abbey - n. a monastery ruled by an abbot abide - v. dwell; inhabit or live in abound - v.

be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities absence - n. the state of being absent absorb - v. assimilate or take in abstinence - n. practice of refraining from indulging an appetite especially alc ohol absurd - j. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense abundant - j. present in great quantity abusive - j. characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment academic - j. associated with school or learning academy - n. a school for special training accept - v. consider or hold as true access - v. reach or gain access to accessible - j. easily obtained acclaim - n. enthusiastic approval accommodate - v. provide with something desired or needed accompany - v. go or travel along with accomplish - v. to gain with effort account - v. furnish a justifying analysis or explanation accurate - j. conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or p erforming with total accuracy accusation - n. an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence accuse - v. blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against acid - j. biting, sarcastic, or scornful acknowledge - v. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth o f acquire - v. come into the possession of something concrete or abstract acquisition - n. something acquired or received adamant - j. impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason adjacent - j. having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching administrator - n. someone who manages a government agency or department advent - n. arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous) adverse - j. contrary to your interests or welfare advisory - n. an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some t hreat advocacy - n. active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of ple ading or arguing for something advocate - v. speak, plead, or argue in favor of affect - n. the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion affirmative - j. affirming or giving assent aggression - n. violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked airy - j. not practical or realizable; speculative album - n. a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photo graphs or stamp collections etc alcohol - n. a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent alien - j. being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world allegiance - n. the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to t heir sovereign) alley - n. a narrow street with walls on both sides alliance - n. a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim ally - n. an associate who provides cooperation or assistance altar - n. a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made alter - v. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation alternate - j. serving or used in place of another alternative - j. serving or used in place of another altitude - n. elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface amateur - j. lacking professional skill or expertise ambiguous - j. having more than one possible meaning

ambitious - j. having a strong desire for success or achievement ambivalent - j. uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow analogy - n. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect analyst - n. someone who is skilled at analyzing data analyze - v. break down into components or essential features anchor - v. fix firmly and stably android - n. a robot designed to look and behave like a human being annual - j. occurring or payable every year anonymous - j. having no known name or identity or known source antichrist - n. the adversary of Christ (or Christianity) mentioned in the New T estament antique - j. made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age anxious - j. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety apartheid - n. a social policy or racial segregation involving political and eco nomic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites apocalyptic - j. prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom apology - n. an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone apparel - n. clothing in general apparent - j. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment appease - v. make peace with appropriate - j. suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc apt - j. being of striking appropriateness and pertinence arbitrary - j. based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or som etimes impulse or caprice arcade - n. a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side arrange - v. put into a proper or systematic order arrangement - n. an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit ; the result of arranging arrival - n. the act of arriving at a certain place arrogance - n. overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors arrogant - j. having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbe aring pride articulate - j. expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language assassination - n. murder of a public figure by surprise attack assess - v. set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) assets - n. anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person o r company asylum - n. a shelter from danger or hardship auburn - j. (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown august - j. profoundly honored aura - n. a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing austere - j. of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect authentic - j. not counterfeit or copied authenticity - n. undisputed credibility authoritarian - n. a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner autobiography - n. a biography of yourself autonomous - j. existing as an independent entity autonomy - n. immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independe nce avid - j. marked by active interest and enthusiasm banal - j. repeated too often; over familiar through overuse barring - n. the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto bass - n. the lowest adult male singing voice batter - n. a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking belle - n. a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rival s beneficial - j. promoting or enhancing well-being benefit - n. something that aids or promotes well-being

benign - j. not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor) bid - n. a formal proposal to buy at a specified price biography - n. an account of the series of events making up a person's life biology - n. the science that studies living organisms blaze - n. a strong flame that burns brightly bleak - j. unpleasantly cold and damp bogus - j. fraudulent; having a misleading appearance bolster - v. support and strengthen bomb - n. an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions bore - n. a person who evokes boredom botanical - j. of or relating to plants or botany boycott - n. a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organizatio n in protest against its policies brass - n. an alloy of copper and zinc breach - n. an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification) broadcast - n. message that is transmitted by radio or television brokerage - n. the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract bet ween two parties buffet - n. a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves bumper - n. a mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage bureau - n. an administrative unit of government bureaucracy - n. non elected government officials butt - v. to strike, thrust or shove against cabinet - n. persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers caliber - n. a degree or grade of excellence or worth campaign - n. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a part icular end canon - n. a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally establishe d as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy cardinal - j. serving as an essential component caricature - n. a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effec t casual - j. without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand catastrophe - n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune caucus - n. a closed political meeting causal - j. involving or constituting a cause; causing censure - n. harsh criticism or disapproval census - n. a periodic count of the population cereal - n. grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet ceremonial - j. marked by pomp or ceremony or formality chaos - n. a state of extreme confusion and disorder characteristic - n. a distinguishing quality chronic - j. being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering citadel - n. a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle cite - v. refer to for illustration or proof clumsy - j. not elegant or graceful in expression coalition - n. an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or tr eaty coherent - j. marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relati on of parts coincidence - n. the temporal property of two things happening at the same time collapse - v. break down, literally or metaphorically colleague - n. an associate that one works with collective - j. set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and product ion by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government collector - n. a person who collects things

collision - n. an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object commemorate - v. mark by some ceremony or observation commentary - n. a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material commission - n. a special group delegated to consider some matter commitment - n. the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action commodity - n. articles of commerce commute - n. a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work comparable - j. able to be compared or worthy of comparison comparison - n. the act of examining resemblances compassionate - j. showing or having compassion compensate - v. make payment to; compensate competence - n. the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually competent - j. properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient competitive - j. involving competition or competitiveness competitor - n. the contestant you hope to defeat complex - j. complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts component - n. an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a compos ite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system composer - n. someone who composes music as a profession comprehensive - j. broad in scope concede - v. admit (to a wrongdoing) conceive - v. have the idea for concession - n. a point conceded or yielded confederate - j. united in a group or league confidence - n. a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable confident - j. having or marked by confidence or assurance confront - v. oppose, as in hostility or a competition conscience - n. a feeling of shame when you do something immoral conscious - j. knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sens ations and thoughts consecutive - j. one after the other consensus - n. agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whol e conservatism - n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preserva tion of the best in society and opposing radical changes conservative - j. avoiding excess consistency - n. a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts conspicuous - j. obvious to the eye or mind conspiracy - n. a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a po litical plot) constituency - n. the body of voters who elect a representative for their area consume - v. use up (resources or materials) consumer - n. a person who uses goods or services consumption - n. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth contemplate - v. look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought contemporary - j. belonging to the present time contender - n. the contestant you hope to defeat contentious - j. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits contingent - j. possible but not certain to occur continuous - j. continuing in time or space without interruption contradiction - n. opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas contradictory - j. unable for both to be true at the same time contribution - n. a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to som e worthwhile cause contributor - n. someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of mo

ney convenience - n. the quality of being useful and convenient conversion - n. the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to anoth er convertible - j. designed to be changed from one use or form to another conviction - n. an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evid ence corporate - j. of or belonging to a corporation corps - n. a body of people associated together corruption - n. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; under mining moral integrity cosmetic - j. serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose cosmopolitan - j. of worldwide scope or applicability counsel - n. something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or cou rse of action counterpart - n. a person or thing having the same function or characteristics a s another courageous - j. able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching course - n. a connected series of events or actions or developments courtesy - n. a courteous or respectful or considerate act credible - j. appearing to merit belief or acceptance critique - n. a serious examination and judgment of something crusade - v. exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an e nd or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for crush - v. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition curator - n. the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library) curriculum - n. an integrated course of academic studies cynical - j. believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others cynicism - n. a cynical feeling of distrust daring - n. the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger debacle - n. a sudden and violent collapse debut - v. appear for the first time in public decay - n. the organic phenomenon of rotting decency - n. the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality decent - j. socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous decisive - j. characterized by decision and firmness decree - n. a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (a s if issued by a court or judge) dedication - n. complete and wholehearted fidelity default - n. loss due to not showing up defendant - n. a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a co urt of law; the person being sued or accused defensive - j. attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing defiance - n. a hostile challenge definite - j. known for certain delicacy - n. something considered choice to eat demise - v. transfer by a lease or by a will demonstrate - v. establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanat ion or experiment denominator - n. the divisor of a fraction deposition - n. (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted i n a lawyer's office depression - n. a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment depth - n. the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense derive - v. come from descent - n. properties attributable to your ancestry desert - n. arid land with little or no vegetation

designate - v. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to ( a person) despair - n. a state in which all hope is lost or absent desperate - j. showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire detect - v. discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of deter - v. try to prevent; show opposition to determination - n. the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; f irmness of purpose deterrent - j. tending to deter diagnosis - n. identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon dialogue - n. a discussion intended to produce an agreement difference - n. the quality of being unlike or dissimilar dignity - n. the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect dilemma - n. state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options diplomacy - n. subtly skillful handling of a situation diplomat - n. a person who deals tactfully with others diplomatic - j. using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or peo ple disagree - v. be of different opinions disappear - v. become invisible or unnoticeable discern - v. detect with the senses discipline - n. a system of rules of conduct or method of practice discomfort - n. the state of being tense and feeling pain discourse - n. extended verbal expression in speech or writing discover - v. see for the first time; make a discovery discriminate - v. treat differently on the basis of sex or race discussion - n. an exchange of views on some topic disdain - n. lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike dishonest - j. deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive dismal - j. causing dejection dismay - v. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised dismissal - n. the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to dep art) disparity - n. inequality or difference in some respect disregard - n. willful lack of care and attention dissent - n. a difference of opinion distant - j. separated in space or coming from or going to a distance distinction - n. a distinguishing difference distress - n. extreme physical pain distrust - v. regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or c onfidence in diverse - j. many and different diversion - n. an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates diversity - n. noticeable heterogeneity divert - v. turn aside; turn away from document - n. writing that provides information (especially information of an of ficial nature) doe - n. mature female of mammals of which the male is called 'buck' domain - n. territory over which rule or control is exercised dominance - n. the state that exists when one person or group has power over ano ther dominant - j. exercising influence or control dominate - v. be in control domination - n. social control by dominating donate - v. give to a charity or good cause donor - n. person who makes a gift of property drastic - j. forceful and extreme and rigorous drought - n. a shortage of rainfall

dubious - j. open to doubt or suspicion dynamics - n. the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motio ns of bodies earnest - j. characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of you r opinions eccentric - n. a person with an unusual or odd personality eclectic - j. selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas editorial - n. an article giving opinions or perspectives effect - n. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon effective - j. works well as a means or remedy efficiency - n. skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort efficient - j. able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively elaborate - v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing element - n. any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur natura lly) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in comb ination constitute all matter eligible - j. qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen eliminate - v. terminate, end, or take out embargo - n. a government order imposing a trade barrier emblem - n. a visible symbol representing an abstract idea embrace - n. the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or a ffection) emerge - v. come out into view, as from concealment emergence - n. the gradual beginning or coming forth eminent - j. of imposing height; especially standing out above others emphasis - n. intensity or forcefulness of expression emphasize - v. to stress, single out as important employee - n. a worker who is hired to perform a job employer - n. a person or firm that employs workers emulate - v. imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardw are or the software enact - v. order by virtue of superior authority; decree encourage - v. inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to encyclopedia - n. a reference work (often in several volumes) containing article s on various topics endorse - v. be behind; approve of enduring - j. patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble energetic - j. possessing or exerting or displaying energy enhance - v. make better or more attractive enormous - j. extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degr ee enthusiastic - j. having or showing great excitement and interest entity - n. that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinc t existence (living or nonliving) epic - j. very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in si ze or scale) epidemic - n. a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are in fected at the same time episode - n. a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series equilibrium - n. a stable situation in which forces cancel one another equity - n. the difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it equivalent - j. being essentially equal to something error - n. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattenti on esquire - n. a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name essence - n. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

evangelical - j. relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal c onversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels evoke - v. call to mind evolution - n. a process in which something passes by degrees to a different sta ge (especially a more advanced or mature stage) exceed - v. be greater in scope or size than some standard excellent - j. very good; of the highest quality excerpt - n. a passage selected from a larger work excess - j. more than is needed, desired, or required exclude - v. prevent from being included or considered or accepted excursion - n. a journey taken for pleasure exempt - v. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to existence - n. everything that exists anywhere exit - v. move out of or depart from exotic - j. strikingly strange or unusual expand - v. become larger in size or volume or quantity expansion - n. the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity o r scope expect - v. regard something as probable or likely expectancy - n. something expected (as on the basis of a norm) expense - n. money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer expertise - n. skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge explicit - j. precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving not hing to implication explode - v. drive from the stage by noisy disapproval exploit - v. use or manipulate to one's advantage explosion - n. the act of exploding or bursting explosive - n. a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck exposure - n. vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wi nd or rain expressive - j. characterized by expression extension - n. an addition to the length of something extensive - j. large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity exterior - n. the outer side or surface of something external - j. happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or e specially surface extradition - n. the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty) extraordinary - j. beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exception al or remarkable extravagant - j. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings exuberant - j. joyously unrestrained fabulous - j. extremely pleasing facial - j. of or concerning the face facility - n. something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service faction - n. a dissenting clique faulty - j. characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules feasible - j. capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are felony - n. a serious crime (such as murder or arson) feminine - j. associated with women and not with men fervor - n. the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up fetus - n. an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal feud - n. a bitter quarrel between two parties feudal - j. of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism fidelity - n. the quality of being faithful

finale - n. the concluding part of any performance finite - j. bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent fiscal - j. involving financial matters flag - n. emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distincti ve design flamboyant - j. marked by ostentation but often tasteless fleet - n. a group of warships organized as a tactical unit flexible - j. able to flex; able to bend easily flop - n. a complete failure flourish - n. a showy gesture foil - n. anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities ford - v. cross a river where it's shallow forecast - n. a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop foreign - j. relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world foresee - v. act in advance of; deal with ahead of time formation - n. an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit formidable - j. extremely impressive in strength or excellence formula - n. directions for making something forte - n. an asset of special worth or utility forth - a. forward in time or order or degree foster - v. promote the growth of fragile - j. easily broken or damaged or destroyed frantic - j. excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion fray - v. wear away by rubbing frequency - n. the number of occurrences within a given time period fringe - n. a social group holding marginal or extreme views frivolous - j. not serious in content or attitude or behavior frontier - n. a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country fundamental - j. being or involving basic facts or principles further - v. promote the growth of futile - j. producing no result or effect galaxy - n. (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of sys tems each having many stars and nebulae and dust gamble - v. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome gauge - n. a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such a s the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc. generate - v. bring into existence generic - j. applicable to an entire class or group generosity - n. the trait of being willing to give your money or time genesis - n. the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation; Adam and Ev e; Cain and Abel gesture - n. motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought o r feeling gigantic - j. so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth gist - n. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or expe rience glimpse - n. a brief or incomplete view glorious - j. having great beauty and splendor grandeur - n. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand grandiose - j. impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval grave - j. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought gravity - n. a manner that is serious and solemn grief - n. something that causes great unhappiness grotesque - j. distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous grove - n. a small growth of trees without underbrush guise - n. an artful or simulated semblance hack - n. a mediocre and disdained writer

hale - j. exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health handwriting - n. something written by hand harbor - v. hold back a thought or feeling about hazard - n. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune heir - n. a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit t he estate of another heritage - n. practices that are handed down from the past by tradition hilarious - j. marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter hollow - j. not solid; having a space or gap or cavity homage - n. respectful deference hostility - n. violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked humane - j. marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering humanitarian - n. someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to socia l reforms hush - v. become quiet or still; fall silent hybrid - n. (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimil ar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species hypocrisy - n. insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have hypothesis - n. a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is no t yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena hysteria - n. excessive or uncontrollable fear icon - n. a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; vene rated in the Eastern Church ideology - n. an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or natio n illusion - n. an erroneous mental representation imaginary - j. not based on fact; unreal imitation - n. something copied or derived from an original immense - j. unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope immigrant - n. a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there imminent - j. close in time; about to occur immoral - j. not adhering to ethical or moral principles immune - j. (usually followed by 'to') not affected by a given influence impending - j. close in time; about to occur implausible - j. having a quality that provokes disbelief implicit - j. implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of s omething imply - v. express or state indirectly impose - v. compel to behave in a certain way improper - j. not suitable or right or appropriate impulse - n. a sudden desire inadequate - j. not sufficient to meet a need incentive - n. a positive motivational influence incidence - n. the relative frequency of occurrence of something incident - n. a public disturbance incidentally - a. of a minor or subordinate nature inclined - j. at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position incompetence - n. lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications inconsistent - j. displaying a lack of consistency inconvenient - j. not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs indefinitely - a. to an indefinite extent; for an indefinite time indicator - n. a device for showing the operating condition of some system indifferent - j. showing no care or concern in attitude or action indigenous - j. originating where it is found indulge - v. enjoy to excess inefficient - j. not producing desired results; wasteful

inept - j. generally incompetent and ineffectual inevitable - j. incapable of being avoided or prevented inexpensive - j. relatively low in price or charging low prices infamous - j. known widely and usually unfavorably infinite - j. having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magni tude influence - n. a power to affect persons or events especially power based on pre stige etc influential - j. having or exercising influence or power influx - n. the process of flowing in ingenious - j. showing inventiveness and skill inherent - j. in the nature of something though not readily apparent injunction - n. (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity inland - a. towards or into the interior of a region insight - n. the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation insistence - n. the state of demanding notice or attention inspector - n. a high ranking police officer instance - n. an occurrence of something instant - n. a very short time insufficient - j. of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement integral - j. essential to completeness; lacking nothing integrity - n. moral soundness intellectual - j. appealing to or using the intellect intelligence - n. the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from exper ience intensive - j. characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a comb ining form intention - n. an act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out interact - v. act together or towards others or with others interim - n. the time between one event, process, or period and another intermediate - j. lying between two extremes in time or space or state intervene - v. get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through forc e or threat of force intervention - n. the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.) intimacy - n. close or warm friendship intricate - j. having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate invasion - n. any entry into an area not previously occupied inventive - j. (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativ ity in thought or action investigator - n. a police officer who investigates crimes investor - n. someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns invincible - j. incapable of being overcome or subdued invoke - v. cite as an authority; resort to involuntary - j. not subject to the control of the will involve - v. engage as a participant irony - n. incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs irrational - j. not consistent with or using reason irrelevant - j. having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue irresistible - j. impossible to resist; overpowering irresponsible - j. showing lack of care for consequences judgment - n. the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions judicial - j. belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge juicy - j. lucrative junction - n. something that joins or connects jurisdiction - n. (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law juror - n. someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury justification - n. something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an acti on to be reasonable or necessary

juvenile - j. of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people ken - n. range of what one can know or understand knight - n. originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; tod ay in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit knit - n. needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine lament - v. regret strongly landmark - n. the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular l andscape landscape - n. an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view lapse - n. a break or intermission in the occurrence of something laureate - n. someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crown ed with a laurel wreath lavish - j. very generous lax - j. lacking in rigor or strictness legacy - n. (law) a gift of personal property by will legislative - j. relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislatu re legitimacy - n. lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with l aw legitimate - j. in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principle s leisure - n. time available for ease and relaxation lenient - j. not strict levy - v. impose and collect liable - j. held legally responsible liberalism - n. a political orientation that favors social progress by reform an d by changing laws rather than by revolution lifelong - j. continuing through life lifetime - n. the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) likelihood - n. the probability of a specified outcome liking - n. a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment liquor - n. an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented literacy - n. the ability to read and write literal - j. avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis) literature - n. creative writing of recognized artistic value logic - n. the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation logical - j. capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consiste nt manner lovable - j. having characteristics that attract love or affection lucrative - j. producing a sizeable profit ludicrous - j. broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce lying - n. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth machinery - n. machines or machine systems collectively magnet - n. (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field magnificent - j. characterized by grandeur magnitude - n. the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) maintain - v. state or assert maintenance - n. activity involved in maintaining something in good working orde r makeup - n. the way in which someone or something is composed mandate - n. an authorization to act given to a representative mandatory - j. required by rule maneuver - v. act in order to achieve a certain goal manifesto - n. a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political part y or government) marine - j. native to or inhabiting the sea maritime - j. relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen

martial - j. suggesting war or military life marvel - v. be amazed at massacre - n. the savage and excessive killing of many people massive - j. imposing in size or bulk or solidity masterpiece - n. the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman material - j. concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests maternal - j. relating to or derived from one's mother maze - n. complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost mechanics - n. the technical aspects of doing something medicine - n. something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of di sease medieval - j. as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightene d mediocre - j. moderate to inferior in quality meditation - n. continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature melodrama - n. an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than charac terization memorable - j. worth remembering menace - v. act in a threatening manner mentality - n. a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations mentor - v. serve as a teacher or trusted counselor metal - n. any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids metaphor - n. a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to some thing that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity metric - j. based on the meter as a standard of measurement metropolis - n. a large and densely populated urban area; may include several in dependent administrative districts metropolitan - j. relating to or characteristic of a densely populated urban are a mileage - n. the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned; miles per gallon militant - j. disposed to warfare or hard-line policies militia - n. civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army miniature - j. being on a very small scale minimize - v. make small or insignificant ministry - n. a government department under the direction of a minister minority - n. being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts minute - j. infinitely or immeasurably small misdemeanor - n. a crime less serious than a felony missile - n. a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives momentum - n. an impelling force or strength monarchy - n. an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the author ity monastery - n. the residence of a religious community monetary - j. relating to or involving money monopoly - n. (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one s eller morale - n. the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succe ed morality - n. concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wr ong; right or good conduct motto - n. a favorite saying of a sect or political group mundane - j. concerned with the world or worldly matters; ordinary municipal - j. relating to city government muster - v. gather or bring together myriad - n. a large indefinite number myth - n. a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world v iew of a people

mythology - n. myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person narrative - n. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or c ourse of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or televi sion program narrator - n. someone who tells a story naturally - a. according to nature; by natural means; without artificial help naval - j. connected with or belonging to or used in a navy necessary - j. absolutely essential necessity - n. anything indispensable network - n. an interconnected system of things or people neutral - j. having no personal preference nevertheless - a. despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concessi on) noisy - j. full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds nomination - n. the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate fo r appointment or election nominee - n. a politician who is running for public office norm - n. a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical notorious - j. known widely and usually unfavorably nude - n. without clothing (especially in the phrase 'in the nude') obesity - n. more than average fatness objective - j. undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phen omena observatory - n. a building designed and equipped to observe astronomical phenom ena obsolete - j. no longer in use obstruction - n. something that stands in the way and must be circumvented or su rmounted obtain - v. come into possession of occasion - n. a vaguely specified social event odor - n. the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are st imulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form ominous - j. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments operate - v. handle and cause to function operator - n. an agent that operates some apparatus or machine opinion - n. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certa inty opponent - n. a contestant that you are matched against opportunity - n. a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances optimism - n. a general disposition to expect the best in all things option - n. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen oral - j. of or relating to or affecting or for use in the mouth ordeal - n. a severe or trying experience ornate - j. marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details orthodox - j. adhering to what is commonly accepted outbreak - n. a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirab le condition) outcry - n. a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition outrage - n. a feeling of righteous anger outrageous - j. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror outright - a. without reservation or concealment overhaul - v. make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to oversee - v. watch and direct overthrow - n. the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force) overweight - n. the property of excessive fatness pact - n. a written agreement between two states or sovereigns pageant - n. a rich and spectacular ceremony panic - n. an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety pantheon - n. all the gods of a religion

paradox - n. (logic) a statement that contradicts itself parallel - j. being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting parish - n. a local church community parliament - n. a legislative assembly in certain countries parody - v. make a spoof of or make fun of participant - n. someone who takes part in an activity participate - v. become a participant; be involved in partisan - n. an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity partition - v. divide into parts, pieces, or sections passive - j. lacking in energy or will patriotism - n. love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it patron - n. someone who supports or champions something pavilion - n. large and often sumptuous tent peaceful - j. not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war pedestrian - j. lacking wit or imagination penalty - n. a punishment for a crime or offense penchant - n. a strong liking pennant - n. a long flag; often tapering pension - n. a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to sub sist without working pentagon - n. a five-sided polygon perceive - v. to become aware of or conscious of perception - n. becoming aware of something via the senses perennial - j. lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal perform - v. carry out or perform an action perjury - n. criminal offense of making false statements under oath permanent - j. continuing or enduring without marked change in status or conditi on or place perpetual - j. continuing forever or indefinitely persist - v. be persistent, refuse to stop personal - j. concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality personality - n. the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, e motional and mental--that characterize a unique individual personnel - n. persons collectively in the employ of a business perspective - n. the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer persuade - v. cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of a ction; twist somebody's arm pervasive - j. spreading or spread throughout petty - j. contemptibly narrow in outlook phenomenal - j. exceedingly or unbelievably great phenomenon - n. any state or process known through the senses rather than by int uition or reasoning philharmonic - j. composing or characteristic of an orchestral group philosophy - n. any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situ ation physicist - n. a scientist trained in physics physics - n. the science of matter and energy and their interactions pinch - n. a squeeze with the fingers pine - n. straight-grained white to yellowish tree pioneer - v. open up and explore a new area pivotal - j. being of crucial importance plausible - j. apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful playful - j. full of fun and high spirits playwright - n. someone who writes plays plea - n. a humble request for help from someone in authority plead - v. appeal or request earnestly pleasant - j. affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings plunge - v. fall abruptly

poetic - j. of or relating to poetry poignant - j. arousing emotions; touching poised - j. in full control of your faculties portfolio - n. a set of pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potenti al customers or employers positive - j. characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certai nty etc. possess - v. have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill possession - n. the act of having and controlling property potent - j. having a strong physiological or chemical effect potential - j. existing in possibility precedent - n. an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time precise - j. sharply exact or accurate or delimited precision - n. the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance predecessor - n. one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or offic e) predict - v. make a prediction about; tell in advance prediction - n. a statement made about the future prefer - v. like better; value more highly preference - n. a strong liking prejudice - n. a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation premature - j. too soon or too hasty premier - v. be performed for the first time premise - v. set forth beforehand, often as an explanation preparation - n. the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose preposterous - j. incongruous; inviting ridicule prescription - n. written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient preservation - n. the activity of protecting something from loss or danger pretentious - j. making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction prevalent - j. most frequent or common prevention - n. the act of preventing primer - n. an introductory textbook primitive - j. belonging to an early stage of technical development; characteriz ed by simplicity and (often) crudeness principal - n. the educator who has executive authority for a school principle - n. a basic truth or law or assumption principled - j. based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightne ss or morality pristine - j. completely free from dirt or contamination privilege - n. a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all probation - n. (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court probe - v. question or examine thoroughly and closely procedure - n. a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanic al nature involved in a particular form of work proceed - v. move ahead; travel onward in time or space productive - j. producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly) profession - n. an occupation requiring special education (especially in the lib eral arts or sciences) professor - n. someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university profile - n. an outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one s ide) progressive - j. favoring or promoting progress prohibition - n. the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an in

stance thereof) prolific - j. bearing in abundance especially offspring promenade - n. a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk prominence - n. relative importance prominent - j. having a quality that thrusts itself into attention promoter - n. someone who is an active supporter and advocate prone - j. having a tendency (to); often used in combination propaganda - n. information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cau se prophet - n. someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpr eter of the will of God protagonist - n. the principal character in a work of fiction protection - n. the activity of protecting someone or something protective - j. intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind protestant - j. of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism provincial - j. characteristic of the provinces or their people provoke - v. evoke or provoke to appear or occur proxy - n. a person authorized to act for another prudence - n. knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress psychic - j. outside the sphere of physical science pundit - n. someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field quake - v. shake with fast, tremulous movements qualify - v. make fit or prepared quarterly - a. in three month intervals radical - j. markedly new or introducing extreme change rampant - j. unrestrained and violent rapid - j. characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high sp eed rave - v. praise enthusiastically reaction - n. a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude readily - a. without much difficulty realism - n. the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practical ity and literal truth recipient - n. a person who receives something reckless - j. characterized by careless unconcern recognize - v. detect with the senses reconcile - v. come to terms reconsider - v. consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view t o changing recover - v. get or find back; recover the use of recruit - v. cause to assemble or enlist in the military redemption - n. (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil refer - v. send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision reflection - n. the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflec tive material) reform - v. make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices refuge - n. a shelter from danger or hardship refusal - n. the act of not accepting something that is offered regime - n. the government or governing authority of a political unit regional - j. related or limited to a particular region reign - v. have sovereign power relevant - j. having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue reliant - j. depending on another for support reluctance - n. a certain degree of unwillingness reluctant - j. not eager reminiscent - j. serving to bring to mind renaissance - n. the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the m iddle of the 17th centuries render - v. give or supply

renowned - j. widely known and esteemed repeal - n. cancel officially reproduction - n. the act of making copies requisite - n. anything indispensable resemblance - n. similarity in appearance or external or superficial details resent - v. feel bitter or indignant about resist - v. withstand the force of something resistance - n. the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with resistant - j. impervious to being affected resort - v. have recourse to resource - n. a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed restore - v. bring back into original existence, use, function, or position resurrection - n. (New Testament) the rising of Christ on the third day after th e Crucifixion retrospect - n. contemplation of things past retrospective - j. concerned with or related to the past revelation - n. communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural ag ency revive - v. be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength rhetoric - n. using language effectively to please or persuade ridiculous - j. incongruous; absurd; nonsensical rigorous - j. demanding strict attention to rules and procedures robust - j. sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction rue - n. sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment rural - j. living in or characteristic of farming or country life rustic - j. characteristic of the fields or country sacrifice - v. kill or destroy savage - v. criticize harshly or violently scholarly - j. characteristic of learning or studying scope - n. an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control script - n. a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in p reparing for a performance secession - n. formal separation from an alliance or federation secondary - j. not of major importance secrecy - n. the trait of keeping things secret secular - j. not concerned with or devoted to religion seize - v. take hold of; grab selective - j. characterized by very careful or fastidious choices seminar - n. any meeting for an exchange of ideas sensation - n. a perception associated with stimulation of a sensory organ sensibility - n. refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions sensitive - j. responsive to physical stimuli sentence - n. the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned sentinel - n. a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event sequel - n. a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it sequence - n. serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a re current pattern sergeant - n. any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Fo rce or Marines ranking above a corporal servitude - n. state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment severely - a. with sternness; in a severe manner shallow - j. lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what i s obvious sheer - j. complete and without restriction or qualification shrewd - j. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence siege - n. the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and iso lates it while continuing to attack significance - n. the quality of being important in effect or meaning

significant - j. important in effect or meaning similar - j. having close to the same characteristics sinister - j. stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorab le skepticism - n. the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge slack - j. not tense or taut slight - n. a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) sober - v. become more realistic socialism - n. a political theory advocating state ownership of industry socialist - j. advocating or following the socialist principles of state ownersh ip sociology - n. the study and classification of human societies solar - j. relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun soldier - n. an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army somber - j. grave or even gloomy in character sophisticated - j. having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and ref inement souvenir - n. a reminder of past events specialty - n. an asset of special worth or utility species - n. (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed spectator - n. a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhi bition of some kind) specter - n. a ghostly appearing figure spectrum - n. a broad range of related objects or ideas or activities speculate - v. consider in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion spontaneous - j. said or done without having been planned or written in advance static - j. showing little if any change stature - n. high level of respect gained by impressive development or achieveme nt statute - n. an act passed by a legislative body stealth - n. avoiding detection by moving carefully stimulate - v. cause to be alert and energetic stringent - j. demanding strict attention to rules and procedures submission - n. something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or esti mates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others ( as in a competition) subsequent - j. following in time or order subsidiary - j. functioning in a supporting capacity substantive - j. having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, m eaningful, or considerable subtle - j. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze successor - n. a person who follows next in order summary - n. a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form superb - j. of surpassing excellence superficial - j. concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obviou s; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually suppress - v. reduce the incidence or severity of or stop surround - v. extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle suspense - n. excited anticipation of an approaching climax suspension - n. an interruption in the intensity or amount of something suspicious - j. openly distrustful and unwilling to confide sympathetic - j. expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward symphony - n. a large orchestra; can perform symphonies systematic - j. characterized by order and planning tactics - n. the branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to a chieve objectives set by strategy

tangible - j. perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch taxation - n. the imposition of taxes; the practice of the government in levying taxes on the subjects of a state technique - n. skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practic e and familiarity technology - n. the practical application of science to commerce or industry telescope - n. a magnifier of images of distant objects temporary - j. not permanent; not lasting tendency - n. a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a cer tain condition or character or effect tense - j. taut or rigid; stretched tight tentative - j. unsettled in mind or opinion tenure - v. give life-time employment to terminal - j. being or situated at an end territorial - j. displaying territoriality; defending an area from intruders testament - n. a profession of belief theological - j. of or relating to or concerning the study of religion theology - n. the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences a nd of the nature of religious truth theoretical - j. concerned with theories rather than their practical application s theorist - n. someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) thesis - n. a formal paper advancing a new point of view resulting from research ; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree titanic - j. of great force or power tolerance - n. willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others tolerant - j. showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others tolerate - v. recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others) transcript - n. something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually t ypewritten) of dictated or recorded speech transfer - v. move from one place to another transition - v. make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to anothe r) translate - v. restate (words) from one language into another language transmission - n. the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmit ted transparent - j. transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity transplant - n. the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location tremendous - j. extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or de gree tribune - n. a protector of the people trinity - n. the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead triple - v. increase threefold trivial - j. of little substance or significance truthful - j. expressing or given to expressing the truth turmoil - n. a violent disturbance typical - j. exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group o r kind or category ubiquitous - j. being present everywhere at once ultimate - j. furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme unanimous - j. acting together as a single undiversified whole uncommon - j. not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind unconscious - j. not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory p erception as if asleep or dead undermine - v. destroy property or hinder normal operations unique - j. the single one of its kind unlimited - j. having no limits in range or scope

unprecedented - j. having no previous example; novel urban - j. located in or characteristic of a city or city life urgency - n. an urgent situation calling for prompt action usage - n. the act of using utility - n. the quality of being of practical use vacuum - n. a region that is devoid of matter valid - j. well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force variation - n. an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard vegetarian - n. eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat or fish or (often) any animal products vegetation - n. all the plant life in a particular region or period venerable - j. impressive by reason of age verify - v. confirm the truth of version - n. something a little different from others of the same type vertical - j. at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line veto - n. the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (e specially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislat ure) vigorous - j. strong and active physically or mentally violation - n. an act that disregards an agreement or a right vista - n. the visual percept of a region visual - j. relating to or using sight vitality - n. an energetic style vogue - n. the popular taste at a given time volatile - j. liable to lead to sudden change or violence vulnerable - j. capable of being wounded or hurt warrant - v. stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of wherever - a. where in the world wholly - a. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent ('whole' is oft en used informally for 'wholly') woo - v. seek someone's favor zeal - n. excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end