Word List - O

Md. Akhtar H.
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  1. oaf
    an awkward, foolish person
  2. oath
    a solemn promise regarding your future acts or behavior
  3. oatmeal
    porridge made of rolled oats
  4. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  5. obeisance
    bending the head or body in reverence or submission
  6. obelisk
    a stone pillar tapering towards a pyramidal top
  7. obese
    excessively large
  8. obfuscate
    make obscure or unclear
  9. obituary
    a notice of someone's death
  10. objective
    the goal intended to be attained
  11. obligatory
    required by compulsion or convention
  12. oblique
    slanting or inclined in direction or course or position
  13. obliterate
    remove completely from recognition or memory
  14. oblivion
    the state of being disregarded or forgotten
  15. oblivious
    lacking conscious awareness of
  16. obloquy
    state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
  17. obnoxious
    causing disapproval or protest
  18. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  19. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  20. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  21. obsession
    an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something
  22. obsessive
    characterized by an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation
  23. obsidian
    glass formed by the cooling of lava without crystallization
  24. obsolete
    no longer in use
  25. obstetrician
    a physician specializing in childbirth
  26. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  27. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
  28. obtrude
    push to thrust outward
  29. obtrusive
    sticking out; protruding
  30. obtuse
    of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees
  31. obviate
    do away with
  32. Occident
    the countries of Europe and North America and South America
  33. occlude
    block passage through
  34. occult
    supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
  35. oculist
    a person skilled in testing for defects of vision
  36. odds
    the likelihood of a thing occurring
  37. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  38. odium
    hate coupled with disgust
  39. odoriferous
    emitting a smell, especially an unpleasant smell
  40. odorous
    having a characteristic aroma
  41. odyssey
    a long wandering and eventful journey
  42. offensive
    unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
  43. offhand
    with little or no preparation or forethought
  44. officious
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  45. ogle
    stare or look at, especially with amorous intentions
  46. olfactory
    of or relating to the sense of smell
  47. oligarchy
    a political system governed by a few people
  48. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  49. omnipotent
    having unlimited power
  50. omnipresent
    existing everywhere at once
  51. omniscient
    knowing, seeing, or understanding everything
  52. omnivorous
    feeding on both plants and animals
  53. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  54. onomatopoeia
    using words that imitate the sound they denote
  55. onslaught
    an offensive against an enemy
  56. onus
    a burdensome or difficult concern
  57. ooze
    pass gradually or leak or as if through small openings
  58. opalescent
    having a play of lustrous rainbow colors
  59. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  60. opiate
    a narcotic drug
  61. opportune
    suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose
  62. opportunist
    a person who places expediency above principle
  63. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  64. optician
    a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision
  65. optimist
    a person disposed to take a favorable view of things
  66. optimum
    most desirable possible under a restriction
  67. optional
    possible but not necessary; left to personal choice
  68. optometrist
    a person skilled in testing for defects of vision
  69. opulence
    wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
  70. opus
    a musical work that has been created
  71. oracular
    of or relating to prophecy or someone who tells the future
  72. orator
    a person who delivers a speech
  73. oratorio
    a musical composition for voices and orchestra
  74. ordain
    invest with ministerial or priestly authority
  75. ordeal
    a severe or trying experience
  76. ordinance
    an authoritative rule
  77. ordination
    the act of conferring holy orders
  78. orgy
    a wild gathering
  79. orient
    the eastern hemisphere
  80. orientation
    the act of determining one's position
  81. orifice
    an opening, especially one that opens into a bodily cavity
  82. ornate
    marked by complexity and richness of detail
  83. ornithologist
    a zoologist who studies feathered animals
  84. orthodox
    adhering to what is commonly accepted
  85. orthography
    representing the sounds of a language by written symbols
  86. oscillate
    move or swing from side to side regularly
  87. osseous
    composed of or containing bone
  88. ossify
    become bony
  89. ostensible
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
  90. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  91. ostracize
    expel from a community or group
  92. oust
    remove from a position or office
  93. outcast
    a person who is rejected (from society or home)
  94. outfit
    a set of clothing
  95. outgoing
    at ease in talking to others
  96. outlandish
    noticeably or extremely unconventional or unusual
  97. outlaw
    a criminal, especially one on the run from police
  98. outlook
    an attitude that determines how you respond to situations
  99. outmoded
    no longer in fashion
  100. outrage
    a disgraceful event
  101. outskirts
    area relatively far from the center, as of a city or town
  102. outspoken
    given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
  103. outstrip
    go far ahead of
  104. outwit
    beat through cleverness
  105. ovation
    enthusiastic recognition
  106. overbearing
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  107. overblown
    puffed up with vanity
  108. overhaul
    make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to
  109. oversee
    watch and direct
  110. overt
    open and observable; not secret or hidden
  111. overthrow
    reject or overturn a decision or an argument
  112. overture
    orchestral music at the beginning of an opera or musical
  113. overturn
    cause to flip from an upright or normal position
  114. overweening
    presumptuously arrogant
  115. overwhelm
    overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
  116. overwrought
    deeply agitated especially from emotion
  117. ovoid
    rounded like an egg
Created on Mon Sep 17 08:08:11 EDT 2012 (updated Thu Sep 27 14:17:41 EDT 2012)

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