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perspire
v. To excrete through the pores of the skin.
bronchus
n. Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
innumerable
adj. Countless.
ingenious
adj. Evincing skill, originality, or cleverness, as in contrivance or arrangement.
significance
n. Importance.
hoarse
adj. Having the voice harsh or rough, as from a cold or fatigue.
revise
v. To examine for the correction of errors, or for the purpose of making changes.
amphitheater
n. An edifice of elliptical shape, constructed about a central open space or arena.
canto
n. One of the divisions of an extended poem.
tantamount
adj. Having equal or equivalent value, effect, or import.
conversion
n. Change from one state or position to another, or from one form to another.
loneliness
n. Solitude.
symphonic
adj. Characterized by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
obligatory
adj. Binding in law or conscience.
spherometer
n. An instrument for measuring curvature or radii of spherical surfaces.
alternate
n. One chosen to act in place of another, in case of the absence or incapacity of that other.
medieval
adj. Belonging or relating to or descriptive of the middle ages.
ridiculous
adj. Laughable and contemptible.
deist
n. One who believes in God, but denies supernatural revelation.
crustacean
adj. Pertaining to a division of arthropods, containing lobsters, crabs, crawfish, etc.
condolence
n. Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune.
encore
n. The call for a repetition, as of some part of a play or performance.
collapsible
adj. That may or can collapse.
posit
v. To present in an orderly manner.
hanger-on
n. A parasite.
dragnet
n. A net to be drawn along the bottom of the water.
incandescence
n. The state of being white or glowing with heat.
detract
v. To take away in such manner as to lessen value or estimation.
avidity
n. Greediness.
egoism
n. The theory that places man’s chief good in the completeness of self.
dialogue
n. A formal conversation in which two or more take part.
neuter
adj. Neither masculine nor feminine.
needy
adj. Being in need, want, or poverty.
fez
n. A brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone, usually red with a black tassel.
concurrent
adj. Occurring or acting together.
hale
adj. Of sound and vigorous health.
bromine
n. A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor.
earnest
adj. Ardent in spirit and speech.
agglomerate
v. To pile or heap together.
pacify
v. To bring into a peaceful state.
periodicity
n. The habit or characteristic of recurrence at regular intervals.
galvanize
v. To imbue with life or animation.
pitiable
adj. Contemptible.
eugenic
adj. Relating to the development and improvement of race.
malevolence
n. Ill will.
replenish
v. To fill again, as something that has been emptied.
succeed
v. To accomplish what is attempted or intended.
punctual
adj. Observant and exact in points of time.
visage
n. The face, countenance, or look of a person.
errant
adj. Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds.
intolerable
adj. Insufferable.
syneresis
n. The coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e’er for ever.
facilitate
v. To make more easy.
disbeliever
n. One who refuses to believe.
exposition
n. Formal presentation.
promiscuous
adj. Brought together without order, distinction, or design (for sex).
nefarious
adj. Wicked in the extreme.
profuse
adj. Produced or displayed in overabundance.
maltreat
v. To treat ill, unkindly, roughly, or abusively.
efficacious
adj. Effective.
heartrending
adj. Very depressing.
platitude
n. A written or spoken statement that is flat, dull, or commonplace.
revelation
n. A disclosing, discovering, or making known of what was before secret, private, or unknown.
homonym
n. A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another.
symmetrical
adj. Well-balanced.
campaign
n. A complete series of connected military operations.
oaken
adj. Made of or from oak.
magistracy
n. The office or dignity of a magistrate.
infidelity
n. Disloyalty.
concerto
n. A musical composition.
nectar
n. Any especially sweet and delicious drink.
treacherous
adj. Perfidious.
quarantine
n. The enforced isolation of any person or place infected with contagious disease.
occasion
n. An important event or celebration.
workmanship
n. The art or skill of a workman.
amusement
n. Diversion.
gourd
n. A melon, pumpkin, squash, or some similar fruit having a hard rind.
afresh
adv. Once more, after rest or interval.
verify
v. To prove to be true, exact, or accurate.
muleteer
n. A mule-driver.
sensual
adj. Pertaining to the body or the physical senses.
impotent
adj. Destitute of or lacking in power, physical, moral, or intellectual.
granule
n. A small grain or particle.
interpolation
n. Verbal interference.
socialist
adj. One who advocates reconstruction of society by collective ownership of land and capital.
autumnal
adj. Of or pertaining to autumn.
credence
n. Belief.
evangelical
adj. Seeking the conversion of sinners.
subtrahend
n. That which is to be subtracted.
counterpart
n. Something taken with another for the completion of either.
patter
v. To mumble something over and over.
benefit
n. Helpful result.
liberalism
n. Opposition to conservatism.
predominance
n. Ascendancy or preponderance.
aldermanship
n. The dignity, condition, office, or term of office of an alderman.
parlance
n. Mode of speech.
physicist
n. A specialist in the science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy.
preexistence
n. Existence antecedent to something.
typical
adj. Characteristic.
hypercritical
adj. Faultfinding.
federate
v. To league together.
anxious
adj. Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter.
immaterial
adj. Of no essential consequence.
misinterpret
v. To misunderstand.
kinsfolk
n. pl. Relatives.
improper
adj. Not appropriate, suitable, or becoming.
aqueduct
n. A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
heresy
n. An opinion or doctrine subversive of settled beliefs or accepted principles.
infirmary
n. A place for the reception or treatment of the sick.
poignant
adj. Severely painful or acute to the spirit.
curator
n. A person having charge as of a library or museum.
tangent
adj. Touching.
veto
n. The constitutional right in a chief executive of refusing to approve an enactment.
maize
n. Indian corn: usually in the United States called simply corn.
utility
n. Fitness for some desirable practical purpose.
rapine
n. The act of seizing and carrying off property by superior force, as in war.
writhe
v. To twist the body, face, or limbs or as in pain or distress.
daring
adj. Brave.
speculate
v. To pursue inquiries and form conjectures.
impassable
adj. That can not be passed through or over.
physiography
n. Description of nature.
gendarme
n. In continental Europe, particularly in France, a uniformed and armed police officer.
papacy
n. The official head of the Roman Catholic Church.
affluence
n. A profuse or abundant supply of riches.
triennial
adj. Taking place every third year.
borough
n. An incorporated village or town.
malaria
n. A fever characterized by alternating chills, fever, and sweating.
penchant
n. A bias in favor of something.
extrajudicial
adj. Happening out of court.
legislative
adj. That makes or enacts laws.
hawthorn
n. A thorny shrub much used in England for hedges.
indigestion
n. Difficulty or failure in the alimentary canal in changing food into absorptive nutriment.
abridge
v. To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles.
likelihood
n. A probability.
rectitude
n. The quality of being upright in principles and conduct.
univalence
n. Monovalency.
guy
n. Stay-rope.
prehensible
adj. Capable of being grasped.
wampum
n. Beads strung on threads, formerly used among the American Indians as currency.
rote
n. Repetition of words or sounds as a means of learning them, with slight attention.
epitaph
n. An inscription on a tomb or monument in honor or in memory of the dead.
quiescence
n. Quiet.
imaginable
adj. That can be imagined or conceived in the mind.
interim
n. Time between acts or periods.
anemometer
n. An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
intension
n. The act of stringing or stretching, or state of being strained.
divinity
n. The quality or character of being godlike.
novellette
n. A short novel.
precipitate
v. To force forward prematurely.
comestible
adj. Fit to be eaten.
irreverential
adj. Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.
simile
n. A comparison which directs the mind to the representative object itself.
deterrent
adj. Hindering from action through fear.
foresee
v. To discern beforehand.
maniac
n. a person raving with madness.
commodity
n. Something that is bought and sold.
coincide
v. To correspond.
palinode
n. A retraction.
bibliography
n. A list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular subject.
embark
v. To make a beginning in some occupation or scheme.
presentment
n. Semblance.
requite
v. To repay either good or evil to, as to a person.
auspice
n. favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
tempter
n. An allurer or enticer to evil.
hindrance
n. An obstacle.
pageant
n. A dramatic representation, especially a spectacular one.
irritant
n. A mechanical, chemical, or pathological agent of inflammation, pain, or tension.
stratagem
n. Any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage.
sophisticate
v. To deprive of simplicity of mind or manner.
mismanage
v. To manage badly, improperly, or unskillfully.
contravene
v. To prevent or obstruct the operation of.
anthology
n. A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors.
diagnose
v. To distinguish, as a disease, by its characteristic phenomena.
cabal
n. A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose.
macadamize
v. To cover or pave, as a path or roadway, with small broken stone.
overture
n. An instrumental prelude to an opera, oratorio, or ballet.
liberate
v. To set free or release from bondage.
sequel
n. That which follows in consequence of what has previously happened.
discursive
adj. Passing from one subject to another.
ichthyology
n. The branch of zoology that treats of fishes.
wholly
adv. Completely.
deify
v. To regard or worship as a god.
undermine
v. To subvert in an underhand way.
antiquary
n. One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
perturbation
n. Mental excitement or confusion.
livid
adj. Black-and-blue, as contused flesh.
knickknack
n. A small article, more for ornament that use.
augment
v. To make bigger.
redolent
adj. Smelling sweet and agreeable.
suasion
n. The act of persuading.
numerical
adj. Of or pertaining to number.
insensible
adj. Imperceptible.
narrator
n. One who narrates anything.
contiguity
n. Proximity.
revocation
n. Repeal.
hustle
v. To move with haste and promptness.
refract
v. To bend or turn from a direct course.
transcribe
v. To write over again (something already written)
stagy
adj. Having a theatrical manner.
piece
n. A loose or separated part, as distinguished from the whole or the mass.
