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abound
present in great quantity
abduction
kidnapping
absurd
ridiculous
accomplice
helper
adhere
to stick firmly
adversary
enemy
afoot
in motion
agitate
to disturb
airtight
perfect
allegiance
loyalty
amass
collect a lot of
amity
friendship
anchor
hold in place
anonymous
without a name
apparel
clothing
apprehend
to understand
arbiter
one who settles a dispute
ascending
going up
asylum
shelter; refuge
auctioneer
one who sells goods at an auction
avert
to avoid
babble
to talk foolishly or too much
barbaric
uncivilized
belittle
to criticize
bid
make an offer
bloated
swollen
bogus
fake
brace
to support
breadth
how broad something is
buoyant
able to float
byway
side road
cadet
military student
candid
honest; open; outspoken
carnivorous
meat eating
censure
to criticize harshly; to blame
chronic
constant
cleanse
to clean
collage
a collection of pictures or images
compassionate
kind; sympathetic
complacent
self-satisfied
composer
one who writes music
compress
to press together
conclusive
proven; definite
confectioner
maker of candy
connoisseur
expert
consequential
resulting
conspiracy
a secret plan to do something unlawful
consumer
buyer
contour
curve; shape
converge
to come together
cordial
friendly
counsel
to advise
crave
to want a lot
criterion
factor used to judge something
cumulative
including everything from the beginning
dabble
to take a mild interest in something
decay
to rot
decode
to translate a code into understandable language
deflate
to remove air from something
delete
to erase
demote
to lower in rank
descendant
relative from a younger generation
detect
to notice
devise
to plan; to design
dignity
honor
directory
a book of names
discipline
punish
discourse
speech; conversation
discriminate
to notice differences
dishearten
discourage
dismay
disappointment; sadness
disrepute
have a bad reputation
distant
unfriendly
distress
worry; unhappiness
document
support with evidence
drought
severe dryness
duration
how long something lasts
dynamics
study of motion in physics
eccentric
strange
egoist
one who pays too much attention to the self
embrace
to hug; accept
emotive
emotional
endow
to give money to
enlighten
to inform
entity
living being
equilibrium
balance
error
mistake in baseball
evade
to avoid
excerpt
part of a quote or passage
exhibitionist
one who enjoys showing off
expertise
skill
extravagance
wasteful spending
fabricate
to lie
farfetched
unbelievable
flourish
to grow; to be successful
forethought
thinking beforehand
fragment
a broken piece
fraudulent
fake
fumble
make a mistake in football
galaxy
a group of stars
ghastly
horrible
glutton
one who eats too much
grandiose
magnificent
gregarious
sociable
grove
small forest or field of trees
guzzle
drink quickly
habitable
fit to be lived in
hangar
shelter for airplanes
haze
fog; mist
heir
a person who inherits
hibernation
the state of sleeping through winter
home run
score in baseball
hurl
throw forcefully
hypothesis
assumption; possible explanation
ideology
sets of ideas typical of a social or political group
illustrious
famous
impair
to make worse
imperceptible
not able to be seen or heard
impose
to force on others
impulse
sudden urge
incapacitated
lacking physical or legal powers
incompetence
inability to function properly
incriminate
to show proof of involvement in a crime
indifferent
lack of interest
indistinguishable
identical
inert
lacking the power to move
infinite
unlimited
innovate
to be creative
insight
a sudden understanding
instantaneous
immediate
integral
important
intervention
interference
intuition
a hunch or feeling about something
irreparable
unfixable
jack
device for lifting something heavy
judicious
wise
kernal
central part
labored
done with great effort
lavish
extravagant
lethargic
lazy
lofty
very tall or high in the air
lull
to soothe
luxuriant
richly decorated
malice
hatred
matriculate
to enter or to enroll
medley
group of songs strung together
meritorious
having value
microbe
tiny microscopic organism
mine
place where metal is found
miser
person who hates spending money
monarchy
a state ruled by a king or queen
multiplicity
involving more than one
negligence
carelessness
notorious
famous for being bad
objective
goal
obstinate
stubborn
optician
eye doctor
oscillate
to move back and forth
painstaking
very careful
partisan
supporter of an idea or a cause
pedestrian
one who travels by foot
perpetual
everlasting
petty
of little importance
pitiable
worthy of sympathy
poised
ready
portfolio
a set of pictures or documents
preconceived
planned in advance
predicament
problem situation
prescience
foresight
presume
believe without reason
principled
moral; ethical
progressive
moving foward
prophet
one who predicts future events
prudent
careful
quake
to shake or tremble
radiate
to give off
rash
hurried; without thinking
recipient
one who receives
reclusive
living alone
recurrent
repetitive
refuge
a shelter from danger
regional
of a particular geographic area
reinstate
to restore
remission
temporary weakening of force
renovate
to repair; to restore
reputability
respectability
resist
to fight against
restore
to bring back to a former or normal condition
revive
to bring back to life
ripple
small wave on the surface
rural
from the country
saccharine
overy sweet
scrutinize
to examine carefully
sentiment
feeling or emotion
sever
to separate
shrug
to raise ones shoulders
sluggish
slow-moving
solidarity
togetherness
spacious
roomy
spontaneity
suddenness
stained
discolored
static
not changing
stroke
a single deliberate movement or action
subtle
not easily seen
suppress
to keep down by force
sustain
to maintain
synthesis
combinations of parts to create a whole
tact
ability to do the right thing at the right time
tangent
sudden change of topic
temperament
mood
terrestrial
of the earth
touchdown
score in football
trawler
fishing boat
troupe
a group of performers
ultimate
final
unbounded
without limits
unethical
immoral
universal
widespread
uphold
to enforce
utterance
something spoken
vacant
empty
vandal
one who damages property
verbose
using more words than are necessary
veto
to prevent by vote; forbid
vulgar
crude
weary
tired
witticism
clever remark
zany
crazy
