3500_words Flashcards
refringency n
Power to refract
impunity n
Freedom from punishment
penetrate v
To enter or force a way into the interior parts of
protector n
A defender
susceptible adj
Easily under a specified power or influence
reorganize v
To change to a more satisfactory form of organization
maternal adj
Pertaining or peculiar to a mother or to motherhood
breaker n
One who trains horses, dogs, etc
regretful adj
Feeling, expressive of, or full of regret
photoelectric adj
Pertaining to the combined action of light and electricity
omnivorous adj
Eating or living upon food of all kinds indiscriminately
disrepute n
A bad name or character
tangent adj
Touching
heterogeneity n
Unlikeness of constituent parts
comprehensible adj
Intelligible
testament n
A will
prim adj
Stiffly proper
tack n
A small sharp-pointed nail
quiescence n
Quiet
ecstatic adj
Enraptured
staid adj
Of a steady and sober character
triumvir n
One of three men united coordinately in public office or authority
calculable adj
That may be estimated by reckoning
juror n
One who serves on a jury or is sworn in for jury duty in a court of justice
penitence n
Sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone
judicious adj
Prudent
impulsion n
Impetus
concurrent adj
Occurring or acting together
ambulate v
To walk about
quite adv
Fully
miscount v
To make a mistake in counting
athirst adj
Wanting water
implausible adj
Not plausible
repugnant adj
Offensive to taste and feeling
abyss n
Bottomless gulf
supernumerary adj
Superfluous
monolith n
Any structure or sculpture in stone formed of a single piece
intrusion n
The act of entering without warrant or invitation; encroachment
fatuous adj
Idiotic
percussion n
The sharp striking of one body against another
volitive adj
Exercising the will
disinfect v
To remove or destroy the poison of infectious or contagious diseases
muffle v
To deaden the sound of, as by wraps
quarter n
One of four equal parts into which anything is or may be divided
imbroglio n
A misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife
unguent n
Any ointment or lubricant for local application
corruption n
Loss of purity or integrity
compulsory adj
Forced
curio n
A piece of bric-a-brac
doublet n
One of a pair of like things
sinecure n
Any position having emoluments with few or no duties
irk v
To afflict with pain, vexation, or fatigue
oratorio n
A composition for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, generally taken from theScriptures
elucidate v
To bring out more clearly the facts concerning
conciliate v
To obtain the friendship of
derivation n
That process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitiveform and meaning
wield v
To use, control, or manage, as a weapon, or instrument, especially with fullcommand
disrobe v
To unclothe
furlough n
A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commandingofficer
underhanded adj
Clandestinely carried on
doleful adj
Melancholy
amenable adj
Willing and ready to submit
fluctuate v
To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another.
devise v
To invent
recline v
To cause to assume a leaning or recumbent attitude or position
prohibition n
A decree or an order forbidding something
granary n
A storehouse for grain after it is thrashed or husked
pillage n
Open robbery, as in war
reticent adj
Habitually keeping silent or being reserved in utterance
maniac n
a person raving with madness
impalpable adj
Imperceptible to the touch
exemplar n
A model, pattern, or original to be copied or imitated
probe v
To search through and through
chasten v
To purify by affliction
ambidextrous adj
Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease
duration n
The period of time during which anything lasts
bevel n
Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees
encroach v
To invade partially or insidiously and appropriate the possessions of another.
dearth n
Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable
comical adj
Funny
boatswain n
A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging,anchors, etc
suspense n
Uncertainty
adhere v
To stick fast or together
pomposity n
The quality of being marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness ofmanner
eureka Greek
I have found it
mawkish adj
Sickening or insipid
comport v
To conduct or behave (oneself)
idiom n
A use of words peculiar to a particular language
tolerant adj
Indulgent
preemption n
The right or act of purchasing before others
immature adj
Not full-grown
illicit adj
Unlawful
didactic adj
Pertaining to teaching
coronation n
The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch
perfumery n
The preparation of perfumes
decorous adj
Suitable for the occasion or circumstances
leviathan n
Any large animal, as a whale
insensible adj
Imperceptible
revile v
To heap approach or abuse upon
inconsiderable adj
Small in quantity or importance
liner n
A vessel belonging to a steamship-line
maxim n
A principle accepted as true and acted on as a rule or guide
bestrew v
To sprinkle or cover with things strewn
parsimonious adj
Unduly sparing in the use or expenditure of money
affiliate n
Some auxiliary person or thing
beck v
To give a signal to, by nod or gesture
grotesque adj
Incongruously composed or ill-proportioned
disparity n
Inequality
sonnet n
A poem of fourteen decasyllabic or octosyllabiclines expressing two successivephrases
arrear n
Something overdue and unpaid
assassinate v
To kill, as by surprise or secret assault, especially the killing of someeminent person
commute v
To put something, especially something less severe, in place of
protagonist n
A leader in any enterprise or contest
dendrology n
The natural history of trees
aggress v
To make the first attack
panel n
A rectangular piece set in or as in a frame
remiss adj
Negligent
chameleon adj
Changeable in appearance
correlate v
To put in some relation of connection or correspondence
sinuosity n
The quality of curving in and out
saponaceous adj
Having the nature or quality of soap
specter n
Apparition
insatiable adj
That desires or craves immoderately or unappeasably
scruple n
Doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or duty
landlord n
A man who owns and lets a tenement or tenements
death’s-head n
A human skull as a symbol of death
poesy n
Poetry
knighthood n
Chivalry
consistency n
A state of permanence
tricolor adj
Of three colors
assessor n
An officer whose duty it is to assess taxes
mendacious adj
Untrue
superficial adj
Knowing and understanding only the ordinary and the obvious
irrefrangible adj
That can not be broken or violated
confidant n
One to whom secrets are entrusted
convivial adj
Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking
supposition n
Conjecture
disseminate v
To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown
hexagon n
A figure with six angles
punctual adj
Observant and exact in points of time
consummate v
To bring to completion
arrangement n
The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order
fiscal adj
Pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a government
donor n
One who makes a donation or present
rejuvenescence n
A renewal of youth
auburn adj
Reddish-brown, said usually of the hair
actionable adj
Affording cause for instituting an action, as trespass, slanderous words
aristocracy n
A hereditary nobility
polygon n
A figure having many angles
fundamental adj
Basal
cogent adj
Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience
brethren n
plMembers of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like
reprobate n
One abandoned to depravity and sin
expeditious adj
Speedy
Norman adj
Of or peculiar to Normandy, in northern France
arboriculture n
The cultivation of trees or shrubs
mutiny n
Rebellion against lawful or constituted authority
permanent adj
Durable
percolate v
To filter
bray n
A loud harsh sound, as the cry of an ass or the blast of a horn
opportunist n
One who takes advantage of circumstances to gain his ends
disavow v
To disclaim responsibility for
statistician n
One who is skilled in collecting and tabulating numerical facts
transfusible adj
Capable of being poured from one vessel to another
conjugal adj
Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons
disparage v
To regard or speak of slightingly
sentinel n
Any guard or watch stationed for protection
curtsy n
A downward movement of the body by bending the knees
ravine n
A deep gorge or hollow, especially one worn by a stream or flow of water
sardonic adj
Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic
alienable adj
Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands
infamy n
Total loss or destitution of honor or reputation
zealot n
One who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an immoderately partisanmanner
impermissible adj
Not permissible
incoherence n
Want of connection, or agreement, as of parts or ideas in thought, speech,etc
literature n
The written or printed productions of the human mind collectively
perturb v
To disturb greatly
glimmer n
A faint, wavering, unsteady light
orgies n
Wild or wanton revelry
revisal n
Revision
pompous adj
Marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner
omniscience n
Unlimited or infinite knowledge
mordant adj
Biting
brandish v
To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear
convolution n
A winding motion
personnel n
The force of persons collectively employed in some service
ichthyosaurs n
A fossil reptile
theorist n
One given to speculating
theorize v
To speculate
ghastly adj
Hideous
memento n
A souvenir
myth n
A fictitious narrative presented as historical, but without any basis of fact
preparation n
An act or proceeding designed to bring about some event
monograph n
A treatise discussing a single subject or branch of a subject
intuition n
Instinctive knowledge or feeling
immune adj
Exempt, as from disease
tranquilize v
To soothe
intemperance n
Immoderate action or indulgence, as of the appetites
academic adj
Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university
meditation n
The turning or revolving of a subject in the mind
dialect n
Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particulardistrict
manumission n
Emancipation
carnage n
Massacre
misapprehend v
To misunderstand
reparation n
The act of making amends, as for an injury, loss, or wrong
classify v
To arrange in a class or classes on the basis of observed resemblancesand differences
commemorate v
To serve as a remembrance of
heptarchy n
A group of seven governments
realism n
The principle and practice of depicting persons and scenes as they are believedreally to exist
expectancy n
The act or state of looking forward to as certain or probable
debatable adj
Subject to contention or dispute
judgment n
The faculty by the exercise of which a deliberate conclusion is reached
atrocious adj
Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel
illiberal adj
Stingy
infamous adj
Publicly branded or notorious, as for vice, or crime
amalgamate v
To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body
invaluable adj
Exceedingly precious
prickle v
To puncture slightly with fine, sharp points
usage n
Treatment
chiffon n
A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc
wreak v
To inflict, as a revenge or punishment
discreet adj
Judicious
tempt v
To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong
recapture v
To capture again
robust adj
Characterized by great strength or power of endurance
missile n
Any object, especially a weapon, thrown or intended to be thrown
writhe v
To twist the body, face, or limbs or as in pain or distress
vertex n
Apex
prohibitory adj
Involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of the sale ofalcoholic beverages
campaign n
A complete series of connected military operations
brazier n
An open pan or basin for holding live coals
outcry n
A vehement or loud cry or clamor
contiguity n
Proximity
converge v
To cause to incline and approach nearer together
pall v
To make dull by satiety
theological adj
Based on or growing out of divine revelation
day-man n
A day-laborer
pedigree n
One’s line of ancestors
unison n
A condition of perfect agreement and accord
depress v
To press down
moderator n
The presiding officer of a meeting
petulance n
The character or condition of being impatient, capricious or petulant
aggravation n
The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense,misfortune, etc
lying n
Untruthfulness
dauntless adj
Fearless
militant adj
Of a warlike or combative disposition or tendency
alienate v
To cause to turn away
demagnetize v
To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism
receivable adj
Capable of being or fit to be received - often money
intricacy n
Perplexity
phenomenal adj
Extraordinary or marvelous
venerable adj
Meriting or commanding high esteem
auditory adj
Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing
navigable adj
Capable of commercial navigation
obstruction n
Hindrance
clamorous adj
Urgent in complaint or demand
clarion n
A small shrill trumpet or bugle
laundress n
Washerwoman
underman v
To equip with less than the full complement of men
excrescence n
Any unnatural addition, outgrowth, or development
deluge v
To overwhelm with a flood of water
betide v
To happen to or befall
buffoonery n
Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc
intestacy n
The condition resulting from one’s dying not having made a valid will
chronology n
The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation andarrangement of events
fickle adj
Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose
suffuse v
To cover or fill the surface of
lithograph n
A print made by printing from stone
imperious adj
Insisting on obedience
bureaucracy n
Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of publicbusiness
redemption n
The recovery of what is mortgaged or pledged, by paying the debt
impetuous adj
Impulsive
sphericity n
The state or condition of being a sphere
hysteria n
A nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of laughing and crying
amplitude n
Largeness
expedient adj
Contributing to personal advantage
unaffected adj
Sincere
negation n
The act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a proposition
depth n
Deepness
maize n
Indian corn: usually in the United States called simply corn
harangue n
A tirade
protract v
To prolong
corroborate v
To strengthen, as proof or conviction
irreverent adj
Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacredthings
distraught adj
Bewildered
faulty adj
Imperfect
tenacious adj
Unyielding
piteous adj
Compassionate
waif n
A homeless, neglected wanderer
irritancy n
The quality of producing vexation
prospector n
One who makes exploration, search, or examination, especially for minerals
invincible adj
Not to be conquered, subdued, or overcome
banal adj
Commonplace
incompetent adj
Not having the abilities desired or necessary for any purpose
mercantile adj
Conducted or acting on business principles; commercial
trite adj
Made commonplace by frequent repetition
guinea n
An English monetary unit
rhetorician n
A showy writer or speaker
contrive v
To manage or carry through by some device or scheme
diurnal adj
Daily
fiducial adj
Indicative of faith or trust
demonstrative adj
Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts
denunciation n
The act of declaring an action or person worthy of reprobation orpunishment
plasticity n
The property of some substances through which the form of the mass canreadily be changed
exhilarate v
To fill with high or cheerful spirits
marvel v
To be astonished and perplexed because of (something)
syndicate n
An association of individuals united for the prosecution of some enterprise
mnemonics n
A system of principles and formulas designed to assist the recollection incertain instances
cat-o-nine-tails n
An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used forflogging in the army and navy
introversion n
The act of turning or directing inward, physically or mentally
felicitate v
To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a coming event
rotund adj
Round from fullness or plumpness
diabolic adj
Characteristic of the devil
portfolio n
A portable case for holding writing-materials, drawings, etc
underwrite v
To issue or be party to the issue of apolicy of insurance
syllabus n
Outline of a subject, course, lecture, or treatise
acrid adj
Harshly pungent or bitter
dermatology n
The branch of medical science which relates to the skin and its diseases
profiteer n
One who profits
racy adj
Exciting or exhilarating to the mind
ramose adj
Branch-like
complicity n
Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer
renunciation n
An explicit disclaimer of a right or privilege
chastity n
Sexual or moral purity
scintillate v
To emit or send forth sparks or little flashes of light
preferment n
Preference
fungus n
A plant destitute of chlorophyll, as a mushroom
oration n
An elaborate or formal public speech
belie v
To misrepresent
emancipate v
To release from bondage
characterize v
To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities
hinder v
To obstruct
ready adj
In a state of preparedness for any given purpose or occasion
technique n
Manner of performance
epic n
A poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical achievements of great personages,heroes, etc
judiciary n
That department of government which administers the law relating to civil andcriminal justice
designate v
To select or appoint, as by authority
philosophize v
To seek ultimate causes and principles
vulnerable adj
Capable of receiving injuries
technicality n
Something peculiar to a particular art, trade, or the like
dormant adj
Being in a state of or resembling sleep
exterior n
That which is outside
evasion n
Escape
apposite adj
Appropriate
Darwinism n
The doctrine that natural selection has been the prime cause of evolution ofhigher forms
impassive adj
Unmoved by or not exhibiting feeling
circumlocution n
Indirect or roundabout expression
intermission n
A recess
chagrin n
Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one’s failures or errors
spasmodic adj
Convulsive
deface v
To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of
raucous adj
Harsh
referee n
An umpire
nestle v
To adjust cozily in snug quarters
arbitrary adj
Fixed or done capriciously
judicature n
Distribution and administration of justice by trial and judgment
theologian n
A professor of divinity
accuse v
To charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error
integrity n
Uprightness of character and soundness of moral principle
contort v
To twist into a misshapen form
sequence n
The order in which a number or persons, things, or events follow one anotherin space or time
exigent adj
Urgent
reckless adj
Foolishly headless of danger
abscond v
To depart suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest
corrosive n
That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration
lingua n
The tongue
lithesome adj
Nimble
microscopic adj
Adapted to or characterized by minute observation
assonate v
To accord in sound, especially vowel sound
muster n
An assemblage or review of troops for parade or inspection, or for numberingoff
microcosm n
The world or universe on a small scale
sheer adj
Absolute
pedagogy n
The science and art of teaching
canon n
Any rule or law
promiscuous adj
Brought together without order, distinction, or design (for sex)
leaven v
To make light by fermentation, as dough
counter-claim n
A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff.
zephyr n
Any soft, gentle wind
linguistics n
The science of languages, or of the origin, history, and significance ofwords
legitimate adj
Having the sanction of law or established custom
deist n
One who believes in God, but denies supernatural revelation
sanguinary adj
Bloody
potion n
A dose of liquid medicine
seditious adj
Promotive of conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity ofthe state
cession n
Surrender, as of possessions or rights
polyarchy n
Government by several or many persons of what- ever class
loneliness n
Solitude
finesse n
Subtle contrivance used to gain a point
solace n
Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity
venison n
The flesh of deer
palate n
The roof of the mouth
perennial adj
Continuing though the year or through many years
disrupt v
To burst or break asunder
reservoir n
A receptacle where a quantity of some material, especially of a liquid orgas, may be kept
inadvisable adj
Unadvisable
eatable adj
Edible
evidential adj
Indicative
grievous adj
Creating affliction
statics n
The branch of mechanics that treats of the relations that subsist among forcesin order
alternate n
One chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacityof that other
incidentally adv
Without intention
cower v
To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame
phonic adj
Pertaining to the nature of sound
Calvinism n
The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin
polycracy n
The rule of many
rookery n
A place where crows congregate to breed
cathode n
The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery
recognizance n
An acknowledgment entered into before a court with condition to do someparticular act
incomparable adj
Matchless
lyre n
One of the most ancient of stringed instruments of the harp class
hypothesis n
A proposition taken for granted as a premise from which to reach aconclusion
reconnoiter v
To make a preliminary examination of for military, surveying, or geologicalpurposes
interposition n
A coming between
outrage n
A gross infringement of morality or decency
principle n
A general truth or proposition
oakum n
Hemp-fiber obtained by untwisting and picking out loosely the yarns of old hemprope
speculate v
To pursue inquiries and form conjectures
hypercritical adj
Faultfinding
partition n
That which separates anything into distinct parts
plurality n
A majority
bullock n
An ox
infirmary n
A place for the reception or treatment of the sick
perceive v
To have knowledge of, or receive impressions concerning, through the medium ofthe body senses.
accede v
To agree
atonement n
Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury
impotent adj
Destitute of or lacking in power, physical, moral, or intellectual
nationality n
A connection with a particular nation
clearance n
A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with thelaw and may sail
pantheism n
The worship of nature for itself or its beauty
aeronaut n
One who navigates the air, a balloonist
pageant n
A dramatic representation, especially a spectacular one
humanitarian n
A philanthropist
bombard v
To assail with any missile or with abusive speech
lodgment n
The act of furnishing with temporary quarters
felon n
A criminal or depraved person
advocacy n
The act of pleading a cause
syllabic adj
Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse
reminiscence n
The calling to mind of incidents within the range of personal knowledge orexperience
judicial adj
Pertaining to the administration of justice
biennial n
A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruitthe second
Pariah n
A member of a degraded class; a social outcast
homophone n
A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another
rankle v
To produce irritation or festering
irrational adj
Not possessed of reasoning powers or understanding
subconscious adj
Being or occurring in the mind, but without attendant consciousness orconscious perception
proximately adv
Immediately
potentate n
One possessed of great power or sway
gravity n
Seriousness
paragon n
A model of excellence
braggart n
A vain boaster
caprice n
A whim
residue n
A remainder or surplus after a part has been separated or otherwise treated
stifle v
To smother
nausea n
An affection of the stomach producing dizziness and usually an impulse to vomit
radiate v
To extend in all directions, as from a source or focus
transience n
Something that is of short duration
emerge v
To come into view or into existence
deforest v
To clear of forests
monotonous adj
Unchanging and tedious
burgess n
In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Marylandor Virginia
conveyance n
That by which anything is transported
Pantheon n
A circular temple at Rome with a fine Corinthian portico and a great domedroof
denomination n
A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship anddiscipline
benison n
Blessing
polar adj
Pertaining to the poles of a sphere, especially of the earth
federate v
To league together
prohibitionist n
One who favors the prohibition by law of the manufacture and sale ofalcoholic beverages
insight n
Intellectual discernment
conferee n
A person with whom another confers
permissible adj
That may be allowed
enjoin v
To command
equalize v
To render uniform
idiosyncrasy n
A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual
infallible adj
Exempt from error of judgment, as in opinion or statement
congregate v
To bring together into a crowd
suggestible adj
That can be suggested
provocation n
An action or mode of conduct that excites resentment
consort n
A companion or associate
pitiless adj
Hard-hearted
honorarium n
A token fee or payment to a professional man for services
commodity n
Something that is bought and sold
calumny n
Slander
script n
Writing or handwriting of the ordinary cursive form
hexapod adj
Having six feet
sediment n
Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid
isochronous adj
Relating to or denoting equal intervals of time
retention n
The keeping of a thing within one’s power or possession
syneresis n
The coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e’er for ever
Antarctic adj
Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it
veracity n
Truthfulness
chancery n
A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court
animate v
To make alive
stiletto n
A small dagger
exceed v
To go beyond, as in measure, quality, value, action, power, skill, etc
votary adj
Consecrated by a vow or promise
overeat v
To eat to excess
collective adj
Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into amass, or sum
streamlet n
Rivulet
garnish v
In cookery, to surround with additions for embellishment
prattle v
To utter in simple or childish talk
