开心词场单词201012

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rankle

to produce irritation or festering

retch

to make an effort to vomit

separable

capable of being disjoined or divided

acme

the highest point , or summit

grenadier

a member of a regiment composed of men of great stature

abut

to touch at the end or boundary line

corpulent

obese

aviary

a spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept

recessive

having a tendency to go back

adjutant

auxiliary

foretell

to predict

ignoble

low in character or purpose

diffident

affected or possessed with self-destruct

venal

mercenary corrupt

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frizz

to give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to

voluble

having great fluency in speaking

encumber

to impede with obstacles

inundation

flood

centurion

a captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army

omnipotence

unlimited and universal power

brogue

any dialectic pronunciation of English,especially that of the Irish people

archangel

an angel of high rank

necromancer

one who practices the art of foretelling the future by means of communication with the dead

halcyon

calm

debonair

having gentle or courteous bearing or manner

malevolence

ill will

proscenium

that part of the stage between the curtain and the orchestra

derrick

an apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights

flippant

having a light,pert,trifling disposition

correlative

mutually involving or implying one another

humbug

anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead

electrolysis

the process of decomposing a chemical compound by the passage of an electric current

malign

to speak evil of , especially to do so falsely and severely

ribald

indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity

incisor

a front or cutting tooth

antic

a grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action

oaken

made of or from oak

disavowal

denial

usury

the demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate of interest beyond what is allowed by law

repartee

a ready,witty,or apt reply

comport

to conduct or behave

effete

exhausted, as having performed its functions

miser

a person given to saving and hoarding unduly

bier

a horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave

probity

virtue or integrity tested and confirmed

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inquisitor

one who makes an investigation

hosiery

a stocking

wrangle

to maintain by noisy argument or dispute

enjoin

to command

overlord

One who holds supremacy over another

loquacious

talkative

lackadaisical

listless

irksome

wearisome

pitiable

contemptible

flatulence

accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels

egoism

The theory that places man's chief good in the completeness of self

octagon

a figure with eight sides and eight angles

furtherance

advancement

disinfect

to remove or destroy the poison of infectious or contagious disease

gladden

to make joyous

invigorate

to animate

ministration

any religious ceremonial

venerate

to cherish reverentially

obstinacy

stubborn adherence to opinion, arising from conceit or the desire to have one's own way

extensor

an muscle that causes extension

carouse

To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner

verbiage

use of many words without necessity

unctuous

oily

doleful

melancholy

subjugate

To conquer

turgid

swollen

impugn

to assail with arguments, insinuations

vagrant

an idle wanderer

consonance

the state or quality of being in accord with

polygon

a figure having many angles

regale

to give unusual pleasure

laudatory

Pertaining to , expressing , or containing praise

egress

any place of exit

bric-a-brac

objects of curiosity or for decoration

floe

a collection of tabular masses of floating ice

ingratiate

to win confidence or good graces for oneself

caprice

a whim

disburse

to pay out or expend, as money from a fund

disfavor

disregard

transgress

to break a law

stratagem

any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage

protrusion

the act of protruding

gyroscope

an instrument for illustrating the laws of rotation

pillory

a wooden framework in which an offender is fastened to boards and is exposed to public scorn

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obsequious

Showing a servile readiness to fall in with the wishes or will of another

well-bred

of good ancestry

tangent

touching

verity

truth

mismanage

to manage badly,improperly,or unskillfully

clamorous

Urgent in complaint or demand

peevish

Petulant

oscillate

to swing back and forth

orthopedist

One who practices the correcting or preventing of deformity

peninsular

Pertaining to a piece of land almost surrounded by water

ensnare

to entrap

emaciate

to waste away in flesh

credulous

easily deceived

intracellular

occurring or situated within a cell

bombast

inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects

disconsolate

Grief-stricken

molt

to cast off, as hair,feathers, etc.

sentience

capacity for sensation or sense-perception

eugenic

relating to the development and improvement of race

plaudit

an expression of applause

deign

to deem worthy of notice or account

opprobrium

the state of being scornfully reproached or accused of evil

exhume

to dig out of earth

peter

to fail or lose power, efficiency , or value

salutation

any form of greeting , hailing , or welcome, whether by word or act

graceless

ungracious

shiftless

wanting in resource, energy, or executive ability

paramour

One who is unlawfully and immorally a lover or a mistake

knighthood

Chivalry

negligee

A loose gown worn by woman

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transmute

to change in nature, substance , or form

coincident

taking place at the same time

penitential

pertaining to sorrow for sin with desire to amend and atone

Calvinism

the system of doctrine taught by John Calvin

assiduous

diligent

prescience

knowledge of events before they take place

dissolute

lewd

iniquity

Gross wrong or injustice

seditious

promotive of conduct directed against public order and the tranquility of the state

apostate

false

ingenuous

Candid,frank, or open in character or quality

indolence

Laziness

chattel

Any article of personal property

abrogate

to abolish, repeal

anagram

The letters of a word or phrase so transposed as to make a different word or phrase

gesticulate

To make gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in place of speech

bestial

Animal

omniscience

Unlimited or infinite knowledge

interpolation

Verbal interference

presage

to foretell

singe

To burn slightly or superficially

vacillate

To waver

cohere

To stick together

indiscreet

Lacking wise judgement

quintessence

The most essential part of anything

pommel

To beat with something thick or bulky

chronometer

A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision

teem

To be full to overflowing

annotate

To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon

curio

A piece of bric-a-brac

perquisite

Any profit from service beyond the amount fixed as salary or wages

heterodox

At variance with any commonly accepted doctrine or opinion

ruffian

A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow

abhorrence

The act of detesting extremely

compunction

remorseful feeling

abeyance

A state of suspension or temporary inaction

embezzle

To misappropriate secretly

astringent

Harsh in disposition or character

typographical

Pertaining to typography or printing

mystification

The act of artfully perplexing

lingual

Pertaining to the use of the tongue in utterance

beatitude

Any state of great happiness

adieu

Goodbye

tractable

Easily led or controlled

dilettante

A superficial amateur

feint

Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement

impertinence

Rudeness

interdict

authoritative act of prohibition

imbroglio

A misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife

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transmissible

That may sent through or across

necropolis

A city of the dead

perfidy

Treachery

ruminate

to chew over again, as food previously swallowed

arbor

A tree

boatswain

A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors ,etc.

redoubtable

Formidable

ingratitude

Insensibility to kindness

insensible

Imperceptible

vassal

a slave or bondman

accompanist

one who or that which accompanies

vegetal

of or pertaining to plants

typography

The arrangement of composed type, or the appearance of printed matter

missal

The book containing the service for the celebration of mass

prelate

One of a higher order of clergy having direct authority over other clergy

castigate

to punish

impute

to attribute

absent-minded

lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business

conjoin

to unite

cession

Surrender, as of possessions or rights

bungle

To execute clumsily

imminence

impending evil or danger

deface

To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of

sophisticate

To deprive of simplicity of mind or manner

aver

To assert as a fact

herbivorous

Feeding on herbs or other vegetable matter, as animals

distiller

One occupied in the business of distilling alcoholic liquors

congeal

To coagulate

cantata

A choral composition

penitence

sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone

dilatory

Tending to cause delay

obdurate

Impassive to feelings of humanity or pity

licentious

Wanton

dejection

Melancholy

conformation

General structure, form , or outline

contiguity

Proximity

languor

Lassitude of body or depression

Pan-American

Including or pertaining to the whole of America, both North and South

prosody

The science of poetical forms

censorious

Judging severely or harshly

valedictory

a parting address

foreknowledge

prescience

spasmodic

convulsive

irradiate

to render clear and intelligence

compressible

capable of being pressed into smaller compass

licit

Lawful

faun

One of a class of deities of the woods and herd represented as half human, with goats feet

workmanlike

like or befitting a skilled workman

pentathlon

The contest of five associated exercises in the great games and the same contestants

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anode

The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like

bromine

A dark reddish-brown, non-metallic liquid element with a suffocating odor

heartrending

Very depressing

imperturbable

calm

artless

Ingenuous

retouch

To modify the details of

quackery

Charlatanry

Epicurean

Indulging , ministering , or pertaining to daintiness of appetite

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fez

A brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone , usually red with a black tassel

brazier

An open pan or basin for holding live coals

soothsayer

One who claims to have supernatural insight of foresight

bigamy

The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living

conjugation

The state or condition of being joined together

photoelectric

Pertaining to the combined action of light and electricity

nestling

recently hatched

grindstone

a flat circular stone, used for sharpening tools

stanchion

A vertical bar, or a pair of bars , used to confine cattle in a stall

glutinous

Sticky

odorous

Having an odor, especially a fragrant one

pentameter

In prosody, a line of verse containing five units or feet

supercilious

Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt

ennoble

To dignify

mordant

Biting

actuate

To move or incite to action

pecuniary

Consisting of money

distemper

A disease or malady

acetic

Of , pertaining to , or of the nature of vinegar

gendarme

In continental Europe, particular in France, a uniformed and armed police officer

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conformance

The act or state or conforming

collegian

A college student

coronet

Inferior crown denoting, according to its form various degrees of noble rank less than sovereign

honorarium

A token fee or payment to a professional man for services

hirsute

having a hairy covering

profiteer

One who profits

galvanic

Pertaining or relating to electricity produced by chemical action

extrajudicial

Happening out of court

inure

To harden or toughen by use, exercise or exposure

profligacy

Shameless viciousness

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adduce

To bring forward or name for consideration

pungency

The quality of affecting the sense of smell

grantor

The maker of a deed

vivacity

Liveliness

recognizance

An acknowledgement entered into before a court with condition to do some particular act

scintilla

The faintest ray

sibilant

Made with a hissing sound

oratorio

A composition for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra , generally taken from the Scriptures

vertex

Apex

non-resident

Not residing within a given jurisdiction

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phonology

The science of human vocal sounds

invariable

Unchangeable

preordain

To foreordain

wretchedness

extreme misery or unhappiness

misanthropic

Hating mankind

impudence

Insolent disrespect

coalescence

The act or process of coming together so as to form one body, combination, or product

depreciate

The lessen the worth of

obstreperous

Boisterous

inconsiderable

Small in quantity or importance

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gnash

To grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage

defame

To slander

laddie

A lad

ruminant

Chewing the cud

recapitulate

To repeat again the principal point of

sycophant

A servile flatter, especially of those in authority or influence

emancipate

To release from bondage

proscription

Any act of condemnation and rejection from favor and privilege

fancier

One having a taste for or interest in special objects

rookery

A place where crows congregate to breed

fulsome

Offensive from excess of praise or commendation

somnolent

sleepy

penury

Indigence

seclude

To place, keep, or withdraw from the companionship of others

gastronomy

The art of preparing and serving appetizing food

antislavery

Opposed to human slavery

sidereal

Pertaining to stars or constellations

uproarious

Noisy

urbanity

Refined or elegant courtesy

hexagon

A figure with six angles

anticlimax

A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance

truculent

Having the character or the spirit of a savage

ablution

A washing or cleansing, especially of the body

quiescence

Quiet

abridge

To make shorter in words

phlegmatic

Not easily roused to feeling or action

dauntless

Fearless

arbitrate

To act or give judgement as umpire

countercharge

To accuse in return

impoverish

To make indigent or poor

cadaverous

Resembling a corpse

outrigger

A part built or arranged to project beyond a natural outline for support

sepulcher

A burial-place

perigee

The point in the orbit of the moon when it is nearest the earth

witticism

A witty, brilliant, or original saying or sentiment

operetta

A humorous play in dialogue and music , of more than one act

contusion

A bruise

discolor

To stain

denominate

To give a name or epithet to

impracticable

Not feasible

cudgel

A short thick stick used as a club

aide-de-camp

An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general

optician

One who makes or deals in optical instruments or eye-glasses

pentagram

A figure having five points or lobes

chasten

To purify by affliction

imbibe

To drink or take in

fervid

intense

impolitic

Inexpedient

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fungible

That may be measured, counted, or weighed

plebeian

Common

denude

To strip the covering from

luxuriate

To live sumptuously

suasion

The act of persuading

mendacious

Untrue

stringency

Strictness

parley

To converse in

privateer

A vessel owned and officered by private persons, but carrying on maritime war

browbeat

To overwhelm, or attempt to do so , by stern, haughty , or rude address or manner

prattle

To utter in simple or childish talk

betroth

To engage to marry

brigand

One who lives by robbery and plunder

convolution

A winding motion

semiconscious

Partially conscious

interpose

To come between other things or persons

irradiance

Luster

weak-kneed

Without resolute purpose or energy

perforate

To make a hole or holes through

leaven

To make light by fermentation , as dough

encamp

To pitch tents for a resting-place

efface

To obliterate

incandescence

The state of being white or glowing with heat

potentate

One possessed of great power or sway

gourmand

A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table

elocution

The art of correct intonation, inflection, and gesture in public speaking or reading

by-law

A rule or law adopted by an association, a corporation, or the like

zephyr

Any soft, gentle wind

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sufferance

Toleration

misrule

To misgovern

ductile

Capable of being drawn out, as into wire or a thread

wittingly

With knowledge and by design

malefactor

One who injures another

transact

To do business

piteous

Compassionate

avidity

Greediness

nostrum

Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character

apposite

Appropriate

satyr

a very lascivious person

forecourt

A court opening directly from the street

syllabic

Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse

avow

To declare openly

illusive

Deceptive

nonentity

A person or thing of little or no account

satirize

To treat with sarcasm or derisive wit

taxidermy

The art or process of preserving dead animals or parts of them

remonstrance

Reproof

inadvisable

Unadvisable

wizen

To become or cause to become withered or dry

hoodwink

To deceive

slothful

Lazy

buffoonery

Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc.

prehensile

Adapted for grasping or holding

anthracite

Hard coal

trident

The three-pronged fork that was the emblem of Neptune

fief

A landed estate held under feudal tenure

supernumerary

Superfluous

auricular

Of or pertaining to the ear , its auricle , or the sense of hearing

conjugate

Joined together in pairs

disrobe

To unclothe

distend

To stretch out or expand in every direction

perjure

To swear falsely to

extrude

To drive out or away

piccolo

A small flute

peerage

The nobility

calumny

Slander

punctilious

Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom

retrench

To cut down or reduce in extent or quantity

effrontery

Unblushing impudence

interrogative

Having the nature or form of a question

interposition

A coming between

sebaceous

Pertaining to or appearing like fat

execrable

Abominable

nutritive

Having nutritious properties

convalesce

To recover after a sickness

preponderant

Prevalent

naphtha

A light , colorless , volatile , inflammable oil used as a solvent , as in manufacture of pains

mawkish

Sickening or insipid

transfigure

To give an exalted meaning or glorified appearance to

illumine

To make bright or clear

garrote

To execute by strangling

indiscernible

Not perceptible

rigmarole

Nonsense

excusable

Justifiable

nihilist

An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be known

baize

A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.

tannery

A place where leather is tanned

aggress

To make the first attack

modish

Fashionable

peccadillo

A small breach of propriety or principle

timorous

Lacking courage

puerile

Childish

monosyllable

A word of one syllable

intoxicant

Anything that unduly exhilarates or excites

belay

To make fast, as a rope , by winding round a cleat

wearisome

Fatiguing

braggart

A vain boaster

inmost

Deepest within

catholicity

Universal prevalence or acceptance

philologist

An expert in linguistics

risible

capable of exciting laughter

verbose

Wordy

connive

To be in collusion

sagacious

Able to discern and distinguish with wise perception

liniment

A liquid preparation for rubbing on the skin in cases of bruises, inflammation, etc

extensible

Capable of being thrust out

antenatal

Occurring or existing before birth

bight

A slightly receding bay between headlands , formed by a long curve of a coast-line

pedant

A scholar who makes needless and inopportune display of his learning

commissariat

The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs

abscond

The depart suddenly and secretly , as for the purpose of escaping arrest

perspicacious

Astute

submersion

The act of submerging

desperado

One without regard for law or life

liege

Sovereign

coagulate

To change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical action, or by a ferment

lacerate

To tear rudely or raggedly

antediluvian

Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah

leonine

Like a lion

evidential

Indicative

bole

The trunk or body of a tree

freethinker

One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion

biped

An animal having two feet

gluttonous

Given to excess in eating

aboveboard

Without concealment, fraud , or trickery

phosphorescence

The property of emitting lights

delectation

Delight

requite

To repay either good or evil to , as to a person

pedagogue

A schoolmaster

demobilize

To disband, as troops

presentiment

Foreboding

macrocosm

The whole of any sphere or department of nature or knowledge to which man is related

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thermoelectric

Denoting electricity produced by heat

prehension

The act of laying hold of or grasping

eulogize

To speak or write a laudation of a person's life or character

occlude

To absorb , as a gas by a mental

protoplasm

The substance that forms the principal portion of an animal or vegetable cell

intemperance

Immoderate action or indulgence , as of the appetites

codicil

A supplement adding to , revoking , or explaining in the body of a will

rhetorician

A showy writer or speaker

venial

That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin

homonym

A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another

genealogist

A tracer of pedigrees

sublingual

Situated beneath the tongue

octavo

A book, or collection of paper in which the sheets are so folded as to make eight leaves

edify

To build up, or strengthen, especially in morals or religion

onrush

Onset

underexposed

Insufficiently exposed for proper or full development, as negatives in photography

turpitude

Depravity

recidivist

A confirmed criminal

verily

In truth

philosophize

To seek ultimate causes and principles

lave

To wash or bathe

protuberance

Something that swells out from a surrounding surface

exigent

Urgent

seismograph

An instrument for recording the phenomena of earthquake

percolator

A filter

incompressible

Resisting all attempts to reduce volume by pressure

payee

A person to whom money has been or is to be paid

unutterable

Inexpressible

lawgiver

A legislator

panegyric

A formal and elaborate eulogy , written or spoken , of a

bursar

A treasurer

calculable

That may be estimated by reckoning

tilth

cultivation

retrogression

A going or moving backward or in a reverse direction

abrade

To wear away the surface or some part of by friction

antonym

A word directly opposed to another in meaning

adulterate

To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients

presentment

Semblance

consanguineous

Descended from the same parent or ancestor

stagy

Having a theatrical manner

superabundance

An excessive amount

sylph

A slender , graceful young woman or girl

abstemious

Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink ,food

cauterize

To burn or sear as with a heated iron

achromatic

Colorless

virtu

Rare, curious , or beautiful quality

cryptogram

Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning

purloin

To steal

blaspheme

To indulge in profane oaths

priggish

Conceited

cupidity

Avarice

misanthropy

Hatred of mankind

loiterer

One who consumes time idly

spheroid

A body having nearly the form of a sphere

ampere

The practical unit of electric-current strength

penurious

Excessively sparing in the use of money

importunate

Urgent in character , request, or demand

effluvium

A noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or putrefying matter

abjure

To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath

effeminacy

Womanishness

archdeacon

A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese

ampersand

The character &

involution

Complication

matricide

The killing, especially the murdering , of one's mother

polyhedron

A solid bounded by plane faces , especially by more than four

importune

To harass with persistent demands or entreaties

temporize

To pursue a policy of delay

sanguinary

Bloody

fulminate

To cause to explode

betide

To happen to or befall

pharmacopoeia

A book containing the formulas and methods of preparation of medicines for the use of druggists

valorous

Courageous

connubial

Pertaining to marriage or matrimony

recrudescence

The state of becoming raw or sore again

foreordain

To predetermine

expiate

To make satisfaction or amends for

wantonness

Recklessness

stripling

A mere youth

cantonment

The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered

conduce

To bring about

ambulate

To walk about

apposition

The act of placing side by side , together , or in contact

maleficent

Mischievous

preexistence

Existence antecedent to something

introgression

Entrance

bewilder

To confuse the perceptions or judgment of

votary

Consecrated by a vow or promise

discontinuance

interruption or intermission

sinecure

Any position having emoluments with few or no duties

amatory

Designed to excited love

sapient

Possessing wisdom

tortious

Wrongful

viol

A stringed instrument of the violin class

polyarchy

Government by several or many persons of what-ever class

epicure

One who cultivates a delicate taste for eating and drinking

precedential

Of the nature of an instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule

beatify

To make supremely happy

cosmogony

A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe

countervail

To offset

adumbrate

To represent beforehand in outline or by emblem

euphonious

Characterized by agreeableness of sound

frolicsome

Prankish

estrange

To alienate

hypercritical

Faultfinding

confluent

A stream that unites with another

tyro

One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession

malediction

The calling down of a curse or curses

parricide

The murder of a parent

ambrosial

Divinely sweet, fragrant , or delicious

bibliophile

One who loves books

maharaja

A great Hindu prince

inapt

Awkward or slow

brogan

A coarse, heavy shoe

Sybarite

A luxurious person

pluperfect

Expressing past time or action prior to some other past time or action

altruist

One who advocates or practices altruism

precipitant

Moving onward quickly and heedlessly

exhaustible

Causing or tending to cause exhaustion

auricle

One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins

preferment

Preference

ossify

To convert into bone

clangor

Clanking or a ringing , as of arms , chains , or bells

hypotenuse

The side of a right-angled triangle opposite the right angle