aberration :: wandering or staying away; in optics, failure of rays to focuswww.test99.com
abettor :: encouragerwww.test99.com
abeyance :: suspended actionwww.test99.com
ablution :: washingwww.test99.com
abnegation :: repudiation; self-sacrificewww.test99.com
abstinence :: restraint from eating or drinkingwww.test99.com
accessory :: additional object: useful but not essential thingwww.test99.com
acclivity :: sharp upslope of a hillwww.test99.com
accolade :: award of meritwww.test99.com
accomplice :: partner in crimewww.test99.com
accord :: agreementwww.test99.com
accretion :: growth: increasewww.test99.com
acerbity :: bitterness of speech and temperwww.test99.com
acme :: top: pinnaclewww.test99.com
acoustics :: science of sound: quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear inwww.test99.com
acquiescence :: submission; compliancewww.test99.com
acquittal :: deliverance from a chargewww.test99.com
acumen :: mental keennesswww.test99.com
adage :: wise saying: proverbwww.test99.com
addiction :: compulsive, habitual needwww.test99.com
adjunct :: something attached to but holding an inferior positionwww.test99.com
adjuration :: solemn urgingwww.test99.com
admonition :: warningwww.test99.com
adulation :: flattery: admirationwww.test99.com
adumbration :: foreshadowing: outliningwww.test99.com
advent :: arrivalwww.test99.com
adversity :: poverty: misfortunewww.test99.com
aegis :: shield; defensewww.test99.com
aeon :: long period of time; an agewww.test99.com
affidavit :: written statement made under oathwww.test99.com
affiliation :: joining: associating withwww.test99.com
affinity :: kinshipwww.test99.com
affirmation :: solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oathwww.test99.com
afflatus :: inspirationwww.test99.com
affluence :: abundance: wealthwww.test99.com
affray :: public brawlwww.test99.com
agenda :: items of business at a meetingwww.test99.com
agglomeration :: collection: heapwww.test99.com
agility :: nimblenesswww.test99.com
agitation :: strong feeling; excitementwww.test99.com
agnostic :: one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a godwww.test99.com
agronomist :: scientist engaged in the management of landwww.test99.com
alacrity :: cheerful promptnesswww.test99.com
alchemy :: medieval chemistrywww.test99.com
alias :: an assumed namewww.test99.com
alimony :: payment by a husband to his divorced wifewww.test99.com
allegory :: story in which characters are used as symbols: fablewww.test99.com
alliteration :: repetition of beginning sound in poetrywww.test99.com
alloy :: a mixture as of metalswww.test99.com
allusion :: indirect referencewww.test99.com
altercation :: wordy quarrelwww.test99.com
altruism :: unselfish aid to others; generositywww.test99.com
amazon :: female warriorwww.test99.com
ambrosia :: food of the godswww.test99.com
amenities :: agreeable manners; courtesieswww.test99.com
amnesia :: loss of memorywww.test99.com
amnesty :: pardonwww.test99.com
amortization :: act of reducing a debt through partial paymentswww.test99.com
amphitheater :: oval building with tiers of seatswww.test99.com
amulet :: charm; talismanwww.test99.com
anachronism :: an error involving time in a storywww.test99.com
analogy :: similarity; parallelismwww.test99.com
anarchy :: absence of governing body; state of disorderwww.test99.com
anathema :: solemn cursewww.test99.com
andirons :: metal supports in a fireplace for cooking utensils or logswww.test99.com
anemia :: condition in which blood lacks red corpuscleswww.test99.com
anesthetic :: substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousnesswww.test99.com
animadversion :: critical remarkwww.test99.com
animosity :: active enmitywww.test99.com
animus :: hostile feeling or intentwww.test99.com
annals :: records; historywww.test99.com
annuity :: yearly allowancewww.test99.com
anomaly :: irregularitywww.test99.com
antagonism :: active resistancewww.test99.com
anthropologist :: a student of the history and science of mankindwww.test99.com
anticlimax :: letdown in thought or emotionwww.test99.com
antipathy :: aversion; dislikewww.test99.com
antiseptic :: substance that prevents infectionwww.test99.com
antithesis :: contrast; direct opposite of or towww.test99.com
aperture :: opening; holewww.test99.com
apex :: tip; summit; climaxwww.test99.com
aphasia :: loss of speech due to injurywww.test99.com
aphorism :: pithy maximwww.test99.com
apiary :: a place where bees are keptwww.test99.com
aplomb :: poisewww.test99.com
apogee :: highest pointwww.test99.com
apologue :: moral fablewww.test99.com
apostate :: one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefswww.test99.com
apothecary :: druggistwww.test99.com
apothegm :: pithy, compact sayingwww.test99.com
apotheosis :: deification; glorificationwww.test99.com
apparition :: ghost; phantomwww.test99.com
appellation :: name; titlewww.test99.com
appurtenances :: subordinate possessionswww.test99.com
aptitude :: fitness; talentwww.test99.com
arbiter :: a person with power to decide a dispute; judgewww.test99.com
arcade :: a covered passageway, usually lined with shopswww.test99.com
archaeology :: study of artifacts and relics of early mankindwww.test99.com
archetype :: prototype; primitive patternwww.test99.com
archipelago :: group of closely located islandswww.test99.com
archives :: public records; place where public records are keptwww.test99.com
ardor :: heat; passion; zealwww.test99.com
argot :: slangwww.test99.com
arrogance :: haughtinesswww.test99.com
arroyo :: gullywww.test99.com
artifacts :: products of primitive culturewww.test99.com
artifice :: deception; trickerywww.test99.com
artisan :: a manually skilled workerwww.test99.com
asceticism :: doctrine of self-denialwww.test99.com
asperity :: sharpness of temperwww.test99.com
aspersion :: slanderous remarkwww.test99.com
aspirant :: seeker after position or statuswww.test99.com
aspiration :: noble ambitionwww.test99.com
asteroid :: small planetwww.test99.com
astigmatism :: eye defect which prevents proper focuswww.test99.com
atavism :: resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parentswww.test99.com
atelier :: workshop; studiowww.test99.com
atrocity :: brutal deedwww.test99.com
atrophy :: wasting awaywww.test99.com
attribute :: essential qualitywww.test99.com
attrition :: gradual wearing downwww.test99.com
audacity :: boldnesswww.test99.com
audit :: examination of accountswww.test99.com
augury :: omen; prophecywww.test99.com
aureole :: suns corona; halowww.test99.com
auscultation :: act of listening to the heart or lungs to discover abnormalitieswww.test99.com
austerity :: sternness; severitywww.test99.com
autocrat :: monarch with supreme powerwww.test99.com
automaton :: mechanism which imitates actions of humanswww.test99.com
autopsy :: examination of a dead body; postmortemwww.test99.com
avarice :: greediness for wealthwww.test99.com
avatar :: incarnationwww.test99.com
avocation :: secondary or minor occupationwww.test99.com
awe :: solemn wonderwww.test99.com
axiom :: self-evident truth requiring no proofwww.test99.com
bandanna :: large, bright-colored handkerchiefwww.test99.com
barb :: sharp projection from fishhook, etc.www.test99.com
barrage :: barrier laid down by artillery firewww.test99.com
barrister :: counselor-at-lawwww.test99.com
barterer :: traderwww.test99.com
bassoon :: reed instrument of the woodwind familywww.test99.com
bauble :: trinket; triflewww.test99.com
benediction :: blessingwww.test99.com
benefactor :: gift giver; patronwww.test99.com
beneficiary :: person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or willwww.test99.com
benignity :: state of being kind, benign, graciouswww.test99.com
benison :: blessingwww.test99.com
bereavement :: state of being deprived of something valuable or belovedwww.test99.com
bete noire :: aversion; person or thing strongly disliked or avoidedwww.test99.com
bigotry :: stubborn intolerancewww.test99.com
billingsgate :: vituperation; abusive languagewww.test99.com
bivouac :: temporary encampmentwww.test99.com
blandishment :: flatterywww.test99.com
bludgeon :: club; heavy-headed weaponwww.test99.com
bouillon :: clear beef soupwww.test99.com
bourgeois :: middle classwww.test99.com
braggadocio :: boastingwww.test99.com
bravado :: swagger; assumed air of defiancewww.test99.com
brazier :: open pan in which live coals are burnedwww.test99.com
breach :: breaking of contract or duty; fissure; gapwww.test99.com
breviary :: book containing the daily prayerswww.test99.com
brevity :: concisenesswww.test99.com
brocade :: rich, figured fabricwww.test99.com
brochure :: pamphletwww.test99.com
brooch :: ornamental claspwww.test99.com
buffoonery :: clowningwww.test99.com
bugaboo :: bugbear; object of baseless terrorwww.test99.com
bullion :: gold and silver in the form of barswww.test99.com
bulwark :: earthwork or other strong defense; person who defendswww.test99.com
bureaucracy :: government by bureauswww.test99.com
buskin :: thick-soled half boot worn by actors of Greek tragedywww.test99.com
buttress :: support or propwww.test99.com
cabal :: small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interestswww.test99.com
cache :: hiding placewww.test99.com
cacophony :: discordwww.test99.com
cadaver :: corpsewww.test99.com
caliber :: ability; capacitywww.test99.com
calligraphy :: beautiful writing; excellent penmanshipwww.test99.com
calumny :: malicious misrepresentation; slanderwww.test99.com
cameo :: shell or jewel carved in reliefwww.test99.com
canard :: unfounded rumor; exaggerated reportwww.test99.com
candor :: franknesswww.test99.com
canker :: any ulcerous sore; any evilwww.test99.com
cant :: jargon of thieves; pious phraseologywww.test99.com
cantata :: story set to music, to be sung by a choruswww.test99.com
canter :: slow gallopwww.test99.com
canto :: division of a long poemwww.test99.com
caparison :: showy harness or ornamentation for a horsewww.test99.com
caprice :: whimwww.test99.com
caption :: title; chapter heading; text under illustrationwww.test99.com
carafe :: glass water bottle; decanterwww.test99.com
carat :: unit of weight for precious stones; measure of fineness of goldwww.test99.com
caricature :: distortion; burlesquewww.test99.com
carillon :: a set of bells capable of being playedwww.test99.com
carmine :: rich redwww.test99.com
carnage :: destruction of lifewww.test99.com
carousal :: drunken revelwww.test99.com
carrion :: rotting flesh of a dead bodywww.test99.com
carte blanche :: unlimited authority or freedomwww.test99.com
cartographer :: maker of maps or chartswww.test99.com
caryatid :: sculptured column of a female figurewww.test99.com
cascade :: small waterfallwww.test99.com
caste :: one of the hereditary classes in Hindu societywww.test99.com
casualty :: serious or fatal accidentwww.test99.com
casuistry :: subtle or sophisticated reasoning resulting in minute distinctionswww.test99.com
cataclysm :: deluge; upheavalwww.test99.com
catalyst :: agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unchangedwww.test99.com
catapult :: slingshot; a hurling machinewww.test99.com
catastrophe :: calamitywww.test99.com
catechism :: book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answerwww.test99.com
cathartic :: purgativewww.test99.com
caucus :: private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determinewww.test99.com
cavalcade :: procession; paradewww.test99.com
celerity :: speed; rapiditywww.test99.com
censor :: overseer of morals; person who reads to eliminate inappropriate remarkwww.test99.com
centaur :: mythical figure, half man and half horsewww.test99.com
centurion :: Roman army officerwww.test99.com
cerebration :: thoughtwww.test99.com
cessation :: stoppingwww.test99.com
cession :: yielding to another; cedingwww.test99.com
chagrin :: vexation; disappointmentwww.test99.com
chalice :: goblet; consecrated cupwww.test99.com
chameleon :: lizard that changes color in different situationswww.test99.com
charisma :: divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of a political leaderwww.test99.com
charlatan :: quack; pretender to knowledgewww.test99.com
chasm :: abysswww.test99.com
chassis :: framework and working parts of an automobilewww.test99.com
chattel :: personal propertywww.test99.com
chauvinist :: blindly devoted patriotwww.test99.com
chicanery :: trickerywww.test99.com
chiromancy :: art of telling fortunes by reading the hand; palmistrywww.test99.com
chiropodist :: one who treats disorders of the feetwww.test99.com
choreography :: art of dancingwww.test99.com
circlet :: small ring; bandwww.test99.com
circumlocution :: indirect or roundabout expressionwww.test99.com
citadel :: fortresswww.test99.com
clairvoyant :: fortunetellerwww.test99.com
claustrophobia :: fear of being locked inwww.test99.com
clavicle :: collarbonewww.test99.com
cleft :: splitwww.test99.com
clemency :: disposition to be lenient; mildness, as of the weatherwww.test99.com
clich?:: phrase dulled in meaning by repetitionwww.test99.com
clique :: small exclusive groupwww.test99.com
cloister :: monastery or conventwww.test99.com
coadjutor :: assistant; colleaguewww.test99.com
cockade :: decoration worn on hatwww.test99.com
codicil :: supplement to the body of a willwww.test99.com
cog :: tooth projecting from a wheelwww.test99.com
cognizance :: knowledgewww.test99.com
cognomen :: family namewww.test99.com
cohesion :: force which keeps parts togetherwww.test99.com
cohorts :: armed bandwww.test99.com
colander :: utensil with perforated bottom used for strainingwww.test99.com
collateral :: security given for loanwww.test99.com
collation :: a light mealwww.test99.com
collier :: worker in coal mine; ship carrying coalwww.test99.com
colloquy :: informal discussionwww.test99.com
collusion :: conspiring in a fraudulent schemewww.test99.com
comestible :: something fit to be eatenwww.test99.com
comity :: courtesy; civilitywww.test99.com
compact :: agreement; contractwww.test99.com
compendium :: brief comprehensive summarywww.test99.com
compilation :: listing of statistical information in tabular or book formwww.test99.com
complement :: that which completeswww.test99.com
complicity :: participation; involvementwww.test99.com
compunction :: remorsewww.test99.com
conception :: beginning; forming of an ideawww.test99.com
conch :: large seashellwww.test99.com
conclave :: private meetingwww.test99.com
concomitant :: that which accompanieswww.test99.com
concordat :: agreement, usually between the papal authority and the secularwww.test99.com
condiments :: seasonings; spiceswww.test99.com
conduit :: aqueduct; passageway for fluidswww.test99.com
conformity :: harmony; agreementwww.test99.com
conglomeration :: mass of material sticking togetherwww.test99.com
congruence :: correspondence of parts; harmonious relationshipwww.test99.com
conifer :: pine tree; cone-bearing treewww.test99.com
conjecture :: surmise; guesswww.test99.com
connivance :: pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistancewww.test99.com
connoisseur :: person competent to act as a judge of art, etc; a lover of an artwww.test99.com
connotation :: suggested or implied meaning of an expressionwww.test99.com
consanguinity :: kinshipwww.test99.com
consensus :: general agreementwww.test99.com
constraint :: compulsion; repression of feelingswww.test99.com
context :: writings preceding and following the passage quotedwww.test99.com
continence :: self-restraint; sexual chastitywww.test99.com
contortions :: twistings; distortionswww.test99.com
contraband :: illegal trade; smugglingwww.test99.com
contumely :: scornful insolence; insultwww.test99.com
contusion :: bruisewww.test99.com
conveyance :: vehicle; transferwww.test99.com
coquette :: flirtwww.test99.com
cordon :: extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egresswww.test99.com
cormorant :: greedy, rapacious birdwww.test99.com
cornice :: projecting molding on building usually above columnswww.test99.com
correlation :: mutual relationshipwww.test99.com
corsair :: pirate; pirate shipwww.test99.com
cortege :: processionwww.test99.com
coterie :: group that meets socially; select circlewww.test99.com
counterpart :: a thing that completes another; things very much alikewww.test99.com
covenant :: agreementwww.test99.com
credence :: beliefwww.test99.com
credo :: creedwww.test99.com
credulity :: belief on slight evidencewww.test99.com
creed :: system of religious or ethical beliefwww.test99.com
crescendo :: increase in the volume of sound in a musical passagewww.test99.com
crevice :: crack; fissurewww.test99.com
criterion :: standard used in judgingwww.test99.com
crone :: hagwww.test99.com
cruet :: small glass bottle for vinegar, oil, etc.www.test99.com
crux :: crucial pointwww.test99.com
crypt :: secret recess or vault, usually used for burialwww.test99.com
cubicle :: small chamber used for sleepingwww.test99.com
cuisine :: style of cookingwww.test99.com
cul-de-sac :: blind alley; trapwww.test99.com
culmination :: attainment of highest pointwww.test99.com
culvert :: artificial channel for waterwww.test99.com
cupidity :: greedwww.test99.com
curator :: superintendent; managerwww.test99.com
curmudgeon :: churlish, miserly individualwww.test99.com
cynic :: one who is skeptical or distrustful of human motiveswww.test99.com
cynosure :: the object of general attentionwww.test99.com
dais :: raised platform for guests of honorwww.test99.com
dastard :: cowardwww.test99.com
dearth :: scarcitywww.test99.com
debacle :: breaking up; downfallwww.test99.com
debenture :: bond issued to secure a loanwww.test99.com
debutante :: young woman making formal entrance into societywww.test99.com
decadence :: decaywww.test99.com
declivity :: downward slopewww.test99.com
decoy :: lure or baitwww.test99.com
decrepitude :: state of collapse caused by illness or old agewww.test99.com
defamation :: harming a persons reputationwww.test99.com
default :: failure to dowww.test99.com
defection :: desertionwww.test99.com
deference :: courteous regard for anothers wishwww.test99.com
delineation :: portrayalwww.test99.com
delirium :: mental disorder marked by confusionwww.test99.com
delusion :: false belief; hallucinationwww.test99.com
demagogue :: person who appeals to peoples prejudice; false leader of peoplewww.test99.com
demeanor :: behavior; bearingwww.test99.com
demesne :: domain; land over which a person has full sovereigntywww.test99.com
demise :: deathwww.test99.com
demolition :: destructionwww.test99.com
denizen :: inhabitant ofwww.test99.com
denotation :: meaning; distinguishing by namewww.test99.com
denouement :: outcome; final development of the plot of a playwww.test99.com
deposition :: testimony under oathwww.test99.com
depravity :: corruption; wickednesswww.test99.com
depredation :: plunderingwww.test99.com
derision :: ridiculewww.test99.com
dermatologist :: one who studies the skin and its diseaseswww.test99.com
desideratum :: that which is desiredwww.test99.com
despotism :: tyrannywww.test99.com
desuetude :: disused conditionwww.test99.com
detergent :: cleansing agentwww.test99.com
detonation :: explosionwww.test99.com
detraction :: slandering; aspersionwww.test99.com
detriment :: harm; damagewww.test99.com
diadem :: crownwww.test99.com
dialectic :: art of debatewww.test99.com
diatribe :: bitter scolding; invectivewww.test99.com
dichotomy :: branching into two partswww.test99.com
dictum :: authoritative and weighty statementwww.test99.com
diffidence :: shynesswww.test99.com
diffusion :: wordiness; spreading in all directions like a gaswww.test99.com
dilapidation :: ruin because of neglectwww.test99.com
dilemma :: problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternativeswww.test99.com
dilettante :: aimless follower of the arts; amateur; dabblerwww.test99.com
diminution :: lessening; reduction in sizewww.test99.com
dint :: means; effortwww.test99.com
dipsomaniac :: on who has a strong craving for intoxicating liquorwww.test99.com
disavowal :: denial; disclaimingwww.test99.com
discretion :: prudence; ability to adjust actions to circumstanceswww.test99.com
dishabille :: in a state of undresswww.test99.com
disparity :: difference; condition of inequalitywww.test99.com
dispersion :: scatteringwww.test99.com
disquisition :: a formal systematic inquirywww.test99.com
dissection :: analysis; cutting apart in order to examinewww.test99.com
dissertation :: formal essaywww.test99.com
dissonance :: discordwww.test99.com
dissuasion :: advice againstwww.test99.com
distortion :: twisting out of shapewww.test99.com
diva :: operatic singer; prima donnawww.test99.com
diversity :: variety; dissimilitudewww.test99.com
divination :: foreseeing the future with aid of magicwww.test99.com
docket :: program as for trial; book where such entries are madewww.test99.com
doggerel :: poor versewww.test99.com
dolt :: stupid personwww.test99.com
domicile :: homewww.test99.com
dotage :: senilitywww.test99.com
dregs :: sediment; worthless residuewww.test99.com
dross :: waste matter; worthless impuritieswww.test99.com
drudgery :: menial workwww.test99.com
duenna :: attendant of young female; chaperonewww.test99.com
duplicity :: double-dealing; hypocrisywww.test99.com
durance :: restraint; imprisonmentwww.test99.com
duress :: forcible restraint, especially unlawfullywww.test99.com
eccentricity :: oddity; idiosyncrasywww.test99.com
eclecticism :: selection of elements from various sets of opinions or systemswww.test99.com
ecstasy :: rapture; joy; any overpowering emotionwww.test99.com
efficacy :: power to produce desired effectwww.test99.com
effigy :: dummywww.test99.com
effluvium :: noxious smellwww.test99.com
effrontery :: shameless boldnesswww.test99.com
effusion :: pouring forthwww.test99.com
egoism :: excessive interest in ones selfwww.test99.com
egotism :: conceit; vanitywww.test99.com
egress :: exitwww.test99.com
ejaculation :: exclamationwww.test99.com
elation :: a rise in spirits; exaltationwww.test99.com
embezzlement :: stealingwww.test99.com
emendation :: correction of errors; improvementwww.test99.com
emetic :: substance causing vomitingwww.test99.com
emollient :: soothing or softening remedywww.test99.com
emolument :: salary; compensationwww.test99.com
enclave :: territory enclosed within an alien landwww.test99.com
encomium :: praise; eulogywww.test99.com
encroachment :: gradual intrusionwww.test99.com
endearment :: fond statementwww.test99.com
endive :: species of leafy plant used in saladswww.test99.com
enigma :: puzzlewww.test99.com
ennui :: boredomwww.test99.com
enormity :: hugeness (in a bad sense)www.test99.com
entity :: real beingwww.test99.com
entomology :: study of insectswww.test99.com
entree :: entrancewww.test99.com
entrepreneur :: businessman; contractorwww.test99.com
epicure :: connoisseur of food and drinkwww.test99.com
epicurean :: person who devotes himself to pleasure of the senseswww.test99.com
epigram :: witty thought or saying, usually shortwww.test99.com
epilogue :: short speech at conclusion of dramatic workwww.test99.com
epitaph :: inscription in memory of a dead personwww.test99.com
epithet :: descriptive word or phrasewww.test99.com
epitome :: summary; concise abstractwww.test99.com
epoch :: period of timewww.test99.com
equanimity :: calmness of temperamentwww.test99.com
equestrian :: rider on horsebackwww.test99.com
equinox :: period of equal days and nights; the beginning of Spring and Autumnwww.test99.com
equipage :: horse-drawn carriagewww.test99.com
equity :: fairness; justicewww.test99.com
erudition :: high degree of knowledge and learningwww.test99.com
escapade :: prank; flighty conductwww.test99.com
escutcheon :: shield-shaped surface on which coat of arms is placedwww.test99.com
espionage :: spyingwww.test99.com
esprit de corps :: comradeship; spiritwww.test99.com
ethnology :: study of manwww.test99.com
etymology :: study of derivation, structure and development of wordswww.test99.com
eulogy :: praisewww.test99.com
euphemism :: mild expression in place of an unpleasant onewww.test99.com
ewer :: water pitcherwww.test99.com
exaction :: exorbitant demand; extortionwww.test99.com
exchequer :: treasurywww.test99.com
excision :: act of cutting awaywww.test99.com
exegesis :: explanation, especially of Biblical passageswww.test99.com
exigency :: urgent situationwww.test99.com
exodus :: departurewww.test99.com
expatriate :: exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native landwww.test99.com
expediency :: that which is advisable or practicalwww.test99.com
expletive :: interjection; profane oathwww.test99.com
expostulation :: remonstrancewww.test99.com
extradition :: surrender of prisoner by one state to anotherwww.test99.com
extrovert :: person interested mostly in external objects and actionswww.test99.com
facade :: front of the buildingwww.test99.com
facet :: small plane surface of a gem; a sidewww.test99.com
faction :: party; clique; dissensionwww.test99.com
factotum :: handyman; person who does all kinds of workwww.test99.com
fanaticism :: excessive zealwww.test99.com
fancier :: breeder or dealer of animalswww.test99.com
fanfare :: call by bugles or trumpetswww.test99.com
fatalism :: belief that events are determined by forces beyond ones controlwww.test99.com
fauna :: animals of a period or regionwww.test99.com
faux pas :: an error or slip in manners or behaviorwww.test99.com
fealty :: loyalty; faithfulnesswww.test99.com
fecundity :: fertility; fruitfulnesswww.test99.com
feint :: trick; shift; sham blowwww.test99.com
ferment :: agitation; commotionwww.test99.com
fervor :: glowing ardorwww.test99.com
fetish :: object supposed to possess magical powers; an object of special devotiwww.test99.com
fiasco :: total failurewww.test99.com
fiat :: commandwww.test99.com
fidelity :: loyaltywww.test99.com
figment :: invention; imaginary thingwww.test99.com
finale :: conclusionwww.test99.com
finesse :: delicate skillwww.test99.com
fissure :: crevicewww.test99.com
flair :: talentwww.test99.com
flick :: light stroke as with a whipwww.test99.com
flippancy :: trifling gaietywww.test99.com
floe :: mass of floating icewww.test99.com
flora :: plants of a region or erawww.test99.com
flotilla :: small fleetwww.test99.com
flotsam :: drifting wreckagewww.test99.com
fluctuation :: waveringwww.test99.com
fluency :: smoothness of speechwww.test99.com
flux :: flowing; series of changeswww.test99.com
foible :: weakness; slight faultwww.test99.com
foray :: raidwww.test99.com
forbearance :: patiencewww.test99.com
foreboding :: premonition of evilwww.test99.com
forte :: strong point of special talentwww.test99.com
fortitude :: bravery; couragewww.test99.com
fracas :: brawl; meleewww.test99.com
frailty :: weaknesswww.test99.com
franchise :: right granted by authoritywww.test99.com
fray :: brawlwww.test99.com
freebooter :: buccaneerwww.test99.com
fresco :: painting on plaster (usually fresh)www.test99.com
freshet :: sudden floodwww.test99.com
friction :: clash in opinion; rubbing againstwww.test99.com
frieze :: ornamental band on a wallwww.test99.com
frond :: fern leaf; palm or banana leafwww.test99.com
frugality :: thriftwww.test99.com
fruition :: bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realizationwww.test99.com
fulcrum :: support on which a lever restswww.test99.com
functionary :: officialwww.test99.com
furor :: frenzy; great excitementwww.test99.com
fusion :: union; coalitionwww.test99.com
gadfly :: animal-biting fly; an irritating personwww.test99.com
gaff :: hook; barbed fishing spearwww.test99.com
galaxy :: the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalitieswww.test99.com
galleon :: large sailing shipwww.test99.com
gamester :: gamblerwww.test99.com
gamibit :: opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificedwww.test99.com
gamut :: entire rangewww.test99.com
gargoyle :: waterspout carved in grotesque figures on buildingwww.test99.com
garrulity :: talkativenesswww.test99.com
gasconade :: bluster; boastfulnesswww.test99.com
gastronomy :: science of preparing and serving good foodwww.test99.com
gauntlet :: leather glovewww.test99.com
gazette :: official periodical publicationwww.test99.com
genealogy :: record of descent; lineagewww.test99.com
generality :: vague statementwww.test99.com
geniality :: cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathywww.test99.com
genre :: style of art illustrating scenes of common lifewww.test99.com
gentility :: those of gentle birth; refinementwww.test99.com
gentry :: people of standing; class of people just below nobilitywww.test99.com
gesticulation :: motion; gesturewww.test99.com
gibbet :: gallowswww.test99.com
gig :: two-wheeled carriagewww.test99.com
gist :: essencewww.test99.com
gloaming :: twilightwww.test99.com
glossary :: brief explanation of words used in the textwww.test99.com
gnome :: dwarf; underground spiritwww.test99.com
gourmand :: epicure; person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drinkwww.test99.com
gratuity :: tipwww.test99.com
grimace :: a facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust, etc.www.test99.com
hackles :: hairs on back and neck of a dogwww.test99.com
haughtiness :: pride; arrogancewww.test99.com
hauteur :: haughtinesswww.test99.com
hawser :: large ropewww.test99.com
hedonism :: belief that pleasure is the sole aim in lifewww.test99.com
hegira :: flight, especially Mohammeds flight from Mecca the Medinawww.test99.com
heresy :: opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religwww.test99.com
heretic :: person who maintains opinions contrary to the doctrines of the churchwww.test99.com
hermitage :: home of hermitwww.test99.com
hiatus :: gap; pausewww.test99.com
hierarchy :: body divided into rankswww.test99.com
hieroglyphic :: picture writingwww.test99.com
hilarity :: boisterous mirthwww.test99.com
hireling :: one who serves for hire (usually contemptuously)www.test99.com
hoax :: trick; practical jokewww.test99.com
hogshead :: large barrelwww.test99.com
holocaust :: destruction by firewww.test99.com
holster :: pistol casewww.test99.com
homily :: sermon; serious warningwww.test99.com
hostelry :: innwww.test99.com
hoyden :: boisterous girlwww.test99.com
hubbub :: confused uproarwww.test99.com
humility :: humbleness of spiritwww.test99.com
hummock :: small hillwww.test99.com
humus :: substance formed by decaying vegetable matterwww.test99.com
husbandry :: frugality; thrift; agriculturewww.test99.com
hustings :: meetings particularly to choose candidateswww.test99.com
hybrid :: mongrel; mixed breedwww.test99.com
hyperbole :: exaggeration; overstatementwww.test99.com
hypochondriac :: person unduly worried about his health; worrier without cause about ilwww.test99.com
ideology :: ideas of a group peoplewww.test99.com
idiom :: special usage in languagewww.test99.com
idiosyncrasy :: peculiarity; eccentricitywww.test99.com
idolatry :: worship of idols; excessive admirationwww.test99.com
illusion :: misleading visionwww.test99.com
imbecility :: weakness of mindwww.test99.com
imbroglio :: a complicated situation; perplexity; entanglementwww.test99.com
immobility :: state of being immovablewww.test99.com
impasse :: predicament from which there is no escapewww.test99.com
imperturbability :: calmnesswww.test99.com
impetus :: moving forcewww.test99.com
impiety :: irreverence; wickednesswww.test99.com
implication :: that which is hinted at or suggestedwww.test99.com
import :: significancewww.test99.com
imprimatur :: permission to print or publish a bookwww.test99.com
impropriety :: state of being inappropriatewww.test99.com
impunity :: freedom from punishmentwww.test99.com
imputation :: charge; reproachwww.test99.com
inadvertence :: oversight; carelessnesswww.test99.com
incantation :: singing or chanting of magic spells; magical formulawww.test99.com
incarnation :: act of assuming a human body and human naturewww.test99.com
incendiary :: arsonistwww.test99.com
incentive :: spur; motivewww.test99.com
incidence :: falling on a body; a casual occurrencewww.test99.com
incongruity :: lack of harmony; absurditywww.test99.com
incredulity :: a tendency to disbeliefwww.test99.com
increment :: increasewww.test99.com
incubus :: burden; mental care; nightmarewww.test99.com
incumbent :: officeholderwww.test99.com
incursion :: temporary invasionwww.test99.com
indignity :: offensive or insulting treatmentwww.test99.com
indolence :: lazinesswww.test99.com
inebriety :: habitual intoxicationwww.test99.com
inertia :: state of being inert or indisposed to movewww.test99.com
inference :: conclusion drawn from datawww.test99.com
infirmity :: weaknesswww.test99.com
influx :: flowing intowww.test99.com
infraction :: violationwww.test99.com
ingenue :: an artless girl; an actress who plays such partswww.test99.com
ingrate :: ungrateful personwww.test99.com
inkling :: hintwww.test99.com
innovation :: change; introduction off something newwww.test99.com
innuendo :: hint; insinuationwww.test99.com
insolvency :: bankruptcy; lack of ability to repay debtswww.test99.com
insomnia :: wakefulness; inability to sleepwww.test99.com
integrity :: wholeness; purity; uprightnesswww.test99.com
integument :: outer covering or skinwww.test99.com
intellect :: higher mental powerswww.test99.com
intelligentsia :: the intelligent and educated classes (often used derogatorily)www.test99.com
interim :: meantimewww.test99.com
interment :: burialwww.test99.com
interstices :: chinks; creviceswww.test99.com
intimidation :: fearwww.test99.com
intransigence :: state of stubborn unwillingness to compromisewww.test99.com
introvert :: one who is introspectivewww.test99.com
intuition :: power of knowing without reasoningwww.test99.com
invective :: abusewww.test99.com
inviolability :: security from being destroyed, corrupted or profanedwww.test99.com
iota :: very small quantitywww.test99.com
irony :: hidden sarcasm or satirewww.test99.com
isotope :: varying form of an elementwww.test99.com
itinerary :: plan of a tripwww.test99.com
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