https://community.secnto.com//tags/englisg compositionRSS for NodeTue, 09 Jun 2026 00:13:57 GMTInvalid Date60601 insinuate suggest unpleasantly make a way for something gently
602 insipid without taste or flavor
603 insouciant unconcerned carefree
604 insularity narrow-mindedness isolated
605 insurrection rising of people to open resistance to
606 interdict prohibit forbid
607 interim as an installment
608 intersperse place here and there
609 intransigence unwillingness to compromise stubbornness intractability
610 intransigent uncompromising
611 intrepid fearless brave undaunted
612 introspection examining one’s own thoughts and feelings
613 inundate flood cover by overflowing
614 inured accustomed to adapted
615 invective abusive language curses
616 inveigh to attack verbally denounce deprecate
617 inveterate deep-rooted. long-established
618 invincible too strong to be defeated
619 involute complex
620 irascible irritable easily angered
621 irate angry
622 ire anger
623 irksome tiresome
624 irresolute hesitating undecided
625 irrevocable final and unalterable
626 itinerate to travel from place to place to peregrinate
627 jabber talk excitedly utter rapidly
628 jagged notched, rough
629 jibe gibe make fun of
630 jocular meant as a joke
631 judicious sound in judgment wise
632 knit draw together unite firmly
633 labyrinthine to entangle the state of affairs
634 lachrymose causing tears tearful
635 lackluster (of eyes) dull
636 lament show feel great sorrow
637 lassitude weariness tiredness
638 latent present but not yet active developed or visible
639 laudatory expressing or giving praise
640 lavish giving or producing freely liberally or generously
641 legacy something handed down from ancestors
642 levee formal reception/embankment
643 levity lack of seriousness
644 libel statement that damages reputation
645 liberality free giving generosity
646 libertine immoral person
647 lien legal claim until a debt on it is repaid
648 limn paint portray
649 limp lacking strength walking unevenly
650 lionize treat as a famous person
651 lithe bending twisting
652 loll rest to sit or stand in a lazy way hang (dog’s tongue)
653 lope move along with long strides
654 loquacious talkative garrulous
655 lucubrate write in scholarly fashion
656 luculent easily understood lucid clear
657 lugubrious mournful excessively sad
658 lull become quiet or less active
659 lumber move in a clumsy/noisy way
660 luminary star light-giving body
661 lurk be out of view ready to attack
662 lustrous being bright polished
663 macabre gruesome suggesting death
664 macerate make or become soft by soaking in water
665 machination plot scheme (esp. evil)
666 maladroit tactless clumsy
667 malapropism misuse of a word (for one that resembles it)
668 malevolence wishing to do evil
669 malign injurious speak ill of smb tell lie
670 malinger to fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty
671 malleable yielding easily shaped moldable adapting
672 manacle chains for the hands or feet
673 massacre cruel killing of a large number of people
674 matriculation be admitted enter a university as a student
675 maudlin sentimental in a silly or tearful way
676 maul hurt by rough handling
677 maverick rebel nonconformist
678 mellifluous sweetly flowing
679 mendacity dishonesty
680 mendicant a beggar
681 mercurial quick changeable in character fleeting
682 meretricious attractive on the surface but of little value
683 mesmerize hypnotize
684 meticulous giving great attention to details
685 mettle quality of endurance or courage
686 mettlesome courageous high-spirited
687 middling fairly good but not very good
688 minatory menacing threatening
689 mince pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize
690 misanthrope person who hates mankind
691 mischievous harmful causing mischief
692 miser person who loves wealth and spends little
693 misogynist one who hates women/females
694 mite Avery small amount, portion, or particle
695 moderation quality of being limited not extreme
696 mollify make calmer or quieter
697 molt moult lose hair feathers before new growing
698 morbid diseased unhealthy (e.g… about ideas)
699 morose ill-tempered unsocial
700 muffler cloth worn round the neck/silencer
701 multifarious varied motley greatly diversified
702 mundane worldly as opposed to spiritual commonplace everyday
703 myriad very great number
704 nadir lowest weakest point
705 nascent coming into existence emerging
706 nebulous cloud-like hazy vague indistinct
707 negligent taking too little care
708 neophyte person who has been converted to a belief
709 nexus a connection tie or link
710 nibble show some inclination to accept (an offer)
711 noisome offensive disgusting (smell)
712 nonchalant not having interest
713 nonplused greatly surprised
714 nostrum a quack remedy an untested cure
715 noxious harmful
716 nugatory trifling/worthless
717 obdurate hardened and unrepenting stubborn inflexible
718 obfuscate to darken make obscure muddle
719 oblivious unaware having no memory
720 obloquy abusively detractive language sharp criticism vituperation
721 obsequious too eager to obey or serve
722 obstreperous noisy loud
723 obtain to be established accepted or customary
724 obtrusive projecting prominent undesirably noticeable
725 obtuse blunt/stupid
726 obviate to make unnecessary get rid of
727 occluded blocked up
728 odious repulsive hateful
729 odium contempt dislike aversion
730 odor smell favor reputation
731 officious too eager or ready to help offer advice
732 ominous threatening
733 onerous needing effort burdensome
734 opaqueness dullness/not allowing light to pass through
735 opprobrious showing scorn or reproach
736 ossify to turn to bone to settle rigidly into an idea
737 ostensible seeming appearing as such professed
738 ostentation display to obtain admiration or envy
739 ostracism shut out from society refuse to meet talk
740 overhaul examine thoroughly to learn about the condition
741 overweening presumptuously arrogant overbearing immoderate being a jerk
742 paean song of praise or triumph
743 palate roof of the mouth sense of taste
744 palatial magnificent
745 palliate lessen the severity of
746 palpability can be felt touched understood
747 palpitate tremble beat rapidly and irregularly
748 panegyric formal praise eulogy
749 paradigm a model example or pattern
750 parenthesis sentence within another one something separated
751 pariah an outcast a rejected and despised person
752 parley negotiation, discussion between enemies
753 parsimonious too economical miserly
754 partisan one-sided committed to a party biased or prejudiced
755 patron regular customer person who gives support
756 paucity scarcity a lacking of
757 peccadillo small sin small weakness in one’s character
758 pedantic bookish showing off learning
759 pedestrian commonplace trite unremarkable
760 pellucid transparent easy to understand
761 penchant strong inclination a liking
762 penitent feeling or showing regret
763 penurious poor/stingy
764 penury extreme poverty
765 peregrination traveling about wandering
766 peremptory urgent imperative unchallengeable ending debate
767 perfidious treacherous faithless
768 perfidy treachery breaking of faith
769 perfunctory done as a duty without care
770 perilous dangerous
771 peripatetic wandering
772 perish be destroyed decay
773 perjury willful FALSE statement unlawful act
774 permeate spread into every part of
775 pernicious harmful injurious
776 perpetrate be guilty commit (a crime)
777 personable pleasing in appearance attractive
778 perspicacity quick judging and understanding
779 pertain belong as a part have reference
780 pest destructive thing or a person who is nuisance
781 petrified taken away power (to think feel act)
782 petrify to make hard rocklike
783 petrous like a rock hard stony
784 petulant unreasonably impatient
785 philistine a smug ignorant person one who lacks knowledge
786 phlegmatic calm sluggish temperament unemotional
787 picaresque involving clever rogues or adventurers
788 pied of mixed colors
789 pinch be too tight take between the thumb and finger
790 pine waste away through sorrow or illness
791 pious dutiful to parents devoted to religion
792 piquant agreeably pungent stimulating
793 pique hurt the pride or self-respect stir (curiosity)
794 pitfall covered hole as a trap unsuspected danger
795 pith essential part force soft liquid substance
796 pivotal of great importance (others depend on it)
797 placate soothe pacify calm
798 plaintive mournful melancholy sorrowful
799 plaque flat metal on a wall as a memorial
800 platitude a trite or banal statement unoriginality
801 plea request
802 plead address a court of law as an advocate
803 plethora glut
804 pliant pliable easily bent shaped or twisted
805 plod continue doing something without resting
806 pluck pull the feathers off pick (e.g… flowers)
807 plumb get to the root of
808 plummet fall plunge steeply
809 plunge move quickly suddenly and with force
810 poignant deeply moving keen
811 poncho large piece of cloth
812 ponderous heavy bulky dull
813 portent omen marvelous threatening
814 precarious uncertain risky dangerous
815 precepts rules establishing standards of conduct
816 preclude prevent make impossible
817 precursory preliminary anticipating
818 predilection special liking mental preference
819 predominate have more power than others
820 preen tidy/show self-satisfaction
821 premature doing or happening something before the right time
822 preponderance greatness in number strength weight
823 presage warning sign
824 presumption arrogance
825 preternatural not normal or usual
826 prevalent common
827 prevaricate to equivocate to stray from the truth
828 prim neat formal
829 pristine primitive unspoiled pure as in earlier times unadulterated
830 probity uprightness incorruptibility principle
831 proclivity inclination
832 procrastination keeping on putting off
833 prodigal wasteful reckless with money
834 prodigious enormous wonderful
835 profane worldly having contempt for God
836 profligacy shameless immorality
837 profligate wasteful prodigal licentious extravagant
838 profundity depth
839 profuse abundant/lavish
840 proliferate grow reproduce by rapid multification
841 prolix tiring because too long
842 prone prostrate inclined to (undesirable things)
843 propagation increasing the number spreading extending
844 propinquity nearness in time or place affinity of nature
845 propitiatory conciliatory appeasing mitigating
846 propitious auspicious presenting favorable circumstances
847 prosaic everyday mundane commonplace trite pedestrian
848 proscribe denounce as dangerous
849 protracted prolonged
850 provident frugal looking to the future
851 provisional of the present time only
852 provoke make angry vax
853 prudence careful forethought
854 prudish easily shocked excessively modest
855 prune dried plum silly person
856 pry get something inquire too curiously
857 pucker wrinkle
858 pugnacious fond of in the habit of fighting
859 puissance strength
860 punctilious precise paying attention to trivialities
861 pundit pedant authority on a subject
862 pungency sharpness stinging quality
863 purvey provide supply
864 pusillanimous cowardly craven
865 putrefaction becoming rotten
866 pyre large pile of wood for burning
867 quack person dishonestly claiming to something
868 quaff drink deeply
869 quail lose courage turn frightened
870 qualm feeling of doubt temporary feeling of sickness
871 quandary state of doubt or perplexity
872 quell suppress subdue
873 quibble try to avoid by sophistication
874 quiescence state of being passive/motionless
875 quiescent at rest dormant torpid
876 quirk habit or action peculiar to smb or something
877 quixotic generous unselfish
878 quotidian banal everyday
879 rabble mob crowd the lower classes of populace
880 raconteur person who tells anecdotes
881 raffish low vulgar base tawdry
882 ramify to be divided or subdivided to branch out
883 rancorous feeling bitterness spitefulness
884 rant use extravagant language
885 rapacious greedy (esp for money)
886 rarefy to make thin to make less dense to purify or refine
887 rave act with excessive enthusiasm
888 reactionary opposing progress
889 rebuff snub
890 recalcitrant disobedient
891 recant take back as being FALSE give up
892 recast cast or fashion anew
893 recidivism relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
894 reciprocity granting of privileges in return for similar
895 recitals a number of performance of music
896 recluse person who lives alone and avoids people
897 recompense make payment to reward punish
898 reconcile settle a quarrel restore peace
899 recondite little known abstruse
900 recreancy cowardice a cowardly giving up
901 recuperate become strong after illness loss exhaustion
902 redeem get back by payment compensate
903 redoubtable formidable causing fear
904 refine make or become pure cultural
905 refractory stubborn unmanageable untractable
906 refulgent shining brilliant
907 regale to delight or entertain to feast
908 regicide crime of killing a king
909 reiterate say or do again several times
910 rejuvenation becoming young in nature or appearance
911 relapse fall back again
912 reminiscent viewing the past
913 remonstrate to protest object
914 render deliver provide represent
915 renovate restore something to better condition
916 renowned celebrated famous
917 repast meal
918 repel refuse to accept/cause dislike
919 repine at be discontented with
920 reproach scold upbraid
921 reprobate person hardened in sin one devoid of decency
922 repudiate disown refuse to accept or pay
923 repulsive causing a feeling of disgust
924 requite repay give in return
925 rescind repeal/annul/cancel
926 resigned unresisting submissive
927 resilience quality of quickly recovering the original shape
928 resort to frequently visit
929 restive refusing to move reluctant to be controlled
930 resuscitation coming back to consciousness
931 retard check hinder
932 reticent reserved untalkative silent taciturn
933 retrospective Looking back on past
934 revere have deep respect for
935 reverent feeling or showing deep respect
936 riddle puzzling person or thing
937 rift split crack dissension
938 rivet fix take up secure metal pin
939 roll call calling of names
940 rotund rich and deep plump and round
941 ruffian violent cruel man
942 rumple make rough
943 sagacious having sound judgment perceptive wise like a sage
944 salacious obscene
945 salubrious healthful
946 salutary remedial wholesome causing improvement
947 sanctimony self-righteousness hypocritical with FALSE piety
948 sanction approval (by authority) penalty
949 sanguine cheerful confident optimistic
950 sanity health of mind soundness of judgment
951 sash long strip worn round the waist
952 satiate satisfy fully
953 saturnine gloomy dark sullen morose
954 savant person of great learning
955 savor taste flavor something
956 sawdust tiny bits of wood
957 scabbard sheath for the blade
958 scent smell (especially pleasant)
959 scorch become discolored/dry up/go at high speed
960 scribble write hastily
961 scurvy mean contemptible
962 secular material (not spiritual) living outside monasteries
963 sedulous persevering
964 seminal like a seed constituting a source originative
965 sententious short and pithy full of maxims/proverbs
966 sequence succession connected line of
967 sere make hard and without feeling
968 sermon reproving a person for his faults
969 serrated having a toothed edge
970 serration having a toothed edge
971 servile like a slave lacking independence
972 sever break off
973 severance severing
974 shallow little depth not earnest
975 shard piece of broken earthenware
976 sheath cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool
977 shrewd astute showing sound judgement
978 shrill sharp piercing
979 shun keep away from avoid
980 shunt send from one track to another lay aside evade discussion
981 sidestep step to one side
982 simper (give a) silly/self-conscious smile
983 sinuous winding undulating serpentine
984 skiff small boat
985 skit short piece of humorous writing
986 slack sluggish dull not tight
987 slake to assuage to satisfy allay
988 slate king of blue-grey stone propose criticize
989 sluggard lazy slow-moving person
990 slur join sounds/words (indistinct)
991 smolder burn slowly without flame
992 snare trap
993 snub treat with contempt
994 soar rise fly high
995 sober self-controlled
996 sobriety quality or condition of being sober
997 sodden soaked saturated
998 soggy heavy with water
999 solvent of the power of forming a solution
1000 somatic of the body
1001 soot black powder in smoke
1002 sophisticated complex subtle refined
1003 sophistry fallacious reasoning faulty logic
1004 sophomoric self-assured though immature affected bombastic overblown
1005 soporific producing sleep
1006 sordid wretched comfortless contemptible
1007 spear weapon with a metal point on a long shaft
1008 specious illogical of questionable truth or merit
1009 splenetic bad-tempered irritable
1010 splice join (two ends)
1011 sponge porous rubber for washing live at once expense
1012 spurious FALSE counterfeit
1013 spurn have nothing to do reject or refuse
1014 squalid foul filthy
1015 squander spend wastefully
1016 squat crouch/settle without permission
1017 stanch to stop the flow of a fluid
1018 steeply rising or falling sharply
1019 stentorian extremely loud and powerful
1020 stickler person who insists on importance of something
1021 stigma mark of shame or disgrace
1022 stigmatize describe smb scornfully
1023 sting something sharp
1024 stingy spending using unwillingly
1025 stint to be thrifty to set limits
1026 stipple paint with dots
1027 stipulate state or put forward as a necessary condition
1028 stolid showing no emotion impassive
1029 stray wander lose one’s way
1030 streak long thin move very fast
1031 striated striped grooved or banded
1032 stride walk with long steps
1033 strut a supporting bar
1034 stygian hence dark gloomy
1035 stymie to hinder obstruct or block
1036 subdue overcome bring under control
1037 sublime extreme astounding
1038 submerge put under water liquid sink out of sight
1039 suborn induce by bribery or something to commit perjury
1040 subpoena written order requiring a person to appear in a low court
1041 substantiation giving facts to support (statement)
1042 subsume include under a rule
1043 succor assistance relief in time of distress
1044 suffice be enough
1045 suffocate cause or have difficulty in breathing
1046 sullied to be stained or discredited
1047 summarily briefly without delay
1048 sumptuous magnificent
1049 sundry various miscellaneous separate
1050 supercilious disdainful characterized by haughty scorn
1051 superfluous more then is needed or wanted
1052 superimpose put something on the top
1053 supersede take the place of
1054 supine lying on the back slow to act passive
1055 suppliant asking humbly beseeching
1056 supplicate make a humble petition to
1057 suppress prevent from being known put an end to
1058 surcharge additional load/charge
1059 surfeit satiate feed to fulness or to excess
1060 susceptibility sensitiveness
1061 swerve change direction suddenly
1062 sycophant person who flatter to the rich and powerful
1063 synopsis summary or outline
1064 taciturn untalkative silent
1065 tadpole form of a frog when it leaves the egg
1066 talon claw of a bird of prey
1067 tamp tap or drive down by repeated light blows
1068 tamper interfere with
1069 tangential suddenly changeable
1070 tarnished lost brightness
1071 tassel bunch of threads
1072 taunt contemptuous reproach hurtful remark
1073 taut tightly stretched
1074 tautology a repetition a redundancy
1075 tawdry cheap gaudy showy tacky
1076 teetotal oppose to alcohol
1077 telltale That gives warning or information
1078 temerity boldness brashness intrepidness
1079 temperance abstinence from alcohol self-control moderation
1080 temperate showing self-control
1081 tenacity firmness persistency adhesiveness tending to hang on
1082 tenuous insubstantial flimsy weak
1083 tepid lukewarm
1084 terse brief and to the point
1085 testiness witness/evidence
1086 thrift care economy thriving prosperous
1087 thwart obstruct/frustrate
1088 timid shy easily frightened
1089 timorous fearful timid afraid
1090 toady obsequious flatterer
1091 tonic something giving strength or energy
1092 topple be unsteady and overturn
1093 torment severe pain or suffering
1094 torpid sleeping sluggish lethargic dormant
1095 torque twisting force causing rotation
1096 tortuous devious/not straightforward
1097 tout person who worries others to buy something to use his service
1098 tractable easily controlled or guided
1099 transgress break go beyond (a limit)
1100 transient temporary fleeting
1101 transitory brief
1102 travesty parody/imitation
1103 trenchant forceful effective vigorous extremely perceptive incisive
1104 trepidation alarm excited state of mind
1105 trickle flow in drops
1106 trifling unimportant
1107 trite not new
1108 truce (agreement) stop of fighting for a time
1109 truculence aggressiveness ferocity
1110 trudge walk heavily
1111 turbid muddy having the sediment stirred up
1112 turbulence being uncontrolled violent
1113 turgid excessively ornate swollen or bloated
1114 turmoil trouble disturbance
1115 turpitude wickedness shamefulness
1116 turquoise greenish-blue precious stone
1117 tyro tiro beginner
1118 ubiquitous present everywhere
1119 ulterior situated beyond
1120 umbrage offense resentment
1121 uncouth rough awkward
1122 underbid make a lower bid then smb else
1123 undermine weaken gradually at the base make something under
1124 undulate to move in wavelike fashion fluctuate
1125 unearth discover and bring to light
1126 unencumbered easy-going trifle
1127 unfeigned not pretended sincere
1128 unscathed unharmed unhurt
1129 untoward unfortunate inconvenient
1130 upbraid scold reproach
1131 urbane elegant refined in manners
1132 vacillation being uncertain hesitating
1133 vagary strange act or idea
1134 vain without use result conceited
1135 valiant brave
1136 valorous brave
1137 vanquish conquer
1138 variegate To mark with different shade or colors
1139 veer change direction
1140 venal ready to do something dishonest
1141 veneer surface appearance covering the TRUE nature
1142 veneration regard with deep respect
1143 veracity truth
1144 verdant fresh and green
1145 verisimilitude appearing TRUE or real
1146 veritable real rightly named
1147 verve spirit vigor enthusiasm
1148 vestige trace or sign
1149 vex annoy distress trouble
1150 vigilance watchfulness self-appointed group who maintain order
1151 vigilant member of a vigilance committee
1152 vigorous strong energetic
1153 vilify slander say evil things
1154 vindictive having a desire to revenge
1155 virago a loud domineering woman a scold or nag
1156 visceral of the internal organs of the body
1157 viscous sticky/semi-fluid
1158 vitiate lower the quality weaken the strength
1159 vituperate curse abuse in words
1160 vivacious lively high-spirited
1161 volatile changeable inconstant fickle unstable explosive
1162 volubility fluency verbosity easy use of spoken language
1163 voluble fluent
1164 waffle talk vaguely and without much result
1165 waft scent waving movement carry lightly through
1166 wag merry person
1167 warmonger person who stirs up war
1168 warrant authority written order guarantee
1169 wean to turn away (from a habit)
1170 weigh measure hoe heavy something is
1171 welter turmoil a bewildering jumble
1172 wend to go proceed
1173 whimsical full of odd and fanciful ideas
1174 wince show bodily or mental pain
1175 woo try to win
1176 writ written order
1177 xenophile (zen-uh-fahyl) a person who is attracted to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs
1178 yarn tale story fibers for knitting

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1 abate to lessen to subside
2 abdication giving up control authority
3 aberration straying away from what is normal, deviation
4 abet help/encourage smb (in doing wrong)
5 abeyance suspended action
6 abhor to hate to detest
7 abide be faithful to endure
8 abjure promise or swear to give up
9 abraded rubbed off, worn away by friction
10 abrogate repeal or annul by authority
11 abscond to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)
12 abstruse difficult to comprehend, obscure
13 abut border on
14 abysmal bottomless extreme, terrible
15 acarpous effect no longer, fertile, worn out
16 acclaimed welcomed with shouts and approval
17 accolade praise, approval
18 accretion the growing of separate things into one
19 accrue accumulate
20 adamant kind of stone, inflexible
21 admonitory containing warning
22 adorn add beauty, decorate
23 adulteration making unpure, poorer in quality
24 affable polite and friendly
25 affinity close connection relationship
26 aggravate make worse, irritate
27 agile active, quick-moving
28 agog eager/excited
29 ail trouble, be ill
30 alacrity eager and cheerful readiness
31 alcove recess/partially enclosed place
32 ale fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer
33 aleck one who considers himself smarter than others
34 allegiance duty, support, loyalty
35 alleviate make (pain) easier to bear
36 alloy to debase by mixing with something inferior
37 aloof reserved, indifferent
38 amalgamate mix, combine, unite societies
39 ambidextrous able to use the left hand or the right equally well
40 ambiguous doubtful, uncertain
41 ambivalent having both of two contrary meanings
42 ambrosial extremely pleasing to taste
43 ameliorate improve, make better
44 amortize repay, end (a debt) by setting aside money
45 anguish severe suffering
46 animosity strong dislike
47 antidote medicine used against a poison or a disease
48 antithetical direct opposing
49 apartheid brutal racial discrimination
50 aplomb self-confidence
51 apostate one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
52 apotheosis deification glorification to godliness
53 appease make quiet or calm
54 apprehensive grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future
55 apprise give notice to inform
56 approbation approval
57 apropos appropriate to the situation apt
58 apt well-suited quick-witted
59 arabesque a complex ornate design
60 arboreal of connected with trees
61 ardor enthusiasm
62 arduous steep difficult ascent laborious
63 argot jargon slang
64 arrant in the highest degree
65 arrogance proud superior manner of behaviour
66 articulate speak distinctly connect by joints
67 ascend go or come up
68 ascertain get to know
69 ascetic practicing self-denial austere stark
70 ascribe consider to be the origin of or belonging to
71 aseptic surgically clean
72 asperity roughness harshness ill temper irritability
73 aspersion slander
74 assail with attack violently
75 assiduous diligent hard-working sedulous
76 assuage make something (pain desire) less
77 asterisk the mark * (e.g… omitted letters)
78 astringent substance that shrinks
79 astute clever quick at seeing to get an advantage
80 atonement repayment death of Jesus
81 attenuate make thin. weaken enervate
82 attune bring into harmony
83 audacious daring foolishly bold impudent
84 augury omen sign
85 august majestic venerable
86 auspicious favorable successful prosperous
87 austere severely moral and strict simple and plain
88 auxiliary helping supporting
89 aver affirm assert prove justify
90 aversion strong dislike
91 avid eager greedy
92 avow admit. Declare openly
93 baleful harmful ominous causing evil
94 balk obstacle purposely to get on the way of
95 baneful causing harm or ruin pernicious destructive
96 barrage artificial obstacle built across a river
97 barren not good enough unable to have young ones without value
98 bask in enjoy warmth and light
99 beatify to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to
100 bedizen to adorn especially in a cheap showy manner
101 belabor beat hard
102 bellicose belligerent pugnacious warlike
103 belligerent (person nation) waging war
104 benefactor person who has given help
105 benevolence wish or activity in doing good
106 benign kind and gentle mild (climate)
107 bequest arrangement to give something at death
108 berate scold sharply
109 bereft rob or dispossess of something (material)
110 bewilder puzzle confuse
111 bigot stubborn narrow-minded person
112 bilge bulge the protuberance of a cask
113 blandishment flattery coaxing
114 blandness polite manner comforting uninteresting
115 blatant noisy and rough
116 blithe cheerful casual carefree
117 bogus sham counterfeit not genuine
118 boisterous loud noisy rough lacking restraint
119 bolster give greatly needed support
120 boorish crude offensive rude
121 brash hasty rush cheeky saucy
122 brass yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
123 brazen made of brass
124 breach opening broken place breaking
125 brittle easily broken
126 broach bring up announce begin to talk about
127 brook to tolerate endure
128 buoyant able to float light-hearted
129 burgeon grow forth send out buds
130 burnish to polish rub to a shine
131 cabal a scheme or plot a group of plotters
132 cadge to beg to get by begging
133 cajole use flattery or deceit to persuade
134 calipers metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument
135 calumny slander aspersion
136 candid frank straight-forward
137 cant insincere talk/jargon
138 cantankerous bad-tempered/quarrelsome
139 canvass discuss thoroughly sort of touting
140 castigate to chastise correct by punishing
141 castigation severe punishment
142 catalyst substance that causes speeding up
143 caustic biting sarcastic
144 censure expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke
145 centurion leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
146 chary cautious wary
147 chastened corrected punished
148 chastisement punishment
149 chauvinist a blindly devoted patriot
150 chicanery legal trickery/false argument
151 chisel steel tool for shaping materials
152 churl bad-tempered person
153 clamor shout complain with a lot of noise
154 clientele customers
155 clinch come to grips/settle conclusively
156 cling to resist separation
157 clot half-solid lump formed from liquid
158 cloture closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
159 coagulation change to a thick and solid state
160 coalescing coming together and uniting into one substance
161 coax get smb to do something by kindness
162 coda passage that completes a piece of music
163 coddle treat with care and tenderness
164 coerce compel to force to make obedient
165 coeval of the same period coexisting
166 cogent strong convincing
167 cogitate think deeply mediate
168 cognizant being fully aware of
169 cohort a group or band of people
170 colander bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water
171 collusion secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
172 combustion process of burning
173 commemorate keep the memory of
174 commodious having plenty of space for what is needed
175 commuter person who travels regularly
176 complaisance tending to comply obliging willingness to please
177 compunction feeling of regret for one’s action
178 conceal hide keep secret
179 conceit over-high opinion of too much pride
180 conciliatory reconciling soothing comforting mollifying
181 concord agreement or harmony
182 concur agree in opinion happen together
183 condense increase in density strength make laconic
184 Conduce To bring about
185 condone forgive
186 congeal make or become stiff and solid
187 conjoin to join together
188 connoisseur a person with good judgement (e.g… in art)
189 connotation suggestion in addition to
190 consequential pompous self important
191 console give comfort or sympathy to
192 conspicuous easily seen remarkable
193 consternation surprise and fear dismay
194 constrain compel
195 constrict make tight or smaller
196 consume get to the end of
197 consummate perfect/make perfect/complete
198 contemn to scorn or despise
199 contentious argumentative pugnacious combative quarrelsome
200 contiguous touching neighboring near
201 contrite filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing
202 contumacious insubordinate rebellious
203 conundrum a riddle dilemma enigma
204 conviction convincing firm belief
205 convoke call together summon
206 convoluted complicated coiled twisted
207 cordial warm and sincere
208 cordon line (of police acting as a guard)
209 cornucopia abundant supply
210 corporeal physical of or for the body
211 correlate have a mutual relation
212 corroboration additional strengthening evidence
213 countenance to favor or approve of
214 counterfeit forgery
215 countervail counterbalance
216 covert disguised
217 covetous eagerly desirous
218 cower crouch shrink back
219 coy shy/modest (esp of a girl)
220 crass very great (es. stupidity)
221 cravat piece of linen worn as a necktie
222 craven cowardly
223 crease line made by crushing white line on the ground in cricket
224 credulity too great a readiness to believe things
225 credulous ready to believe things
226 crush press lose shape subdue overwhelm
227 cryptic secret with a hidden meaning
228 cumbersome burdensome heavy and awkward to carry
229 curmudgeon bad-tempered person
230 curriculum course of study
231 cursory quick hurried
232 curtail make shorter then was planned
233 dainty pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please
234 daunt intimidate make fearful
235 dawdler person who is slow waste of time
236 dearth shortage
237 debacle a breakup overthrow sudden disaster
238 decorum propriety properness
239 decree order given by authority
240 decry disapprove of
241 defer postpone give way (to show respect)
242 deferential showing respect
243 defiance open disobedience or resistance
244 delineate to portray depict sketch out
245 deluge great flood heavy rush of water
246 demagogue person appealing not to reasons
247 demur to hesitate raise objections
248 denigrate blacken belittle sully defame
249 denouement an outcome or solution the unraveling of a plot
250 deplete use until none remains
251 deposition dethronement depositing
252 deprave make morally bad corrupt
253 deprecate protest against express disapproval of
254 dereliction deserting and leaving to fall into ruins
255 derision ridicule mockery deriding
256 derivative unoriginal obtained from another source
257 derogatory insulting tending to damage
258 descry catch sight of see something in the distance
259 desiccant substance used to absorb moisture
260 desuetude cessation of use disuse
261 desultory aimless haphazard digressing at random
262 deter discourage hinder
263 detraction slandering verbal attack aspersion
264 detumescence diminishing or lessening of swelling
265 deviance being different in moral standards (from normal)
266 dexterity skill (esp. in handling)
267 diaphanous transparent gauzy
268 diatribe bitter and violent attack in words
269 didactic intended to instruct
270 diffidence shyness
271 dilate speak comprehensively become wider large
272 disallow refuse to allow or accept as a correct
273 discern see with an effort but clearly
274 discomfit confuse embarrass
275 disconcert upset the self-possession of
276 discountenance refuse to approve of
277 discourse speech lecture
278 discredit refuse to believe
279 discreet careful/prudent
280 discrete individually distinct
281 disdain look on with contempt
282 disencumber free from encumbrance
283 disheveled untidy
284 disingenuous sophisticated artful trying to deceive cunning
285 disinter dig up from the earth
286 dislodge move force from the place occupied
287 dismal sad gloomy miserable
288 disparate essentially different
289 disproof proof to the contrary
290 dissemble speak or behave so as to hide something (in mind)
291 disseminate distribute (esp. ideas)
292 dissent have a different opinion refuse to assent
293 dissolution disintegration looseness in morals
294 distraught distracted violently upset in mind
295 divergence getting farther apart from a point
296 divestiture taking off getting rid of giving up
297 divulge make known something secret
298 doggerel trivial poorly constructed verse
299 dogmatic positive certain arbitrary without room for discussion
300 dolt stupid fellow
301 dormant in a state of inactivity but awaiting development
302 dote show much fondness center one’s attention
303 drawl slow way of speaking
304 droll jesting
305 drone male bee person who isn’t self-employed
306 drowsiness feeling sleepy half asleep
307 dubious feeling doubt
308 dud no use person something that fails
309 dulcet melodious harmonious
310 dupe cheat make a fool of
311 duplicity deliberate deception
312 duress threats to compel smb
313 dwarf person or smb much below the usual size
314 dynamo a generator something that produces electric current
315 earthenware dishes made of baked clay
316 ebullience exuberance outburst of feeling
317 ebullient overflowing with enthusiasm showing excitement
318 ecumenical representing the whole Christian world
319 edacious voracious devouring
320 eddy circular or spiral movement (e.g… of wind)
321 edible fit to be eaten/not poisonous
322 effete infertile worn out weak
323 efficacy production of a desired result
324 effluvia outflow in a stream of particles a noxious odor or vapor
325 effrontery boldness impudence arrogance
326 egress way out exit
327 elaborate worked out with much care in great detail
328 elegy a lament a melancholy composition
329 elicit draw out
330 eloquence fluent speaking skillful use of language
331 emaciate make thin and weak
332 embellish make beautiful
333 embezzle use in a wrong way for one’s own benefit
334 emote stir up excite
335 empirical relying on experiment
336 encapsulate enclose in capsule
337 encomium warm or glowing praise eulogy panegyric
338 encumbrance burden things that get on the way of
339 endearing making dear or liked
340 endemic epidemic
341 epiphany A Christian feast celebrating the manifestation of the divine nature of Jesus to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi.
342 endorse write one’s name on the back of
343 enduring lasting
344 enervate weaken deprive of strength attenuate
345 engender cause produce give rise to
346 engrave impress deeply
347 engrossing taken up all the time or attention writing in large or formal
348 engulf swallow up
349 enigma something that is puzzling
350 enmity hatred being an enemy
351 ensign flag/badge
352 entangle put into difficulties
353 enthral please greatly/enslave (fig)
354 entice tempt or persuade
355 entreat ask earnestly
356 enunciate pronounce (words)/express a theory
357 enzyme catalyst
358 epicurean devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)
359 epistle letter
360 epithet adjective
361 epitome brief summary representative example a typical model
362 equable steady regular
363 equanimity calmness of temperament
364 equilibrium state of being balanced
365 equipoise equal distribution of weight equilibrium
366 equivocal having a double or doubtful meaning suspicious
367 equivocate try to deceive by equivocal language
368 eradicate get rid of pull up by the roots
369 erratic irregular in behaviour or opinion
370 erudite learned scholarly
371 eschew avoid
372 esoteric abstruse intended only for a small circle of
373 espouse marry give one’s support to
374 eulogy formal praise panegyric
375 euphoria elation state of pleasant excitement
376 euthanasia easy and painless death
377 evasive tending to evade
378 evince to show clearly to indicate
379 evoke call up bring out
380 excoriation severe criticism
381 exculpate to clear from a charge of guilt
382 exhaustive complete thorough
383 exigency emergency an urgent situation
384 exoneration set smb clear free (e.g… from blame)
385 exorbitant much too high or great
386 expatiate to roam wander freely
387 expedient likely to be useful for a purpose
388 expiation ending expiring
389 exploit brilliant achievement develop use selfishly
390 expostulate argue earnestly to dissuade correct or protest
391 expurgate to remove obscenity purify censor
392 exscind to cut out cut away
393 extant still in existence
394 extempore without previous thought or preparation
395 extenuate reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuse
396 extinct no longer active
397 extinguish end the existence of/wipe or put out
398 extirpate to destroy exterminate cut out exscind
399 extol praise highly
400 extort obtain by threats violence
401 extralegal outside the law
402 extricable that can be freed
403 extrovert cheerful person
404 exuberance state of growing vigorously being full of life
405 facetious humorous funny jocular
406 facile easily done
407 fagged too tired, exhausted
408 fallacious based on error
409 falter waver/move in an uncertain manner
410 fatuous without sense foolish self-satisfaction
411 fawn young deer try to win smb’s favor
412 feckless lacking purpose or vitality ineffective careless
413 fecund fertile
414 feint pretend
415 felicitous apt suitably expressed well chosen apropos
416 felon person guilty of murder
417 ferment substance become excited
418 ferocity savage cruelty
419 ferret discover by searching search
420 fervid showing earnest feeling
421 fervor warmth of feelings earnestness
422 fetid stinking
423 fetter to shackle put in chains
424 feud bitter quarrel over a long period of time
425 fidelity loyalty accuracy
426 fidget move restlessly make nervous
427 figurehead carved image on the prow of a ship
428 finesse delicate way of dealing with a situation
429 finical too fussy about food clothing etc.
430 finicky finical
431 fission splitting or division (esp. of cells)
432 fixate stare at
433 flak criticism/anti-aircraft guns
434 flamboyant brightly colored florid
435 flaunting show off complacently
436 flax pale yellow (hair) a plant
437 fledged able to fly trained experienced
438 fleet number of ships quick-moving
439 flinch draw move back wince
440 flop fail/move/fall clumsily
441 florid very much ornamented naturally red (e.g… of face)
442 flout reject mock to go against (as in going against tradition)
443 fluke lucky stroke
444 fluster make nervous or confused
445 foible defect of character (a person is wrongly proud)
446 foil prevent from carrying out contrast
447 foment put something warm (to lessen the pain)
448 foolproof incapable of failure or error
449 foppish like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes
450 forage food for horses and cattle
451 forbear refrain from be patient ancestor
452 forbearance patience willingness to wait
453 ford shallow place in a river (to cross)
454 forestall prevent by taking action in advance preempt
455 forfeit suffer the loss of something
456 forge workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal lead
457 forgery counterfeit
458 forswear renounce disallow repudiate
459 foster nurture care for
460 fracas noisy quarrel
461 fragile easily injured broken or destroyed
462 fragrant sweet-smelling
463 frantic wildly excited with joy pain anxiety
464 frenetic frantic frenzied
465 fret worry irritation wear away
466 fringe edge ornamental border part of hair over the forehead
467 froward intractable not willing to yield or comply stubborn
468 frugal careful economical
469 fulmination bitter protest
470 fulsome disgusting offensive due to excessiveness
471 gainsay to deny to oppose
472 garble make unfair selection from facts
473 garner to gather and save to store up
474 garrulity talkativeness
475 garrulous too talkative
476 gaucherie socially awkward tactless behavior
477 germane relevant pertinent to
478 gist the point general sense
479 glean gather facts in small quantities
480 glib ready and smooth but not sincere
481 glimmer weak/unsteady light
482 gloat over look at with selfish delight
483 glut supply to much fill to excess
484 gnaw waste away bite steadily
485 goad something urging a person to action
486 gorge eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream
487 gossamer soft light delicate material
488 gouge tool for cutting grooves in wood
489 gourmand a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
490 grandiloquent using pompous words
491 grave serious requiring consideration
492 graze touch or scrape lightly in passing
493 gregarious living in societies liking the company
494 grievous causing grief or pain serious dire grave
495 grovel crawl humble oneself
496 guile deceit cunning
497 gullible easily gulled
498 gush burst out suddenly/talk ardently
499 gust outburst of feeling sudden rain wind fire etc.
500 hack cut roughly hired horse
501 halcyon calm and peaceful
502 hallow to make holy consecrate
503 harangue a long passionate speech
504 harbinger something or smb that foretells the coming of
505 harrow to distress create stress or torment
506 haughty arrogant conceited
507 heed attention/give notice to
508 heinous odious (of crime)
509 heresy belief contrary to what is generally accepted
510 hermetic sealed by fusion
511 heterogeneous made up of different kinds
512 hew make by hard work cut (by striking)
513 highbrow (person) with superior tastes
514 hirsute hairy shaggy
515 hoax mischievous trick played on smb for a joke
516 hoi polloi the masses the rabble
517 hollow not soled with hole
518 holster leather case for a pistol
519 homiletics act of preaching
520 hone stone used for sharpening tools
521 hoodwink trick mislead
522 hospitable liking to give hospitality
523 hubris arrogant pride
524 hush make or become silent
525 husk worthless outside part of anything
526 hypocrisy falsely making oneself appear to be good
527 iconoclast person who attacks popular beliefs
528 idiosyncrasy personal mannerism
529 idolatry excessive admiration of
530 idyll a carefree episode or experience
531 ignoble dishonorable common undignified
532 ignominious shameful dishonorable undignified disgraceful
533 illicit unlawful forbidden
534 imbroglio complicated and embarrassing situation
535 immaculate pure faultless
536 imminent likely to come or happen soon
537 immutable that cannot be changed
538 impair worsen diminish in value
539 impassive unmoved feeling no sign of passion
540 impecunious having little or no money
541 impede hinder get in the way of
542 impediment something that hinders (e.g. stammer)
543 impending imminent being about to happen expected
544 imperative urgent essential
545 imperious commanding haughty arrogant
546 impermeable that cannot be permeated
547 imperturbable calm not capable of being excited
548 impervious not allowing to pass through (of materials)
549 imperviousness haughty arrogant commanding
550 impetuous having sudden energy impulsive thrusting ahead forceful
551 impiety lack of reverence or dutifulness
552 implacable incapable of being placated unpleasable
553 implicate show that smb has a share
554 implicit implied though not plainly expressed
555 implosion collapse bursting inward
556 importune beg urgently solicit (of a prostitute)
557 imprecation an invocation of evil a curse
558 impromptu without preparation
559 impudent rash indiscreet
560 impugned challenged to be doubted
561 impute to attribute to a cause or source ascribe
562 inadvertent not paying proper attention
563 inane silly senseless
564 inasmuch since because
565 incense make angry
566 incessant often repeated continual
567 inchoate not yet fully formed rudimentary elementary
568 incipient beginning
569 incise engrave make a cut in
570 incite stir up rouse
571 inclined directing the mind in a certain direction
572 incongruous out of place not in harmony or agreement
573 incorrigibility cannot be cured or corrected
574 incredulous skeptical unwilling to believe
575 inculcate fix firmly by repetition
576 incumbents official duties
577 incursion a raid a sudden attack
578 indefatigability not easily exhaustible tirelessness
579 indelible that cannot be rubbed out
580 indigence poverty
581 indigenous native
582 indistinct not easily heard seen clearly marked
583 indolence laziness
584 indomitable not easily discouraged or subdued
585 indulge gratify give way to satisfy allow oneself
586 indulgent inclined to indulge
587 ineffable to great to be described in words
588 ineluctable certain inevitable
589 inept unskillful said or done at the wrong time
590 ineptitude quality of being unskillful
591 inferno hell
592 infuriate fill with fury or rage
593 infuse put pour fill
594 ingenuous naive young artless frank honest sincere
595 ingest take in by swallowing
596 inimical harmful or friendly
597 inimitable defying imitation unmatchable
598 innocuous causing no harm
599 inscrutable incapable of being discovered or understood
600 insensible unconscious unresponsive unaffected

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