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Letter A Words
An interruption in the intensity or amount of something
A building where animals are butchered
Markedly different from an accepted norm
Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
Most unfortunate or miserable
Of the most contemptible kind
The ritual washing of a priest’s hands or of sacred vessels
Be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities
Revoke formally
Grant remission of a sin to
Sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
Inconsistent with reason, logic or common sense
The right to enter
An upward slope or grade (as in a road)
Be agreeable or acceptable to
An event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
Go well together
Go well together
Speak to someone
Grow by addition
Sour or bitter in taste
Declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
Acceptance without protest
A morbid fear of great heights
(medicine) having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
The property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
Reprimand; express disapproval
Quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
Contrary to your interests or welfare
Push for something
A positive feeling of liking
Cause great unhappiness for; distress
Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
Someone who never laughs.
Struck with fear, dread, or consternation
Moving quickly and lightly
Liveliness and eagerness
A general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
An obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube
Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
Lessen the intensity of or calm
Remote in manner
To make better
Characterized by friendship and good will
Partial or total loss of memory
Nonsensical writing (usually verse)
Similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar
A detested person
Reports of the work of a society or learned body etc
Deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
A prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite
So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
Struck with fear, dread, or consternation
The machinery of a communist (esp. Soviet) state
A ghostly appearing figure
Understanding of the nature, meaning, quality or magnitude of something
Get the meaning of something
Curved down like an eagle’s beak
A morbid fear of spiders
Someone with the power to settle matters at will
Based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice
So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
Characterized by intense emotion
An orderly arrangement
(carpentry) provide with a joint
A man-made object taken as a whole
A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
Travel up
Showing a lack of intelligence or thought; stupid and silly
Showing a lack of intelligence or thought; stupid and silly
An ambitious and aspiring young person
Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
A useful or valuable quality
Marked by care and persistent effort
Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
Bewildering or striking dumb with wonder
Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
Widely separated especially in space
Someone who does not believe in god; someone who believes that no deities exist
The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
(electronics) of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion
Provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one’s behavior, attitude, or external attributes
A wearing down to weaken or destroy
Being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge
Fearless daring
Be a sign of something to come, esp. something important or bad
The outermost region of the sun’s atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
Very plain, appearing grim and minimally functional
Someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)
A feeling of intense dislike
Inspiring awe, admiration or wonder
A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes
Letter B Words
Utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way
A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Modify one’s opinion, make it less strong
Annoy persistently
People who are frustrated and perplexed
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Expel from a community or group
With no effort to conceal
An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure
A mock scepter carried by a court jester
Make children
After the expected or usual time; delayed
Cause to seem less serious; play down
Characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
Intending or showing kindness
Encircle as a military tactic
Resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
A prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own
The most important person in a group or undertaking
Foul-mouthed or obscene abuse
Nonchalantly unconcerned
Blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)
Without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
A state of extreme happiness
The series of air raids launched on various cities in Britain (including London) by the German airforce 1940-1941
Having a broad or rounded end
Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
A small nail
Persuade completely, often through coercion
Offensively bold
Headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control
An armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
A stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
An ardent follower and admirer
Curving or bulging outward
An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
Letter C Words
An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
Poor handwriting
A loud harsh or strident noise
The dead body of a human being
Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
An event resulting in great loss and misfortune
A degree or grade of excellence or worth
Beautiful handwriting
Young and inexperienced
A false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone’s words or actions
The quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
Ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
Stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
Surrender under agreed conditions
Set of bells hung in a bell tower
The savage and excessive killing of many people
Enjoy the present
Censure severely
An eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye
An event resulting in great loss and misfortune
Purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
Sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
A very large pot that is used for boiling
Harsh or corrosive in tone
A rate that is rapid
A conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross
A stopping
Strong feelings of embarrassment
A bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
(medicine) being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
A trite or obvious remark
An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
Add together different elements
Marked by excessive confidence
A subordinate who performs an important but routine function
Powerfully persuasive
The psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
(sometimes followed by ‘of’) having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman’s hair)
Suitable for use as food
Large and roomy
A deep awareness of and sympathy for another’s suffering
Able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination
Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one’s actions; not looking to improve
An abstract part of something
Following or accompanying as a consequence
Be in accord; be in agreement
An expression of sympathy with another’s grief
Having the quality or power of conducting heat or electricity or sound; exhibiting conductivity
A female confidant
A very intense and uncontrolled fire
Suitable to your needs
A hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
Of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband
Fear resulting from the awareness of danger
Bring together or compress
Complete a marriage by having sexual intercourse
An awkward clash
Make or work out a plan for; devise
(botany) rolled longitudinally upon itself
Deal with reasonably well despite some difficulty; come to terms with
Excessively fat
(television) an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television)
The appearance conveyed by a person’s face
Secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
Secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
A junction where one street or road crosses another
A keen compiler or solver of crossword puzzles
Fall apart
Of an obscure nature
A small compartment
End, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
Deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
Someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
Increasing by successive addition
An inferior dog or one of mixed breed
Place restrictions on
Letter D Words
Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
Flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer
Make weak
The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
The cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
Cut the head of
Speak eloquently with elocution
A downward slope or bend
Propriety in manners and conduct
Worn and broken down by hard use
Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
(used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
Throw through or out of the window
Reduce the level of land, as by erosion
A graphic or vivid verbal description
Be false to; be dishonest with
Turn up, loosen, or remove earth
A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices
(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
Take exception to
Be a sign or indication of
The final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work
(art) show in, or as in, a picture
Bad; unfortunate
Express strong disapproval of; deplore
Driven insane
Treat or speak of with contempt
Formed or developed from something else; not original
Choose not to consume
A state without friends, money or prospects
Marked by lack of definite plan, regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another
A damage or loss
Adroitness in using the hands
An ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty
So thin as to transmit light
Very small
A stupid incompetent person
See or hear differences; identify a particular part or parts of a whole; detect with difficulty
Someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
Marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
Look down on with disdain
In disarray; extremely disorderly
Express a negative opinion of
Distributed over a wide area
Cause to become widely known
(law) the difference of one judge’s opinion from that of the majority
Characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards
Noticeable heterogeneity
Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
Willing to be taught, led, supervised or directed
Mentally or physically infirm with age
Stubbornly persisting, refusing to give up
Characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
Filled with or evoking sadness
Showing sorrow
Housing that someone is living in
Tending to domineer
The consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall)
A ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart
An ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate
Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid
Be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something
Hard monotonous routine work
A pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland
Fraught with uncertainty or doubt
Extremely pleasant in a gentle way
Fool or hoax
Compulsory force or threat
Become smaller or lose substance
Letter E Words
A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
A gradual decline (in size, strength, power or number)
Selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
Remove completely from recognition or memory
The process of bubbling as gas escapes
A representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
An intellectual; a very studious and academic person
Become later by the passage of a given amount of time
Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
Make clear and (more) comprehensible
Difficult to describe
Very thin especially from disease, hunger or cold
Go on board
Prepared for battle
Include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one’s sphere or territory
Standing above others in quality or position
Someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
Strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
A formal expression of praise
Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
Add something extra to make more intense or better
Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
Marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects
The group following and attending to some important person
Say (a word, phrase or syllable) in a certain way
A standard, typical or perfect example
Steadiness of mind under stress
Kill in large numbers
Having or showing profound knowledge
An increase (in seriousness, price, cost, etc.), esp. to counteract competition or aggression
A wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
Avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
The systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets
A rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled
Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
A formal expression of praise
An inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh
The act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)
Estimate or determine the nature, value, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
Tending to vanish like vapor
Give expression to
Undergo development or evolution
Make worse
Express strong disapproval of
Extremely painful
Expel from a country
Serving to promote your interest
Use or manipulate to one’s advantage
Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
An exorbitant charge
The surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty)
A feeling of extreme joy
Letter F Words
Put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
The face or front of a building
A distinct feature or element in a problem
Not produced by natural forces
Containing or based on a fallacy
Bringing death
A socially awkward or tactless act
Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
Deceive by a mock action
Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
Go sour or spoil
Characterized by intense emotion
A form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body
A disastrous or embarrassing failure
(law) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
Achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
A fight with bare fists
Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
Marked by ostentation but often tasteless
Treat with contemptuous disregard
Cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
To force onto another
Try to stir up public opinion
Marked by or showing hopelessness
Without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
Strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
Stubbornly resistant to authority or control
A noisy fight
State of violent mental agitation
Nervous and unable to relax
Sexually unresponsive
Avoiding waste
Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
An acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope
Uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
Letter G Words
A persistently annoying person
A socially awkward or tactless act
Question the truth or validity of; take exception to
A strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale
A complete extent or range
Full of trivial conversation
Very thin especially from disease, hunger or cold
A small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge
Extremely cold
The systematic killing of people on the basis of ethnicity, religion, political opinion, social status, etc.
A kind of literary or artistic work
Show, express or direct through movement
(biology) having no hair or similar growth; smooth
A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
A drinking glass with a base and stem
Contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state
Extremely cold
The systematic killing of people on the basis of ethnicity, religion, political opinion, social status, etc.
A kind of literary or artistic work
Show, express or direct through movement
(biology) having no hair or similar growth; smooth
A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
A drinking glass with a base and stem
Contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state
Letter H Words
A large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World
Exhaust by attacking repeatedly
A clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell’arte)
Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
A shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary
Listen; used mostly in the imperative
The dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others
Extremely wicked, deeply criminal
Steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered
Any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
Consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature
A follower of the latest fashions and trends
Having or covered with hair
A deliberate display of emotion for effect
A secret store of valuables or money
Conceal one’s true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
Characterized by enmity or ill will
A very large person; impressive in size or qualities
State of violent mental agitation
Letter I Words
A destroyer of images used in religious worship
A state of dishonor
A kind of person
Take in, also metaphorically
(law) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
Not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature
Pierce with a sharp stake or point
A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
Without fault or error
Not easily perturbed, excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure
Incapable of being placated
Having a quality that provokes disbelief
Call upon in supplication; entreat
Beg persistently and urgently
Lacking power or ability
The act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)
A sponsor who books and stages public entertainments
A loan, esp. money advanced for some public service, as in enlistment
Not prudent or wise
Marked by casual disrespect
Showing a lack of intelligence or thought; stupid and silly
(linguistics) belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things
Lacking in or deprived of strength or power
(law) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
A destroyer of images used in religious worship
A state of dishonor
A kind of person
Take in, also metaphorically
(law) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
Not subject or susceptible to change or variation in form or quality or nature
Pierce with a sharp stake or point
A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
Without fault or error
Not easily perturbed, excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure
Incapable of being placated
Having a quality that provokes disbelief
Call upon in supplication; entreat
Beg persistently and urgently
Lacking power or ability
The act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)
A sponsor who books and stages public entertainments
A loan, esp. money advanced for some public service, as in enlistment
Not prudent or wise
Marked by casual disrespect
Showing a lack of intelligence or thought; stupid and silly
(linguistics) belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things
Lacking in or deprived of strength or power
(law) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
Not injurious to physical or mental health
Beyond normal limits
Showing curiosity
Marked by casual disrespect
In opposition to a civil authority or government
Knowledge and intellectual ability
To insert between other elements
Tiresomely long; seemingly without end
(of conflict) within a group or organization
(broadcast medium) transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication
Make timid or fearful
Invulnerable to fear or intimidation
Belonging to a thing by its very nature
Given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences
Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will
Complain bitterly
Habitual
Incapable of being overcome or subdued
Incapable of being transgressed or dishonored
Quickly aroused to anger
Feeling or showing extreme anger
Not consistent with or using reason
Having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
Traveling from place to place to work
Letter J Words
Make one’s way by jostling, pushing, or shoving
Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
(law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Place side by side
Letter K Words
Someone who spoils the pleasure of others
The most important person in a group or undertaking
Letter L Words
Complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
A torn ragged wound
Showing sorrow
Brief and to the point; effectively cut short
Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
Ridicule with satire
The position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape
The act of taking something from someone unlawfully
A gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously
Potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
Worthy of high praise
Lacking in rigor or strictness
Deficient in alertness or activity
(law) a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
Clear and bright
Termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
A prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation
Feeling or showing extreme anger
Unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
Duration of service
Producing a sizeable profit
Produced or growing in extreme abundance
Letter M Words
Morally blemished; stained or impure
An artist of consummate skill
Noble and generous in spirit
Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
(psychology) poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living
The act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)
Wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred
Easily influenced
Shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
(law) a document giving an official instruction or command
Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal’s neck
Many and varied; having many features or forms
The murder of a husband by his wife
Take part in a masquerade
An old breed of powerful deep-chested smooth-coated dog used chiefly as a watchdog and guard dog
A married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified
English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)
A noisy riotous fight
The marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
Marked by precise accordance with details
Dignified manner or conduct
(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
Hatred of marriage
Hatred of women
Imposing in size, bulk or solidity
The quality or state of being mortal
A large indefinite number
Found in the ordinary course of events
Letter N Words
Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
Someone in love with themselves
Being born or beginning
So small as to be meaningless; insignificant
(Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance
A baby from birth to four weeks
Favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
Any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
Characteristic of or affected by neurosis
Make politically neutral and thus inoffensive
A connected series or group
Relating to, constituting, bearing or giving a name
Letter O Words
A stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
Mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
(followed by ‘to’ or ‘of’) lacking conscious awareness of
A policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge
Make less visible or unclear
Haunt like a ghost; pursue
The process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date
No longer in use
Being from 80 to 89 years old
A political system governed by a few people
Indicating evil intent or suggesting tragic developments
A large number or amount
State of disgrace resulting from public abuse
a person who begins to learn or study only late in life.
Come into existence; take on form or shape
(usually plural) a morsel left at a meal; a fragment, scrap
Appearing as such but not necessarily so
Remove from a position or office
Expecting unquestioning obedience
Observable; not secret or hidden
Unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
Become filled with uncontrollable emotion or too much sensory input
Letter P Words
Become less interesting or attractive
(law) lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
Not worth considering
A short moral story (often with animal characters)
(logic) a statement that contradicts itself
Having superior power and influence
Relating to or supported by or located in a parish
A sudden uncontrollable attack
Excessively unwilling to spend
Out of fashion
Someone who educates young people
Remorse for your past conduct
Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
Deeply or seriously thoughtful
To become aware of through the senses
The act of playing a percussion instrument
Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
Cause to continue or prevail
Acutely insightful and wise
Having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand
Marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict
Causing irritation or annoyance
Cause to become stonelike, stiff or dazed and stunned
Any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
An anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations
Expose to ridicule or public scorn
(law) a person who brings an action in a court of law
A vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance
Extreme excess
Capable of being influenced or formed
A situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
Thrust or throw into
Think deeply about a subject or question over a period of time
Concerned with practical matters
Bring about abruptly
Characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)
A situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
A feeling of evil to come
A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
Having an illustrious reputation; respected
Something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
Complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles
The act of procrastinating; putting off, delaying or deferring an action to a later time
So great in size, force or extent as to elicit awe
Present for acceptance or rejection
Showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth
Produced or growing in extreme abundance
Make a prediction about; tell in advance
(law) a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
Intellectually productive
State or announce
Transmit from one generation to the next
An inclination to do something
Correct or appropriate behavior
Command against
The property of being close together
Careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment
Tough and callous by virtue of experience
Inferior in strength or significance
Letter Q Words
Suppress or crush completely
Not active or activated
Letter R Words
A person skilled in telling anecdotes
A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
Especially fine or decorative clothing
Imprudently incurring risk
Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
Unpleasantly loud and harsh
Tear down so as to make flat with the ground
A domain in which something is dominant
Censure severely or angrily
Stubbornly resistant to authority or control
Draw back, as with fear or pain
Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledg
Formulate in a particular style or language
A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Redecorate and brighten up to make nicer for inhabiting and/or use
The reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence.
Re-equip a factory or plant
Refer to another person for decision or judgment
A mental impression retained and recalled from the past
Failing in what duty requires
Send (money) in payment
The mistake of not following suit when able to do so
Turn away from sin or do penitence
Fill something that had previously been emptied
Filled to satisfaction with food or drink
Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
Put down by force or intimidation
Rebuke formally
A mild rebuke or criticism
Cast off
Offensive to the mind
Look on as or consider
Necessary for relief or supply
Cancel officially
A (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
Serving to restrict
Temperamentally disinclined to talk
Respond in a quick, clever or humorous way
Contemplation of things past
Characterized by resonance
Go back to a previous state
Spread negative information about
Using language effectively to please or persuade
A gap between cloud masses
Suggestive of sexual impropriety
Play boisterously
A list of names
European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
Chew the cuds
Letter S Words
A mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
British writer of short stories (1870-1916)
Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
Witty remark
Give permission or approval for something
A consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
Confidently optimistic and cheerful
Bitter or scornful
Someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
Division of a group into opposing factions
A descendant or heir
Laugh at with contempt and derision
One who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses
Being very thin
(American football) practice play between a football team’s squads
To look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
Expressing offensive reproach
Characterized by dignity and propriety
Requiring sitting or little activity
Be noisy with activity
Mentally or physically infirm with age
A disposition free from stress or emotion
Submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
Set or keep apart
The act of procrastinating; putting off, delaying or deferring an action to a later time
Cheap and shoddy
An outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)
A benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached
Unusual or striking
The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
A minor short-term fight
Sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
A temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)
The comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
Morally degraded; unpleasant and offensive; slovenly
Not dense
(often followed by ‘of’) a large number, amount or extent
Something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight)
Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
Happening or arising without apparent external cause
A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody’s style, usually in a humorous way
Recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances
Foam or froth on the sea
Plausible but false
Not circulating or flowing
The existing state of affairs
Avoiding detection by moving carefully
Devote (oneself) fully to
A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
A conventional or formulaic conception or image
Accuse or condemn openly or formally; classify or describe as disgraceful
Specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
A tactic or maneuver intended to gain an advantage
The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
A situation in golf where an opponent’s ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
Briefly giving the gist of something
Consent reluctantly
Showing a brooding ill humor
Sexually exciting or gratifying
Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
Moving and bending with ease
A prayer asking God’s help as part of a religious service
Inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
Infer from incomplete evidence
(often followed by ‘of’ or ‘to’) yielding readily to or capable of
Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
Deprive of by deceit
Characteristic or indicative of a disease
Letter T Words
Excluded from use or mention
Implied by or inferred from actions or statements
The state of being contaminated
Perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch
Excite or tease by presenting or offering something desirable, esp. when it is unobtainable
Being essentially equal to something
Pulled or drawn tight
Based on sound reasoning or evidence
Good at remembering
A scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
Bring to an end or halt
Brief and to the point; effectively cut short
(medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.)
A large gathering of people
Timid by nature or revealing timidity
A slight but appreciable amount
Foolish or senseless behavior
The shaved crown of a monk’s or priest’s head
Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
A small hairpiece to cover partial baldness
A portion of something (especially money)
(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
(philosophy) of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind
(of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear
A general direction in which something tends to move
(informal) small and of little importance
Make shorter as if by cutting off
(of liquids) clouded as with sediment
Characterized by unrest, disorder or insubordination
Disorderly fighting
The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor
Letter U Words
Being present everywhere at once
Lacking a conscience
Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
Destroy property or hinder normal operations
Guarantee financial support of
(medicine) semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
Of worldwide scope or applicability
Not neatly combed
Not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier
Letter V Words
Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
Showing a lack of intelligence or thought; stupid and silly
Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Lacking taste, flavor or tang
In a vehement manner
Capable of being corrupted
Coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood
Impressive by reason of age
Feeling a need to see others suffer
A reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
An indication that something has been present
Causing irritation or annoyance
Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
A period of sleeplessness
Carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger
Spread negative information about
Show to be right by providing justification or proof
Extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will
Vigorous and animated
The popular taste at a given time
The capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
Marked by a ready flow of speech
Excessively greedy and grasping
Letter W Words
Make keen or more acute
An informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it
Not firm
Letters X, Y, and Z Words
The point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected
What is the Wordpandit Way of Learning Words?
This complete section is our answer to this question. The Wordpandit way to learn words is not a single thing but consists of four special ways of learning words. Which are these four ways? These are the four ways:
- Visual Vocabulary: This is where you get to learn words through our specially designed ‘word-posters’. Word-posters are a theme based visual representations of the words that help you remember words. Along with visual, each w0ord has comprehensive articles that contains meanings, sentences example and a tip to learn the the particular.
- Mnemonic Tips: This is the section where words are explained with the help of pictures as well as memory tricks. These memory tricks are simple associations derived from the words itself that make it easier for us to ingrain these words in our memory.
- Contextual Vocab: Contextual Vocab is the study of words through the contexts they appear in. Words are used in certain ways and with an intended meaning. Through their implied contexts, we can learn their meaning: a method of reverse application. We would be using all possible sources to highlight the best usages, from those in Literature to current affair magazines and newspapers.
- YouTube Vocab: Nothing is complete in this world without sound and video added to the mix. This sections is all about using the power of YouTube to explore words. Words are taught through videos and updated almost daily. So keep yourself plugged in. In between, you will get to see some great advertisements in this section as well.
How to Learn Words and what is the benefit of learning words?
Well, these are two important questions and you can find the answers to these questions in the following articles:
Which is the most important criterion for learning words?
The most important criterion to learn words is that you need to have a purpose to learn; without a purpose to learn, it is very difficult to motivate yourself to learn words regularly.
How often should I learn words?
As often as possible! Learning words is a long term exercise that demands regularity and patience. You will not see the results overnight but over long duration of time. Once you achieve a certain critical mass, your learning will increase exponentially.
Do I need to revise the words I learn?
Yes, you absolutely need to. Along with revision, you also need to make sure that you use the words you learn. Use the words you learn either in written form (diary or blog) or in conversations. Make sure you regularly use them in order to learn them permanently.