EVC 02 (E-N) Flashcards
English Vocabulary Advanced
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earnest
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Ardent in spirit and speech.
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earthenware
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Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun.
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eatable
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Edible.
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ebullient
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Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling.
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eccentric
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Peculiar.
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eccentricity
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Idiosyncrasy.
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eclipse
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The obstruction of a heavenly body by its entering into the shadow of another body.
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economize
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To spend sparingly.
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ecstasy
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Rapturous excitement or exaltation.
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ecstatic
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Enraptured.
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edible
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Suitable to be eaten.
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edict
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That which is uttered or proclaimed by authority as a rule of action.
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edify
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To build up or strengthen especially in morals or religion.
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editorial
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An article in a periodical written by the editor and published as an official argument.
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educe
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To draw out.
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efface
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To obliterate.
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effect
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A consequence.
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effective
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Fit for a destined purpose.
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effectual
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Efficient.
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effeminacy
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Womanishness.
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effeminate
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Having womanish traits or qualities.
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effervesce
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To bubble up.
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effervescent
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Giving off bubbles of gas.
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effete
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Exhausted as having performed its functions.
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efficacious
Effective.
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efficacy
The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it.
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efficiency
The state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for the performance of a duty.
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efficient
Having and exercising the power to produce effects or results.
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efflorescence
The state of being flowery or a flowery appearance.
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efflorescent
Opening in flower.
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effluvium
A noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or putrefying matter.
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effrontery
Unblushing impudence.
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effulgence
Splendor.
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effuse
To pour forth.
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effusion
an outpouring.
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egoism
The theory that places man's chief good in the completeness of self.
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egoist
One who advocates or practices egoism.
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egotism
Self-conceit.
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egotist
One given to self-mention or who is constantly telling of his own views and experiences.
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egregious
Extreme.
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egress
Any place of exit.
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eject
To expel.
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elapse
To quietly terminate: said of time.
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elasticity
That property of matter by which a body tends to return to a former shape after being changed.
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electrolysis
The process of decomposing a chemical compound by the passage of an electric current.
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electrotype
A metallic copy of any surface as a coin.
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elegy
A lyric poem lamenting the dead.
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element
A component or essential part.
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elicit
To educe or extract gradually or without violence.
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eligible
Qualified for selection.
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eliminate
To separate and cast aside.
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Elizabethan
Relating to Elizabeth queen of England or to her era.
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elocution
The art of correct intonation inflection and gesture in public speaking or reading.
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eloquent
Having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty and impassioned speech.
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elucidate
To bring out more clearly the facts concerning.
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elude
To evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice.
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elusion
Evasion.
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emaciate
To waste away in flesh.
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emanate
To flow forth or proceed as from some source.
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emancipate
To release from bondage.
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embargo
Authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any special trade.
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embark
To make a beginning in some occupation or scheme.
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embarrass
To render flustered or agitated.
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embellish
To make beautiful or elegant by adding attractive or ornamental features.
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embezzle
To misappropriate secretly.
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emblazon
To set forth publicly or in glowing terms.
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emblem
A symbol.
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embody
To express formulate or exemplify in a concrete compact or visible form.
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embolden
To give courage to.
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embolism
An obstruction or plugging up of an artery or other blood-vessel.
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embroil
To involve in dissension or strife.
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emerge
To come into view or into existence.
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emergence
A coming into view.
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emergent
Coming into view.
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emeritus
Retired from active service but retained to an honorary position.
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emigrant
One who moves from one place to settle in another.
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emigrate
To go from one country state or region for the purpose of settling or residing in another.
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eminence
An elevated position with respect to rank place character condition etc.
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eminent
High in station merit or esteem.
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emit
To send or give out.
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emphasis
Any special impressiveness added to an utterance or act or stress laid upon some word.
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emphasize
To articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness upon a word or a group of words.
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emphatic
Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an act word or set of words.
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employee
One who works for wages or a salary.
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employer
One who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay.
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emporium
A bazaar or shop.
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empower
To delegate authority to.
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emulate
To imitate with intent to equal or surpass.
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enact
To make into law as by legislative act.
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enamor
To inspire with ardent love.
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encamp
To pitch tents for a resting-place.
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encomium
A formal or discriminating expression of praise.
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encompass
To encircle.
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encore
The call for a repetition as of some part of a play or performance.
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encourage
To inspire with courage hope or strength of mind.
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encroach
To invade partially or insidiously and appropriate the possessions of another.
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encumber
To impede with obstacles.
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encyclical
Intended for general circulation.
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encyclopedia
A work containing information on subjects or exhaustive of one subject.
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endanger
To expose to peril.
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endear
To cause to be loved.
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endemic
Peculiar to some specified country or people.
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endue
To endow with some quality gift or grace usually spiritual.
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endurable
Tolerable.
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endurance
The ability to suffer pain distress hardship or stress of any kind without succumbing.
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energetic
Working vigorously.
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enervate
To render ineffective or inoperative.
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enfeeble
To debilitate.
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enfranchise
To endow with a privilege especially with the right to vote.
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engender
To produce.
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engrave
To cut or carve in or upon some surface.
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engross
To occupy completely.
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enhance
To intensify.
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enigma
A riddle.
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enjoin
To command.
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enkindle
To set on fire.
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enlighten
To cause to see clearly.
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enlist
To enter voluntarily the military service by formal enrollment.
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enmity
Hatred.
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ennoble
To dignify.
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enormity
Immensity.
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enormous
Gigantic.
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enrage
To infuriate.
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enrapture
To delight extravagantly or intensely.
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enshrine
To keep sacred.
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ensnare
To entrap.
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entail
To involve necessitate.
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entangle
To involve in difficulties confusion or complications.
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enthrall
To bring or hold under any overmastering influence.
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enthrone
To invest with sovereign power.
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enthuse
To yield to or display intense and rapturous feeling.
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enthusiastic
Full of zeal and fervor.
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entirety
A complete thing.
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entomology
The branch of zoology that treats of insects.
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entrails
pl. The internal parts of an animal.
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entreaty
An earnest request.
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entree
The act of entering.
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entrench
To fortify or protect as with a trench or ditch and wall.
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entwine
To interweave.
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enumerate
To name one by one.
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epic
A poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical achievements of great personages heroes etc.
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epicure
One who cultivates a delicate taste for eating and drinking.
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Epicurean
Indulging ministering or pertaining to daintiness of appetite.
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epicycle
A circle that rolls upon the external or internal circumference of another circle.
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epicycloid
A curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls upon another circle.
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epidemic
Wide-spread occurrence of a disease in a certain region.
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epidermis
The outer skin.
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epigram
A pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation.
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epilogue
The close of a narrative or dramatic poem.
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epiphany
Any appearance or bodily manifestation of a deity.
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episode
An incident or story in a literary work separable from yet growing out of it.
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epitaph
An inscription on a tomb or monument in honor or in memory of the dead.
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epithet
Word used adjectivally to describe some quality or attribute of is objects as in Father Aeneas.
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epitome
A simplified representation.
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epizootic
Prevailing among animals.
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epoch
A interval of time memorable for extraordinary events.
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epode
A species of lyric poems.
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equalize
To render uniform.
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equanimity
Evenness of mind or temper.
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equestrian
Pertaining to horses or horsemanship.
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equilibrium
A state of balance.
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equitable
Characterized by fairness.
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equity
Fairness or impartiality.
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equivalent
Equal in value force meaning or the like.
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equivocal
Ambiguous.
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equivocate
To use words of double meaning.
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eradicate
To destroy thoroughly.
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errant
Roving or wandering as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds.
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erratic
Irregular.
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erroneous
Incorrect.
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erudite
Very-learned.
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erudition
Extensive knowledge of literature history language etc.
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eschew
To keep clear of.
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espy
To keep close watch.
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esquire
A title of dignity office or courtesy.
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essence
That which makes a thing to be what it is.
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esthetic
Pertaining to beauty taste or the fine arts.
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estimable
Worthy of respect.
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estrange
To alienate.
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estuary
A wide lower part of a tidal river.
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eugenic
Relating to the development and improvement of race.
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eulogize
To speak or write a laudation of a person's life or character.
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eulogy
A spoken or written laudation of a person's life or character.
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euphemism
A figure of speech by which a phrase less offensive is substituted.
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euphonious
Characterized by agreeableness of sound.
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euphony
Agreeableness of sound.
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evade
To avoid by artifice.
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evanesce
To vanish gradually.
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evanescent
Fleeting.
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evangelical
Seeking the conversion of sinners.
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evangelist
A preacher who goes from place to place holding services.
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evasion
Escape.
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eventual
Ultimate.
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evert
To turn inside out.
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evict
To dispossess pursuant to judicial decree.
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evidential
Indicative.
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evince
To make manifest or evident.
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evoke
To call or summon forth.
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evolution
Development or growth.
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evolve
To unfold or expand.
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exacerbate
To make more sharp severe or virulent.
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exaggerate
To overstate.
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exasperate
To excite great anger in.
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excavate
To remove by digging or scooping out.
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exceed
To go beyond as in measure quality value action or power or skill ot etc.
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excel
To be superior or distinguished.
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excellence
Possession of eminently or unusually good qualities.
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excellency
A title of honor bestowed upon various high officials.
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excellent
Possessing distinguished merit.
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excerpt
An extract or selection from written or printed matter.
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excess
That which passes the ordinary proper or required limit measure or experience.
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excitable
Nervously high-strung.
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excitation
Intensified emotion or action.
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exclamation
An abrupt or emphatic expression of thought or of feeling.
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exclude
To shut out purposely or forcibly.
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exclusion
Non-admission.
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excrescence
Any unnatural addition outgrowth or development.
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excretion
The getting rid of waste matter.
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excruciate
To inflict severe pain or agony upon.
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excursion
A journey.
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excusable
Justifiable.
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execrable
Abominable.
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execration
An accursed thing.
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executor
A person nominated by the will of another to execute the will.
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exegesis
Biblical exposition or interpretation.
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exemplar
A model pattern or original to be copied or imitated.
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exemplary
Fitted to serve as a model or example worthy of imitation.
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exemplify
To show by example.
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exempt
Free clear or released as from some liability or restriction affecting others.
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exert
To make an effort.
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exhale
To breathe forth.
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exhaust
To empty by draining off the contents.
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exhaustible
Causing or tending to cause exhaustion.
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exhaustion
Deprivation of strength or energy.
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exhaustive
Thorough and complete in execution.
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exhilarate
To fill with high or cheerful spirits.
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exhume
To dig out of the earth (what has been buried).
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exigency
A critical period or condition.
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exigent
Urgent.
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existence
Possession or continuance of being.
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exit
A way or passage out.
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exodus
A going forth or departure from a place or country especially of many people.
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exonerate
To relieve or vindicate from accusation imputation or blame.
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exorbitance
Extravagance or enormity.
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exorbitant
Going beyond usual and proper limits.
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exorcise
To cast or drive out by religious or magical means.
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exotic
Foreign.
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expand
To increase in range or scope.
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expanse
A continuous area or stretch.
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expansion
Increase of amount size scope or the like.
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expatriate
To drive from one's own country.
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expect
To look forward to as certain or probable.
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expectancy
The act or state of looking forward to as certain or probable.
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expectorate
To cough up and spit forth.
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expediency
Fitness to meet the requirements of a particular case.
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expedient
Contributing to personal advantage.
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expedite
To hasten the movement or progress of.
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expeditious
Speedy.
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expend
To spend.
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expense
The laying out or expending or money or other resources as time or strength.
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expiate
To make satisfaction or amends for.
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explicate
To clear from involvement.
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explicit
Definite.
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explode
To cause to burst in pieces by force from within.
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explosion
A sudden and violent outbreak.
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explosive
Pertaining to a sudden and violent outbreak.
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exposition
Formal presentation.
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expository
Pertaining to a formal presentation.
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expostulate
To discuss.
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exposure
An open situation or position in relation to the sun elements or points of the compass.
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expressive
Full of meaning.
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expulsion
Forcible ejection.
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extant
Still existing and known.
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extemporaneous
Done or made without much or any preparation.
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extempore
Without studied or special preparation.
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extensible
Capable of being thrust out.
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extension
A reaching or stretching out as in space time or scope.
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extensive
Extended widely in space time or scope.
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extensor
A muscle that causes extension.
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extenuate
To diminish the gravity or importance of.
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exterior
That which is outside.
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external
Anything relating or belonging to the outside.
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extinct
Being no longer in existence.
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extinguish
To render extinct.
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extol
To praise in the highest terms.
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extort
To obtain by violence threats compulsion or the subjection of another to some necessity.
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extortion
The practice of obtaining by violence or compulsion.
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extradite
To surrender the custody of.
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extradition
The surrender by a government of a person accused of crime to the justice of another government.
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extrajudicial
Happening out of court.
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extraneous
Having no essential relation to a subject.
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extraordinary
Unusual.
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extravagance
Undue expenditure of money.
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extravagant
Needlessly free or lavish in expenditure.
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extremist
One who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views.
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extremity
The utmost point side or border or that farthest removed from a mean position.
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extricate
Disentangle.
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extrude
To drive out or away.
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exuberance
Rich supply.
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exuberant
Marked by great plentifulness.
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fabricate
To invent fancifully or falsely.
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fabulous
Incredible.
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facet
One of the small triangular plane surfaces of a diamond or other gem.
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facetious
Amusing.
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facial
Pertaining to the face.
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facile
Not difficult to do.
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facilitate
To make more easy.
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facility
Ease.
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facsimile
An exact copy or reproduction.
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faction
A number of persons combined for a common purpose.
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factious
Turbulent.
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fallacious
Illogical.
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fallacy
Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning or anything based on such reasoning.
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fallible
Capable of erring.
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fallow
Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest.
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famish
To suffer extremity of hunger or thirst.
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fanatic
A religious zealot.
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fancier
One having a taste for or interest in special objects.
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fanciless
Unimaginative.
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fastidious
Hard to please.
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fathom
A measure of length 6 feet.
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fatuous
Idiotic
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faulty
Imperfect.
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faun
One of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented as half human with goats feet.
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fawn
A young deer.
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fealty
Loyalty.
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feasible
That may be done performed or effected practicable.
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federate
To league together.
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feint
Any sham pretense or deceptive movement.
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felicitate
To wish joy or happiness to especially in view of a coming event.
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felicity
A state of well-founded happiness.
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felon
A criminal or depraved person.
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felonious
Showing criminal or evil purpose.
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felony
One of the highest class of offenses and punishable with death or imprisonment.
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feminine
Characteristic of woman or womankind.
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fernery
A place in which ferns are grown.
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ferocious
Of a wild fierce and savage nature.
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ferocity
Savageness.
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fervent
Ardent in feeling.
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fervid
Intense.
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fervor
Ardor or intensity of feeling.
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festal
Joyous.
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festive
Merry.
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fete
A festival or feast.
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fetus
The young in the womb or in the egg.
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feudal
Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal.
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feudalism
The feudal system.
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fez
A brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone usually red with a black tassel.
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fiasco
A complete or humiliating failure.
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fickle
Unduly changeable in feeling judgment or purpose.
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fictitious
Created or formed by the imagination.
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fidelity
Loyalty.
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fiducial
Indicative of faith or trust.
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fief
A landed estate held under feudal tenure.
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filibuster
One who attempts to obstruct legislation.
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finale
Concluding performance.
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finality
The state or quality of being final or complete.
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finally
At last.
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financial
Monetary.
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financier
One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations.
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finery
That which is used to decorate the person or dress.
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finesse
Subtle contrivance used to gain a point.
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finite
Limited.
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fiscal
Pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a government.
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fishmonger
One who sells fish.
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fissure
A crack or crack-like depression.
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fitful
Spasmodic.
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fixture
One who or that which is expected to remain permanently in its position.
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flag-officer
The captain of a flag-ship.
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flagrant
Openly scandalous.
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flamboyant
Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste.
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flatulence
Accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels.
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flection
The act of bending.
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fledgling
A young bird.
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flexible
Pliable.
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flimsy
Thin and weak.
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flippant
Having a light pert trifling disposition.
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floe
A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice.
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flora
The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district.
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floral
Pertaining to flowers.
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florid
Flushed with red.
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florist
A dealer in flowers.
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fluctuate
To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another.
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fluctuation
Frequent irregular change back and forth from one state or degree to another.
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flue
A smoke-duct in a chimney.
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fluent
Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas.
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fluential
Pertaining to streams.
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flux
A state of constant movement change or renewal.
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foggy
Obscure.
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foible
A personal weakness or failing.
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foist
To palm off.
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foliage
Any growth of leaves.
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folio
A sheet of paper folded once or of a size adapted to folding once.
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folk-lore
The traditions beliefs and customs of the common people.
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fondle
To handle tenderly and lovingly.
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foolery
Folly.
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foot-note
A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column.
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foppery
Dandyism.
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foppish
Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners.
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forbearance
Patient endurance or toleration of offenses.
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forby
Besides.
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forcible
Violent.
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forecourt
A court opening directly from the street.
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forejudge
To judge of before hearing evidence.
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forepeak
The extreme forward part of a ship's hold under the lowest deck.
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foreshore
That part of a shore uncovered at low tide.
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forebode
To be an omen or warning sign of especially of evil.
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forecast
To predict.
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forecastle
That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds.
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foreclose
To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property.
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forefather
An ancestor.
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forego
To deny oneself the pleasure or profit of.
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foreground
That part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator.
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forehead
The upper part of the face between the eyes and the hair.
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foreign
Belonging to situated in or derived from another country.
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foreigner
A citizen of a foreign country.
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foreknowledge
Prescience.
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foreman
The head man.
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foreordain
To predetermine.
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foreordination
Predestination.
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forerun
To go before as introducing or ushering in.
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foresail
A square sail.
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foresee
To discern beforehand.
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foresight
Provision against harm or need.
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foretell
To predict.
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forethought
Premeditation.
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forfeit
To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation.
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forfend
To ward off.
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forgery
Counterfeiting.
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forgo
To deny oneself.
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formation
Relative disposition of parts.
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formidable
Difficult to accomplish.
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formula
Fixed rule or set form.
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forswear
To renounce upon oath.
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forte
A strong point.
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forth
Into notice or view.
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forthright
With directness.
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fortify
To provide with defensive works.
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fortitude
Patient courage.
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foursome
Consisting of four.
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fracture
A break.
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fragile
Easily broken.
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frailty
Liability to be broken or destroyed.
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fragile
Capable of being broken.
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frankincense
A gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes.
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frantic
Frenzied.
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fraternal
Brotherly.
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fraudulence
Deceitfulness.
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fraudulent
Counterfeit.
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fray
To fret at the edge so as to loosen or break the threads.
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freemason
A member of an ancient secret fraternity originally confined to skilled artisans.
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freethinker
One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion.
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free trade
Commerce unrestricted by tariff or customs.
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frequency
The comparative number of any kind of occurrences within a given time or space.
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fresco
The art of painting on a surface of plaster particularly on walls and ceilings.
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freshness
The state quality or degree of being fresh.
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fretful
Disposed to peevishness.
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frightful
Apt to induce terror or alarm.
459
frigid
Lacking warmth.
460
frigidarium
A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits meat etc.
461
frivolity
A trifling act thought saying or practice.
462
frivolous
Trivial.
463
frizz
To give a crinkled fluffy appearance to.
464
frizzle
To cause to crinkle or curl as the hair.
465
frolicsome
Prankish.
466
frontier
The part of a nation's territory that abuts upon another country.
467
frowzy
Slovenly in appearance.
468
frugal
Economical.
469
fruition
Fulfillment.
470
fugacious
Fleeting.
471
fulcrum
The support on or against which a lever rests or the point about which it turns.
472
fulminate
To cause to explode.
473
fulsome
Offensive from excess of praise or commendation.
474
fumigate
To subject to the action of smoke or fumes especially for disinfection.
475
functionary
An official.
476
fundamental
Basal.
477
fungible
That may be measured counted or weighed.
478
fungous
Spongy.
479
fungus
A plant destitute of chlorophyll as a mushroom.
480
furbish
To restore brightness or beauty to.
481
furlong
A measure one-eighth of a mile.
482
furlough
A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer.
483
furrier
A dealer in or maker of fur goods.
484
further
More distant or advanced.
485
furtherance
Advancement.
486
furtive
Stealthy or sly like the actions of a thief.
487
fuse
To unite or blend as by melting together.
488
fusible
Capable of being melted by heat.
489
futile
Of no avail or effect.
490
futurist
A person of expectant temperament.
491
gauge
An instrument for measuring.
492
gaiety
Festivity.
493
gaily
Merrily.
494
gait
Carriage of the body in going.
495
gallant
Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit.
496
galore
Abundant.
497
galvanic
Pertaining or relating to electricity produced by chemical action.
498
galvanism
Current electricity especially that arising from chemical action.
499
galvanize
To imbue with life or animation.
500
gamble
To risk money or other possession on an event chance or contingency.
