TAB A small flap RABBLE A disorganized mob RABID Having rabies TABOO Prohibited LABOR To work BABY An infant VACANT Empty LACERATE To tear or mangle MACHISMO Exaggerated male pride PACIFIST One who rejects war FACILE Easy TACIT Expressed without words PACK A bundle TACK A small, sharp nail BACKTRACK To retrace one's steps SACRED Holy PACT An agreement FACULTY Ability LACUNA A pause or gap VACUOUS Lacking in content CADET A student at a military school RADIATE To shine brightly RADICAL Extreme CADRE A nucleus of trained personnel SAFE Secure from danger SAG To droop SAGACIOUS Wise PAGAN A heathen SAGE Wise BAGGAGE Suitcases RAGGED Having an uneven edge HAGGLE To barter MAGISTERIUM Church teaching authority MAGISTRATE A government official MAGNIFICENT Beautiful MAGNITUDE Size or extent VAGUE Not clear FAILURE Mistake DAILY Occurring every day GAIN An increase or advantage SAINT A holy person MAINTAIN To continue support for LAIR An animal's den RAISE To help stand up WAIT To delay FAITH Trust in someone or something MAJORITY The greater part FAKE Not real BAKE To cook in an oven MAKE To create TAKE To get into one's possession MALAISE Discomfort PALATABLE Appetizing PALATE The roof of the mouth CALCULATE To compute using arithmetic PALE Light in color VALIANT Courageous VALIDATE To give official sanction to CALIPH The head of a Moslem state WALK To go on foot TALK To speak BALL An object in the shape of a sphere CALLOW Immature HALLOW To make holy RALLY To come together for action PALTRY Very small, of little worth CALUMNY A false accusation SALUTARY Promoting health SALVAGE To save SALVATION Deliverance from sin DAMAGE Injury FAMILIAR Well known TAMPER To meddle BAN A prohibition MANAGE To direct skillfully CANCEL To delete, reject SANCTION To approve SANCTITY Holiness MANDATE An authoritative command WANDER To move about aimlessly CANDIDATE One who aspires to office LANDING The level part of a staircase RANDOM Having no definite pattern CANDOR Openness LANE A narrow road WANE To diminish in size HANGAR A shelter for an aircraft TANGIBLE Perceptible by touch DANGLE To hang loosely LANGUID Drooping, weak SANGUINE Confident LANGUISH To become weak or feeble PANIC Sudden fright MANIFEST Plainly apparent CANINE A dog MANIPULATE To control someone deviously VANISH To disappear from sight YANK To pull quickly HANKER To yearn BANNER A sign CANOPY A tent-like covering XANTHIC Having a yellowish color WANTING Missing CANTOR A song leader MANUAL A handbook NAP To sleep briefly CAPABLE Having ability PAPAL Referring to the pope GAPE To stare RAPID Quickly moving CAPITAL Punishable by death VAPOR Moisture in the air HAPPEN To occur RAPPORT Agreement CAPTIVE A prisoner PARADOXICAL Contradictory PARALYSIS Loss of body motion PARAPHRASE To restate PARASITE An animal that lives on another HARASS To annoy or torment GARB Clothes BARBARIAN A savage HARD Difficult CARDIOLOGY The medical study of the heart PARDON To free from penalty SARDONIC Derisively mocking TARDY Not coming at the appointed time RARELY Seldom BARGAIN To negotiate LARGESS Liberal giving TARGET An object to shoot at MARGIN Border JARGON Unintelligible speech VARIABLE Changing CARICATURE An exaggeration DARING Brave or bold DARK Without light BARN A building used for hay and animals YARN Spun wool WARN To make aware of possible harm GARNER To gather or store TARNISH To dim the luster of CAROL A Christmas song WARP To twist out of shape NARRATE To tell or relate NARROW Of slender width CARRY To transport MARSH A swampy land PARSIMONY Stinginess PARTIAL Favoring one side PARTISAN A supporter of a cause PARTITION The act of separating PARTNER An associate CARTOON A humorous drawing MARVEL To wonder VARY To change BASE The bottom of an object GASH A long cut CASH Money MASSIVE Very large FAST Quickly CAST To throw PASTURE Grazing ground HASTY Quick CASUAL Without intention EASY Not difficult BAT A stick or club used in a game CATALYST A substance that speeds a reaction CATCH To capture WATCH To keep guard over LATE Not on time CATECHISM A manual of doctrine OATH A formal promise GATHER To bring together CATHOLIC Broad-minded, universal FATIGUE Tiredness SATISFACTIONAtonement PATRON A supporter TATTERED Torn PATTERN A template BATTLE A military conflict SATURATE To fill completely MATURE Completely grown LAUD To praise highly NAUGHT Nothing MAUL To injure by beating JAUNT A wearisome journey CAUSTIC Burning TAUT Tight LAVA Molten rock WAVER To move one way and the other SAVORY Tasty GAWK To stare stupidly TAX Money levied by rulers TAXONOMY The science of classification RAZE To destroy to the ground HAZY Lacking clarity ABASE To lower in position ABBEY A monastic community OBFUSCATE To make obscure OBJECTIVE Free from prejudice OBLIGE To do a favor for OBLITERATE To wipe out OBLIVIOUS Unaware ABOVE In a higher place ABSOLUTE Free from restriction OBSTINATE Stubborn OBSTRUCT To stop movement OBTUSE Dull EBULLIENT Enthusiastic OBVIOUS Immediately evident SCALD To burn with a hot liquid SCAMP A rascal SCANT Meager SCARE To frighten SCATHING Extremely severe ACCEPTABLE Satisfactory ACCESS Ability to enter ACCOMPANY To go with OCCUPY To reside in SCENT Smell SCHEME A plan ACHIEVE To carry out successfully ACKNOWLEDGE To admit the truth of SCOFF To speak with contempt SCOLD To noisily find fault with SCORCH To burn the surface of ACORN The nut from an oak tree ACQUIT To declare someone innocent SCRAP Discarded fragments SCREAM A yell ACROSS From one side to the other ACT To perform ADAGE A saying or proverb ADAGIO Slowly ADAPT To adjust ADAPTATION A modification ADD To calculate a sum ODD Unusual ADDRESS To speak IDEAL Perfect IDEALIZE To hold in high esteem ADJECTIVE A word used to modify a noun ADMINISTER To manage ADMIRE To have respect for ADMIT To conceed as true ODOR A smell EDUCE To call forth ADVENT A coming or arrival ADVERB A word used to modify a verb ADVERSARY An enemy ADVERSITY Suffering ADVERTISE To make something known ADVICE A recommendation REACH To extend TEACH To instruct BEAD A small, round stone DEAD Deprived of life LEAD To guide someone READY Prepared MEAGER Thin WEAK Lacking in strength ZEAL Enthusiastic devotion to a cause MEAN An average LEAN Thin NEAR Close to FEAR Dread TEAR To pull apart FEASIBLE Possible REASONABLE Fair LEAST Smallest in size SEAT A chair BEAT To strike BEAUTIFUL Full of grace, pleasing HEAVE To throw REBATE To allow as a deduction REBELLION An uprising REBUFF A refusal DEBUG To remove errors from REBUKE To reprimand REBUT To prove wrong RECENT Not long ago RECLAIM To recover RECOGNIZE To perceive as known DECOMPRESS To remove the pressure from RECONCILE To settle RECONDITION To overhaul RECOVER Regain SECRET Kept from view RECTIFY To make right SECTION Separation by cutting LECTOR A person who reads LECTURE A discourse PECULIAR Unusual PEDANTIC Narrowly learned MEDIAN The value in the middle MEDIATE To settle MEDIOCRE Average TEDIOUS Slow MEDITATE To contemplate SEDITION Revolt against the state REDUNDANT Beyond what is required SEE To perceive visually HEED To pay attention NEED To require BEEF The meat from cows MEEK Patient, mild SEEK To go in search of KEEN Sharp DEEP Extending far downward WEEP To cry KEEP To retain possession of JEER To mock DEFICIENT Lacking in something DEFLATE To remove the air from REFLECT To bend back DEFORM To disfigure REFORM To improve REFRACTORY Obstinate DEFRAY To pay HEFTY Heavy REFUTE To prove the falsity of something LEGACY Personal property LEGAL Relating to the law REGARD To pay attention to NEGATE To render ineffective REGENT A governor LEGIBLE Capable of being read BEGIN To start NEGLECT To fail to notice BEGUILE To deceive REGULATE To govern BEHOLD To look at REIGN To rule VEIL To cover LEISURE Time away from work REITERATE To repeat REJECT To refuse to accept RELEASE To set free CELEBRATED Famous SELECT To pick out DELETE To remove DELIBERATE To consider carefully DELICATE Dainty BELIEF A conviction RELIEF Aid for the poor RELISH To enjoy CELL A room to hold a prisoner TELL To say YELL To shout BELLICOSE Inclined to start arguments BELOW In a lower place HELP Assistance DELUDE To mislead or fool RELY To depend upon SEMANTICS The study of meanings in speech REMISS Negligent REMNANT That which remains MEMOIR Records of personal events DEMOLISH To tear down DEMONSTRATE To show REMOTE Far removed TEMPO Speed MENACE To threaten TENACIOUS Tough VENAL Open to bribery PENAL Relating to punishment SEND To deliver LEND To give temporarily FEND To ward off PENDANT Something hanging TENDER Delicate BENEATH Below TENET A belief RENEW To make like new GENIAL Kindly BENIGN Gentle PENITENCE Contrition ZENITH The highest point GENIUS Extraordinary intelligence XENOPHOBIA Fear of strangers RENOUNCE To give up SENSATE Perceived by the senses DENSE Crowded SENSELESS Meaningless VENT To expel PENTAGON A five-sided polygon GENTEEL Stylish CENTER To move toward the middle CENTRAL Essential SENTRY A guard DENY To declare as untrue REPAIR To fix SEPARATE To keep apart REPENT To turn from sin ZEPHYR The west wind TEPID Moderately warm REPLENISH To fill again REPLICATE To copy REPORT To give an account of REPRESS To hold down by force DEPRIVE To take something away from REQUEST To ask for something PERCEPTION Observation MERCURIAL Clever MERCY Compassion, forbearance BEREFT Deprived of something HERETIC A dissenter PERFECT Without fault PERFIDIOUS Faithless PERFORATE To make holes through SERIAL Of the nature of a series VERIFY To confirm PERIL Danger PERIPHERY External boundary JERK To move quickly PERMEABLE Allowing the passage of liquids TERMINAL Relating to an end PERMIT To allow KERNEL A seed FEROCIOUS Fierce XEROX To make copies of a document PERPETUAL Going on forever PERPLEX To confuse TERROR Intense fear PERSEVERE Not to give up PERSUADE To convince CERTAIN Beyond doubt VERVE Enthusiasm SERVE To assist FERVENT Intense NERVOUS Apprehensive RESENT To feel annoyed at DESIRE To wish for RESIST To oppose HESITANT Lacking certainty HESITATE To be slow in acting RESOLUTE Bold DESPAIR To lose all hope RESPECT Esteem RESPITE A putting off or postponement LESSON A segment of instruction ZEST Keen enjoyment TEST To put to the proof RESTLESS Uneasy RESTORE To give back RESTRAIN To prevent from doing RESULTANT A consequence RESUME To take up again SET To cause to sit DETACH To unfasten RETALIATE To repay an injury FETCH To go get something DETER To discourage HETERODOX Not agreeing with accepted teaching DETEST To hate METHOD A systematic procedure RETREAT To go back BETROTHED Engaged to be married METTLE Character or temperament PETTY Having little worth RETURN To come back again LEUKEMIA A cancer of the blood NEUTRAL Not taking sides NEUTRALIZE To counteract REVEAL To show LEVEL Horizontal REVEL To take delight SEVER To cut apart BEVERAGE A drink SEVERE Harsh REVERE To show honor to REVERSE To turn completely around DEVISE To invent REVIVE To bring back to life DEVOTED Ardent REVULSION Strong distaste NEW Just created JEWEL A precious stone NEWS A report of recent events EFFECT A consequence of something else AFFECTION Fond attachment and feeling OFFEND To insult EFFLUENT Something that flows out EFFORT Work AFFRONT An encounter AFTER Following AFTERWARD At a later time AGENDA A list of items to be done UGLY Frightful IGNITE To set on fire AGONY Intense pain OGRE A monster CHAFF The husks from grain SHALLOW Having little depth CHAMBER A room or meeting hall SHAMELESS Impudent, without shame CHAMPION An undefeated sports hero THANKS Gratitude SHAPE Form CHAPTER A main division of a book SHARD A fragment CHARGE To accuse PHARMACY Drug store CHASTEN To correct by punishment CHAT To make small talk SHATTER To break into pieces CHAUFFEUR One who drives a car for another THAW To unfreeze CHEEK The side of the face CHEF A cook CHEMOTHERAPYChemical treatment for cancer THEOLOGY The study of religion and God CHERISH To hold dear THERMAL Relating to heat CHIEF Highest in rank THIEF One who steals SHIFTLESS Lazy CHILD A boy or girl CHILL Cold WHIM A sudden idea SHIMMER To shine WHIMPER To cry with broken sounds SHINY Bright with the rays of the sun THIRST Desire for water PHOBIA A compulsive fear SHOCK A violent impact CHOKE To obstruct the breathing of WHOLE Intact PHONY Not real CHOOSE To decide upon CHORE A task THORNY Full of difficulties SHORT Having little length SHOW To exhibit SHOWY Gaudy THREATEN To menace SHRED To cut into pieces SHREWD Sharp, wise CHRISTIAN Following the teaching of Christ THRONG A large crowd THROW To heave through the air THRUST To push with force SHUFFLE A changing of the order of things THUG A gangster SHUN To keep clear of THUS Hence SHUT To close THWART To prevent something from happening PHYSICS The science of matter and energy VIABLE Capable of living LIABLE Responsible DIALOGUE A conversation NIBBLE To eat with small bites LIBERATE To set free VIBRANT Lively NICE Pleasant VICINITY Neighborhood LICIT Legal NICK A slight cut PICK To remove bit by bit WICKER Made of twigs KID A young goat BID To make an offer MIDDLE The central part AIDE An assistant HIDE To conceal BIDE To endure HIDEOUS Extremely ugly TIDY Neat and orderly LIE To tell an untruth WIELD To handle YIELD To pay or repay PIERCE To stab PIETY Reverence, reverential acts DIFFER To disagree DIFFUSE Scattered LIFT To pick up BIG Large RIGHT Correct LIGHT Not heavy SIGHT The ability to see NIGHTMARE An unpleasant dream VIGILANT Watchful DIGNITY Nobility of manner RIGOR Strictness RIGOROUS Harsh or severe LIKE To enjoy GILD To overlay with gold SILENT Making no noise VILIFY Defame DILIGENCE Persistence MILITARY Relating to soldiers SILLY Foolish JILT To cast off or discard TILT To lean WILT To loose freshness DIM Hard to see LIMBER Supple NIMBLE Quick and lively MIMIC To imitate DIMINISH To reduce DIMINUTIVE Very small LIMITATION A restriction SIMPLE Easy SIMPLIFY To make easier SIMULATE Imitate MINCE To cut or chop SINCERE Pure, honest FIND To locate BIND To make secure VINDICATE To defend VINDICTIVE Spiteful KINDLE To set on fire KINDRED Affinity or relationship LINEAR Straight CINEMA A theater FINESSE Delicate skill LINGER To tarry MINGLE To mix SINGLE Unmarried MINIMAL The least possible LINK A connecting loop PINK A light red color KINK A twist or loop in a rope SINK To move to the bottom MINUSCULE Very small BIOLOGY The study of living things PIOUS Reverential RIP To tear apart RIPE Grown to maturity and fit for food BIPED An animal having two feet AIR The gasses of the atmosphere CIRCUMSCRIBETo mark the limits of HIRE To employ TIRE To exhaust VISAGE A person's face DISASTER A catastrophe DISBAND To break up DISCONTINUE To end DISCREET Showing good judgement DISCRETE Distinct or separate WISE Prudent RISE To get up MISER One who hoards money DISHONEST Lacking in truth VISION Something seen in a dream DISOWN To repudiate DISPARATE Unequal or dissimilar DISPROVE To prove to be false MISREAD To read incorrectly MISREPRESENTTo give a false report DISSEMBLE To conceal DISSENT To differ in opinion DISSIPATE To drive away LISTEN To hear DISTORT To twist out of shape DISTRIBUTE To apportion BIT A small part CITE To quote PITFALL A trap LITHE Flexible, graceful WITHER To shrivel up WITNESS To testify to LIVE Having life LIVID Furious DIVIDE To separate into parts VIVIFY To give life to CIVILIAN One who is not in military service FIX To repair SIZE Physical magnitude EJECT To throw out SKEPTIC One who doubts or disagrees SKIRT To move along the edge of BLAB To disclose indiscreetly BLABBER To talk foolishly ELABORATE To explain BLACK Dark, gloomy SLACK Loose PLAIN Obvious BLAME To find fault with CLAMOR Loud noise GLANCE To take a quick look CLANDESTINE Held in a secret place CLAP A loud noise SLAP To strike with an open hand CLASH To collide FLASHY Showy CLASSIFY To arrange in groups ELATED Filled with joy PLAUSIBLE Seemingly likely, but unproven FLAW A defect BLAZE A fire ULCER A sore ALCOHOLIC One addicted to alcohol OLD Ancient PLEAD To beg CLEAR Transparent CLEMENCY Leniency, mercy ELEMENTARY Simple PLENTIFUL Abundant ALERT Watchful ELEVATE To lift up PLIABLE Easily bent GLIB Slick SLICE A thin piece ELICIT To draw out of SLIGHT To neglect CLIMB To move upward FLINCH T shrink from BLIND Unable to see CLIP To cut CLIQUE An exclusive group of friends BLISS Happiness ALL The entire extent of ALLOW To permit ALLOY A mixture of metals CLOCK A device for keeping time ALONE Isolated GLOOM Darkness CLOSED Not open PLOT A small piece of land SLOVENLY Untidy SLOW Moving only slightly ALTER To change ALTERCATION An argument ALTITUDE Vertical elevation BLUBBER To cry BLUFF To fool GLUM Moody or silent SLUMBER To sleep lightly PLUNDER To steal BLUNT Having a dull end or edge PLUSH Luxurious FLUSH To become red in the face IMAGE A representation of an object SMALL Having little size SMART Knowledgeable AMASS To collect AMAZE To surprise EMBED To place within EMBELLISH To decorate AMBIGUOUS Uncertain AMBITION Desire to succeed, to achieve power UMBRAGE Resentment AMEND To change for the better OMISSION Something left undone OMIT To leave out IMITATE To mimic AMITY Friendship IMMOBILE Not able to be moved IMMUNE Exempt SMOLDER To burn slowly with much smoke AMOROUS Affectionate IMPEDE To obstruct EMPHASIS Force of expression AMPLE Generous in size IMPLICIT Implied or understood IMPOSING Grand, commanding IMPULSIVE Spontaneous EMULATE To try to equal AMUSING Entertaining KNACK The ability to do something ANALYSIS Separating something into its parts INAPTITUDE Lack of skill KNAVE A boy servant UNBELIEF Incredulity ENCHANT To bewitch UNCIVIL Rude INCLINATION Liking ENCLOSE To surround INCLUDE To take in as part of INCONVENIENTTroublesome ENCORE An additional performance ENCOUNTER To meet UNCOUTH Crude INCREDIBLE Difficult to believe ENCUMBER To impede the motion of UNDER Below UNDERSTAND To comprehend INDICT To charge with a crime ANDROID A robot UNDUE Excessive KNEAD To work into a unified mass SNEAK To move stealthily ANECDOTE A short description of some event INEDIBLE Not fit to be eaten ENEMY Opponent ONEROUS Oppressive INFAMY Disgrace INFIDEL A nonbeliever INFINITE Having no end UNFIT Incompetent ANGER A feeling of antagonism ANGUISH Extreme pain INHABIT To dwell in ANIMATE To make alive, to give spirit to UNIQUE Being the only one of it's kind SNITCH To tell on UNITE To put together as one UNIVERSAL Covering everything INJURY A hurt UNJUST Not fair GNOME A dwarf SNOOZE To take a nap KNOWLEDGE Recognition INQUIRE To investigate INSIPID Lacking in taste INSPIRE To animate someone INSULT To treat with contempt ANSWER To reply or respond INTACT Remaining whole and undamaged ANTAGONIZE To provoke the hostility of ENTER To go into INTERFUSE To combine, as by scattering INTERIOR The inner part of ANTIC A prank ANTICIPATE To realize something beforehand ANTIPROTON The antiparticle to the proton ENTIRELY Completely ENTITY A being KNURL A lump ONUS A burden INVERT To turn upside down INVOICE A bill ENVOY A representative ENVY Jealousy ANXIOUS Uneasy FOAL A baby horse COALESCE To grow together BOAR A male pig SOAR To fly aloft COARSE Rough, vulgar BOAST To brag LOATHE To dislike greatly COAX To persuade ROB To steal from HOBO A homeless person DOCILE Amenable to training SOCIOLOGY The study of groups of people JOCOSE Merry DOCTRINE Teaching TODDLE To walk unsteadily MODERATE To lessen in intensity LOFT An upper room, attic COG A tooth of a gear COGENT Compelling VOID No longer valid TOIL Tiring work SOIL To make dirty JOIN To bring together POISE To balance MOIST Slightly wet BOISTEROUS Rowdy LOITER To linger idly TOKEN A symbol BOLD Courageous ROLE An assumed character SOLE Having no companion POLEMICS The art of debate TOLERATE To endure or bear FOLIAGE The growth of leaves on a plant SOLICIT Seek to obtain by persuasion VOLITION Will COLLAPSE To fall apart HOLLOW Having a cavity within FOLLOWER A disciple MOLTEN Melted SOLUTION An answer HOLY Sacred COMBAT A battle SOMBER Dark, gloomy COMBINE To put together SOME Part of MOMENTOUS Of great importance or consequence HOMILETICS The study of sermon writing NOMINAL Slight or inconsiderable DOMINANT Ruling or governing NOMINATE To designate COMMENTARY An explanation COMMON Typical COMMUNE To converse intimately COMMUNICATE To convey information COMPANION An associate COMPEL To force COMPETITOR A rival COMPOSE To create COMPOSITE Made of various parts COMPOSITION An assembling of parts POMPOUS Full of self-importance COMPRESS To squeeze together BONAFIDE Genuine CONCENTRATE To focus on CONCERN A matter of interest CONCISE Brief BOND That which unites PONDER To consider CONFIDENTIALSecret CONFOUND To put to shame CONFRONT To oppose LONG Of great extent CONJECTURE A supposition CONNECT To put together MONOMIAL Consisting of a single term MONOPOLIZE To gain exclusive control of MONOPOLY Exclusive ownership HONOR High respect MONOTONOUS Unvaried in tone CONSISTENT Free of irregularities CONSTRUE To interpret or infer CONSULT To ask advice of CONTINGENT Dependent on something else CONTINUAL Unending CONVALESCE To recover from sickness CONVENIENT Handy PONY A small horse NOOK A space formed by a corner KOOK A weird person COOL Moderately cold FOOLISH Ridiculous ROOMY Spacious SOON Without delay POOR Destitute MOOT Debatable BOOZE Alcoholic drink of any type TOP The uppermost part of something TOPIC A subject FORAGE To search for provisions FORBEAR To refrain FORBID To command against HORDE A large group of people SORE Painfully sensitive BORE To make a hole in something PORE To ponder MORES Customs GORGE A narrow, deep ravine FORGET To cease to remember WORK Employment FORM The shape of something NORMAL Usual DORMANT Sleeping WORN Affected by use CORRECT Free from error TORRENT A downpoar of rain HORRID Dreadful TORRID Very hot CORRODE To eat away by degrees SORROW Deep regret PORTABLE Able to be carried WORTHY Possessing value PORTION A person's share PORTRAY To describe or represent POSIT To put in position HOSPICE A lodging POSSESS To own LOST Unable to be located FOSTER To nourish HOSTILE Unfriendly COSTLY Expensive ROT To decay NOTABLE Distinguished TOTE To carry POTENT Powerful MOTIF A recurring theme NOTION A general idea NOTORIOUS Widely known and disapproved of TOTTER To sway BOTTOM The underside of anything DOUBT Uncertainty TOUGH Strong ROUND Circular SOURCE The point of origin BOUT A contest ROUT An overwhelming defeat MOVE To change the position of GOVERN To rule JOVIAL Good-natured NOVICE A beginner TOWARD In the direction of COWARD One who lacks courage YOWL A loud cry DOWN From a higher position to a lower TOXIC Poisonous VOYAGE A journey by water DOZE To sleep lightly SPAN To measure OPAQUE Not transmitting light SPARE To refrain from punishing SPAT A small argument APATHY Lack of feeling and interest SPEAK To talk SPECIAL Unique in some way SPECULATE To conjecture OPERATE To perform a function UPHEAVE To raise up SPIN To turn rapidly EPISTLE A letter SPLENDID Glorious SPLENDOR Magnificence APLOMB Self-confidence SPOIL To ruin APOSTLE One sent on a mission APOTHECARY A pharmacist APPALL To dismay OPPORTUNE Convenient OPPOSE To resist APPRECIATE To value or esteem UPRIGHT Perpendicular SPRING To rise up suddenly APROPOS Suited to the situation OPTIMUM The state giving the best result OPULENCE Wealth or affluence OPULENT Wealthy SPY To watch secretly SQUALL A sudden, but strong storm SQUASH To crush EQUITY The state of being equal GRAB To seize BRACE To support GRACIOUS Having or showing kindness TRACK To follow the trail of PRAGMATICAL Practical DRAIN To empty BRAKE To slow something down GRANDIOSE Imposing TRANSCEND To rise above in excellence TRANSCRIBE To make a copy of TRANSGRESS To go beyond the law's limit TRANSMIT To send something TRANSPORT To carry something GRANT To give or bestow CRASH A loud sound BRAT An annoying child GRATEFUL Appreciative ORATION An elaborate public speech FRAUD Deceitfulness FRAUGHT Filled TRAVERSE To oppose BRAWL A noisy fight ARCHAIC No longer in use ARCTIC Very cold, frigid ORDAIN To enact ORDEAL Trying experience ORDNANCE Military supplies DREAD Great fear FREAK Something deformed PREAMBLE An introductory statement BREATHTAKINGExhilarating TREATMENT Handling PRECARIOUS Dangerous, risky PRECEPT A command PRECIOUS Of great value FREE Without cost CREEP To move on hands and knees PREFERABLE Of greater value TRENCHANT Sharp, articulate PREPARE To get ready FREQUENT Habitual, common PRESCRIBE To dictate a rule PRESIDE To act as moderator TRESPASS To err FRET To be troubled PRETEND To make believe PREVALENT Prevailing or predominant PREVISE To foresee ORGANIZE To arrange in coherent form URGENT Calling for immediate attention TRIBUTE A speech honoring someone PRIDE Conceit GRIEF Deep sorrow BRIEF Short BRIGHT Reflecting much light ORIGIN Ancestry BRIM The rim or upper edge TRIM To adorn PRIMAL Original ARISTOTELIANCharacteristic of Aristotle CRITERION A standard for judging something TRIVIAL Of little worth FRIVOLOUS Lacking in seriousness PRIVY Private IRK To annoy GROAN To moan in pain PROCLIVITY A tendency toward PRODUCE To exhibit PROFESS To declare freely PROFOUND Deep in insight PROHIBIT To forbid BROKEN Fragmented, crushed AROMA A pleasant smell PROMOTE To advance in rank PROPHESY To speak with divine inspiration PROSCRIBE To forbid GROTTO A cave TROUBLE Misfortune GROUP A collection PROVIDE To supply what is needed PROVOKE To stir to anger BROW The front upper part of the head PROXIMATE Very near ORPHAN A child deprived of parents ERRATIC Not dependable IRREFUTABLE Incapable of being disproved IRRIGATE To supply land with water ARROGANT Proud, haughty ARTICULATE To speak distinctly TRUCE A suspension of fighting DRUDGE To work hard BRUISE To injure CRUMBLE To cause to break apart TRUNCATE To cut the top or end from TRUST To place confidence in BRUTAL Cruel DRY Lacking in moisture TRYST A meeting AS To the same extent that ESCAPE To get away OSCILLATE To swing back and forth ESCORT One who accompanies someone USE To employ something ASHAMED Feeling guilty ASK To pose a question ESSAY A literary composition ESSENTIAL Necessary ASSERT To declare OSSIFY To change into bone ESTEEM To set a value on OSTENSIBLE Apparent ASTONISHMENTSurprise, amazement OSTRACIZE To exile or banish ASTUTE Keen in discernment ASUNDER Separate ASYLUM A sanctuary or shelter STABILIZE To make firm STABLE Unchanging STAGNANT Not moving, stale STARTLE To surprise or frighten STAUNCH Firm and dependable STAY To pause STEADY Firm in position STEALTHY Furtive STENCH A foul odor ITERATE To state again or repeatedly ETERNITY Immortality ATHEIST One who does not believe in God ETHICAL Moral ETHICS Moral principles STICK A twig or branch of a tree STILL Unmoving STINGY Not generous OTIOSE Idle STOOP To bend down STORE To lay away STOUT Sturdy STRANGE Unfamiliar STRAY To wander STRICT Severe in discipline STRIKE To hit STRIVE To make an earnest effort STRONG Powerful ATTACK To assail ATTENUATE To reduce UTTER To speak ATTEST To bear witness to STUBBORN Inflexible in opinion or intention STUMBLE To trip or fall STYLE Fashion QUACK A pretender to medical skill QUAINT Prudent or wise QUALIFIED Competent QUALIFY To modify QUALM A doubt GUARANTEE To promise QUARREL An argument QUARRY An excavation QUASH To nullify CUB A young bear or lion RUBBISH Trash RUBBLE Broken fragments SUBSIST To have an existence SUBVERT To overthrow MUCH Great in amount LUCID Shining; bright NUCLEUS Center LUCRATIVE Profitable DUCT A tube or passage DUCTILE Flexible or pliable BUD A shoot of a plant AUDACIOUS Daring, shameless CUDDLE To hug RUDE Lacking refinement AUDIBLE Capable of being heard HUE A gradation of color QUELL To completely overwhelm QUERY A question QUESTION To inquire BUFFET To strike SUFFUSE To pour over LUG To pull with effort HUGE Very large OUGHT Should LUGUBRIOUS Very sad QUICK Fast GUIDE One who shows the way QUIESCENT Inactive, at rest QUIET Calm BUILD To construct QUIT To set free QUITE Extremely QUIVER To shake, tremble, or shiver BULKY Of great size FULL Completely filled DULL Unintelligent SULLEN Gloomily silent GULLIBLE Easily fooled NULLIFY To render invalid PULVERIZE To reduce to dust TUMID Swollen LUMINARY A body that gives light RUMINATE To think about NUMINOUS Mysterious RUMMAGE To search through HUMOR Comedy JUMP To leap SUMPTUOUS Luxurious JUNCTION Act of joining PUNCTURE To make a small hole in BUNK A narrow bed PUNY Small, weak QUOTE A passage from someone else SUPERIOR Of highest quality DUPLICATE To make a copy of SUPPORT To hold up SUPPRESS To put an end to DURABLE Lasting RURAL Pertaining to the country LURCH A sudden roll of a ship HURDLE To leap over SURELY Certainly TURGID Swollen CURIOSITY Desire to attain knowledge HURL To fling or throw with force PURLOIN To steal TURMOIL An agitated state MURMUR To complain TURN To rotate BURNISH To polish SURPLUS Being in excess of what is needed BURST To explode NURTURE To supply with food FUSION A blending together SUSPEND To stop temporarily FUSS Commotion OUST To force out RUSTIC Plain, country-like BUSY In use MUTABLE Capable of change MUTATION An alteration, change OUTCOME A result MUTE Unable to speak AUTHENTIC Real RUTHLESS Having no compassion AUTHOR The writer of a book or other work CUTICLE The skin FUTILE Useless OUTLINE Boundary OUTRAGE An act of violence PUTRID Rotten JUVENILE Young AUXILIARY Subsidiary, secondary JUXTAPOSE To place side by side LUXURY Elegant living EVACUATE To empty out EVENT Something that takes place OVERRIDE To disregard EVICT To force out EVIDENT Clear to the vision EVIL Sinful EVINCE To show OVINE Referring to sheep SWAT To hit TWEAK To pinch and twist sharply AWFUL Shocking, unpleasant SWIFT Fast DWINDLE To diminish EXACERBATE To make worse EXACT Perfectly precise EXCERPT A passage from a book EXCHANGE A trade EXCISE To cut out or off EXCLUDE To leave out EXEMPLIFY To illustrate EXERT To thrust forth EXHALE To breathe out EXIGENT Requiring immediate aid EXPAND To increase in size EXPECT To look forward to EXPEND To spend EXPERIENCE To perceive EXPOUND To state EXPRESS To verbalize EXPUNGE To remove EXTEND To stretch EXTOL To praise highly EXTREME The utmost limit EXTRUDE To press out EXULT To rejoice BY Next to, near SYMPATHY Compassion HYPOTHESIS An assumption TYRANT A cruel dictator MYSTERY Something which cannot be explained MYSTIFY To confuse BYWAY A side road