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  1. abase
    cause to feel shame
  2. aberration
    a state or condition markedly different from the norm
  3. acquittal
    a judgment of not guilty
  4. convergent
    tending to come together from different directions
  5. conversant
    well informed about or knowing thoroughly
  6. conversion
    the act of changing from one use or function to another
  7. convertible
    designed to be changed from one use or form to another
  8. convex
    curving or bulging outward
  9. conveyance
    something that serves as a means of transportation
  10. convivial
    occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company
  11. convolution
    the action of coiling or twisting or winding together
  12. convolve
    curl, wind, or twist together
  13. convoy
    the act of escorting while in transit
  14. acquaintance
    personal knowledge or information about someone or something
  15. convulse
    move or stir about violently
  16. convulsion
    a violent uncontrollable contraction of muscles
  17. copious
    large in number or quantity
  18. coquette
    talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
  19. cornice
    the topmost projecting part of an entablature
  20. cornucopia
    a horn filled with fruit and grain symbolizing prosperity
  21. corollary
    an inference following from the proof of another proposition
  22. coronation
    the ceremony of installing a new monarch
  23. coronet
    a small crown
  24. corporal
    affecting the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
  25. acreage
    an area of ground used for some particular purpose
  26. corporeal
    having material or physical form or substance
  27. corps
    an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions
  28. corpse
    the dead body of a human being
  29. corpulent
    excessively large
  30. corpuscle
    an unattached cell such as a red or white blood cell
  31. correlate
    bear a reciprocal or mutual relation
  32. correlative
    expressing a reciprocal or complementary relation
  33. corrigible
    capable of being corrected or set right
  34. corroborate
    give evidence for
  35. acrid
    strong and sharp, as a taste or smell
  36. corroboration
    confirmation that some fact or statement is true
  37. corrode
    cause to deteriorate due to water, air, or an acid
  38. corrosion
    erosion by chemical action
  39. corrosive
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  40. corruptible
    capable of being corrupted
  41. corruption
    use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
  42. cosmetic
    serving a decorative rather than a useful purpose
  43. cosmic
    pertaining to or characteristic of the universe
  44. cosmogony
    the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe
  45. cosmography
    the science that maps the general features of the universe
  46. acrimonious
    marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  47. cosmology
    metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe
  48. cosmopolitan
    composed of people from many parts of the world
  49. cosmopolitan
    composed of people from many parts of the world
  50. cosmos
    the universe considered as a whole
  51. counterclaim
    an opinion offered in opposition to another position
  52. counteract
    act in opposition to
  53. counterbalance
    a weight that balances another weight
  54. countercharge
    a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser
  55. counterfeit
    not genuine; imitating something superior
  56. counterpart
    a person or thing having the same function as another
  57. acrimony
    a rough and bitter manner
  58. countervail
    oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
  59. countinghouse
    office used by the accountants of a business
  60. countryman
    a man from your own country
  61. courser
    a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey
  62. courtesy
    a considerate and respectful manner
  63. covenant
    an agreement between a god and the people
  64. covert
    secret or hidden
  65. covey
    a small flock of birds
  66. actionable
    affording grounds for legal action
  67. cower
    crouch or curl up
  68. coxswain
    the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew
  69. crag
    a steep rugged rock or cliff
  70. cranium
    the part of the skull that encloses the brain
  71. crass
    so unrefined as to be offensive or insensitive
  72. craving
    an intense desire for some particular thing
  73. creak
    make a high-pitched, squeaking noise
  74. creamery
    a workplace where dairy products are produced or sold
  75. credence
    the mental attitude that something is believable
  76. credible
    capable of being believed
  77. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  78. creed
    any system of principles or beliefs
  79. crematory
    a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes
  80. crevasse
    a deep fissure
  81. crevice
    a long narrow opening
  82. criterion
    the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
  83. critique
    appraise or judge in an analytical way
  84. crockery
    ceramic dishes used for serving food
  85. crucible
    a vessel used for high temperature chemical reactions
  86. actuary
    someone versed in the interpretation of numerical data
  87. crusade
    a series of actions tending toward a particular end
  88. crustacean
    mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body
  89. crustaceous
    being or having or resembling a hard crust or shell
  90. cryptogram
    a piece of writing in code or cipher
  91. crystallize
    cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form
  92. cudgel
    a club that is used as a weapon
  93. culinary
    of or relating to or used in cooking
  94. cull
    remove something that has been rejected
  95. culpable
    deserving blame or censure as being wrong or injurious
  96. culprit
    someone or something responsible for harm or wrongdoing
  97. actuate
    put in motion
  98. culvert
    a transverse and enclosed drain under a road or railway
  99. cupidity
    extreme greed for material wealth
  100. curator
    the custodian of a collection, as a museum or library
  101. curio
    something unusual, maybe worthy of collecting
  102. cursory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  103. curt
    brief and to the point
  104. curtail
    terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end
  105. curtsy
    a gesture involving bending the knees to show respect
  106. abet
    assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
  107. acumen
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
  108. cycloid
    resembling a circle
  109. cygnet
    a young swan
  110. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives
  111. cynicism
    a pessimistic feeling of distrust
  112. cynosure
    something that provides guidance
  113. darkling
    uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure
  114. dastard
    a despicable coward
  115. datum
    an item of factual information from measurement or research
  116. acute
    ending in a sharp point
  117. dauntless
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  118. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
  119. debase
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  120. debonair
    having a sophisticated charm
  121. debut
    the act of beginning something new
  122. decagon
    a closed shape with ten sides and ten angles
  123. adamant
    very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
  124. decagram
    10 grams
  125. decaliter
    a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters
  126. Decalogue
    the biblical commandments of Moses
  127. Decadron
    a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation
  128. decameter
    a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
  129. decamp
    leave suddenly
  130. decapitate
    cut the head off of
  131. decapod
    cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones
  132. decasyllable
    a verse line having ten syllables
  133. deceit
    the quality of being fraudulent
  134. addendum
    textual matter that is appended to the end of a publication
  135. deceitful
    marked by deliberate deceptiveness
  136. decency
    the quality of conforming to rules of propriety and morality
  137. decent
    socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
  138. deciduous
    shedding foliage at the end of the growing season
  139. decimate
    kill in large numbers
  140. decipher
    convert something hidden or secretive into ordinary language
  141. decisive
    characterized by resoluteness and firmness
  142. declamation
    a long, impassioned speech
  143. addle
    mix up or confuse
  144. declamatory
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  145. declarative
    relating to an explicit statement or announcement
  146. declension
    the inflection of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives
  147. decorous
    characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste
  148. decoy
    something used to lure fish or other animals
  149. decrepit
    worn and broken down by hard use
  150. dedication
    complete and wholehearted fidelity
  151. deduce
    reason from the general to the particular
  152. deface
    mar or spoil the appearance of
  153. adduce
    advance evidence for
  154. defalcate
    appropriate fraudulently to one's own use
  155. defamation
    an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
  156. defame
    charge falsely or with malicious intent
  157. defendant
    someone against whom an action is brought in a court of law
  158. defensible
    capable of being justified or protected
  159. defensive
    an attitude of excessive sensitivity to criticism
  160. defer
    yield to another's wish or opinion
  161. deference
    courteous regard for people's feelings
  162. defiant
    boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
  163. adhere
    stick to firmly
  164. deficiency
    lack of an adequate quantity or number
  165. deficient
    inadequate in amount or degree
  166. definite
    precise; explicit and clearly defined
  167. deflect
    turn from a straight course or fixed direction
  168. deforest
    remove the trees from
  169. deform
    assume a different shape
  170. deformity
    an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen
  171. defraud
    deprive of by deceit
  172. defray
    bear the expenses of
  173. degeneracy
    the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
  174. adherence
    the property or act of sticking together
  175. degenerate
    a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable
  176. degradation
    a change to a lower state
  177. degrade
    reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
  178. dehydrate
    remove water from
  179. deify
    exalt to the position of a God
  180. design
    the act of working out the form of something
  181. deist
    a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it
  182. deity
    a supernatural being worshipped as controlling the world
  183. deject
    cause to feel dispirited, sad, or downhearted
  184. dejection
    a state of melancholy depression
  185. adherent
    someone who believes and helps to spread a doctrine
  186. delectable
    extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
  187. delectation
    a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction
  188. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  189. delicacy
    the quality of being exquisitely fine in appearance
  190. delineate
    represented accurately or precisely
  191. deliquesce
    melt, liquefy, or dissolve, by absorbing moisture from the air
  192. delirious
    experiencing hallucinations
  193. delude
    be dishonest with
  194. deluge
    a heavy rain
  195. delusion
    a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea
  196. adhesion
    the property of sticking together
  197. demagnetize
    make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of)
  198. demagogue
    a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions
  199. demeanor
    the way a person behaves toward other people
  200. demented
    affected with madness or insanity
  201. demerit
    a quality or feature deserving censure
  202. demise
    the time when something ends
  203. demobilize
    release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
  204. demolish
    destroy completely
  205. demonstrable
    capable of being proved
  206. demonstrate
    give an exhibition of to an interested audience
  207. abeyance
    temporary cessation or suspension
  208. adieu
    a farewell remark
  209. demonstrative
    a pronoun that points out an intended referent
  210. demonstrator
    someone participating in a public display of group feeling
  211. demulcent
    a medication that soothes inflamed or injured skin
  212. demurrage
    detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure
  213. dendroid
    resembling a tree in form and branching structure
  214. denizen
    a plant or animal naturalized in a region
  215. denominate
    assign a name or title to
  216. denomination
    identifying word by which someone or something is called
  217. denominator
    the divisor of a fraction
  218. adjacency
    the attribute of being so near as to be touching
  219. denote
    have as a meaning
  220. denouement
    the outcome of a complex sequence of events
  221. denounce
    speak out against
  222. dentifrice
    a substance for cleaning the teeth
  223. denude
    make bare or strip of a covering
  224. denunciation
    a public act of condemnation
  225. deplete
    use up, as resources or materials
  226. deplorable
    of very poor quality or condition
  227. deplore
    express strong disapproval of
  228. deponent
    a person who testifies or gives a deposition
  229. adjacent
    having a common boundary or edge
  230. depopulate
    reduce in population
  231. deport
    expel from a country
  232. deportment
    the way a person behaves toward other people
  233. deposition
    the act of putting something somewhere
  234. depositor
    a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution
  235. depository
    a facility for storage or safekeeping
  236. deprave
    corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
  237. deprecate
    express strong disapproval of; deplore
  238. depreciate
    decline in value
  239. depreciation
    a decrease in price or value
  240. adjudge
    declare to be
  241. depress
    push down
  242. depression
    a sunken or lowered geological formation
  243. depth
    the extent downward or backward or inward
  244. derelict
    a person without a home, job, or property
  245. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
  246. risible
    arousing or provoking laughter
  247. derision
    the act of treating with contempt
  248. derivation
    the source or origin from which something comes
  249. derivative
    a compound obtained from another compound
  250. derive
    come from
  251. adjunct
    something added to another thing but not essential to it
  252. dermatology
    the branch of medicine dealing with the skin
  253. derrick
    a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom
  254. descendant
    a person considered as coming from some ancestor or race
  255. descendent
    a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
  256. descent
    a movement downward
  257. descry
    catch sight of
  258. desert
    leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
  259. desiccant
    a substance that promotes drying
  260. designate
    design or destine
  261. desist
    stop performing some action
  262. adjuration
    a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something
  263. desist
    stop performing some action
  264. despair
    a state in which all hope is lost or absent
  265. desperate
    a person who is frightened and in need of help
  266. desperado
    a bold outlaw
  267. despicable
    morally reprehensible
  268. despite
    contemptuous disregard
  269. despond
    lose confidence or hope; become dejected
  270. despondent
    without or almost without hope
  271. despot
    a cruel and oppressive dictator
  272. despotism
    dominance through threat of punishment and violence
  273. adjutant
    an officer who acts as an assistant to a more senior officer
  274. destitute
    poor enough to need help from others
  275. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  276. deter
    turn away from as by fear or persuasion
  277. deteriorate
    become worse or disintegrate
  278. determinate
    supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement
  279. determination
    the act of finding out the properties of something
  280. deterrent
    something immaterial that interferes with action or progress
  281. detest
    dislike intensely
  282. detract
    take away a part from; diminish
  283. detriment
    a damage or loss
  284. administrator
    someone who manages a government agency or department
  285. deviate
    turn aside; turn away from
  286. devilry
    wicked and cruel behavior
  287. deviltry
    wicked and cruel behavior
  288. devious
    turning away from a straight course
  289. devise
    arrange by systematic planning and united effort
  290. devout
    deeply religious
  291. dexterity
    adroitness in using the hands
  292. diabolic
    showing cunning or ingenuity or wickedness
  293. diacritical
    capable of distinguishing
  294. admissible
    deserving to be accepted or allowed
  295. diagnose
    subject to a medical analysis
  296. diagnosis
    identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon
  297. dialect
    the usage or vocabulary characteristic of a group of people
  298. dialectician
    a logician skilled in dialectic
  299. dialogue
    a conversation between two persons
  300. diaphanous
    so thin as to transmit light
Created on Wed Dec 21 21:34:44 EST 2011

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