish: polish",
        "word": "refurbish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disprove; prove to be false; N. refutation",
        "word": "refute"
    }, {
        "meaning": "royal; of a monarch; Ex. regal manner",
        "word": "regal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "entertain",
        "word": "regale"
    }, {
        "meaning": "boat or yacht race",
        "word": "regatta"
    }, {
        "meaning": "spiritual rebirth; Ex. regeneration of the prisoners; V. regenerate: give or obtain new life; reform spiritually",
        "word": "regeneration"
    }, {
        "meaning": "study of prison management and criminal rehabilitation",
        "word": "penology"
    }, {
        "meaning": "murder of a king or queen",
        "word": "regicide"
    }, {
        "meaning": "method of system or government",
        "word": "regime"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prescribed course of diet or exercise; prescribed diet and habits; Ex. daily regimen of a dancer",
        "word": "regimen"
    }, {
        "meaning": "military unit; V: subject to strict order; Ex. regimented society",
        "word": "regiment"
    }, {
        "meaning": "restore to proper condition (health or useful life); restore the former rank of",
        "word": "rehabilitate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "repay; pay back",
        "word": "reimburse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "repeat",
        "word": "reiterate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reply; retort; comeback; V. rejoin: say in reply",
        "word": "rejoinder"
    }, {
        "meaning": "retort; quick clever reply; return to former status",
        "word": "comeback"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make young again",
        "word": "rejuvenate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "put into a lower or worse place; banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign; Ex. relegate the old furniture to the children's room; Ex. relegated to the second division",
        "word": "relegate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "become less severe; give in(surrender); ADJ. relentless: unyielding; continuously severe",
        "word": "relent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having importance; pertinent; referring to the case in hand; N. relevance, relevancy",
        "word": "relevant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "surviving remnant (from an extinct culture); memento; keepsake; relics: corpse; Ex. ancient relics; Ex. relics of his travel; Ex. His relics are buried at X.",
        "word": "relic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "give up something (with reluctance); yield; release; Ex. relinquish power/the claim to the land/his hold on my arm",
        "word": "relinquish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "enjoy; savor; N: enjoyment; zest",
        "word": "relish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reparable",
        "word": "remediable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "recollection; V. reminisce: recollect the past",
        "word": "reminiscence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "suggestive of something (in the past); of reminiscence",
        "word": "reminiscent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "negligent; careless about a duty",
        "word": "remiss"
    }, {
        "meaning": "temporary moderation (of disease symptoms); remitting of a debt or punishment; cancelation of a debt; pardon; Ex. The disease went into remission; Ex. Christians pray for the remission of sins.",
        "word": "remission"
    }, {
        "meaning": "transmit (money) in payment; free someone from a debt or punishment",
        "word": "remit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "remitting of money; amount of money remitted",
        "word": "remittance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "remainder",
        "word": "remnant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "protest; objection; V. remonstrate: say in protest",
        "word": "remonstrate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deep regret for wrongdoing; guilt; self-reproach",
        "word": "remorse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of work) compensating; rewarding; profitable; well-paid; V. remunerate: reward; pay (someone) for work or trouble",
        "word": "remunerative"
    }, {
        "meaning": "split; tear apart; N. rent; CF. heartrending: causing deep sorrow",
        "word": "rend"
    }, {
        "meaning": "give; deliver; provide; represent in verbal or artistic form; depict; perform; make; translate; Ex. render the song beautifully",
        "word": "render"
    }, {
        "meaning": "meeting place; meeting at a set time or place; V.",
        "word": "rendezvous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rendering; translation; artistic interpretation of a song, etc",
        "word": "rendition"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deserter; traitor; ADJ.",
        "word": "renegade"
    }, {
        "meaning": "break a promise; deny; go back on; Ex. renege on the contract/paying off the debt",
        "word": "renege"
    }, {
        "meaning": "abandon; give up (by formal announcement); disown; repudiate; Ex. renounce one's claim to the property/one's religion; N. renunciation",
        "word": "renounce"
    }, {
        "meaning": "restore to good condition; renew",
        "word": "renovate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fame; ADJ. renowned",
        "word": "renown"
    }, {
        "meaning": "messenger; sign of something to come; V: announce; proclaim; Ex. unheralded researcher",
        "word": "herald"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tear made by rending; rip; split",
        "word": "rent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "capable of being repaired",
        "word": "reparable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "compensation (for loss or wrong); amends; Ex. make reparation for the damage; CF. repair",
        "word": "reparation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "quick clever reply",
        "word": "repartee"
    }, {
        "meaning": "meal; feast; banquet",
        "word": "repast"
    }, {
        "meaning": "revoke; annul",
        "word": "repeal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "drive away; disgust; Ex. repel the attack/moisture; Ex. repelled by the dirty room; CF. repulsion",
        "word": "repel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "driving away; disgusting; offensive; repulsive; unattractive; N.",
        "word": "repellent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rebound; reaction; reverberation; Ex. serious repercussion",
        "word": "repercussion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "list of works of music, drama, etc., a performer is prepared to present; CF. repertory",
        "word": "repertoire"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fret; complain; be annoyed; Ex. repine over the undone work",
        "word": "repine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fill up again",
        "word": "replenish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fully filled; filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied; Ex. report replete with errors",
        "word": "replete"
    }, {
        "meaning": "memoirs; autobiography; biography",
        "word": "memoir"
    }, {
        "meaning": "uppermost edge of a cup; projecting rim (as on a hat); Ex. The glass was full to the brim; V: be full to the brim",
        "word": "brim"
    }, {
        "meaning": "copy",
        "word": "replica"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reproduce; duplicate",
        "word": "replicate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "storehouse",
        "word": "repository"
    }, {
        "meaning": "resting; state of being at rest; calmness; V: lie at rest; relax; put or place; Ex. repose our hopes in a single man",
        "word": "repose"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deserving blame; blameworthy; V. reprehend: blame",
        "word": "reprehensible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hold back (the natural expression of); restrain; crush; oppress; Ex. repressed child; Ex. repress a laugh/rebellion",
        "word": "repress"
    }, {
        "meaning": "postponement or cancelation of a punishment; temporary stay; V: postpone or cancel the punishment of",
        "word": "reprieve"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reprove severely; rebuke; N.",
        "word": "reprimand"
    }, {
        "meaning": "retaliation",
        "word": "reprisal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "musical repetition; repeating of a piece of music; repeat performance; recurrent action; Ex. reprise in the finale; Ex. constant reprises",
        "word": "reprise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "blame (not angrily but sadly); express disapproval or disappointment; N. ADJ. reproachful",
        "word": "reproach"
    }, {
        "meaning": "morally disapproved person; person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency; CF. disapproved by God ?",
        "word": "reprobate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "severe disapproval; CF. approbation",
        "word": "reprobation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "censure; rebuke; N. reproof",
        "word": "reprove"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disown; disavow; deny",
        "word": "repudiate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disgust; strong dislike; loathing; ADJ. repugnant: arousing disgust; repulsive",
        "word": "repugnance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "distaste; disgust; act of driving back; ADJ. repulsive: causing disgust; tending to drive away; V. repel (not `repulse')",
        "word": "repulsion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reject with rudeness or coldness (an offer or friendship); drive back (an enemy attack); CF. repulse $\\neq$ cause repulsion",
        "word": "repulse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "respectable; having a good reputation",
        "word": "reputable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "supposed; Ex. reputed father of the child; V. repute: consider; N. repute: reputation; esteem",
        "word": "reputed"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mass for the dead; dirge",
        "word": "requiem"
    }, {
        "meaning": "Christian religious ceremony; CF. Mass: ceremony of the Eucharist",
        "word": "mass"
    }, {
        "meaning": "necessary requirement; something required; ADJ: required; necessary",
        "word": "requisite"
    }, {
        "meaning": "formal demand or request; Ex. requisition for more computing equipment; V.",
        "word": "requisition"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make return for; repay; reciprocate; revenge; N. requittal",
        "word": "requite"
    }, {
        "meaning": "repeal; annul; cancel (a law, decision, or agreement)",
        "word": "rescind"
    }, {
        "meaning": "indignation; bitterness; displeasure; V. resent: feel anger about",
        "word": "resentment"
    }, {
        "meaning": "self-control; self-restraint; formal but distant manner; reticence; Ex. without reserve: freely and openly; ADJ. reserved: shy and uncommunicative",
        "word": "reserve"
    }, {
        "meaning": "remainder; balance",
        "word": "residue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "remaining; left over; of a residue; N: residue",
        "word": "residual"
    }, {
        "meaning": "patiently submissiveness; statement that one is quitting a job; ADJ. resigned: acquiescent",
        "word": "resignation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "give up (a position, right, or claim); submit (oneself) passively",
        "word": "resign"
    }, {
        "meaning": "elastic; having the power of springing back; able to recover quickly (as from misfortune)",
        "word": "resilient"
    }, {
        "meaning": "able to spring back into shape; quick to recover (as from disappointment); able to adapt to change; Ex. elastic plans; N: elastic material",
        "word": "elastic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "determination; resoluteness; ADJ. resolute: firm or determined in purpose",
        "word": "resolution"
    }, {
        "meaning": "determination; resolution; firmness of purpose",
        "word": "resolve"
    }, {
        "meaning": "decide; settle; solve; separate; make a determined decision; N. resolution",
        "word": "resolve"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a sound) echoing; resounding(sounding loudly); deep and full in sound; producing resonance; Ex. resonant voice; N. resonance",
        "word": "resonant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a place) be filled with sound; (of a sound) sound loudly; sound back; echo; Ex. hall resounded with laughter",
        "word": "resound"
    }, {
        "meaning": "breathing; exhalation; ADJ. respiratory",
        "word": "respiration"
    }, {
        "meaning": "time for rest; interval of relief; delay in punishment; reprieve",
        "word": "respite"
    }, {
        "meaning": "brilliant; splendid in appearance; dazzling; glorious",
        "word": "resplendent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state of reacting readily to appeals, orders, etc.; ADJ. responsive: readily reacting; Ex. responsive to treatment",
        "word": "responsiveness"
    }, {
        "meaning": "returning something (lost or stolen) to the rightful owner; reparation; indemnification; compensation for loss, damage, or injury",
        "word": "restitution"
    }, {
        "meaning": "impatiently restless (induced by external coercion or restriction); restlessly impatient; obstinately resisting control; Ex. restive horses because of wolves; CF. not a general synonym for `restless'",
        "word": "restive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "moderation or self-control; controlling force; restriction",
        "word": "restraint"
    }, {
        "meaning": "taking up again; recommencement; V. resume: begin or take up again; take or occupy again; Ex. Kindly resume your seats.",
        "word": "resumption"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rise again; flow to and fro; N. resurgence; ADJ. resurgent: (of ideas or beliefs) experiencing revival; surging again",
        "word": "resurge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "revive",
        "word": "resurrect"
    }, {
        "meaning": "revive; bring back to life or consciousness; Ex. resuscitate the drowned child",
        "word": "resuscitate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "keep; maintain possession of; employ (esp. a lawyer or advisor); N. retainer: servant; fee paid to retain an advisor",
        "word": "retain"
    }, {
        "meaning": "repay in kind (usually for bad treatment); V. retaliate",
        "word": "retaliate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "holding; able to retain things (esp. facts in the mind); having a good memory",
        "word": "retentive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "inclined to silence; uncommunicative; reserved; Ex. He was reticent about the reasons; N. reticence",
        "word": "reticent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "following; attendants",
        "word": "retinue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shy and reserved (of a person); modest; Ex. her retiring personality",
        "word": "retiring"
    }, {
        "meaning": "quick sharp reply; V.",
        "word": "retort"
    }, {
        "meaning": "withdraw; take back; draw back; Ex. retract a statement/an offer/claws; N. retraction; CF. retractile",
        "word": "retract"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cut down; cut down expenses; economize",
        "word": "retrench"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deserved punishment for wrongdoing; punishment for offenses; compensation; vengeance; CF. pay back",
        "word": "retribution"
    }, {
        "meaning": "recover; put right; find and bring in; regain; Ex. retrieve the situation",
        "word": "retrieve"
    }, {
        "meaning": "taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax); (of a law) having effect on the past as well as the future",
        "word": "retroactive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make (a bill) into law",
        "word": "enact"
    }, {
        "meaning": "go backwards; recede; degenerate; deteriorate; ADJ.",
        "word": "retrograde"
    }, {
        "meaning": "looking back on the past; N. retrospection; V. retrospect",
        "word": "retrospective"
    }, {
        "meaning": "boisterous merrymaking; V. revel: engage boisterous festivities; enjoy greatly; N: boisterous festivity or celebration",
        "word": "revelry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "echo repeatedly; resound; Ex. The thunder reverberated across the valley.",
        "word": "reverberate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "respectful; worshipful; V. revere: regard with reverence; N. reverence: profound respect",
        "word": "reverent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deserving reverence; N: priest",
        "word": "reverend"
    }, {
        "meaning": "daydream; abstracted musing",
        "word": "reverie"
    }, {
        "meaning": "relapse; backslide; turn back to; return to the former owner; N. reversion",
        "word": "revert"
    }, {
        "meaning": "return to a former state (esp. after improvement); N.",
        "word": "relapse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "revert (to bad habits); N. reverter",
        "word": "backslide"
    }, {
        "meaning": "attack with abusive language; vilify(slander)",
        "word": "revile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cancel; retract; CF. irrevocable",
        "word": "revoke"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sudden strong feeling of disgust; sudden violent change of feeling; negative reaction; Ex. revulsion from the scenes of torture",
        "word": "revulsion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner; Ex. rhapsodize over the beauty of the scenery",
        "word": "rhapsodize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling; musical composition of irregular form (as if made up as one plays it)",
        "word": "rhapsody"
    }, {
        "meaning": "art of effective communication; art of using language effectively and persuasively; style of speaking or writing; grandiloquent language; Ex. political rhetoric; ADJ. rhetorical; CF. rhetorical question: question to which no answer is expected as ``Who knows it ?''",
        "word": "rhetoric"
    }, {
        "meaning": "marked by vulgar lewd humor; wanton; profane; N. ribaldry: ribald language or joke",
        "word": "ribald"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pierce with holes; permeate or spread throughout; Ex. The gunman riddled the car with bullets; Ex. The whole report is riddled with errors; N. large sieve (separating earth from stone)",
        "word": "riddle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "amendment or clause added to a legislative bill",
        "word": "rider"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of something bad) widespread; abundant; current",
        "word": "rife"
    }, {
        "meaning": "narrow opening in a large mass; break in a friendly relation; Ex. through a rift in the clouds; OP. reconcilation",
        "word": "rift"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fix or manipulate; manipulate dishonestly for personal gain; Ex. rig the election",
        "word": "rig"
    }, {
        "meaning": "arrangement of masts and sails; V: equip (a ship) with rigging; ADJ. rigging: ropes that hold up a ship's sails",
        "word": "rig"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hard and unbending; stiff and unyielding; fixed in behavior or views; strict; rigorous; Ex. rigid rule",
        "word": "rigid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "severity; Ex. rigors of the Russian winter",
        "word": "rigor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "irritate; vex; muddy",
        "word": "rile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "holding one's attention; absorbing; engrossing",
        "word": "riveting"
    }, {
        "meaning": "metal pin used for fastening metal plates together; V: fasten with a rivet; engross",
        "word": "rivet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small stream; CF. rill < rivulet < river",
        "word": "rivulet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strong; vigorous",
        "word": "robust"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ornate; highly decorated; N. CF. 18th century",
        "word": "rococo"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make liquids murky by stirring up sediment; disturb",
        "word": "roil"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rosy; optimistic; Ex. roseate views",
        "word": "roseate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "list (of names)",
        "word": "roster"
    }, {
        "meaning": "raised platform for speech-making; pulpit",
        "word": "rostrum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "raised platform used in preaching (in a church)",
        "word": "pulpit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "repetition; memorization through repetition without understanding; Ex. learn poetry by rote",
        "word": "rote"
    }, {
        "meaning": "circular building or hall covered with a dome",
        "word": "rotunda"
    }, {
        "meaning": "roundness; sonorousness of speech",
        "word": "rotundity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a person) fat and round",
        "word": "rotund"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lively; inducing excitement; stirring; V. rouse: waken; arouse from sleep or depression; excite; stir up",
        "word": "rousing"
    }, {
        "meaning": "put to rout; stampede; drive out; N: complete defeat and disorderly retreat",
        "word": "rout"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sudden frenzied rush (of panic-stricken animals or people); V: participate in or cause stampede; Ex. stampede before the price rises",
        "word": "stampede"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fragments (esp. from a destroyed building)",
        "word": "rubble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who builds or works with stone or brick; N. masonry: work of a mason; stonework or brickwork",
        "word": "mason"
    }, {
        "meaning": "title or heading (in red print); directions for religious ceremony; protocol",
        "word": "rubric"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reddish; (of the face) reddish and healthy-looking",
        "word": "ruddy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "elementary; not developed; crude; N. rudiment: fundamental element or principle; Ex. rudiments of the language",
        "word": "rudimentary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "regret; lament; mourn; Ex. He will rue the day; N. ADJ. rueful",
        "word": "rue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "violent scoundrel; bully",
        "word": "ruffian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "chew over and over (mentally or, like cows, physically); mull over(ponder)",
        "word": "ruminate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "animal that ruminates; ADJ.",
        "word": "ruminant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ransack; thoroughly search",
        "word": "rummage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet; N. rune: one of the letters of an alphabet used by ancient Germanic peoples (cut on stone or wood); magic charm",
        "word": "runic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trick to deceive; stratagem",
        "word": "ruse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to country people; unsophisticated; simple; crude; uncouth; (of furniture) rough with the bark left on; N. rural person; rustic person",
        "word": "rustic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "banish to the country; dwell in the country",
        "word": "rusticate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pitiless; merciless; cruel",
        "word": "ruthless"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property; N. sabotage: destruction of property (usually carried out secretly)",
        "word": "saboteur"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cloying sweet; characteristic of sugar or saccharin",
        "word": "saccharine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "desecrating; profane; N. sacrilege: desecration, misuse, or theft of something sacred",
        "word": "sacrilegious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "invioably sacred; most sacred; inviolable",
        "word": "sacrosanct"
    }, {
        "meaning": "inclined to cruelty; N. sadism: delight in cruelty",
        "word": "sadistic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "Scandinavian myth; any legend; long heroic narrative",
        "word": "saga"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wise; perceptive; shrewd; having insight; N. sagacity",
        "word": "sagacious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person celebrated for wisdom; wise person; ADJ: wise",
        "word": "sage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lascivious; lustful; Ex. salacious monk",
        "word": "salacious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prominent; projecting beyond a line; conspicuous; Ex. salient features",
        "word": "salient"
    }, {
        "meaning": "salty",
        "word": "saline"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of the skin) yellowish and unhealthy-looking; sickly in color; Ex. sallow complexion due to jaundice",
        "word": "sallow"
    }, {
        "meaning": "healthful; conducive to health or well-being; socially desirable; Ex. salubrious area; CF. health",
        "word": "salubrious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome; Ex. The punishment had a salutary effect on the boy; CF. health",
        "word": "salutary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rescue (goods or property) from loss; N: saving; property saved",
        "word": "salvage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness; N. sanctimony: hypocritical piety",
        "word": "sanctimonious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "approve; ratify; N: permission; penalty intended to enforce compliance",
        "word": "sanction"
    }, {
        "meaning": "place of refuge; shelter; shrine; holy place; Ex. The outlaw was granted sanctuary in the church.",
        "word": "sanctuary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bloody; with much bloodshed",
        "word": "sanguinary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "optimistic; cheerful; hopeful; of the color of blood; red",
        "word": "sanguine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "diminish; weaken; undermine the foundations of (a fortification); Ex. The element kryptonite sapped his strength.",
        "word": "sap"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cutting ironic remark; scornful remarks; stinging rebuke; ADJ. sarcastic",
        "word": "sarcasm"
    }, {
        "meaning": "scornfully mocking; disdainful; sarcastic; cynical; Ex. sardonic smile",
        "word": "sardonic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to tailors or tailoring; Ex. a man of great sartorial elegance; CF. sartor: tailor",
        "word": "sartorial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy",
        "word": "sate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sleep lightly; nap",
        "word": "doze"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small body revolving around a larger one",
        "word": "satellite"
    }, {
        "meaning": "satisfy fully (physical needs such as hunger); sate; N. satiety: condition of being satiated",
        "word": "satiate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly",
        "word": "satire"
    }, {
        "meaning": "using satire; mocking",
        "word": "satirical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "soak thoroughly; imbue; impregnate; charge; fill to capacity",
        "word": "saturate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "morose; gloomy; Ex. Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance.",
        "word": "saturnine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus (resembling a goat), portrayed as wanton(unrestrained) and cunning; lecher; CF. faun; CF. goat: lecherous man",
        "word": "satyr"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stroll(go for a leisurely walk) slowly; N.",
        "word": "saunter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "scholar; learned person; CF. savoir: know",
        "word": "savant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality; N: taste or smell; distinctive quality",
        "word": "savor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pleasant in taste; tasty; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable; Ex. savory reputation",
        "word": "savory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "case for a sword blade; sheath",
        "word": "scabbard"
    }, {
        "meaning": "a great quantity; Ex. scads of clothes",
        "word": "scad"
    }, {
        "meaning": "temporary platform for workers (to work at heights above the ground); bracing framework; platform for execution",
        "word": "scaffold"
    }, {
        "meaning": "climb up; ascend; remove or come off in scales; N: flake of epidermis; ascending or descending series of musical tones",
        "word": "scale"
    }, {
        "meaning": "meager; insufficient",
        "word": "scanty"
    }, {
        "meaning": "someone who bears the blame for others; whipping boy; CF. escape+goat",
        "word": "scapegoat"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hunt through discarded materials for usable items or food; search, especially for food; N. scavenger: one who scavenges; animal that feeds on refuse and carrion",
        "word": "scavenge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "anything discarded or rejected as worthless; trash",
        "word": "refuse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "plot outline; screenplay(script for a movie); opera libretto; outline of possible future events",
        "word": "scenario"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of a schema or scheme; relating to an outline or diagram; using a system of symbols; N. schema: diagrammatic representation; outline",
        "word": "schematic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "systematic plan; plot; clever dishonest plan; orderly arrangement of elements; Ex. health insurance scheme; Ex. a scheme to escape taxes; Ex. a color scheme; Ex. a story with no scheme; V: contrive a scheme",
        "word": "scheme"
    }, {
        "meaning": "division into factions (esp. within a religious body); split",
        "word": "schism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trace; minute amount; shred; least bit; Ex. There is not a scintilla of truth; CF. spark",
        "word": "scintilla"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sparkle; flash; be animated; be full of life; Ex. scintillating conversation",
        "word": "scintillate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "laugh (at); mock; ridicule; Ex. scoff at their threats",
        "word": "scoff"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stamp out(put an end to); thwart; hinder; Ex. scotch the rumor; CF. cut; CF.",
        "word": "scotch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "number of points; written form of a musical composition; reason; group of 20; notch or incision; Ex. full/vocal score; Ex. Don't worry on that score; V: mark with lines or notches; Ex. score the paper to make it easy to fold",
        "word": "score"
    }, {
        "meaning": "step on heavily (so as to crush or extinguish); put an end to; imprint or impress with a mark, design, or seal; shape with a die; characterize; Ex. machine stamping out car bodies; Ex. newspaper stamping him as a liar; N. stamping; implement used to stamp; impression stamped; mark; Ex. Her remarks bear the stamp of truth.",
        "word": "stamp"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lash; whip (formerly used for punishment); source of severe punishment; V: whip; afflict",
        "word": "scourge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hesitate for ethical reasons; fret about; Ex. She did not scruple to read his diary; N: uneasy feeling arising from conscience; conscience",
        "word": "scruple"
    }, {
        "meaning": "conscientious; extremely thorough; Ex. scrupulous worker",
        "word": "scrupulous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "examine closely and critically; N. scrutiny",
        "word": "scrutinize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "struggle confusedly; move off in a confused hurry; N. CF. scuffling twins ?",
        "word": "scuffle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mix together; jumble; move (something) from one place to another; slide (the feet) along the ground while walking; Ex. shuffle papers from one pile to another; N.",
        "word": "shuffle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "abusive; obscene; indecent; Ex. scurrilous remark",
        "word": "scurrilous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "move hastily; hurry; move briskly",
        "word": "scurry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "contemptible; despicable; N: disease caused by deficiency of Vitamin C",
        "word": "scurvy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sink (a ship) by cutting holes in the hull; scrap; discard; N: small hatch in a ship's deck or hull",
        "word": "scuttle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "husk; dry outer covering of a seed; frame or body of a ship",
        "word": "hull"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sordid; base; filthy; unwholesome; Ex. seamy side of city life",
        "word": "seamy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "contemptible; morally bad; inferior in value or quality; Ex. base motives/conduct; Ex. base metal such as iron",
        "word": "base"
    }, {
        "meaning": "burn the surface of; char or burn; brand; parch; cause (a plant) to wither",
        "word": "sear"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make or become black by burning; reduce or be reduced to carbon or charcoal(black substance made by burning wood) by incomplete combustion",
        "word": "char"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sear; N.",
        "word": "scorch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trademark; mark burned on the hide of an animal; mark burned into the flesh of criminals; mark of disgrace; V: mark with a brand; give a lasting bad name; stigmatize; Ex. The press branded him a liar.",
        "word": "brand"
    }, {
        "meaning": "skin of an animal",
        "word": "hide"
    }, {
        "meaning": "experienced",
        "word": "seasoned"
    }, {
        "meaning": "enhance the flavor of by adding a spice, etc.; inure; harden; N. seasoning: something used in seasoning",
        "word": "season"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of a particular season; Ex. seasonal rise in employment",
        "word": "seasonal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "occurring at the proper time or season; opportune; Ex. seasonable intervention in the dispute",
        "word": "seasonable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "withdrawal; V. secede: withdraw formally from membership",
        "word": "secession"
    }, {
        "meaning": "isolation; solitude; V. seclude: set apart from others; isolate",
        "word": "seclusion"
    }, {
        "meaning": "conceal; hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism; CF. secretive",
        "word": "secrete"
    }, {
        "meaning": "separate religious body; faction; group of people with common beliefs within a larger group",
        "word": "sect"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of a sect; narrow-minded; parochial; N: member of a sect; narrow-minded person",
        "word": "sectarian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "religious group; unit in a system; name or designation; CF. denominator: common trait or characteristic",
        "word": "denomination"
    }, {
        "meaning": "worldly; not pertaining to church matters or religion; temporal",
        "word": "secular"
    }, {
        "meaning": "composed (with no excitement); grave; V: administer a sedative to; CF. sedative",
        "word": "sedate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "requiring sitting; done while sitting; not moving from one place to another; settled; Ex. sedentary job/population",
        "word": "sedentary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "conduct or language inciting rebellion; rebellion; resistance to authority; insubordination; ADJ. seditious",
        "word": "sedition"
    }, {
        "meaning": "diligent; assiduous; paying attention; N. sedulity",
        "word": "sedulous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "run-down; decrepit; disreputable; having many seeds; Ex. seedy downtown hotel",
        "word": "seedy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a place) dilapidated; in a bad condition; (of a person) weak or exhausted",
        "word": "run-down"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of behavior) proper; appropriate",
        "word": "seemly"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pass slowly through small openings; ooze; trickle; N. seepage",
        "word": "seep"
    }, {
        "meaning": "be violently disturbed; boil; (of a liquid) move about wildly as if boiling; Ex. The nation was seething with discontent.",
        "word": "seethe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "seine net; net for catching fish",
        "word": "seine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to earthquakes",
        "word": "seismic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "outward appearance; guise; Ex. We called in the troops to bring a/some semblance of order to the city.",
        "word": "semblance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "related to seed or semen; germinal; creative; providing a basis for further development; influencing future developments; Ex. seminal research in a new field",
        "word": "seminal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "school for training future ministers; secondary school, especially for young women",
        "word": "seminary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "old age; feeblemindedness of old age; ADJ. senile: resulting from old age; showing the weakness of body or mind from old age; Ex. senile dementia",
        "word": "senility"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deficient in intelligence; very stupid",
        "word": "feebleminded"
    }, {
        "meaning": "process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an external agent or substance; V. sensitize: make or become sensitive",
        "word": "sensitization"
    }, {
        "meaning": "devoted to the pleasures of the sense; carnal; voluptuous; Ex. sensual woman/curves/lips",
        "word": "sensual"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sensual; of or giving sensual pleasure; indulging in sensual pleasures; Ex. voluptuous lines; Ex. voluptuous life of the Romans; N. voluptuary: voluptuous person",
        "word": "voluptuous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "giving pleasure to the senses; pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses; sensuous feeling of soft velvet on the skin",
        "word": "sensuous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pithy; terse; concise; aphoristic",
        "word": "sententious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "capable of sensation and conscious; aware; sensitive; Ex. sentient creature; N. sentience",
        "word": "sentient"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sentry; lookout",
        "word": "sentinel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "act of keeping watch; high place commanding a wide view; person who keeps watch",
        "word": "lookout"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of or causing sepsis; putrid; producing putrefaction; N. sepsis: poisoning of part of the body (producing pus)",
        "word": "septic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tomb; V: place in a sepulcher; ADJ. sepulchral",
        "word": "sepulcher"
    }, {
        "meaning": "isolate; segregate; seclude; retire from public life",
        "word": "sequester"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sear; parched; dry",
        "word": "sere"
    }, {
        "meaning": "gift for finding valuable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck; CF. The Three Princes of Serendip",
        "word": "serendipity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "calmness; placidity; ADJ. serene",
        "word": "serenity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "winding; twisting; of or like a serpent; Ex. serpentine course of the river; N. serpent: snake",
        "word": "serpentine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having a sawtoothed edge; Ex. serrated leaf",
        "word": "serrated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slavish; cringing; N. servility",
        "word": "servile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slavery; compulsory labor imposed as a punishment",
        "word": "servitude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "separate; cut off (a part) from a whole; break up (a relationship); N. severance; CF. severance pay: extra pay given an employee upon leaving a position",
        "word": "sever"
    }, {
        "meaning": "harshness; intensity; sternness; austerity; ADJ. severe: harsh; strict; extremely violent or intense",
        "word": "severity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude (by measuring the altitudes of stars)",
        "word": "sextant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "chain; fetter; confine with shackles; N.",
        "word": "shackle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pretend; feign; ADJ: not genuine; fake; Ex. sham jewelry; N: something that is not what it appears; impostor; pretense; Ex. The agreement was a sham.",
        "word": "sham"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(place or scene of) complete disorder or ruin; wreck; mess; Ex. After the hurricane, the coast was a shambles.",
        "word": "shambles"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fragment generally of broken pottery (glass, clay bowl, or cup)",
        "word": "shard"
    }, {
        "meaning": "very thin piece, usually of wood (cut from a surface with a sharp blade)",
        "word": "shaving"
    }, {
        "meaning": "carpenter's tool for smoothing and leveling wood; V. CF. flat",
        "word": "plane"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together",
        "word": "sheaf"
    }, {
        "meaning": "place into a case; insert into or provide with a sheath; Ex. He sheathed his dagger; N. sheath: case for a blade",
        "word": "sheathe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flavored dessert ice",
        "word": "sherbet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shine with a flickering light; glimmer intermittently; Ex. The moonlight shimmered on the water; N.",
        "word": "shimmer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "avoid (responsibility, work, etc.); malinger",
        "word": "shirk"
    }, {
        "meaning": "made of inferior material; sham; not genuine; inferior; dishonest; Ex. shoddy goods/trick",
        "word": "shoddy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "scolding woman; very small mouselike animal",
        "word": "shrew"
    }, {
        "meaning": "clever; astute",
        "word": "shrewd"
    }, {
        "meaning": "keep away from; avoid deliberately; Ex. She has been shunned by her neighbors.",
        "word": "shun"
    }, {
        "meaning": "move (a railway train) from one track to another; turn aside; divert; sidetrack; Ex. shunt traffic around an accident; N.",
        "word": "shunt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "switch (a railroad car) to a siding; divert from a main issue; N. CF. siding: short section of railroad track connected by switches with a main track",
        "word": "sidetrack"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lawyer using questionable methods; unscrupulous practioner",
        "word": "shyster"
    }, {
        "meaning": "brother or sister",
        "word": "sibling"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prophetic; oracular; N. sibyl: woman prophet (in the ancient world)",
        "word": "sibylline"
    }, {
        "meaning": "relating to stars; Ex. sidereal day",
        "word": "sidereal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sediment deposited by running water (at the entrance to a harbor or by a bend in a river)",
        "word": "silt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "monkeylike; N: ape or monkey",
        "word": "simian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "comparison of one thing with another, using the word like or as",
        "word": "simile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "smirk; smile in a silly way; smile affectedly",
        "word": "simper"
    }, {
        "meaning": "oversimplified",
        "word": "simplistic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "feign; imitate",
        "word": "simulate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "well-paid position with little responsibility; CF. sine cure: without care; CF. San Serif",
        "word": "sinecure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of meat) tough; strong and firm; muscular; N. sinew: tendon; strong cord connecting a muscle to a bone",
        "word": "sinewy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "being only one; individual; unique; extraordinary; odd; Ex. singular beauty/behavior",
        "word": "singular"
    }, {
        "meaning": "evil; ominous",
        "word": "sinister"
    }, {
        "meaning": "twisting; winding; bending in and out; not morally honest",
        "word": "sinuous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sceptic; doubter; person who suspends judgment until he has examined the evidence supporting a point of view; ADJ. skeptical; N. skepticism; scepticism",
        "word": "skeptic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small light sailboat or rowboat",
        "word": "skiff"
    }, {
        "meaning": "provide or use scantily; live very economically; Ex. skimp on necessities; ADJ. skimpy: inadequate in amount; scanty; stingy; niggardly",
        "word": "skimp"
    }, {
        "meaning": "miser; stingy person",
        "word": "skinflint"
    }, {
        "meaning": "minor fight; minor battle in war; V.",
        "word": "skirmish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "inconstant; capricious; frivolous; not serious; Ex. charming but skittish young woman; CF. skit",
        "word": "skittish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "move about playfully; froric; ADJ. frisky: playful",
        "word": "frisk"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dishonest behavior or action; Ex. skulduggery in the election",
        "word": "skulduggery(skullduggery)"
    }, {
        "meaning": "move furtively and secretly; Ex. He skulked through the less fashionable sections of the city.",
        "word": "skulk"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slow up; loosen; make or become slack",
        "word": "slacken"
    }, {
        "meaning": "moving slowly; sluggish; inactive; (of a rope) loose; negligent; lax; Ex. slack season; Ex. slack in one's work; N. V.",
        "word": "slack"
    }, {
        "meaning": "glassy residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter",
        "word": "slag"
    }, {
        "meaning": "satisfy (thirst); quench; sate",
        "word": "slake"
    }, {
        "meaning": "defamation; utterance of false and malicious statements; V. ADJ. slanderous",
        "word": "slander"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hasty and careless; haphazard; sloppy(carelessly done)",
        "word": "slapdash"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shabby and dirty; flimsy; insubstantial; Ex. sleazy back-street hotel/fabric",
        "word": "sleazy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one that achieves unexpected success; something originally of little value or importance that in time becomes very valuable",
        "word": "sleeper"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dexterity; CF. sleight of hand: legerdemain; quickness of the hands in doing tricks",
        "word": "sleight"
    }, {
        "meaning": "large quantity or number; Ex. slew of errands left",
        "word": "slew"
    }, {
        "meaning": "insult to one's dignity; snub; V: treat as if of small importance; insult; snub; ADJ. small in size; of small importance",
        "word": "slight"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slovenly; careless; sloppy; untidy; shabby; Ex. slipshod work",
        "word": "slipshod"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slip or slide",
        "word": "slither"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slow moving tree-dwelling mammal; laziness; ADJ. slothful: lazy; indolent",
        "word": "sloth"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a snake) shed or cast off (dead outer skin); N: outer layer that is shed",
        "word": "slough"
    }, {
        "meaning": "untidy; careless in work habits; slipshod; N. sloven: one who is habitually untidy or careless",
        "word": "slovenly"
    }, {
        "meaning": "large sled drawn by work animals",
        "word": "sledge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "large vehicle drawn by a horse over snow or ice",
        "word": "sleigh"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lazy person",
        "word": "sluggard"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lazy; slow; inactive; lethargic; CF. slug: nail with no shell",
        "word": "sluggish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water (with a gate to regulate the flow)",
        "word": "sluice"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slander; insult to one's character or reputation; V.",
        "word": "slur"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pronounce indistinctly; speak indistinctly; mumble",
        "word": "slur"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slight knowledge; small scattered number or amount; Ex. smattering of German",
        "word": "smattering"
    }, {
        "meaning": "melt (ore) for separating and removing the metal; melt or blend ores changing their chemical composition",
        "word": "smelt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "conceited smile; offensively self-satisfied smile (often at someone else's misfortune); V.",
        "word": "smirk"
    }, {
        "meaning": "smoulder; burn slowly without flame; be liable to break out at any moment; exist in a suppressed state; Ex. smoldering anger",
        "word": "smolder"
    }, {
        "meaning": "half-stifled(suppressed) laugh; V.",
        "word": "snicker"
    }, {
        "meaning": "complain or whine tearfully; run at the nose; snuffle; Ex. Don't come back sniveling to me.",
        "word": "snivel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sniffle; sniff repeatedly (in order to keep liquid from running out of the nose)",
        "word": "snuffle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol); seriousness",
        "word": "sobriety"
    }, {
        "meaning": "serious; solemn; not drunken; abstemious or temperate; V: make or become sober",
        "word": "sober"
    }, {
        "meaning": "thoroughly soaked; dull or stupid as if from drink",
        "word": "sodden"
    }, {
        "meaning": "temporary stay; V: stay for a time",
        "word": "sojourn"
    }, {
        "meaning": "comfort in sorrow or trouble; consolation; V: comfort or console in time of sorrow or trouble",
        "word": "solace"
    }, {
        "meaning": "repair or make whole by using a metal alloy; N: metal alloy (usually tin and lead) used in the molten state to join metallic parts",
        "word": "solder"
    }, {
        "meaning": "nonstandard grammatical construction; construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically; violation of social etiquette",
        "word": "solecism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "seriousness; gravity",
        "word": "solemnity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "entreat; request earnestly; seek to obtain; Ex. solicit votes; CF. solicitor: one who solicits; chief law officer",
        "word": "solicit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "anxious; worried; concerned; eager; Ex. solicitous to do something; N. solicitude",
        "word": "solicitous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "talking to oneself (esp. in a play); CF. monologue: soliloquy; long speech by one person (often monopolizing a conversation)",
        "word": "soliloquy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state of being alone; seclusion; ADJ. solitary: existing or living alone (esp. by choice); remote or secluded; single; sole; Ex. solitary life/inn; Ex. no solitary piece of proof",
        "word": "solitude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "point or time at which the sun is farthest from the equator",
        "word": "solstice"
    }, {
        "meaning": "able to be dissolved in a liquid; able to be worked out or solved",
        "word": "soluble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "able to pay all depths; N. solvency",
        "word": "solvent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "substance that dissolves another; ADJ: capable of dissolving another substance",
        "word": "solvent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to the body; bodily; physical",
        "word": "somatic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dark; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; CF. shadow",
        "word": "somber"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sleepwalker; V. somnambulate; N. somnambulism",
        "word": "somnambulist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "half asleep; drowsy; N. somnolence",
        "word": "somnolent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "resonant; producing a full deep sound; producing sound",
        "word": "sonorous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of sound or its speed in air; CF. subsonic, supersonic",
        "word": "sonic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "14-line poetic verse form with a fixed rhyme pattern",
        "word": "sonnet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning; N. sophism: plausible but fallacious argument",
        "word": "sophist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "worldly wise and urbane; refined; complex; N. sophistication; V. sophisticate",
        "word": "sophisticated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning; sophism",
        "word": "sophistry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "immature; half-baked; like a sophomore",
        "word": "sophomoric"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness; drowsy",
        "word": "soporific"
    }, {
        "meaning": "filthy; foul; base; vile; Ex. sordid bed/story",
        "word": "sordid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small shiny metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation",
        "word": "spangle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not thick; thinly scattered; scanty",
        "word": "sparse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "without attention to comfort; lacking luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined; Ex. spartan living condition/life",
        "word": "spartan"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fitful; periodic; of or like a spasm; N. spasm: sudden involuntary muscular contraction; sudden burst of energy or emotion",
        "word": "spasmodic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel",
        "word": "spat"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sudden flood or rush; Ex. spate of accidents",
        "word": "spate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "relating to space",
        "word": "spatial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing",
        "word": "spatula"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lay eggs (in large numbers); produce offspring (in large numbers); N: eggs of aquatic animals",
        "word": "spawn"
    }, {
        "meaning": "seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally)",
        "word": "specious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ghostly; N. specter: spectre; ghost; phantom",
        "word": "spectral"
    }, {
        "meaning": "colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; broad and continuous range; Ex. whole spectrum of modern thoughts",
        "word": "spectrum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "someone who wastes money; CF. thrift: accumulated wealth",
        "word": "spendthrift"
    }, {
        "meaning": "enigmatic; mysterious",
        "word": "sphinx-like"
    }, {
        "meaning": "join together end to end to make one continuous length; fasten together; unite; Ex. splice two strips of tape; N.",
        "word": "splice"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lack of premeditation; naturalness; freedom from constraint; ADJ. spontaneous: self-generated; unpremeditated; happening without being planned",
        "word": "spontaneity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "accidental transposition of sounds in successive words; Ex. \"Let me sew you to your sheet'' for \"Let me show you to your seat''; CF. William Spooner",
        "word": "spoonerism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reverse the order or position of",
        "word": "transpose"
    }, {
        "meaning": "occurring irregularly; intermittent",
        "word": "sporadic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "playful; frolicsome; merry; CF. sport: play or frolic; CF. sportsmanlike",
        "word": "sportive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "neat and trim in appearance; smart; Ex. Be spruce for your job interview; V.",
        "word": "spruce"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(esp. of older people) vigorously active; nimble",
        "word": "spry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "quick in movement; agile; quick in understanding; Ex. nimble climber/mind",
        "word": "nimble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "false; counterfeit; forged; illogical; Ex. spurious arguments",
        "word": "spurious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reject disdainfully; scorn; Ex. She spurned all offers of help.",
        "word": "spurn"
    }, {
        "meaning": "minor quarrel; bickering; V: engage in a minor quarrel; Ex. squabbling children",
        "word": "squabble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "condition of being squalid; filth; degradation; dirty neglected state; ADJ. squalid: dirty; sordid; morally repulsive; Ex. squalid story",
        "word": "squalor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "waste; spend foolishly",
        "word": "squander"
    }, {
        "meaning": "short and thick; stocky; Ex. ugly squat tower; V. N.",
        "word": "squat"
    }, {
        "meaning": "played in an abrupt manner; marked by abrupt sharp sound; Ex. staccato applause",
        "word": "staccato"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of music) played smoothly",
        "word": "legato"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of water) not flowing (often bad-smelling); motionless; stale; not developing; inactive; dull; Ex. stagnant industrial output",
        "word": "stagnant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "serious and sedate; sober; Ex. staid during the funeral ceremony",
        "word": "staid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deadlock; situation in which further action is blocked",
        "word": "stalemate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "physically strong; brawny; steadfast; strong in mind or determination; Ex. stalwart supporter; N: stalwart follower",
        "word": "stalwart"
    }, {
        "meaning": "power of endurance; strength; staying power",
        "word": "stamina"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stop or check flow of blood; Ex. stanch the gushing wound",
        "word": "stanch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "division of a poem (composed of two or more lines)",
        "word": "stanza"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having no motion; unchanging; lacking development; N. stasis: stable state",
        "word": "static"
    }, {
        "meaning": "law enacted by the legislature",
        "word": "statute"
    }, {
        "meaning": "created by statute or legislative action; regulated by statute; Ex. statutory age limit",
        "word": "statutory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "steadily loyal; unswerving; steady",
        "word": "steadfast"
    }, {
        "meaning": "action of moving secretly or unseen; slyness; sneakiness; secretiveness; ADJ. stealthy",
        "word": "stealth"
    }, {
        "meaning": "soak; saturate; Ex. steep the fabric in the dye bath; ADJ: precipitous",
        "word": "steep"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to the stars; of a star performer; outstanding; Ex. stellar attraction of the entire performance",
        "word": "stellar"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stop or check (the flow of); Ex. stem the bleeding from the slashed artery; N: main axis of a plant; stalk",
        "word": "stem"
    }, {
        "meaning": "arise from; originate from",
        "word": "stem_from"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of the voice) extremely loud; CF. Stentor: a loud herald in the Iliad",
        "word": "stentorian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one regarded as embodying a set image or type; fixed and unvarying representation; standardized mental picture often reflecting prejudice; Ex. stereotype of the happy slave; V: make a stereotype of; represent by a stereotype; Ex. It is wrong to stereotype people; Ex. stereotyped answer",
        "word": "stereotype"
    }, {
        "meaning": "perfectionist; person who insists things be exactly right",
        "word": "stickler"
    }, {
        "meaning": "suppress; extinguish; inhibit; smother or suffocate",
        "word": "stifle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "kill from lack of air; suppress; cover thickly; Ex. smothered in little stickers",
        "word": "smother"
    }, {
        "meaning": "die or kill from lack of air; suppress",
        "word": "suffocate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "token of disgrace; brand; V. stigmatize: mark with a stigma; characterize as disgraceful",
        "word": "stigma"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bombastic; stiffly pompous; Ex. stilted rhetoric; CF. stiff: formal",
        "word": "stilted"
    }, {
        "meaning": "set limits in amount or number; be thrifty; ADJ. stinting, unstinting; CF. stint:savings",
        "word": "stint"
    }, {
        "meaning": "supply; allotted amount of work; assigned portion of work; limitation; Ex. two-year stint in the army; Ex. without stint",
        "word": "stint"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pay for services",
        "word": "stipend"
    }, {
        "meaning": "paint or draw with dots or short strokes",
        "word": "stipple"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state as a necessary condition (of an agreement); make express conditions; specify; Ex. He stipulated payment in advance",
        "word": "stipulate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "standard; kept regularly in stock or supply; typical; routine; common; Ex. stock sizes of paper; Ex. stock excuse/character; N: goods for sale in a shop; OP. unique",
        "word": "stock"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wooden enclosure or pen; fixed line of posts used as defensive barrier",
        "word": "stockade"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fenced enclosure for animals; confining space; Ex. sheep pen; V: confine in a pen; enclose",
        "word": "pen"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dull; stuffy; boringly conservative; Ex. stodgy book",
        "word": "stodgy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stoical; impassive; unmoved by joy or grief; N. CF. stoicism",
        "word": "stoic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stir up a fire or furnace; feed plentifully",
        "word": "stoke"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dull; impassive; showing little emotion when strong feelings are expected",
        "word": "stolid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deceptive scheme; clever trick",
        "word": "stratagem"
    }, {
        "meaning": "divided into classes; arranged into strata; V. stratify",
        "word": "stratified"
    }, {
        "meaning": "layer of earth's surface; layer of society; PL. strata",
        "word": "stratum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "spread randomly; sprinkle; scatter; Ex. flower girl strewing rose petals",
        "word": "strew"
    }, {
        "meaning": "marked with parallel bands; striped; grooved; Ex. striated rocks; V. striate; N. stria: thin groove or line",
        "word": "striated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "severe and adverse criticism; critical comments; limit or restriction",
        "word": "stricture"
    }, {
        "meaning": "loud and harsh; insistent; N. stridency",
        "word": "strident"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of rules) binding; rigid; marked by scarcity of money; Ex. stringent economic conditions",
        "word": "stringent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pompous walk; V: walk in a self-important manner",
        "word": "strut"
    }, {
        "meaning": "supporting bar; CF. airplane wing, building support",
        "word": "strut"
    }, {
        "meaning": "carefully contrived; calculated; unspontaneous; deliberate; thoughtful; Ex. studied remark",
        "word": "studied"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make stupid in mind; cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; suppress; frustrate or hinder; Ex. stultifying effect of uninteresting work; Ex. stultify free expression",
        "word": "stultify"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stun; make numb (as with a drug); amaze",
        "word": "stupefy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state of being stupefied; state of apathy; daze; lack of awareness",
        "word": "stupor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make unconscious or numb as by a blow; amaze; astound",
        "word": "stun"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stun as with a blow or shock; bemuse; benumb; N.",
        "word": "daze"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unpleasantly dark; gloomy; hellish; deathly; CF. Styx: the chief river in the subterranean land of the dead",
        "word": "stygian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "thwart; present an obstacle; stump",
        "word": "stymie"
    }, {
        "meaning": "base of a tree trunk left after the rest has been cut down; V: walk in a heavy manner; baffle; puzzle",
        "word": "stump"
    }, {
        "meaning": "urbanity; polish; ADJ. suave: smooth and courteous",
        "word": "suavity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "subordinate",
        "word": "subaltern"
    }, {
        "meaning": "less intense; quieter; Ex. subdued lighting; Ex. subdue: conquer; make less intense; quiet; Ex. subdue one's anger",
        "word": "subdue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "influenced by personal feelings; occurring or taking place within the mind; unreal; Ex. subjective sensation of the ghostly presence",
        "word": "subjective"
    }, {
        "meaning": "conquer; bring under control",
        "word": "subjugate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "refine; purify; replace (natural urges) with socially acceptable activities; change between a solid state and a gaseous state",
        "word": "sublimate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "causing deep feelings of wonder, joy, respect, etc.; exalted; noble and uplifting; utter",
        "word": "sublime"
    }, {
        "meaning": "below the threshold of conscious perception; Ex. subliminal advertisement",
        "word": "subliminal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "willing to obey orders; yielding; timid",
        "word": "submissive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "occupying a lower rank; inferior; submissive; N. V: put in a lower rank or class",
        "word": "subordinate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury); N. subornation",
        "word": "suborn"
    }, {
        "meaning": "writ(written command issued by a court) summoning a witness to appear in court; V: summon with a subpoena",
        "word": "subpoena"
    }, {
        "meaning": "following in time or order; later",
        "word": "subsequent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious; subordinate; N. subservience",
        "word": "subservient"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sink to a lower level; settle down; sink to the bottom (as a sediment); descend; grow quiet; become less; moderate; abate",
        "word": "subside"
    }, {
        "meaning": "serving to assist; subordinate; secondary; of a subsidy; N.",
        "word": "subsidiary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "direct financial aid by government, etc.; V. subsidize: assist with a subsidy",
        "word": "subsidy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "existence; means of subsisting; means of support; livelihood; V. subsist: exist; maintain life (at a meager level)",
        "word": "subsistence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of substance; material; solid; essential or fundamental; ample; considerable; well-to-do; wealthy",
        "word": "substantial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "support (a claim) with evidence; establish with evidence; verify",
        "word": "substantiate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "substantial; essential; pertaining to the substance; substantial; considerable; Ex. substantive issues",
        "word": "substantive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "include (as a member of a group); encompass",
        "word": "subsume"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stratagem(deceptive scheme); pretense; evasion; Ex. resort to a harmless subterfuge",
        "word": "subterfuge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "perceptiveness; ingenuity; delicacy; ADJ. subtle: delicate; so slight as to be difficult to detect; able to make fine distinctions; clever; Ex. subtle mind/differences in meaning",
        "word": "subtlety"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tending to overthrow or ruin; V. subvert: overthrow completely (an established system); destroy completely; CF. undermine ?",
        "word": "subversive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "assist (someone in difficulty); aid; comfort; N.",
        "word": "succor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "juicy; full of juice or sap; full of richness; N: succulent plant such as a cactus",
        "word": "succulent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "yield (to something overwhelming); give in; die; Ex. succumb to the illness",
        "word": "succumb"
    }, {
        "meaning": "advocate of the extension of voting rights (for women); CF. suffrage",
        "word": "suffragist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "spread through or over (with a color or liquid); charge; Ex. A blush suffused her cheeks.",
        "word": "suffuse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "defile; soil; tarnish; Ex. sully one's hands in menial labor",
        "word": "sully"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make or become dull or discolored; N.",
        "word": "tarnish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of weather) hot; sweltering; sensual; voluptuous",
        "word": "sultry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "act of finding the total; summing-up; summary (esp. one given by the judge at the end of a trial)",
        "word": "summation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "grand suggesting great expense; lavish; rich; Ex. sumptuous feast",
        "word": "sumptuous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "separate; part; CF. asunder",
        "word": "sunder"
    }, {
        "meaning": "miscellaneous; various; several; N. sundries: small miscellaneous items",
        "word": "sundry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "retired or disqualified because of age; outmoded; obsolete",
        "word": "superannuated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "haughty; arrogant; condescending; patronizing; CF. eyebrow, cilium",
        "word": "supercilious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "superfluous; more than needed or demanded",
        "word": "supererogatory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of the surface; not deep; shallow; not thorough; trivial; Ex. superficial analysis/knowledge",
        "word": "superficial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "excessive; overabundant; unnecessary; N. superfluity",
        "word": "superfluous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "place over something else",
        "word": "superimpose"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person or thing excess of what is necessary; extra; ADJ: additional to the usual or necessary number",
        "word": "supernumerary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "replace; cause to be set aside; make obsolete; N. supersession",
        "word": "supersede"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lying on back; passive; inactive; Ex. The defeated pugilist lay supine; Ex. supine acceptance of the decision",
        "word": "supine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "take the place of unfairly; usurp; replace",
        "word": "supplant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "flexible; limber; pliant",
        "word": "supple"
    }, {
        "meaning": "entreating; beseeching; N.",
        "word": "suppliant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "petition humbly; pray to grant a favor",
        "word": "supplicate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who supplicates; ADJ.",
        "word": "supplicant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "assumption; hypothesis; surmise; V. suppose",
        "word": "supposition"
    }, {
        "meaning": "assumed; counterfeit; hypothetical",
        "word": "supposititious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "put an end to forcibly; subdue; stifle; overwhelm; inhibit the expression of; check; prevent from being published or made public; Ex. suppress a smile; Ex. suppress the magazine/truth",
        "word": "suppress"
    }, {
        "meaning": "satiate; feed or supply to excess; stuff; indulge to excess in anything; N: surfeiting; excessive amount; Ex. surfeit of food",
        "word": "surfeit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bad-tempered; rude; cross",
        "word": "surly"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bad-tempered; showing ill-humor; angry",
        "word": "cross"
    }, {
        "meaning": "guess; N.",
        "word": "surmise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "overcome",
        "word": "surmount"
    }, {
        "meaning": "exceed",
        "word": "surpass"
    }, {
        "meaning": "done secretly; secret; furtive; sneaky; hidden",
        "word": "surreptitious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "substitute; person or thing used in place of another; Ex. surrogate mother; ADJ.",
        "word": "surrogate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "close observation of a person (esp. one under suspicion); watching; guarding",
        "word": "surveillance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "impressionable; easily influenced; sensitive; having little resistance as to a disease; likely to suffer; receptive to; capable of accepting; Ex. susceptible to persuasion/colds; Ex. The agreement is not susceptible of alteration; N. susceptibility",
        "word": "susceptible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "suffer (harm or loss); experience; support; prop; maintain; keep in existence; nourish (to maintain life); Ex. sustain the family/the trapped miners",
        "word": "sustain"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sustaining; means of livelihood, support, food, nourishment; something that maintains life; food",
        "word": "sustenance"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing; V: sew together a wound",
        "word": "suture"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a skin or complexion) dark; dusky; Ex. swarthy Italian ?",
        "word": "swarthy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "swath; wrap around; bandage; Ex. one's head swathed in bandages",
        "word": "swathe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a person) suffer from oppressive heat; be oppressed by heat",
        "word": "swelter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deviate; turn aside sharply from a straight course; Ex. swerve from the principle; Ex. The car swerved to the right.",
        "word": "swerve"
    }, {
        "meaning": "drink greedily",
        "word": "swill"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cheater",
        "word": "swindler"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lover of luxury; person devoted to pleasure and luxury; CF. Sybaris: an ancient Greek city in Italy",
        "word": "sybarite"
    }, {
        "meaning": "servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man; ADJ. sycophantic",
        "word": "sycophant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument",
        "word": "syllogism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to the woods or the country",
        "word": "sylvan"
    }, {
        "meaning": "interdependent relationship (between groups, species) often mutually beneficial; ADJ. symbiotic; CF. together + life",
        "word": "symbiosis"
    }, {
        "meaning": "arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity; ADJ. symmetrical",
        "word": "symmetry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "heavier or larger on one side than the other; Ex. lopsided way of walking",
        "word": "lopsided"
    }, {
        "meaning": "similarly timed; simultaneous with; occurring at the same time; V. synchronize",
        "word": "synchronous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "providing a general overview; summary; N. synopsis",
        "word": "synoptic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "combining parts or separate things into a whole; the whole so formed; PL. syntheses; V. synthesize",
        "word": "synthesis"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not natural; artificial; resulting from synthesis; Ex. synthetic fiber; N.",
        "word": "synthetic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "understood (without actually being expressed); not put into words; Ex. tacit agreement",
        "word": "tacit"
    }, {
        "meaning": "habitually silent; talking little",
        "word": "taciturn"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to the organs or sense of touch",
        "word": "tactile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "skill or sensitivity in dealing with people without causing offence",
        "word": "tact"
    }, {
        "meaning": "contaminate; cause to lose purity; modify with a trace of something bad; Ex. tainted reputation; N: stain; touch of decay or bad influence; CF. touch",
        "word": "taint"
    }, {
        "meaning": "charm; object believed to give supernatural powers to or protect its bearer",
        "word": "talisman"
    }, {
        "meaning": "claw of bird",
        "word": "talon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "only slightly connected; not central; peripheral; digressing; showing divergence; CF. tangent",
        "word": "tangential"
    }, {
        "meaning": "able to be touched; real; concrete; palpable; possible to realize or understand; Ex. tangible proof",
        "word": "tangible"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person who turns animal hides into leather",
        "word": "tanner"
    }, {
        "meaning": "convert (hide) into leather; make brown by exposure to the sun",
        "word": "tan"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tease; excite by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach; torture with disappointment; CF. Tantalus: Greek mythological figure",
        "word": "tantalize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "equivalent in effect or value; Ex. This invasion is tantamount to a declaration of war; CF. amount",
        "word": "tantamount"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fit of bad temper; fit of petulance; caprice; Ex. The child went into tantrums.",
        "word": "tantrum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "very thin candle; gradual decrease in the width of a long object; V. make or become gradually narrower toward one end",
        "word": "taper"
    }, {
        "meaning": "venomous spider",
        "word": "tarantula"
    }, {
        "meaning": "linger; delay in starting or going; dawdle",
        "word": "tarry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tight; strained; tense; ready; OP. slack",
        "word": "taut"
    }, {
        "meaning": "needlessly repetitious; Ex. ``It was visible to the eye''; N. tautology: needless repetition of the same sense; statement that is always true",
        "word": "tautological"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cheap and gaudy; Ex. tawdry jewelry",
        "word": "tawdry"
    }, {
        "meaning": "specialist in classifying (animals, etc.); CF. taxonomy: science of classification",
        "word": "taxonomist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "boredom; weariness; ADJ. tedious",
        "word": "tedium"
    }, {
        "meaning": "practice of abstaining totally from alcoholic drinks; N. teetotaler;; ADJ. teetotal; CF. T + total",
        "word": "teetotalism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "boldness; nerve; rashness; Ex. temerity to ask for a pay increase after only three day's work",
        "word": "temerity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "moderate; make less severe; tone down or restrain; toughen (steel) as by alternate heating and cooling",
        "word": "temper"
    }, {
        "meaning": "characteristic frame of mind; disposition; emotional excess; ADJ. temperamental: of temperament; having frequent changes of temper; Ex. temperamental dislike of sports; Ex. temperamental actress",
        "word": "temperament"
    }, {
        "meaning": "moderate; restrained; self-controlled; moderate in respect to temperature; CF. temperance: moderation and self-restraint; abstinence of alcoholic drinks; Ex. temperance society",
        "word": "temperate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stormy; violent; impassioned; N. tempest: violent storm",
        "word": "tempestuous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "speed of music",
        "word": "tempo"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of time; not lasting forever; limited by time; temporary; secular; worldly",
        "word": "temporal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "gain time as by postponing an action; avoid committing oneself",
        "word": "temporize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "holding fast (as to a belief); persistent",
        "word": "tenacious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "firmness; persistence",
        "word": "tenacity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "promoting a particular point of view; biased; having an aim; designed to further a cause; Ex. tendentious rather than truth-seeking; CF. tend: move in a certain direction",
        "word": "tendentious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "offer formally; extend; Ex. tender one's resignation/the exact fare; N: formal offer; money; Ex. legal tender; ADJ: young and vulnerable; sensitive to the touch; sore; soft; delicate; Ex. child of tender years; Ex. tender wound",
        "word": "tender"
    }, {
        "meaning": "doctrine; dogma",
        "word": "tenet"
    }, {
        "meaning": "capable of being stretched; of tension; Ex. tensile rubber",
        "word": "tensile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stretching; condition of being stretched; mental strain; strained relationship between groups or people",
        "word": "tension"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not fully worked out or developed; provisional; experimental; uncertain; hesitant; not definite or positive; Ex. tentative agreement/reply",
        "word": "tentative"
    }, {
        "meaning": "thin; slim; rare",
        "word": "tenuous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "holding of an office or real estate; time during which such an office is held",
        "word": "tenure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lukewarm; slightly warm; \u00c2\u00b9\u00c3\u0152\u00c3\u00c3\u00b6\u00c2\u00b1\u00c3\u2122\u00c3\u2021\u00c3'; half-hearted; not eager; Ex. tepid reaction to the new film; Ex. tepid supporter",
        "word": "tepid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "end; V. terminate",
        "word": "termination"
    }, {
        "meaning": "terms used in a science or art; study of nomenclature",
        "word": "terminology"
    }, {
        "meaning": "last stop of railroad; end",
        "word": "terminus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "part that forms the end; railroad or bus station; ADJ. forming an end; ending in death; fatal; Ex. terminal cancer",
        "word": "terminal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "on or relating to the earth",
        "word": "terrestrial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "concise; abrupt; pithy",
        "word": "terse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "third in order or rank",
        "word": "tertiary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mosaic; inlaid; Ex. tessellated pattern",
        "word": "tessellated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "maker of a will; CF. testatrix",
        "word": "testator"
    }, {
        "meaning": "irritable; impatient and bad-tempered; short-tempered; N. testiness",
        "word": "testy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tie (an animal) with a rope or tether; N: rope or chain to which an animal is tied; limit of one's endurance; Ex. the end of one's tether",
        "word": "tether"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of a theme; relating to a unifying motif or idea",
        "word": "thematic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "government run by religious leaders",
        "word": "theocracy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "based on theory; not practical or applied; hypothetical",
        "word": "theoretical"
    }, {
        "meaning": "curative; N. therapy",
        "word": "therapeutic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to heat; producing heat; warm; Ex. thermal bath; N: rising current of warm air",
        "word": "thermal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to drama; N: actor or actress",
        "word": "thespian"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prose or verse composition to be performed by actors; play; exciting and unusual situation",
        "word": "drama"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slave; bondage; slavery; Ex. Her beauty held him in thrall; CF. enthrall",
        "word": "thrall"
    }, {
        "meaning": "worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor; hackneyed; Ex. threadbare excuses",
        "word": "threadbare"
    }, {
        "meaning": "careful about money; economical; N. thrift",
        "word": "thrifty"
    }, {
        "meaning": "prosper; flourish",
        "word": "thrive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "violent anguish",
        "word": "throes"
    }, {
        "meaning": "crowd (of people or things); V.",
        "word": "throng"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strangle; regulate the speed of with a throttle; N: valve that regulates the flow; CF. throat ?",
        "word": "throttle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "kill by choking or suffocating; suppress",
        "word": "strangle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "block or hinder; baffle; frustrate",
        "word": "thwart"
    }, {
        "meaning": "miser; excessively frugal person",
        "word": "tightwad"
    }, {
        "meaning": "handle used to move boat's rudder (to steer)",
        "word": "tiller"
    }, {
        "meaning": "quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch)",
        "word": "timbre"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lack of self-confidence or courage",
        "word": "timidity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fearful; timid; demonstrating fear",
        "word": "timorous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently; N: alcoholic drink",
        "word": "tipple"
    }, {
        "meaning": "long angry denunciatory speech; diatribe; harangue; extended scolding; denunciation",
        "word": "tirade"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slow; sluggish; not on time; late; Ex. tardy arrival",
        "word": "tardy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "gigantic; N. titan",
        "word": "titanic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tax of one-tenth (contributed to a church); V: pay a tithe",
        "word": "tithe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tickle; excite pleasantly; Ex. not to titillate the audience but to enlighten it",
        "word": "titillate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "touch (the body) lightly so as to cause laughter; please",
        "word": "tickle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "name (of a book, film, etc.); mark of rank; formal appellation as of rank or office (such as Lord or General); right or claim to possession; championship; Ex. title as head of the family; Ex. title to the estate",
        "word": "title"
    }, {
        "meaning": "nervous giggle; nervous laugh; V.",
        "word": "titter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of a title; in name only; nominal; having the title of an office without the obligations; Ex. titular head of the company",
        "word": "titular"
    }, {
        "meaning": "servile flatterer; yes man; sycophant; V: be a toady to; fawn",
        "word": "toady"
    }, {
        "meaning": "Roman outer robe",
        "word": "toga"
    }, {
        "meaning": "large volume; book",
        "word": "tome"
    }, {
        "meaning": "large in quantity; generous; Ex. handsome reward",
        "word": "handsome"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shaving of the head especially by person entering religious orders; V.",
        "word": "tonsure"
    }, {
        "meaning": "physical features of a region (such as the shape and height); CF. topo-: place",
        "word": "topography"
    }, {
        "meaning": "underwater explosive apparatus; V.",
        "word": "torpedo"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy; ADJ. torpid: lethargic; lazy; inactive; (of an animal) dormant; hibernating",
        "word": "torpor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "twisting force; force producing rotation",
        "word": "torque"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rushing stream; flood; Ex. The rain fell in torrents.",
        "word": "torrent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of weather) hot or scorching; passionate; Ex. torrid love affairs",
        "word": "torrid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trunk of statue with head and limbs missing; human trunk",
        "word": "torso"
    }, {
        "meaning": "main wooden stem of a tree; human body excluding the head and limbs; torso; prehensile nose of an elephant",
        "word": "trunk"
    }, {
        "meaning": "winding; full of curves; Ex. tortuous mountain road",
        "word": "tortuous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shake or move unsteadily; sway as if about to fall",
        "word": "totter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys; criterion; standard",
        "word": "touchstone"
    }, {
        "meaning": "oversensitive; easily offended; irasible; delicate; needing delicate handling; Ex. touchy situation",
        "word": "touchy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "promote or publicize (one's goods or service); praise excessively (as a form of advertisement); CF. advertise",
        "word": "tout"
    }, {
        "meaning": "poisonous; N. toxicity",
        "word": "toxic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "propaganda pamphlet (esp. by a religious or political group); expanse of land; region of indefinite size; system of related organs; Ex. digestive tract",
        "word": "tract"
    }, {
        "meaning": "docile; easily managed; (of something) easily changed or molded; N. tractability",
        "word": "tractable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "expose to slander",
        "word": "traduce"
    }, {
        "meaning": "path taken by a projectile; Ex. trajectory of a bullet",
        "word": "trajectory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "elevated position; altitude; height; flat upright side of a building; angle made by pointing a gun; Ex. The elevation of her style is much admired; Ex. front elevation of the house",
        "word": "elevation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "calmness; peace",
        "word": "tranquillity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "exceeding ordinary limits; superior; surpassing; V. transcend: go beyond; exceed; surpass; N. transcendancy",
        "word": "transcendent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "going beyond common thought or ideas; impossible to understand by practical experiences or practices; known only by studying thoughts or intuition; OP. empirical; CF. transcendentalism",
        "word": "transcendental"
    }, {
        "meaning": "copy; write a copy of; N. transcription",
        "word": "transcribe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "violation of a law; sin; V. transgress: go beyond (a limit); violate; do wrong",
        "word": "transgression"
    }, {
        "meaning": "staying for a short time; momentary; temporary; N: one that is transient",
        "word": "transient"
    }, {
        "meaning": "going from one state of action to another",
        "word": "transition"
    }, {
        "meaning": "transient; impermanent; fleeting; N. transitoriness",
        "word": "transitory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "partly transparent",
        "word": "translucent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "transform; change; convert to something different",
        "word": "transmute"
    }, {
        "meaning": "permitting light to pass through freely; easily detected; obvious; clear; Ex. transparent lie",
        "word": "transparent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a fact) become known; be revealed; happen; give off (watery waste matter) through pores",
        "word": "transpire"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strong emotion; rapture; Ex. in a transport/transports of; V: move to strong emotion; enrapture",
        "word": "transport"
    }, {
        "meaning": "outward decorations; ornaments (as an outward sign of rank)",
        "word": "trappings"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of an experience) deeply shocking; pertaining to an injury caused by violence; N. trauma: serious wound; emotional shock that causes lasting psychological damage",
        "word": "traumatic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strenuous work; toil; painful labor; labor of childbirth",
        "word": "travail"
    }, {
        "meaning": "go through or across",
        "word": "traverse"
    }, {
        "meaning": "copy or example of something that completely misrepresents the true nature of the real thing; comical parody or imitation; treatment aimed at making something appear ridiculous; Ex. travesty of justice; OP. paragon",
        "word": "travesty"
    }, {
        "meaning": "article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly",
        "word": "treatise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "travel; journey; V: make a long difficult journey",
        "word": "trek"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trembling; slight quiver (as of the earth or from nervous agitation)",
        "word": "tremor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trembling; wavering",
        "word": "tremulous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cutting; incisive; keen",
        "word": "trenchant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "long shallow trench made by a plow; deep wrinkle in the skin; V.",
        "word": "furrow"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fear; nervous apprehension",
        "word": "trepidation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "suffering; ordeal; distress; trial",
        "word": "tribulation"
    }, {
        "meaning": "court of justice",
        "word": "tribunal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "official of ancient Rome elected by the plebians to protect their rights; protector of the people",
        "word": "tribune"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tax levied by a ruler; payment made by one nation to another in acknowledgment of submission; mark of respect (such as praise or gift); Ex. pay tribute to",
        "word": "tribute"
    }, {
        "meaning": "three-pronged spear",
        "word": "trident"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pointed projecting part",
        "word": "prong"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trivial; unimportant",
        "word": "trifling"
    }, {
        "meaning": "something of little importance or value; small amount; Ex. a trifle; V: treat without seriousness; flirt",
        "word": "trifle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "set off; start",
        "word": "trigger"
    }, {
        "meaning": "group of three related works (connected by a shared subject but each complete in itself)",
        "word": "trilogy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "knickknack; bauble; cheap jewelry",
        "word": "trinket"
    }, {
        "meaning": "hackneyed; commonplace",
        "word": "trite"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trifles; unimportant matters",
        "word": "trivia"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pledge of good faith especially in betrothal; betrothal; Ex. by my troth",
        "word": "troth"
    }, {
        "meaning": "long narrow container for feeding farm animals; lowest point (of a wave, business cycle, etc.); long narrow depression as between waves",
        "word": "trough"
    }, {
        "meaning": "aggressiveness; ferocity; ADJ. truculent: aggressive; pugnacious; fierce",
        "word": "truculence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "self-evident truth",
        "word": "truism"
    }, {
        "meaning": "cut the top off; shorten",
        "word": "truncate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "meeting arranged by lovers; arrangement between lovers to meet",
        "word": "tryst"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a part of the body) swollen; distended; bombastic; pompous",
        "word": "tumid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "inflated; exaggerated",
        "word": "overblown"
    }, {
        "meaning": "commotion of a great crowd; riot; noise; uproar; ADJ. tumultuous: noisy and disorderly",
        "word": "tumult"
    }, {
        "meaning": "rolling treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America",
        "word": "tundra"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments",
        "word": "rolling"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a liquid) having the sediment disturbed; muddy; thick",
        "word": "turbid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "state of violent agitation; ADJ. turbulent: violently agitated or disturbed",
        "word": "turbulence"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deep dish for serving soup",
        "word": "tureen"
    }, {
        "meaning": "swollen; distended (as from liquid)",
        "word": "turgid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "extreme confusion; great commotion and confusion; Ex. throw the country into turmoil",
        "word": "turmoil"
    }, {
        "meaning": "traitor",
        "word": "turncoat"
    }, {
        "meaning": "depravity; baseness; Ex. moral turpitude",
        "word": "turpitude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "guardianship; training; function of a tutor; instruction",
        "word": "tutelage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "protective; pertaining to a guardianship; Ex. tutelary deities",
        "word": "tutelary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wealthy and powerful businessperson; wealthy leader; magnate; Ex. business tycoon",
        "word": "tycoon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tropical hurricane or cyclone",
        "word": "typhoon"
    }, {
        "meaning": "oppression; cruel government; ADJ. tyrannical: of a tyrant or tyranny; despotic; V. tyrannize: treat tyrannically; oppress",
        "word": "tyranny"
    }, {
        "meaning": "beginner; novice",
        "word": "tyro"
    }, {
        "meaning": "being everywhere; omnipresent; N. ubiquity",
        "word": "ubiquitous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "walk through a substance, such as water, that impedes movement",
        "word": "wade"
    }, {
        "meaning": "intentionally hidden; beyond what is evident; situated beyond; unstated and often questionable; Ex. ulterior motive",
        "word": "ulterior"
    }, {
        "meaning": "final; not susceptible to further analysis; fundamental; Ex. The sun is the ultimate source of energy.",
        "word": "ultimate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "happening at last as a result; Ex. eventual victory",
        "word": "eventual"
    }, {
        "meaning": "last demand; last warning; last statement of conditions that must be met; Ex. They have ignored our ultimatum.",
        "word": "ultimatum"
    }, {
        "meaning": "resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult; Ex. take umbrage at his rudeness",
        "word": "umbrage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unexplicable; impossible to account for; unreasonable or mysterious",
        "word": "unaccountable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "complete agreement; ADJ. unanimous",
        "word": "unanimity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not open to attack; impregnable; not subject to question",
        "word": "unassailable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unsatisfied; not soothed",
        "word": "unassuaged"
    }, {
        "meaning": "modest; Ex. the champion's unassuming manner",
        "word": "unassuming"
    }, {
        "meaning": "violent; uncontrolled; Ex. unbridled rage/greed",
        "word": "unbridled"
    }, {
        "meaning": "harness fitted about a horse's head (used to restrain); curb; check; V: put a bridle on; control or restrain; show anger",
        "word": "bridle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strange; mysterious; Ex. uncanny knack",
        "word": "uncanny"
    }, {
        "meaning": "special talent; art",
        "word": "knack"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unscrupulous; not guided by conscience; excessive; beyond reason; Ex. unconscionable demand",
        "word": "unconscionable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "boorish; clumsy in speech or behavior; outlandish",
        "word": "uncouth"
    }, {
        "meaning": "the act of anointing with oil; Ex. extreme unction",
        "word": "unction"
    }, {
        "meaning": "oily; bland; insincerely suave",
        "word": "unctuous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lying below; fundamental",
        "word": "underlying"
    }, {
        "meaning": "weaken gradually; sap; dig a mine beneath",
        "word": "undermine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "underline; emphasize",
        "word": "underscore"
    }, {
        "meaning": "moving with a wavelike motion; V. undulate; CF. und: wave",
        "word": "undulating"
    }, {
        "meaning": "dig up; discover (facts) by careful searching; Ex. He unearthed some secrets about her; OP. conceal",
        "word": "unearth"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not earthly; supernatural; weird; ghostly",
        "word": "unearthly"
    }, {
        "meaning": "eerie; strange; unnatural",
        "word": "weird"
    }, {
        "meaning": "plain; clear; obvious",
        "word": "unequivocal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "infallibly; ADJ. unerring: making no mistakes",
        "word": "unerringly"
    }, {
        "meaning": "entirely acceptable; not offering any basis for criticism",
        "word": "unexceptionable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "steadfast; firm; not changing",
        "word": "unfaltering"
    }, {
        "meaning": "genuine; real",
        "word": "unfeigned"
    }, {
        "meaning": "liberate; free from chains; V. unfetter",
        "word": "unfetter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "person who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands",
        "word": "hostage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "immature; not having the feathers necessary to fly; CF. fledgling",
        "word": "unfledged"
    }, {
        "meaning": "defrock; strip a priest or minister of church authority",
        "word": "unfrock"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the legal profession",
        "word": "disbar"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bar; forbid; exclude; Ex. debarred from jury services",
        "word": "debar"
    }, {
        "meaning": "railing in a courtroom; legal profession; vertical line dividing a staff into equal measures; Ex. prisoner at the bar; V: shut in or out with bars; forbid; exclude; CF. barrister",
        "word": "bar"
    }, {
        "meaning": "illegitimate child",
        "word": "bastard"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of someone) awkward in movement; clumsy; (of something) unwieldy; Ex. ungainly dancer/instrument",
        "word": "ungainly"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ointment",
        "word": "unguent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "sameness; monotony; ADJ. uniform: the same all over",
        "word": "uniformity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one-sided; involving or affecting only one side; Ex. unilateral declaration",
        "word": "unilateral"
    }, {
        "meaning": "that cannot be impeached; beyond doubt or question; blameless and exemplary",
        "word": "unimpeachable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unrepressed; free in behavior and feelings",
        "word": "uninhibited"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unfrightening",
        "word": "unintimating"
    }, {
        "meaning": "without an equal; single in kind",
        "word": "unique"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unity of pitch (in musical performance); complete accord; Ex. The choir sang in unison.",
        "word": "unison"
    }, {
        "meaning": "group of people who sing together (esp. during religious services); place for choir",
        "word": "choir"
    }, {
        "meaning": "characterizing or affecting all; general; present everywhere; of the universe; cosmic; Ex. universal agreement; Ex. a subject of universal interest",
        "word": "universal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disheveled; uncared for in appearance; not combed; CF. comb",
        "word": "unkempt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of something bad) not moderated; unrelieved or immoderate; without qualification; absolute; Ex. unmitigated disaster",
        "word": "unmitigated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "inconspicuous; not blatant",
        "word": "unobtrusive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having no previous example; novel; unparalleled",
        "word": "unprecedented"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unattractive",
        "word": "unprepossessing"
    }, {
        "meaning": "attractive; CF. preoccupying ?",
        "word": "prepossessing"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disentangle; solve",
        "word": "unravel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not requited; not reciprocated; Ex. unrequited love",
        "word": "unrequited"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disobedient; lawless; difficult to control",
        "word": "unruly"
    }, {
        "meaning": "distasteful; disagreeable; morally offensive; Ex. unsavory activity/reputation",
        "word": "unsavory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unharmed; Ex. escape the accident unscathed",
        "word": "unscathed"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unbecoming; not proper in behavior; indecent; Ex. leave with unseemly haste",
        "word": "unseemly"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ugly; unpleasant to look at",
        "word": "unsightly"
    }, {
        "meaning": "untarnished; CF. sully",
        "word": "unsullied"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a position, esp. in an argument) indefensible; not able to be maintained",
        "word": "untenable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unexpected and adverse; unfortunate or unlucky; Ex. untoward encounter",
        "word": "untoward"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unjustified; having no justification; groundless; baseless; undeserved",
        "word": "unwarranted"
    }, {
        "meaning": "awkward (to carry or move); cumbersome; unmanageable",
        "word": "unwieldy"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not knowing; unaware; unintentional; Ex. She was their unwitting accomplice; Ex. unwitting insult; CF. wit: know",
        "word": "unwitting"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unaccustomed; unusual; Ex. He arrived with unwonted punctuality.",
        "word": "unwonted"
    }, {
        "meaning": "reprimand; severely scold",
        "word": "upbraid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "plait; interweave strands or lengths of; make by weaving strands together; N: braided segment (as of hair)",
        "word": "braid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "marked by commotion or uproar; very noisy (esp. with laughter); hilarious; causing loud laughter; extremely funny",
        "word": "uproarious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "noisy confusion",
        "word": "uproar"
    }, {
        "meaning": "outcome; final result",
        "word": "upshot"
    }, {
        "meaning": "suave; refined in manner; elegant",
        "word": "urbane"
    }, {
        "meaning": "mischievous child (usually a boy); CF. urchin: hedgehog; CF. porcupine: pig with spikes ?; CF. sea urchin",
        "word": "urchin"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bearlike; pertaining to a bear",
        "word": "ursine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "seize another's power or rank (without legal authority); supplant; appropriate; N. usurpation; CF. take for one's own use",
        "word": "usurp"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lending money at illegal high rates of interest",
        "word": "usury"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ideal place, state, or society; ADJ. utopian",
        "word": "utopia"
    }, {
        "meaning": "imaginary remote paradise on earth; CF. Lost Horizon",
        "word": "Shangri-la"
    }, {
        "meaning": "excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife; CF. uxor: wife",
        "word": "uxorious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "waver (in opinion); fluctuate; sway to and fro; N. vacillation",
        "word": "vacillate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "empty; lacking in ideas; inane; stupid; Ex. vacuous expression; N. vacuity",
        "word": "vacuous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wanderer (without a permanent home); tramp",
        "word": "vagabond"
    }, {
        "meaning": "walk with a heavy step; travel on foot; N: vagrant; one who travels aimlessly about; long walk; sound of heavy walking",
        "word": "tramp"
    }, {
        "meaning": "step heavily with the feet; crush under the feet",
        "word": "trample"
    }, {
        "meaning": "walk; trample; N: grooved face of a tire; horizontal part of a step",
        "word": "tread"
    }, {
        "meaning": "capricious happening; caprice; whim; CF. wander",
        "word": "vagary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wandering from place to place; roving; stray; moving in a random fashion; Ex. vagrant thoughts; N. vagrancy",
        "word": "vagrant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "homeless wanderer",
        "word": "vagrant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "boastful; excessively conceited; N. vainglory: great vanity",
        "word": "vainglorious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to farewell; N: farewell address (esp. at graduation exercises)",
        "word": "valedictory"
    }, {
        "meaning": "saying farewell; expression of leave-taking",
        "word": "valediction"
    }, {
        "meaning": "farewell or departure",
        "word": "leave-taking"
    }, {
        "meaning": "logically convincing; sound; legally acceptable; effective; Ex. valid reasoning/passport",
        "word": "valid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "in good condition; showing good judgment or good sense; thorough; complete; Ex. sound mind/investment/training",
        "word": "sound"
    }, {
        "meaning": "make valid; confirm; ratify",
        "word": "validate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "bravery; ADJ. valiant: possessing valor; brave",
        "word": "valor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living",
        "word": "vampire"
    }, {
        "meaning": "forerunners; foremost position of an army; advance forces; foremost position in a trend or movement; CF. rearguard",
        "word": "vanguard"
    }, {
        "meaning": "group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard",
        "word": "avantgarde"
    }, {
        "meaning": "position giving an advantage (such as a strategic point); CF. vantagepoint",
        "word": "vantage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lacking liveliness; dull and unimaginative; insipid and flavorless; Ex. vapid lecture",
        "word": "vapid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "turn into vapor (steam, gas, fog, etc.)",
        "word": "vaporize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored",
        "word": "variegated"
    }, {
        "meaning": "change the appearance of (by marking with different colors)",
        "word": "variegate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "in feudalism, one who held land of a superior lord; subordinate or dependent",
        "word": "vassal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "boasted; bragged; highly publicized; V. vaunt: boast; brag",
        "word": "vaunted"
    }, {
        "meaning": "change in direction; swerve",
        "word": "veer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "live in a monotonous way (without interests or activity); CF. vegetation: plants of an area; CF. vegetarian; CF. vegan",
        "word": "vegetate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "forceful; intensely emotional; with marked vigor; strong; N. vehemence",
        "word": "vehement"
    }, {
        "meaning": "speed",
        "word": "velocity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "capable of being bribed; corrupt; CF. vernal",
        "word": "venal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "blood feud (esp. between two families); CF. Nina Williams",
        "word": "vendetta"
    }, {
        "meaning": "seller",
        "word": "vendor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "thin surface layer (of good quality wood, glued to a base of inferior material); cover; surface show; fa\\c{c}ade; V.",
        "word": "veneer"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deserving high respect; commanding respect; CF. command: deserve and get",
        "word": "venerable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "revere; treat with great respect",
        "word": "venerate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a fault or sin) forgivable; trivial",
        "word": "venial"
    }, {
        "meaning": "meat of a deer; CF. cow: beef; CF. pig: pork, ham, bacon; CF. calf: veal; CF. sheep: mutton; CF. lamb: lamb",
        "word": "venison"
    }, {
        "meaning": "poison (of an animal); hatred; Ex. remarks full of venom; ADJ. venomous",
        "word": "venom"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small opening; outlet (as of fumes or a gas); Ex. He gave vent to his anger by kicking the chair.",
        "word": "vent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "release or discharge through a vent; express (esp. unfairly); utter; Ex. He vented his wrath on his family.",
        "word": "vent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "admit fresh air into to replace stale air",
        "word": "ventilate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "abdominal",
        "word": "ventral"
    }, {
        "meaning": "someone who can make his or her voice seem to come from another person or thing (without moving lips or jaws); N. ventriloquism, ventriloquy",
        "word": "ventriloquist"
    }, {
        "meaning": "risk; expose to risk; dare; undertake a risk; N.",
        "word": "venture"
    }, {
        "meaning": "face courageously; Ex. brave the storm",
        "word": "brave"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a person) bold; adventurous; daring; (of an action) risky",
        "word": "venturesome"
    }, {
        "meaning": "location; place (of a crime, trial, gathering, etc.); CF. come",
        "word": "venue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a person) truthful",
        "word": "veracious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "truthfulness; adherence to the truth",
        "word": "veracity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "put into words; ADJ. verbal: of words; spoken rather than written; oral; of a verb",
        "word": "verbalize"
    }, {
        "meaning": "word for word; in the same words; repeating the actual words exactly",
        "word": "verbatim"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pompous array of words; too many unnecessary words; wordiness",
        "word": "verbiage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wordy; N. verbosity",
        "word": "verbose"
    }, {
        "meaning": "green; covered with green plants or grass; lush in vegetation; Ex. verdant meadows",
        "word": "verdant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a plant or grass) growing very well",
        "word": "lush"
    }, {
        "meaning": "green coating or patina on copper which has been exposed to the weather",
        "word": "verdigris"
    }, {
        "meaning": "border; edge, rim, or margin; Ex. on the verge of: very near to; V: border on",
        "word": "verge"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having the appearance of truth or reality; probable or likely to be true; plausible",
        "word": "verisimilar"
    }, {
        "meaning": "appearance of truth; quality of appearing to be true or real; likelihood; Ex. verisimilitude of her performance as Lady Macbeth",
        "word": "verisimilitude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "being truly so; real or genuine; actual; not false or imaginary",
        "word": "veritable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "quality of being true; lasting truth or principle; Ex. the verity of his testimony; Ex. one of the eternal verities",
        "word": "verity"
    }, {
        "meaning": "living language (as compared to the official language); language spoken in a country or region; natural style; Ex. lapse into the vernacular",
        "word": "vernacular"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pertaining to spring",
        "word": "vernal"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having many talents; capable of working in many fields; having many uses or functions; N. versatility",
        "word": "versatile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "summit; highest point; PL. vertices",
        "word": "vertex"
    }, {
        "meaning": "severe dizziness; giddiness",
        "word": "vertigo"
    }, {
        "meaning": "enthusiasm (as in artistic performance or composition); liveliness; vigor",
        "word": "verve"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trace; remains; Ex. vestiges of some ancient religion",
        "word": "vestige"
    }, {
        "meaning": "vested power to reject a bill; exercise of this right; V: prevent or forbid by exercising the power of veto",
        "word": "veto"
    }, {
        "meaning": "annoy; distress",
        "word": "vex"
    }, {
        "meaning": "capable of maintaining life; feasible; practical or workable; Ex. viable scheme",
        "word": "viable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "food; CF. live",
        "word": "viand"
    }, {
        "meaning": "experienced as if one were taking part in the experience of another; done by a deputy for other people; acting as a substitute; Ex. vicarious thrill at the movies; Ex. the vicarious sufferings of Christ",
        "word": "vicarious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "parish priest; representative",
        "word": "vicar"
    }, {
        "meaning": "change (esp. from good to bad); change of fortune; CF. the last emperor of China",
        "word": "vicissitude"
    }, {
        "meaning": "food; provisions; V. victual: provide with food",
        "word": "victuals"
    }, {
        "meaning": "contend; compete",
        "word": "vie"
    }, {
        "meaning": "watchful; on the alert; watchfully awake; alert to spot danger; N. vigilance",
        "word": "vigilant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "keeping watch (during normal sleeping hours); Ex. all-night vigil",
        "word": "vigil"
    }, {
        "meaning": "one who without authority assumes law enforcement powers",
        "word": "vigilante"
    }, {
        "meaning": "active strength; energy; enthusiasm; ADJ. vigorous",
        "word": "vigor"
    }, {
        "meaning": "small drawing placed at the beginning or end of a chapter; picture; short literary sketch; short written description of a character or scene",
        "word": "vignette"
    }, {
        "meaning": "slander; speak evil of; N. vilification",
        "word": "vilify"
    }, {
        "meaning": "clear from blame; free from blame or accusation (with supporting proof); exonerate; substantiate; justify or support; avenge; Ex. vindicate one's client; Ex. vindicate one's claim; CF. vindicator",
        "word": "vindicate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disposed to revenge; vengeful; out for revenge; spiteful; intended to cause harm; malicious; Ex. vindictive streak",
        "word": "vindictive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wine merchant; winemaker; seller of wine",
        "word": "vintner"
    }, {
        "meaning": "poisonous snake",
        "word": "viper"
    }, {
        "meaning": "manly; having masculine spirit or strength; full of strength",
        "word": "virile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "in essence; existing in essence though not in actual form; for practical purposes; Ex. virtual ruler/space",
        "word": "virtual"
    }, {
        "meaning": "goodness; moral excellence; good quality; advantage; Ex. by virtue of; Ex. make a virtue of necessity",
        "word": "virtue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "highly skilled artist (esp. in music); Ex. piano virtuoso",
        "word": "virtuoso"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a disease or poison) extremely harmful or poisonous; (of a feeling) hostile; bitter; N. virulence; CF. virus; CF. venom",
        "word": "virulent"
    }, {
        "meaning": "disease communicator",
        "word": "virus"
    }, {
        "meaning": "face; appearance",
        "word": "visage"
    }, {
        "meaning": "felt in one's inner organs; N. viscera: internal body organs; CF. eviscerate",
        "word": "visceral"
    }, {
        "meaning": "adhesive; gluey",
        "word": "viscid"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a liquid) thick and sticky; gluey; viscid; CF. consistency",
        "word": "viscous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "vice; tool for holding work in place; clamping device",
        "word": "vise"
    }, {
        "meaning": "produced by imagination; fanciful; mystical; showing foresight; N: one having foresight; one given to speculative impractical ideas",
        "word": "visionary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "eyesight; foresight; mental image produced by the imagination; experience of seeing the supernatural",
        "word": "vision"
    }, {
        "meaning": "full of life; animated; vibrant and lively; critical; of great importance; necessary to stay alive; of life; living; breathing; N. vitality; V. vitalize",
        "word": "vital"
    }, {
        "meaning": "full of vigor or energy; vibrating",
        "word": "vibrant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "spoil the effect of; make inoperative; corrupt morally",
        "word": "vitiate"
    }, {
        "meaning": "of glass; pertaining to or resembling glass; V. vitrify: change into glass; CF. petrify",
        "word": "vitreous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "causing sharp pain to the mind; caustic; corrosive; sarcastic; of vitriol; N. vitriol: sulphuric acid (which burns flesh deeply); bitterly abusive expression; caustic expression; CF. glass",
        "word": "vitriolic"
    }, {
        "meaning": "abusive; scolding; V. vituperate: berate; scold; rail against abusively",
        "word": "vituperative"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lively or animated; sprightly",
        "word": "vivacious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "lively",
        "word": "sprightly"
    }, {
        "meaning": "act of dissecting living animals",
        "word": "vivisection"
    }, {
        "meaning": "female fox; ill-tempered woman; CF. shrew",
        "word": "vixen"
    }, {
        "meaning": "clamorous; noisy; V. vociferate: cry out loudly (when complaining)",
        "word": "vociferous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "popular fashion; Ex. Jeans became the vogue.",
        "word": "vogue"
    }, {
        "meaning": "changeable; of a quickly changing nature (as of temper); mercurial; tending to violence; evaporating rapidly; Ex. volatile character/situation in the street",
        "word": "volatile"
    }, {
        "meaning": "act of using one's will; act of making a conscious choice; Ex. She selected this dress of her own volition.",
        "word": "volition"
    }, {
        "meaning": "fluent; talkative; glib; N. volubility",
        "word": "voluble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "simultaneous discharge of a number of shots; V.",
        "word": "volley"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having great volume (as of a garment or container); bulky; large",
        "word": "voluminous"
    }, {
        "meaning": "size or volume (esp. when very large); main part; Ex. The bulk of the work has already been done; ADJ. bulky: having great size",
        "word": "bulk"
    }, {
        "meaning": "religion practiced chiefly in Haiti",
        "word": "voodoo"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ravenous; eating large quantities of food; exceedingly eager; insatiable; Ex. voracious animal/reader",
        "word": "voracious"
    }, {
        "meaning": "whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; predicament into which one is inexorably plunged",
        "word": "vortex"
    }, {
        "meaning": "grant condescendingly; guarantee; Ex. vouchsafe your fair return on your investment",
        "word": "vouchsafe"
    }, {
        "meaning": "give a personal guarantee; Ex. I can vouch for his integrity; N. voucher",
        "word": "vouch"
    }, {
        "meaning": "Peeping Tom; person who derives sexual gratification from observing the sexual acts of others",
        "word": "voyeur"
    }, {
        "meaning": "susceptible to wounds or attack; N. vulnerability",
        "word": "vulnerable"
    }, {
        "meaning": "like a fox; crafty",
        "word": "vulpine"
    }, {
        "meaning": "skill (esp. with one's hands); skill in deceiving people; guile; ADJ. crafty: cleverly deceitful; cunning",
        "word": "craft"
    }, {
        "meaning": "carrion-eating birds",
        "word": "vulture"
    }, {
        "meaning": "contending; CF. vie",
        "word": "vying"
    }, {
        "meaning": "speak equivocally about an issue; N.",
        "word": "waffle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "move gently (in air or in seas) by wind or waves; Ex. leaves wafting past the window",
        "word": "waft"
    }, {
        "meaning": "humorous; mischievous; tricky",
        "word": "waggish"
    }, {
        "meaning": "shake repeatedly from side to side; Ex. The dog wagged its tail; N: humorous person; wit",
        "word": "wag"
    }, {
        "meaning": "homeless child or animal; Ex. waifs and strays",
        "word": "waif"
    }, {
        "meaning": "give up temporarily; yield; N. waiver: waiving a right or claim; document that waives a right or claim",
        "word": "waive"
    }, {
        "meaning": "trail of ship or other object through water; path of something that has gone before; Ex. hunger followed in the wake of the war",
        "word": "wake"
    }, {
        "meaning": "roll in mud; indulge in; (of a ship) roll in a rough sea; become helpless; Ex. wallow in the mud/luxury",
        "word": "wallow"
    }, {
        "meaning": "having a pale or sickly color; pallid",
        "word": "wan"
    }, {
        "meaning": "strong longing to travel",
        "word": "wanderlust"
    }, {
        "meaning": "decrease in size or strength (after being full); grow gradually to an end; Ex. The moon waxes and wanes every month; N.",
        "word": "wane"
    }, {
        "meaning": "achieve by cleverness or trick; wiggle out; fake; Ex. She tried to wangle an invitation to the party.",
        "word": "wangle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wriggle; move from side to side with irregular twisting motions",
        "word": "wiggle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "not genuine; N: one that is not genuine; impostor; sham; V: counterfeit; Ex. fake the results of the experiment/the signature",
        "word": "fake"
    }, {
        "meaning": "unrestrained; gratuitously cruel; willfully malicious; unchaste; sexually improper; promiscuous; Ex. wanton spending/killing; CF. having no just cause",
        "word": "wanton"
    }, {
        "meaning": "(of a bird) sing; babble; N.",
        "word": "warble"
    }, {
        "meaning": "twist out of shape; N.",
        "word": "warp"
    }, {
        "meaning": "justified; authorized",
        "word": "warranted"
    }, {
        "meaning": "justification; written order that serves as authorization (esp. a judicial writ); Ex. search/death warrant; V: justify; guarantee",
        "word": "warrant"
    }, {
        "meaning": "guarantee; assurance by seller",
        "word": "warranty"
    }, {
        "meaning": "tunnels in which rabbits live; overcrowded living area; crowded conditions in which people live",
        "word": "warren"
    }, {
        "meaning": "very cautious; watchful",
        "word": "wary"
    }, {
        "meaning": "waster; profligate",
        "word": "wastrel"
    }, {
        "meaning": "increase gradually (as the moon); grow",
        "word": "wax"
    }, {
        "meaning": "ambush; lie in wait for and attack",
        "word": "waylay"
    }, {
        "meaning": "act of lying in wait to attack by surprise; sudden attack made from a concealed position; Ex. lie in ambush; V.",
        "word": "ambush"
    }, {
        "meaning": "accustom a baby not to nurse; accustom (the young of a mammal) to take nourishment other than by suckling; give up a cherished activity; cause to gradually leave (an interest or habit); Ex. wean oneself from cigarettes",
        "word": "wean"
    }, {
        "meaning": "pass safely through (a storm or difficult period); endure the effects of weather or other forces",
        "word": "weather"
    }, {
        "meaning": "raised mark from a beating or whipping",
        "word": "welt"
    }, {
        "meaning": "confusion; turmoil; confused mass; bewildering jumble; Ex. welter of data",
        "word": "welter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "wallow (as in mud or high seas); lie soaked (as in blood); Ex. The victims weltered in their blood.",
        "word": "welter"
    }, {
        "meaning": "deceive, persuade, or obtain by flattery; cajole; coax; Ex. wheedle a promise out of her",
        "word": "wheedle"
    }, {
        "meaning": "young animal (esp. of the dog or cat family",
        "word": "whelp"
    }]
}