IMPORTANT CSS VOCABULARY
IMPORTANT CSS VOCABULARY
A
1. Aberration – straying
away from what is normal
2. Abeyance - suspended action
3. Abhor - to hate, to detest
4. Abide - be faithful to; endure
5. Abjure - promise or swear, to give
up
6. Abet - help/encourage somebody (in doing
wrong)
7. Abraded - rubbed off, worn away by
friction
8. Abrasion - rubbing, scraping, wearing
off
9. Abrogate - repeal or annul by
authority
10. Abscond - to go away suddenly (to avoid
arrest)
11. Abstruse - difficult to comprehend;
obscure
12. Abundant - plentiful
13. Abut - border on
14. Abysmal - bottomless, extreme
15. Acarpous - effete, no longer fertile, worn
out
16. Accentuate - give more force or attention
to
17. Acclaimed - welcomed with shouts and
approval
18. Accolade - praise, approval
19. Accretion - the growing of separate things
into one
20. Acquiesce in - agree (without
protest)
21. Acquisition - something acquired,
acquiring
22. Adamant - kind of stone; inflexible
23. Adhere - remain faithful, stick fast to
24. Adhesion - adhering, support
25. Adjacent - lying near, next
26. Admonitory - containing warning
27. Adorn - add beauty; decorate
28. Adulteration - making unpure, poorer in
quality
29. Affable - polite and friendly
30. Affinity - close connection,
relationship
31. Aggravate - make worse; irritate
32. Agile - active, quick-moving
33. Agog - eager/excited
34. Ail - trouble; be ill
35. Alacrity - eager and cheerful readiness
36. Alcove - recess/partially enclosed place
37. Alienate - estrange
38. Allegiance - duty, support, loyalty
39. Alleviate - make (pain) easier to bear
40. Alloy - to debase by mixing with something
inferior
41. Aloof - reserved, indifferent
42. Amalgamate - mix, combine, unite
societies
43. Ambidextrous - able to use the left hand or
the right equally well
44. Ambiguous - doubtful, uncertain
45. Ambivalent - having both of two contrary
meanings
46. Ameliorate - improve, make better
47. Amendment - improving
48. Amicable - friendly
49. Amortize - end (a debt) by setting aside
money
50. Amplify - make large or fuller, increase the
strength
51. Anguish - severe suffering
52. Animosity - strong dislike
53. Annul - put an end to
54. Anticlimax - sudden fall
55. Antidote - medicine used against a poison or a
disease
56. Antithetical - direct opposing
57. Apartheid - brutal racial discrimination
58. Apathetic - indifference
59. Aplomb - self-confidence
60. Apostate - one who abandons long-held
religious or political convictions
61. Apotheosis - deification, glorification to
godliness
62. Appease - make quiet or calm
63. Apprehensive - grasping, understanding; fear,
unhappy feeling about future
64. Apprise - give notice to, inform
65. Approbation - approval
66. Appropriate - take for one's own use, acquire,
set aside
67. Apropos - appropriate to the situation;
apt
68. Apt - well-suited, quick-witted
69. Arabesque - whimsical
70. Arbitrate - decide by arbitration
71. Arboreal - of connected with trees
72. Ardently - with full of ardor
73. Ardor - enthusiasm
74. Arduous - steep, difficult ascent;
laborious
75. Argot - jargon, slang
76. Arrant - in the highest degree
77. Arrogance - proud, superior manner of
behaviour
78. Articulate - speak distinctly, connect by
joints
79. Ascend - go or come up
80. Ascent - the act of ascending
81. Ascertain - get to know
82. Ascetic - practicing self-denial, austere,
stark
83. Ascribe - consider to be the origin of or
belonging to
84. Aseptic - surgically clean
85. Asperity - roughness, harshness, ill temper,
irritability
86. Aspersion - slander
87. Assail with - attack violently
88. Asset - valuable quality, something that has
money value
89. Assiduous - diligent, hard-working,
sedulous
90. Assuage - make something (pain, desire)
less
91. Assumption - something supposed but not
proved
92. Asterisk - the mark * (e.g.. omitted
letters)
93. Astringent - substance that shrinks
94. Astute - clever; quick at seeing to get an
advantage
95. Atonement - repayment; death of Jesus
96. Attenuate - make thin. weaken, enervate
97. Attune - bring into harmony
98. Audacious - daring, foolishly bold,
impudent
99. Augury - omen, sign
100. August - majestic, venerable
101. Auspice - protection or support,
patronage
102. Auspicious - favorable, successful,
prosperous
103. Austere - severely moral and
strict; simple and plain
104. Auxiliary - helping, supporting
105. Aver - affirm, assert, prove,
justify
106. Aversion - strong dislike
107. Avid - eager, greedy
108. Avow - admit. Declare openly
B
109. Babble - talk in a
way that is difficult to understand
110. Baleful - harmful, ominous,
causing evil
111. Balk - obstacle; purposely
to get on the way of
112. Balloon - swell out like
balloon
113. Balm - sweet-smelling oil;
consolation
114. Banal - uninteresting
115. Band - flat, thin strip of
material; range of frequencies
116. Bane - cause of injury, poison,
source of harm
117. Baneful - causing harm or
ruin, pernicious, destructive
118. Barrage - artificial
obstacle built across a river
119. Barren - not good enough,
unable to have young ones, without value
120. Bask in - enjoy
warmth and light
121. Bazaar - market
122. Be irreconcilable -
cannot be brought into harmony
123. Beatify - to bless, make
happy, or ascribe a virtue to
124. Bedizen - to adorn,
especially in a cheap, showy manner
125. Belabor - beat hard
126. Belie - contradict, give a
false impression
127. Belittle - cause to seem
unimportant
128. Bellicose - belligerent,
pugnacious, warlike
129. Belligerent - (person,
nation) waging war
130. Belligerently - waging
war
131. Bend - cause something to
be out of a straight line
132. Benefactor - person who has
given help
133. Benevolence - wish or
activity in doing good
134. Benign - kind and gentle;
mild (climate)
135. Bequest - arrangement to
give something at death
136. Berate - scold
sharply
137. Bereft - rob or dispossess
of something (material)
138. Bewilder - puzzle,
confuse
139. Biased - prejudice
140. Bigot - stubborn,
narrow-minded person
141. Bilge - bulge, the
protuberance of a cask
142. Blandishment - flattery,
coaxing
143. Blandness - polite manner,
comforting, uninteresting
144. Blatant - noisy and
rough
145. Blithe - gay and
joyous
146. Blueprint – plan, scheme,
photographic print
147. Blunt - plain, not
troubling to be polite
148. Boggle - be alarmed,
hesitate, amazed
149. Bogus - sham, counterfeit,
not genuine
150. Boisterous - loud, noisy,
rough, lacking restraint
151. Bolster - give greatly
needed support
152. Boor - ill-mannered
person
153. Boorish - crude, offensive,
rude
154. Braid - strands of hair
woven together, something edging sloth
155. Brash - hasty, rush;
cheeky, saucy
156. Brass - yellow metal
(mixing copper and zinc)
157. Brazen - made of
brass
158. Breach - opening broken
place, breaking
159. Brigant - brigand,
bandit
160. Brisk - active,
lively
161. Brisket - breast of an
animal
162. Brittle - easily
broken
163. Broach
- bring up, announce, begin to talk about
164. Brook - to tolerate,
endure
165. Buoyant - able to float;
light-hearted
166. Burgeon - grow forth, send
out buds
167. Burnish - to polish, rub to
a shine
168. Bust - run out of
money
C
169. Cabal - a scheme or plot, a group of
plotters
170. Cadge - to beg, to get by begging
171. Cajolers - flattery or deceit to
persuade
172. Calf - young of the domestic cow
173. Calipers - metal supports attached to
the legs, measuring instrument
174. Calumniate - to slander, present false
accusal
175. Calumny - slander, aspersion
176. Candid - frank straight-forward
177. Cantankerous -
bad-tempered/quarrelsome
178. Cantin - sincere talk/jargon
179. Canvass - discuss thoroughly; sort of
touting
180. Capricious - fickle, whimsical, given
to change, unpredictable
181. Castigate - to chastise, correct by
punishing
182. Castigation - severe punishment
183. Casual - happening by chance,
careless
184. Catalyst - substance that causes
speeding up
185. Caustic - biting, sarcastic
186. Censure - expression of blame or
disapproval; a rebuke
187. Census - official counting of the
population
188. Centurion - leader of a unit of 100
soldiers
189. Chary - cautious, wary
190. Chastened - corrected, punished
191. Chastisement - punishment
192. Chauvinist – a blindly devoted
patriot
193. Chicanery - legal trickery/false
argument
194. Chisel - steel tool for shaping
materials
195. Churl - bad-tempered person
196. Cite - give as an example
197. Clamor - shout complain with a lot of
noise
198. Cleanse - make pure, thoroughly
clean
199. Clientele - customers
200. Clinch - come to grips/settle
conclusively
201. Cling - to resist separation
202. Clot - half-solid lump formed from
liquid
203. Cloture - closing, device (in
Parliament) to end a debate by voting
204. Coalescing - coming together and
uniting into one substance
205. Coax - get somebody to do something by
kindness
206. Coda - passage that completes a piece
of music
207. Coddle - treat with care and
tenderness
208. Coerce - compel to force to make
obedient
209. Coeval - of the same period,
coexisting
210. Cogent – strong convincing
211. Cogitate – think deeply, mediate
212. Cognition - knowing, awareness
(emotionless)
213. Cognizant – being fully aware of
214. Coherent – sticking together
215. Colander - bowl-shaped vessel with many
holes used to drain off water
216. Collaborate - work in partnership
217. Collusion - secret agreement for a
deceitful purpose
218. Combustion - process of burning
219. Commemorate - keep the memory of
220. Commend - praise
221. Commendable - worthy of praise
222. Commingle - mingle together
223. Commodious - having plenty of space for
what is needed
224. Commuter - person who travels regularly
225. Complacently – with self-satisfaction
226. Complaisance - tending to comply,
obliging, willingness to please
227. Comply - act in accordance
228. Compound - mix or combine
229. Comprise - be composed of
230. Compunction - feeling of regret for
one's action
231. Conceal - hide, keep secret
232. Conceit - over-high opinion of, too
much pride
233. Conciliatory - reconciling, soothing,
comforting, mollifying
234. Concord - agreement or
harmony
235. Concur - agree in opinion, happen
together
236. Condense - increase in density,
strength, make laconic
237. Condone - forgive
238. Congeal - make or become stiff and
solid
239. Conjoin – to join together
240. Connoisseur - a person with good
judgment (e.g.. in art)
241. Connotation - suggestion in addition
to
242. Consent - give agreement or
permission
243. Consequential - pompous, self
important
244. Consolation - consoling or being
consoled
245. Console - give comfort or sympathy
to
246. Conspicuous - easily seen;
remarkable
247. Consternation - surprise and fear,
dismay
248. Constrain - compel
249. Constrict - make tight or smaller
250. Consume - get to the end of
251. Consummate - perfect/make
perfect/complete
252. Contemn - to scorn or despise
253. Contentious - argumentative, pugnacious,
combative, quarrelsome
254. Contiguous - touching, neighboring,
near
255. Contrite - filled with deep sorrow for
wrongdoing
256. Contumacious - insubordinate,
rebellious
257. Conundrum - a riddle, dilemma,
enigma
258. Conviction - convincing; firm
belief
259. Convoke - call together, summon
260. Convoluted - complicated; coiled,
twisted
261. Cord - twisted strands
262. Cordial - warm and sincere
263. Cordon – line of police acting as a
guard
264. Cornucopia - abundant supply
265. Corporeal - physical; of or for the
body
266. Correlate - have a mutual
relation
267. Corroboration - additional,
strengthening evidence
268. Countenance to - favor or
approve of
269. Counterfeit - forgery
270. Countervail - counterbalance
271. Covert - disguised
272. Covetous - eagerly desirous
273. Cower - crouch; shrink back
274. Coy – shy/modest (esp of a girl)
275. Crass - very great (es.
stupidity)
276. Cravat - piece of linen worn as a
necktie
277. Craven – cowardly
278. Crease - line made by crushing; white
line on the ground in cricket
279. Credulity - too great a readiness to
believe things
280. Credulous - ready to believe things
281. Crush - press, lose shape, subdue,
overwhelm
282. Cryptic - secret, with a hidden
meaning
283. Cumbersome - burdensome, heavy and
awkward to carry
284. Curmudgeon - bad-tempered person
285. Curriculum - course of study
286. Cursory - quick, hurried
287. Curtail - make shorter then was
planned
288. Cynic - person who see no good in
anything
289.
D
290. Dainty -
pretty/delicate (food)/difficult to please
291. Dart - quick
movement; missile in darts
292. Daunt -
intimidate, make fearful
293. Dawdler - person
who is slow; waste of time
294. Dearth -
shortage
295. Debacle - a
breakup, overthrow, sudden disaster
296. Decorous -
polite, decent
297. Decorum -
propriety, properness
298. Decree - order
given by authority
299. Decry -
disapprove of
300. Defer -
postpone; give way (to show respect)
301. Deference -
respect
302. Deferential -
showing respect
303. Defiance - open
disobedience or resistance
304. Deflect - turn
aside
305. Defy - resist
openly
306. Degrade - reduce
in rank or status
307. Delineate - to
portray, depict, sketch out
308. Deluge - great
flood, heavy rush of water
309. Delusion - false
belief
310. Demagogue -
person appealing not to reasons
311. Demur - to
hesitate, raise objections
312. Denigrate -
blacken, belittle, sully, defame
313. Denouement - an
outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
314. Denounce - give
information against
315. Dent - hollow,
depression mad by a blow
316. Deplete - use
until none remains
317. Deposition - dethronement,
depositing
318. Deprave - make
morally bad; corrupt
319. Deprecate -
protest against, express disapproval of
320. Dereliction -
deserting and leaving to fall into ruins
321. Derision -
ridicule, mockery, deriding
322. Derivative - unoriginal,
obtained from another source
323. Derogatory -
insulting; tending to damage
324. Descry - catch
sight of, see something in the distance
325. Desiccant -
substance used to absorb moisture
326. Desiccate - dry
out all the moisture
327. Desuetude -
cessation of use; disuse
328. Desultory -
aimless, haphazard, digressing at random
329. Detach -
separate
330. Deter -
discourage, hinder
331. Detraction -
slandering, verbal attack, aspersion
332. Detumescence -
diminishing or lessening of swelling
333. Deviance - being
different in moral standards (from normal)
334. Dexterity -
skill (esp. in handling)
335. Dexterous -
clever, skillful with hands
336. Diaphanous -
transparent, gauzy
337. Diatribe -
bitter and violent attack in words
338. Dictate - order
339. Diffidence -
shyness
340. Diffident -
lacking in self-confidence
341. Dilate - speak
comprehensively, become wider, large
342. Dilatory -
causing delay, procrastinating
343. Din - loud noise
that continues
344. Disabuse - to
undeceive, correct a false impression
345. Disallow -
refuse to allow or accept as a correct
346. Discern - see
with an effort but clearly
347. Discomfit - to
defeat, put down
348. Disconcert -
upset the self-possession of
349. Discountenance -
refuse to approve of
350. Discourse -
speech, lecture,
351. Discredit -
refuse to believe
352. Discreet -
careful/prudent
353. Discrete -
individually distinct
354. Disdain - look
on with contempt
355. Disencumber -
free from encumbrance
E
356.
Encumbrance - burden; things that get on the way of
357.
Endearing - making dear or liked
358.
Endemic - epidemic
359.
Endorse - write one's name on the back of
360.
Enduring - lasting
361.
Enervate - weaken, deprive of strength, attenuate
362.
Engender - cause, produce, give rise to
363.
Engrave - impress deeply
364.
Engrossing - taken up all the time or attention; writing in large or
formal
365.
Engulf - swallow up
366.
Enigma - something that is puzzling
367.
Enmity - hatred; being an enemy
368.
Enormity - excessive wickedness; evilness
369.
Enormousness - great size
370.
Ensign - flag/badge
371.
Entangle - put into difficulties
372.
Enthral - please greatly/enslave (fig)
373.
Entice - tempt or persuade
374.
Entreat - ask earnestly
375.
Enunciate - pronounce (words)/express a theory
376.
Enzyme - catalyst
377.
Epicure – food lover, a connoisseur of food
378.
Epicurean - devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)
379.
Epistle – letter
380.
Epithet – adjective
381.
Epitome - brief summary; representative example; a typical model
382.
Equable - steady, regular
383.
Equanimity - calmness of temperament
384.
Equilibrium - state of being balanced
385.
Equipoise - equal distribution of weight; equilibrium
386.
Equivocal - having a double or doubtful meaning; suspicious
387.
Equivocate - try to deceive by equivocal language
388.
Eradicate - get rid of; pull up by the roots
389.
Erasure – erasing, removing all traces
390.
Erode - wear away, eat into
391.
Erratic - irregular in behaviour or opinion
392.
Erudite - learned, scholarly
393.
Escalate - increase, develop
394. Eschew – avoid
395.
Esoteric - abstruse; intended only for a small circle of
396.
Espouse - marry; give one's support to
397.
Eulogy - formal praise; panegyric
398.
Euphoria - elation; state of pleasant excitement
399.
Euthanasia - easy and painless death
400.
Evaluating - finding out the value
401.
Evaporate - change into vapor, disappear, die
402.
Evasive - tending to evade
403.
Evince - to show clearly, to indicate
404.
Evoke - call up, bring out
405.
Evolve - unfold, develop naturally and gradually
406.
Excoriate - to flay, stip off the skin; to denounce sharply
407.
Excoriation - severe criticism
408.
Exculpate - to clear from a charge of guilt
409.
Exert - thrust out, push forth
410.
Exertion - instance of exerting
411.
Exhaustive - complete, thorough
412.
Exigency - emergency, an urgent situation
413.
Exonerate - free; clear
414.
Exoneration - set somebody clear, free (e.g.. from blame)
415.
Exorbitant - much too high or great
416.
Expatiate - to roam, wander freely
417.
Expedient - likely to be useful for a purpose
418.
Expiation - ending; expiring
419.
Exploit – brilliant achievement; develop; use selfishly
420.
Expostulate - argue earnestly to dissuade, correct, or protest
421.
Expurgate - to remove obscenity, purify, censor
422.
Exscind - to cut out, cut away
423.
Extant - still in existence
424.
Extempore - without previous thought or preparation
425.
Extensive - far-reaching
426.
Extenuate - reduce the strength of, lessen seriousness, partially
excuse
427.
Extinct - no longer active
428.
Extinguish - end the existence of/wipe or put out
429.
Extirpate - to destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind
430.
Extol - praise highly
431.
Extort - obtain by threats, violence
432.
Extralegal - outside the law
433.
Extricable – that can be freed
434.
Extrovert - cheerful person
435.
Exuberance - state of growing vigorously; being full of life
436.
F
437.
Facetious - humorous, funny, jocular
438.
Facile - easily done
439.
Facilitate - make easy (e.g.. a process of smth)
440.
Fallacious - based on error
441.
Fallacy - false or mistaken belief
442.
Falter - waver/move in an uncertain manner
443.
Fatuous - without sense, foolish self-satisfaction
444.
Faucet - device for controlling the outflow of a liquid
445.
Fawn - young deer, try to win somebody's favor
446.
Feckless - lacking purpose or vitality; ineffective; careless
447.
Fecund - fertile
448.
Feint - pretend
449.
Felicitous - apt; suitably expressed, well chosen, apropos
450.
Felon - person guilty of murder
451.
Ferment - substance; become excited
452.
Ferocity - savage cruelty
453.
Ferret - discover by searching; search
454.
Fertile - producing much, full of ideas
455.
Fertilize - make fertile or productive
456.
Fervid - showing earnest feeling
457.
Fervor - warmth of feelings; earnestness
458.
Fetid - stinking
459.
Fetter - to shackle, put in chains
460.
Feud - bitter quarrel over a long period of time
461.
Fidelity - loyalty, accuracy
462.
Fidget - move restlessly, make nervous
463.
Figurehead – carved image on the prow of a ship
464.
Finesse - delicate way of dealing with a situation
465.
Finical - too fussy about food, clothing, etc.
466.
Finicky - finical
467.
Finite - limited, having bounds
468.
Fission - splitting or division (esp. of cells)
469.
Fix at - stare at
470.
Flak - criticism/anti-aircraft guns
471.
Flamboyant - brightly colored, florid
472.
Flammable - having tendency to burst into flames
473.
Flaunting - show off complacently
474.
Flaw - crack, lessen value
475.
Flax - pale yellow (hair); a plant
476.
Fledged - able to fly, trained, experienced
477.
Fleet – number of ships, quick-moving
478.
Fleeting - passing quickly
479.
Flexibility - easily bent without braking
480.
Flinch - draw, move back, wince
481.
Flop - fail/move/fall clumsily
482.
Florid - very much ornamented; naturally red (e.g.. of face)
483.
Floridness - ruddiness; heavily decorated; ornateness
484.
Flout - reject, mock, to go against (as in going against
tradition)
485.
Fluke - lucky stroke
486.
Fluster – make nervous or confused
487.
Foible - defect of character (a person is wrongly proud)
488.
Foil - prevent from carrying out; contrast
489.
Foment - put something warm (to lessen the pain)
490.
Foolproof - incapable of failure or error
491.
Foppish - like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes
492.
Forage - food for horses and cattle
493.
Forbear - refrain from, be patient; ancestor
494.
Forbearance - patience, willingness to wait
495.
Ford - shallow place in a river (to cross)
496.
Forestall - prevent by taking action in advance, preempt
497.
Forethought - foresight, planned in advance
498.
Forfeit – suffer the loss of something
499.
Forge - workshop for the shaping of metal; to shape metal; lead
500.
Forgery - counterfeit
501.
Forswear - renounce, disallow, repudiate
502.
Fortify - strengthen
503.
Fortuitous - happening by chance
504.
Foster - nurture, care for
505.
Fracas – noisy quarrel
506.
Fragile - easily injured, broken or destroyed
507.
Fragrant - sweet-smelling
508.
Franchise - special right given by authority
509.
Frantic - wildly excited with joy, pain, anxiety
510.
Frenetic - frantic, frenzied
511.
Fret - worry; irritation; wear away
512.
Friction - the rubbing of one thing against another, difference of
opinion
513.
Fringe - edge; ornamental border; part of hair over the forehead
514.
Froward - intractable, not willing to yield or comply, stubborn
515.
Frugal - careful, economical
516.
Fulminate - berate, vituperate, to thunder out, to explode
517.
Fulmination - bitter protest
518.
Fulsome - disgusting, offensive due to excessiveness
G
519.
Gainsay - to deny, declare false, to oppose
520.
Gambol - quick, playful jumping
521.
Garble - make unfair selection from facts
522.
Garment - article of clothing
523.
Garner - to gather and save; to store up
524.
Garrulity - talkativeness
525.
Garrulous – too talkative
526.
Gaucherie - socially awkward, tactless behavior
527.
Germane - relevant; pertinent to
528.
Gist - the point, general sense
529.
Glean - gather facts in small quantities
530.
Glib - ready and smooth but not sincere
531.
Glimmer - weak/unsteady light
532.
Gloat - over look at with selfish delight
533.
Glut - supply to much, fill to excess
534.
Gnaw - waste away; bite steadily
535.
Goad - something urging a person to action
536.
Gorge - eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream
537.
Gossamer - soft light, delicate material
538.
Gouge - tool for cutting grooves in wood
539.
Grace – favor
540.
Grandiloquent - using pompous words
541.
Grave - serious, requiring consideration
542.
Graze - touch or scrape lightly in passing
543.
Gregarious - living in societies; liking the company
544.
Grievance - cause for complaint or protest
545.
Grievous - causing grief or pain; serious, dire, grave
546.
Grimace - twisted expression of a face
547.
Grind - crush, polish
548.
Grooves - long channel in the surface, habitual way of living
549.
Grovel - crawl, humble oneself
550.
Guile - deceit, cunning
551.
Guileless - straight-forward, candid
552.
Gull - cheat, deceive
553.
Gullible - easily gulled
554.
Gush - burst out suddenly/talk ardently
555.
Gust - outburst of feeling; sudden rain, wind, fire, etc.
H
556.
Hack - cut roughly; hired horse
557.
Halcyon - calm and peaceful
558.
Hallow - to make holy; consecrate
559.
Hamper - basket with a lid, prevent free movement or activity
560.
Hapless - unlucky, unfortunate
561.
Harangue - a long, passionate speech
562.
Harbinger - something or somebody that foretells the coming
563. Harrow -
to distress, create stress or torment
564.
Harsh - rough, cruel, stern
565.
Haughty - arrogant; conceited
566.
Haven – harbor, safety place
567.
Heed - attention/give notice to
568.
Heinous - odious (of crime)
569.
Heresy - belief contrary to what is generally accepted
570.
Hermetic - sealed by fusion
571.
Heterogeneous - made up of different kinds
572.
Hew - make by hard work; cut (by striking)
573.
Highbrow - (person) with superior tastes
574.
Hirsute - hairy, shaggy
575.
Hoax - mischievous trick played on somebody for a joke
576.
Hoipolloi - the masses; the rabble
577.
Hollow - not soled, with hole
578.
Holster - leather case for a pistol
579.
Homiletics - act of preaching
580.
Hone - stone used for sharpening tools
581.
Hoodwink - trick, mislead
582.
Hospitable - liking to give hospitality
583.
Hubris - arrogant pride
584.
Hurdle - light frame, fence to be jumped over
585.
Hush - make or become silent
586.
Husk - worthless outside part of anything
587.
Hypocrisy - falsely making oneself appear to be good
I
588.
Iconoclast - person who attacks popular beliefs
589.
Iconoclastic - attacking cherished beliefs
590.
Idiosyncrasy - personal mannerism
591.
Idolatrous - worshipping idols \
592.
Idolatry - excessive admiration of
593.
Ignoble - dishonorable, common, undignified
594.
Ignominious - shameful, dishonorable, undignified, disgraceful
595.
Illicit - unlawful, forbidden
596.
Illusory - deceptive; an illusion
597.
Imbroglio - complicated and embarrassing situation
598.
Immaculate - pure, faultless
599.
Immerse - absorb; put under the surface of
600.
Imminent - likely to come or happen soon
601.
Immutable - that cannot be changed
602.
Impair - worsen, diminish in value
603.
Impaired - damaged, weakened
604.
Impassive - unmoved; feeling no sign of passion
605.
Impecunious - having little or no money
606.
Impede - hinder; get in the way of
607.
Impediment - something that hinders (e.g. stammer)
608.
Impending - imminent, being about to happen, expected
609.
Imperative - urgent, essential
610.
Imperious - commanding, haughty, arrogant
611.
Impermeable – that cannot be permeated
612.
Imperturbable - calm; not capable of being excited
613.
Impervious - not allowing to pass through (of materials)
614.
Imperviousness - arrogance, commanding presence, over bearingness
615.
Impetuous - having sudden energy, impulsive, thrusting ahead, forceful
616.
Impiety - lack of reverence or dutifulness
617.
Implacable - incapable of being placated, unpleasable
618.
Implausibility – incredibility
619.
Implicate - show that somebody has a share
620.
Implicit - implied though not plainly expressed
621.
Implosion - collapse; bursting inward
622.
Imply - make a suggestion
623.
Importune - beg urgently; solicit (of a prostitute)
624.
Imprecation - an invocation of evil; a curse
625.
Impromptu - without preparation
626.
Impudence - being rash, indiscreet
627.
Impudent - rash, indiscreet
628.
Impugned - challenged, to be doubted
629.
Impute - to attribute to a cause or source, ascribe
630.
Inadvertent - done thoughtlessly
631.
Inane - silly, senseless
632.
Inasmuch - since, because
633.
Incense - make angry
634.
Incessant - often repeated, continual
635.
Inchoate -not yet fully formed, rudimentary, elementary
636.
Incipient - beginning
637.
Incise - engrave, make a cut in
638.
Incite – stir up, rouse
639.
Inclined - directing the mind in a certain direction
640.
Incoherently - not consistently, unclearly
641.
Incongruous - out of place, not in harmony or agreement
642.
Incorrigibility - cannot be cured or corrected
643.
Incredulous - skeptical, unwilling to believe
644.
Inculcate - fix firmly by repetition
645.
Incumbents - official duties
646.
Incursion - a raid, a sudden attack
647.
Indefatigability - not easily exhaustible; tirelessness
648.
Indelible - that cannot be rubbed out
649.
Indelicate - immodest; lacking in refinement
650.
Indigence - poverty
651.
Indigenous - native
652.
Indistinct - not easily heard, seen, clearly marked
653.
Indolence - laziness
654.
Indomitable - not easily discouraged or subdued
655.
Indulge - gratify, give way to, satisfy; allow oneself
656.
Indulgent - inclined to indulge
657.
Ineffable – to great to be described in words
658.
Ineluctable - certain, inevitable
659.
Inept - unskillful; said or done at the wrong time
660.
Ineptitude - quality of being unskillful
661.
Inferno - hell
662.
Infertile - not fertile, barren
663.
Inflame - become red, angry
664.
Inflammatory - tending to inflame
665.
Infuriate - fill with fury or rage
666.
Infuse - put, pour, fill
667.
Ingenuous - naive, young, artless, frank, honest, sincere
668.
Ingest - take in by swallowing
669.
Inherent - existing as a natural part
670.
Inhibit - hinder, restrain
671.
Inimical - harmful or friendly
672.
Inimitable - defying imitation, unmatchable
673.
Innocuous - causing no harm
674.
Inscrutable - incapable of being discovered or understood
675.
Insensible - unconscious, unresponsive, unaffected
676.
Insinuate - suggest unpleasantly; make a way for something gently
677.
Insipid -without taste or flavor
678.
Insouciant - unconcerned, carefree
679.
Insularity - narrow-mindedness, isolated
680.
Insurrection - rising of people to open resistance to
681.
Interdict - prohibit, forbid
682.
Interim - as an installment
683.
Intersperse - place here and there
684.
Intervene - come between; interfere to change the result
685.
Intractable - unruly, refractory, stubborn
686.
Intransigence - unwillingness to compromise, stubbornness, intractability
687.
Intransigent - uncompromising
688.
Intrepid – fearless, brave, undaunted
689.
Introspection - examining one's own thoughts and feelings
690.
Inundate - flood; cover by overflowing
691.
Inured - accustomed to, adapted
692.
Invective - abusive language, curses
693.
Inveigh - to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate
694.
Inveterate - deep-rooted. long-established
695.
Invincible - too strong to be defeated
696.
Involute - complex
697.
Irascible - irritable, easily angered
698.
Irate - angry
699.
Ire - anger
700.
Irksome – tiresome
701.
Irrelevant - not relevant, not connected
702.
Irresolute - hesitating; undecided
703.
Irrevocable - final and unalterable
704.
Itinerary - plan for a journey, details or records of a route
705.
Itinerate - to travel from place to place, to peregrinate
J
706.
Jabber -talk excitedly; utter rapidly
707.
Jeopardize - put in danger
708.
Jibe - gibe, make fun of
709.
Jocular - meant as a joke
710.
Judicious - sound in judgment; wise
K
711.
Knit - draw together, unite firmly
L
712.
Labyrinthine - to entangle the state of affairs
713.
Lachrymose - causing tears, tearful
714.
Lackluster - (of eyes) dull, without bright
715.
Laconic - brief, to the point, terse
716.
Lag - go too slow
717.
Lament - show, feel great sorrow
718.
Lassitude - weariness, tiredness
719.
Latent - present but not yet active, developed or visible
720.
Laudatory - expressing or giving praise
721.
Lavish - giving or producing freely, liberally or generously
722.
Leakage - the process of leaking
723.
Legacy - something handed down from ancestors
724.
Levee - formal reception/embankment
725.
Levity - lack of seriousness
726.
Libel - statement that damages reputation
727.
Liberality - free giving; generosity
728.
Libertine - immoral person
729.
Lien - legal claim until a debt on it is repaid
730.
Limn - paint, portray
731.
Limp - lacking strength, walking unevenly
732.
Lionize - treat as a famous person
733.
Lithe - bending, twisting
734.
Loll - rest, to sit or stand in a lazy way; hang (dog's tongue)
735.
Lope - move along with long strides
736.
Loquacious - talkative, garrulous
737.
Lubricant - substance that makes work easier
738.
Lubricate - put oil to make work easily
739.
Lubricious - lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery
740.
Lucubrate - write in scholarly fashion
741.
Luculent - easily understood, lucid, clear
742.
Lugubrious - mournful, excessively sad
743.
Lull - become quiet or less active
744.
Lumber - move in a clumsy/noisy way
745.
Luminary - star, light-giving body
746.
Lurk - be out of view ready to attack
747.
Lustrous - being bright, polished
M
748.
Macabre - gruesome, suggesting death
749.
Macerate - make or become soft by soaking in water
750.
Machination - plot, scheme (esp. evil)
751.
Maladroit - tactless, clumsy
752.
Malapropism - misuse of a word (for one that resembles it)
753.
Malevolence - wishing to do evil
754.
Malign - injurious, speak ill of somebody, tell lie
755.
Malinger - to fake illness or injury, in order to shirk a duty
756.
Malleable - yielding; easily shaped; moldable; adapting
757.
Manacle - chains for the hands or feet
758.
Martial - brave, of associated with war
759.
Massacre - cruel killing of a large number of people
760.
Matriculation - be admitted, enter a university as a student
761.
Mature - come to full development, to a state ready for use
762.
Maudlin - sentimental in a silly or tearful way
763.
Maul - hurt by rough handling
764.
Maverick – rebel, nonconformist
765.
Mellifluous - sweetly flowing
766.
Mendacious - false
767.
Mendacity - dishonesty
768.
Mendicant - a beggar
769.
Mercurial - quick, changeable in character, fleeting
770.
Meretricious - attractive on the surface but of little value
771.
Mesmerize - hypnotize
772.
Meticulous - giving great attention to details
773.
Mettle - quality of endurance or courage
774.
Mettlesome - courageous, high-spirited
775.
Middling -fairly good but not very good
776.
Minatory - menacing, threatening
777.
Mince - pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize
778.
Misanthrope - person who hates mankind
779.
Mischievous - harmful, causing mischief
780.
Miser - person who loves wealth and spends little
781.
Misogynist - one who hates women/females
782.
Missile - something that is thrown or shot
783.
Mitigate - make less severe or painful
784.
Moderation - quality of being limited, not extreme
785.
Mollify - make calmer or quieter
786.
Molt - moult, lose hair, feathers before new growing
787.
Morbid - diseased, unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas)
788.
Morose - ill-tempered, unsociable
789.
Mortuary - place where dead bodies are taken to be kept until
burial
790.
Muffler - cloth worn round the neck/silencer
791.
Multifarious - varied, motley, greatly diversified
792.
Mundane - worldly as opposed to spiritual; commonplace, everyday
793.
Myriad - very great number
N
794.
Nadir -lowest, weakest point
795.
Nascent - coming into existence, emerging
796.
Nebulous - cloud-like; hazy; vague; indistinct
797.
Negligent - taking too little care
798.
Neophyte - person who has been converted to a belief
799.
Nexus - a connection, tie, or link
800.
Nibble - show some inclination to accept (an offer)
801.
Nice - precise, sensitive to subtleness
802.
Noisome - offensive, disgusting (smell)
803.
Nonchalant - not having interest
804.
Nonplused - greatly surprised
805.
Nostrum - a quack remedy, an untested cure
806.
Notion - nominal, token
807.
Noxious - harmful
808.
Nugatory – trifling/worthless
809.
Nullify - make void and null
810.
Numb – without ability to feel or move
811.
Numbness - without ability to move a finger
O
812.
Obdurate - hardened and unrepenting; stubborn, inflexible
813.
Obfuscate - to darken, make obscure, muddle
814.
Oblivious - unaware, having no memory
815.
Obloquy - abusively detractive language, sharp criticism, vituperation
816.
Obsequious - too eager to obey or serve
817.
Obsolete - no longer used
818.
Obstreperous - noisy, loud
819.
Obtain - to be established, accepted, or customary
820.
Obtrusive - projecting, prominent, undesirably noticeable
821.
Obtuse - blunt/stupid
822.
Obviate – to make unnecessary, get rid of
823.
Occluded - blocked up
824.
Occult - hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
825.
Odious - repulsive, hateful
826.
Odium - contempt, dislike, aversion
827.
Odor - smell; favor; reputation
828.
Officious - too eager or ready to help, offer advice
829.
Ominous - threatening
830.
Opaqueness - dullness/not allowing light to pass through
831.
Opprobrious - showing scorn or reproach
832.
Ossify - to turn to bone; to settle rigidly into an idea
833.
Ostensible - seeming, appearing as such, professed
834.
Ostentation - display to obtain admiration or envy
835.
Ostentatious - fond of showing ostentation
836.
Ostracism - shut out from society, refuse to meet, talk
837.
Ostrich - fast-running bird unable to fly
838.
Outset - start
839.
Overhaul - examine thoroughly to learn about the condition
840.
Overweening - presumptuously arrogant, overbearing, immoderate, being a
jerk
841.
Overwhelm - weigh down, submerge
P
842.
Paean - song of praise or triumph
843.
Palate - roof of the mouth; sense of taste
844.
Palatial - magnificent
845.
Palliate - to make something appear less serious, to alleviate, to gloss
over
846.
Palpability - can be felt, touched, understood
847.
Palpitate - tremble, beat rapidly and irregularly
848.
Pan - flat/zoom
849.
Panegyric - formal praise, eulogy
850.
Paradigm - a model, example, or pattern
851.
Parenthesis - sentence within another one, something separated
852.
Pariah - an outcast, a rejected and despised person
853.
Parsimonious - too economical, miserly
854.
Partisan - one-sided, committed to a party, biased or prejudiced
855.
Patron - regular customer; person who gives support
856.
Paucity - scarcity, a lacking of
857.
Peccadillo - small sin; small weakness in one's character
858.
Pedantic - bookish, showing off learning
859.
Pedestrian - commonplace, trite, unremarkable
860.
Pellucid - transparent, easy to understand
861.
Penchant - strong inclination, a liking
862.
Penitent - feeling or showing regret
863.
Penurious - poor/stingy
864. Penury - extreme poverty
865. Peregrination - traveling about, wandering
866.
Peremptory - urgent, imperative, unchallengeable, ending debate
867.
Perennial - lasting for a long time (e.g.. a year)
868.
Perfidious - treacherous, faithless
869.
Perfidy - treachery; breaking of faith
870.
Perfunctory - done as a duty without care
871.
Perilous - dangerous
872.
Peripatetic - wandering
873.
Perish - be destroyed; decay
874.
Perjury - willful false statement, unlawful act
875.
Permeate - spread into every part of
876.
Pernicious - harmful, injurious
877.
Perpetrate - be guilty; commit (a crime)
878.
Persevere - keep on steadily, continue
879.
Personable - pleasing in appearance, attractive
880.
Perspicacity - quick judging and understanding
881.
Pertain - belong as a part, have reference
882. Pest -
destructive thing or a person who is nuisance
883.
Petrified - taken away power (to think, feel, act)
884.
Petrify - to make hard, rocklike
885.
Petrous - like a rock, hard, stony
886.
Petulant - unreasonably impatient
887.
Philistine - a smug ignorant person; one who lacks knowledge
888.
Phlegmatic - calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional
889.
Picaresque - involving clever rogues or adventurers
890.
Pied - of mixed colors
891.
Pinch - be too tight, take between the thumb and finger
892.
Pine - waste away through sorrow or illness
893.
Pious - dutiful to parents; devoted to religion
894.
Piquant - agreeably pungent, stimulating
895.
Pique - hurt the pride or self-respect, stir (curiosity)
896.
Pitfall - covered hole as a trap, unsuspected danger
897.
Pith - essential part, force, soft liquid substance
898.
Pivotal - of great importance (others depend on it)
899.
Placate - soothe, pacify, calm
900.
Plaintive - mournful, melancholy, sorrowful
901.
Plaque - flat metal on a wall as a memorial
902.
Platitude - a trite or banal statement; unoriginality
903.
Plea - request
904.
Plead - address a court of law as an advocate
905.
Plethora – glut
906.
Pliant - pliable, easily bent, shaped or twisted
907.
Plod - continue doing something without resting
908.
Pluck - pull the feathers off, pick (e.g.. flowers)
909.
Plumb - get to the root of
910.
Plummet - fall, plunge, steeply
911.
Plunge - move quickly, suddenly and with force
912.
Poignant - deeply moving; keen
913.
Poise - be ready, be balanced, self-possession
914.
Polemical - controversial, argued
915.
Poncho - large piece of cloth
916.
Ponderous - heavy, bulky, dull
917.
Portent - omen; marvelous; threatening
918.
Poseur - someone taking on airs to impress others; a phony
919.
Posture - state, attitude; adopt a vain
920.
Poverty - state of being poor
921.
Pragmatic - practical, favoring utility
922.
Precarious - uncertain, risky, dangerous
923.
Precept - moral instruction
924.
Precepts - rules establishing standards of conduct
925.
Precipitate - throw something violently down from a height
926.
Preclude - prevent, make impossible
927.
Precursory - preliminary, anticipating
928.
Predilection - special liking, mental preference
929.
Predominate - have more power than others
930.
Preempt - obtain by preemption or in advance
931.
Preen - tidy/show self-satisfaction
932.
Premature - doing or happening something before the right time
933.
Preponderance - greatness in number, strength, weight
934.
Presage - warning sign
935.
Presumption - arrogance
936.
Preternatural - not normal or usual
937.
Prevalent - common
938.
Prevaricate - to equivocate, to stray from the truth
939.
Prim - neat; formal
940.
Pristine - primitive, unspoiled, pure, as in earlier times unadulterated
941.
Probity - uprightness, incorruptibility, principle
942.
Proclivity - inclination
943.
Procrast - ination keeping on putting off
944.
Prodigal - wasteful, reckless with money
945.
Prodigious - enormous, wonderful
946.
Profane - worldly, having contempt for God
947.
Profligacy - shameless immorality
948.
Profligate - wasteful, prodigal, licentious, extravagant
949.
Profundity - depth
950.
Profuse - abundant/lavish
951.
Proliferate - grow, reproduce by rapid multiplication
952.
Prolix - tiring because too long
953.
Prone - prostrate; inclined to (undesirable things)
954.
Propagation - increasing the number, spreading, extending
955.
Propinquity - nearness in time or place, affinity of nature
956.
Propitiate - do something to take away the anger of
957.
Propitiatory - conciliatory, appeasing, mitigating
958.
Propitious - auspicious, presenting favorable circumstances
959.
Prosaic - everyday, mundane, commonplace, trite, pedestrian
960.
Proscribe - denounce as dangerous
961.
Protracted – prolonged
962.
Provident - frugal; looking to the future
963.
Provisional - of the present time only
964.
Provoke - make angry; vax
965.
Prudence - careful forethought
966.
Prudish - easily shocked, excessively modest
967.
Prune - dried plum, silly person
968.
Pry - get smth; inquire too curiously
969. Pucker - wrinkle
970.
Pugnacious - fond of, in the habit of fighting
971.
Puissance - strength
972.
Punch - strike with the fist; tool for cutting holes; alc. drink
973.
Punctilious – precise, paying attention to trivialities
974.
Pundit - pedant, authority on a subject
975.
Pungency - sharpness; stinging quality
976.
Purvey - provide, supply
977.
Pusillanimous – cowardly, craven
978.
Putrefaction - becoming rotten
979.
Pyre - large pile of wood for burning
Q
980.
Quack - person dishonestly claiming to smth
981.
Quaff - drink deeply
982.
Quail - lose courage, turn frightened
983.
Qualm - feeling of doubt, temporary feeling of sickness
984.
Quandary - state of doubt or perplexity
985.
Quell - suppress, subdue
986.
Quibble - try to avoid by sophistication
987.
Quiescence - state of being passive/motionless
988.
Quiescent - at rest, dormant, torpid
989.
Quirk - habit or action peculiar to somebody or smth
990.
Quixotic - generous, unselfish
991.
Quotidian - banal; everyday
R
992.
Rabble -mob, crowd; the lower classes of populace
993.
Raconteur - person who tells anecdotes
994.
Radiant - bright, shining
995.
Raffish - low, vulgar, base, tawdry
996.
Rail at - find fault, utter reproaches
997.
Ramify - to be divided or subdivided; to branch out
998.
Rancorous - feeling bitterness, spitefulness
999.
Rant - use extravagant language
1000.
Rapacious - greedy (especially for money)
1001.
Rarefy - to make thin, to make less dense, to purify or refine
1002.
Rave - act with excessive enthusiasm
1003.
Reactionary - opposing progress
1004.
Rebuff - snub
1005.
Recalcitrant - disobedient
1006.
Recant - take back as being false; give up
1007.
Recast - cast or fashion anew
1008.
Recidivism - relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
1009.
Reciprocity - granting of privileges in return for similar
1010.
Recital - performance of music
1011.
Recluse - person who lives alone and avoids people
1012.
Recompense - make payment to; reward, punish
1013.
Reconcile - settle a quarrel; restore peace
1014.
Recondite - little known; abstruse
1015.
Recourse - something turned to for help
1016.
Recreancy - cowardice, a cowardly giving up
1017.
Recuperate - become strong after illness, loss, exhaustion
1018.
Redeem - get back by payment; compensate
1019.
Redemptive - serving to redeem
1020.
Redoubtable - formidable, causing fear
1021.
Refine - make or become pure, cultural
1022.
Refractory - stubborn, unmanageable, intractable
1023.
Refulgent - shining, brilliant
1024.
Regale - to delight or entertain; to feast
1025.
Regicide - crime of killing a king
1026.
Reiterate - say or do again several times
1027.
Rejuvenation - becoming young in nature or appearance
1028.
Relapse -fall back again
1029.
Relinquish - give up
1030.
Reluctant - unwilling or disinclined
1031.
Remonstrate - to protest, object
1032.
Render - deliver, provide, represent
1033.
Renovate - restore something to better condition
1034.
Renowned - celebrated, famous
1035.
Rent - regular payment for the use of smth, division or split
1036.
Repast - meal
1037.
Repel - refuse to accept/cause dislike
1038.
Repine at – be discontented with
1039.
Reproach - scold, upbraid
1040.
Reprobate - person hardened in sin; one devoid of decency
1041.
Repudiate - disown, refuse to accept or pay
1042.
Repulsive - causing a feeling of disgust
1043.
Requite - repay, give in return
1044.
Rescind - repeal/annul/cancel
1045.
Resigned - unresisting, submissive
1046.
Resilience - quality of quickly recovering the original shape
1047.
Resolve - determine
1048.
Resort to - frequently visit
1049.
Restive - refusing to move; reluctant to be controlled
1050.
Resurrect - bring back into use
1051.
Resuscitation - coming back to consciousness
1052.
Retard - check, hinder
1053.
Reticent - reserved, untalkative, silent, taciturn
1054.
Revere - have deep respect for
1055.
Reverent - feeling or showing deep respect
1056.
Riddle - puzzling person or thing
1057.
Rift - split, crack, dissension
1058.
Rivet - fix, take up, secure; metal pin
1059.
Roll call - calling of names
1060.
Rope - thick strong cord made by twisting
1061.
Rotund - rich and deep; plump and round
1062.
Rubric - heading, title, or category
1063.
Ruffian - violent, cruel man
1064.
Rumple - make rough
S
1065.
Sagacious - having sound judgment; perceptive, wise; like a sage
1066.
Salacious - obscene
1067.
Salient - prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant
1068.
Salubrious - healthful
1069.
Salutary - remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
1070.
Sanctimony - Self-righteousness, hypocritical, with false piety
1071.
Sanction - approval (by authority); penalty
1072.
Sanguine - cheerful, confident, optimistic
1073.
Sanity - health of mind; soundness of judgement
1074.
Sap - weaken
1075.
Sash - long strip worn round the waist
1076.
Sate - satiate
1077.
Satiate - satisfy fully
1078.
Saturnine - gloomy, dark, sullen, morose
1079.
Savant - person of great learning
1080.
Savor - taste, flavor smth
1081.
Sawdust - tiny bits of wood
1082.
Scabbards - heath for the blade
1083.
Scent - smell (especially pleasant)
1084.
Scorch - become discolored/dry up/go at high speed
1085.
Scribble - write hastily
1086.
Scurvy - mean, contemptible
1087.
Seal - piece of wax, lead, etc stamped on the document
1088.
Secular - material (not spiritual); living outside monasteries
1089.
Sedulous - persevering
1090.
Seminal - like a seed; constituting a source, originative
1091.
Sententious - short and pithy, full of maxims/proverbs
1092.
Sequence - succession, connected line of
1093.
Sere - make hard and without feeling/mouldy flower.
1094.
Sermon - reproving a person for his faults
1095.
Serrated - having a toothed edge
1096.
Serration - having a toothed edge
1097.
Servile - like a slave, lacking independence
1098.
Sever - break off
1099.
Severance - severing
1100.
Shaft - arrow or spear, something long and narrow
1101.
Shallow - little depth; not earnest
1102.
Shard - piece of broken earthenware
1103.
Sheath - cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool
1104.
Shove - push
1105.
Shrewd - astute; showing sound judgement
1106.
Shrill - sharp, piercing
1107.
Shun - keep away from; avoid
1108.
Shunt - send from one track to another; lay aside; evade
discussion
1109.
Sidestep - step to one side
1110.
Simper - (give a) silly/self-conscious smile
1111.
Sinuous - winding, undulating, serpentine
1112.
Skiff - small boat
1113.
Skit - short piece of humorous writing
1114.
Slack - sluggish; dull; not tight
1115.
Slake - to assuage, to satisfy, allay
1116.
Slate - king of blue-grey stone; propose; criticize
1117.
Sluggard - lazy, slow-moving person
1118.
Slur - join sounds/words (indistinct)
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