sat-words.xml

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<dictionary>
	<definition>
		<word>abase</word>
		<type>v.</type>
		<meaning>To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abbess</word>
		<type>n.</type>
		<meaning>The lady superior of a nunnery.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abbey</word>
		<type>n.</type>
		<meaning>The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abbot</word>
		<type>n.</type>
		<meaning>The superior of a community of monks.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abdicate</word>
		<type>v.</type>
		<meaning>To give up (royal power or the like).</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abdomen</word>
		<type>n.</type>
		<meaning>In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor; the belly.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abdominal</word>
		<type>n.</type>
		<meaning>Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abduction</word>
		<type>n.</type>
		<meaning>A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abed</word>
		<type>adv.</type>
		<meaning>In bed; on a bed.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>aberration</word>
		<type>n.</type>
		<meaning>Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abet</word>
		<type>v.</type>
		<meaning>To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abeyance</word>
		<type>n.</type>
		<meaning>A state of suspension or temporary inaction.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abhorrence</word>
		<type>n.</type>
		<meaning>The act of detesting extremely.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abhorrent</word>
		<type>adj.</type>
		<meaning>Very repugnant; hateful.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abidance</word>
		<type>n.</type>
		<meaning>An abiding.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abject</word>
		<type>adj.</type>
		<meaning>Sunk to a low condition.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abjure</word>
		<type>v.</type>
		<meaning>To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>able-bodied</word>
		<type>adj.</type>
		<meaning>Competent for physical service.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>ablution</word>
		<type>n.</type>
		<meaning>A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abnegate</word>
		<type>v.</type>
		<meaning>To renounce (a right or privilege).</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abnormal</word>
		<type>adj.</type>
		<meaning>Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abominable</word>
		<type>adj.</type>
		<meaning>Very hateful.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abominate</word>
		<type>v.</type>
		<meaning>To hate violently.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abomination</word>
		<type>n.</type>
		<meaning>A very detestable act or practice.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>aboriginal</word>
		<type>adj.</type>
		<meaning>Primitive; unsophisticated.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>aborigines</word>
		<type>n.</type>
		<meaning>The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>aboveboard</word>
		<type>adv. adj.</type>
		<meaning>Without concealment, fraud, or trickery.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abrade</word>
		<type>v.</type>
		<meaning>To wear away the surface or some part of by friction.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abrasion</word>
		<type>n.</type>
		<meaning>That which is rubbed off.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abridge</word>
		<type>v.</type>
		<meaning>To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abridgment</word>
		<type>n.</type>
		<meaning>A condensed form as of a book or play.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abrogate</word>
		<type>v.</type>
		<meaning>To abolish, repeal.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abrupt</word>
		<type>adj.</type>
		<meaning>Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly or with a break.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abscess</word>
		<type>n.</type>
		<meaning>A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abscission</word>
		<type>n.</type>
		<meaning>The act of cutting off, as in a surgical operation.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abscond</word>
		<type>v.</type>
		<meaning>To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>absence</word>
		<type>n.</type>
		<meaning>The fact of not being present or available.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>absent-minded</word>
		<type>adj.</type>
		<meaning>Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>absolution</word>
		<type>n.</type>
		<meaning>Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>absolve</word>
		<type>v.</type>
		<meaning>To free from sin or its penalties.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>absorb</word>
		<type>v.</type>
		<meaning>To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>absorption</word>
		<type>n.</type>
		<meaning>The act or process of absorbing.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abstain</word>
		<type>v.</type>
		<meaning>To keep oneself back (from doing or using something).</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abstemious</word>
		<type>adj.</type>
		<meaning>Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abstinence</word>
		<type>n.</type>
		<meaning>Self denial.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abstruse</word>
		<type>adj.</type>
		<meaning>Dealing with matters difficult to be understood.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>absurd</word>
		<type>adj.</type>
		<meaning>Inconsistent with reason or common sense.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abundant</word>
		<type>adj.</type>
		<meaning>Plentiful.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abusive</word>
		<type>adj.</type>
		<meaning>Employing harsh words or ill treatment.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abut</word>
		<type>v.</type>
		<meaning>To touch at the end or boundary line.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>abyss</word>
		<type>n.</type>
		<meaning>Bottomless gulf.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
		<word>academic</word>
		<type>adj.</type>
		<meaning>Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university.</meaning>
	</definition>
	<definition>
			<word>academician</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A member of an academy of literature, art, or science.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>academy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any institution where the higher branches of learning are taught.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accede</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To agree.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accelerate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To move faster.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accept</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To take when offered.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>access</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A way of approach or entrance; passage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accessible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Approachable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accession</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accessory</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person or thing that aids the principal agent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acclaim</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To utter with a shout.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accommodate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To furnish something as a kindness or favor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accompaniment</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accompanist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who or that which accompanies.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accompany</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To go with, or be associated with, as a companion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accomplice</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An associate in wrong-doing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accomplish</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To bring to pass.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accordion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A portable free-reed musical instrument.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accost</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To speak to.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>account</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accouter</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To dress.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accredit</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To give credit or authority to.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accumulate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To become greater in quantity or number.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accuracy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Exactness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accurate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accursed</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Doomed to evil, misery, or misfortune.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accusation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A charge of crime, misdemeanor, or error.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accusatory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accuse</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>accustom</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make familiar by use.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acerbity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Sourness, with bitterness and astringency.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acetate</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A salt of acetic acid.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acetic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ache</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To be in pain or distress.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Achillean</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Invulnerable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>achromatic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Colorless,</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acid</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A sour substance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acidify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To change into acid.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acknowledge</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acknowledgment</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Recognition.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acme</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The highest point, or summit.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acoustic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the act or sense of hearing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acquaint</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make familiar or conversant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acquiesce</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To comply; submit.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acquiescence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Passive consent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acquire</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To get as one's own.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acquisition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything gained, or made one's own, usually by effort or labor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acquit</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To free or clear, as from accusation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acquittal</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A discharge from accusation by judicial action.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acquittance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acreage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acrid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Harshly pungent or bitter.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acrimonious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Full of bitterness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acrimony</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>actionable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>actuality</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any reality.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>actuary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>actuate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To move or incite to action.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acumen</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>acute</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having fine and penetrating discernment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>adamant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>addendum</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Something added, or to be added.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>addle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make inefficient or worthless; muddle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>adduce</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To bring forward or name for consideration.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>adhere</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To stick fast or together.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>adherence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Attachment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>adherent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Clinging or sticking fast.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>adhesion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state of being attached or joined.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>adieu</word>
			<type>inter.</type>
			<meaning>Good-by; farewell.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>adjacency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state of being adjacent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>adjacent</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which is near or bordering upon.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>adjudge</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To award or bestow by formal decision.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>adjunct</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Something joined to or connected with another thing, but holding a subordinate place.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>adjuration</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A vehement appeal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>adjutant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Auxiliary.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>administrator</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who manages affairs of any kind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>admissible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the right or privilege of entry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>admittance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Entrance, or the right or permission to enter.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>admonish</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To warn of a fault.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>admonition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Gentle reproof.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ado</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>unnecessary activity or ceremony.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>adoration</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Profound devotion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>adroit</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>adulterant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An adulterating substance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>adulterate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>adumbrate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>advent</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The coming or arrival, as of any important change, event, state, or personage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>adverse</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Opposing or opposed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>adversity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Misfortune.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>advert</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To refer incidentally.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>advertiser</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who advertises, especially in newspapers.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>advisory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not mandatory.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>advocacy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of pleading a cause.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>advocate</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aerial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of, pertaining to, or like the air.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aeronaut</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who navigates the air, a balloonist.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aeronautics</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>the art or practice of flying aircraft</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aerostat</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aerostatics</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>affable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Easy to approach.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>affect</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To act upon</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>affectation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>affiliate</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Some auxiliary person or thing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>affirmative</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Answering yes; to a question at issue.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>affix</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To fasten.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>affluence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A profuse or abundant supply of riches.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>affront</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An open insult or indignity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>afire</word>
			<type>adv. adj.</type>
			<meaning>On fire, literally or figuratively.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>afoot</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>In progress.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aforesaid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Said in a preceding part or before.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>afresh</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Once more, after rest or interval.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>afterthought</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>agglomerate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To pile or heap together.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aggrandize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to appear greatly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aggravate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make heavier, worse, or more burdensome.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aggravation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aggregate</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aggress</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make the first attack.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aggression</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An unprovoked attack.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aggrieve</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To give grief or sorrow to.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aghast</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Struck with terror and amazement.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>agile</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>agitate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To move or excite (the feelings or thoughts).</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>agrarian</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to land, especially agricultural land.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aide-de-camp</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ailment</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Slight sickness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>airy</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Delicate, ethereal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>akin</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of similar nature or qualities.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alabaster</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alacrity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Cheerful willingness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>albeit</word>
			<type>conj.</type>
			<meaning>Even though.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>albino</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>album</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A book whose leaves are so made to form paper frames for holding photographs or the like.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alchemy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alcohol</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alcoholism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alcove</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alder</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alderman</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aldermanship</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alias</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An assumed name.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alien</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who owes allegiance to a foreign government.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alienable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alienate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to turn away.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alienation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Estrangement.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aliment</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which nourishes.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alkali</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>allay</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>allege</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>allegory</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alleviate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make less burdensome or less hard to bear.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alley</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A narrow street, garden path, walk, or the like.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alliance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any combination or union for some common purpose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>allot</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To assign a definite thing or part to a certain person.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>allotment</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Portion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>allude</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To refer incidentally, or by suggestion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>allusion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An indirect and incidental reference to something without definite mention of it.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alluvion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Flood.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ally</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>almanac</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aloof</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>altar</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any raised place or structure on which sacrifices may be offered or incense burned.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alter</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make change in.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alteration</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Change or modification.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>altercate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To contend angrily or zealously in words.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alternate</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alternative</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>altitude</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the sea.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>alto</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The lowest or deepest female voice or part.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>altruism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>altruist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who advocates or practices altruism.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>amalgam</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An alloy or union of mercury with another metal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>amalgamate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>amateur</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a profession.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>amatory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Designed to excite love.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ambidextrous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ambiguous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having a double meaning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ambitious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Eagerly desirous and aspiring.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ambrosial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ambulance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ambulate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To walk about</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ambush</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ameliorate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To relieve, as from pain or hardship</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>amenable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Willing and ready to submit.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Americanism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>amicable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Done in a friendly spirit.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>amity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Friendship.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>amorous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having a propensity for falling in love.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>amorphous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Without determinate shape.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>amour</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ampere</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The practical unit of electric-current strength.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ampersand</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The character 'and'.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>amphibious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Living both on land and in water.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>amphitheater</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>amplitude</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Largeness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>amply</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Sufficiently.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>amputate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To remove by cutting, as a limb or some portion of the body.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>amusement</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Diversion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anachronism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anagram</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>analogous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Corresponding (to some other) in certain respects, as in form, proportion, relations.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>analogy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>analyst</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>analyze</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To examine minutely or critically.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anarchy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Absence or utter disregard of government.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anathema</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything forbidden, as by social usage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anatomy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ancestry</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One's ancestors collectively.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anecdote</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A brief account of some interesting event or incident.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anemia</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Deficiency of blood or red corpuscles.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anemic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Affected with anemia.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anemometer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anesthetic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anew</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Once more.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>angelic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Saintly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Anglophobia</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Hatred or dread of England or of what is English.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Anglo-Saxon</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>angular</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Sharp-cornered.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anhydrous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Withered.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>animadversion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The utterance of criticism or censure.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>animadvert</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To pass criticism or censure.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>animalcule</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An animal of microscopic smallness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>animate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make alive.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>animosity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Hatred.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>annalist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Historian.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>annals</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A record of events in their chronological order, year by year.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>annex</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To add or affix at the end.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>annihilate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To destroy absolutely.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>annotate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>annual</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Occurring every year.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>annuity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An annual allowance, payment, or income.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>annunciation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Proclamation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anode</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anonymous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of unknown authorship.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antagonism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Antarctic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ante</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antecede</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To precede.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antecedent</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who or that which precedes or goes before, as in time, place, rank, order, or causality.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antechamber</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A waiting room for those who seek audience.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antedate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antediluvian</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antemeridian</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Before noon.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antemundane</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to time before the world's creation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antenatal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Occurring or existing before birth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anterior</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Prior.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anteroom</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anthology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anthracite</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Hard coal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anthropology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The science of man in general.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anthropomorphous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having or resembling human form.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antic</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Antichrist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anticlimax</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anticyclone</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An atmospheric condition of high central pressure, with currents flowing outward.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antidote</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antilogy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antipathize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antiphon</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A response or alteration of responses, generally musical.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antiphony</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An anthem or other composition sung responsively.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antipodes</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antiquary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antiquate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make old or out of date.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antique</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to ancient times.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antiseptic</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antislavery</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Opposed to human slavery.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antispasmodic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antistrophe</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The inversion of terms in successive classes, as in "the home of joy and the joy of home".</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antitoxin</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>antonym</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A word directly opposed to another in meaning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>anxious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>apathy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Insensibility to emotion or passionate feeling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aperture</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Hole.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>apex</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The highest point, as of a mountain.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aphorism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Proverb.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>apiary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A place where bees are kept.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>apogee</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The climax.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>apology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A disclaimer of intentional error or offense.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>apostasy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A total departure from one's faith or religion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>apostate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>False.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>apostle</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>apothecary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>apotheosis</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Deification.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>appall</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To fill with dismay or horror.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>apparent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Easily understood.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>apparition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Ghost.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>appease</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To soothe by quieting anger or indignation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>appellate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being appealed to.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>appellation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>append</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>appertain</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To belong, as by right, fitness, association, classification, possession, or natural relation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>apposite</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Appropriate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>apposition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of placing side by side, together, or in contact.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>appraise</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To estimate the money value of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>appreciable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>apprehend</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>apprehensible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being conceived.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>approbation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Sanction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>appropriate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Suitable for the purpose and circumstances.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aqueduct</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aqueous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of, pertaining to, or containing water.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>arbiter</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>arbitrary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fixed or done capriciously.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>arbitrate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To act or give judgment as umpire.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>arbor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A tree.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>arboreal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of or pertaining to a tree or trees.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>arborescent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the nature of a tree.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>arboretum</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>arboriculture</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The cultivation of trees or shrubs.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>arcade</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>archaic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Antiquated</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>archaism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Obsolescence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>archangel</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An angel of high rank.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>archbishop</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>archdeacon</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>archaeology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>archetype</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A prototype.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>archipelago</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ardent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Burning with passion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ardor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Intensity of passion or affection.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>arid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Very dry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aristocracy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A hereditary nobility</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aristocrat</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>armada</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A fleet of war-vessels.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>armful</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>As much as can be held in the arm or arms.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>armory</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An arsenal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aroma</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An agreeable odor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>arraign</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>arrange</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To put in definite or proper order.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>arrangement</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>arrant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Notoriously bad.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>arrear</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Something overdue and unpaid.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>arrival</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A coming to stopping-place or destination.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>arrogant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>arrogate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Artesian</word>
			<type>well</type>
			<meaning>n. A very deep bored well. water rises due to underground pressure</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>artful</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characterized by craft or cunning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Arthurian</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to King Arthur, the real or legendary hero of British poetic story.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>artifice</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Trickery.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>artless</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Ingenuous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ascendant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Dominant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ascension</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of rising.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ascent</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A rising, soaring, or climbing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ascetic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ascribe</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To assign as a quality or attribute.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>asexual</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having no distinct sexual organs.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ashen</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pale.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>askance</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>With a side or indirect glance or meaning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>asperity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Harshness or roughness of temper.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aspirant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aspiration</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An earnest wish for that which is above one's present reach.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aspire</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>assailant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who attacks.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>assassin</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who kills, or tries to kill, treacherously or secretly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>assassinate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of some eminent person.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>assassination</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>assay</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>assent</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>assess</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To determine the amount of (a tax or other sum to be paid).</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>assessor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>assets</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>assiduous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Diligent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>assignee</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>assimilate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To adapt.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>assonance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Resemblance or correspondence in sound.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>assonant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having resemblance of sound.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>assonate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To accord in sound, especially vowel sound.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>assuage</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>astringent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Harsh in disposition or character.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>astute</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Keen in discernment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>atheism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The denial of the existence of God.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>athirst</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Wanting water.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>athwart</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>From side to side.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>atomizer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>atone</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make amends for.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>atonement</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>atrocious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>atrocity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Great cruelty or reckless wickedness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>attache</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>attest</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To certify as accurate, genuine, or true.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>attorney-general</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The chief law-officer of a government.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>auburn</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>audacious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fearless.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>audible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Loud enough to be heard.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>audition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act or sensation of hearing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>auditory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>augment</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make bigger.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>augur</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To predict.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Augustinian</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aura</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aural</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of or pertaining to the ear.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>auricle</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>auricular</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>auriferous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Containing gold.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aurora</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>auspice</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>austere</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Severely simple; unadorned.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>autarchy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Unrestricted power.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>authentic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of undisputed origin.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>authenticity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state or quality of being genuine, or of the origin and authorship claimed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>autobiography</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The story of one's life written by himself.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>autocracy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Absolute government.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>autocrat</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>automaton</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>autonomous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Self-governing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>autonomy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Self-government.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>autopsy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>autumnal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of or pertaining to autumn.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>auxiliary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>avalanche</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>avarice</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Passion for getting and keeping riches.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aver</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To assert as a fact.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>averse</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Reluctant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aversion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>avert</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To turn away or aside.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aviary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>avidity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Greediness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>avocation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Diversion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>avow</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To declare openly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>awaken</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>awry</word>
			<type>adv. adj.</type>
			<meaning>Out of the proper form, direction, or position.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>aye</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>An expression of assent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>azalea</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A flowering shrub.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>azure</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The color of the sky.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Baconian</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bacterium</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A microbe.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>badger</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To pester.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>baffle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To foil or frustrate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bailiff</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>baize</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bale</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A large package prepared for transportation or storage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>baleful</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Malignant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ballad</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>balsam</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>banal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Commonplace.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>barcarole</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>barograph</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>barometer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>barring</word>
			<type>prep.</type>
			<meaning>Apart from.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>baritone</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bask</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make warm by genial heat.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bass</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Low in tone or compass.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>baste</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>baton</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An official staff borne either as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or privilege.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>battalion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>batten</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A narrow strip of wood.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>batter</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bauble</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A trinket.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bawl</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To proclaim by outcry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>beatify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make supremely happy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>beatitude</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any state of great happiness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>beau</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An escort or lover.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>becalm</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make quiet.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>beck</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To give a signal to, by nod or gesture.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bedaub</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To smear over, as with something oily or sticky.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bedeck</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cover with ornament.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bedlam</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Madhouse.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>befog</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To confuse.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>befriend</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To be a friend to, especially when in need.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>beget</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To produce by sexual generation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>begrudge</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To envy one of the possession of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>belate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To delay past the proper hour.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>belay</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make fast, as a rope, by winding round a cleat.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>belie</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To misrepresent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>believe</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>belittle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To disparage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>belle</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bellicose</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Warlike.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>belligerent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Manifesting a warlike spirit.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bemoan</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To lament</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>benediction</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>a solemn invocation of the divine blessing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>benefactor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A doer of kindly and charitable acts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>benefice</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>beneficent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characterized by charity and kindness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>beneficial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Helpful.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>beneficiary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>benefit</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Helpful result.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>benevolence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any act of kindness or well-doing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>benevolent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>benign</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Good and kind of heart.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>benignant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>benignity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>benison</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Blessing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bequeath</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To give by will.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bereave</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make desolate with loneliness and grief.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>berth</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>beseech</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To implore.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>beset</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To attack on all sides.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>besmear</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bestial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Animal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bestrew</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To sprinkle or cover with things strewn.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bestride</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To get or sit upon astride, as a horse.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bethink</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To remind oneself.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>betide</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To happen to or befall.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>betimes</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>In good season or time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>betroth</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To engage to marry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>betrothal</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Engagement to marry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bevel</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bewilder</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To confuse the perceptions or judgment of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bibliomania</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The passion for collecting books.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bibliography</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular subject.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bibliophile</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who loves books.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bibulous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fond of drinking.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bide</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To await.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>biennial</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bier</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bigamist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who has two spouses at the same time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bigamy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bight</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A slightly receding bay between headlands, formed by a long curve of a coast-line.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bilateral</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Two-sided.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bilingual</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Speaking two languages.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>biograph</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A bibliographical sketch or notice.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>biography</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A written account of one's life, actions, and character.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>biology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The science of life or living organisms.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>biped</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An animal having two feet.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>birthright</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A privilege or possession into which one is born.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bitterness</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Acridity, as to the taste.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>blase</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Sated with pleasure.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>blaspheme</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To indulge in profane oaths.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>blatant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>blaze</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A vivid glowing flame.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>blazon</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make widely or generally known.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bleak</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Desolate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>blemish</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A mark that mars beauty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>blithe</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Joyous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>blithesome</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Cheerful.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>blockade</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>boatswain</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bodice</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A women's ornamental corset-shaped laced waist.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bodily</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Corporeal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>boisterous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unchecked merriment or animal spirits.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bole</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The trunk or body of a tree.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bolero</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>boll</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A round pod or seed-capsule, as a flax or cotton.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bolster</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To support, as something wrong.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bomb</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A hollow projectile containing an explosive material.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bombard</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To assail with any missile or with abusive speech.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bombardier</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bombast</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>boorish</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Rude.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bore</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To weary by tediousness or dullness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>borough</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An incorporated village or town.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bosom</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>botanical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Connected with the study or cultivation of plants.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>botanize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To study plant-life.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>botany</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The science that treats of plants.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bountiful</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Showing abundance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Bowdlerize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bowler</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>In cricket, the player who delivers the ball.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>boycott</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To place the products or merchandise of under a ban.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>brae</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Hillside.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>braggart</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A vain boaster.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>brandish</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bravado</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An aggressive display of boldness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bravo</word>
			<type>interj.</type>
			<meaning>Well done.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bray</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>braze</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make of or ornament with brass.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>brazier</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An open pan or basin for holding live coals.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>breach</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>breaker</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who trains horses, dogs, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>breech</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The buttocks.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>brethren</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>brevity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Shortness of duration.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bric-a-brac</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Objects of curiosity or for decoration.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bridle</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>brigade</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>brigadier</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>brigand</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who lives by robbery and plunder.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>brimstone</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Sulfur.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>brine</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Water saturated with salt.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bristle</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Britannia</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The United Kingdom of Great Britain.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Briticism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>brittle</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fragile.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>broach</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To mention, for the first time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>broadcast</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Disseminated far and wide.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>brogan</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A coarse, heavy shoe.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>brogue</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>brokerage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The business of making sales and purchases for a commission; a broker.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bromine</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bronchitis</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Inflammation of the bronchial tubes.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bronchus</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>brooch</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>brotherhood</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Spiritual or social fellowship or solidarity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>browbeat</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>brusque</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>buffoon</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A clown.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>buffoonery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bulbous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bullock</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An ox.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bulrush</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bulwark</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything that gives security or defense.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bumper</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bumptious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bungle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To execute clumsily.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>buoyancy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Power or tendency to float on or in a liquid or gas.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>buoyant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the power or tendency to float or keep afloat.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bureau</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A chest of drawers for clothing, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bureaucracy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of public business.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>burgess</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or Virginia.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>burgher</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>burnish</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make brilliant or shining.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bursar</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A treasurer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>bustle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To hurry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>butt</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To strike with or as with the head, or horns.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>butte</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A conspicuous hill, low mountain, or natural turret, generally isolated.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>buttress</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any support or prop.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>by-law</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cabal</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cabalism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Superstitious devotion to one's religion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cabinet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a nation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cacophony</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cadaverous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Resembling a corpse.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cadence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cadenza</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>caitiff</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Cowardly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cajole</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To impose on or dupe by flattering speech.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cajolery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Delusive speech.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>calculable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That may be estimated by reckoning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>calculus</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>callosity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state of being hard and insensible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>callow</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Without experience of the world.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>calorie</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>calumny</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Slander.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Calvary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The place where Christ was crucified.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Calvinism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Calvinize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>came</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cameo</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any small engraved or carved work in relief.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>campaign</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A complete series of connected military operations.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Canaanite</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or western Palestine.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>canary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of a bright but delicate yellow.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>candid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Straightforward.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>candor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The quality of frankness or outspokenness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>canine</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characteristic of a dog.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>canon</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any rule or law.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cant</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cantata</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A choral composition.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>canto</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One of the divisions of an extended poem.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cantonment</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>capacious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Roomy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>capillary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>capitulate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To surrender or stipulate terms.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>caprice</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A whim.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>caption</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>captious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Hypercritical.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>captivate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To fascinate, as by excellence. eloquence, or beauty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>carcass</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The dead body of an animal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cardiac</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the heart.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cardinal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of prime or special importance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>caret</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>caricature</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>a picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>carnage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Massacre.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>carnal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Sensual.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>carnivorous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Eating or living on flesh.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>carouse</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>carrion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Dead and putrefying flesh.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cartilage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cartridge</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A charge for a firearm, or for blasting.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>caste</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The division of society on artificial grounds.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>castigate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To punish.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>casual</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Accidental, by chance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>casualty</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A fatal or serious accident or disaster.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cataclysm</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any overwhelming flood of water.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cataract</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>catastrophe</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cathode</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Catholicism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The system, doctrine, and practice of the Roman Catholic Church.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>catholicity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Universal prevalence or acceptance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cat-o-nine-tails</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>caucus</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>causal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Indicating or expressing a cause.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>caustic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Sarcastic and severe.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cauterize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To burn or sear as with a heated iron.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cede</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To pass title to.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>censor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>censorious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Judging severely or harshly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>census</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An official numbering of the people of a country or district.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>centenary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>centiliter</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A hundredth of a liter.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>centimeter</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A length of one hundredth of a meter.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>centurion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cereal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ceremonial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characterized by outward form or ceremony.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ceremonious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Observant of ritual.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cessation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Discontinuance, as of action or motion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cession</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Surrender, as of possessions or rights.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>chagrin</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>chameleon</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Changeable in appearance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>chancery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>chaos</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>characteristic</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A distinctive feature.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>characterize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>charlatan</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A quack.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>chasm</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A yawning hollow, as in the earth's surface.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>chasten</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To purify by affliction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>chastise</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To subject to punitive measures.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>chastity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Sexual or moral purity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>chateau</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A castle or manor-house.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>chattel</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any article of personal property.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>check</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To hold back.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>chiffon</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>chivalry</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cholera</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An acute epidemic disease.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>choleric</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Easily provoked to anger.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>choral</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Christ</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A title of Jesus</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>christen</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To name in baptism.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Christendom</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That part of the world where Christianity is generally professed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>chromatic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>chronology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and arrangement of events.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>chronometer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cipher</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To calculate arithmetically. (also a noun meaning zero or nothing)</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>circulate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To disseminate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>circumference</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The boundary-line of a circle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>circumlocution</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Indirect or roundabout expression.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>circumnavigate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To sail quite around.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>circumscribe</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To confine within bounds.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>circumspect</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>citadel</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any strong fortress.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cite</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To refer to specifically.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>claimant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who makes a claim or demand, as of right.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>clairvoyance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Intuitive sagacity or perception.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>clamorous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Urgent in complaint or demand.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>clan</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A tribe.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>clandestine</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Surreptitious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>clangor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Clanking or a ringing, as of arms, chains, or bells; clamor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>clarify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To render intelligible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>clarion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A small shrill trumpet or bugle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>classify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To arrange in a class or classes on the basis of observed resemblances and differences.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>clearance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with the law and may sail.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>clemency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Mercy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>clement</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Compassionate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>close-hauled</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>clothier</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who makes or sells cloth or clothing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>clumsy</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Awkward of movement.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>coagulate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical action, or by a ferment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>coagulant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Producing coagulation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>coalescence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act or process of coming together so as to form one body, combination, or product.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>coalition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Combination in a body or mass.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>coddle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To treat as a baby or an invalid.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>codicil</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>coerce</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To force.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>coercion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>coercive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Serving or tending to force.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cogent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cognate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Akin.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cognizant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Taking notice.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cohere</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To stick together.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cohesion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Consistency.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cohesive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the property of consistency.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>coincide</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To correspond.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>coincidence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>coincident</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Taking place at the same time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>collaborate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>collapse</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>collapsible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That may or can collapse.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>colleague</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An associate in professional employment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>collective</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into a mass, or sum.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>collector</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>collegian</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A college student.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>collide</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To meet and strike violently.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>collier</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who works in a coal-mine.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>collision</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Violent contact.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>colloquial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>colloquialism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>colloquy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Conversation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>collusion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>colossus</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any strikingly great person or object.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>comely</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Handsome.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>comestible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fit to be eaten.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>comical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Funny.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>commemorate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To serve as a remembrance of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>commentary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>commingle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To blend.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>commissariat</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>commission</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To empower.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>commitment</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>committal</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>commodity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Something that is bought and sold.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>commotion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A disturbance or violent agitation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>commute</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To put something, especially something less severe, in place of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>comparable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fit to be compared.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>comparative</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Relative.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>comparison</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>compensate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To remunerate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>competence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Adequate qualification or capacity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>competent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Qualified.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>competitive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>characterized by rivalry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>competitor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A rival.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>complacence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>complacent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pleased or satisfied with oneself.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>complaisance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Politeness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>complaisant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Agreeable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>complement</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make complete.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>complex</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Complicated.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>compliant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Yielding.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>complicate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>complication</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An intermingling or combination of things or parts, especially in a perplexing manner.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>complicity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>compliment</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>component</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A constituent element or part.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>comport</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To conduct or behave (oneself).</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>composure</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Calmness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>comprehensible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Intelligible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>comprehension</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Ability to know.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>comprehensive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Large in scope or content.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>compress</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To press together or into smaller space.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>compressible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being pressed into smaller compass.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>compression</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Constraint, as by force or authority.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>comprise</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To consist of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>compulsion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Coercion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>compulsory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Forced.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>compunction</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Remorseful feeling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>compute</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To ascertain by mathematical calculation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>concede</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To surrender.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conceit</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Self-flattering opinion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conceive</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To form an idea, mental image or thought of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>concerto</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A musical composition.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>concession</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything granted or yielded, or admitted in response to a demand, petition, or claim.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conciliate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To obtain the friendship of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conciliatory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Tending to reconcile.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conclusive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Sufficient to convince or decide.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>concord</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Harmony.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>concordance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Harmony.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>concur</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To agree.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>concurrence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Agreement.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>concurrent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Occurring or acting together.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>concussion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden blow.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>condensation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act or process of making dense or denser.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>condense</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To abridge.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>condescend</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>condolence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conduce</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To bring about.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conducive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Contributing to an end.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conductible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being conducted or transmitted.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conduit</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>confectionery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>confederacy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A number of states or persons in compact or league with each other, as for mutual aid.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>confederate</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who is united with others in a league, compact, or agreement.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>confer</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To bestow.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conferee</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person with whom another confers.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>confessor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A spiritual advisor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>confidant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One to whom secrets are entrusted.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>confide</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To reveal in trust or confidence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>confidence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>confident</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Assured.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>confinement</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Restriction within limits or boundaries.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>confiscate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conflagration</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>confluence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The place where streams meet.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>confluent</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A stream that unites with another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conformance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act or state or conforming.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conformable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Harmonious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conformation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>General structure, form, or outline.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conformity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Correspondence in form, manner, or use.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>confront</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>congeal</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To coagulate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>congenial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having kindred character or tastes.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>congest</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To collect into a mass.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>congregate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To bring together into a crowd.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>coniferous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Cone-bearing trees.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conjecture</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A guess.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conjoin</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To unite.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conjugal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conjugate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Joined together in pairs.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conjugation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state or condition of being joined together.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conjunction</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state of being joined together, or the things so joined.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>connive</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To be in collusion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>connoisseur</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>connote</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To mean; signify.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>connubial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to marriage or matrimony.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conquer</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To overcome by force.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>consanguineous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Descended from the same parent or ancestor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conscience</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conscientious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Governed by moral standard.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conscious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Aware that one lives, feels, and thinks.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conscript</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To force into military service.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>consecrate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To set apart as sacred.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>consecutive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Following in uninterrupted succession.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>consensus</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conservatism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conservative</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Adhering to the existing order of things.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conservatory</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An institution for instruction and training in music and declamation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>consign</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To entrust.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>consignee</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>consignor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who entrusts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>consistency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A state of permanence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>console</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To comfort.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>consolidate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To combine into one body or system.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>consonance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state or quality of being in accord with.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>consonant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Being in agreement or harmony with.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>consort</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A companion or associate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conspicuous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Clearly visible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conspirator</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who agrees with others to cooperate in accomplishing some unlawful purpose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conspire</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To plot.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>constable</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>constellation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An arbitrary assemblage or group of stars.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>consternation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Panic.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>constituency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>constituent</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who has the right to vote at an election.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>constrict</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To bind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>consul</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>consulate</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The place in which a consul transacts official business.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>consummate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To bring to completion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>consumption</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>consumptive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Designed for gradual destruction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contagion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The communication of disease from person to person.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contagious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Transmitting disease.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contaminate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To pollute.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contemplate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To consider thoughtfully.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contemporaneous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Living, occurring, or existing at the same time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contemporary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Living or existing at the same time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contemptible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Worthy of scorn or disdain.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contemptuous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Disdainful.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contender</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contiguity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Proximity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contiguous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Touching or joining at the edge or boundary.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>continence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and passion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contingency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Possibility of happening.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contingent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not predictable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>continuance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Permanence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>continuation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Prolongation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>continuity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation, or development.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>continuous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contort</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To twist into a misshapen form.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contraband</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Trade forbidden by law or treaty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contradiction</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The assertion of the opposite of that which has been said.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contradictory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Inconsistent with itself.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contraposition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A placing opposite.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contravene</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To prevent or obstruct the operation of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contribution</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of giving for a common purpose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contributor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contrite</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contrivance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contrive</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To manage or carry through by some device or scheme.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>control</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>controller</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who or that which regulates or directs.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contumacious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Rebellious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contumacy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contuse</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>contusion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A bruise.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>convalesce</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To recover after a sickness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>convalescence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>convalescent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Recovering health after sickness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>convene</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To summon or cause to assemble.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>convenience</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Fitness, as of time or place.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>converge</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to incline and approach nearer together.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>convergent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Tending to one point.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conversant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Thoroughly informed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conversion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Change from one state or position to another, or from one form to another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>convertible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Interchangeable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>convex</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Curving like the segment of the globe or of the surface of a circle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>conveyance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That by which anything is transported.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>convivial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>convolution</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A winding motion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>convolve</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To move with a circling or winding motion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>convoy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A protecting force accompanying property in course of transportation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>convulse</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause spasms in.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>convulsion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A violent and abnormal muscular contraction of the body.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>copious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Plenteous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>coquette</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A flirt.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cornice</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cornucopia</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>corollary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A proposition following so obviously from another that it requires little demonstration.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>coronation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>coronet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various degrees of noble rank less than sovereign.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>corporal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Belonging or relating to the body as opposed to the mind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>corporate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Belonging to a corporation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>corporeal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of a material nature; physical.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>corps</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A number or body of persons in some way associated or acting together.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>corpse</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A dead body.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>corpulent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Obese.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>corpuscle</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A minute particle of matter.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>correlate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To put in some relation of connection or correspondence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>correlative</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Mutually involving or implying one another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>corrigible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of reformation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>corroborate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To strengthen, as proof or conviction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>corroboration</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Confirmation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>corrode</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To ruin or destroy little by little.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>corrosion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>corrosive</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>corruptible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Open to bribery.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>corruption</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Loss of purity or integrity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cosmetic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the art of beautifying, especially the complexion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cosmic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the universe.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cosmogony</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cosmography</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cosmology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The general science of the universe.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cosmopolitan</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Common to all the world.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cosmopolitanism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A cosmopolitan character.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cosmos</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and arrangement.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>counter-claim</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>counteract</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To act in opposition to.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>counterbalance</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To oppose with an equal force.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>countercharge</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To accuse in return.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>counterfeit</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Made to resemble something else.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>counterpart</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Something taken with another for the completion of either.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>countervail</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To offset.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>counting-house</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>countryman</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A rustic.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>courageous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Brave.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>course</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Line of motion or direction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>courser</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A fleet and spirited horse.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>courtesy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>covenant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>covert</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Concealed, especially for an evil purpose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>covey</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A flock of quails or partridges.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cower</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>coxswain</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew under an officer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>crag</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cranium</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the brain.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>crass</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>craving</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A vehement desire.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>creak</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>creamery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A butter-making establishment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>creamy</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Resembling or containing cream.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>credence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Belief.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>credible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Believable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>credulous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Easily deceived.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>creed</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A formal summary of fundamental points of religious belief.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>crematory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>A place for cremating dead bodies.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>crevasse</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>crevice</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A small fissure, as between two contiguous surfaces.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>criterion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A standard by which to determine the correctness of a judgment or conclusion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>critique</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A criticism or critical review.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>crockery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Earthenware made from baked clay.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>crucible</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A trying and purifying test or agency.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>crusade</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in behalf of an idea or principle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>crustacean</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to a division of arthropods, containing lobsters, crabs, crawfish, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>crustaceous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having a crust-like shell.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cryptogram</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>crystallize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To bring together or give fixed shape to.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cudgel</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A short thick stick used as a club.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>culinary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cull</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To pick or sort out from the rest.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>culpable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Guilty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>culprit</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A guilty person.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>culvert</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cupidity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Avarice.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>curable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being remedied or corrected.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>curator</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person having charge as of a library or museum.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>curio</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A piece of bric-a-brac.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cursive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Writing in which the letters are joined together.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cursory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Rapid and superficial.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>curt</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Concise, compressed, and abrupt in act or expression.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>curtail</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cut off or cut short.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>curtsy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A downward movement of the body by bending the knees.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cycloid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Like a circle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cygnet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A young swan.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cynical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Exhibiting moral skepticism.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cynicism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>cynosure</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That to which general interest or attention is directed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>daring</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Brave.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>darkling</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Blindly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Darwinism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The doctrine that natural selection has been the prime cause of evolution of higher forms.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dastard</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A base coward.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>datum</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A premise, starting-point, or given fact.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dauntless</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fearless.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>day-man</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A day-laborer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dead-heat</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A race in which two or more competitors come out even, and there is no winner.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dearth</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>death's-head</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A human skull as a symbol of death.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>debase</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To lower in character or virtue.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>debatable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Subject to contention or dispute.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>debonair</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having gentle or courteous bearing or manner.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>debut</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A first appearance in society or on the stage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>decagon</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A figure with ten sides and ten angles.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>decagram</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A weight of 10 grams.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>decaliter</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A liquid and dry measure of 10 liters.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>decalogue</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The ten commandments.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Decameron</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A volume consisting of ten parts or books.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>decameter</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A length of ten meters.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>decamp</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To leave suddenly or unexpectedly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>decapitate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To behead.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>decapod</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Ten-footed or ten-armed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>decasyllable</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A line of ten syllables.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deceit</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Falsehood.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deceitful</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fraudulent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deceive</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To mislead by or as by falsehood.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>decency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Moral fitness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>decent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characterized by propriety of conduct, speech, manners, or dress.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deciduous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>decimal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Founded on the number 10.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>decimate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To destroy a measurable or large proportion of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>decipher</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>decisive</word>
			<type>ad.</type>
			<meaning>Conclusive.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>declamation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A speech recited or intended for recitation from memory in public.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>declamatory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>A full and formal style of utterance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>declarative</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Containing a formal, positive, or explicit statement or affirmation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>declension</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The change of endings in nouns and adj. to express their different relations of gender.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>decorate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To embellish.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>decorous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Suitable for the occasion or circumstances.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>decoy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything that allures, or is intended to allures into danger or temptation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>decrepit</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Enfeebled, as by old age or some chronic infirmity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dedication</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The voluntary consecration or relinquishment of something to an end or cause.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deduce</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deface</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>defalcate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cut off or take away, as a part of something.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>defamation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>defame</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To slander.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>default</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The neglect or omission of a legal requirement.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>defendant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person against whom a suit is brought.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>defensible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being maintained or justified.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>defensive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Carried on in resistance to aggression.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>defer</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To delay or put off to some other time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deference</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Respectful submission or yielding, as to another's opinion, wishes, or judgment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>defiant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characterized by bold or insolent opposition.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deficiency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Lack or insufficiency.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deficient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not having an adequate or proper supply or amount.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>definite</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having an exact signification or positive meaning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deflect</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to turn aside or downward.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deforest</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To clear of forests.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deform</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To disfigure.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deformity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A disfigurement.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>defraud</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To deprive of something dishonestly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>defray</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make payment for.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>degeneracy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A becoming worse.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>degenerate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To become worse or inferior.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>degradation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Diminution, as of strength or magnitude.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>degrade</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To take away honors or position from.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dehydrate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To deprive of water.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To regard or worship as a god.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deign</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To deem worthy of notice or account.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who believes in God, but denies supernatural revelation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A god, goddess, or divine person.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deject</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To dishearten.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dejection</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Melancholy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>delectable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Delightful to the taste or to the senses.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>delectation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Delight.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deleterious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Hurtful, morally or physically.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>delicacy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which is agreeable to a fine taste.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>delineate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To represent by sketch or diagram.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deliquesce</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>delirious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Raving.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>delude</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To mislead the mind or judgment of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deluge</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To overwhelm with a flood of water.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>delusion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Mistaken conviction, especially when more or less enduring.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>demagnetize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>demagogue</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An unprincipled politician.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>demeanor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Deportment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>demented</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Insane.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>demerit</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A mark for failure or bad conduct.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>demise</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Death.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>demobilize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To disband, as troops.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>demolish</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To annihilate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>demonstrable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of positive proof.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>demonstrate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To prove indubitably.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>demonstrative</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>demonstrator</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who proves in a convincing and conclusive manner.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>demulcent</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any application soothing to an irritable surface</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>demurrage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dendroid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Like a tree.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dendrology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The natural history of trees.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>denizen</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Inhabitant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>denominate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To give a name or epithet to.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>denomination</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>denominator</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Part of a fraction which expresses the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>denote</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To designate by word or mark.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>denouement</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>denounce</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dentifrice</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>denude</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To strip the covering from.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>denunciation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of declaring an action or person worthy of reprobation or punishment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deplete</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deplorable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Contemptible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deplore</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To regard with grief or sorrow.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deponent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Laying down.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>depopulate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To remove the inhabitants from.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deport</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To take or send away forcibly, as to a penal colony.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deportment</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Demeanor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deposition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>depositor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>depository</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A place where anything is kept in safety.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deprave</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To render bad, especially morally bad.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deprecate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>depreciate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To lessen the worth of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>depreciation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A lowering in value or an underrating in worth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>depress</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To press down.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>depression</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A falling of the spirits.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>depth</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Deepness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>derelict</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Neglectful of obligation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deride</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To ridicule.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>derisible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Open to ridicule.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>derision</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Ridicule.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>derivation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>derivative</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Coming or acquired from some origin.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>derive</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To deduce, as from a premise.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dermatology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The branch of medical science which relates to the skin and its diseases.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>derrick</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>descendant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>descendent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Proceeding downward.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>descent</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of moving or going downward.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>descry</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To discern.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>desert</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>desiccant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>designate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To select or appoint, as by authority.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>desist</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cease from action.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>desistance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Cessation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>despair</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Utter hopelessness and despondency.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>desperado</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One without regard for law or life.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>desperate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>despicable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Contemptible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>despite</word>
			<type>prep.</type>
			<meaning>In spite of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>despond</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To lose spirit, courage, or hope.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>despondent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Disheartened.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>despot</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An absolute and irresponsible monarch.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>despotism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the governed has little or no part.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>destitute</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Poverty-stricken.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>desultory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not connected with what precedes.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deter</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To frighten away.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deteriorate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To grow worse.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>determinate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Definitely limited or fixed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>determination</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of deciding.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deterrent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Hindering from action through fear.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>detest</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To dislike or hate with intensity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>detract</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To take away in such manner as to lessen value or estimation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>detriment</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>detrude</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To push down forcibly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deviate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To take a different course.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>devilry</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Malicious mischief.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>deviltry</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Wanton and malicious mischief.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>devious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Out of the common or regular track.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>devise</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To invent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>devout</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Religious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dexterity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>diabolic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characteristic of the devil.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>diacritical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Marking a difference.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>diagnose</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To distinguish, as a disease, by its characteristic phenomena.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>diagnosis</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Determination of the distinctive nature of a disease.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dialect</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dialectician</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A logician.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dialogue</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A formal conversation in which two or more take part.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>diaphanous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Transparent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>diatomic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Containing only two atoms.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>diatribe</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A bitter or malicious criticism.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dictum</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A positive utterance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>didactic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to teaching.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>difference</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Dissimilarity in any respect.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>differentia</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any essential characteristic of a species by reason of which it differs from other species.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>differential</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Distinctive.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>differentiate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To acquire a distinct and separate character.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>diffidence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Self-distrust.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>diffident</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Affected or possessed with self-distrust.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>diffusible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Spreading rapidly through the system and acting quickly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>diffusion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Dispersion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dignitary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who holds high rank.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>digraph</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A union of two characters representing a single sound.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>digress</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dilapidated</word>
			<type>pa.</type>
			<meaning>Fallen into decay or partial ruin.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dilate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To enlarge in all directions.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dilatory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Tending to cause delay.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dilemma</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A situation in which a choice between opposing modes of conduct is necessary.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dilettante</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A superficial amateur.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>diligence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Careful and persevering effort to accomplish what is undertaken.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dilute</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make more fluid or less concentrated by admixture with something.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>diminution</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Reduction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dimly</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Obscurely.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>diphthong</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>diplomacy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Tact, shrewdness, or skill in conducting any kind of negotiations or in social matters.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>diplomat</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A representative of one sovereign state at the capital or court of another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>diplomatic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characterized by special tact in negotiations.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>diplomatist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One remarkable for tact and shrewd management.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disagree</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To be opposite in opinion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disallow</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To withhold permission or sanction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disappear</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cease to exist, either actually or for the time being.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disappoint</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To fail to fulfill the expectation, hope, wish, or desire of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disapprove</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To regard with blame.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disarm</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To deprive of weapons.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disarrange</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To throw out of order.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disavow</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To disclaim responsibility for.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disavowal</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Denial.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disbeliever</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who refuses to believe.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disburden</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To disencumber.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disburse</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To pay out or expend, as money from a fund.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>discard</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To reject.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>discernible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Perceivable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disciple</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who believes the teaching of another, or who adopts and follows some doctrine.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disciplinary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the nature of systematic training or subjection to authority.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>discipline</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To train to obedience.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disclaim</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To disavow any claim to, connection with, or responsibility to.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>discolor</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To stain.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>discomfit</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To put to confusion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>discomfort</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state of being positively uncomfortable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disconnect</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To undo or dissolve the connection or association of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disconsolate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Grief-stricken.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>discontinuance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Interruption or intermission.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>discord</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Absence of harmoniousness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>discountenance</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To look upon with disfavor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>discover</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To get first sight or knowledge of, as something previously unknown or unperceived.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>discredit</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To injure the reputation of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>discreet</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Judicious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>discrepant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Opposite.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>discriminate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To draw a distinction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>discursive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Passing from one subject to another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>discussion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Debate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disenfranchise</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To deprive of any right privilege or power</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disengage</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To become detached.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disfavor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Disregard.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disfigure</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To impair or injure the beauty, symmetry, or appearance of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dishabille</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Undress or negligent attire.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dishonest</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Untrustworthy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disillusion</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To disenchant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disinfect</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To remove or destroy the poison of infectious or contagious diseases.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disinfectant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A substance used to destroy the germs of infectious diseases.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disinherit</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To deprive of an inheritance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disinterested</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Impartial.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disjunctive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Helping or serving to disconnect or separate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dislocate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To put out of proper place or order.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dismissal</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Displacement by authority from an office or an employment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dismount</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a horse or the like.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disobedience</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative injunction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disobedient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Neglecting or refusing to obey.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disown</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as connected with oneself.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disparage</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To regard or speak of slightingly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disparity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Inequality.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dispel</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To drive away by or as by scattering in different directions.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dispensation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which is bestowed on or appointed to one from a higher power.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>displace</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To put out of the proper or accustomed place.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dispossess</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To deprive of actual occupancy, especially of real estate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disputation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Verbal controversy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disqualify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To debar.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disquiet</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To deprive of peace or tranquillity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disregard</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To take no notice of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disreputable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Dishonorable or disgraceful.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disrepute</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A bad name or character.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disrobe</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To unclothe.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disrupt</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To burst or break asunder.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dissatisfy</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To displease.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dissect</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cut apart or to pieces.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dissection</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act or operation of cutting in pieces, specifically of a plant or an animal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dissemble</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To hide by pretending something different.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disseminate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dissension</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Angry or violent difference of opinion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dissent</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Disagreement.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dissentient</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who disagrees.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dissentious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Contentious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dissertation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Thesis.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disservice</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An ill turn.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dissever</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To divide.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dissimilar</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Different.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dissipate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To disperse or disappear.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dissipation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state of being dispersed or scattered.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dissolute</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lewd.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dissolution</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A breaking up of a union of persons.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dissolve</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To liquefy or soften, as by heat or moisture.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dissonance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Discord.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dissonant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Harsh or disagreeable in sound.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dissuade</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To change the purpose or alter the plans of by persuasion, counsel, or pleading.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dissuasion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of changing the purpose of or altering the plans of through persuasion, or pleading.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disyllable</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A word of two syllables.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>distemper</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A disease or malady.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>distend</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To stretch out or expand in every direction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>distensible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being stretched out or expanded in every direction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>distention</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Expansion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>distill</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To extract or produce by vaporization and condensation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>distillation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Separation of the more volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>distiller</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One occupied in the business of distilling alcoholic liquors.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>distinction</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A note or designation of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>distort</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To twist into an unnatural or irregular form.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>distrain</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To subject a person to distress.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>distrainor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who subjects a person to distress.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>distraught</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Bewildered.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>distrust</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Lack of confidence in the power, wisdom, or good intent of any person.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>disunion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Separation of relations or interests.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>diurnal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Daily.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>divagation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Digression.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>divergent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Tending in different directions.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>diverse</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of various forms.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>diversion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Pastime.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>diversity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Dissimilitude.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>divert</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To turn from the accustomed course or a line of action already established.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>divertible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Able to be turned from the accustomed course or a line of action already established.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>divest</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To strip, specifically of clothes, ornaments, or accouterments or disinvestment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>divination</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The pretended forecast of future events or discovery of what is lost or hidden.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>divinity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The quality or character of being godlike.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>divisible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being separated into parts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>divisor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That by which a number or quantity is divided.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>divulge</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>divulgence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A divulging.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>docile</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Easy to manage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>docket</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The registry of judgments of a court.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>doe</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The female of the deer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dogma</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A statement of religious faith or duty formulated by a body claiming authority.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dogmatic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Making statements without argument or evidence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dogmatize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make positive assertions without supporting them by argument or evidence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>doleful</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Melancholy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dolesome</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Melancholy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dolor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Lamentation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dolorous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Expressing or causing sorrow or pain.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>domain</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A sphere or field of action or interest.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>domesticity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Life in or fondness for one's home and family.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>domicile</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The place where one lives.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dominance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Ascendancy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dominant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Conspicuously prominent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dominate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To influence controllingly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>domination</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Control by the exercise of power or constituted authority.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>domineer</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>donate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To bestow as a gift, especially for a worthy cause.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>donator</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who makes a donation or present.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>donee</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person to whom a donation is made.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>donor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who makes a donation or present.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dormant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Being in a state of or resembling sleep.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>doublet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One of a pair of like things.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>doubly</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>In twofold degree or extent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dowry</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The property which a wife brings to her husband in marriage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>drachma</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A modern and an ancient Greek coin.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dragnet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A net to be drawn along the bottom of the water.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dragoon</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>In the British army, a cavalryman.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>drainage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The means of draining collectively, as a system of conduits, trenches, pipes, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dramatist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who writes plays.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dramatize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To relate or represent in a dramatic or theatrical manner.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>drastic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Acting vigorously.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>drought</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Dry weather, especially when so long continued as to cause vegetation to wither.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>drowsy</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Heavy with sleepiness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>drudgery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Hard and constant work in any menial or dull occupation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dubious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Doubtful.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>duckling</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A young duck.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ductile</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being drawn out, as into wire or a thread.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>duet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A composition for two voices or instruments.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dun</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make a demand or repeated demands on for payment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>duplex</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having two parts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>duplicity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Double-dealing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>durance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Confinement.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>duration</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The period of time during which anything lasts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>duteous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Showing submission to natural superiors.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dutiable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Subject to a duty, especially a customs duty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dutiful</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Obedient.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dwindle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To diminish or become less.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>dyne</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The force which, applied to a mass of one gram for 1 second, would give it a velocity of 1 cm/s.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>earnest</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Ardent in spirit and speech.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>earthenware</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>eatable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Edible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ebullient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>eccentric</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Peculiar.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>eccentricity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Idiosyncrasy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>eclipse</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into the shadow of another body.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>economize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To spend sparingly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ecstasy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Rapturous excitement or exaltation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ecstatic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Enraptured.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>edible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Suitable to be eaten.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>edict</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which is uttered or proclaimed by authority as a rule of action.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>edify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To build up, or strengthen, especially in morals or religion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>editorial</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An article in a periodical written by the editor and published as an official argument.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>educe</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To draw out.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>efface</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To obliterate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>effect</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A consequence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>effective</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fit for a destined purpose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>effectual</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Efficient.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>effeminacy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Womanishness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>effeminate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having womanish traits or qualities.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>effervesce</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To bubble up.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>effervescent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Giving off bubbles of gas.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>effete</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Exhausted, as having performed its functions.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>efficacious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Effective.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>efficacy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>efficiency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for the performance of a duty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>efficient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having and exercising the power to produce effects or results.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>efflorescence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state of being flowery, or a flowery appearance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>efflorescent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Opening in flower.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>effluvium</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or putrefying matter.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>effrontery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Unblushing impudence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>effulgence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Splendor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>effuse</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To pour forth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>effusion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>an outpouring.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>egoism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The theory that places man's chief good in the completeness of self.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>egoist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who advocates or practices egoism.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>egotism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Self-conceit.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>egotist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One given to self-mention or who is constantly telling of his own views and experiences.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>egregious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Extreme.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>egress</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any place of exit.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>eject</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To expel.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>elapse</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To quietly terminate: said of time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>elasticity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That property of matter by which a body tends to return to a former shape after being changed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>electrolysis</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The process of decomposing a chemical compound by the passage of an electric current.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>electrotype</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A metallic copy of any surface, as a coin.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>elegy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A lyric poem lamenting the dead.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>element</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A component or essential part.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>elicit</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To educe or extract gradually or without violence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>eligible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Qualified for selection.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>eliminate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To separate and cast aside.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Elizabethan</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her era.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>elocution</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The art of correct intonation, inflection, and gesture in public speaking or reading.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>eloquent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty and impassioned speech.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>elucidate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To bring out more clearly the facts concerning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>elude</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>elusion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Evasion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>emaciate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To waste away in flesh.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>emanate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To flow forth or proceed, as from some source.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>emancipate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To release from bondage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>embargo</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any special trade.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>embark</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make a beginning in some occupation or scheme.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>embarrass</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To render flustered or agitated.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>embellish</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or ornamental features.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>embezzle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To misappropriate secretly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>emblazon</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To set forth publicly or in glowing terms.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>emblem</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A symbol.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>embody</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To express, formulate, or exemplify in a concrete, compact or visible form.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>embolden</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To give courage to.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>embolism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An obstruction or plugging up of an artery or other blood-vessel.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>embroil</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To involve in dissension or strife.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>emerge</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To come into view or into existence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>emergence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A coming into view.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>emergent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Coming into view.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>emeritus</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Retired from active service but retained to an honorary position.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>emigrant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who moves from one place to settle in another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>emigrate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To go from one country, state, or region for the purpose of settling or residing in another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>eminence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An elevated position with respect to rank, place, character, condition, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>eminent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>High in station, merit, or esteem.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>emit</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To send or give out.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>emphasis</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any special impressiveness added to an utterance or act, or stress laid upon some word.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>emphasize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness upon a word, or a group of words.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>emphatic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an act, word, or set of words.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>employee</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who works for wages or a salary.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>employer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>emporium</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A bazaar or shop.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>empower</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To delegate authority to.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>emulate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To imitate with intent to equal or surpass.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>enact</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make into law, as by legislative act.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>enamor</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To inspire with ardent love.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>encamp</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To pitch tents for a resting-place.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>encomium</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A formal or discriminating expression of praise.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>encompass</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To encircle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>encore</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The call for a repetition, as of some part of a play or performance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>encourage</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To inspire with courage, hope, or strength of mind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>encroach</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To invade partially or insidiously and appropriate the possessions of another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>encumber</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To impede with obstacles.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>encyclical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Intended for general circulation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>encyclopedia</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A work containing information on subjects, or exhaustive of one subject.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>endanger</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To expose to peril.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>endear</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to be loved.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>endemic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Peculiar to some specified country or people.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>endue</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To endow with some quality, gift, or grace, usually spiritual.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>endurable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Tolerable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>endurance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The ability to suffer pain, distress, hardship, or stress of any kind without succumbing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>energetic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Working vigorously.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>enervate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To render ineffective or inoperative.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>enfeeble</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To debilitate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>enfranchise</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To endow with a privilege, especially with the right to vote.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>engender</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To produce.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>engrave</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cut or carve in or upon some surface.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>engross</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To occupy completely.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>enhance</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To intensify.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>enigma</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A riddle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>enjoin</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To command.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>enkindle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To set on fire.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>enlighten</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to see clearly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>enlist</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To enter voluntarily the military service by formal enrollment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>enmity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Hatred.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ennoble</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To dignify.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>enormity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Immensity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>enormous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Gigantic.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>enrage</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To infuriate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>enrapture</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To delight extravagantly or intensely.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>enshrine</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To keep sacred.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ensnare</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To entrap.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>entail</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To involve; necessitate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>entangle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To involve in difficulties, confusion, or complications.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>enthrall</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To bring or hold under any overmastering influence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>enthrone</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To invest with sovereign power.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>enthuse</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To yield to or display intense and rapturous feeling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>enthusiastic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Full of zeal and fervor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>entirety</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A complete thing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>entomology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The branch of zoology that treats of insects.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>entrails</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>pl. The internal parts of an animal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>entreaty</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An earnest request.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>entree</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of entering.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>entrench</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To fortify or protect, as with a trench or ditch and wall.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>entwine</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To interweave.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>enumerate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To name one by one.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>epic</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical achievements of great personages, heroes, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>epicure</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who cultivates a delicate taste for eating and drinking.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Epicurean</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>epicycle</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A circle that rolls upon the external or internal circumference of another circle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>epicycloid</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls upon another circle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>epidemic</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Wide-spread occurrence of a disease in a certain region.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>epidermis</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The outer skin.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>epigram</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>epilogue</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The close of a narrative or dramatic poem.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>epiphany</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any appearance or bodily manifestation of a deity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>episode</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An incident or story in a literary work, separable from yet growing out of it.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>epitaph</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An inscription on a tomb or monument in honor or in memory of the dead.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>epithet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects, as in "Father Aeneas".</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>epitome</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A simplified representation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>epizootic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Prevailing among animals.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>epoch</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A interval of time, memorable for extraordinary events.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>epode</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A species of lyric poems.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>equalize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To render uniform.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>equanimity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Evenness of mind or temper.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>equestrian</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to horses or horsemanship.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>equilibrium</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A state of balance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>equitable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characterized by fairness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>equity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Fairness or impartiality.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>equivalent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Equal in value, force, meaning, or the like.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>equivocal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Ambiguous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>equivocate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To use words of double meaning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>eradicate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To destroy thoroughly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>errant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>erratic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Irregular.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>erroneous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Incorrect.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>erudite</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Very-learned.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>erudition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Extensive knowledge of literature, history, language, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>eschew</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To keep clear of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>espy</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To keep close watch.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>esquire</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A title of dignity, office, or courtesy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>essence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which makes a thing to be what it is.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>esthetic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to beauty, taste, or the fine arts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>estimable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Worthy of respect.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>estrange</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To alienate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>estuary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A wide lower part of a tidal river.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>et cetera</word>
			<type>Latin.</type>
			<meaning>And so forth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>eugenic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Relating to the development and improvement of race.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>eulogize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To speak or write a laudation of a person's life or character.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>eulogy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A spoken or written laudation of a person's life or character.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>euphemism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A figure of speech by which a phrase less offensive is substituted.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>euphonious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characterized by agreeableness of sound.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>euphony</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Agreeableness of sound.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>eureka</word>
			<type>Greek.</type>
			<meaning>I have found it.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>evade</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To avoid by artifice.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>evanesce</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To vanish gradually.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>evanescent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fleeting.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>evangelical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Seeking the conversion of sinners.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>evangelist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A preacher who goes from place to place holding services.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>evasion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Escape.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>eventual</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Ultimate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>evert</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To turn inside out.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>evict</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To dispossess pursuant to judicial decree.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>evidential</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Indicative.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>evince</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make manifest or evident.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>evoke</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To call or summon forth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>evolution</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Development or growth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>evolve</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To unfold or expand.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exacerbate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make more sharp, severe, or virulent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exaggerate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To overstate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exasperate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To excite great anger in.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>excavate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To remove by digging or scooping out.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exceed</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To go beyond, as in measure, quality, value, action, power, skill, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>excel</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To be superior or distinguished.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>excellence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Possession of eminently or unusually good qualities.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>excellency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A title of honor bestowed upon various high officials.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>excellent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Possessing distinguished merit.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>excerpt</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An extract or selection from written or printed matter.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>excess</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which passes the ordinary, proper, or required limit, measure, or experience.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>excitable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Nervously high-strung.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>excitation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Intensified emotion or action.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exclamation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An abrupt or emphatic expression of thought or of feeling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exclude</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To shut out purposely or forcibly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exclusion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Non-admission.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>excrescence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any unnatural addition, outgrowth, or development.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>excretion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The getting rid of waste matter.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>excruciate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To inflict severe pain or agony upon.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>excursion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A journey.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>excusable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Justifiable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>execrable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Abominable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>execration</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An accursed thing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>executor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person nominated by the will of another to execute the will.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exegesis</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Biblical exposition or interpretation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exemplar</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A model, pattern, or original to be copied or imitated.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exemplary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fitted to serve as a model or example worthy of imitation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exemplify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To show by example.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exempt</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Free, clear, or released, as from some liability, or restriction affecting others.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exert</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make an effort.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exhale</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To breathe forth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exhaust</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To empty by draining off the contents.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exhaustible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Causing or tending to cause exhaustion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exhaustion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Deprivation of strength or energy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exhaustive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Thorough and complete in execution.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exhilarate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To fill with high or cheerful spirits.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exhume</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To dig out of the earth (what has been buried).</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exigency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A critical period or condition.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exigent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Urgent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>existence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Possession or continuance of being.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exit</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A way or passage out.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exodus</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A going forth or departure from a place or country, especially of many people.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exonerate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To relieve or vindicate from accusation, imputation, or blame.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exorbitance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Extravagance or enormity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exorbitant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Going beyond usual and proper limits.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exorcise</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cast or drive out by religious or magical means.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exotic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Foreign.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>expand</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To increase in range or scope.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>expanse</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A continuous area or stretch.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>expansion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Increase of amount, size, scope, or the like.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>expatriate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To drive from one's own country.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>expect</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To look forward to as certain or probable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>expectancy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act or state of looking forward to as certain or probable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>expectorate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cough up and spit forth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>expediency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Fitness to meet the requirements of a particular case.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>expedient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Contributing to personal advantage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>expedite</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To hasten the movement or progress of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>expeditious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Speedy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>expend</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To spend.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>expense</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The laying out or expending or money or other resources, as time or strength.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>expiate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make satisfaction or amends for.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>explicate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To clear from involvement.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>explicit</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Definite.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>explode</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to burst in pieces by force from within.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>explosion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A sudden and violent outbreak.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>explosive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to a sudden and violent outbreak.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exposition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Formal presentation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>expository</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to a formal presentation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>expostulate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To discuss.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exposure</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An open situation or position in relation to the sun, elements, or points of the compass.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>expressive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Full of meaning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>expulsion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Forcible ejection.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Still existing and known.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extemporaneous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Done or made without much or any preparation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extempore</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Without studied or special preparation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extensible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being thrust out.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extension</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A reaching or stretching out, as in space, time or scope.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extensive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Extended widely in space, time, or scope.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extensor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A muscle that causes extension.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extenuate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To diminish the gravity or importance of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exterior</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which is outside.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>external</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything relating or belonging to the outside.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extinct</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Being no longer in existence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extinguish</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To render extinct.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extol</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To praise in the highest terms.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extort</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To obtain by violence, threats, compulsion, or the subjection of another to some necessity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extortion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The practice of obtaining by violence or compulsion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extradite</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To surrender the custody of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extradition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The surrender by a government of a person accused of crime to the justice of another government.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extrajudicial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Happening out of court.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extraneous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having no essential relation to a subject.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extraordinary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unusual.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extravagance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Undue expenditure of money.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extravagant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Needlessly free or lavish in expenditure.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extremist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extremity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The utmost point, side, or border, or that farthest removed from a mean position.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extricate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>Disentangle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>extrude</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To drive out or away.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exuberance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Rich supply.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>exuberant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Marked by great plentifulness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fabricate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To invent fancifully or falsely.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fabulous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Incredible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>facet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One of the small triangular plane surfaces of a diamond or other gem.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>facetious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Amusing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>facial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the face.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>facile</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not difficult to do.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>facilitate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make more easy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>facility</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Ease.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>facsimile</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An exact copy or reproduction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>faction</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A number of persons combined for a common purpose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>factious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Turbulent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fallacious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Illogical.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fallacy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fallible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of erring.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fallow</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>famish</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To suffer extremity of hunger or thirst.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fanatic</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A religious zealot.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fancier</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One having a taste for or interest in special objects.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fanciless</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unimaginative.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fastidious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Hard to please.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fathom</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A measure of length, 6 feet.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fatuous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Idiotic</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>faulty</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Imperfect.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>faun</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented as half human, with goats feet.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fawn</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A young deer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fealty</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Loyalty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>feasible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>federate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To league together.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>feint</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>felicitate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a coming event.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>felicity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A state of well-founded happiness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>felon</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A criminal or depraved person.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>felonious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Showing criminal or evil purpose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>felony</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>feminine</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characteristic of woman or womankind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fernery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A place in which ferns are grown.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ferocious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ferocity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Savageness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fervent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Ardent in feeling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fervid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Intense.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fervor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Ardor or intensity of feeling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>festal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Joyous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>festive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Merry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fete</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A festival or feast.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fetus</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The young in the womb or in the egg.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>feudal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>feudalism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The feudal system.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fez</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone, usually red with a black tassel.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fiasco</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A complete or humiliating failure.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fickle</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fictitious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Created or formed by the imagination.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fidelity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Loyalty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fiducial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Indicative of faith or trust.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fief</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A landed estate held under feudal tenure.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>filibuster</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who attempts to obstruct legislation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>finale</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Concluding performance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>finality</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state or quality of being final or complete.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>finally</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>At last.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>financial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Monetary.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>financier</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>finery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which is used to decorate the person or dress.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>finesse</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Subtle contrivance used to gain a point.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>finite</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Limited.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fiscal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a government.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fishmonger</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who sells fish.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fissure</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A crack or crack-like depression.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fitful</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Spasmodic.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fixture</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who or that which is expected to remain permanently in its position.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>flag-officer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The captain of a flag-ship.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>flagrant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Openly scandalous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>flamboyant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>flatulence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>flection</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of bending.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fledgling</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A young bird.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>flexible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pliable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>flimsy</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Thin and weak.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>flippant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having a light, pert, trifling disposition.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>floe</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>flora</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>floral</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to flowers.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>florid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Flushed with red.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>florist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A dealer in flowers.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fluctuate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fluctuation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Frequent irregular change back and forth from one state or degree to another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>flue</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A smoke-duct in a chimney.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fluent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fluential</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to streams.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>flux</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A state of constant movement, change, or renewal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>foggy</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Obscure.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>foible</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A personal weakness or failing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>foist</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To palm off.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>foliage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any growth of leaves.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>folio</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding once.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>folk-lore</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common people.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fondle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To handle tenderly and lovingly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>foolery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Folly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>foot-note</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>foppery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Dandyism.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>foppish</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>forbearance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Patient endurance or toleration of offenses.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>forby</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Besides.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>forcible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Violent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>forecourt</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A court opening directly from the street.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>forejudge</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To judge of before hearing evidence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>forepeak</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The extreme forward part of a ship's hold, under the lowest deck.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>foreshore</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That part of a shore uncovered at low tide.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>forebode</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>forecast</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To predict.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>forecastle</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>foreclose</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>forefather</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An ancestor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>forego</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To deny oneself the pleasure or profit of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>foreground</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>forehead</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The upper part of the face, between the eyes and the hair.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>foreign</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Belonging to, situated in, or derived from another country.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>foreigner</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A citizen of a foreign country.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>foreknowledge</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Prescience.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>foreman</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The head man.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>foreordain</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To predetermine.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>foreordination</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Predestination.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>forerun</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To go before as introducing or ushering in.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>foresail</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A square sail.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>foresee</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To discern beforehand.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>foresight</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Provision against harm or need.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>foretell</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To predict.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>forethought</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Premeditation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>forfeit</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>forfend</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To ward off.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>forgery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Counterfeiting.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>forgo</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To deny oneself.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>formation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Relative disposition of parts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>formidable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Difficult to accomplish.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>formula</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Fixed rule or set form.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>forswear</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To renounce upon oath.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>forte</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A strong point.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>forth</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Into notice or view.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>forthright</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>With directness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fortify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To provide with defensive works.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fortitude</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Patient courage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>foursome</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Consisting of four.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fracture</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A break.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fragile</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Easily broken.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>frailty</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Liability to be broken or destroyed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fragile</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being broken.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>frankincense</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>frantic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Frenzied.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fraternal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Brotherly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fraudulence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Deceitfulness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fraudulent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Counterfeit.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fray</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To fret at the edge so as to loosen or break the threads.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>freemason</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A member of an ancient secret fraternity originally confined to skilled artisans.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>freethinker</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>free</word>
			<type>trade</type>
			<meaning>n. Commerce unrestricted by tariff or customs.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>frequency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The comparative number of any kind of occurrences within a given time or space.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fresco</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>freshness</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state, quality, or degree of being fresh.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fretful</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Disposed to peevishness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>frightful</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Apt to induce terror or alarm.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>frigid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lacking warmth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>frigidarium</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits, meat, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>frivolity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A trifling act, thought, saying, or practice.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>frivolous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Trivial.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>frizz</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>frizzle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to crinkle or curl, as the hair.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>frolicsome</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Prankish.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>frontier</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The part of a nation's territory that abuts upon another country.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>frowzy</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Slovenly in appearance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>frugal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Economical.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fruition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Fulfillment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fugacious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fleeting.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fulcrum</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The support on or against which a lever rests, or the point about which it turns.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fulminate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to explode.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fulsome</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Offensive from excess of praise or commendation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fumigate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To subject to the action of smoke or fumes, especially for disinfection.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>functionary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An official.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fundamental</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Basal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fungible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That may be measured, counted, or weighed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fungous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Spongy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fungus</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A plant destitute of chlorophyll, as a mushroom.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>furbish</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To restore brightness or beauty to.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>furlong</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A measure, one-eighth of a mile.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>furlough</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>furrier</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A dealer in or maker of fur goods.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>further</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>More distant or advanced.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>furtherance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Advancement.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>furtive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fuse</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To unite or blend as by melting together.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>fusible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being melted by heat.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>futile</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of no avail or effect.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>futurist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person of expectant temperament.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gauge</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An instrument for measuring.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gaiety</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Festivity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gaily</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Merrily.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gait</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Carriage of the body in going.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gallant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>galore</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Abundant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>galvanic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining or relating to electricity produced by chemical action.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>galvanism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Current electricity, especially that arising from chemical action.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>galvanize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To imbue with life or animation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gamble</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To risk money or other possession on an event, chance, or contingency.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gambol</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Playful leaping or frisking.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gamester</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A gambler.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gamut</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The whole range or sequence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>garnish</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>In cookery, to surround with additions for embellishment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>garrison</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The military force stationed in a fort, town, or other place for its defense.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>garrote</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To execute by strangling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>garrulous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Given to constant trivial talking.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gaseous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Light and unsubstantial.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gastric</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of, pertaining to, or near the stomach.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gastritis</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Inflammation of the stomach.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gastronomy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The art of preparing and serving appetizing food.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gendarme</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>In continental Europe, particularly in France, a uniformed and armed police officer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>genealogy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A list, in the order of succession, of ancestors and their descendants.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>genealogist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A tracer of pedigrees.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>generality</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The principal portion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>generalize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To draw general inferences.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>generally</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Ordinarily.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>generate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To produce or cause to be.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>generic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>generosity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A disposition to give liberally or to bestow favors heartily.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>genesis</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Creation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>geniality</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Warmth and kindliness of disposition.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>genital</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of or pertaining to the animal reproductive organs.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>genitive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Indicating source, origin, possession, or the like.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>genteel</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Well-bred or refined.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gentile</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Belonging to a people not Jewish.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>geology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The department of natural science that treats of the constitution and structure of the earth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>germane</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Relevant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>germinate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To begin to develop into an embryo or higher form.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gestation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Pregnancy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gesticulate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in place of speech.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gesture</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A movement or action of the hands or face, expressive of some idea or emotion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ghastly</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Hideous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gibe</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To utter taunts or reproaches.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>giddy</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Affected with a whirling or swimming sensation in the head.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gigantic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Tremendous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>giver</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who gives, in any sense.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>glacial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Icy, or icily cold.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>glacier</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A field or stream of ice.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gladden</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make joyous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>glazier</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who cuts and fits panes of glass, as for windows.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>glimmer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A faint, wavering, unsteady light.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>glimpse</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A momentary look.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>globose</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Spherical.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>globular</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Spherical.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>glorious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of excellence and splendor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>glutinous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Sticky.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gluttonous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Given to excess in eating.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gnash</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Gordian</word>
			<type>knot</type>
			<meaning>n. Any difficulty the only issue out of which is by bold or unusual manners.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gourmand</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gosling</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A young goose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gossamer</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Flimsy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gourd</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A melon, pumpkin, squash, or some similar fruit having a hard rind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>graceless</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Ungracious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gradation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A step, degree, rank, or relative position in an order or series.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gradient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Moving or advancing by steps.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>granary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A storehouse for grain after it is thrashed or husked.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>grandeur</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The quality of being grand or admirably great.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>grandiloquent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>grandiose</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having an imposing style or effect.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>grantee</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The person to whom property is transferred by deed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>grantor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The maker of a deed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>granular</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Composed of small grains or particles.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>granulate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To form into grains or small particles.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>granule</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A small grain or particle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>grapple</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To take hold of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gratification</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Satisfaction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gratify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To please, as by satisfying a physical or mental desire or need.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gratuitous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Voluntarily.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gratuity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which is given without demand or claim. Tip.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gravity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Seriousness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gregarious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not habitually solitary or living alone.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>grenadier</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A member of a regiment composed of men of great stature.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>grief</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Sorrow.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>grievance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which oppresses, injures, or causes grief and at the same time a sense of wrong.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>grievous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Creating affliction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>grimace</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A distortion of the features, occasioned by some feeling of pain, disgust, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>grindstone</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A flat circular stone, used for sharpening tools.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>grisly</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fear-inspiring.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>grotesque</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Incongruously composed or ill-proportioned.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>grotto</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A small cavern.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ground</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A pavement or floor or any supporting surface on which one may walk.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>guess</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Surmise.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>guile</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Duplicity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>guileless</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Frank.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>guinea</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An English monetary unit.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>guise</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The external appearance as produced by garb or costume.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gullible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Credulous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gumption</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Common sense.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gusto</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Keen enjoyment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>guy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Stay-rope.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>guzzle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To swallow greedily or hastily; gulp.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gynecocracy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Female supremacy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gynecology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The science that treats of the functions and diseases peculiar to women.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gyrate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To revolve.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>gyroscope</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An instrument for illustrating the laws of rotation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>habitable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fit to be dwelt in.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>habitant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Dweller.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>habitual</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>According to usual practice.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>habitude</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Customary relation or association.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hackney</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make stale or trite by repetition.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>haggard</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Worn and gaunt in appearance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>halcyon</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Calm.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hale</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of sound and vigorous health.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>handwriting</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Penmanship.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hanger-on</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A parasite.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>happy-go-lucky</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Improvident.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>harangue</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A tirade.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>harass</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To trouble with importunities, cares, or annoyances.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>harbinger</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who or that which foreruns and announces the coming of any person or thing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hard-hearted</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lacking pity or sympathy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hardihood</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Foolish daring.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>harmonious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Concordant in sound.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>havoc</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Devastation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hawthorn</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A thorny shrub much used in England for hedges.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hazard</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Risk.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>head</word>
			<type>first</type>
			<meaning>adv. Precipitately, as in diving.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>head</word>
			<type>foremost</type>
			<meaning>adv. Precipitately, as in diving.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>heartrending</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Very depressing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>heathenish</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Irreligious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>heedless</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Thoughtless.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>heifer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A young cow.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>heinous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Odiously sinful.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hemorrhage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Discharge of blood from a ruptured or wounded blood-vessel.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hemorrhoids</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>pl. Tumors composed of enlarged and thickened blood-vessels, at the lower end of the rectum.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>henchman</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A servile assistant and subordinate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>henpeck</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To worry or harass by ill temper and petty annoyances.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>heptagon</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A figure having seven sides and seven angles.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>heptarchy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A group of seven governments.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>herbaceous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the character of a herb.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>herbarium</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A collection of dried plants scientifically arranged for study.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>herbivorous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Feeding on herbs or other vegetable matter, as animals.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hereditary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Passing naturally from parent to child.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>heredity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Transmission of physical or mental qualities, diseases, etc., from parent to offspring.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>heresy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An opinion or doctrine subversive of settled beliefs or accepted principles.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>heretic</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who holds opinions contrary to the recognized standards or tenets of any philosophy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>heritage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Birthright.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hernia</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Protrusion of any internal organ in whole or in part from its normal position.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hesitancy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A pausing to consider.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hesitant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Vacillating.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hesitation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Vacillation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>heterodox</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>At variance with any commonly accepted doctrine or opinion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>heterogeneity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Unlikeness of constituent parts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>heterogeneous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Consisting of dissimilar elements or ingredients of different kinds.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>heteromorphic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Deviating from the normal form or standard type.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hexangular</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having six angles.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hexapod</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having six feet.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hexagon</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A figure with six angles.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hiatus</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A break or vacancy where something necessary to supply the connection is wanting.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hibernal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to winter.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Hibernian</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to Ireland, or its people.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hideous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Appalling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hilarious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Boisterously merry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hillock</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A small hill or mound.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hinder</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To obstruct.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hindmost</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Farthest from the front.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hindrance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An obstacle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hirsute</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having a hairy covering.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hoard</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To gather and store away for the sake of accumulation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hoarse</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the voice harsh or rough, as from a cold or fatigue.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>homage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Reverential regard or worship.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>homogeneity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Congruity of the members or elements or parts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>homogeneous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Made up of similar parts or elements.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>homologous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Identical in nature, make-up, or relation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>homonym</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>homophone</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>honorarium</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A token fee or payment to a professional man for services.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hoodwink</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To deceive.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>horde</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A gathered multitude of human beings.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hosiery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A stocking.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hospitable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Disposed to treat strangers or guests with generous kindness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hospitality</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The practice of receiving and entertaining strangers and guests with kindness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hostility</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Enmity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>huckster</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who retails small wares.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>humane</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Compassionate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>humanitarian</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A philanthropist.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>humanize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make gentle or refined.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>humbug</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>humiliate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To put to shame.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hussar</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A light-horse trooper armed with saber and carbine.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hustle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To move with haste and promptness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hybrid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Cross-bred.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hydra</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The seven- or nine-headed water-serpent slain by Hercules.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hydraulic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hydrodynamics</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The branch of mechanics that treats of the dynamics of fluids.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hydroelectric</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to electricity developed water or steam.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hydromechanics</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The mechanics of fluids.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hydrometer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An instrument for determining the density of solids and liquids by flotation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hydrostatics</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The branch of science that treats of the pressure and equilibrium of fluids.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hydrous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Watery.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hygiene</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The branch of medical science that relates to improving health.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hypercritical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Faultfinding.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hypnosis</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An artificial trance-sleep.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hypnotic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Tending to produce sleep.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hypnotism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An artificially induced somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hypnotize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To produce a somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestions.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hypocrisy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Extreme insincerity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hypocrite</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who makes false professions of his views or beliefs.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hypodermic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the area under the skin.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hypotenuse</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The side of a right-angled triangle opposite the right angle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hypothesis</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A proposition taken for granted as a premise from which to reach a conclusion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>hysteria</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of laughing and crying.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ichthyic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fish-like.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ichthyology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The branch of zoology that treats of fishes.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ichthyosaurs</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A fossil reptile.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>icily</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Frigidly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>iciness</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state of being icy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>icon</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An image or likeness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>iconoclast</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An image-breaker.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>idealize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make to conform to some mental or imaginary standard.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>idiom</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A use of words peculiar to a particular language.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>idiosyncrasy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>idolize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To regard with inordinate love or admiration.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ignoble</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Low in character or purpose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ignominious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Shameful.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Iliad</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A Greek epic poem describing scenes from the siege of Troy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>illegal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not according to law.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>illegible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Undecipherable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>illegitimate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unlawfully begotten.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>illiberal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Stingy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>illicit</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unlawful.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>illimitable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Boundless.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>illiterate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having little or no book-learning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ill-natured</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Surly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>illogical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Contrary to the rules of sound thought.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>illuminant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which may be used to produce light.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>illuminate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To supply with light.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>illumine</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make bright or clear.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>illusion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An unreal image presented to the senses.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>illusive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Deceptive.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>illusory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Deceiving or tending to deceive, as by false appearance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>imaginable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That can be imagined or conceived in the mind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>imaginary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fancied.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>imbibe</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To drink or take in.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>imbroglio</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>imbrue</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To wet or moisten.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>imitation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which is made as a likeness or copy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>imitator</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who makes in imitation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>immaculate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Without spot or blemish.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>immaterial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of no essential consequence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>immature</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not full-grown.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>immeasurable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Indefinitely extensive.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>immense</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Very great in degree, extent, size, or quantity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>immerse</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To plunge or dip entirely under water or other fluid.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>immersion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of plunging or dipping entirely under water or another fluid.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>immigrant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A foreigner who enters a country to settle there.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>immigrate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To come into a country or region from a former habitat.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>imminence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Impending evil or danger.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>imminent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Dangerous and close at hand.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>immiscible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Separating, as oil and water.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>immoral</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Habitually engaged in licentious or lewd practices.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>immortalize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to last or to be known or remembered throughout a great or indefinite length of time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>immovable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Steadfast.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>immune</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Exempt, as from disease.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>immutable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unchangeable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impair</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to become less or worse.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impalpable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Imperceptible to the touch.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impartial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unbiased.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impassable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That can not be passed through or over.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impassible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not moved or affected by feeling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impassive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unmoved by or not exhibiting feeling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impatience</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Unwillingness to brook delays or wait the natural course of things.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impeccable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Blameless.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impecunious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having no money.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impede</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To be an obstacle or to place obstacles in the way of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impel</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To drive or urge forward.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impend</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To be imminent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>imperative</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Obligatory.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>imperceptible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Indiscernible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>imperfectible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That can not be perfected.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>imperil</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To endanger.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>imperious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Insisting on obedience.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impermissible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not permissible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impersonal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not relating to a particular person or thing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impersonate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To appear or act in the character of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impersuadable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unyielding.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impertinence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Rudeness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>imperturbable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Calm.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impervious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Impenetrable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impetuosity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Rashness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impetuous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Impulsive.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impetus</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any impulse or incentive.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impiety</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Irreverence toward God.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characterized by irreverence or irreligion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>implausible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not plausible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impliable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being inferred.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>implicate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To show or prove to be involved in or concerned</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>implicit</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Implied.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>imply</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To signify.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impolitic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Inexpedient.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>importation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act or practice of bringing from one country into another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>importunate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Urgent in character, request, or demand.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>importune</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To harass with persistent demands or entreaties.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impotent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Destitute of or lacking in power, physical, moral, or intellectual.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impoverish</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make indigent or poor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impracticable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not feasible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impregnable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That can not be taken by assault.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impregnate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make pregnant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impromptu</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything done or said on the impulse of the moment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>improper</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not appropriate, suitable, or becoming.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impropriety</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state or quality of being unfit, unseemly, or inappropriate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>improvident</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lacking foresight or thrift.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>improvise</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To do anything extemporaneously or offhand.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>imprudent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Heedless.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impudence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Insolent disrespect.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impugn</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To assail with arguments, insinuations, or accusations.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impulsion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Impetus.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impulsive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unpremeditated.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impunity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Freedom from punishment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impure</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Tainted.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>impute</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To attribute.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inaccessible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Difficult of approach.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inaccurate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not exactly according to the facts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inactive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Inert.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inadequate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Insufficient.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inadmissible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not to be approved, considered, or allowed, as testimony.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inadvertent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Accidental.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inadvisable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unadvisable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inane</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Silly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inanimate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Destitute of animal life.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inapprehensible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not to be understood.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inapt</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Awkward or slow.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inarticulate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Speechless.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inaudible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That can not be heard.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inborn</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Implanted by nature.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inbred</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Innate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incandescence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state of being white or glowing with heat.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incandescent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>White or glowing with heat.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incapacitate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To deprive of power, capacity, competency, or qualification.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incapacity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Want of power to apprehend, understand, and manage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incarcerate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To imprison.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incendiary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Chemical or person who starts a fire-literally or figuratively.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incentive</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which moves the mind or inflames the passions.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inception</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The beginning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inceptive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Beginning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incessant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unceasing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inchmeal</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Piecemeal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inchoate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Incipient.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inchoative</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which begins, or expresses beginning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incidence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Casual occurrence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incident</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A happening in general, especially one of little importance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incidentally</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Without intention.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incinerate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To reduce to ashes.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incipience</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Beginning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incipient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Initial.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incisor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A front or cutting tooth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incite</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To rouse to a particular action.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incitement</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which moves to action, or serves as an incentive or stimulus.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incoercible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Incapable of being forced, constrained, or compelled.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incoherence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Want of connection, or agreement, as of parts or ideas in thought, speech, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incoherent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not logically coordinated, as to parts, elements, or details.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incombustible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That can not be burned.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incomparable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Matchless.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incompatible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Discordant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incompetence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>General lack of capacity or fitness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incompetent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not having the abilities desired or necessary for any purpose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incomplete</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lacking some element, part, or adjunct necessary or required.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incomprehensible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not understandable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incompressible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Resisting all attempts to reduce volume by pressure.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inconceivable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Incomprehensible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incongruous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unsuitable for the time, place, or occasion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inconsequential</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Valueless.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inconsiderable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Small in quantity or importance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inconsistent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Contradictory.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inconstant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Changeable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>incontrovertible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Indisputable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inconvenient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Interfering with comfort or progress.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indefensible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Untenable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indefinitely</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>In a vague or uncertain way.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indelible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That can not be blotted out, effaced, destroyed, or removed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indescribable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That can not be described.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indestructible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That can not be destroyed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indicant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That which points out.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indicator</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who or that which points out.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indict</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To find and declare chargeable with crime.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indigence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Poverty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indigenous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Native.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indigent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Poor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indigestible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not digestible, or difficult to digest.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indigestion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Difficulty or failure in the alimentary canal in changing food into absorptive nutriment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indignant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having such anger and scorn as is aroused by meanness or wickedness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indignity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Unmerited contemptuous conduct or treatment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indiscernible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not perceptible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indiscreet</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lacking wise judgment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indiscriminate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Promiscuous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indispensable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Necessary or requisite for the purpose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indistinct</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Vague.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indivertible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That can not be turned aside.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indivisible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not separable into parts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indolence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Laziness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indolent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Habitually inactive or idle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indomitable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unconquerable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>induct</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To bring in.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indulgence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The yielding to inclination, passion, desire, or propensity in oneself or another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>indulgent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Yielding to the desires or humor of oneself or those under one's care.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inebriate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To intoxicate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inedible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not good for food.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ineffable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unutterable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inefficient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not accomplishing an intended purpose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inefficiency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which does not accomplish an intended purpose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ineligible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not suitable to be selected or chosen.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inept</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not fit or suitable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inert</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Inanimate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inestimable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Above price.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inevitable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unavoidable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inexcusable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not to be justified.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inexhaustible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>So large or furnishing so great a supply as not to be emptied, wasted, or spent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inexorable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unrelenting.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inexpedient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unadvisable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inexpensive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Low-priced.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inexperience</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Lack of or deficiency in experience.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inexplicable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Such as can not be made plain.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inexpressible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unutterable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inextensible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of unchangeable length or area.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>infallible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Exempt from error of judgment, as in opinion or statement.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>infamous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Publicly branded or notorious, as for vice, or crime.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>infamy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Total loss or destitution of honor or reputation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inference</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The derivation of a judgment from any given material of knowledge on the ground of law.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>infernal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Akin to or befitting hell or its occupants.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>infest</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To be present in such numbers as to be a source of annoyance, trouble, or danger.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>infidel</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who denies the existence of God.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>infidelity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Disloyalty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>infinite</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Measureless.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>infinity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Boundless or immeasurable extension or duration.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>infirm</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lacking in bodily or mental strength.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>infirmary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A place for the reception or treatment of the sick.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>infirmity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A physical, mental, or moral weakness or flaw.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inflammable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Easily set on fire or excited.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inflammation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A morbid process in some part of the body characterized by heat, swelling, and pain.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inflexible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That can not be altered or varied.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>influence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Ability to sway the will of another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>influential</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the power to sway the will of another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>influx</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Infusion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>infrequence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Rareness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>infrequent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Uncommon.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>infringe</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To trespass upon.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>infuse</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To instill, introduce, or inculcate, as principles or qualities.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>infusion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of imbuing, or pouring in.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ingenious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Evincing skill, originality, or cleverness, as in contrivance or arrangement.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ingenuity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Cleverness in contriving, combining, or originating.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ingenuous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Candid, frank, or open in character or quality.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inglorious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Shameful.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ingraft</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To set or implant deeply and firmly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ingratiate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To win confidence or good graces for oneself.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ingratitude</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Insensibility to kindness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ingredient</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Component.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inherence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state of being permanently existing in something.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inherent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Intrinsic.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inhibit</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To hold back or in.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inhospitable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not disposed to entertain strangers gratuitously.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inhuman</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Savage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inhume</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To place in the earth, as a dead body.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inimical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Adverse.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>iniquity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Gross wrong or injustice.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>initiate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To perform the first act or rite.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inject</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To introduce, as a fluid, by injection.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>injunction</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Mandate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inkling</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A hint.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inland</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Remote from the sea.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inlet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A small body of water leading into a larger.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inmost</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Deepest within.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>innocuous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Harmless.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>innovate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To introduce or strive to introduce new things.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>innuendo</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Insinuation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>innumerable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Countless.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inoffensive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Causing nothing displeasing or disturbing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inopportune</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unsuitable or inconvenient, especially as to time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inquire</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To ask information about.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inquisition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A court or tribunal for examination and punishment of heretics.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inquisitive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Given to questioning, especially out of curiosity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inquisitor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who makes an investigation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inroad</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Forcible encroachment or trespass.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insatiable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That desires or craves immoderately or unappeasably.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inscribe</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To enter in a book, or on a list, roll, or document, by writing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inscrutable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Impenetrably mysterious or profound.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insecure</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not assured of safety.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insensible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Imperceptible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insentient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lacking the power of feeling or perceiving.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inseparable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That can not be separated.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insidious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Working ill by slow and stealthy means.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insight</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Intellectual discernment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insignificance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Lack of import or of importance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insignificant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Without importance, force, or influence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insinuate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To imply.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insipid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Tasteless.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insistence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Urgency.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insistent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Urgent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insolence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Pride or haughtiness exhibited in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insolent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Impudent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insomnia</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Sleeplessness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inspector</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An official appointed to examine or oversee any matter of public interest or importance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>instance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A single occurrence or happening of a given kind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>instant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A very brief portion of time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>instantaneous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Done without perceptible lapse of time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>instigate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To provoke.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>instigator</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who incites to evil.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>instill</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To infuse.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>instructive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Conveying knowledge.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insufficiency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Inadequacy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insufficient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Inadequate for some need, purpose, or use.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insular</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to an island.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insulate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To place in a detached state or situation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insuperable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Invincible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insuppressible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Incapable of being concealed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insurgence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Uprising.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insurgent</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who takes part in forcible opposition to the constituted authorities of a place.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>insurrection</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state of being in active resistance to authority.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intangible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not perceptible to the touch.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>integrity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Uprightness of character and soundness of moral principle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intellect</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The faculty of perception or thought.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intellectual</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characterized by intelligence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intelligence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Capacity to know or understand.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intelligible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Comprehensible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intemperance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Immoderate action or indulgence, as of the appetites.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intension</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of stringing or stretching, or state of being strained.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intensive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Adding emphasis or force.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intention</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That upon which the mind is set.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>interact</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To act reciprocally.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intercede</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To mediate between persons.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intercept</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To interrupt the course of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intercession</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Entreaty in behalf of others.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intercessor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A mediator.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>interdict</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Authoritative act of prohibition.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>interim</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Time between acts or periods.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>interlocutor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who takes part in a conversation or oral discussion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>interlude</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An action or event considered as coming between others of greater length.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intermediate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Being in a middle place or degree or between extremes.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>interminable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having no limit or end.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intermission</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A recess.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intermit</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to cease temporarily.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intermittent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>A temporary discontinuance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>interpolation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Verbal interference.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>interpose</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To come between other things or persons.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>interposition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A coming between.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>interpreter</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person who makes intelligible the speech of a foreigner by oral translation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>interrogate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To examine formally by questioning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>interrogative</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the nature or form of a question.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>interrogatory</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A question or inquiry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>interrupt</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To stop while in progress.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intersect</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cut through or into so as to divide.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intervale</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A low tract of land between hills, especially along a river.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intervene</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To interfere for some end.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intestacy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The condition resulting from one's dying not having made a valid will.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intestate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not having made a valid will.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intestine</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That part of the digestive tube below or behind the stomach, extending to the anus.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intimacy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Close or confidential friendship.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intimidate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to become frightened.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intolerable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Insufferable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intolerance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Inability or unwillingness to bear or endure.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intolerant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Bigoted.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intoxicant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything that unduly exhilarates or excites.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intoxicate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make drunk.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intracellular</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Occurring or situated within a cell.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intramural</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Situated within the walls of a city.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intrepid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fearless and bold.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intricacy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Perplexity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intricate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Difficult to follow or understand.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intrigue</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A plot or scheme, usually complicated and intended to accomplish something by secret ways.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intrinsic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Inherent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>introductory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Preliminary.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>introgression</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Entrance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intromit</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To insert.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>introspect</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To look into.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>introspection</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of observing and analyzing one's own thoughts and feelings.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>introversion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of turning or directing inward, physically or mentally.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>introvert</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To turn within.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intrude</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To come in without leave or license.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intrusion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of entering without warrant or invitation; encroachment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>intuition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Instinctive knowledge or feeling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inundate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To fill with an overflowing abundance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inundation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Flood.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inure</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>invalid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having no force, weight, or cogency.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>invalid</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who is disabled by illness or injury.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>invalidate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To render of no force or effect.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>invaluable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Exceedingly precious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>invariable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unchangeable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>invasion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Encroachment, as by an act of intrusion or trespass.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>invective</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An utterance intended to cast censure, or reproach.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inveigh</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To utter vehement censure or invective.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inventive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Quick at contrivance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inverse</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Contrary in tendency or direction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inversion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Change of order so that the first shall become last and the last first.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>invert</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To turn inside out, upside down, or in opposite direction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>investigator</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who investigates.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>investor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who invests money.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inveterate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Habitual.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>invidious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Showing or feeling envy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>invigorate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To animate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>invincible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not to be conquered, subdued, or overcome.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inviolable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Incapable of being injured or disturbed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>invoke</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To call on for assistance or protection.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>involuntary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unwilling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>involution</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Complication.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>involve</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To draw into entanglement, literally or figuratively.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>invulnerable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That can not be wounded or hurt.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>inwardly</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>With no outward manifestation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>iota</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A small or insignificant mark or part.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irascible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Prone to anger.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Moved to anger.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ire</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Wrath.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>iridescence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A many-colored appearance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>iridescent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Exhibiting changing rainbow-colors due to the interference of the light.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irk</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To afflict with pain, vexation, or fatigue.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irksome</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Wearisome.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irony</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Censure or ridicule under cover of praise or compliment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irradiance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Luster.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irradiate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To render clear and intelligible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irrational</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not possessed of reasoning powers or understanding.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irreducible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That can not be lessened.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irrefragable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That can not be refuted or disproved.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irrefrangible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That can not be broken or violated.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irrelevant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Inapplicable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irreligious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Indifferent or opposed to religion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irreparable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That can not be rectified or made amends for.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irrepressible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That can not be restrained or kept down.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irresistible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That can not be successfully withstood or opposed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irresponsible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Careless of or unable to meet responsibilities.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irreverence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The quality showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irreverent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irreverential</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irreversible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Irrevocable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irrigant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Serving to water lands by artificial means.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irrigate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To water, as land, by ditches or other artificial means.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irritable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Showing impatience or ill temper on little provocation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irritancy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The quality of producing vexation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irritant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A mechanical, chemical, or pathological agent of inflammation, pain, or tension.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irritate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To excite ill temper or impatience in.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>irruption</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Sudden invasion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>isle</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An island.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>islet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A little island.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>isobar</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A line joining points at which the barometric pressure is the same at a specified moment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>isochronous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Relating to or denoting equal intervals of time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>isolate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To separate from others of its kind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>isothermal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having or marking equality of temperature.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>itinerant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Wandering.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>itinerary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A detailed account or diary of a journey.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>itinerate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To wander from place to place.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>jargon</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Confused, unintelligible speech or highly technical speech.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>jaundice</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A morbid condition, due to obstructed excretion of bile or characterized by yellowing of the skin.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>jeopardize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To imperil.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Jingo</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One of a party in Great Britain in favor of spirited and demonstrative foreign policy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>jocose</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Done or made in jest.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>jocular</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Inclined to joke.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>joggle</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A sudden irregular shake or a push causing such a shake.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>journalize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To keep a diary.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>jovial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Merry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>jubilation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Exultation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>judgment</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The faculty by the exercise of which a deliberate conclusion is reached.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>judicature</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Distribution and administration of justice by trial and judgment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>judicial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the administration of justice.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>judiciary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That department of government which administers the law relating to civil and criminal justice.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>judicious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Prudent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>juggle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To play tricks of sleight of hand.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>jugglery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The art or practice of sleight of hand.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>jugular</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the throat.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>juicy</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Succulent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>junction</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The condition of being joined.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>juncture</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An articulation, joint, or seam.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>junta</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A council or assembly that deliberates in secret upon the affairs of government.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>juridical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Assumed by law to exist.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>jurisdiction</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Lawful power or right to exercise official authority.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>jurisprudence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The science of rights in accordance with positive law.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>juror</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who serves on a jury or is sworn in for jury duty in a court of justice.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>joust</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To engage in a tilt with lances on horseback.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>justification</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Vindication.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>juvenile</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characteristic of youth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>juxtapose</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To place close together.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>keepsake</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything kept or given to be kept for the sake of the giver.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>kerchief</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A square of linen, silk, or other material, used as a covering for the head or neck.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>kernel</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A grain or seed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>kiln</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An oven or furnace for baking, burning, or drying industrial products.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>kiloliter</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One thousand liters.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>kilometer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A length of 1,000 meters.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>kilowatt</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One thousand watts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>kimono</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A loose robe, fastening with a sash, the principal outer garment in Japan.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>kind-hearted</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having a kind and sympathetic nature.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>kingling</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A petty king.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>kingship</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Royal state.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>kinsfolk</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>pl. Relatives.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>knavery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Deceitfulness in dealing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>knead</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To mix and work into a homogeneous mass, especially with the hands.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>knickknack</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A small article, more for ornament that use.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>knight</word>
			<type>errant</type>
			<meaning>n. One of the wandering knights who in the middle ages went forth in search of adventure.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>knighthood</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Chivalry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>laborious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Toilsome.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>labyrinth</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A maze.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lacerate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To tear rudely or raggedly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lackadaisical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Listless.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lactation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The secretion of milk.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lacteal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Milky.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lactic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to milk.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>laddie</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A lad.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ladle</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, intended for dipping up and pouring liquids.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>laggard</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Falling behind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>landholder</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Landowner.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>landlord</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A man who owns and lets a tenement or tenements.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>landmark</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A familiar object in the landscape serving as a guide to an area otherwise easily lost track of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>landscape</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A rural view, especially one of picturesque effect, as seen from a distance or an elevation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>languid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Relaxed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>languor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Lassitude of body or depression.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lapse</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A slight deviation from what is right, proper, or just.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lascivious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lustful.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lassie</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A little lass.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>latent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Dormant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>latency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state of being dormant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>later</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>At a subsequent time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lateral</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Directed toward the side.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>latish</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Rather late.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lattice</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Openwork of metal or wood, formed by crossing or interlacing strips or bars.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>laud</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To praise in words or song.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>laudable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Praiseworthy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>laudation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>High praise.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>laudatory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to, expressing, or containing praise.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>laundress</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Washerwoman.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>laureate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Crowned with laurel, as a mark of distinction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lave</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To wash or bathe.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lawgiver</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A legislator.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lawmaker</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A legislator.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lax</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not stringent or energetic.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>laxative</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having power to open or loosen the bowels.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lea</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A field.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>leaflet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A little leaf or a booklet.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>leaven</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make light by fermentation, as dough.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>leeward</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That side or direction toward which the wind blows.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>left-handed</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Using the left hand or arm more dexterously than the right.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>legacy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A bequest.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>legalize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To give the authority of law to.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>legging</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A covering for the leg.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>legible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That may be read with ease.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>legionary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A member of an ancient Roman legion or of the modern French Legion of Honor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>legislate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make or enact a law or laws.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>legislative</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That makes or enacts laws.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>legislator</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A lawgiver.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>legitimacy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Accordance with law.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>legitimate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the sanction of law or established custom.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>leisure</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Spare time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>leniency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Forbearance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lenient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not harsh.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>leonine</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Like a lion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lethargy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Prolonged sluggishness of body or mind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>levee</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An embankment beside a river or stream or an arm of the sea, to prevent overflow.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lever</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which exerts, or through which one may exert great power.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>leviathan</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any large animal, as a whale.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>levity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Frivolity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>levy</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To impose and collect by force or threat of force.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lewd</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characterized by lust or lasciviousness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lexicographer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who makes dictionaries.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lexicography</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The making of dictionaries.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lexicon</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A dictionary.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>liable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Justly or legally responsible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>libel</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Defamation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>liberalism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Opposition to conservatism.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>liberate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To set free or release from bondage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>licentious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Wanton.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>licit</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lawful.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>liege</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Sovereign.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lien</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A legal claim or hold on property, as security for a debt or charge.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lieu</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Stead.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lifelike</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Realistic.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lifelong</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lasting or continuous through life.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lifetime</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The time that life continues.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ligament</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which binds objects together.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ligature</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything that constricts, or serves for binding or tying.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>light-hearted</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Free from care.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ligneous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the texture of appearance of wood.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>likelihood</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A probability.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>likely</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Plausible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>liking</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Fondness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>limitation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A restriction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>linear</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of the nature of a line.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>liner</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A vessel belonging to a steamship-line.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lingo</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Language.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lingua</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The tongue.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lingual</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the use of the tongue in utterance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>linguist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who is acquainted with several languages.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>linguistics</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The science of languages, or of the origin, history, and significance of words.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>liniment</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A liquid preparation for rubbing on the skin in cases of bruises, inflammation, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>liquefacient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Possessing a liquefying nature or power.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>liquefy</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To convert into a liquid or into liquid form.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>liqueur</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An alcoholic cordial sweetened and flavored with aromatic substances.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>liquidate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To deliver the amount or value of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>liquor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any alcoholic or intoxicating liquid.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>listless</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Inattentive.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>literacy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state or condition of knowing how to read and write.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>literal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Following the exact words.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>literature</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The written or printed productions of the human mind collectively.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lithe</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Supple.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lithesome</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Nimble.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lithograph</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A print made by printing from stone.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lithotype</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>In engraving, an etched stone surface for printing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>litigant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A party to a lawsuit.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>litigate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to become the subject-matter of a suit at law.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>litigious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Quarrelsome.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>littoral</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of, pertaining to, or living on a shore.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>liturgy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A ritual.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>livelihood</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Means of subsistence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>livid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Black-and-blue, as contused flesh.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>loam</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A non-coherent mixture of sand and clay.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>loath</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Averse.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>loathe</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To abominate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>locative</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Indicating place, or the place where or wherein an action occurs.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>loch</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A lake.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>locomotion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act or power of moving from one place to another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lode</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A somewhat continuous unstratified metal- bearing vein.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lodgment</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of furnishing with temporary quarters.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>logic</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The science of correct thinking.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>logical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of or characterized by clear reasoning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>logician</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An expert reasoner.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>loiterer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who consumes time idly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>loneliness</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Solitude.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>longevity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Unusually prolonged life.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>loot</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To plunder.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>loquacious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Talkative.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lordling</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A little lord.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lough</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A lake or loch.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>louse</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A small insect parasitic on and sucking the blood of mammals.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lovable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Amiable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>low-spirited</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Despondent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lowly</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Rudely.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lucid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Mentally sound.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lucrative</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Highly profitable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ludicrous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Laughable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>luminary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One of the heavenly bodies as a source of light.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>luminescent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Showing increase of light.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>luminescence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Showing increase.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>luminosity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The quality of giving or radiating light.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>luminous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Giving or radiating light.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lunacy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Mental unsoundness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lunar</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the moon.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lunatic</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An insane person.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lune</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The moon.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lurid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Ghastly and sensational.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>luscious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Rich, sweet, and delicious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lustrous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Shining.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>luxuriance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Excessive or superfluous growth or quantity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>luxuriant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Abundant or superabundant in growth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>luxuriate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To live sumptuously.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lying</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Untruthfulness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lyre</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One of the most ancient of stringed instruments of the harp class.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>lyric</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fitted for expression in song.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>macadamize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cover or pave, as a path or roadway, with small broken stone.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>machinery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The parts of a machine or engine, taken collectively.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>machinist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who makes or repairs machines, or uses metal-working tools.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>macrocosm</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The whole of any sphere or department of nature or knowledge to which man is related.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>madden</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To inflame with passion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Madonna</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A painted or sculptured representation of the Virgin, usually with the infant Jesus.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>magician</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A sorcerer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>magisterial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having an air of authority.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>magistracy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The office or dignity of a magistrate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>magnanimous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Generous in treating or judging others.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>magnate</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person of rank or importance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>magnet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A body possessing that peculiar form of polarity found in nature in the lodestone.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>magnetize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make a magnet of, permanently, or temporarily.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>magnificence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The exhibition of greatness of action, character, intellect, wealth, or power.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>magnificent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Grand or majestic in appearance, quality, or action.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>magnitude</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Importance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>maharaja</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A great Hindu prince.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>maidenhood</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Virginity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>maintain</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To hold or preserve in any particular state or condition.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>maintenance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which supports or sustains.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>maize</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Indian corn: usually in the United States called simply corn.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>makeup</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The arrangements or combination of the parts of which anything is composed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>malady</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any physical disease or disorder, especially a chronic or deep-seated one.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>malaria</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A fever characterized by alternating chills, fever, and sweating.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>malcontent</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who is dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>malediction</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The calling down of a curse or curses.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>malefactor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who injures another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>maleficent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Mischievous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>malevolence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Ill will.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>malevolent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Wishing evil to others.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>malign</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To speak evil of, especially to do so falsely and severely.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>malignant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Evil in nature or tending to do great harm or mischief.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>malleable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pliant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mallet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A wooden hammer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>maltreat</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To treat ill, unkindly, roughly, or abusively.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>man-trap</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A place or structure dangerous to human life.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mandate</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A command.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mandatory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Expressive of positive command, as distinguished from merely directory.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mane</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The long hair growing upon and about the neck of certain animals, as the horse and the lion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>man-eater</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An animal that devours human beings.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>maneuver</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make adroit or artful moves: manage affairs by strategy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mania</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Insanity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>maniac</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>a person raving with madness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>manifesto</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A public declaration, making announcement, explanation or defense of intentions, or motives.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>manlike</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Like a man.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>manliness</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The qualities characteristic of a true man, as bravery, resolution, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mannerism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Constant or excessive adherence to one manner, style, or peculiarity, as of action or conduct.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>manor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The landed estate of a lord or nobleman.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mantel</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The facing, sometimes richly ornamented, about a fireplace, including the usual shelf above it.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mantle</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A cloak.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>manufacturer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person engaged in manufacturing as a business.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>manumission</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Emancipation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>manumit</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To set free from bondage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>marine</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of or pertaining to the sea or matters connected with the sea.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>maritime</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Situated on or near the sea.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>maroon</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To put ashore and abandon (a person) on a desolate coast or island.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>martial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to war or military operations.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Martian</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to Mars, either the Roman god of war or the planet.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>martyrdom</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Submission to death or persecution for the sake of faith or principle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>marvel</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To be astonished and perplexed because of (something).</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>masonry</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The art or work of constructing, as buildings, walls, etc., with regularly arranged stones.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>masquerade</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A social party composed of persons masked and costumed so as to be disguised.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>massacre</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The unnecessary and indiscriminate killing of human beings.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>massive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of considerable bulk and weight.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>masterpiece</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A superior production.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mastery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The attainment of superior skill.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>material</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That of which anything is composed or may be constructed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>materialize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To take perceptible or substantial form.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>maternal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining or peculiar to a mother or to motherhood.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>matinee</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An entertainment (especially theatrical) held in the daytime.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>matricide</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The killing, especially the murdering, of one's mother.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>matrimony</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The union of a man and a woman in marriage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>matrix</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which contains and gives shape or form to anything.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>matter</word>
			<type>of</type>
			<meaning>fact n. Something that has actual and undeniable existence or reality.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>maudlin</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Foolishly and tearfully affectionate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mausoleum</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A tomb of more than ordinary size or architectural pretensions.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mawkish</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Sickening or insipid.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>maxim</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A principle accepted as true and acted on as a rule or guide.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>maze</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A labyrinth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mead</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A meadow.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>meager</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>scanty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mealy-mouthed</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Afraid to express facts or opinions plainly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>meander</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To wind and turn while proceeding in a course.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mechanics</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The branch of physics that treats the phenomena caused by the action of forces.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>medallion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A large medal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>meddlesome</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Interfering.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>medial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of or pertaining to the middle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mediate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To effect by negotiating as an agent between parties.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>medicine</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A substance possessing or reputed to possess curative or remedial properties.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>medieval</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Belonging or relating to or descriptive of the middle ages.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mediocre</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Ordinary.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>meditation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The turning or revolving of a subject in the mind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>medley</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A composition of different songs or parts of songs arranged to run as a continuous whole.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>meliorate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make better or improve, as in quality or social or physical condition.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mellifluous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Sweetly or smoothly flowing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>melodious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characterized by a sweet succession of sounds.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>melodrama</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A drama with a romantic story or plot and sensational situation and incidents.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>memento</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A souvenir.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>memorable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Noteworthy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>menace</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A threat.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>menagerie</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A collection of wild animals, especially when kept for exhibition.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mendacious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Untrue.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mendicant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A beggar.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mentality</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Intellectuality.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mentor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A wise and faithful teacher, guide, and friend.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mercantile</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Conducted or acting on business principles; commercial.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mercenary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Greedy</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>merciful</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Disposed to pity and forgive.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>merciless</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Cruel.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>meretricious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Alluring by false or gaudy show.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mesmerize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To hypnotize.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>messieurs</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>pl. Gentlemen.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>metal</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An element that forms a base by combining with oxygen, is usually hard, heavy, and lustrous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>metallurgy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The art or science of extracting a metal from ores, as by smelting.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>metamorphosis</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A passing from one form or shape into another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>metaphor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A figure of speech in which one object is likened to another, by speaking as if the other.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>metaphysical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Philosophical.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>metaphysician</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One skilled in metaphysics.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>metaphysics</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The principles of philosophy as applied to explain the methods of any particular science.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mete</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To apportion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>metempsychosis</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Transition of the soul of a human being at death into another body, whether human or beast.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>meticulous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Over-cautious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>metonymy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A figure of speech that consists in the naming of a thing by one of its attributes.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>metric</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Relating to measurement.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>metronome</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An instrument for indicating and marking exact time in music.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>metropolis</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A chief city, either the capital or the largest or most important city of a state.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>metropolitan</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to a chief city.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mettle</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Courage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mettlesome</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having courage or spirit.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>microcosm</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The world or universe on a small scale.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>micrometer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An instrument for measuring very small angles or dimensions.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>microphone</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An apparatus for magnifying faint sounds.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>microscope</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An instrument for assisting the eye in the vision of minute objects or features of objects.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>microscopic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Adapted to or characterized by minute observation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>microscopy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The art of examing objects with the microscope.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>midsummer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The middle of the summer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>midwife</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A woman who makes a business of assisting at childbirth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mien</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The external appearance or manner of a person.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>migrant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Wandering.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>migrate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To remove or pass from one country, region, or habitat to another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>migratory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Wandering.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mileage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A distance in miles.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>militant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of a warlike or combative disposition or tendency.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>militarism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A policy of maintaining great standing armies.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>militate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To have weight or influence (in determining a question).</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>militia</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Those citizens, collectively, who are enrolled and drilled in temporary military organizations.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Milky</word>
			<type>Way</type>
			<meaning>n. The galaxy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>millet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A grass cultivated for forage and cereal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mimic</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To imitate the speech or actions of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>miniature</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Much smaller than reality or that the normal size.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>minimize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>minion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A servile favorite.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ministration</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any religious ceremonial.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ministry</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A service.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>minority</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The smaller in number of two portions into which a number or a group is divided.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>minute</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Exceedingly small in extent or quantity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>minutia</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A small or unimportant particular or detail.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mirage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An optical effect looking like a sheet of water in the desert.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>misadventure</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An unlucky accident.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>misanthropic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Hating mankind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>misanthropy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Hatred of mankind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>misapprehend</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To misunderstand.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>misbehave</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To behave ill.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>misbehavior</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Ill or improper behavior.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mischievous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fond of tricks.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>miscount</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make a mistake in counting.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>miscreant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A villain.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>misdeed</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A wrong or improper act.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>misdemeanor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Evil conduct, small crime.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>miser</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person given to saving and hoarding unduly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mishap</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Misfortune.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>misinterpret</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To misunderstand.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mislay</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To misplace.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mismanage</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To manage badly, improperly, or unskillfully.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>misnomer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A name wrongly or mistakenly applied.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>misogamy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Hatred of marriage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>misogyny</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Hatred of women.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>misplace</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To put into a wrong place.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>misrepresent</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To give a wrong impression.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>misrule</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To misgovern.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>missal</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The book containing the service for the celebration of mass.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>missile</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any object, especially a weapon, thrown or intended to be thrown.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>missive</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A message in writing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mistrust</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To regard with suspicion or jealousy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>misty</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lacking clearness</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>misunderstand</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To Take in a wrong sense.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>misuse</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To maltreat.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mite</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A very small amount, portion, or particle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>miter</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mitigate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make milder or more endurable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mnemonics</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A system of principles and formulas designed to assist the recollection in certain instances.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>moat</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A ditch on the outside of a fortress wall.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mobocracy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Lawless control of public affairs by the mob or populace.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>moccasin</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A foot-covering made of soft leather or buckskin.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mockery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Ridicule.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>moderation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Temperance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>moderator</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The presiding officer of a meeting.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>modernity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state or character of being modern.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>modernize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make characteristic of the present or of recent times.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>modification</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A change.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>modify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make somewhat different.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>modish</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fashionable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>modulate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To vary in tone, inflection, pitch or other quality of sound.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mollify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To soothe.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>molt</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cast off, as hair, feathers, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>momentary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lasting but a short time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>momentous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Very significant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>momentum</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An impetus.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>monarchy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Government by a single, sovereign ruler.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>monastery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A dwelling-place occupied in common by persons under religious vows of seclusion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>monetary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Financial.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mongrel</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The progeny resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>monition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Friendly counsel given by way of warning and implying caution or reproof.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>monitory</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Admonition or warning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>monocracy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Government by a single person.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>monogamy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The habit of pairing, or having but one mate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>monogram</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A character consisting of two or more letters interwoven into one, usually initials of a name.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>monograph</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A treatise discussing a single subject or branch of a subject.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>monolith</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any structure or sculpture in stone formed of a single piece.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>monologue</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A story or drama told or performed by one person.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>monomania</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The unreasonable pursuit of one idea.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>monopoly</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The control of a thing, as a commodity, to enable a person to raise its price.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>monosyllable</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A word of one syllable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>monotone</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The sameness or monotony of utterance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>monotonous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unchanging and tedious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>monotony</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A lack of variety.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>monsieur</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A French title of respect, equivalent to Mr. and sir.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>monstrosity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything unnaturally huge or distorted.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>moonbeam</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A ray of moonlight.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>morale</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A state of mind with reference to confidence, courage, zeal, and the like.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>moralist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A writer on ethics.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>morality</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Virtue.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>moralize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To render virtuous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>moratorium</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An emergency legislation authorizing a government suspend some action temporarily.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>morbid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound condition of body or mind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mordacious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Biting or giving to biting.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mordant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Biting.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>moribund</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>On the point of dying.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>morose</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Gloomy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>morphology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>the science of organic forms.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>motley</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Composed of heterogeneous or inharmonious elements.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>motto</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An expressive word or pithy sentence enunciating some guiding rule of life, or faith.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mountaineer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who travels among or climbs mountains for pleasure or exercise.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mountainous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Full of or abounding in mountains.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mouthful</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>As much as can be or is usually put into the or exercise.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>muddle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To confuse or becloud, especially with or as with drink.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>muffle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To deaden the sound of, as by wraps.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mulatto</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The offspring of a white person and a black person.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>muleteer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A mule-driver.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>multiform</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having many shapes, or appearances.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>multiplicity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>the condition of being manifold or very various.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mundane</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>municipal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of or pertaining to a town or city, or to its corporate or local government.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>municipality</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A district enjoying municipal government.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>munificence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A giving characterized by generous motives and extraordinary liberality.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>munificent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Extraordinarily generous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>muster</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An assemblage or review of troops for parade or inspection, or for numbering off.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mutation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act or process of change.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mutilate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To disfigure.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mutiny</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Rebellion against lawful or constituted authority.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>myriad</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A vast indefinite number.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mystic</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who professes direct divine illumination, or relies upon meditation to acquire truth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mystification</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of artfully perplexing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>myth</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A fictitious narrative presented as historical, but without any basis of fact.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>mythology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The whole body of legends cherished by a race concerning gods and heroes.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nameless</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having no fame or reputation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>naphtha</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in manufacture of paints.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Narcissus</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The son of the Athenian river-god Cephisus, fabled to have fallen in love with his reflection.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>narrate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To tell a story.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>narration</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or occurrence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>narrative</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An orderly continuous account of the successive particulars of an event.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>narrator</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who narrates anything.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>narrow-minded</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characterized by illiberal views or sentiments.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nasal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the nose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>natal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to one's birth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nationality</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A connection with a particular nation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>naturally</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>According to the usual order of things.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nausea</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An affection of the stomach producing dizziness and usually an impulse to vomit</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nauseate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to loathe.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nauseous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Loathsome.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nautical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>naval</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to ships.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>navel</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The depression on the abdomen where the umbilical cord of the fetus was attached.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>navigable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of commercial navigation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>navigate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To traverse by ship.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nebula</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A gaseous body of unorganized stellar substance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>necessary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Indispensably requisite or absolutely needed to accomplish a desired result.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>necessitate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To render indispensable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>necessity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which is indispensably requisite to an end desired.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>necrology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A list of persons who have died in a certain place or time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>necromancer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who practices the art of foretelling the future by means of communication with the dead.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>necropolis</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A city of the dead.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>necrosis</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>the death of part of the body.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nectar</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any especially sweet and delicious drink.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nectarine</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A variety of the peach.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>needlework</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Embroidery.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>needy</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Being in need, want, or poverty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nefarious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Wicked in the extreme.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>negate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To deny.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>negation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a proposition.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>neglectful</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Exhibiting or indicating omission.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>negligee</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A loose gown worn by women.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>negligence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Omission of that which ought to be done.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>negligent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Apt to omit what ought to be done.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>negligible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Transferable by assignment, endorsement, or delivery.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>negotiable</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To bargain with others for an agreement, as for a treaty or transfer of property.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Nemesis</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A goddess; divinity of chastisement and vengeance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>neocracy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Government administered by new or untried persons.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>neo-Darwinsim</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Darwinism as modified and extended by more recent students.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>neo-Latin</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Modernized Latin.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>neopaganism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A new or revived paganism.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Neolithic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the later stone age.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>neology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The coining or using of new words or new meanings of words.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>neophyte</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the character of a beginner.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nestle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To adjust cozily in snug quarters.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nestling</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Recently hatched.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nettle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>network</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything that presents a system of cross- lines.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>neural</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the nerves or nervous system.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>neurology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The science of the nervous system.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>neuter</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Neither masculine nor feminine.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>neutral</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Belonging to or under control of neither of two contestants.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nevertheless</word>
			<type>conj.</type>
			<meaning>Notwithstanding.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Newtonian</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, the English philosopher.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>niggardly</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Stingy. (no longer acceptable to use)</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nihilist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be known.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nil</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Nothing</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nimble</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Light and quick in motion or action.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nit</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The egg of a louse or some other insect.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nocturnal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of or pertaining to the night.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>noiseless</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Silent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>noisome</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Very offensive, particularly to the sense of smell.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>noisy</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Clamorous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nomad</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having no fixed abode.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nomic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Usual or customary.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nominal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Trivial.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nominate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To designate as a candidate for any office.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nomination</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act or ceremony of naming a man or woman for office.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nominee</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who receives a nomination.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>non-existent</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which does not exist.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>non-resident</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not residing within a given jurisdiction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nonchalance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A state of mind indicating lack of interest.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>non-combatant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One attached to the army or navy, but having duties other than that of fighting.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nondescript</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Indescribable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nonentity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person or thing of little or no account.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nonpareil</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who or that which is of unequaled excellence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>norm</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A model.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>normalcy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state of being normal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Norman</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of or peculiar to Normandy, in northern France.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nostrum</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>noticeable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Perceptible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>notorious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unfavorably known to the general public.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>novellette</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A short novel.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>novice</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A beginner in any business or occupation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nowadays</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>In the present time or age.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nowhere</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>In no place or state.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>noxious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Hurtful.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nuance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A slight degree of difference in anything perceptible to the sense of the mind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nucleus</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A central point or part about which matter is aggregated.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nude</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Naked.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nugatory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having no power or force.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nuisance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which annoys, vexes, or irritates.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>numeration</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act or art of reading or naming numbers.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>numerical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of or pertaining to number.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nunnery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A convent for nuns.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nuptial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of or pertaining to marriage, especially to the marriage ceremony.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nurture</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The process of fostering or promoting growth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nutriment</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which nourishes.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>nutritive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having nutritious properties.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>oaken</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Made of or from oak.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>oakum</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Hemp-fiber obtained by untwisting and picking out loosely the yarns of old hemp rope.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obdurate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Impassive to feelings of humanity or pity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obelisk</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A square shaft with pyramidal top, usually monumental or commemorative.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obese</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Exceedingly fat.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obesity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Excessive fatness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obituary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>A published notice of a death.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>objective</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Grasping and representing facts as they are.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>objector</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who objects, as to a proposition, measure, or ruling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obligate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To hold to the fulfillment of duty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obligatory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Binding in law or conscience.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>oblique</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Slanting; said of lines.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obliterate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to disappear.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>oblivion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state of having passed out of the memory or of being utterly forgotten.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>oblong</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Longer than broad: applied most commonly to rectangular objects considerably elongated</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obnoxious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Detestable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obsequies</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Funeral rites.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obsequious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Showing a servile readiness to fall in with the wishes or will of another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>observance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A traditional form or customary act.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>observant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Quick to notice.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>observatory</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A building designed for systematic astronomical observations.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obsolescence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The condition or process of gradually falling into disuse.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obsolescent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Passing out of use, as a word.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obsolete</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>No longer practiced or accepted.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obstetrician</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A practitioner of midwifery.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obstetrics</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The branch of medical science concerned with the treatment and care of women during pregnancy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obstinacy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Stubborn adherence to opinion, arising from conceit or the desire to have one's own way.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obstreperous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Boisterous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obstruct</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To fill with impediments so as to prevent passage, either wholly or in part.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obstruction</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Hindrance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obtrude</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obtrusive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Tending to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obvert</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To turn the front or principal side of (a thing) toward any person or object.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>obviate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To clear away or provide for, as an objection or difficulty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>occasion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An important event or celebration.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Occident</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The countries lying west of Asia and the Turkish dominions.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>occlude</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To absorb, as a gas by a metal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>occult</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Existing but not immediately perceptible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>occupant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A tenant in possession of property, as distinguished from the actual owner.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>occurrence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A happening.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>octagon</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A figure with eight sides and eight angles.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>octave</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A note at this interval above or below any other, considered in relation to that other.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>octavo</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A book, or collection of paper in which the sheets are so folded as to make eight leaves.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>octogenarian</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>A person of between eighty and ninety years.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ocular</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of or pertaining to the eye.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>oculist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One versed or skilled in treating diseases of the eye.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>oddity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An eccentricity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ode</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The form of lyric poetry anciently intended to be sung.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>odious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Hateful.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>odium</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>odoriferous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having or diffusing an odor or scent, especially an agreeable one.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>odorous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having an odor, especially a fragrant one.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>off</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Farther or more distant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>offhand</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Without preparation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>officiate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To act as an officer or leader.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>officious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Intermeddling with what is not one's concern.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>offshoot</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Something that branches off from the parent stock.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ogre</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A demon or monster that was supposed to devour human beings.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ointment</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A fatty preparation with a butter-like consistency in which a medicinal substance exists.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>olfactory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>of or pertaining to the sense of smell.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>olive-branch</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A branch of the olive-tree, as an emblem of peace.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ominous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Portentous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>omission</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Exclusion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>omnipotence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Unlimited and universal power.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Omnipotent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Possessed of unlimited and universal power.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>omniscience</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Unlimited or infinite knowledge.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>omniscient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characterized by unlimited or infinite knowledge.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>omnivorous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Eating or living upon food of all kinds indiscriminately.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>onerous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Burdensome or oppressive.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>onrush</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Onset.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>onset</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An assault, especially of troops, upon an enemy or fortification.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>onslaught</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A violent onset.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>onus</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A burden or responsibility.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>opalescence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The property of combined refraction and reflection of light, resulting in smoky tints.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>opaque</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Impervious to light.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>operate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To put in action and supervise the working of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>operative</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Active.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>operator</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who works with or controls some machine or scientific apparatus.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>operetta</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A humorous play in dialogue and music, of more than one act.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>opinion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A conclusion or judgment held with confidence, but falling short of positive knowledge.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>opponent</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who supports the opposite side in a debate, discussion, struggle, or sport.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>opportune</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Especially fit as occurring, said, or done at the right moment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>opportunist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who takes advantage of circumstances to gain his ends.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>opportunity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Favorable or advantageous chance or opening.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>opposite</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Radically different or contrary in action or movement.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>opprobrium</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state of being scornfully reproached or accused of evil.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>optic</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the eye or vision.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>optician</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who makes or deals in optical instruments or eye-glasses.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>optics</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The science that treats of light and vision, and all that is connected with sight.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>optimism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The view that everything in nature and the history of mankind is ordered for the best.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>option</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The right, power, or liberty of choosing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>optometry</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Measurement of the powers of vision.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>opulence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Affluence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>opulent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Wealthy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>oral</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Uttered through the mouth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>orate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To deliver an elaborate or formal public speech.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>oration</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An elaborate or formal public speech.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>orator</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who delivers an elaborate or formal speech.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>oratorio</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A composition for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, generally taken from the Scriptures.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>oratory</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The art of public speaking.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ordeal</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything that severely tests courage, strength, patience, conscience, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ordinal</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That form of the numeral that shows the order of anything in a series, as first, second, third.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ordination</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A consecration to the ministry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ordnance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A general name for all kinds of weapons and their appliances used in war.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>orgies</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Wild or wanton revelry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>origin</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The beginning of that which becomes or is made to be.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>original</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not copied nor produced by imitation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>originate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause or constitute the beginning or first stage of the existence of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ornate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Ornamented to a marked degree.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>orthodox</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Holding the commonly accepted faith.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>orthodoxy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Acceptance of the common faith.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>orthogonal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having or determined by right angles.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>orthopedic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Relating to the correcting or preventing of deformity</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>orthopedist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who practices the correcting or preventing of deformity</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>oscillate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To swing back and forth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>osculate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To kiss.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ossify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>to convert into bone.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ostentation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A display dictated by vanity and intended to invite applause or flattery.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ostracism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Exclusion from intercourse or favor, as in society or politics.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ostracize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To exclude from public or private favor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ought</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To be under moral obligation to be or do.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>oust</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To eject.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>out-and-out</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Genuinely.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>outbreak</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A sudden and violent breaking forth, as of something that has been pent up or restrained.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>outburst</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A violent issue, especially of passion in an individual.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>outcast</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One rejected and despised, especially socially.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>outcry</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A vehement or loud cry or clamor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>outdo</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To surpass.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>outlandish</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of barbarous, uncouth, and unfamiliar aspect or action.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>outlast</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To last longer than.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>outlaw</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A habitual lawbreaker.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>outlive</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To continue to exist after.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>out-of-the-way</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Remotely situated.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>outpost</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main body to guard against surprise.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>outrage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A gross infringement of morality or decency.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>outrageous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Shocking in conduct.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>outreach</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To reach or go beyond.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>outride</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To ride faster than.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>outrigger</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A part built or arranged to project beyond a natural outline for support.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>outright</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Entirely.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>outskirt</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A border region.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>outstretch</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To extend.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>outstrip</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To go beyond.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>outweigh</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To surpass in importance or excellence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>overdo</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To overtax the strength of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>overdose</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An excessive dose, usually so large a dose of a medicine that its effect is toxic.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>overeat</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To eat to excess.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>overhang</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A portion of a structure which projects or hangs over.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>overleap</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To leap beyond.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>overlord</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who holds supremacy over another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>overpass</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To pass across or over, as a river.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>overpay</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To pay or reward in excess.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>overpower</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To gain supremacy or victory over by superior power.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>overproduction</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Excessive production.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>overreach</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To stretch out too far.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>overrun</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To infest or ravage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>oversee</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To superintend.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>overseer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A supervisor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>overshadow</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cast into the shade or render insignificant by comparison.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>overstride</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To step beyond.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>overthrow</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To vanquish an established ruler or government.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>overtone</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A harmonic.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>overture</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An instrumental prelude to an opera, oratorio, or ballet.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>overweight</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Preponderance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pacify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To bring into a peaceful state.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>packet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A bundle, as of letters.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pact</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A covenant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pagan</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A worshiper of false gods.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pageant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A dramatic representation, especially a spectacular one.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>palate</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The roof of the mouth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>palatial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Magnificent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>paleontology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The branch of biology that treats of ancient life and fossil organisms.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>palette</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A thin tablet, with a hole for the thumb, upon which artists lay their colors for painting.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>palinode</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A retraction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pall</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make dull by satiety.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>palliate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to appear less guilty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pallid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of a pale or wan appearance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>palpable</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>perceptible by feeling or touch.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>palsy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Paralysis.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>paly</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lacking color or brilliancy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pamphlet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A brief treatise or essay, usually on a subject of current interest.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pamphleteer</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To compose or issue pamphlets, especially controversial ones.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>panacea</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A remedy or medicine proposed for or professing to cure all diseases.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Pan-American</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Including or pertaining to the whole of America, both North and South.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pandemic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Affecting a whole people or all classes, as a disease.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pandemonium</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A fiendish or riotous uproar.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>panegyric</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>panel</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A rectangular piece set in or as in a frame.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>panic</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A sudden, unreasonable, overpowering fear.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>panoply</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A full set of armor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>panorama</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A series of large pictures representing a continuous scene.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pantheism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The worship of nature for itself or its beauty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Pantheon</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A circular temple at Rome with a fine Corinthian portico and a great domed roof.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pantomime</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Sign-language.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pantoscope</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A very wide-angled photographic lens.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>papacy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>papyrus</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The writing-paper of the ancient Egyptians, and later of the Romans.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>parable</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A brief narrative founded on real scenes or events usually with a moral.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>paradox</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A statement or doctrine seemingly in contradiction to the received belief.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>paragon</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A model of excellence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>parallel</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to correspond or lie in the same direction and equidistant in all parts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>parallelism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Essential likeness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>paralysis</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Loss of the power of contractility in the voluntary or involuntary muscles.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>paralyze</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To deprive of the power to act.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>paramount</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Supreme in authority.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>paramour</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who is unlawfully and immorally a lover or a mistress.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>paraphernalia</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Miscellaneous articles of equipment or adornment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>paraphrase</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>Translate freely.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pare</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cut, shave, or remove (the outside) from anything.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>parentage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The relation of parent to child, of the producer to the produced, or of cause to effect.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Pariah</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A member of a degraded class; a social outcast.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>parish</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The ecclesiastical district in charge of a pastor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Parisian</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of or pertaining to the city of Paris.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>parity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Equality, as of condition or rank.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>parlance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Mode of speech.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>parley</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To converse in.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>parliament</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A legislative body.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>parlor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A room for reception of callers or entertainment of guests.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>parody</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To render ludicrous by imitating the language of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>paronymous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Derived from the same root or primitive word.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>paroxysm</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A sudden outburst of any kind of activity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>parricide</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The murder of a parent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>parse</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To describe, as a sentence, by separating it into its elements and describing each word.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>parsimonious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of money.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>partible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Separable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>participant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One having a share or part.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>participate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To receive or have a part or share of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>partition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which separates anything into distinct parts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>partisan</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreasoning devotion to a party.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>passible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of feeling of suffering.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>passive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unresponsive.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pastoral</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the spirit or sentiment of rural life.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>paternal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fatherly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>paternity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Fatherhood.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pathos</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or sympathy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>patriarch</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The chief of a tribe or race who rules by paternal right.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>patrician</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of senatorial or noble rank.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>patrimony</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one's father.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>patriotism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Love and devotion to one's country.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>patronize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To exercise an arrogant condescension toward.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>patronymic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Formed after one's father's name.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>patter</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To mumble something over and over.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>paucity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Fewness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pauper</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One without means of support.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pauperism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Dependence on charity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pavilion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An open structure for temporary shelter.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>payee</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person to whom money has been or is to be paid.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>peaceable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Tranquil.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>peaceful</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Tranquil.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>peccable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of sinning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>peccadillo</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A small breach of propriety or principle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>peccant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Guilty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pectoral</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the breast or thorax.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pecuniary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Consisting of money.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pedagogics</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The science and art of teaching.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pedagogue</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A schoolmaster.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pedagogy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The science and art of teaching</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pedal</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A lever for the foot usually applied only to musical instruments, cycles, and other machines.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pedant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A scholar who makes needless and inopportune display of his learning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>peddle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To go about with a small stock of goods to sell.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pedestal</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A base or support as for a column, statue, or vase.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pedestrian</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who journeys on foot.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pediatrics</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The department of medical science that relates to the treatment of diseases of childhood.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pedigree</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One's line of ancestors.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>peddler</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who travels from house to house with an assortment of goods for retail.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>peerage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The nobility.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>peerless</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of unequaled excellence or worth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>peevish</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Petulant. (irritable)</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pellucid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Translucent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>penalty</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The consequences that follow the transgression of natural or divine law.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>penance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Punishment to which one voluntarily submits or subjects himself as an expression of penitence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>penchant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A bias in favor of something.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pendant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything that hangs from something else, either for ornament or for use.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pendulous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Hanging, especially so as to swing by an attached end or part.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pendulum</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A weight hung on a rod, serving by its oscillation to regulate the rate of a clock.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>penetrable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That may be pierced by physical, moral, or intellectual force.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>penetrate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To enter or force a way into the interior parts of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>penetration</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Discernment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>peninsular</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to a piece of land almost surrounded by water.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>penitence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>penitential</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pennant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A small flag.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pension</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A periodical allowance to an individual on account of past service done by him/her.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pentagram</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A figure having five points or lobes.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pentavalent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Quinqeuvalent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pentad</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The number five.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pentagon</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A figure, especially, with five angles and five sides.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pentahedron</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A solid bounded by five plane faces.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pentameter</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>In prosody, a line of verse containing five units or feet.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pentathlon</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The contest of five associated exercises in the great games and the same contestants.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>penultimate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>A syllable or member of a series that is last but one.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>penurious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Excessively sparing in the use of money.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>penury</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Indigence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perambulate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To walk about.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perceive</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To have knowledge of, or receive impressions concerning, through the medium of the body senses.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perceptible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Cognizable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perception</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Knowledge through the senses of the existence and properties of matter or the external world.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>percipience</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of perceiving.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>percipient</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who or that which perceives.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>percolate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To filter.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>percolator</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A filter.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>percussion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The sharp striking of one body against another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>peremptory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Precluding question or appeal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perennial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Continuing though the year or through many years.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perfectible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being made perfect.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perfidy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Treachery.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perforate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make a hole or holes through.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perform</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To accomplish.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perfumery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The preparation of perfumes.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perfunctory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Half-hearted.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perhaps</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Possibly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perigee</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The point in the orbit of the moon when it is nearest the earth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>periodicity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The habit or characteristic of recurrence at regular intervals.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>peripatetic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Walking about.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perjure</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To swear falsely to.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perjury</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A solemn assertion of a falsity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>permanence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A continuance in the same state, or without any change that destroys the essential form or nature.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>permanent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Durable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>permeate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To pervade.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>permissible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That may be allowed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>permutation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Reciprocal change, different ordering of same items.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pernicious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Tending to kill or hurt.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perpendicular</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Straight up and down.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perpetrator</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The doer of a wrong or a criminal act.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perpetuate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To preserve from extinction or oblivion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perquisite</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any profit from service beyond the amount fixed as salary or wages.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>persecution</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Harsh or malignant oppression.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perseverance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A persistence in purpose and effort.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>persevere</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To continue striving in spite of discouragements.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>persiflage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Banter.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>persist</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To continue steadfast against opposition.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>persistence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A fixed adherence to a resolve, course of conduct, or the like.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>personage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A man or woman as an individual, especially one of rank or high station.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>personal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not general or public.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>personality</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The attributes, taken collectively, that make up the character and nature of an individual.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>personnel</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The force of persons collectively employed in some service.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perspective</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The relative importance of facts or matters from any special point of view.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perspicacious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Astute.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perspicacity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Acuteness or discernment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perspicuous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lucid.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perspiration</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Sweat.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perspire</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To excrete through the pores of the skin.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>persuade</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To win the mind of by argument, eloquence, evidence, or reflection.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>persuadable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>capable of influencing to action by entreaty, statement, or anything that moves the feelings.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pertinacious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Persistent or unyielding.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pertinacity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Unyielding adherence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pertinent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Relevant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perturb</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To disturb greatly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perturbation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Mental excitement or confusion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perusal</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of reading carefully or thoughtfully.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pervade</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To pass or spread through every part.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pervasion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state of spreading through every part.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pervasive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Thoroughly penetrating or permeating.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perverse</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unreasonable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perversion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Diversion from the true meaning or proper purpose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>perversity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Wickedness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pervert</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who has forsaken a doctrine regarded as true for one esteemed false.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pervious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Admitting the entrance or passage of another substance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pestilence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A raging epidemic.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pestilent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having a malign influence or effect.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pestilential</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>having the nature of or breeding pestilence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>peter</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To fail or lose power, efficiency, or value.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>petrify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To convert into a substance of stony hardness and character.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>petulance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The character or condition of being impatient, capricious or petulant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>petulant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Displaying impatience.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pharmacopoeia</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A book containing the formulas and methods of preparation of medicines for the use of druggists.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pharmacy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The art or business of compounding and dispensing medicines.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>phenomenal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Extraordinary or marvelous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>phenomenon</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any unusual occurrence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>philander</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To play at courtship with a woman.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>philanthropic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Benevolent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>philanthropist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who endeavors to help his fellow men.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>philanthropy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Active humanitarianism.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>philately</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The study and collection of stamps.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>philharmonic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fond of music.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>philogynist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who is fond of women.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>philologist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An expert in linguistics.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>philology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The study of language in connection with history and literature.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>philosophize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To seek ultimate causes and principles.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>philosophy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The general principles, laws, or causes that furnish the rational explanation of anything.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>phlegmatic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not easily roused to feeling or action.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>phonetic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Representing articulate sounds or speech.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>phonic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the nature of sound.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>phonogram</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A graphic character symbolizing an articulate sound.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>phonology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The science of human vocal sounds.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>phosphorescence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The property of emitting light.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>photoelectric</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the combined action of light and electricity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>photometer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any instrument for measuring the intensity of light or comparing the intensity of two lights.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>photometry</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The art of measuring the intensity of light.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>physicist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A specialist in the science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>physics</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>physiocracy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The doctrine that land and its products are the only true wealth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>physiognomy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The external appearance merely.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>physiography</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Description of nature.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>physiology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The science of organic functions.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>physique</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The physical structure or organization of a person.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>picayune</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of small value.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>piccolo</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A small flute.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>piece</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A loose or separated part, as distinguished from the whole or the mass.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>piecemeal</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Gradually.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pillage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Open robbery, as in war.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pillory</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A wooden framework in which an offender is fastened to boards and is exposed to public scorn.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pincers</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An instrument having two lever-handles and two jaws working on a pivot.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pinchers</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An instrument having two jaws working on a pivot.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pinnacle</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A high or topmost point, as a mountain-peak.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pioneer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One among the first to explore a country.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Religious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pique</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To excite a slight degree of anger in.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>piteous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Compassionate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pitiable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Contemptible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pitiful</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Wretched.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pitiless</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Hard-hearted.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pittance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any small portion or meager allowance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>placate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of patience or friendliness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>placid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Serene.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>plagiarism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The stealing of passages from the writings of another and publishing them as one's own.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>planisphere</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A polar projection of the heavens on a chart.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>plasticity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The property of some substances through which the form of the mass can readily be changed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>platitude</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A written or spoken statement that is flat, dull, or commonplace.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>plaudit</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An expression of applause.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>plausible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Seeming likely to be true, though open to doubt.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>playful</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Frolicsome.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>playwright</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A maker of plays for the stage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>plea</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An argument to obtain some desired action.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pleasant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Agreeable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pleasurable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Affording gratification.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>plebeian</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Common.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pledgee</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The person to whom anything is pledged.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pledgeor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who gives a pledge.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>plenary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Entire.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>plenipotentiary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person fully empowered to transact any business.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>plenitude</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Abundance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>plenteous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Abundant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>plumb</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A weight suspended by a line to test the verticality of something.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>plummet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A piece of lead for making soundings, adjusting walls to the vertical.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pluperfect</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Expressing past time or action prior to some other past time or action.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>plural</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Containing or consisting of more than one.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>plurality</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A majority.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>plutocracy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A wealthy class in a political community who control the government by means of their money.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pneumatic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to or consisting of air or gas.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>poesy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Poetry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>poetaster</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An inferior poet.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>poetic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to poetry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>poetics</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The rules and principles of poetry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>poignancy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Severity or acuteness, especially of pain or grief.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>poignant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Severely painful or acute to the spirit.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>poise</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Equilibrium.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>polar</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the poles of a sphere, especially of the earth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>polemics</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The art of controversy or disputation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pollen</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The fine dust-like grains or powder formed within the anther of a flowering plant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pollute</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To contaminate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>polyarchy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Government by several or many persons of what- ever class.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>polycracy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The rule of many.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>polygamy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>the fact or condition of having more than one wife or husband at once.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>polyglot</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Speaking several tongues.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>polygon</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A figure having many angles.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>polyhedron</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A solid bounded by plane faces, especially by more than four.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>polysyllable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having several syllables, especially more than three syllables.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>polytechnic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to, embracing, or practicing many arts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>polytheism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The doctrine or belief that there are more gods than one.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pommel</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To beat with something thick or bulky.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pomposity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The quality of being marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pompous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ponder</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To meditate or reflect upon.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ponderous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unusually weighty or forcible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pontiff</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The Pope.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>populace</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The common people.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>populous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Containing many inhabitants, especially in proportion to the territory.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>portend</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To indicate as being about to happen, especially by previous signs.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>portent</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything that indicates what is to happen.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>portfolio</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A portable case for holding writing-materials, drawings, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>posit</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To present in an orderly manner.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>position</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The manner in which a thing is placed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>positive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Free from doubt or hesitation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>posse</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A force of men.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>possess</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To own.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>possession</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>possessive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>possessor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who owns, enjoys, or controls anything, as property.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>possible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Being not beyond the reach of power natural, moral, or supernatural.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>postdate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make the date of any writing later than the real date.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>posterior</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The hinder part.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>postgraduate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to studies that are pursued after receiving a degree.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>postscript</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Something added to a letter after the writer's signature.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>potency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Power.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>potent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Physically powerful.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>potentate</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One possessed of great power or sway.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>potential</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything that may be possible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>potion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A dose of liquid medicine.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>powerless</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Impotent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>practicable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Feasible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To talk about vainly or foolishly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prattle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To utter in simple or childish talk.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preamble</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A statement introductory to and explanatory of what follows.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>precarious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Perilous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>precaution</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A provision made in advance for some possible emergency or danger.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>precede</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To happen first.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>precedence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Priority in place, time, or rank.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>precedent</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>precedential</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of the nature of an instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>precession</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of going forward.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>precipice</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A high and very steep or approximately vertical cliff.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>precipitant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Moving onward quickly and heedlessly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>precipitate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To force forward prematurely.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>precise</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Exact.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>precision</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Accuracy of limitation, definition, or adjustment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preclude</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To prevent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>precocious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the mental faculties prematurely developed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>precursor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A forerunner or herald.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>predatory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Prone to pillaging.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>predecessor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An incumbent of a given office previous to another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>predicament</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A difficult, trying situation or plight.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>predicate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To state as belonging to something.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>predict</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To foretell.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prediction</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A prophecy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>predominance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Ascendancy or preponderance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>predominant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Superior in power, influence, effectiveness, number, or degree.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>predominate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To be chief in importance, quantity, or degree.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preeminence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Special eminence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preempt</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To secure the right of preference in the purchase of public land.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preemption</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The right or act of purchasing before others.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preengage</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To preoccupy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preestablish</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To settle or arrange beforehand.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preexist</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To exist at a period or in a state earlier than something else.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preexistence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Existence antecedent to something.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preface</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A brief explanation or address to the reader, at the beginning of a book.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prefatory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to a brief explanation to the reader at the beginning of a book.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prefer</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To hold in higher estimation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preferable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>More desirable than others.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preference</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An object of favor or choice.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preferential</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Possessing, giving, or constituting preference or priority.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preferment</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Preference.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prefix</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To attach at the beginning.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prehensible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being grasped.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prehensile</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Adapted for grasping or holding.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prehension</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of laying hold of or grasping.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prejudice</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A judgment or opinion formed without due examination of the facts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prelacy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A system of church government.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prelate</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One of a higher order of clergy having direct authority over other clergy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prelude</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An introductory or opening performance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>premature</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Coming too soon.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>premier</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>First in rank or position.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>premise</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A judgment as a conclusion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>premonition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Foreboding.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preoccupation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state of having the mind, attention, or inclination preoccupied.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preoccupy</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To fill the mind of a person to the exclusion of other subjects.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preordain</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To foreordain.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preparation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An act or proceeding designed to bring about some event.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preparatory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having to do with what is preliminary.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preponderant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Prevalent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preponderate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To exceed in influence or power.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prepossession</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A preconceived liking.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preposterous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Utterly ridiculous or absurd.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prerogative</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having superior rank or precedence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>presage</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To foretell.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prescience</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Knowledge of events before they take place.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prescient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Foreknowing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prescript</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Prescribed as a rule or model.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prescriptible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Derived from authoritative direction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prescription</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An authoritative direction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>presentient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Perceiving or feeling beforehand.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>presentiment</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Foreboding.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>presentment</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Semblance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preservation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Conservation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>presumption</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>presumptuous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Assuming too much.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pretension</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A bold or presumptuous assertion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pretentious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Marked by pretense, conceit, or display.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>preternatural</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Extraordinary.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pretext</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A fictitious reason or motive.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prevalence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Frequency.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prevalent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of wide extent or frequent occurrence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prevaricate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prevention</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Thwarting.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prickle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To puncture slightly with fine, sharp points.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>priggish</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Conceited.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prim</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Stiffly proper.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prima</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>First.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>primer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An elementary reading-book for children.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>primeval</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Belonging to the first ages.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>primitive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the beginning or early times.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>principal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Most important.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>principality</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The territory of a reigning prince.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>principle</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A general truth or proposition.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>priory</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A monastic house.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pristine</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Primitive.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>privateer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A vessel owned and officered by private persons, but carrying on maritime war.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>privilege</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A right or immunity not enjoyed by all, or that may be enjoyed only under special conditions.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>privity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Knowledge shared with another or others regarding a private matter.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>privy</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Participating with another or others in the knowledge of a secret transaction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>probate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Relating to making proof, as of a will.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>probation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any proceeding designed to ascertain or test character, qualification, or the like.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>probe</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To search through and through.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>probity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>procedure</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A manner or method of acting.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>proceed</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To renew motion or action, as after rest or interruption.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>proclamation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any announcement made in a public manner.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>procrastinate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To put off till tomorrow or till a future time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>procrastination</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Delay.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>proctor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An agent acting for another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prodigal</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prodigious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Immense.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prodigy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person or thing of very remarkable gifts or qualities.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>productive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Yielding in abundance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>profession</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any calling or occupation involving special mental or other special disciplines.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>professor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A public teacher of the highest grade in a university or college.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>proffer</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To offer to another for acceptance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>proficiency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An advanced state of acquirement, as in some knowledge, art, or science.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>proficient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Possessing ample and ready knowledge or of skill in any art, science, or industry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>profile</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An outline or contour.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>profiteer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who profits.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>profligacy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Shameless viciousness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>profligate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Abandoned to vice.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>profuse</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Produced or displayed in overabundance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>progeny</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Offspring.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>progression</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A moving forward or proceeding in course.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prohibition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A decree or an order forbidding something.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prohibitionist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who favors the prohibition by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prohibitory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of the sale of alcoholic beverages.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>projection</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A prominence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>proletarian</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person of the lowest or poorest class.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prolific</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Producing offspring or fruit.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prolix</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Verbose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prologue</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A prefatory statement or explanation to a poem, discourse, or performance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prolong</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To extend in time or duration.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>promenade</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To walk for amusement or exercise.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prominence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The quality of being noticeable or distinguished.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prominent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Conspicuous in position, character, or importance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>promiscuous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Brought together without order, distinction, or design (for sex).</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>promissory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Expressing an engagement to pay.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>promontory</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A high point of land extending outward from the coastline into the sea.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>promoter</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A furtherer, forwarder, or encourager.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>promulgate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To proclaim.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>propaganda</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any institution or systematic scheme for propagating a doctrine or system.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>propagate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To spread abroad or from person to person.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>propel</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To drive or urge forward.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>propellant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Propelling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>propeller</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who or that which propels.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prophecy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any prediction or foretelling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prophesy</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To predict or foretell, especially under divine inspiration and guidance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>propitious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Kindly disposed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>proportionate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Being in proportion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>propriety</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Accordance with recognized usage, custom, or principles.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>propulsion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A driving onward or forward.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prosaic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unimaginative.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>proscenium</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That part of the stage between the curtain and the orchestra.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>proscribe</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemnation or denunciation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>proscription</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any act of condemnation and rejection from favor and privilege.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>proselyte</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who has been won over from one religious belief to another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prosody</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The science of poetical forms.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prospector</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who makes exploration, search, or examination, especially for minerals.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prospectus</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A paper or pamphlet containing information of a proposed undertaking.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prostrate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lying prone, or with the head to the ground.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>protagonist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A leader in any enterprise or contest.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>protection</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Preservation from harm, danger, annoyance, or any other evil.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>protective</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Sheltering.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>protector</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A defender.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>protege</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One specially cared for and favored by another usually older person.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Protestant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A Christian who denies the authority of the Pope and holds the right of special judgment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>protomartyr</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The earliest victim in any cause.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>protocol</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A declaration or memorandum of agreement less solemn and formal than a treaty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>protoplasm</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The substance that forms the principal portion of an animal or vegetable cell.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prototype</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A work, original in character, afterward imitated in form or spirit.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>protract</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To prolong.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>protrude</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To push out or thrust forth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>protrusion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of protruding.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>protuberance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Something that swells out from a surrounding surface.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>protuberant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Bulging.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>protuberate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To swell or bulge beyond the surrounding surface.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>proverb</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A brief, pithy saying, condensing in witty or striking form the wisdom of experience.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>provident</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>providential</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Effected by divine guidance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>provincial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Uncultured in thought and manner.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>proviso</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A clause in a contract, will, etc., by which its operation is rendered conditional.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>provocation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An action or mode of conduct that excites resentment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prowess</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Strength, skill, and intrepidity in battle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>proximately</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Immediately.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>proxy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person who is empowered by another to represent him or her in a given matter.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prudence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Caution.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prudential</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Proceeding or marked by caution.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prudery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An undue display of modesty or delicacy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>prurient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Inclined to lascivious thoughts and desires.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pseudapostle</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A pretended or false apostle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pseudonym</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A fictitious name, especially when assumed by a writer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pseudonymity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state or character of using a fictitious name.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>psychiatry</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The branch of medicine that relates to mental disease.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>psychic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the mind or soul.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>psychopathic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Morally irresponsible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>psychotherapy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The treatment of mental disease.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pudgy</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Small and fat.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>puerile</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Childish.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pugnacious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Quarrelsome.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>puissant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Possessing strength.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pulmonary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the lungs.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>punctilious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>punctual</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Observant and exact in points of time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pungent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Affecting the sense of smell.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pungency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The quality of affecting the sense of smell.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>punitive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to punishment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pupilage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state or period of being a student.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>purgatory</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An intermediate state where souls are made fit for paradise or heaven by expiatory suffering.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>purl</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to whirl, as in an eddy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>purloin</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To steal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>purport</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Intent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>purveyor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>one who supplies</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pusillanimous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Without spirit or bravery.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>putrescent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Undergoing decomposition of animal or vegetable matter accompanied by fetid odors.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pyre</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pyromania</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An insane propensity to set things on fire.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pyrotechnic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to fireworks or their manufacture.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>pyx</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A vessel or casket, usually of precious metal, in which the host is preserved.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>quackery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Charlatanry</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>quadrate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To divide into quarters.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>quadruple</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To multiply by four.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>qualification</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A requisite for an employment, position, right, or privilege.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>qualify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To endow or furnish with requisite ability, character, knowledge, skill, or possessions.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>qualm</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A fit of nausea.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>quandary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A puzzling predicament.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>quantity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Magnitude.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>quarantine</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The enforced isolation of any person or place infected with contagious disease.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>quarrelsome</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Irascible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>quarter</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One of four equal parts into which anything is or may be divided.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>quarterly</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Occurring or made at intervals of three months.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>quartet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A composition for four voices or four instruments.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>quarto</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An eight-page newspaper of any size.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>quay</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or projecting into it.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>querulous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Habitually complaining.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>query</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make inquiry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>queue</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A file of persons waiting in order of their arrival, as for admittance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>quibble</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An utterly trivial distinction or objection.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>quiescence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Quiet.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>quiescent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Being in a state of repose or inaction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>quiet</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Making no noise.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>quietus</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A silencing, suppressing, or ending.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>quintessence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The most essential part of anything.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>quintet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Musical composition arranged for five voices or instruments.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>quite</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Fully.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Quixotic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rabid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Affected with rabies or hydrophobia.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>racy</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Exciting or exhilarating to the mind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>radiance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Brilliant or sparkling luster.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>radiate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To extend in all directions, as from a source or focus.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>radical</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who holds extreme views or advocates extreme measures.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>radix</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That from or on which something is developed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>raillery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Good-humored satire.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ramify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ramose</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Branch-like.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rampant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Growing, climbing, or running without check or restraint.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rampart</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A bulwark or construction to oppose assault or hostile entry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rancor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Malice.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rankle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To produce irritation or festering.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rapacious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy methods.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rapid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having great speed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rapine</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of seizing and carrying off property by superior force, as in war.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rapt</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Enraptured.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>raptorial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Seizing and devouring living prey.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ration</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To provide with a fixed allowance or portion, especially of food.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rationalism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The formation of opinions by relying upon reason alone, independently of authority.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>raucous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Harsh.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ravage</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To lay waste by pillage, rapine, devouring, or other destructive methods.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ravenous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Furiously voracious or hungry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ravine</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A deep gorge or hollow, especially one worn by a stream or flow of water.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reaction</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Tendency towards a former, or opposite state of things, as after reform, revolution, or inflation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reactionary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to, of the nature of, causing, or favoring reaction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>readily</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Without objection or reluctance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>readjust</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To put in order after disarrangement.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ready</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>In a state of preparedness for any given purpose or occasion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>realism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The principle and practice of depicting persons and scenes as they are believed really to exist.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rearrange</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To arrange again or in a different order.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reassure</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To give new confidence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rebellious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Insubordinate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rebuff</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A peremptory or unexpected rejection of advances or approaches.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rebuild</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To build again or anew.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rebut</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To oppose by argument or a sufficient answer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recant</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To withdraw formally one's belief (in something previously believed or maintained).</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recapitulate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To repeat again the principal points of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recapture</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To capture again.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recede</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To move back or away.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>receivable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being or fit to be received - often money.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>receptive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the capacity, quality, or ability of receiving, as truths or impressions.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recessive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having a tendency to go back.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recidivist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A confirmed criminal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reciprocal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Mutually interchangeable or convertible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reciprocate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To give and take mutually.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reciprocity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Equal mutual rights and benefits granted and enjoyed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recitation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of reciting or repeating, especially in public and from memory.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reck</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To have a care or thought for.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reckless</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Foolishly headless of danger.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reclaim</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To demand or to obtain the return or restoration of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recline</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to assume a leaning or recumbent attitude or position.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recluse</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who lives in retirement or seclusion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reclusory</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A hermitage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recognizance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An acknowledgment entered into before a court with condition to do some particular act.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recognize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To recall the identity of (a person or thing).</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recoil</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To start back as in dismay, loathing, or dread.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recollect</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To recall the knowledge of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reconcilable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being adjusted or harmonized.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reconnoiter</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make a preliminary examination of for military, surveying, or geological purposes.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reconsider</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To review with care, especially with a view to a reversal of previous action.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reconstruct</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To rebuild.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recourse</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Resort to or application for help in exigency or trouble.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recover</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To regain.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recreant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A cowardly or faithless person.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recreate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To refresh after labor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recrudescence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state of becoming raw or sore again.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recrudescent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Becoming raw or sore again.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recruit</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To enlist men for military or naval service.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rectify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To correct.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rectitude</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The quality of being upright in principles and conduct.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recuperate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To recover.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recur</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To happen again or repeatedly, especially at regular intervals.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recure</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cure again.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>recurrent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Returning from time to time, especially at regular or stated intervals.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>redemption</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The recovery of what is mortgaged or pledged, by paying the debt.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>redolent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Smelling sweet and agreeable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>redolence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Smelling sweet and agreeable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>redoubtable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Formidable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>redound</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Rebound.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>redress</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To set right, as a wrong by compensation or the punishment of the wrong-doer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reducible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That may be reduced.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>redundance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Excess.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>redundant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Constituting an excess.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reestablish</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To restore.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>refer</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To direct or send for information or other purpose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>referrer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who refers.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>referable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Ascribable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>referee</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An umpire.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>refinery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A place where some crude material, as sugar or petroleum, is purified.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reflectible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being turned back.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reflection</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The throwing off or back of light, heat, sound, or any form of energy that travels in waves.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reflector</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A mirror, as of metal, for reflecting light, heat, or sound in a particular direction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reflexible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being reflected.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reform</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Change for the better.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reformer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who carries out a reform.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>refract</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To bend or turn from a direct course.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>refractory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not amenable to control.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>refragable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being refuted.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>refringency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Power to refract.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>refringent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the power to refract.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>refusal</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Denial of what is asked.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>refute</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To prove to be wrong.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>regale</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To give unusual pleasure.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>regalia</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>pl. The emblems of royalty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>regality</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Royalty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>regenerate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To reproduce.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>regent</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who is lawfully deputized to administer the government for the time being in the name of the ruler.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>regicide</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The killing of a king or sovereign.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>regime</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Particular conduct or administration of affairs.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>regimen</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A systematized order or course of living with reference to food, clothing and personal habits.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>regiment</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A body of soldiers.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>regnant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Exercising royal authority in one's own right.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>regress</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To return to a former place or condition.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>regretful</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Feeling, expressive of, or full of regret.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rehabilitate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To restore to a former status, capacity, right rank, or privilege.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reign</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To hold and exercise sovereign power.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reimburse</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To pay back as an equivalent of what has been expended.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rein</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A step attached to the bit for controlling a horse or other draft-animal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reinstate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To restore to a former state, station, or authority.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reiterate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To say or do again and again.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rejoin</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To reunite after separation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rejuvenate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To restore to youth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rejuvenescence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A renewal of youth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>relapse</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To suffer a return of a disease after partial recovery.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>relegate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To send off or consign, as to an obscure position or remote destination.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>relent</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To yield.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>relevant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Bearing upon the matter in hand.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reliance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Dependence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reliant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having confidence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>relinquish</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To give up using or having.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reliquary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A casket, coffer, or repository in which relics are kept.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>relish</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To like the taste or savor of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reluctance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Unwillingness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reluctant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unwilling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>remembrance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Recollection.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reminiscence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The calling to mind of incidents within the range of personal knowledge or experience.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reminiscent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the recollection of matters of personal interest.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>remiss</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Negligent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>remission</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Temporary diminution of a disease.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>remodel</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>Reconstruct.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>remonstrance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Reproof.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>remonstrant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the character of a reproof.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>remonstrate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To present a verbal or written protest to those who have power to right or prevent a wrong.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>remunerate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To pay or pay for.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>remuneration</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Compensation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Renaissance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The revival of letters, and then of art, which marks the transition from medieval to modern time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rendezvous</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A prearranged place of meeting.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rendition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Interpretation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>renovate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To restore after deterioration, as a building.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>renunciation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reorganize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To change to a more satisfactory form of organization.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reparable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of repair.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reparation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of making amends, as for an injury, loss, or wrong.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>repartee</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A ready, witty, or apt reply.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>repeal</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To render of no further effect.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>repel</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To force or keep back in a manner, physically or mentally.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>repellent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having power to force back in a manner, physically or mentally.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>repentance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Sorrow for something done or left undone, with desire to make things right by undoing the wrong.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>repertory</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A place where things are stored or gathered together.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>repetition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of repeating.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>repine</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>replenish</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To fill again, as something that has been emptied.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>replete</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Full to the uttermost.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>replica</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A duplicate executed by the artist himself, and regarded, equally with the first, as an original.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>repository</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A place in which goods are stored.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reprehend</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To find fault with.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reprehensible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Censurable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reprehension</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Expression of blame.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>repress</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To keep under restraint or control.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>repressible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Able to be kept under restraint or control.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reprieve</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To grant a respite from punishment to.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reprimand</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To chide or rebuke for a fault.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reprisal</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any infliction or act by way of retaliation on an enemy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reprobate</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One abandoned to depravity and sin.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reproduce</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make a copy of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reproduction</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The process by which an animal or plant gives rise to another of its kind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reproof</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An expression of disapproval or blame personally addressed to one censured.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>repudiate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To refuse to have anything to do with.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>repugnance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Thorough dislike.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>repugnant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Offensive to taste and feeling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>repulse</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of beating or driving back, as an attacking or advancing enemy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>repulsive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Grossly offensive.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>repute</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To hold in general opinion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>requiem</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A solemn mass sung for the repose of the souls of the dead.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>requisite</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Necessary.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>requital</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Adequate return for good or ill.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>requite</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To repay either good or evil to, as to a person.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rescind</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a superior authority.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reseat</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To place in position of office again.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>resemblance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Similarity in quality or form.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>resent</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To be indignant at, as an injury or insult.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reservoir</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A receptacle where a quantity of some material, especially of a liquid or gas, may be kept.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>residue</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A remainder or surplus after a part has been separated or otherwise treated.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>resilience</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The power of springing back to a former position</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>resilient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the quality of springing back to a former position.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>resistance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The exertion of opposite effort or effect.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>resistant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Offering or tending to produce resistance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>resistive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having or exercising the power of resistance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>resistless</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Powerless.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>resonance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The quality of being able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>resonance</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>resonate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To have or produce resonance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>resource</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which is restored to, relied upon, or made available for aid or support.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>respite</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Interval of rest.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>resplendent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Very bright.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>respondent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Answering.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>restitution</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Restoration of anything to the one to whom it properly belongs.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>resumption</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of taking back, or taking again.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>resurgent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Surging back or again.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>resurrection</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A return from death to life</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>resuscitate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To restore from apparent death.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>retaliate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To repay evil with a similar evil.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>retch</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make an effort to vomit.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>retention</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The keeping of a thing within one's power or possession.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reticence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The quality of habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reticent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>retinue</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The body of persons who attend a person of importance in travel or public appearance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>retort</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A retaliatory speech.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>retouch</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To modify the details of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>retrace</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To follow backward or toward the place of beginning, as a track or marking.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>retract</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To recall or take back (something that one has said).</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>retrench</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cut down or reduce in extent or quantity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>retrieve</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To recover something by searching.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>retroactive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Operative on, affecting, or having reference to past events, transactions, responsibilities.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>retrograde</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to deteriorate or to move backward.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>retrogression</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A going or moving backward or in a reverse direction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>retrospect</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A view or contemplation of something past.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>retrospective</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Looking back on the past.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reunite</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To unite or join again, as after separation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>revelation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A disclosing, discovering, or making known of what was before secret, private, or unknown.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>revere</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To regard with worshipful veneration.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reverent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Humble.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>reversion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A return to or toward some former state or condition.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>revert</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To return, or turn or look back, as toward a former position or the like.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>revile</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To heap approach or abuse upon.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>revisal</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Revision.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>revise</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To examine for the correction of errors, or for the purpose of making changes.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>revocation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Repeal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>revoke</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To rescind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rhapsody</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Rapt or rapturous utterance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rhetoric</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The art of discourse.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rhetorician</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A showy writer or speaker.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ribald</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>riddance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act or ridding or delivering from something undesirable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ridicule</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Looks or acts expressing amused contempt.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ridiculous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Laughable and contemptible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rife</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Abundant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>righteousness</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Rectitude.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rightful</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Conformed to a just claim according to established laws or usage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rigmarole</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Nonsense.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rigor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Inflexibility.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rigorous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Uncompromising.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ripplet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A small ripple, as of water.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>risible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>capable of exciting laughter.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rivulet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A small stream or brook.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>robust</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characterized by great strength or power of endurance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rondo</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A musical composition during which the first part or subject is repeated several times.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rookery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A place where crows congregate to breed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rotary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Turning around its axis, like a wheel, or so constructed as to turn thus.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rotate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to turn on or as on its axis, as a wheel.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rote</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Repetition of words or sounds as a means of learning them, with slight attention.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rotund</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Round from fullness or plumpness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rudimentary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Being in an initial, early, or incomplete stage of development.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rue</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To regret extremely.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ruffian</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ruminant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Chewing the cud.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ruminate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rupture</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To separate the parts of by violence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>rustic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characteristic of dwelling in the country.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ruth</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Sorrow for another's misery.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sacrifice</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make an offering of to deity, especially by presenting on an altar.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sacrificial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Offering or offered as an atonement for sin.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sacrilege</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of violating or profaning anything sacred.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sacrilegious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Impious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>safeguard</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To protect.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sagacious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Able to discern and distinguish with wise perception.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>salacious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having strong sexual desires.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>salience</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The condition of standing out distinctly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>salient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Standing out prominently.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>saline</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Constituting or consisting of salt.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>salutary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Beneficial.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>salutation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any form of greeting, hailing, or welcome, whether by word or act.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>salutatory</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The opening oration at the commencement in American colleges.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>salvage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any act of saving property.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>salvo</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A salute given by firing all the guns, as at the funeral of an officer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sanctimonious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Making an ostentatious display or hypocritical pretense of holiness or piety.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sanction</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To approve authoritatively.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sanctity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Holiness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sanguinary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Bloody.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sanguine</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the color of blood.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sanguineous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Consisting of blood.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sapid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Affecting the sense of taste.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sapience</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Deep wisdom or knowledge.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sapient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Possessing wisdom.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sapiential</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Possessing wisdom.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>saponaceous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the nature or quality of soap.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sarcasm</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Cutting and reproachful language.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sarcophagus</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A stone coffin or a chest-like tomb.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sardonic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>satiate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To satisfy fully the appetite or desire of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>satire</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The employment of sarcasm, irony, or keenness of wit in ridiculing vices.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>satiric</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Resembling poetry, in which vice, incapacity ,or corruption is held up to ridicule.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>satirize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To treat with sarcasm or derisive wit.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>satyr</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A very lascivious person.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>savage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A wild and uncivilized human being.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>savor</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To perceive by taste or smell.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>scabbard</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The sheath of a sword or similar bladed weapon.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>scarcity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Insufficiency of supply for needs or ordinary demands.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>scholarly</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characteristic of an erudite person.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>scholastic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to education or schools.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>scintilla</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The faintest ray.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>scintillate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>scope</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A range of action or view.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>scoundrel</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A man without principle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>scribble</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Hasty, careless writing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>scribe</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who writes or is skilled in writing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>script</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Writing or handwriting of the ordinary cursive form.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Scriptural</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to, contained in, or warranted by the Holy Scriptures.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>scruple</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or duty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>scrupulous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Cautious in action for fear of doing wrong.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>scurrilous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Grossly indecent or vulgar.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>scuttle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To sink (a ship) by making holes in the bottom.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>scythe</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A long curved blade for mowing, reaping, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>seance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A meeting of spirituals for consulting spirits.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sear</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To burn on the surface.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sebaceous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to or appearing like fat.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>secant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Cutting, especially into two parts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>secede</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To withdraw from union or association, especially from a political or religious body.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>secession</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Voluntary withdrawal from fellowship, especially from political or religious bodies.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>seclude</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To place, keep, or withdraw from the companionship of others.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>seclusion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Solitude.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>secondary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Less important or effective than that which is primary.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>secondly</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>In the second place in order or succession.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>second-rate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Second in quality, size, rank, importance, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>secrecy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Concealment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>secretary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who attends to correspondence, keeps records. or does other writing for others.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>secretive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having a tendency to conceal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sedate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Even-tempered.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sedentary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Involving or requiring much sitting.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sediment</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sedition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>seditious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Promotive of conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>seduce</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To entice to surrender chastity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sedulous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Persevering in effort or endeavor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>seer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A prophet.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>seethe</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To be violently excited or agitated.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>seignior</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A title of honor or respectful address, equivalent to sir.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>seismograph</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An instrument for recording the phenomena of earthquakes.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>seize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To catch or take hold of suddenly and forcibly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>selective</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the power of choice.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>self-respect</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Rational self-esteem.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>semblance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Outward appearance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>semicivilized</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Half-civilized.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>semiconscious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Partially conscious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>semiannual</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Recurring at intervals of six months.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>semicircle</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A half-circle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>seminar</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any assemblage of pupils for real research in some specific study under a teacher.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>seminary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A special school, as of theology or pedagogics.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>senile</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Peculiar to or proceeding from the weakness or infirmity of old age.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sensation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A condition of mind resulting from spiritual or inherent feeling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sense</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The signification conveyed by some word, phrase, or action.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sensibility</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Power to perceive or feel.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sensitive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Easily affected by outside operations or influences.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sensorium</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The sensory apparatus.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sensual</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the body or the physical senses.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sensuous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having a warm appreciation of the beautiful or of the refinements of luxury.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sentence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sentience</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Capacity for sensation or sense-perception.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sentient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Possessing the power of sense or sense-perception.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sentinel</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any guard or watch stationed for protection.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>separable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being disjoined or divided.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>separate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To take apart.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>separatist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A seceder.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>septennial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Recurring every seven years.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sepulcher</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A burial-place.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sequacious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Ready to be led.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sequel</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which follows in consequence of what has previously happened.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sequence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The order in which a number or persons, things, or events follow one another in space or time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sequent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Following in the order of time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sequester</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to withdraw or retire, as from society or public life.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sequestrate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To confiscate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sergeant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A non-commissioned military officer ranking next above a corporal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sergeant-at-arms</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An executive officer in legislative bodies who enforces the orders of the presiding officer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sergeant-major</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The highest non-commissioned officer in a regiment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>service</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any work done for the benefit of another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>serviceable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Durable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>servitude</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Slavery.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>severance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Separation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>severely</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Extremely.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sextet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A band of six singers or players.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sextuple</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Multiplied by six.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sheer</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Absolute.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>shiftless</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Wanting in resource, energy, or executive ability.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>shrewd</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characterized by skill at understanding and profiting by circumstances.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>shriek</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A sharp, shrill outcry or scream, caused by agony or terror.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>shrinkage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A contraction of any material into less bulk or dimension.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>shrivel</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To draw or be drawn into wrinkles.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>shuffle</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A mixing or changing the order of things.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sibilance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A hissing sound.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sibilant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Made with a hissing sound.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sibilate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter s.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sidelong</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Inclining or tending to one side.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sidereal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to stars or constellations.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>siege</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A beleaguerment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>significance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Importance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>significant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Important, especially as pointing something out.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>signification</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The meaning conveyed by language, actions, or signs.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>similar</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Bearing resemblance to one another or to something else.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>simile</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A comparison which directs the mind to the representative object itself.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>similitude</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Similarity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>simplify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make less complex or difficult.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>simulate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>Imitate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>simultaneous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Occurring, done, or existing at the same time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sinecure</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any position having emoluments with few or no duties.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>singe</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To burn slightly or superficially.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sinister</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Evil.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sinuosity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The quality of curving in and out.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sinuous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Curving in and out.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sinus</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An opening or cavity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>siren</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A sea-nymph, described by Homer as dwelling between the island of Circe and Scylla.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sirocco</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>hot winds from Africa.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sisterhood</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A body of sisters united by some bond of sympathy or by a religious vow.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>skeptic</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who doubts any statements.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>skepticism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The entertainment of doubt concerning something.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>skiff</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>skirmish</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Desultory fighting between advanced detachments of two armies.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sleight</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A trick or feat so deftly done that the manner of performance escapes observation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>slight</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of a small importance or significance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>slothful</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lazy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sluggard</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person habitually lazy or idle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sociable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Inclined to seek company.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>socialism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A theory of civil polity that aims to secure the reconstruction of society.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>socialist</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>One who advocates reconstruction of society by collective ownership of land and capital.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sociology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The philosophical study of society.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Sol</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The sun.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>solace</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>solar</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the sun.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>solder</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A fusible alloy used for joining metallic surfaces or margins.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>soldier</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person engaged in military service.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>solecism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any violation of established rules or customs.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>solicitor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who represents a client in court of justice; an attorney.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>solicitude</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Uneasiness of mind occasioned by desire, anxiety, or fear.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>soliloquy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A monologue.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>solstice</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The time of year when the sun is at its greatest declination.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>soluble</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being dissolved, as in a fluid.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>solvent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having sufficient funds to pay all debts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>somber</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Gloomy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>somniferous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Tending to produce sleep.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>somnolence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Oppressive drowsiness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>somnolent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Sleepy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sonata</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An instrumental composition.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sonnet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A poem of fourteen decasyllabic or octosyllabiclines expressing two successive phrases.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sonorous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Resonant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>soothsayer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who claims to have supernatural insight or foresight.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sophism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A false argument understood to be such by the reasoner himself and intentionally used to deceive</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sophistical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fallacious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sophisticate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To deprive of simplicity of mind or manner.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sophistry</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>soprano</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A woman's or boy's voice of high range.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sorcery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Witchcraft.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sordid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of degraded character or nature.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>souvenir</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A token of remembrance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sparse</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Thinly diffused.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Spartan</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Exceptionally brave; rigorously severe.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>spasmodic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Convulsive.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>specialize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To assume an individual or specific character, or adopt a singular or special course.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>specialty</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An employment limited to one particular line of work.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>specie</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A coin or coins of gold, silver, copper, or other metal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>species</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A classificatory group of animals or plants subordinate to a genus.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>specimen</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One of a class of persons or things regarded as representative of the class.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>specious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Plausible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>spectator</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who beholds or looks on.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>specter</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Apparition.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>spectrum</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An image formed by rays of light or other radiant energy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>speculate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To pursue inquiries and form conjectures.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>speculator</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who makes an investment that involves a risk of loss, but also a chance of profit.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sphericity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state or condition of being a sphere.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>spheroid</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A body having nearly the form of a sphere.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>spherometer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An instrument for measuring curvature or radii of spherical surfaces.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>spinous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having spines.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>spinster</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A woman who has never been married.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>spontaneous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Arising from inherent qualities or tendencies without external efficient cause.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sprightly</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Vivacious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>spurious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not genuine.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>squabble</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To quarrel.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>squalid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having a dirty, mean, poverty-stricken appearance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>squatter</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who settles on land without permission or right.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stagnant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not flowing: said of water, as in a pool.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stagnate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To become dull or inert.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stagnation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The condition of not flowing or not changing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stagy</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having a theatrical manner.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>staid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of a steady and sober character.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stallion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An uncastrated male horse, commonly one kept for breeding.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stanchion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A vertical bar, or a pair of bars, used to confine cattle in a stall.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stanza</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A group of rimed lines, usually forming one of a series of similar divisions in a poem.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>statecraft</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The art of conducting state affairs.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>static</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to or designating bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>statics</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The branch of mechanics that treats of the relations that subsist among forces in order.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stationary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not moving.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>statistician</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who is skilled in collecting and tabulating numerical facts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>statuesque</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the grace, pose, or quietude of a statue.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>statuette</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A figurine.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stature</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The natural height of an animal body.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>statute</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any authoritatively declared rule, ordinance, decree, or law.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stealth</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A concealed manner of acting.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stellar</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the stars.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>steppe</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One of the extensive plains in Russia and Siberia.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sterling</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Genuine.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stifle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To smother.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stigma</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A mark of infamy or token of disgrace attaching to a person as the result of evil-doing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stiletto</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A small dagger.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stimulant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Anything that rouses to activity or to quickened action.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stimulate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To rouse to activity or to quickened action.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stimulus</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Incentive.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stingy</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Cheap, unwilling to spend money.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stipend</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A definite amount paid at stated periods in compensation for services or as an allowance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Stoicism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The principles or the practice of the Stoics-being very even tempered in success and failure.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stolid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Expressing no power of feeling or perceiving.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>strait</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stratagem</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stratum</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A natural or artificial layer, bed, or thickness of any substance or material.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>streamlet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Rivulet.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stringency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Strictness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stringent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Rigid.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stripling</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A mere youth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>studious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having or showing devotion to the acquisition of knowledge.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stultify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To give an appearance of foolishness to.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stupendous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of prodigious size, bulk, or degree.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>stupor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Profound lethargy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>suasion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of persuading.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>suave</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Smooth and pleasant in manner.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>subacid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Somewhat sharp or biting.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>subaquatic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Being, formed, or operating under water.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>subconscious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Being or occurring in the mind, but without attendant consciousness or conscious perception.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>subjacent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Situated directly underneath.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>subjection</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of bringing into a state of submission.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>subjugate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To conquer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>subliminal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Being beneath the threshold of consciousness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sublingual</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Situated beneath the tongue.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>submarine</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Existing, done, or operating beneath the surface of the sea.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>submerge</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To place or plunge under water.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>submergence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of submerging.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>submersible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being put underwater.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>submersion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of submerging.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>submission</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A yielding to the power or authority of another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>submittal</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of submitting.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>subordinate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Belonging to an inferior order in a classification.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>subsequent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Following in time.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>subservience</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The quality, character, or condition of being servilely following another's behests.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>subservient</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Servilely following another's behests.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>subside</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To relapse into a state of repose and tranquillity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>subsist</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To be maintained or sustained.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>subsistence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Sustenance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>substantive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Solid.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>subtend</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To extend opposite to.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>subterfuge</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Evasion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>subterranean</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Situated or occurring below the surface of the earth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>subtle</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Discriminating.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>subtrahend</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which is to be subtracted.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>subversion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An overthrow, as from the foundation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>subvert</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To bring to ruin.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>succeed</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To accomplish what is attempted or intended.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>success</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A favorable or prosperous course or termination of anything attempted.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>successful</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having reached a high degree of worldly prosperity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>successor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who or that which takes the place of a predecessor or preceding thing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>succinct</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Concise.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>succulent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Juicy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>succumb</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cease to resist.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sufferance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Toleration.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sufficiency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An ample or adequate supply.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>suffrage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The right or privilege of voting.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>suffuse</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cover or fill the surface of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>suggestible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That can be suggested.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>suggestive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Stimulating to thought or reflection.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>summary</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An abstract.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sumptuous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Rich and costly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>superabundance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An excessive amount.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>superadd</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To add in addition to what has been added.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>superannuate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>superb</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Sumptuously elegant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>supercilious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>superficial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Knowing and understanding only the ordinary and the obvious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>superfluity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That part of anything that is in excess of what is needed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>superfluous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Being more than is needed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>superheat</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To heat to excess.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>superintend</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To have the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>superintendence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Direction and management.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>superintendent</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who has the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>superlative</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which is of the highest possible excellence or eminence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>supernatural</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Caused miraculously or by the immediate exercise of divine power.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>supernumerary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Superfluous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>supersede</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To displace.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>supine</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lying on the back.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>supplant</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To take the place of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>supple</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Easily bent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>supplementary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Being an addition to.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>supplicant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who asks humbly and earnestly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>supplicate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To beg.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>supposition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Conjecture.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>suppress</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To prevent from being disclosed or punished.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>suppressible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being suppressed.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>suppression</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A forcible putting or keeping down.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>supramundane</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Supernatural.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>surcharge</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An additional amount charged.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>surety</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Security for payment or performance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>surfeit</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To feed to fullness or to satiety.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>surmise</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To conjecture.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>surmount</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To overcome by force of will.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>surreptitious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Clandestine.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>surrogate</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who or that which is substituted for or appointed to act in place of another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>surround</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To encircle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>surveyor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A land-measurer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>susceptibility</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A specific capability of feeling or emotion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>susceptible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Easily under a specified power or influence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>suspense</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Uncertainty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>suspension</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A hanging from a support.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>suspicious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Inclined to doubt or mistrust.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sustenance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Food.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>swarthy</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having a dark hue, especially a dark or sunburned complexion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Sybarite</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A luxurious person.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sycophant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>syllabic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>syllabication</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Division of words into that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>syllable</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>That which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>syllabus</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Outline of a subject, course, lecture, or treatise.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sylph</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A slender, graceful young woman or girl.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>symmetrical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Well-balanced.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>symmetry</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Relative proportion and harmony.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sympathetic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having a fellow-feeling for or like feelings with another or others.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>sympathize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To share the sentiments or mental states of another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>symphonic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characterized by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>symphonious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Marked by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>symphony</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>synchronism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Simultaneousness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>syndicate</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An association of individuals united for the prosecution of some enterprise.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>syneresis</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e'er for ever.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>synod</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An ecclesiastical council.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>synonym</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A word having the same or almost the same meaning as some other.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>synopsis</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A syllabus or summary.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>systematic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Methodical.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tableau</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An arrangement of inanimate figures representing a scene from real life.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tacit</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Understood.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>taciturn</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Disinclined to conversation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tack</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A small sharp-pointed nail.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tact</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Fine or ready mental discernment shown in saying or doing the proper thing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tactician</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tactics</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any maneuvering or adroit management for effecting an object.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tangency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state of touching.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tangent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Touching.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tangible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Perceptible by touch.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tannery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A place where leather is tanned.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tantalize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To tease.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tantamount</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having equal or equivalent value, effect, or import.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tapestry</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A fabric to which a pattern is applied with a needle, designed for ornamental hangings.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tarnish</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To lessen or destroy the luster of in any way.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>taut</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Stretched tight.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>taxation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A levy, by government, of a fixed contribution.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>taxidermy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The art or process of preserving dead animals or parts of them.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>technic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Technical.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>technicality</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Something peculiar to a particular art, trade, or the like.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>technique</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Manner of performance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>technography</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The scientific description or study of human arts and industries in their historic development.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>technology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The knowledge relating to industries and manufactures.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>teem</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To be full to overflowing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>telepathy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Thought-transference.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>telephony</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The art or process of communicating by telephone.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>telescope</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To drive together so that one slides into the another like the sections of a spy-glass.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>telltale</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That gives warning or information.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>temerity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Recklessness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>temporal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the present life.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>temporary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lasting for a short time only.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>temporize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To pursue a policy of delay.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tempt</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tempter</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An allurer or enticer to evil.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tenacious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unyielding.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tenant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An occupant.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tendency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Direction or inclination, as toward some objector end.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tenet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as true.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tenor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A settled course or manner of progress.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tense</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Strained to stiffness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tentative</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Done as an experiment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tenure</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The term during which a thing is held.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tercentenary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to a period of 300 years.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>termagant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Violently abusive and quarrelsome.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>terminal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to or creative of a boundary, limit.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>terminate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To put an end or stop to.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>termination</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of ending or concluding.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>terminus</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The final point or goal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>terrify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To fill with extreme fear.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>territorial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the domain over which a sovereign state exercises jurisdiction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>terse</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pithy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>testament</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A will.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>testator</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The maker of a will.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>testimonial</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A formal token of regard, often presented in public.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>thearchy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Government by a supreme deity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>theism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Belief in God.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>theocracy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A government administered by ecclesiastics.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>theocrasy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The mixed worship of polytheism.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>theologian</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A professor of divinity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>theological</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Based on or growing out of divine revelation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>theology</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The branch of theological science that treats of God.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>theoretical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Directed toward knowledge for its own sake without respect to applications.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>theorist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One given to speculating.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>theorize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To speculate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>thereabout</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Near that number, quantity, degree, place, or time, approximately.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>therefor</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>For that or this.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>thermal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of or pertaining to heat.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>thermoelectric</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Denoting electricity produced by heat.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>thermoelectricity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Electricity generated by differences of temperature,</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>thesis</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An essay or treatise on a particular subject.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>thoroughbred</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Bred from the best or purest blood or stock.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>thoroughfare</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A public street or road.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>thrall</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One controlled by an appetite or a passion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tilth</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Cultivation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>timbre</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The quality of a tone, as distinguished from intensity and pitch.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>timorous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lacking courage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tincture</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A solution, usually alcoholic, of some principle used in medicine.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tinge</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A faint trace of color.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tipsy</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Befuddled with drinks.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tirade</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Harangue.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tireless</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Untiring.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tiresome</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Wearisome.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Titanic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of vast size or strength.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>toilsome</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Laborious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tolerable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Moderately good.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tolerance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Forbearance in judging of the acts or opinions of others.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tolerant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Indulgent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tolerate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To passively permit or put up with.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>toleration</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A spirit of charitable leniency.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>topography</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The art of representing on a map the physical features of any locality or region with accuracy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>torpor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Apathy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>torrid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Excessively hot.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tortious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Wrongful.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tortuous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Abounding in irregular bends or turns.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>torturous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Marked by extreme suffering.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tractable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Easily led or controlled.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>trait</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A distinguishing feature or quality.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>trajectory</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The path described by a projectile moving under given forces.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>trammel</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An impediment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tranquil</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Calm.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tranquilize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To soothe.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tranquility</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Calmness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transalpine</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Situated on the other side of the Alps.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transact</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To do business.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transatlantic</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Situated beyond or on the other side of the Atlantic.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transcend</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To surpass.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transcendent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Surpassing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transcontinental</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Extending or passing across a continent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transcribe</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To write over again (something already written)</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transcript</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A copy made directly from an original.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transfer</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To convey, remove, or cause to pass from one person or place to another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transferable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being conveyed from one person or place to another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transferee</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The person to whom a transfer is made.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transference</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of conveying from one person or place to another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transferrer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who or that which conveys from one person or place to another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transfigure</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To give an exalted meaning or glorified appearance to.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transfuse</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To pour or cause to pass, as a fluid, from one vessel to another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transfusible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of being poured from one vessel to another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transfusion</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of pouring from one vessel to another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transgress</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To break a law.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transience</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Something that is of short duration.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transient</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who or that which is only of temporary existence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Passage from one place, condition, or action to another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transitory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Existing for a short time only.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>translate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To give the sense or equivalent of in another language or dialect.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>translator</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An interpreter.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>translucence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The property or state of allowing the passage of light.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>translucent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Allowing the passage of light.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transmissible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That may e sent through or across.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transmission</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of sending through or across.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transmit</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To send trough or across.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transmute</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To change in nature, substance, or form.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transparent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Easy to see through or understand.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transpire</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To come to pass.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transplant</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To remove and plant in another place.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transposition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of reversing the order or changing the place of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>transverse</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lying or being across or in a crosswise direction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>travail</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Hard or agonizing labor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>travesty</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A grotesque imitation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>treacherous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Perfidious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>treachery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Violation of allegiance, confidence, or plighted faith.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>treasonable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of the nature of betrayal, treachery, or breech of allegiance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>treatise</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An elaborate literary composition presenting a subject in all its parts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>treble</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Multiplied by three.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>trebly</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Triply.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tremendous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Awe-inspiring.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tremor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An involuntary trembling or shivering.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tremulous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characterized by quivering or unsteadiness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>trenchant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Cutting deeply and quickly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>trepidation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Nervous uncertainty of feeling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>trestle</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An open braced framework for supporting the horizontal stringers of a railway-bridge.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>triad</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A group of three persons of things.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tribune</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any champion of the rights and liberties of the people: often used as the name for a newspaper.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>trickery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Artifice.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tricolor</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of three colors.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tricycle</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A three-wheeled vehicle.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>trident</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The three-pronged fork that was the emblem of Neptune.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>triennial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Taking place every third year.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>trimness</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Neatness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>trinity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A threefold personality existing in the one divine being or substance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>trio</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Three things grouped or associated together.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>triple</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Threefold.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>triplicate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Composed of or pertaining to three related things or parts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>triplicity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state of being triple or threefold.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tripod</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A three-legged stand, usually hinged near the top, for supporting some instrument.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>trisect</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>trite</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Made commonplace by frequent repetition.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>triumvir</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One of three men united coordinately in public office or authority.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>trivial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of little importance or value.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>troublesome</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Burdensome.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>truculence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Ferocity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>truculent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having the character or the spirit of a savage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>truism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A statement so plainly true as hardly to require statement or proof.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>truthful</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Veracious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>turgid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Swollen.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>turpitude</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Depravity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tutelage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of training or the state of being under instruction.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tutelar</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Protective.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tutorship</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The office of a guardian.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>twinge</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A darting momentary local pain.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>typical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Characteristic.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>typify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To serve as a characteristic example of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>typographical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to typography or printing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>typography</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The arrangement of composed type, or the appearance of printed matter.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tyrannical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Despotic.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tyranny</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Absolute power arbitrarily or unjustly administrated.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>tyro</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ubiquitous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Being present everywhere.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ulterior</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not so pertinent as something else to the matter spoken of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ultimate</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Beyond which there is nothing else.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ultimatum</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A final statement or proposal, as concerning terms or conditions.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ultramundane</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to supernatural things or to another life.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ultramontane</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps (that is, on their Italian side).</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>umbrage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A sense of injury.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unaccountable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Inexplicable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unaffected</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Sincere.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unanimous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Sharing the same views or sentiments.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unanimity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state or quality of being of one mind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unavoidable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Inevitable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unbearable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unendurable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unbecoming</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unsuited to the wearer, place, or surroundings.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unbelief</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Doubt.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unbiased</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Impartial, as judgment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unbridled</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Being without restraint.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>uncommon</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Rare.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unconscionable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Ridiculously or unjustly excessive.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unconscious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not cognizant of objects, actions, etc.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unction</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The art of anointing as with oil.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unctuous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Oily.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>undeceive</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To free from deception, as by apprising of the real state of affairs.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>undercharge</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make an inadequate charge for.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>underexposed</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Insufficiently exposed for proper or full development, as negatives in photography.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>undergarment</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A garment to be worn under the ordinary outer garments.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>underman</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To equip with less than the full complement of men.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>undersell</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To sell at a lower price than.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>undersized</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of less than the customary size.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>underhanded</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Clandestinely carried on.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>underlie</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To be the ground or support of.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>underling</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A subordinate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>undermine</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To subvert in an underhand way.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>underrate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To undervalue.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>understate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To fail to put strongly enough, as a case.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>undervalue</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To underestimate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>underworld</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Hades.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>underwrite</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To issue or be party to the issue of a policy of insurance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>undue</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>More than sufficient.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>undulate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To move like a wave or in waves.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>undulous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Resembling waves.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unfavorable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Adverse.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>ungainly</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Clumsy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unguent</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any ointment or lubricant for local application.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unicellular</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Consisting of a single cell.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>univalence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Monovalency.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cause to be one.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unique</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Being the only one of its kind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unison</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A condition of perfect agreement and accord.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unisonant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Being in a condition of perfect agreement and accord.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>Unitarian</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to a religious body that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unlawful</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Illegal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unlimited</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unconstrained.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unnatural</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Artificial.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unnecessary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Not essential under the circumstances.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unsettle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To put into confusion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unsophisticated</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Showing inexperience.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unspeakable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Abominable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>untimely</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Unseasonable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>untoward</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Causing annoyance or hindrance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unutterable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Inexpressible.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unwieldy</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Moved or managed with difficulty, as from great size or awkward shape.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unwise</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Foolish.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>unyoke</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To separate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>up-keep</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Maintenance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>upbraid</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To reproach as deserving blame.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>upcast</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A throwing upward.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>upheaval</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Overthrow or violent disturbance of established order or condition.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>upheave</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To raise or lift with effort.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>uppermost</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>First in order of precedence.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>uproarious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Noisy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>uproot</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To eradicate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>upturn</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To throw into confusion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>urban</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of, or pertaining to, or like a city.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>urbanity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Refined or elegant courtesy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>urchin</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A roguish, mischievous boy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>urgency</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The pressure of necessity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>usage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Treatment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>usurious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Taking unlawful or exorbitant interest on money loaned.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>usurp</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To take possession of by force.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>usury</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate of interest beyond what is allowed by law.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>utilitarianism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The ethical doctrine that actions are right because they are useful or of beneficial tendency.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>utility</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Fitness for some desirable practical purpose.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>utmost</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The greatest possible extent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vacate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To leave.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vaccinate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vacillate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To waver.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vacuous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Empty.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vacuum</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A space entirely devoid of matter.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vagabond</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A wanderer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vagrant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An idle wanderer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vainglory</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vale</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Level or low land between hills.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>valediction</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A bidding farewell.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>valedictorian</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Student who delivers an address at graduating exercises of an educational institution.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>valedictory</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A parting address.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>valid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Founded on truth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>valorous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Courageous.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vapid</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having lost sparkling quality and flavor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vaporizer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An atomizer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>variable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having a tendency to change.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>variance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Change.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>variant</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A thing that differs from another in form only, being the same in essence or substance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>variation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Modification.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>variegate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To mark with different shades or colors.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vassal</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A slave or bondman.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vaudeville</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A variety show.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vegetal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of or pertaining to plants.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vegetarian</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who believes in the theory that man's food should be exclusively vegetable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vegetate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To live in a monotonous, passive way without exercise of the mental faculties.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vegetation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Plant-life in the aggregate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vegetative</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to the process of plant-life.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vehement</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Very eager or urgent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>velocity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Rapid motion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>velvety</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Marked by lightness and softness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>venal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Mercenary, corrupt.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vendible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Marketable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vendition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of selling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vendor</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A seller.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>veneer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Outside show or elegance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>venerable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Meriting or commanding high esteem.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>venerate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To cherish reverentially.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>venereal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Pertaining to or proceeding from sexual intercourse.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>venial</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>venison</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The flesh of deer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>venom</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The poisonous fluid that certain animals secrete.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>venous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or veins.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>veracious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Habitually disposed to speak the truth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>veracity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Truthfulness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>verbatim</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Word for word.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>verbiage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Use of many words without necessity.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>verbose</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Wordy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>verdant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Green with vegetation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>verification</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act of proving to be true, exact, or accurate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>verify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To prove to be true, exact, or accurate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>verily</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>In truth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>verity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Truth.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vermin</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A noxious or troublesome animal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vernacular</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The language of one's country.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vernal</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Belonging to or suggestive of the spring.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>versatile</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having an aptitude for applying oneself to new and varied tasks or to various subjects.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>version</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A description or report of something as modified by one's character or opinion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vertex</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Apex.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vertical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lying or directed perpendicularly to the horizon.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vertigo</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Dizziness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vestige</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vestment</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Clothing or covering.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>veto</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The constitutional right in a chief executive of refusing to approve an enactment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vicarious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>viceroy</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A ruler acting with royal authority in place of the sovereign in a colony or province.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vicissitude</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vie</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To contend.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vigilance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vigilant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Being on the alert to discover and ward off danger or insure safety.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vignette</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A picture having a background or that is shaded off gradually.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vincible</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Conquerable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vindicate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To prove true, right, or real.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vindicatory</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Punitive.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vindicative</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Revengeful.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vinery</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A greenhouse for grapes.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>viol</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A stringed instrument of the violin class.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>viola</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>violator</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who transgresses.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>violation</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Infringement.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>violoncello</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A stringed instrument held between the player's knees.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>virago</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A bold, impudent, turbulent woman.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>virile</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Masculine.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>virtu</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Rare, curious, or beautiful quality.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>virtual</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Being in essence or effect, but not in form or appearance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>virtuoso</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A master in the technique of some particular fine art.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>virulence</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Extreme poisonousness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>virulent</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Exceedingly noxious or deleterious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>visage</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The face, countenance, or look of a person.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>viscount</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>In England, a title of nobility, ranking fourth in the order of British peerage.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vista</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A view or prospect.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>visual</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Perceptible by sight.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>visualize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To give pictorial vividness to a mental representation.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vitality</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The state or quality of being necessary to existence or continuance.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vitalize</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To endow with life or energy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vitiate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To contaminate.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vituperable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Deserving of censure.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vivacity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Liveliness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vivify</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To endue with life.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vivisection</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The dissection of a living animal.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vocable</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>a word, especially one regarded in relation merely to its qualities of sound.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vocative</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of or pertaining to the act of calling.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vociferance</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The quality of making a clamor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vociferate</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To utter with a loud and vehement voice.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vociferous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Making a loud outcry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vogue</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The prevalent way or fashion.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>volant</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Flying or able to fly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>volatile</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Changeable.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>volition</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An act or exercise of will.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>volitive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Exercising the will.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>voluble</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having great fluency in speaking.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>voluptuous</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>having fullness of beautiful form, as a woman, with or without sensuous or sensual quality.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>voracious</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Eating with greediness or in very large quantities.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vortex</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A mass of rotating or whirling fluid, especially when sucked spirally toward the center.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>votary</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Consecrated by a vow or promise.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>votive</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Dedicated by a vow.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vulgarity</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Lack of refinement in conduct or speech.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>vulnerable</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capable of receiving injuries.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>waif</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A homeless, neglected wanderer.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>waistcoat</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A vest.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>waive</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To relinquish, especially temporarily, as a right or claim.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>wampum</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Beads strung on threads, formerly used among the American Indians as currency.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>wane</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To diminish in size and brilliancy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>wantonness</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Recklessness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>warlike</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Belligerent.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>wavelet</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A ripple.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>weak-kneed</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Without resolute purpose or energy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>weal</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Well-being.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>wean</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To transfer (the young) from dependence on mother's milk to another form of nourishment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>wearisome</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Fatiguing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>wee</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Very small.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>well-bred</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Of good ancestry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>well-doer</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A performer of moral and social duties.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>well-to-do</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>In prosperous circumstances.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>whereabouts</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The place in or near which a person or thing is.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>whereupon</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>After which.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>wherever</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>In or at whatever place.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>wherewith</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The necessary means or resources.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>whet</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To make more keen or eager.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>whimsical</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Capricious.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>whine</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To utter with complaining tone.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>wholly</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>Completely.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>wield</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To use, control, or manage, as a weapon, or instrument, especially with full command.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>wile</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An act or a means of cunning deception.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>winsome</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Attractive.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>wintry</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Lacking warmth of manner.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>wiry</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Thin, but tough and sinewy.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>witchcraft</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Sorcery.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>witless</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Foolish, indiscreet, or silly.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>witling</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A person who has little understanding.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>witticism</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A witty, brilliant, or original saying or sentiment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>wittingly</word>
			<type>adv.</type>
			<meaning>With knowledge and by design.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>wizen</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To become or cause to become withered or dry.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>wizen-faced</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Having a shriveled face.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>working-man</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who earns his bread by manual labor.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>workmanlike</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Like or befitting a skilled workman.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>workmanship</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The art or skill of a workman.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>wrangle</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To maintain by noisy argument or dispute.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>wreak</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To inflict, as a revenge or punishment.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>wrest</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To pull or force away by or as by violent twisting or wringing.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>wretchedness</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Extreme misery or unhappiness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>writhe</word>
			<type>v.</type>
			<meaning>To twist the body, face, or limbs or as in pain or distress.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>writing</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The act or art of tracing or inscribing on a surface letters or ideographs.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>wry</word>
			<type>adj.</type>
			<meaning>Deviating from that which is proper or right.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>yearling</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>A young animal past its first year and not yet two years old.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>zealot</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>One who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an immoderately partisan manner.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>zeitgeist</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>zenith</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>The culminating-point of prosperity, influence, or greatness.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>zephyr</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>Any soft, gentle wind.</meaning>
		</definition>
		<definition>
			<word>zodiac</word>
			<type>n.</type>
			<meaning>An imaginary belt encircling the heavens within which are the larger planets.</meaning>
		</definition>
</dictionary>