| abet |
help/encourage smb (in doing wrong) |
| affable |
polite and friendly |
| agog |
eager/excited |
| alcove |
recess/partially enclosed place |
| anguish |
severe suffering |
| aseptic |
surgically clean |
| attune |
bring into harmony |
| babble |
talk in a way that is difficult to
understand |
| belabor |
beat hard |
| belie |
fail to justify |
| boor |
ill-mannered person |
| cajole |
use flattery or deceit to persuade |
| calf |
young of the domestic cow |
| cant |
insincere talk/jargon |
| cantankerous |
bad-tempered/quarrelsome |
| chicanery |
legal trickery/false argument |
| clientele |
customers |
| clinch |
come to grips/settle conclusively |
| coagulation |
change to a thick and solid state |
| coda |
passage that completes a piece of music |
| commodious |
having plenty of space for what is needed |
| constrain |
compel |
| consummate |
perfect/make perfect/complete |
| cornucopia |
abundant supply |
| coy |
shy/modest (esp of a girl) |
| crass |
very great (es. stupidity) |
| cravat |
piece of linen worn as a necktie |
| dainty |
pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please |
| delusion |
false belief |
| desiccate |
dry out all the moisture |
| din |
loud noise that continues |
| discreet |
careful/prudent |
| discrete |
individually distinct |
| disproof |
proof to the contrary |
| distend |
swell out |
| drawl |
slow way of speaking |
| droll |
jesting |
| edible |
fit to be eaten/not poisonous |
| ensign |
flag/badge |
| enthral |
please greatly/enslave (fig) |
| entice |
tempt or persuade |
| enunciate |
pronounce (words)/express a theory |
| eschew |
avoid |
| evasive |
tending to evade |
| extempore |
without previous thought or preparation |
| extinguish |
end the existence of/wipe or put out |
| falter |
waver/move in an uncertain manner |
| fetid |
stinking |
| flak |
criticism/anti-aircraft guns |
| flop |
fail/move/fall clumsily |
| fluke |
lucky stroke |
| foolproof |
incapable of failure or error |
| forage |
food for horses and cattle |
| fracas |
noisy quarrel |
| garble |
make unfair selection from facts |
| glimmer |
weak/unsteady light |
| gorge |
eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream |
| grandiloquent |
using pompous words |
| graze |
touch or scrape lightly in passing |
| gush |
burst out suddenly/talk ardently |
| halcyon |
calm and peaceful |
| heed |
attention/give notice to |
| highbrow |
(person) with superior tastes |
| homiletics |
act of preaching |
| hush |
make or become silent |
| inadvertent |
done thoughtlessly |
| incipient |
beginning |
| ineptitude |
quality of being unskillful |
| inferno |
hell |
| invincible |
too strong to be defeated |
| levee |
formal reception/embankment |
| levity |
lack of seriousness |
| lionize |
treat as a famous person |
| lope |
move along with long strides |
| lumber |
move in a clumsy/noisy way |
| lurk |
be out of view ready to attack |
| macerate |
make or become soft by soaking in water |
| maul |
hurt by rough handling |
| maverick |
unorthodox person |
| muffler |
cloth worn round the neck/silencer |
| nice |
scrupulous/hard to please/bad(ironic) |
| nugatory |
trifling/worthless |
| obtuse |
blunt/stupid |
| ominous |
threatening |
| opaqueness |
dullness/not allowing light to pass through |
| pan |
flat/zoom |
| penurious |
poor/stingy |
| pine |
waste away through sorrow or illness |
| poncho |
large piece of cloth |
| preen |
tidy/show self-satisfaction |
| presumption |
arrogance |
| profligacy |
shameless immorality |
| profuse |
abundant/lavish |
| pucker |
wrinkle |
| puissance |
strength |
| putrefaction |
becoming rotten |
| quandary |
state of doubt or perplexity |
| quiescence |
state of being passive/motionless |
| rave |
act with excessive enthusiasm |
| repel |
refuse to accept/cause dislike |
| rescind |
repeal/annul/cancel |
| reverent |
feeling or showing deep respect |
| riddle |
puzzling person or thing |
| rumple |
make rough |
| sash |
long strip worn round the waist |
| scorch |
become discolored/dry up/go at high speed |
| sere |
make hard and without feeling |
| sermon |
reproving a person for his faults |
| sever |
break off |
| simper |
(give a) silly/self-conscious smile |
| slur |
join sounds/words (indistinct) |
| smolder |
burn slowly without flame |
| snare |
trap |
| snub |
treat with contempt |
| soporific |
producing sleep |
| squat |
crouch/settle without permission |
| stipple |
paint with dots |
| substantiation |
giving facts to support (statement) |
| suffocate |
cause or have difficulty in breathing |
| surcharge |
additional load/charge |
| swerve |
change direction suddenly |
| tadpole |
form of a frog when it leaves the egg |
| tassel |
bunch of threads |
| tepid |
lukewarm |
| testiness |
witness/evidence |
| thwart |
obstruct/frustrate |
| toady |
obsequious flatterer |
| torque |
twisting force causing rotation |
| tortuous |
devious/not straightforward |
| travesty |
parody/imitation |
| trickle |
flow in drops |
| truce |
(agreement) stop of fighting for a time |
| turquoise |
greenish-blue precious stone |
| ubiquitous |
present everywhere |
| unearth |
discover and bring to light |
| verdant |
fresh and green |
| vestige |
trace or sign |
| viscous |
sticky/semi-fluid |
| waffle |
talk vaguely and without much result |
| wean |
to turn away (from a habit) |
| writ |
written order |
