| miser [n.] | A person given to saving and hoarding unduly |
| quackery [n.] | Charlatanry |
| fiasco [n.] | A complete or humiliating failure |
| transferable [adj.] | Capable of being conveyed from one person or place to another |
| gullible [adj.] | Credulous |
| eclipse [n.] | The obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into the shadow of another body |
| assuage [v.] | To cause to be less harsh, violent, or severe, as excitement, appetite, pain, or disease |
| hillock [n.] | A small hill or mound |
| albino [n.] | A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris |
| vendor [n.] | A seller |
| impetuous [adj.] | Impulsive |
| futurist [n.] | A person of expectant temperament |
| abduction [n.] | A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally |
| metronome [n.] | An instrument for indicating and marking exact time in music |
| deign [v.] | To deem worthy of notice or account |
| Epicurean [adj.] | Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite |
| quarrelsome [adj.] | Irascible |
| aerostat [n.] | A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air |
| jurisdiction [n.] | Lawful power or right to exercise official authority |
| sinecure [n.] | Any position having emoluments with few or no duties |
| jubilation [n.] | Exultation |
| tactics [n.] | Any maneuvering or adroit management for effecting an object |
| symphony [n.] | A harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds |
| academician [n.] | A member of an academy of literature, art, or science |
| tremor [n.] | An involuntary trembling or shivering |
| bolero [n.] | A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing |
| subaquatic [adj.] | Being, formed, or operating under water |
| preemption [n.] | The right or act of purchasing before others |
| incentive [n.] | That which moves the mind or inflames the passions |
| choral [adj.] | Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir |
| soothsayer [n.] | One who claims to have supernatural insight or foresight |
| importune [v.] | To harass with persistent demands or entreaties |
| evict [v.] | To dispossess pursuant to judicial decree |
| countervail [v.] | To offset |
| emit [v.] | To send or give out |
| debatable [adj.] | Subject to contention or dispute |
| senile [adj.] | Peculiar to or proceeding from the weakness or infirmity of old age |
| trepidation [n.] | Nervous uncertainty of feeling |
| alcoholism [n.] | A condition resulting from the inordinate or persistent use of alcoholic beverages |
| undergarment [n.] | A garment to be worn under the ordinary outer garments |
| indigenous [adj.] | Native |
| unwieldy [adj.] | Moved or managed with difficulty, as from great size or awkward shape |
| implausible [adj.] | Not plausible |
| misnomer [n.] | A name wrongly or mistakenly applied |
| transmit [v.] | To send trough or across |
| variegate [v.] | To mark with different shades or colors |
| free trade [n.] | Commerce unrestricted by tariff or customs |
| counting-house [n.] | A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc |
| prophecy [n.] | Any prediction or foretelling |
| myth [n.] | A fictitious narrative presented as historical, but without any basis of fact |
| metric [adj.] | Relating to measurement |
| casual [adj.] | Accidental, by chance |
| redoubtable [adj.] | Formidable |
| peaceable [adj.] | Tranquil |
| determination [n.] | The act of deciding |
| parsimonious [adj.] | Unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of money |
| adhere [v.] | To stick fast or together |
| lassie [n.] | A little lass |
| creamery [n.] | A butter-making establishment |
| brigadier [n.] | General officer who commands a brigade, ranking between a colonel and a major-general |
| torpor [n.] | Apathy |
| characteristic [n.] | A distinctive feature |
| drudgery [n.] | Hard and constant work in any menial or dull occupation |
| abundant [adj.] | Plentiful |
| peremptory [adj.] | Precluding question or appeal |
| alienate [v.] | To cause to turn away |
| principal [adj.] | Most important |
| syllabic [adj.] | Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse |
| whereabouts [n.] | The place in or near which a person or thing is |
| pyrotechnic [adj.] | Pertaining to fireworks or their manufacture |
| contagion [n.] | The communication of disease from person to person |
| missive [n.] | A message in writing |
| buffoonery [n.] | Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc |
| aggrieve [v.] | To give grief or sorrow to |
| irrigant [adj.] | Serving to water lands by artificial means |
| decent [adj.] | Characterized by propriety of conduct, speech, manners, or dress |
| readjust [v.] | To put in order after disarrangement |
| triple [adj.] | Threefold |
| sensorium [n.] | The sensory apparatus |
| extortion [n.] | The practice of obtaining by violence or compulsion |
| advocacy [n.] | The act of pleading a cause |
| convulse [v.] | To cause spasms in |
| irate [adj.] | Moved to anger |
| reconsider [v.] | To review with care, especially with a view to a reversal of previous action |
| weak-kneed [adj.] | Without resolute purpose or energy |
| effervesce [v.] | To bubble up |
| ignoble [adj.] | Low in character or purpose |
| lowly [adv.] | Rudely |
| venous [adj.] | Of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or veins |
| intolerable [adj.] | Insufferable |
| pertinent [adj.] | Relevant |
| excursion [n.] | A journey |
| futile [adj.] | Of no avail or effect |
| singe [v.] | To burn slightly or superficially |
| languid [adj.] | Relaxed |
| service [n.] | Any work done for the benefit of another |
| vagabond [n.] | A wanderer |
| incandescence [n.] | The state of being white or glowing with heat |
| quietus [n.] | A silencing, suppressing, or ending |
| travail [n.] | Hard or agonizing labor |
| prototype [n.] | A work, original in character, afterward imitated in form or spirit |
| excitable [adj.] | Nervously high-strung |
| disunion [n.] | Separation of relations or interests |
| stupor [n.] | Profound lethargy |
| disapprove [v.] | To regard with blame |
| sequester [v.] | To cause to withdraw or retire, as from society or public life |
| barring [prep.] | Apart from |
| glazier [n.] | One who cuts and fits panes of glass, as for windows |
| submarine [adj.] | Existing, done, or operating beneath the surface of the sea |
| retroactive [adj.] | Operative on, affecting, or having reference to past events, transactions, responsibilities |
| primeval [adj.] | Belonging to the first ages |
| legislator [n.] | A lawgiver |
| discrepant [adj.] | Opposite |
| auricular [adj.] | Of or pertaining to the ear, its auricle, or the sense of hearing |
| renovate [v.] | To restore after deterioration, as a building |
| flexible [adj.] | Pliable |
| joggle [n.] | A sudden irregular shake or a push causing such a shake |
| seminary [n.] | A special school, as of theology or pedagogics |
| equanimity [n.] | Evenness of mind or temper |
| puissant [adj.] | Possessing strength |
| exclusion [n.] | Non-admission |
| facial [adj.] | Pertaining to the face |
| rife [adj.] | Abundant |
| emancipate [v.] | To release from bondage |
| compulsion [n.] | Coercion |
| latency [n.] | The state of being dormant |
| irresistible [adj.] | That can not be successfully withstood or opposed |
| actuality [n.] | Any reality |
| disparity [n.] | Inequality |
| working-man [n.] | One who earns his bread by manual labor |
| auricle [n.] | One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins |
| pitiless [adj.] | Hard-hearted |
| mead [n.] | A meadow |
| hydraulic [adj.] | Involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion |
| cohere [v.] | To stick together |
| obnoxious [adj.] | Detestable |
| admonition [n.] | Gentle reproof |
| exclude [v.] | To shut out purposely or forcibly |
| mercantile [adj.] | Conducted or acting on business principles; commercial |
| permutation [n.] | Reciprocal change, different ordering of same items |
| incitement [n.] | That which moves to action, or serves as an incentive or stimulus |
| albeit [conj.] | Even though |
| priory [n.] | A monastic house |
| cantata [n.] | A choral composition |
| truculence [n.] | Ferocity |
| receptive [adj.] | Having the capacity, quality, or ability of receiving, as truths or impressions |
| theorize [v.] | To speculate |
| devise [v.] | To invent |
| aurora [n.] | A luminous phenomenon in the upper regions of the atmosphere |
| tutorship [n.] | The office of a guardian |
| malleable [adj.] | Pliant |
| preexistence [n.] | Existence antecedent to something |
| adduce [v.] | To bring forward or name for consideration |
| remonstrate [v.] | To present a verbal or written protest to those who have power to right or prevent a wrong |
| distiller [n.] | One occupied in the business of distilling alcoholic liquors |
| covey [n.] | A flock of quails or partridges |
| mobocracy [n.] | Lawless control of public affairs by the mob or populace |
| emulate [v.] | To imitate with intent to equal or surpass |
| head foremost [adv.] | Precipitately, as in diving |
| commitment [n.] | The act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping |
| moralize [v.] | To render virtuous |
| iridescence [n.] | A many-colored appearance |
| lacerate [v.] | To tear rudely or raggedly |
| syndicate [n.] | An association of individuals united for the prosecution of some enterprise |
| ground [n.] | A pavement or floor or any supporting surface on which one may walk |
| aeronautics [n.] | the art or practice of flying aircraf |
| nowhere [adv.] | In no place or state |
| incisor [n.] | A front or cutting tooth |
| humanize [v.] | To make gentle or refined |
| syneresis [n.] | The coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e’er for ever |
| fuse [v.] | To unite or blend as by melting together |
| intermission [n.] | A recess |
| indigestible [adj.] | Not digestible, or difficult to digest |
| volatile [adj.] | Changeable |
| impassive [adj.] | Unmoved by or not exhibiting feeling |
| misogyny [n.] | Hatred of women |
| interlocutor [n.] | One who takes part in a conversation or oral discussion |
| animadvert [v.] | To pass criticism or censure |
| ablution [n.] | A washing or cleansing, especially of the body |
| employee [n.] | One who works for wages or a salary |
| autocrat [n.] | Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence |
| perigee [n.] | The point in the orbit of the moon when it is nearest the earth |
| scruple [n.] | Doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or duty |
| tangency [n.] | The state of touching |
| lune [n.] | The moon |
| recapture [v.] | To capture again |
| paradox [n.] | A statement or doctrine seemingly in contradiction to the received belief |
| diacritical [adj.] | Marking a difference |
| penalty [n.] | The consequences that follow the transgression of natural or divine law |
| iota [n.] | A small or insignificant mark or part |
| iconoclast [n.] | An image-breaker |
| phonetic [adj.] | Representing articulate sounds or speech |
| moderation [n.] | Temperance |
| gentile [adj.] | Belonging to a people not Jewish |
| encamp [v.] | To pitch tents for a resting-place |
| doleful [adj.] | Melancholy |
| invalid [n.] | One who is disabled by illness or injury |
| comport [v.] | To conduct or behave (oneself) |
| viola [n.] | A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin |
| cardiac [adj.] | Pertaining to the heart |
| germinate [v.] | To begin to develop into an embryo or higher form |
| prodigy [n.] | A person or thing of very remarkable gifts or qualities |
| endurance [n.] | The ability to suffer pain, distress, hardship, or stress of any kind without succumbing |
| specialty [n.] | An employment limited to one particular line of work |
| Gordian knot [n.] | Any difficulty the only issue out of which is by bold or unusual manners |
| waive [v.] | To relinquish, especially temporarily, as a right or claim |
| dissolve [v.] | To liquefy or soften, as by heat or moisture |
| stagnation [n.] | The condition of not flowing or not changing |
| correlate [v.] | To put in some relation of connection or correspondence |
| hostility [n.] | Enmity |
| influential [adj.] | Having the power to sway the will of another |
| recitation [n.] | The act of reciting or repeating, especially in public and from memory |
| petulant [adj.] | Displaying impatience |
| jugular [adj.] | Pertaining to the throat |
| imperturbable [adj.] | Calm |
| low-spirited [adj.] | Despondent |
| impalpable [adj.] | Imperceptible to the touch |
| arrant [adj.] | Notoriously bad |
| ruffian [adj.] | A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow |
| disobedience [n.] | Neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative injunction |
| primer [n.] | An elementary reading-book for children |
| underwrite [v.] | To issue or be party to the issue of a policy of insurance |
| masonry [n.] | The art or work of constructing, as buildings, walls, etc., with regularly arranged stones |
| secretary [n.] | One who attends to correspondence, keeps records. or does other writing for others |
| brittle [adj.] | Fragile |
| satiric [adj.] | Resembling poetry, in which vice, incapacity ,or corruption is held up to ridicule |
| reassure [v.] | To give new confidence |
| precedence [n.] | Priority in place, time, or rank |
| astringent [adj.] | Harsh in disposition or character |
| incinerate [v.] | To reduce to ashes |
| Augustinian [adj.] | Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him |
| incipience [n.] | Beginning |
| possess [v.] | To own |
| rescind [v.] | To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a superior authority |
| ogre [n.] | A demon or monster that was supposed to devour human beings |
| profiteer [n.] | One who profits |
| complicity [n.] | Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer |
| insufficiency [n.] | Inadequacy |
| suppress [v.] | To prevent from being disclosed or punished |
| coddle [v.] | To treat as a baby or an invalid |
| mollify [v.] | To soothe |
| distention [n.] | Expansion |
| statuette [n.] | A figurine |
| explosion [n.] | A sudden and violent outbreak |
| infusion [n.] | The act of imbuing, or pouring in |
| outpost [n.] | A detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main body to guard against surprise |
| valid [adj.] | Founded on truth |
| betide [v.] | To happen to or befall |
| revise [v.] | To examine for the correction of errors, or for the purpose of making changes |
| pique [v.] | To excite a slight degree of anger in |
| peccant [adj.] | Guilty |
| bailiff [n.] | An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment |
| immigrant [n.] | A foreigner who enters a country to settle there |
| baritone [adj.] | Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor |
| levity [n.] | Frivolity |
| reproduction [n.] | The process by which an animal or plant gives rise to another of its kind |
| tribune [n.] | Any champion of the rights and liberties of the people: often used as the name for a newspaper |
| loam [n.] | A non-coherent mixture of sand and clay |
| bravado [n.] | An aggressive display of boldness |
| wean [v.] | To transfer (the young) from dependence on mother’s milk to another form of nourishment |
| eligible [adj.] | Qualified for selection |
| divergent [adj.] | Tending in different directions |
| happy-go-lucky [adj.] | Improvident |
| cat-o-nine-tails [n.] | An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy |
| obtrusive [adj.] | Tending to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence |
| convertible [adj.] | Interchangeable |
| atrocity [n.] | Great cruelty or reckless wickedness |
| irksome [adj.] | Wearisome |
| impromptu [n.] | Anything done or said on the impulse of the moment |
| scurrilous [adj.] | Grossly indecent or vulgar |
| amenable [adj.] | Willing and ready to submit |
| catholicity [n.] | Universal prevalence or acceptance |
| profligacy [n.] | Shameless viciousness |
| truthful [adj.] | Veracious |
| supine [adj.] | Lying on the back |
| magnanimous [adj.] | Generous in treating or judging others |
| coerce [v.] | To force |
| explicate [v.] | To clear from involvement |
| excellency [n.] | A title of honor bestowed upon various high officials |
| homologous [adj.] | Identical in nature, make-up, or relation |
| oust [v.] | To eject |
| paly [adj.] | Lacking color or brilliancy |
| antipodes [n.] | A place or region on the opposite side of the earth |
| facetious [adj.] | Amusing |
| tolerate [v.] | To passively permit or put up with |
| docket [n.] | The registry of judgments of a court |
| finality [n.] | The state or quality of being final or complete |
| reluctant [adj.] | Unwilling |
| utility [n.] | Fitness for some desirable practical purpose |
| benefactor [n.] | A doer of kindly and charitable acts |
| opaque [adj.] | Impervious to light |
| defray [v.] | To make payment for |
| arrear [n.] | Something overdue and unpaid |
| antispasmodic [adj.] | Tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections |
| darkling [adv.] | Blindly |
| propellant [adj.] | Propelling |
| acetate [n.] | A salt of acetic acid |
| hustle [v.] | To move with haste and promptness |
| divulgence [n.] | A divulging |
| pedestal [n.] | A base or support as for a column, statue, or vase |
| parallel [v.] | To cause to correspond or lie in the same direction and equidistant in all parts |
| luscious [adj.] | Rich, sweet, and delicious |
| venom [n.] | The poisonous fluid that certain animals secrete |
| dolorous [adj.] | Expressing or causing sorrow or pain |
| receivable [adj.] | Capable of being or fit to be received – often money |
| assonance [n.] | Resemblance or correspondence in sound |
| derrick [n.] | An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights |
| logician [n.] | An expert reasoner |
| invigorate [v.] | To animate |
| pervade [v.] | To pass or spread through every part |
| perversity [n.] | Wickedness |
| clumsy [adj.] | Awkward of movement |
| anemometer [n.] | An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind |
| extant [adj.] | Still existing and known |
| enshrine [v.] | To keep sacred |
| bulrush [n.] | Any one of various tall rush-like plants growing in damp ground or water |
| procedure [n.] | A manner or method of acting |
| blaze [n.] | A vivid glowing flame |
| mandatory [adj.] | Expressive of positive command, as distinguished from merely directory |
| conclusive [adj.] | Sufficient to convince or decide |
| gaiety [n.] | Festivity |
| presumption [n.] | That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved |
| despondent [adj.] | Disheartened |
| turpitude [n.] | Depravity |
| vertigo [n.] | Dizziness |
| elicit [v.] | To educe or extract gradually or without violence |
| pellucid [adj.] | Translucent |
| cornucopia [n.] | The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity |
| imbibe [v.] | To drink or take in |
| recover [v.] | To regain |
| inhibit [v.] | To hold back or in |
| secretive [adj.] | Having a tendency to conceal |
| progression [n.] | A moving forward or proceeding in course |
| iniquity [n.] | Gross wrong or injustice |
| protract [v.] | To prolong |
| passible [adj.] | Capable of feeling of suffering |
| amplitude [n.] | Largeness |
| plenipotentiary [n.] | A person fully empowered to transact any business |
| adjutant [adj.] | Auxiliary |
| ordeal [n.] | Anything that severely tests courage, strength, patience, conscience, etc |
| nefarious [adj.] | Wicked in the extreme |
| rupture [v.] | To separate the parts of by violence |
| antenatal [adj.] | Occurring or existing before birth |
| rondo [n.] | A musical composition during which the first part or subject is repeated several times |
| hilarious [adj.] | Boisterously merry |
| emigrant [n.] | One who moves from one place to settle in another |
| torturous [adj.] | Marked by extreme suffering |
| bumper [n.] | A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health |
| gestation [n.] | Pregnancy |
| component [n.] | A constituent element or part |
| denounce [v.] | To point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium |
| momentary [adj.] | Lasting but a short time |
| exempt [adj.] | Free, clear, or released, as from some liability, or restriction affecting others |
| fracture [n.] | A break |
| emporium [n.] | A bazaar or shop |
| specialize [v.] | To assume an individual or specific character, or adopt a singular or special course |
| surcharge [n.] | An additional amount charged |
| pentameter [n.] | In prosody, a line of verse containing five units or feet |
| abominate [v.] | To hate violently |
| olfactory [adj.] | of or pertaining to the sense of smell |
| interrogatory [n.] | A question or inquiry |
| sergeant-at-arms [n.] | An executive officer in legislative bodies who enforces the orders of the presiding officer |
| inwardly [adv.] | With no outward manifestation |
| disavow [v.] | To disclaim responsibility for |
| gaily [adv.] | Merrily |
| consumptive [adj.] | Designed for gradual destruction |
| priggish [adj.] | Conceited |
| assignee [n.] | One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests |
| impel [v.] | To drive or urge forward |
| enthusiastic [adj.] | Full of zeal and fervor |
| grantee [n.] | The person to whom property is transferred by deed |
| respite [n.] | Interval of rest |
| entree [n.] | The act of entering |
| distinction [n.] | A note or designation of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies |
| neo-Darwinsim [n.] | Darwinism as modified and extended by more recent students |
| hanger-on [n.] | A parasite |
| palette [n.] | A thin tablet, with a hole for the thumb, upon which artists lay their colors for painting |
| account [n.] | A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions |
| duration [n.] | The period of time during which anything lasts |
| subjection [n.] | The act of bringing into a state of submission |
| Madonna [n.] | A painted or sculptured representation of the Virgin, usually with the infant Jesus |
| ante [v.] | In the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt |
| acknowledge [v.] | To recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of |
| adjacent [n.] | That which is near or bordering upon |
| sanguinary [adj.] | Bloody |
| antipathize [v.] | To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike |
| innuendo [n.] | Insinuation |
| antilogy [n.] | Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas |
| interpose [v.] | To come between other things or persons |
| contumacy [n.] | Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority |
| hideous [adj.] | Appalling |
| aristocracy [n.] | A hereditary nobilit |
| seethe [v.] | To be violently excited or agitated |
| Pariah [n.] | A member of a degraded class; a social outcast |
| adumbrate [v.] | To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem |
| riddance [n.] | The act or ridding or delivering from something undesirable |
| rigor [n.] | Inflexibility |
| intercession [n.] | Entreaty in behalf of others |
| intestate [adj.] | Not having made a valid will |
| specimen [n.] | One of a class of persons or things regarded as representative of the class |
| foppish [adj.] | Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners |
| discountenance [v.] | To look upon with disfavor |
| eject [v.] | To expel |
| indiscreet [adj.] | Lacking wise judgment |
| ingenuity [n.] | Cleverness in contriving, combining, or originating |
| abase [v.] | To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade |
| wearisome [adj.] | Fatiguing |
| anthology [n.] | A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors |
| pyx [n.] | A vessel or casket, usually of precious metal, in which the host is preserved |
| outdo [v.] | To surpass |
| Sol [n.] | The sun |
| acquire [v.] | To get as one’s own |
| forgery [n.] | Counterfeiting |
| leisure [n.] | Spare time |
| votary [adj.] | Consecrated by a vow or promise |
| permanent [adj.] | Durable |
| patronymic [adj.] | Formed after one’s father’s name |
| repartee [n.] | A ready, witty, or apt reply |
| resuscitate [v.] | To restore from apparent death |
| epicure [n.] | One who cultivates a delicate taste for eating and drinking |
| acerbity [n.] | Sourness, with bitterness and astringency |
| narration [n.] | The act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or occurrence |
| suffrage [n.] | The right or privilege of voting |
| generalize [v.] | To draw general inferences |
| anesthetic [adj.] | Pertaining to or producing loss of sensation |
| foreigner [n.] | A citizen of a foreign country |
| forth [adv.] | Into notice or view |
| yearling [n.] | A young animal past its first year and not yet two years old |
| insight [n.] | Intellectual discernment |
| unanimous [adj.] | Sharing the same views or sentiments |
| unbelief [n.] | Doubt |
| percipient [n.] | One who or that which perceives |
| magnificence [n.] | The exhibition of greatness of action, character, intellect, wealth, or power |
| laud [v.] | To praise in words or song |
| confront [v.] | To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles |
| dispossess [v.] | To deprive of actual occupancy, especially of real estate |
| hindmost [adj.] | Farthest from the front |
| surrogate [n.] | One who or that which is substituted for or appointed to act in place of another |
| out-of-the-way [adj.] | Remotely situated |
| lovable [adj.] | Amiable |
| alkali [n.] | Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc |
| convalesce [v.] | To recover after a sickness |
| flora [n.] | The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district |
| hirsute [adj.] | Having a hairy covering |
| coercion [n.] | Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical |
| radiate [v.] | To extend in all directions, as from a source or focus |
| alcohol [n.] | A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste |
| tortuous [adj.] | Abounding in irregular bends or turns |
| forethought [n.] | Premeditation |
| federate [v.] | To league together |
| resonance [n.] | The quality of being able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations |
| liable [adj.] | Justly or legally responsible |
| convenience [n.] | Fitness, as of time or place |
| leaflet [n.] | A little leaf or a booklet |
| bronchus [n.] | Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs |
| gesture [n.] | A movement or action of the hands or face, expressive of some idea or emotion |
| lithotype [n.] | In engraving, an etched stone surface for printing |
| proletarian [n.] | A person of the lowest or poorest class |
| demagnetize [v.] | To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism |
| vacate [v.] | To leave |
| floe [n.] | A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice |
| revelation [n.] | A disclosing, discovering, or making known of what was before secret, private, or unknown |
| quite [adv.] | Fully |
| prate [v.] | To talk about vainly or foolishly |
| infrequence [n.] | Rareness |
| transplant [v.] | To remove and plant in another place |
| bravo [interj.] | Well done |
| archdeacon [n.] | A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese |
| famish [v.] | To suffer extremity of hunger or thirst |
| hemorrhage [n.] | Discharge of blood from a ruptured or wounded blood-vessel |
| demurrage [n.] | the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing |
| acquittance [n.] | Release or discharge from indebtedness, obligation, or responsibility |
| separate [v.] | To take apart |
| trebly [adv.] | Triply |
| sidelong [adj.] | Inclining or tending to one side |
| pedigree [n.] | One’s line of ancestors |
| efflorescent [adj.] | Opening in flower |
| jargon [n.] | Confused, unintelligible speech or highly technical speech |
| racy [adj.] | Exciting or exhilarating to the mind |
| statics [n.] | The branch of mechanics that treats of the relations that subsist among forces in order |
| carnal [adj.] | Sensual |
| galvanize [v.] | To imbue with life or animation |
| discontinuance [n.] | Interruption or intermission |
| mirage [n.] | An optical effect looking like a sheet of water in the desert |
| sinister [adj.] | Evil |
| landholder [n.] | Landowner |
| regime [n.] | Particular conduct or administration of affairs |
| ambrosial [adj.] | Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious |
| amply [adv.] | Sufficiently |
| fissure [n.] | A crack or crack-like depression |
| excel [v.] | To be superior or distinguished |
| Stoicism [n.] | The principles or the practice of the Stoics-being very even tempered in success and failure |
| sequacious [adj.] | Ready to be led |
| affront [n.] | An open insult or indignity |
| derivative [adj.] | Coming or acquired from some origin |
| grandeur [n.] | The quality of being grand or admirably great |
| classify [v.] | To arrange in a class or classes on the basis of observed resemblance; and differences |
| diligence [n.] | Careful and persevering effort to accomplish what is undertaken |
| lough [n.] | A lake or loch |
| bauble [n.] | A trinket |
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