Word Mastery for Ivy League Vocabulary 250 words

on foot; walking

take the initiative and go on the offensive

north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant

a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)

the lowest female singing voice

a historian who writes annals

before noon

a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat

the number of which a given number is the logarithm

a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response

a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response

the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem

of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals)

the act of positioning close together (or side by side)

at right angles to the center line of a ship

of or pertaining to hearing or the ear

a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart

of or relating to near the ear

a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables

a boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers

the second lowest adult male singing voice

a strip fixed to something to hold it firm

turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him

an endowed church office giving income to its holder

get up on the back of

become of; happen to

a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial

a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)

the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber

the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant

a slope or hillside

large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned; warms people who must stay outside for long times

waves breaking on the shore

opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded

miscellaneous curios

a thick and heavy shoe

a citizen of an English borough

a citizen of an English borough

the treasurer at a college or university

a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides

adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation

a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music

a cowardly and despicable person

any experience that causes intense suffering

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

a whip with nine knotted cords

an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records

having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible

someone who works in a coal mine

a stock or supply of foods

a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others

someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves)

obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority

a small crown; usually indicates a high rank but below that of sovereign

compensate for or counterbalance

office used by the accountants of a business

a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey

a small flock of grouse or partridge

something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting

uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure

a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation

the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages

detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure

a substance for cleaning the teeth; applied with a toothbrush

a person who testifies or gives a deposition

a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom

a logician skilled in dialectic

distinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus)

two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe')

not in agreement

the state of being carelessly or partially dressed

(of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England

any of various infectious viral diseases of animals

levy a distress on

a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains

a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen

imprisonment (especially for a long time)

electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope

a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world

(of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region

a brand of fine English porcelain

turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward

something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

elaborate or showy attire and accessories

in a fluent manner

a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four

the outer or front court of a building or of a group of buildings

the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark

the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel

surrendered as a penalty

a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it

silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders

negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt

of goods or commodities; freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation

a unit of length equal to 220 yards

someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments

a French policeman

serving to express or indicate possession

someone who cuts flat glass to size

having the shape of a sphere or ball

an infantryman equipped with grenades

a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings

an informal term for a youth or man

the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger

bother persistently with trivial complaints

German philosopher (1776-1841)

characteristic of or relating to winter

something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

a member of a European light cavalry unit; renowned for elegant dress

trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality

narrow-minded about cherished opinions

(chemistry, physics) incapable of mixing

of or relating to the intima

an encroachment or intrusion

having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will

allow to enter; grant entry to

the act of sharing in the activities of a group

difficult or impossible to break or separate into parts

a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in

a girl or young woman who is unmarried

a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service

a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain

an index of the relation between any two sets of scores that can both be represented on ordered binary dimensions (e.g., male-female)

a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials

a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked)

Irish word for a lake

the act of moving forward suddenly

surface with macadam

the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics

a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja

the childhood of a girl

a trap for catching trespassers

made of fermented honey and water

assistance in time of difficulty

(Roman Catholic Church) a book containing all the prayers and responses needed to celebrate Mass throughout the year

cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)

the quantity that can be held in the mouth

socially disoriented

an inhabitant of Normandy

the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides

a short amusing opera

being or denoting a numerical order in a series

a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull

fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground

(used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals

(Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420)

able to be passed or traversed or crossed

liable to sin

the peers of a kingdom considered as a group

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

the study of physical features of the earth's surface

cover with planks

a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past

the office or station of a prelate

directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions

an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative

religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress

flow in a circular current, of liquids

the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves

marked by richness and fullness of flavor

(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place

having branches

merchandise that is shoddy or inferior

(law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited

a return of something after a period of abatement

splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly

someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch

exercising power or authority

a container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints)

shaken into waves or undulations as by wind

a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata

a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)

a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

resembling or having the qualities of soap

a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points

a man of rank in the ancient regime

involving or derived from the senses

keep away from others

a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand

a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid

a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms

a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

coins collectively

extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia)

highest in quality

a small dagger with a tapered blade

be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry

the number to be subtracted from the minuend

something clearly established

the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong

a council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business

any dramatic scene

the adult male singing voice above baritone

a public road from one place to another

the state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth

a substances that colors metals

of or pertaining to the nature of a tort

a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble

a supporting tower used to support a bridge

providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding

on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps)

poor and often mischievous city child

a variety show with songs and comic acts etc.

the act of selling goods for a living

governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign

any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family

any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola

a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing

objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques)

a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron

with wings extended in a flying position

small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency

an animal in its second year