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| var words = { | |
| abandon: "forsake, desert", | |
| abbey: "monastery", | |
| able: "capable", | |
| abolish: "get rid of", | |
| abortion: "termination pregnancy", | |
| abridge: "shorten, cut", | |
| absence: "failure to be present", | |
| absolute: "perfect or complete", | |
| absorb: "take in, suck up", | |
| absorption: "social assimilation", | |
| "abstract": "existing only in the mind", | |
| abundant: "plentiful", | |
| abuse: "shout at, abuse verbally", | |
| academy: "learned establishment", | |
| accent: "speech pattern", | |
| accept: "live with, put up with", | |
| acceptance: "adoption, espousal, favorable reception", | |
| access: "right to obtain or make use of", | |
| accident: "mishap", | |
| accompany: "go or come with", | |
| account: "accounting, account statement", | |
| accountant: "comptroller, controller", | |
| accumulation: "accretion", | |
| achieve: "accomplish, attain, gain with effort", | |
| achievement: "accomplishment", | |
| acid: "water-soluble compound with sour taste", | |
| acquaintance: "familiar person", | |
| acquisition: "possession", | |
| acquit: "clear, pronounce not guilty", | |
| act: "subdivision of a play or opera or ballet", | |
| action: "series of events that form a plot", | |
| activate: "make active", | |
| active: "vigorous", | |
| activity: "activeness, trait of being active", | |
| add: "total", | |
| addicted: "hooked", | |
| addition: "add-on, improver", | |
| address: "place where a person or organization can be found", | |
| adjust: "conform, adapt", | |
| administration: "presidency", | |
| admiration: "esteem", | |
| admire: "look up to", | |
| admission: "entrance fee", | |
| admit: "allow in, let in, allow to enter", | |
| adopt: "borrow, take over, take up", | |
| adoption: "child adoption", | |
| adult: "grownup", | |
| advance: "progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on", | |
| advantage: "benefit", | |
| adventure: "escapade, risky venture", | |
| advertise: "push, promote", | |
| advertising: "ad, advertisement", | |
| advice: "proposal for an appropriate course of action", | |
| adviser: "advisor, consultant", | |
| advocate: "proponent", | |
| affair: "affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement", | |
| affect: "impact, bear upon", | |
| affinity: "kinship", | |
| afford: "have the financial means", | |
| age: "get older", | |
| agency: "business that serves other businesses", | |
| agenda: "order of business", | |
| agent: "federal agent", | |
| agile: "nimble, spry, quick", | |
| agony: "torment", | |
| agree: "consent, assent", | |
| agreement: "accord", | |
| agriculture: "farming, husbandry", | |
| aid: "economic aid", | |
| air: "mixture of gases", | |
| aisle: "passage between seats or supermarket shelves", | |
| alarm: "dismay, consternation, fear", | |
| album: "record album", | |
| alcohol: "alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant", | |
| alive: "live", | |
| allocation: "allotment, share", | |
| allow: "permit, let", | |
| allowance: "money allowed or granted", | |
| ally: "friend", | |
| aloof: "distant", | |
| aluminium: "aluminum, Al, silvery metal", | |
| amber: "yellowish", | |
| ambiguity: "equivocalness", | |
| ambiguous: "equivocal", | |
| ambition: "ambitiousness", | |
| ample: "sizable, capacious", | |
| amputate: "cut off, remove surgically", | |
| amuse: "make laugh", | |
| analysis: "psychoanalysis", | |
| analyst: "psychoanalyst", | |
| ancestor: "ancestor", | |
| angel: "spiritual being", | |
| anger: "ire", | |
| angle: "space between two lines", | |
| animal: "animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna", | |
| ankle: "ankle joint", | |
| anniversary: "day of remembrance", | |
| announcement: "proclamation, declaration", | |
| annual: "yearly", | |
| answer: "reply, respond", | |
| ant: "social insect", | |
| anticipation: "expectancy", | |
| anxiety: "anxiousness", | |
| apathy: "absence of emotion or enthusiasm", | |
| apology: "expression of regret", | |
| apparatus: "setup, equipment", | |
| appeal: "challenge a decision", | |
| appear: "come into view", | |
| appearance: "visual aspect", | |
| appendix: "supplementary material", | |
| appetite: "craving", | |
| applaud: "clap one's hands", | |
| apple: "fruit with red, yellow or green skin", | |
| application: "verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission", | |
| applied: "concerned with concrete problems or data", | |
| appoint: "name, nominate", | |
| appointment: "job, post", | |
| appreciate: "recognize with gratitude", | |
| approach: "near, draw near, draw close, come near", | |
| approval: "blessing", | |
| approve: "O.K., okay, sanction", | |
| aquarium: "fish tank, marine museum", | |
| arch: "archway", | |
| architect: "designer of buildings", | |
| architecture: "building design", | |
| archive: "archives", | |
| area: "expanse, surface area", | |
| arena: "place for spectacles", | |
| argument: "argumentation, debate", | |
| arise: "get up, get out of bed", | |
| arm: "human limb", | |
| army: "ground forces", | |
| arrange: "set up, put in systematic order", | |
| arrangement: "placement", | |
| arrest: "apprehend, pick up, take into custody", | |
| arrogant: "self-important", | |
| arrow: "pointer, indicator", | |
| art: "artistic creation, artistic production", | |
| article: "nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication", | |
| articulate: "enunciate", | |
| artificial: "unreal, unnatural", | |
| artist: "creative person", | |
| ash: "residue from a fire", | |
| ask: "inquire", | |
| aspect: "facet", | |
| assault: "physical attack", | |
| assembly: "fabrication, construction", | |
| assertive: "self-assured", | |
| assessment: "appraisal", | |
| asset: "plus, valuable quality", | |
| assignment: "task", | |
| association: "affiliation", | |
| assume: "presume, take for granted, take to be the case", | |
| assumption: "premise, premiss", | |
| astonishing: "astounding, staggering", | |
| asylum: "refuge, sanctuary, shelter", | |
| athlete: "jock, sportive person", | |
| atmosphere: "ambiance, ambience", | |
| attachment: "affection, fondness", | |
| attack: "assail, assault, attack physically or emotionally", | |
| attention: "faculty or power of mental concentration", | |
| attic: "loft, garret", | |
| attitude: "mental attitude", | |
| attract: "appeal, be attractive to", | |
| attraction: "physical force", | |
| attractive: "pleasing to the eye or mind", | |
| auction: "auction sale", | |
| audience: "spectators, listeners", | |
| auditor: "student", | |
| aunt: "auntie, relative", | |
| authorise: "empower", | |
| authority: "persons who exercise administrative control", | |
| automatic: "operating with minimal human intervention", | |
| autonomy: "self-sufficiency, personal independence", | |
| available: "obtainable", | |
| "avant-garde": "vanguard, new wave", | |
| avenue: "boulevard", | |
| average: "norm", | |
| aviation: "operation of aircraft", | |
| award: "prize", | |
| aware: "mindful", | |
| awful: "dreadful, terrible", | |
| axis: "axis of rotation", | |
| baby: "babe, infant", | |
| back: "spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone", | |
| background: "setting context", | |
| bacon: "pork", | |
| bad: "spoiled, spoilt, capable of harming", | |
| bag: "supple container", | |
| bait: "come-on, lure, sweetener, hook", | |
| bake: "prepare with dry heat", | |
| balance: "equilibrate, bring into balance or equilibrium", | |
| bald: "lacking hair", | |
| ball: "globe, orb, object with a spherical shape", | |
| ballet: "dance", | |
| ballot: "voting document", | |
| ban: "prohibition, proscription", | |
| banana: "elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit", | |
| band: "instrumentalists", | |
| bang: "clap, eruption, blast, bam", | |
| banish: "bar, relegate, expel", | |
| bank: "sloping land", | |
| banner: "streamer", | |
| banquet: "feast", | |
| bar: "tavern, pub", | |
| bare: "lacking its natural or customary covering", | |
| bargain: "negotiate, dicker", | |
| bark: "make barking sounds", | |
| barrel: "gun barrel", | |
| barrier: "separator obstructing vision or access", | |
| base: "bottom side of a geometric figure", | |
| baseball: "baseball game", | |
| basic: "pertaining to a base or basis", | |
| basin: "washbasin, washbowl, washstand, lavatory", | |
| basis: "base, foundation, fundament", | |
| basket: "handbasket", | |
| basketball: "hoops, basketball game", | |
| bat: "nocturnal mouselike mammal", | |
| bathroom: "bath, toilet, lavatory", | |
| bathtub: "bath, bathing tub, tub", | |
| battery: "electric battery", | |
| battle: "conflict, fight, engagement", | |
| battlefield: "battleground, field of battle, field", | |
| bay: "indentation of a shoreline", | |
| beach: "shore", | |
| beam: "light beam, ray", | |
| bean: "edible bean", | |
| bear: "omnivorous mammal", | |
| beard: "facial hair", | |
| beat: "be superior to", | |
| beautiful: "possessing beauty", | |
| bed: "plot of ground in which plants are growing", | |
| bedroom: "sleeping room", | |
| bee: "insect", | |
| beef: "meat", | |
| beer: "alcoholic beverage", | |
| beg: "implore, entreat", | |
| begin: "start, commence, cause to start", | |
| beginning: "first part or section of something", | |
| behave: "comport, act in a certain manner", | |
| behavior: "conduct", | |
| behead: "decapitate, cut the head off", | |
| belief: "cognitive content held as true", | |
| bell: "doorbell, buzzer", | |
| belly: "abdomen, stomach", | |
| belong: "be owned by", | |
| belt: "clothing accessory", | |
| bench: "workbench", | |
| bend: "flex, turn, deform, twist", | |
| beneficiary: "recipient", | |
| benefit: "performance to raise money for a charitable cause", | |
| berry: "small edible fruit", | |
| bet: "wager, stake", | |
| betray: "sell out", | |
| bike: "bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel", | |
| bill: "circular, handbill, broadside, broadsheet, flier", | |
| bin: "container", | |
| bind: "tie or secure with a rope or cable", | |
| biography: "life story", | |
| biology: "plant and animal life", | |
| bird: "warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate", | |
| birthday: "anniversary of the day someone is born", | |
| biscuit: "cookie", | |
| bishop: "clergyman", | |
| bitch: "unpleasant woman", | |
| bite: "seize with teeth", | |
| bitter: "bitter-tasting", | |
| black: "total darkness, blackness", | |
| blackmail: "extortion", | |
| blade: "leaf blade", | |
| blame: "find fault, pick on", | |
| bland: "tasteless, insipid, flavorless", | |
| blank: "empty, not filled in", | |
| blast: "blare", | |
| bleed: "shed blood", | |
| bless: "give a benediction to", | |
| blind: "unsighted", | |
| block: "obstruct, hinder, stymie", | |
| blonde: "light-haired", | |
| bloodshed: "gore", | |
| bloody: "covered with blood", | |
| blow: "reversal, setback", | |
| blue: "blueness, color", | |
| "blue jean": "jeans, denim pants", | |
| board: "get on", | |
| boat: "a small vessel for travel on water", | |
| body: "dead body", | |
| bold: "fearless and daring", | |
| bolt: "thunderbolt, bolt of lightning", | |
| bomb: "bombard", | |
| bomber: "person who plants bombs", | |
| bond: "create social or emotional ties", | |
| bone: "body part", | |
| book: "written work", | |
| boom: "economic prosperity", | |
| boot: "footwear", | |
| border: "boundary line, borderline, delimitation", | |
| borrow: "obtain temporarily", | |
| bother: "annoy, irritate", | |
| bottle: "vessel", | |
| bottom: "underside, undersurface", | |
| bounce: "move up and down repeatedly", | |
| bow: "bend the head or the upper body in respect or greeting", | |
| bowel: "intestine, gut", | |
| bowl: "vessel", | |
| box: "container", | |
| boy: "young male, male child", | |
| bracket: "category", | |
| brag: "show off, boast", | |
| braid: "plait, tress, hairdo", | |
| brain: "genius, mastermind", | |
| brainstorm: "sudden insight", | |
| brake: "restraint used to stop a vehicle", | |
| branch: "fork, divide into branches", | |
| brand: "make", | |
| brave: "courageous, fearless", | |
| bread: "breadstuff, food made from dough", | |
| "break": "destroy", | |
| "break down": "die, conk out", | |
| "break in": "enter illegally", | |
| breakdown: "mental or physical crack-up", | |
| breakfast: "morning meal", | |
| breast: "bosom, tit", | |
| breathe: "take a breath, respire", | |
| breed: "raise, cause to reproduce", | |
| breeze: "zephyr, gentle wind, air, gust", | |
| brick: "block of baked clay", | |
| bride: "participant in a marriage ceremony", | |
| bridge: "span", | |
| brilliance: "brilliance", | |
| bring: "fetch, bring in, be sold for a certain price", | |
| brink: "threshold, verge", | |
| broadcast: "air, send", | |
| broccoli: "vegetable", | |
| broken: "physically separated into pieces", | |
| bronze: "sculpture made of bronze", | |
| brother: "comrade", | |
| brown: "having a brown color", | |
| brush: "rub with a brush", | |
| bubble: "hollow globule of gas", | |
| bucket: "pail", | |
| budge: "shift, stir", | |
| budget: "sum of money allocated", | |
| buffet: "meal set out on a counter", | |
| build: "raise, put up, construct, raise", | |
| building: "edifice", | |
| bulb: "plant bulb", | |
| bullet: "slug, projectile", | |
| bulletin: "brief report", | |
| bundle: "sheaf", | |
| burial: "entombment, inhumation, interment", | |
| burn: "combust, cause to burn", | |
| burst: "bust, break open", | |
| bury: "place in the ground as for hiding", | |
| bus: "autobus, coach", | |
| bush: "shrub, woody plant", | |
| business: "commercial enterprise, business enterprise", | |
| butterfly: "diurnal insect", | |
| buttocks: "butt, bum, tush", | |
| button: "push button", | |
| buy: "purchase, acquire", | |
| cabin: "small wooden house", | |
| cabinet: "persons appointed by a head of state", | |
| cable: "strong thick rope", | |
| cafe: "coffee shop, coffee bar", | |
| cage: "coop", | |
| cake: "mixture of flour and sugar and eggs", | |
| calculation: "deliberation, planning", | |
| calendar: "system of timekeeping", | |
| calf: "young cattle", | |
| call: "shout, shout out, cry, yell, holler", | |
| calm: "calm down, quiet, tranquilize, quieten", | |
| calorie: "kilocalorie, nutritionist's calorie", | |
| camera: "photographic camera", | |
| camp: "refugee camp", | |
| campaign: "political campaign", | |
| can: "tin can", | |
| cancel: "call off", | |
| cancer: "malignant disease", | |
| candidate: "campaigner, nominee", | |
| candle: "taper, wax light", | |
| cane: "walking stick", | |
| canvas: "canvass, fabric", | |
| cap: "bottle top", | |
| capital: "wealth in the form of money or property", | |
| captain: "skipper, naval officer", | |
| captivate: "beguile, charm, bewitch, entrance, enchant", | |
| capture: "catch", | |
| car: "auto, automobile, motorcar", | |
| carbon: "C, atomic number 6", | |
| card: "menu, bill of fare, carte du jour, carte", | |
| care: "feel concern or interest", | |
| career: "calling, vocation", | |
| carpet: "rug, carpeting", | |
| carriage: "baby carriage, perambulator, pram, stroller", | |
| carrot: "deep orange edible root", | |
| carry: "transport", | |
| cart: "handcart, pushcart", | |
| carve: "cut up, cut to pieces", | |
| "case": "instance, example", | |
| cash: "hard cash, hard currency", | |
| cassette: "container holding magnetic tape", | |
| cast: "select for a play or movie", | |
| castle: "fortified building", | |
| casualty: "someone injured or killed", | |
| cat: "feline", | |
| catalogue: "catalog", | |
| "catch": "grab, take hold of", | |
| category: "general concept", | |
| cater: "supply food ready to eat", | |
| cathedral: "large church", | |
| cattle: "cows, bull", | |
| cause: "causal agent", | |
| cave: "underground enclosure", | |
| ceiling: "cap, upper limit", | |
| celebration: "festivity", | |
| cell: "cubicle", | |
| "cell phone": "cellular telephone", | |
| cellar: "basement", | |
| cemetery: "graveyard, burial site, burial ground", | |
| censorship: "deletion of material in art works", | |
| census: "nose count", | |
| center: "middle, heart", | |
| central: "in or near a center", | |
| century: "period of 100 years", | |
| cereal: "breakfast food", | |
| ceremony: "ceremonial occasion", | |
| certain: "sure", | |
| chain: "number of similar establishments", | |
| chair: "seat", | |
| chalk: "piece of chalk", | |
| challenge: "dispute, call into question", | |
| champagne: "bubbly wine", | |
| champion: "champ, title-holder", | |
| chance: "opportunity", | |
| change: "alter, make or become different", | |
| channel: "narrow body of water, canal", | |
| chaos: "pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvyness", | |
| chapter: "subdivision of a written work", | |
| character: "good repute", | |
| characteristic: "distinguishing quality", | |
| charge: "demand payment", | |
| charismatic: "possessing a magnetic personality", | |
| charity: "institution set up to provide help for the needy", | |
| charm: "good luck charm", | |
| chart: "display of information", | |
| charter: "document", | |
| chase: "chase after, give chase", | |
| chauvinist: "prejudiced person", | |
| cheap: "inexpensive", | |
| cheat: "fool, swindle", | |
| check: "check out, verify", | |
| cheek: "impudence, impertinence", | |
| cheese: "food", | |
| chemistry: "chemical science", | |
| cheque: "check, bank check", | |
| cherry: "fruit", | |
| chest: "thorax, pectus, part of the human torso", | |
| chew: "masticate", | |
| chicken: "wimp, crybaby", | |
| chief: "foreman, boss", | |
| child: "kid", | |
| childish: "infantile", | |
| chimney: "flue", | |
| chimpanzee: "primate", | |
| chin: "lower jaw", | |
| chip: "bit, flake, fleck, scrap, small fragment", | |
| chocolate: "sweet food", | |
| choice: "option, alternative", | |
| choke: "strangle", | |
| choose: "elect to do", | |
| chop: "chop up", | |
| chord: "combination of notes", | |
| chorus: "choir, singing group", | |
| church: "church building", | |
| cigarette: "butt, fag", | |
| cinema: "movie theater, theater", | |
| circle: "geometric figure", | |
| circulate: "distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, diffuse, disperse, spread, cause to become widely known", | |
| circulation: "movement through a circuit", | |
| circumstance: "context", | |
| citizen: "member of a state", | |
| city: "metropolis, urban center", | |
| civilian: "nonmilitary citizen", | |
| civilization: "society in an advanced state", | |
| claim: "assert, affirm", | |
| clarify: "clear up, elucidate, make comprehensible", | |
| clash: "friction, conflict", | |
| "class": "form, grade", | |
| classify: "declare unavailable", | |
| classroom: "schoolroom", | |
| clay: "fine-grained soil", | |
| clean: "free from dirt", | |
| clear: "empty, remove the occupants of", | |
| clearance: "headroom", | |
| clerk: "clerical worker", | |
| climate: "clime, weather", | |
| climb: "climb up, mount, go up", | |
| clinic: "medical establishment", | |
| clique: "coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp", | |
| clock: "timepiece", | |
| close: "finish, terminate, conclude, end", | |
| closed: "shut, unopen", | |
| clothes: "apparel, wearing apparel, dress", | |
| club: "society, guild, gild, lodge, order", | |
| clue: "cue, evidence, hint", | |
| cluster: "bunch, clump", | |
| coach: "private instructor, tutor", | |
| coal: "fossil fuel", | |
| coalition: "coalescence, conglutination", | |
| coast: "seashore, seacoast, sea-coast", | |
| coat: "coating, thin layer", | |
| code: "computer code", | |
| coerce: "pressure, force, compel", | |
| coffee: "beverage", | |
| coffin: "casket", | |
| coin: "money", | |
| coincide: "concur, happen simultaneously", | |
| coincidence: "happenstance", | |
| cold: "common cold", | |
| collapse: "crumble, crumple, tumble", | |
| collar: "harness", | |
| colleague: "co-worker, fellow worker", | |
| collect: "pick up", | |
| collection: "aggregation, accumulation, assemblage", | |
| college: "institution of higher education", | |
| colon: "punctuation mark", | |
| colony: "politically controlled country", | |
| color: "hue", | |
| "color-blind": "unable to distinguish colors", | |
| colorful: "vivid in color", | |
| column: "linear array of numbers", | |
| coma: "deep unconsciousness", | |
| combination: "things occurring together", | |
| combine: "blend, mix, conflate, commingle, fuse, merge", | |
| comedy: "humorous drama", | |
| comfort: "soothe, console", | |
| comfortable: "comfy", | |
| command: "compel", | |
| commemorate: "remember", | |
| comment: "remark", | |
| commerce: "commercialism, mercantilism", | |
| commission: "fee", | |
| commitment: "allegiance, loyalty, dedication", | |
| committee: "commission", | |
| common: "mutual", | |
| communication: "something communicated between people", | |
| communist: "Marxist", | |
| community: "residential district, residential area", | |
| compact: "compact car", | |
| company: "companionship, fellowship, society", | |
| compartment: "small space or subdivision for storage", | |
| compensation: "recompense, payment", | |
| compete: "vie, contend", | |
| competence: "competency", | |
| competition: "contest", | |
| complain: "express discontent", | |
| complete: "having every necessary part", | |
| complex: "complicated", | |
| compliance: "conformity, abidance", | |
| complication: "complex situation", | |
| compose: "write music", | |
| composer: "music composer", | |
| compound: "chemical compound", | |
| comprehensive: "all-including", | |
| compromise: "make a compromise", | |
| computer: "computing machine", | |
| "computer virus": "virus", | |
| computing: "computer science", | |
| concede: "acknowledge defeat", | |
| conceive: "become pregnant", | |
| concentrate: "focus, focus one's attention", | |
| concentration: "engrossment, absorption, immersion", | |
| concept: "conception, construct", | |
| conception: "fertilization", | |
| concern: "feeling of sympathy", | |
| concert: "musical performance", | |
| concession: "point conceded", | |
| conclusion: "ending, finish", | |
| concrete: "strong building material", | |
| condition: "status, state", | |
| conductor: "substance that readily transmits electricity or heat", | |
| conference: "meeting", | |
| confession: "admission of misdeeds", | |
| confidence: "feeling of trust", | |
| confine: "detain", | |
| conflict: "state of opposition between persons or ideas", | |
| confront: "face, face up to", | |
| confrontation: "clash", | |
| confuse: "throw, befuddle, confound", | |
| confusion: "mix-up", | |
| conglomerate: "empire, group of companies", | |
| congress: "national legislative assembly", | |
| connection: "link, connectedness", | |
| conscience: "scruples, moral sense", | |
| conscious: "aware", | |
| consciousness: "alert cognitive state", | |
| consensus: "agreement", | |
| conservation: "preservation, environmental management", | |
| conservative: "resistant to change", | |
| consider: "debate, think about", | |
| consideration: "careful thought", | |
| consolidate: "unite into one", | |
| conspiracy: "cabal, plot", | |
| constant: "unending, incessant", | |
| constellation: "configuration of stars", | |
| constituency: "body of voters", | |
| constitution: "fundamental law", | |
| constitutional: "relating to a/the constitution", | |
| constraint: "restraint, physical constraint", | |
| construct: "manufacture, fabricate", | |
| consultation: "discussion to consider a point", | |
| consumer: "person who uses goods or services", | |
| consumption: "ingestion", | |
| contact: "middleman", | |
| contain: "incorporate, comprise", | |
| contemporary: "coeval", | |
| contempt: "disdain, scorn, despite, lack of respect", | |
| content: "capacity", | |
| context: "linguistic context, context of use", | |
| continental: "relating to a continent", | |
| continuation: "lengthiness, prolongation, extension", | |
| continuous: "uninterrupted", | |
| contract: "binding agreement between two or more persons", | |
| contraction: "muscular contraction", | |
| contradiction: "contradiction in terms", | |
| contrary: "exact opposition", | |
| contrast: "opposition or dissimilarity", | |
| contribution: "donation", | |
| control: "operate, handle", | |
| convenience: "appliance, contraption, gadget, gizmo", | |
| convention: "large formal assembly", | |
| conventional: "following accepted customs", | |
| conversation: "talk", | |
| convert: "change religious beliefs", | |
| convict: "find guilty", | |
| conviction: "strong belief", | |
| convince: "convert, win over", | |
| convulsion: "fit, paroxysm", | |
| cook: "fix, ready, prepare", | |
| cool: "unenthusiastic, unfriendly, unresponsive", | |
| cooperate: "collaborate, join forces", | |
| cooperation: "group action, collaboration", | |
| cooperative: "co-operative", | |
| cope: "get by, make do, manage", | |
| copper: "Cu, metal", | |
| copy: "re-create, replicate", | |
| copyright: "right of publication", | |
| cord: "corduroy, fabric", | |
| core: "center of an object", | |
| corn: "edible corn", | |
| corner: "recess, recession, niche", | |
| corpse: "cadaver, remains", | |
| correction: "rectification", | |
| correspond: "exchange messages", | |
| correspondence: "exchange of letters", | |
| corruption: "bribery", | |
| costume: "attire for special occasions", | |
| cottage: "bungalow, small house", | |
| cotton: "cotton cloth, fabric", | |
| council: "administrative body", | |
| count: "number, enumerate", | |
| counter: "business table", | |
| country: "rural area", | |
| countryside: "rural regions", | |
| coup: "coup d'etat, putsch, takeover", | |
| couple: "twosome, duo, duet", | |
| courage: "bravery, braveness", | |
| course: "path, track", | |
| court: "royal court", | |
| courtesy: "considerate act", | |
| courtship: "wooing, courting, suit", | |
| cousin: "first cousin", | |
| cover: "provide with a covering", | |
| coverage: "insurance coverage", | |
| cow: "bovine", | |
| cower: "fawn, cringe, grovel, show submission or fear", | |
| crack: "cleft, crevice, fissure", | |
| crackpot: "crank, nut, nutcase, fruitcake", | |
| craft: "craftsmanship, workmanship", | |
| craftsman: "artisan", | |
| crash: "fall or come down violently", | |
| cream: "fat part of milk", | |
| create: "bring into existence", | |
| creation: "creative activity", | |
| credibility: "credibleness, believability", | |
| credit: "money available for a client to borrow", | |
| "credit card": "plastic money", | |
| creed: "credo, system of principles or beliefs", | |
| creep: "crawl", | |
| crevice: "cranny, crack, fissure", | |
| crew: "men who man a ship or aircraft", | |
| cricket: "insect", | |
| crime: "law-breaking", | |
| criminal: "felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor", | |
| crisis: "unstable situation", | |
| critic: "one who offers opinions on art", | |
| critical: "vital urgently needed", | |
| criticism: "critique, unfavorable judgment", | |
| crop: "cut short", | |
| cross: "traverse", | |
| crossing: "intersection, crossroad", | |
| crosswalk: "crossing, crossover", | |
| crouch: "squat", | |
| crowd: "large number of things or people", | |
| crown: "diadem, jewelled headdress", | |
| crude: "primitive", | |
| cruel: "brutal, barbarous", | |
| cruelty: "mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness", | |
| crusade: "campaign, cause", | |
| crutch: "staff used as walking aid", | |
| cry: "weep", | |
| crystal: "quartz glass, quartz, vitreous silica", | |
| cucumber: "cuke, green salad vegetable", | |
| cultivate: "domesticate, naturalize, naturalise, tame", | |
| cultural: "relating to arts", | |
| culture: "polish, refinement", | |
| cunning: "craftiness, guile, slyness, wiliness", | |
| cup: "cupful", | |
| cupboard: "closet", | |
| curl: "coil, loop", | |
| currency: "money", | |
| current: "electric current", | |
| curriculum: "course of study, academic program", | |
| curtain: "drape", | |
| curve: "curved shape", | |
| custody: "detention, detainment, hold", | |
| customer: "client, patron", | |
| cut: "cleave", | |
| cute: "attractive", | |
| cutting: "clipping, newspaper clipping", | |
| cycle: "periodically repeated sequence", | |
| cylinder: "shape", | |
| dairy: "dairy farm", | |
| damage: "harm, impairment", | |
| damn: "curse", | |
| dance: "move in a pattern to music", | |
| danger: "condition of being susceptible to harm", | |
| dangerous: "unsafe", | |
| dare: "be courageous enough to try or do something", | |
| dark: "darkness", | |
| dash: "smash, hurl or thrust violently", | |
| date: "day of the month", | |
| daughter: "girl, offspring", | |
| dawn: "dawning, aurora, first light, daybreak", | |
| day: "twenty-four hours, solar day", | |
| dead: "inanimate", | |
| deadly: "lethal", | |
| deal: "agreement, bargain", | |
| dealer: "trader", | |
| death: "decease, expiry, departure from life", | |
| debate: "deliberate", | |
| debt: "money, goods or services owed", | |
| debut: "appear in public for the first time", | |
| decade: "decennary, decennium, period of 10 years", | |
| decay: "radioactive decay", | |
| decide: "make up one's mind", | |
| decisive: "determining", | |
| deck: "pack of cards, deck of cards", | |
| declaration: "statement", | |
| decline: "worsen", | |
| decoration: "ornament, ornamentation", | |
| decorative: "cosmetic, ornamental", | |
| decrease: "diminish, fall", | |
| dedicate: "inscribe or address by way of compliment", | |
| deep: "having great spatial extension downward", | |
| deer: "forest animal", | |
| "default": "default option", | |
| defeat: "frustration, feeling of defeat", | |
| defend: "guard, protect", | |
| defendant: "suspect", | |
| deficiency: "insufficiency, inadequacy", | |
| deficit: "shortage, shortfall", | |
| define: "give a definition for", | |
| definite: "precise, explicit", | |
| definition: "concise explanation", | |
| degree: "unit of temperature", | |
| delay: "act later than planned", | |
| "delete": "erase, wipe out information", | |
| delicate: "fragile, frail, easily broken, sensitive", | |
| deliver: "make a delivery, bring", | |
| delivery: "birth", | |
| demand: "request urgently and forcefully", | |
| democratic: "based upon the principles of democracy", | |
| demolish: "destroy", | |
| demonstrate: "march, march in protest", | |
| demonstration: "demo", | |
| demonstrator: "protester", | |
| denial: "disaffirmation", | |
| density: "denseness", | |
| dentist: "tooth doctor", | |
| deny: "refuse to let have", | |
| depart: "leave, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off", | |
| departure: "going away", | |
| depend: "be contingent upon", | |
| dependence: "addiction", | |
| deport: "extradite, hand over to the authorities of another country", | |
| deposit: "bank deposit", | |
| depressed: "blue", | |
| depression: "depressive disorder, clinical depression", | |
| deprivation: "want, neediness", | |
| deprive: "keep from having or obtaining", | |
| deputy: "surrogate", | |
| descent: "declivity, decline, fall", | |
| describe: "depict", | |
| desert: "defect", | |
| deserve: "merit, be worthy or deserving", | |
| design: "conceive", | |
| designer: "interior designer, interior decorator", | |
| desire: "feeling", | |
| desk: "furniture", | |
| despair: "desperate feeling", | |
| despise: "scorn, disdain", | |
| destruction: "demolition, wipeout", | |
| detail: "particular, item", | |
| detective: "investigator, police detective", | |
| detector: "sensor", | |
| deter: "dissuade", | |
| deteriorate: "degenerate, grow worse", | |
| determine: "influence", | |
| develop: "make something new, invent", | |
| development: "growth, growing, maturation", | |
| deviation: "diversion, digression, deflection", | |
| devote: "dedicate, commit to a specific cause or function", | |
| diagram: "drawing", | |
| dialect: "idiom, special language", | |
| dialogue: "dialog, conversation", | |
| diameter: "line through the center of a circle", | |
| diamond: "gem", | |
| dictate: "say out loud for the purpose of recording", | |
| dictionary: "lexicon", | |
| die: "perish", | |
| diet: "dieting", | |
| differ: "be different", | |
| difference: "remainder, number that remains after subtraction", | |
| different: "unlike, dissimilar", | |
| difficult: "hard", | |
| difficulty: "difficultness", | |
| digital: "discrete", | |
| dignity: "self-respect, self-esteem, self-regard", | |
| digress: "wander, stray", | |
| dilemma: "quandary", | |
| dilute: "thin, reduce, cut", | |
| dimension: "magnitude", | |
| dine: "have supper", | |
| dinner: "supper", | |
| dip: "slope downwards", | |
| diplomat: "official engaged in international negotiations", | |
| diplomatic: "diplomatical, suave", | |
| direct: "guide actors", | |
| direction: "guidance, counsel", | |
| director: "member of a board of directors", | |
| directory: "alphabetical list of names and addresses", | |
| dirty: "obscene, indecent", | |
| disability: "disablement, handicap, impairment", | |
| disagree: "differ, take issue", | |
| disagreement: "dissension, dissonance, discord", | |
| disappear: "vanish", | |
| disappoint: "let down", | |
| disappointment: "letdown", | |
| disaster: "calamity, catastrophe, tragedy", | |
| discipline: "correction, punishment", | |
| disclose: "bring out, reveal, expose, divulge", | |
| disco: "discotheque", | |
| discount: "price reduction, deduction", | |
| discourage: "deter", | |
| discover: "come upon, chance upon, come across", | |
| discovery: "breakthrough, find", | |
| discreet: "keeping private, prudent, restrained", | |
| discriminate: "separate, single out, treat differently", | |
| discrimination: "unfair treatment", | |
| discuss: "talk over", | |
| disgrace: "shame, ignominy, dishonor", | |
| dish: "item of prepared food", | |
| disk: "disc, flat circular plate", | |
| dismiss: "disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount", | |
| dismissal: "pink slip", | |
| disorder: "disorderliness, mess", | |
| displace: "bump", | |
| display: "expose, exhibit", | |
| disposition: "temperament", | |
| distance: "aloofness", | |
| distant: "separated in space or time", | |
| distinct: "easy to perceive", | |
| distort: "falsify", | |
| distortion: "optical aberration", | |
| distribute: "give out, hand out", | |
| distributor: "marketing company", | |
| district: "territory, territorial dominion", | |
| disturbance: "disruption, commotion, stir", | |
| ditch: "dump, unceremoniously sever all ties with", | |
| dive: "plunge into water", | |
| divide: "split, split up, separate", | |
| dividend: "bonus", | |
| division: "administrative unit", | |
| divorce: "split up", | |
| doctor: "Dr., person who holds Ph.D. degree", | |
| document: "record in detail", | |
| dog: "domestic dog", | |
| doll: "toy", | |
| dollar: "dollar bill, buck", | |
| dome: "hemispherical roof", | |
| domestic: "relating to the home", | |
| dominant: "exercising influence or control", | |
| dominate: "be in control", | |
| domination: "mastery", | |
| donor: "organ donor", | |
| door: "swinging or sliding barrier", | |
| dorm: "dormitory, residence hall", | |
| dose: "portion of medicine", | |
| "double": "increase twofold, duplicate", | |
| doubt: "consider unlikely", | |
| dough: "flour mixture", | |
| dozen: "twelve", | |
| draft: "draught, air current", | |
| drag: "pull against a resistance", | |
| dragon: "mythical creature", | |
| drain: "empty of liquid", | |
| drama: "dramatic event", | |
| dramatic: "pertaining to theater", | |
| draw: "represent by making a drawing of", | |
| drawer: "part of a piece of furniture", | |
| drawing: "representation, artwork", | |
| dream: "ambition, aspiration", | |
| dress: "clothe", | |
| dressing: "medical dressing", | |
| dribble: "drip", | |
| drift: "gradual departure from a course", | |
| drill: "tool with a sharp point", | |
| drink: "imbibe, take in liquids", | |
| drive: "travel by vehicle", | |
| driver: "operator of a motor vehicle", | |
| drop: "let fall", | |
| drown: "die in water", | |
| drug: "dose, medicate", | |
| drum: "barrel", | |
| dry: "free from liquid or moisture", | |
| duck: "bird", | |
| due: "owed", | |
| duke: "nobleman", | |
| dull: "boring, lacking in liveliness or animation", | |
| dump: "discard, dispose, toss out", | |
| duty: "tariff", | |
| dynamic: "dynamical, characterized by action", | |
| eagle: "emblem representing power", | |
| ear: "sense organ", | |
| earthquake: "quake, seism", | |
| east: "due east, E", | |
| easy: "posing no difficulty", | |
| eat: "take in solid food", | |
| eavesdrop: "listen in", | |
| echo: "reverberation, sound reflection", | |
| economic: "relating to economics", | |
| economics: "economic science", | |
| economist: "economic expert", | |
| economy: "economic system", | |
| ecstasy: "rapture", | |
| edge: "slight competitive advantage", | |
| edition: "publication", | |
| education: "knowledge acquired by learning", | |
| effect: "consequence, outcome, result", | |
| effective: "effectual, efficacious", | |
| effort: "attempt, endeavor", | |
| egg: "eggs, food", | |
| "egg white": "albumen", | |
| ego: "egotism, self-importance", | |
| eject: "expel, throw out, kick out", | |
| elaborate: "expand, expatiate, enlarge, flesh out", | |
| elapse: "pass by, go by", | |
| elbow: "elbow joint", | |
| elect: "select by in an election", | |
| election: "vote", | |
| electron: "elementary particle", | |
| electronics: "branch of physics", | |
| elegant: "refined, tasteful", | |
| element: "chemical element", | |
| elephant: "pachyderm", | |
| eliminate: "get rid of, do away with", | |
| elite: "elite group", | |
| embark: "venture", | |
| embarrassment: "shame", | |
| embrace: "hug", | |
| embryo: "conceptus, fertilized egg", | |
| emergency: "exigency, pinch, crisis", | |
| emotion: "strong feeling", | |
| emphasis: "accent", | |
| empire: "monarchy", | |
| empirical: "empiric, derived from experiment and observation", | |
| employ: "hire, engage", | |
| employee: "worker", | |
| encourage: "spur on", | |
| end: "boundary", | |
| endorse: "second, back, support", | |
| endure: "last, persist", | |
| enemy: "hostile people", | |
| energy: "vigor", | |
| engagement: "betrothal", | |
| engine: "locomotive", | |
| engineer: "applied scientist, technologist", | |
| enhance: "make better or more attractive", | |
| enjoy: "enjoy doing, love to do", | |
| enlarge: "magnify, blow up", | |
| ensure: "guarantee, insure, assure, secure", | |
| enter: "enroll, inscribe", | |
| entertain: "provide entertainment", | |
| entertainment: "amusement", | |
| enthusiasm: "lively interest", | |
| entitlement: "right granted by law or contract", | |
| entry: "submission", | |
| environment: "environs, surroundings", | |
| environmental: "relating to the external surroundings", | |
| episode: "installment, part of a broadcast serial", | |
| equal: "like, equivalent, same", | |
| equation: "mathematical statement", | |
| equip: "fit out, outfit", | |
| era: "epoch", | |
| error: "erroneous belief", | |
| escape: "run, run away, flee", | |
| essay: "literary composition", | |
| essential: "basic and fundamental", | |
| establish: "install, set up", | |
| established: "set up or accepted", | |
| estate: "everything you own", | |
| estimate: "likely cost", | |
| eternal: "everlasting, perpetual, unending", | |
| ethics: "moral philosophy", | |
| ethnic: "cultural", | |
| evaluate: "valuate, assess, appraise, value", | |
| even: "divisible by two", | |
| evening: "eve", | |
| evoke: "suggest", | |
| evolution: "phylogeny, phylogenesis", | |
| exact: "precise", | |
| exaggerate: "overstate", | |
| examination: "test", | |
| example: "exemplar, model, good example", | |
| excavate: "hollow, hollow out", | |
| excavation: "dig, archeological site", | |
| exceed: "pass, go past, top", | |
| exception: "instance that does not conform to a rule", | |
| excess: "surplus", | |
| exchange: "mutual expression of views", | |
| excitement: "excitation, fervor, mental state", | |
| exclude: "except, leave out, leave off, omit", | |
| exclusive: "excluding much or all", | |
| excuse: "forgive, pardon", | |
| execute: "put to death", | |
| execution: "capital punishment, death penalty", | |
| executive: "administrator", | |
| exempt: "free, grant an exemption", | |
| exemption: "immunity", | |
| exercise: "exercising, physical exercise", | |
| exhibition: "exposition, expo", | |
| exile: "deportation, expatriation, expulsion", | |
| exit: "issue, outlet, way out", | |
| exotic: "unusual, strikingly strange", | |
| expand: "spread out, extend in one or more directions, spread", | |
| expansion: "enlargement", | |
| expect: "anticipate", | |
| expectation: "anticipation", | |
| expenditure: "outgo, outlay", | |
| experience: "accumulation of knowledge or skill", | |
| experienced: "knowledgeable", | |
| experiment: "conduct a test or investigation", | |
| expertise: "expertness", | |
| explain: "explicate", | |
| explicit: "expressed", | |
| explode: "show a violent emotional reaction", | |
| exploit: "manipulate to one's advantage", | |
| exploration: "geographic expedition", | |
| explosion: "detonation, blowup", | |
| "export": "sell abroad", | |
| expose: "debunk", | |
| exposure: "vulnerability to the elements", | |
| express: "without unnecessary stops", | |
| expression: "saying, locution", | |
| extend: "widen, broaden in scope or range or area", | |
| extension: "delay of deadline", | |
| extent: "point or degree to which something extend", | |
| extinct: "non-existent, not surviving", | |
| extort: "gouge", | |
| extract: "pull, pull out, pull up, take out", | |
| extraterrestrial: "alien", | |
| extreme: "highest degree", | |
| eye: "oculus, optic, organ of sight", | |
| eyebrow: "brow", | |
| fabricate: "cook up, make up, invent", | |
| facade: "frontage, frontal", | |
| face: "human face", | |
| facility: "adeptness, adroitness, deftness, quickness", | |
| factor: "anything that contributes causally to a result", | |
| factory: "mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory", | |
| fade: "wither", | |
| fail: "go wrong", | |
| failure: "bankruptcy", | |
| faint: "pass out", | |
| fair: "promotional gathering of producers", | |
| fairy: "faery, faerie, sprite, magical creature", | |
| faith: "religion, religious belief", | |
| faithful: "sexually trustworthy", | |
| fall: "descend in free fall", | |
| "false": "not in accordance with fact or reality", | |
| falsify: "manipulate, fake, fudge, cook, misrepresent", | |
| fame: "celebrity, renown", | |
| familiar: "well known", | |
| family: "household, home, menage", | |
| fan: "agitate the air", | |
| fantasy: "illusion, phantasy, fancy", | |
| far: "at a long distance", | |
| fare: "transportation fee", | |
| farewell: "leave, leave-taking, parting", | |
| fascinate: "intrigue", | |
| fashion: "latest style, rage, fad", | |
| fashionable: "stylish", | |
| fast: "abstain from food", | |
| fastidious: "finicky", | |
| fat: "soft greasy substance", | |
| fate: "destiny, fortune, luck, lot, circumstances", | |
| father: "male parent", | |
| fault: "defect, flaw", | |
| favor: "kind act, gracious act", | |
| favorable: "encouraging, approving", | |
| favour: "act of gracious kindness", | |
| favourite: "darling, favorite, pet", | |
| fax: "facsimile", | |
| fear: "dread, be afraid of", | |
| feast: "banquet", | |
| feather: "plume, plumage", | |
| feature: "characteristic", | |
| federation: "confederation, confederacy, political union", | |
| fee: "fixed charge", | |
| feed: "provide with food", | |
| feedback: "response", | |
| feel: "experience, undergo an emotional sensation", | |
| feeling: "touch, touch sensation", | |
| feign: "sham, pretend, dissemble, simulate", | |
| feminine: "womanly", | |
| feminist: "women's rightist", | |
| fence: "barrier", | |
| ferry: "ferryboat", | |
| fever: "high body temperature", | |
| few: "indefinite but relatively small number", | |
| fibre: "fiber", | |
| fiction: "literary work", | |
| field: "playing field, athletic field", | |
| fig: "fruit", | |
| fight: "struggle", | |
| figure: "amount of money expressed numerically", | |
| file: "single file, Indian file", | |
| fill: "fill up, make full", | |
| film: "record on film", | |
| filter: "device that removes something small", | |
| "final": "final examination", | |
| finance: "management of money", | |
| financial: "fiscal", | |
| find: "recover, retrieve, regain", | |
| fine: "small-grained or smooth", | |
| finger: "terminal members of the hand", | |
| finish: "complete", | |
| finished: "ruined", | |
| fire: "discharge a weapon", | |
| firefighter: "fireman", | |
| fireplace: "fire", | |
| firm: "house, business firm, company", | |
| first: "initial", | |
| "first-hand": "direct", | |
| fish: "flesh of fish used as food", | |
| fisherman: "fisher", | |
| fist: "clenched fist", | |
| fit: "conform to shape or size", | |
| fitness: "physical fitness, good shape", | |
| fix: "repair, mend", | |
| fixture: "object firmly fixed in place", | |
| flag: "emblem", | |
| flash: "blink, wink, twinkle", | |
| flat: "flat tire", | |
| flatware: "silverware", | |
| flavor: "savor, smack, tang, taste experience", | |
| flawed: "imperfect, blemished, faulty", | |
| fleet: "group of ships", | |
| flesh: "pulp, part of a fruit", | |
| flex: "bend", | |
| flexible: "bendable", | |
| flight: "flight of stairs", | |
| fling: "throw with force or recklessness", | |
| "float": "be afloat, fail to sink", | |
| flock: "group of animals", | |
| flood: "inundate, fill quickly beyond capacity", | |
| floor: "flooring", | |
| flour: "powdery foodstuff", | |
| flourish: "thrive, prosper", | |
| flow: "run", | |
| flower: "plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms", | |
| flu: "influenza, viral disease", | |
| fluctuation: "wavering, instability", | |
| flush: "cause to flow or flood", | |
| fly: "travel through the air, be airborne", | |
| fog: "water vapor", | |
| fold: "fold up, bend or lay so that one part covers the other", | |
| folk: "folks, common people", | |
| "folk music": "ethnic music", | |
| folklore: "unwritten literature or songs", | |
| follow: "succeed, come after", | |
| food: "nutrient", | |
| fool: "clown, jester", | |
| "fool around": "horse around, fool", | |
| foot: "ft, linear unit of length equal to 12 inches", | |
| football: "football game", | |
| forbid: "prohibit, interdict", | |
| force: "move something forcibly", | |
| forecast: "prognosis", | |
| foreigner: "alien, noncitizen", | |
| forest: "woodland, timberland, timber", | |
| forestry: "science of planting and caring for forests", | |
| forge: "fake, counterfeit", | |
| forget: "block, blank out, draw a blank, fail to remember", | |
| fork: "cutlery", | |
| form: "shape, give shape to", | |
| formal: "adhering to traditional standards", | |
| format: "formatting, data format, data formatting", | |
| formation: "spatial arrangement", | |
| formula: "statement of a fundamental principle", | |
| formulate: "word, phrase, articulate", | |
| fortune: "wealth, prosperity", | |
| forum: "public meeting", | |
| forward: "at, near or directed toward the front", | |
| fossil: "plant or animal remains", | |
| foster: "nurture", | |
| foundation: "basis", | |
| fountain: "water dispenser, font", | |
| fox: "animal", | |
| fraction: "quotient", | |
| fragment: "broken-off piece", | |
| fragrant: "pleasant-smelling", | |
| frame: "enclose in a frame", | |
| franchise: "dealership", | |
| frank: "candid, blunt, forthright", | |
| fraud: "fraudulence, dupery, hoax", | |
| freckle: "skin pigment", | |
| free: "not occupied", | |
| freedom: "condition of being free", | |
| freeze: "change to ice", | |
| freight: "transportation", | |
| freighter: "merchant ship", | |
| frequency: "frequence, oftenness", | |
| fresh: "insolent, impertinent, impudent, sassy", | |
| freshman: "first year student", | |
| friend: "acquaintance", | |
| friendly: "befitting a friend", | |
| frighten: "scare, cause fear in", | |
| frog: "toad, toad frog", | |
| front: "atmospheric phenomenon at the boundary between two air masses", | |
| frown: "glower, look angry or sullen", | |
| frozen: "unthawed", | |
| fruit: "ripened reproductive body of a seed plant", | |
| fuel: "energy", | |
| full: "replete, filled to satisfaction with food", | |
| fun: "merriment, playfulness", | |
| "function": "mathematical function", | |
| functional: "designed for or capable of a particular function", | |
| fund: "finance, underwrite", | |
| funeral: "ceremony", | |
| funny: "amusing, laughable", | |
| fur: "pelt, hairy coat of a mammal", | |
| furniture: "piece of furniture", | |
| fuss: "bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, stir", | |
| future: "hereafter, futurity, time to come", | |
| gaffe: "slip, faux pas", | |
| gain: "profit, benefit", | |
| galaxy: "extragalactic nebula", | |
| gallery: "art gallery", | |
| gallon: "gal, liquid unit", | |
| game: "amusement or pastime", | |
| gap: "crack, narrow opening", | |
| garage: "car repair shop", | |
| garbage: "refuse, waste", | |
| garlic: "aromatic bulb used as seasoning", | |
| gas: "gasoline, petrol", | |
| "gas pedal": "accelerator", | |
| gasp: "pant, puff, heave", | |
| gate: "door", | |
| gear: "gear mechanism", | |
| gem: "gemstone, stone", | |
| gene: "segment of DNA", | |
| general: "full general, officer", | |
| generate: "bring forth, produce", | |
| generation: "coevals, contemporaries", | |
| genetic: "genetical", | |
| genuine: "not fake or counterfeit", | |
| gesture: "motion of hands or body", | |
| get: "acquire", | |
| ghost: "visible disembodied soul", | |
| ghostwriter: "ghost", | |
| giant: "hulk, very large person", | |
| gift: "present", | |
| girl: "female child", | |
| girlfriend: "lady friend", | |
| give: "pass, hand, reach", | |
| glacier: "mass of ice", | |
| glance: "peek", | |
| glare: "glower", | |
| glass: "brittle transparent solid", | |
| glasses: "eyeglasses, spectacles", | |
| glide: "move smoothly and effortlessly", | |
| glimpse: "brief view", | |
| global: "universal, worldwide", | |
| gloom: "gloominess, glumness, atmosphere of depression", | |
| glory: "prestige", | |
| glove: "handwear", | |
| glow: "emit light", | |
| glue: "adhesive", | |
| go: "move", | |
| goal: "finish, destination", | |
| goalkeeper: "goalie, goaltender", | |
| goat: "domestic animal", | |
| god: "deity, divinity", | |
| gold: "Au, atomic number 79", | |
| golf: "golf game", | |
| good: "goodness, moral excellence", | |
| gossip: "scuttlebutt", | |
| government: "authorities, regime", | |
| governor: "head of a state", | |
| gown: "robe for ceremonial occasions", | |
| grace: "good will, kindness", | |
| gradient: "grade of a slope", | |
| gradual: "proceeding in small stages", | |
| graduate: "receive an academic degree", | |
| grain: "small hard particle", | |
| grand: "luxurious, opulent, sumptuous", | |
| grandfather: "gramps, grandad", | |
| grandmother: "grandma", | |
| grant: "monetary aid", | |
| graphic: "pictorial, lifelike, vivid", | |
| grass: "lawn", | |
| grateful: "thankful", | |
| grave: "tomb", | |
| gravel: "crushed rock", | |
| gravity: "gravitation, gravitational force", | |
| graze: "pasture", | |
| great: "large in size, number or extent", | |
| green: "Green, environmentalist", | |
| greet: "send greetings", | |
| greeting: "salutation", | |
| gregarious: "sociable", | |
| grief: "heartache, heartbreak, brokenheartedness", | |
| grimace: "face, contorted facial expression", | |
| grind: "mash, crunch", | |
| grip: "grasp, controlling influence", | |
| groan: "moan", | |
| ground: "land, dry land, earth, solid ground, terra firma", | |
| grounds: "evidence, basis for belief or disbelief", | |
| grow: "mature, maturate", | |
| growth: "abnormal proliferation of tissue", | |
| grudge: "grievance", | |
| guarantee: "warrant, warrantee", | |
| guard: "ward, watch over, shield from danger or harm", | |
| guerrilla: "insurgent", | |
| guess: "make a guess", | |
| guest: "invitee", | |
| guide: "someone who shows the way", | |
| guideline: "guidepost, rule of thumb", | |
| guilt: "guiltiness", | |
| guitar: "stringed instrument", | |
| gun: "weapon", | |
| gutter: "trough, channel for collecting rainwater", | |
| habit: "established custom", | |
| habitat: "home ground", | |
| hair: "natural body covering", | |
| haircut: "hairstyle", | |
| half: "one-half, one of two equal parts", | |
| hall: "hallway", | |
| hallway: "passage, corridor", | |
| halt: "freeze, interruption, temporary suspension", | |
| ham: "meat", | |
| hammer: "hand tool", | |
| hand: "hired hand, hired man", | |
| handicap: "hinder, hamper", | |
| handy: "easy to use", | |
| hang: "hang up, suspend", | |
| happen: "go on, occur", | |
| harass: "hassle, plague, molest", | |
| harbor: "seaport", | |
| hard: "not yielding to pressure", | |
| hardship: "adversity", | |
| hardware: "computer hardware", | |
| harm: "do harm to", | |
| harmful: "noxious", | |
| harmony: "musical harmony", | |
| harsh: "coarse, large-grained or rough to the touch", | |
| harvest: "harvest time", | |
| hat: "headdress", | |
| hate: "detest, loathe", | |
| haul: "transport", | |
| haunt: "stalk", | |
| have: "have got", | |
| hay: "grass mowed and cured", | |
| head: "chief, top dog, person who is in charge", | |
| headline: "newspaper headline", | |
| headquarters: "central office, main office", | |
| heal: "cure", | |
| health: "general condition of body and mind", | |
| healthy: "fit", | |
| hear: "perceive sound", | |
| heart: "figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top", | |
| heat: "passion", | |
| heaven: "paradise, place of complete bliss", | |
| heavy: "of great physical weight", | |
| heel: "back of the foot", | |
| height: "altitude", | |
| heir: "inheritor, heritor", | |
| helicopter: "chopper", | |
| hell: "infernal region, netherworld", | |
| helmet: "headgear", | |
| help: "assist, aid", | |
| helpless: "incapacitated", | |
| hemisphere: "half of the terrestrial globe", | |
| hen: "female chicken", | |
| herb: "cooking herb", | |
| herd: "group of cattle", | |
| hero: "person with exceptional courage", | |
| heroin: "drug", | |
| hesitate: "pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness", | |
| hiccup: "breathe spasmodically", | |
| hide: "hide out, be or go into hiding", | |
| hierarchy: "power structure, pecking order", | |
| high: "greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount", | |
| highlight: "high spot", | |
| highway: "expressway, freeway, state highway", | |
| hike: "walk for pleasure, take a hike", | |
| hilarious: "uproarious", | |
| hill: "elevation of the land", | |
| hip: "either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh", | |
| history: "the aggregate of past events", | |
| hit: "strike, run into, collide with", | |
| hobby: "pursuit, by-line, hobby, sideline, spare-time activity", | |
| hold: "bear, carry, contain", | |
| hole: "opening into or through something", | |
| holiday: "day on which work is suspended", | |
| home: "nursing home, rest home", | |
| homosexual: "gay", | |
| honest: "sincere", | |
| honey: "sweet food", | |
| honor: "laurels", | |
| hook: "fasten with a hook", | |
| hope: "wish, desire and expectancy", | |
| horizon: "skyline", | |
| horn: "car horn", | |
| horoscope: "prediction of the future", | |
| horror: "repugnance, repulsion, revulsion", | |
| horse: "knight, chessman", | |
| horseshoe: "shoe for horses", | |
| hospital: "infirmary", | |
| hospitality: "cordial reception, kindness in welcoming guests or strangers", | |
| host: "be the host", | |
| hostage: "prisoner held for ransom", | |
| hostile: "characterized by enmity or ill will", | |
| hostility: "enmity, antagonism", | |
| hot: "marked by intensity, vehemence, passion", | |
| hotdog: "frankfurter", | |
| hour: "time of day, clock time", | |
| house: "legislature", | |
| houseplant: "plant for indoor use", | |
| housewife: "homemaker", | |
| housing: "lodging, living accommodations", | |
| hover: "levitate", | |
| huge: "immense, vast", | |
| "human body": "physical body", | |
| humanity: "humanness", | |
| humor: "sense of humor", | |
| hunter: "huntsman", | |
| hunting: "hunt", | |
| hurl: "cast, hurtle, throw forcefully", | |
| hurt: "ache, be the source of pain", | |
| husband: "hubby", | |
| hut: "hovel, hutch, shack", | |
| hypnothize: "mesmerize", | |
| hypothesis: "guess, conjecture, surmise, speculation", | |
| hypothesize: "speculate, theorize, conjecture", | |
| ice: "frozen water", | |
| "ice cream": "frozen dessert", | |
| idea: "thought", | |
| ideal: "paragon, model of excellence or perfection", | |
| identification: "identity papers", | |
| identify: "name", | |
| identity: "identicalness, indistinguishability", | |
| ideology: "political theory", | |
| ignite: "light, light up", | |
| ignorance: "lack of knowledge", | |
| ignorant: "lacking basic knowledge, naive, unsophisticated", | |
| ignore: "neglect, disregard", | |
| illness: "unwellness, malady, sickness", | |
| illusion: "false mental representation", | |
| illustrate: "exemplify", | |
| image: "double, look-alike", | |
| imagine: "conceive of, ideate, envisage", | |
| immune: "resistant", | |
| impact: "forceful consequence, strong effect", | |
| imperial: "relating to an empire", | |
| implication: "logical implication", | |
| implicit: "inexplicit", | |
| "import": "bring in from abroad", | |
| important: "significant", | |
| imposter: "pretender, fake, faker, sham, fraud", | |
| impound: "confiscate, seize", | |
| impress: "make a good impression", | |
| improve: "better, amend, ameliorate", | |
| improvement: "condition superior to an earlier one", | |
| impulse: "caprice, whim", | |
| inappropriate: "not suitable", | |
| incapable: "incompetent", | |
| incentive: "inducement, motivator, carrot", | |
| inch: "in, unit of length", | |
| incident: "event", | |
| include: "have as a part", | |
| incongruous: "discrepant", | |
| increase: "become bigger or greater", | |
| incredible: "unbelievable", | |
| index: "alphabetical listing", | |
| "index finger": "forefinger", | |
| indication: "suggestion", | |
| indirect: "not direct in manner or language", | |
| indoor: "inside", | |
| indulge: "enjoy to excess", | |
| industry: "diligence, industriousness", | |
| infect: "communicate a disease", | |
| infection: "contagion, transmission", | |
| infinite: "having no limits or boundaries in time or space", | |
| inflate: "blow up, fill with air", | |
| inflation: "rising prices", | |
| influence: "effect of one thing or person", | |
| information: "info", | |
| infrastructure: "basic features of a system", | |
| inhabitant: "habitant, dweller, denizen", | |
| inhibition: "suppression, conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires", | |
| initial: "first letter of a word", | |
| initiative: "first step", | |
| inject: "take by injection", | |
| injection: "shot", | |
| injure: "wound, hurt", | |
| injury: "hurt, harm, trauma", | |
| inn: "hostel, hostelry, lodge", | |
| innocent: "guiltless, clean-handed", | |
| innovation: "invention", | |
| inquiry: "inquest", | |
| insert: "place inside", | |
| inside: "interior", | |
| insight: "perceptiveness, understanding", | |
| insist: "take a firm stand", | |
| insistence: "insistency, act of insisting", | |
| inspector: "examiner", | |
| inspiration: "sudden intuition", | |
| inspire: "supply the inspiration for", | |
| instal: "put in, set up for use", | |
| install: "put into an office or a position", | |
| instinct: "inherent aptitude", | |
| institution: "establishment", | |
| instruction: "teaching, pedagogy", | |
| instrument: "musical instrument", | |
| insurance: "indemnity, protection", | |
| insure: "take out insurance", | |
| integrated: "not segregated", | |
| integration: "desegregation", | |
| integrity: "moral soundness", | |
| intelligence: "intelligence service, intelligence agency", | |
| intensify: "escalate, step up", | |
| intention: "volition", | |
| interactive: "synergistic", | |
| interest: "fixed charge for borrowing money", | |
| "interface": "user interface", | |
| interference: "hindrance, hitch, preventive, encumbrance", | |
| intermediate: "lying between two extremes", | |
| interrupt: "disrupt", | |
| intervention: "interference", | |
| introduce: "bring in", | |
| introduction: "basic instructional text", | |
| invasion: "encroachment, intrusion", | |
| investigation: "probe", | |
| investment: "investment funds", | |
| invisible: "unseeable", | |
| invite: "ask over, invite to one's house", | |
| iron: "ferrous metal", | |
| irony: "sarcasm, satire", | |
| island: "land mass surrounded by water", | |
| isolation: "state of separation", | |
| issue: "important question", | |
| item: "token, individual instance", | |
| ivory: "tusk", | |
| jacket: "short coat", | |
| jail: "imprison, incarcerate", | |
| jam: "preserve", | |
| jar: "vessel", | |
| jaw: "part of the skull", | |
| jealous: "covetous, envious", | |
| jelly: "gelatinous substance", | |
| jest: "act or speak playfully", | |
| jet: "squirt, spurt, spirt", | |
| jewel: "gem, precious stone", | |
| job: "workplace", | |
| jockey: "rider", | |
| joint: "body part", | |
| joke: "gag, laugh, jest", | |
| journal: "diary", | |
| joy: "joyousness, joyfulness", | |
| joystick: "control stick", | |
| judge: "justice, jurist, magistrate", | |
| judgment: "cognitive process", | |
| judicial: "juridical, juridic", | |
| jump: "leap, bound", | |
| jungle: "impenetrable forest", | |
| junior: "younger or lower in rank", | |
| jurisdiction: "legal power", | |
| jury: "trial jury", | |
| just: "equitable", | |
| justice: "justness", | |
| justify: "excuse, rationalize", | |
| keep: "observe, celebrate holidays or rites", | |
| kettle: "boiler, metal pot", | |
| key: "legend, list of words that explain symbols", | |
| kick: "strike with the foot", | |
| kid: "young goat", | |
| kidnap: "snatch, abduct", | |
| kidney: "bean-shaped excretory organ", | |
| kill: "cause to die, put to death", | |
| killer: "slayer", | |
| king: "male monarch", | |
| kingdom: "monarchy", | |
| kinship: "family relationship", | |
| kit: "outfit, gear", | |
| kitchen: "room equipped for preparing meals", | |
| kite: "toy", | |
| knee: "knee joint", | |
| kneel: "rest one's weight on one's knees", | |
| knife: "tool", | |
| knit: "make textiles by knitting", | |
| knock: "rap, strike with the knuckles", | |
| knot: "fastening formed by looping and tying", | |
| know: "know how to do or perform something", | |
| knowledge: "cognition, result of perception, learning, or reasoning", | |
| laboratory: "lab, research lab", | |
| laborer: "manual laborer", | |
| labour: "working class, proletariat", | |
| lace: "delicate fabric", | |
| lack: "be without", | |
| ladder: "steps", | |
| lake: "body of water", | |
| lamb: "young sheep", | |
| lamp: "furniture holding lightbulbs", | |
| land: "come down on the ground", | |
| landowner: "landholder, property owner", | |
| landscape: "scenery", | |
| lane: "narrow road", | |
| language: "terminology, nomenclature", | |
| lap: "body part", | |
| large: "big", | |
| laser: "coherent light", | |
| last: "concluding, final, terminal", | |
| late: "belated, tardy", | |
| latest: "newest, up-to-date", | |
| launch: "propel with force, set in motion", | |
| laundry: "wash, washables", | |
| law: "police, police force", | |
| lawyer: "attorney", | |
| lay: "put down, lay down", | |
| layer: "thin sheet", | |
| layout: "plan, design", | |
| lazy: "indolent, otiose, slothful, work-shy", | |
| lead: "be in charge", | |
| leader: "commander, person who rules or guides or inspires others", | |
| leadership: "leading", | |
| leaf: "leafage, foliage", | |
| leaflet: "brochure, folder, pamphlet", | |
| leak: "escape through an opening", | |
| lean: "tilt, tip, slant, angle, incline, bend", | |
| learn: "memorize", | |
| lease: "rent, let", | |
| leash: "tether", | |
| leave: "bequeath, will, pass on", | |
| lecture: "instruction, teaching", | |
| left: "left side, left hand side", | |
| leftovers: "leftover food", | |
| leg: "limb", | |
| legend: "fable, story", | |
| legislation: "legislating, lawmaking", | |
| legislature: "legislative assembly", | |
| lemon: "fruit", | |
| lend: "loan", | |
| length: "extent of something from beginning to end", | |
| lesson: "unit of instruction", | |
| letter: "letter of the alphabet", | |
| level: "raze, rase, dismantle, tear down", | |
| liability: "legal obligation and responsibility", | |
| liberal: "tolerant of change", | |
| liberty: "freedom", | |
| licence: "license, permit", | |
| license: "certify", | |
| lick: "lap, pass the tongue over", | |
| lid: "eyelid", | |
| lie: "lie down", | |
| lifestyle: "way of living", | |
| lift: "raise, elevate, move up", | |
| light: "light up, illuminate, make light", | |
| lighter: "igniter, device for lighting or igniting", | |
| like: "be fond of", | |
| likely: "probable, plausible", | |
| lily: "flower", | |
| limb: "body part", | |
| limit: "limitation", | |
| limited: "small in range or scope", | |
| line: "wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam", | |
| lineage: "descent", | |
| linear: "one-dimensional", | |
| linen: "white goods", | |
| linger: "loiter", | |
| link: "connect, tie, fasten together", | |
| lion: "king of beasts", | |
| lip: "fleshy folds of tissue surrounding the mouth", | |
| list: "include in a list", | |
| listen: "hear", | |
| literacy: "ability to read and write", | |
| literature: "creative writing", | |
| litigation: "judicial proceeding", | |
| live: "unrecorded", | |
| liver: "organ", | |
| load: "place on a surface or a conveyance", | |
| loan: "temporary provision of money", | |
| lobby: "pressure group", | |
| locate: "situate, determine the location", | |
| location: "point in space", | |
| lock: "fasten with a lock", | |
| lodge: "stay temporarily", | |
| log: "tree trunk", | |
| lonely: "alone, lone, solitary", | |
| "long": "of relatively great duration", | |
| look: "search", | |
| loop: "round or oval shape", | |
| loose: "not tight, constrained or constricted", | |
| loot: "booty, pillage, plunder, dirty money, prize", | |
| looting: "plundering", | |
| lose: "fail to win", | |
| loss: "something that is lost", | |
| lost: "spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed", | |
| lot: "deal, flock, good deal, great deal, heap", | |
| loud: "characterized by sound of great volume", | |
| lounge: "waiting room, waiting area", | |
| love: "be in love with", | |
| lover: "significant other", | |
| low: "being at small elevation", | |
| loyalty: "trueness", | |
| lump: "chunk, gob, clod", | |
| lunch: "luncheon, midday meal", | |
| lung: "respiratory organ", | |
| machinery: "machines", | |
| magazine: "periodic publication", | |
| magnetic: "relating to magnetism", | |
| magnitude: "size, extent", | |
| maid: "maidservant, housemaid", | |
| mail: "send, post", | |
| "mail carrier": "mailman, postman, letter carrier", | |
| main: "chief, primary, principal", | |
| mainstream: "prevailing thought", | |
| major: "of full legal age", | |
| majority: "legal age", | |
| make: "gain, take in, clear, earn", | |
| makeup: "cosmetics", | |
| man: "adult male, male", | |
| manage: "pull off, bring off, carry off", | |
| management: "direction", | |
| manager: "director", | |
| manner: "personal manner, way of acting or behaving", | |
| manual: "handbook", | |
| manufacture: "fabrication", | |
| manufacturer: "producer", | |
| map: "representation of the earth's surface", | |
| marathon: "footrace of 26 miles", | |
| marble: "rock", | |
| march: "walk", | |
| margin: "edge, blank space on a page", | |
| marine: "nautical, maritime, relating to the sea", | |
| mark: "grade, score", | |
| market: "commercialize", | |
| marketing: "promoting and selling", | |
| marriage: "union, matrimony, spousal relationship, wedlock", | |
| marsh: "marshland, fen, fenland", | |
| mask: "disguise", | |
| mass: "body of matter", | |
| master: "get the hang of", | |
| mastermind: "engineer, direct, orchestrate, organize", | |
| match: "be equal or harmonize", | |
| material: "stuff", | |
| mathematics: "math, maths", | |
| matrix: "rectangular array", | |
| matter: "count, weigh, carry weight", | |
| mature: "ripe, fully developed and ready to be eaten", | |
| maximum: "upper limit", | |
| mayor: "city manager", | |
| maze: "labyrinth", | |
| meadow: "hayfield", | |
| meal: "repast", | |
| mean: "intend, signify, stand for", | |
| meaning: "significance, signification", | |
| means: "instrumentality for accomplishing some end", | |
| measure: "quantify, express as a number or quantity", | |
| meat: "flesh of animals", | |
| mechanical: "using a mechanism", | |
| mechanism: "piece of machinery", | |
| medal: "decoration, laurel wreath, medallion, ribbon", | |
| medicine: "medication, medicament, medicinal drug", | |
| medieval: "from the Middle Ages", | |
| medium: "intermediate state", | |
| meet: "get to know", | |
| meeting: "encounter, casual or unexpected convergence", | |
| member: "part of a social group", | |
| memorandum: "memo", | |
| memorial: "commemoration, remembrance", | |
| memory: "something that is remembered", | |
| mention: "note, observe, remark", | |
| menu: "dishes planned for a meal", | |
| merchant: "merchandiser, businessperson", | |
| mercy: "clemency, mercifulness, leniency", | |
| merit: "deservingness, meritoriousness", | |
| mess: "difficult situation, fix, jam, muddle, pickle", | |
| message: "written, spoken, or signaled communication", | |
| metal: "metallic element", | |
| method: "way of doing something", | |
| microphone: "mike", | |
| middle: "intermediate part or section", | |
| midnight: "12 o'clock", | |
| migration: "movement from one country to another", | |
| mild: "moderate", | |
| mile: "distance", | |
| mill: "grinder", | |
| mind: "be offended or bothered by", | |
| mine: "excavation of ores and minerals", | |
| miner: "mineworker", | |
| minimize: "understate, downplay", | |
| minimum: "lower limit", | |
| minister: "government minister", | |
| ministry: "government department", | |
| minor: "lesser in scope or effect", | |
| minority: "smaller in number", | |
| minute: "min, unit of time equal to 60 seconds", | |
| miracle: "supernatural event", | |
| mirror: "reflector", | |
| miscarriage: "stillbirth", | |
| miserable: "abject, scummy, contemptible", | |
| misery: "wretchedness, miserableness", | |
| mislead: "misinform, give false information", | |
| misplace: "lose", | |
| miss: "fail to attend an event or activity", | |
| missile: "projectile, weapon", | |
| mist: "thin fog", | |
| mistreat: "maltreat, abuse", | |
| mix: "shuffle, randomize", | |
| mixture: "mix", | |
| mobile: "moving or capable of moving readily", | |
| model: "simulate", | |
| modernize: "develop", | |
| modest: "not offensive to sexual mores", | |
| module: "component", | |
| mold: "fungus, mould", | |
| mole: "counterspy", | |
| moment: "here and now, present moment", | |
| momentum: "impulse, force", | |
| monarch: "sovereign, crowned head", | |
| money: "wealth", | |
| monk: "inhabitant of a monastery", | |
| monkey: "long-tailed primate", | |
| monopoly: "exclusive control", | |
| monster: "freak", | |
| monstrous: "grotesque", | |
| month: "calendar month", | |
| mood: "temper, humor", | |
| moon: "satellite of the Earth", | |
| moral: "relating to principles of right and wrong", | |
| morale: "individual psychological well-being", | |
| morning: "morn, morning time, forenoon", | |
| morsel: "bit, bit", | |
| mosaic: "colored stone or glass art", | |
| mosque: "place of worship", | |
| mosquito: "blood-sucking insect", | |
| mother: "female parent", | |
| motif: "design", | |
| motivation: "motive, need", | |
| motorcycle: "motorbike, bike", | |
| motorist: "automobilist", | |
| mountain: "mount, land mass projecting above its surroundings", | |
| mourning: "bereavement", | |
| mouse: "computer mouse", | |
| mouth: "oral cavity", | |
| move: "change residence, affiliation, or employment", | |
| movement: "social movement, front, people with a common ideology", | |
| movie: "film", | |
| moving: "arousing deep emotion", | |
| mud: "clay, soft wet earth", | |
| mug: "cup", | |
| muggy: "sticky, steamy", | |
| multimedia: "multimedia system", | |
| multiply: "calculate", | |
| murder: "slaying, execution", | |
| muscle: "bodily tissue", | |
| museum: "exhibition hall", | |
| mushroom: "fungus", | |
| musical: "talented in or devoted to music", | |
| mutation: "genetic mutation", | |
| mutter: "mumble, murmur", | |
| mutual: "reciprocal", | |
| mystery: "secret, enigma, closed book", | |
| myth: "traditional story", | |
| nail: "body part", | |
| name: "person's reputation", | |
| nap: "catnap, take a nap", | |
| narrow: "narrow-minded", | |
| national: "relating to a nation or country", | |
| nationalism: "patriotism, love of country", | |
| nationalist: "patriot", | |
| "native": "belonging to one by birth", | |
| nature: "causal agent creating and controlling the universe", | |
| navy: "naval forces", | |
| neck: "cervix, connection from head to the rest of the body", | |
| necklace: "chain", | |
| need: "require", | |
| needle: "indicator for readings", | |
| negative: "reckoned in a direction opposite to positive", | |
| neglect: "disregard", | |
| negligence: "neglect", | |
| negotiation: "dialogue, talks", | |
| neighborhood: "vicinity, neck of the woods", | |
| neighbour: "neighbor, person living nearby", | |
| nerve: "bundle of nerve fibers", | |
| nervous: "skittish", | |
| nest: "structure in which animals lay eggs", | |
| net: "game equipment", | |
| network: "web, interconnected system", | |
| neutral: "of no distinctive quality", | |
| "new": "unfamiliar", | |
| news: "new information", | |
| night: "nighttime, dark", | |
| nightmare: "upsetting dream", | |
| noble: "belonging to hereditary aristocracy", | |
| node: "connecting point", | |
| noise: "sound", | |
| nominate: "put up, put forward, propose", | |
| nomination: "naming a candidate", | |
| nonremittal: "default, nonpayment", | |
| nonsense: "bunk, hokum", | |
| norm: "standard", | |
| normal: "conforming with a norm or standard", | |
| north: "due north, N, direction", | |
| nose: "olfactory organ", | |
| note: "bill, banknote", | |
| notebook: "book with blank pages", | |
| notice: "note, perceive", | |
| notion: "concept", | |
| notorious: "ill-famed, infamous", | |
| novel: "fictional work", | |
| nuance: "shade, nicety, subtlety, refinement", | |
| nuclear: "atomic", | |
| number: "phone number, telephone number", | |
| nun: "sister, religious woman", | |
| nursery: "baby's room", | |
| nut: "hard-shelled seed", | |
| oak: "oak tree", | |
| obese: "overweight", | |
| object: "raise an objection", | |
| objective: "nonsubjective", | |
| obligation: "duty, responsibility", | |
| obscure: "make less visible", | |
| observation: "facts learned by observing", | |
| observer: "perceiver, beholder", | |
| obstacle: "block", | |
| occasion: "time of a particular event", | |
| occupation: "military control", | |
| occupy: "fill, occupy the whole space of", | |
| offend: "cause to feel resentment", | |
| offender: "wrongdoer", | |
| offense: "discourtesy, offence", | |
| offensive: "for the purpose of attack", | |
| offer: "volunteer to do", | |
| office: "business office, workplace", | |
| officer: "policeman, police officer", | |
| official: "functionary", | |
| offset: "countervail, compensate, counterbalance, make up for", | |
| offspring: "young", | |
| oil: "viscous liquid", | |
| old: "elderly, having lived for a relatively long time", | |
| "old age": "years", | |
| omission: "skip, mistake resulting from neglect", | |
| onion: "edible bulb", | |
| open: "open up", | |
| opera: "drama set to music", | |
| operation: "functioning, performance", | |
| operational: "pertaining to a process", | |
| opinion: "legal opinion, judgment, judgement", | |
| opponent: "adversary, antagonist", | |
| oppose: "be against", | |
| opposed: "being in opposition", | |
| opposite: "reverse, contrary", | |
| opposition: "enemy, foe", | |
| option: "right to buy or sell property", | |
| oral: "of or involving the mouth", | |
| orange: "citrus fruit", | |
| orbit: "celestial orbit", | |
| orchestra: "musical group", | |
| order: "orderliness", | |
| ordinary: "not exceptional", | |
| organ: "body part", | |
| organisation: "group of people who work together", | |
| organize: "bring order and organization to", | |
| orgy: "orgy, debauchery, saturnalia, bacchanal, riot", | |
| orientation: "position, alignment", | |
| origin: "descent, extraction, background, provenance", | |
| original: "fresh, unusual, first", | |
| orthodox: "adhering to what is commonly accepted", | |
| ostracize: "shun, blackball, expel from a community", | |
| other: "not the same", | |
| outer: "being on the outside", | |
| outfit: "getup, clothing", | |
| outlet: "wall socket, wall plug, electric outlet", | |
| outline: "lineation, linear boundary", | |
| outlook: "mentality, mindset", | |
| output: "end product", | |
| outside: "exterior, outer side or surface", | |
| oven: "kitchen appliance", | |
| overall: "clothing", | |
| overcharge: "surcharge, fleece, rip off", | |
| overeat: "gorge", | |
| overlook: "fail to notice", | |
| overview: "summary", | |
| overwhelm: "overpower", | |
| owe: "be obliged to pay", | |
| owl: "nocturnal bird", | |
| owner: "proprietor someone who owns a business", | |
| pace: "tempo, rate", | |
| pack: "arrange in a container", | |
| "package": "bundle, packet, parcel", | |
| packet: "small package, bundle", | |
| page: "one side of one leaf", | |
| pain: "pain in the neck, nuisance", | |
| paint: "make a painting", | |
| painter: "artist", | |
| pair: "two people considered as a unit", | |
| palace: "residence of a sovereign", | |
| palm: "palm tree", | |
| pan: "cooking pan", | |
| panel: "team of experts", | |
| panic: "terror, overwhelming fear", | |
| paper: "material made of cellulose pulp", | |
| parachute: "jump from an airplane", | |
| parade: "ceremonial procession", | |
| paradox: "self-contradiction", | |
| paragraph: "subdivisions of a text", | |
| parallel: "analogue, analog", | |
| paralyzed: "paralytic, unable to move", | |
| parameter: "factor", | |
| pardon: "amnesty", | |
| park: "maneuver a vehicle into a parking space", | |
| parking: "parking space", | |
| part: "portion, component part, component", | |
| participate: "take part", | |
| particle: "small body of mass", | |
| particular: "peculiar, special", | |
| partner: "member of a partnership", | |
| partnership: "cooperation among people", | |
| party: "political party", | |
| pass: "make it, be successful", | |
| passage: "section of text", | |
| passenger: "rider", | |
| passion: "passionateness, strong emotion", | |
| passive: "inactive", | |
| password: "watchword, word", | |
| past: "past times, yesteryear", | |
| pastel: "light pale color", | |
| pasture: "pastureland, grazing land", | |
| pat: "dab, hit lightly", | |
| patch: "plot, small area", | |
| patent: "patent of invention", | |
| path: "route, itinerary", | |
| patience: "forbearance", | |
| patient: "person who requires medical care", | |
| patrol: "security detachment", | |
| pattern: "model, design", | |
| pause: "pause, take a break", | |
| pavement: "sidewalk", | |
| pawn: "hock", | |
| pay: "give money in exchange for goods or services", | |
| payment: "defrayal", | |
| peace: "state prevailing during the absence of war", | |
| peak: "vertex, apex, acme, highest point", | |
| peanut: "goober", | |
| peasant: "agricultural laborer", | |
| pedestrian: "walker", | |
| peel: "skin, rind of a fruit or vegetable", | |
| pen: "playpen", | |
| penalty: "punishment", | |
| pencil: "writing implement", | |
| penetrate: "enter into", | |
| penny: "cent", | |
| pension: "payment during retirement", | |
| pepper: "spice", | |
| perceive: "sense", | |
| percent: "percentage", | |
| perception: "process of perceiving", | |
| perfect: "complete, without defect", | |
| perforate: "pass in or through", | |
| perform: "give a performance", | |
| performance: "act of presenting a play or a piece", | |
| performer: "performing artist", | |
| perfume: "essence", | |
| period: "historic period", | |
| permanent: "lasting", | |
| permission: "approval to do something", | |
| persist: "persevere", | |
| persistent: "lasting", | |
| person: "individual", | |
| personal: "concerning a particular person", | |
| personality: "personal attributes", | |
| pest: "blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadfly, persistently annoying person", | |
| pet: "animal", | |
| petty: "small-minded", | |
| philosophy: "doctrine, school of thought, set of beliefs", | |
| photocopy: "xerox, run off", | |
| photograph: "photo", | |
| photography: "picture taking", | |
| physical: "involving the body", | |
| physics: "physical science", | |
| piano: "keyboard instrument", | |
| pick: "select carefully", | |
| picture: "painting, graphic art", | |
| pie: "dish", | |
| piece: "musical composition, opus, composition, piece of music", | |
| pier: "support for two adjacent bridge spans", | |
| pierce: "stick, puncture", | |
| pig: "slob, sloven, slovenly person", | |
| pigeon: "wild and domesticated bird", | |
| pile: "stack, heap", | |
| pill: "birth control pill", | |
| pillow: "cushion", | |
| pilot: "airplane pilot", | |
| pin: "personal identification number, PIN, PIN number", | |
| pioneer: "innovator, trailblazer, groundbreaker", | |
| pipe: "tube", | |
| pit: "stone, hard inner core of some fruits", | |
| pitch: "sales pitch", | |
| pity: "compassion", | |
| place: "seat", | |
| plagiarize: "steal intellectual property", | |
| plain: "simple", | |
| plaintiff: "complainant", | |
| plan: "make plans", | |
| plane: "airplane, aeroplane", | |
| planet: "celestial body", | |
| plant: "put or set into the ground", | |
| plaster: "adhesive plaster", | |
| plastic: "materials", | |
| plate: "dish", | |
| platform: "horizontal surface", | |
| play: "engage in playful activity", | |
| player: "participant", | |
| plead: "enter a plea in courts of law", | |
| pleasant: "delightful", | |
| please: "delight, give pleasure", | |
| pleasure: "delight", | |
| pledge: "promise solemnly", | |
| plot: "diagram", | |
| pluck: "pick, cull", | |
| plug: "stop up", | |
| pneumonia: "respiratory disease", | |
| pocket: "pouch inside a garment", | |
| poem: "verse form", | |
| poetry: "poesy, verse", | |
| point: "dot", | |
| poison: "administer poison to", | |
| pole: "Earth's antipodal point", | |
| policeman: "cop", | |
| policy: "insurance policy", | |
| polish: "shine", | |
| polite: "courteous", | |
| poll: "opinion poll", | |
| pollution: "contamination", | |
| pony: "small horse", | |
| pool: "puddle", | |
| poor: "characterized by poverty", | |
| pop: "burst open with a sharp, explosive sound", | |
| popular: "regarded with great favor, approval, or affection", | |
| population: "people who inhabit a territory", | |
| porter: "person employed to carry luggage and supplies", | |
| portion: "helping, serving", | |
| portrait: "portrayal, likeness", | |
| position: "status", | |
| positive: "accepting, confirming", | |
| possession: "ownership", | |
| possibility: "possible action", | |
| possible: "potential", | |
| post: "publicize with, or as if with, a poster", | |
| posture: "bearing, carriage", | |
| pot: "flowerpot", | |
| potential: "potentiality", | |
| pottery: "clayware", | |
| pound: "lb, 16 ounces", | |
| pour: "cause to flow", | |
| powder: "fine-grained substance", | |
| power: "force, might", | |
| practical: "efficient", | |
| practice: "exercise, drill, practice session, recitation", | |
| praise: "congratulations, kudos", | |
| pray: "say a prayer", | |
| prayer: "supplication", | |
| preach: "deliver a sermon", | |
| precede: "predate, antecede, antedate", | |
| precedent: "case in point", | |
| precision: "preciseness", | |
| predator: "predatory animal", | |
| predict: "call, foretell, prognosticate, forebode", | |
| prediction: "projection", | |
| prefer: "favor", | |
| preference: "predilection, predisposition", | |
| prejudice: "bias, preconception", | |
| premature: "untimely", | |
| premium: "insurance premium", | |
| preoccupation: "idea that preoccupies the mind", | |
| preparation: "readiness, preparedness", | |
| prescription: "physician's instructions", | |
| presence: "state of being present", | |
| present: "submit, hand over formally", | |
| presentation: "making publicly available or known", | |
| presidency: "presidentship", | |
| president: "chairman, chairwoman, chair", | |
| presidential: "relating to a president or presidency", | |
| press: "exert pressure or force on", | |
| pressure: "imperativeness, insistence, insistency", | |
| prestige: "prestigiousness", | |
| prevalence: "preponderance, superiority in number", | |
| prevent: "forestall, keep from happening", | |
| prey: "quarry hunted animal", | |
| price: "cost, toll", | |
| pride: "proud feeling", | |
| primary: "primary election", | |
| prince: "son of a sovereign", | |
| principle: "basic truth or law or assumption", | |
| print: "reproduce by printing", | |
| printer: "output device that prints data", | |
| priority: "precedence", | |
| prison: "prison house, correctional institution", | |
| prisoner: "captive", | |
| privacy: "privateness, seclusion", | |
| "private": "concerning things personal", | |
| privilege: "special advantage", | |
| prize: "trophy", | |
| problem: "question", | |
| process: "procedure", | |
| proclaim: "exclaim, promulgate, state, announce", | |
| produce: "grow, raise, farm, cultivate", | |
| producer: "film or play producer", | |
| product: "consequence of someone's efforts", | |
| production: "output, yield", | |
| productive: "generative", | |
| profession: "occupation", | |
| professional: "professional person", | |
| professor: "prof", | |
| profile: "side view", | |
| profit: "turn a profit", | |
| profound: "deep", | |
| program: "computer program", | |
| progress: "advancement, gain", | |
| progressive: "favoring or promoting progress", | |
| project: "undertaking, task, enterprise", | |
| projection: "image projection", | |
| promise: "verbal commitment", | |
| promote: "upgrade, advance, kick upstairs", | |
| promotion: "publicity", | |
| proof: "mathematical proofs", | |
| proper: "suitable", | |
| property: "belongings, holding, material possession", | |
| proportion: "quotient of magnitude of a part and magnitude of the whole", | |
| proposal: "marriage proposal", | |
| proposition: "statement", | |
| prosecute: "bring a criminal action against", | |
| prosecution: "criminal prosecution", | |
| prospect: "expectation, outlook", | |
| prosper: "boom, thrive, flourish", | |
| prosperity: "economic prosperity", | |
| protect: "shield from danger", | |
| protection: "protecting someone or something", | |
| protest: "objection, dissent", | |
| proud: "feeling self-respect", | |
| prove: "show, demonstrate, establish", | |
| provide: "supply, render, furnish", | |
| provincial: "characteristic of the provinces", | |
| provision: "supply, supplying", | |
| provoke: "arouse, evoke an emotion or response", | |
| psychology: "psychological science", | |
| "public": "not private", | |
| publication: "printed work", | |
| publicity: "public scrutiny", | |
| publish: "bring out, put out, issue, release", | |
| publisher: "publishing house, publishing firm", | |
| pudding: "soft sweet dessert", | |
| pull: "draw", | |
| pump: "raise fluid with a pump", | |
| pumpkin: "large yellow fruit", | |
| punch: "make a hole in", | |
| punish: "penalize", | |
| pupil: "schoolchild, school-age child", | |
| pure: "free of extraneous elements of any kind", | |
| purpose: "intent, intention, aim, design", | |
| pursuit: "quest, search", | |
| push: "press", | |
| put: "place, set, pose, lay, position", | |
| puzzle: "toy", | |
| pyramid: "polyhedron", | |
| qualification: "reservation, limitation", | |
| qualified: "meeting the standards and requirements", | |
| qualify: "measure up, prove capable, meet requirements", | |
| quality: "degree or grade of excellence", | |
| quantity: "amount", | |
| quarrel: "dispute, argue", | |
| quarter: "fourth part of a year, three months", | |
| queen: "female monarch", | |
| quest: "seeking", | |
| question: "interrogate", | |
| queue: "waiting line", | |
| quiet: "quiescent", | |
| quit: "drop out, give up, throw in the towel", | |
| quota: "proportional share", | |
| quotation: "price quotation", | |
| quote: "cite", | |
| rabbit: "burrowing animal", | |
| race: "rush, hasten, speed, hurry", | |
| racism: "prejudice", | |
| rack: "framework for holding objects", | |
| radiation: "radioactivity", | |
| "radiation sickness": "radiation syndrome", | |
| radical: "person with radical ideas", | |
| radio: "radio receiver, receiving set, radio set", | |
| rage: "fury, madness, intense anger", | |
| raid: "foray, sudden attack", | |
| railcar: "railroad car, wagon", | |
| railroad: "railroad line, railway system", | |
| rain: "rainfall", | |
| rainbow: "colored light in the sky", | |
| raise: "rear, bring up, nurture, parent", | |
| rally: "mass meeting", | |
| ranch: "cattle ranch, cattle farm", | |
| random: "arbitrary", | |
| range: "mountain range, range of mountains", | |
| rank: "rate, place, range, order, grade", | |
| rape: "ravish, violate, assault", | |
| rare: "infrequent, uncommon", | |
| rat: "rodent", | |
| rate: "pace", | |
| ratio: "relative magnitude", | |
| rational: "based on reasoning", | |
| raw: "not treated with heat", | |
| reach: "extend to, touch", | |
| reaction: "chemical reaction", | |
| reactor: "nuclear reactor", | |
| read: "interpret something that is written or printed", | |
| reader: "reviewer, referee", | |
| ready: "prepared", | |
| real: "actual, genuine", | |
| realism: "pragmatism", | |
| reality: "realness", | |
| realize: "recognize, be fully aware of", | |
| rear: "rise up", | |
| reason: "rationality", | |
| reasonable: "sensible", | |
| rebel: "insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom fighter", | |
| rebellion: "insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising", | |
| receipt: "acknowledgment of payment", | |
| reception: "formal party", | |
| recession: "declining economy", | |
| reckless: "foolhardy", | |
| recognition: "acknowledgment", | |
| recognize: "accredit, grant credentials", | |
| recommend: "commend", | |
| recommendation: "testimonial, good word", | |
| reconcile: "make up", | |
| record: "tape, register electronically", | |
| recording: "information storage device", | |
| recover: "recuperate, convalesce", | |
| recovery: "convalescence, recuperation", | |
| recruit: "seek to employ", | |
| recycle: "reprocess, reuse", | |
| red: "redness", | |
| redeem: "exchange for ransom under threat", | |
| reduce: "cut down, cut back, trim", | |
| reduction: "decrease, diminution", | |
| redundancy: "redundance, superfluousness", | |
| refer: "mention, advert, bring up, cite, name", | |
| referee: "sports referee", | |
| reference: "reference point, point of reference", | |
| referral: "recommendation to consult someone", | |
| reflect: "shine", | |
| reflection: "reflexion, mirror image", | |
| reform: "improve by alteration or correction", | |
| refrigerator: "fridge", | |
| refund: "repay, pay back", | |
| refuse: "decline to do", | |
| regard: "gaze, long fixed look", | |
| register: "enroll to vote", | |
| registration: "enrollment, enrolment", | |
| regret: "repent, rue, feel remorse", | |
| regular: "in accordance with fixed order or procedure", | |
| regulation: "authoritative rule", | |
| rehabilitation: "vindication of character, exoneration", | |
| rehearsal: "dry run", | |
| reign: "time of rule", | |
| reinforce: "reward, support with rewards", | |
| reject: "rule out, eliminate", | |
| relate: "tie in, link, connect logically or causally", | |
| related: "connected logically or causally", | |
| relation: "relative, person related by blood or marriage", | |
| relationship: "state of connectedness between people", | |
| relative: "not absolute", | |
| relax: "loosen up, unwind", | |
| relaxation: "easiness, absence of tension", | |
| release: "free, liberate", | |
| relevance: "relevancy", | |
| reliable: "dependable", | |
| reliance: "state of relying on something", | |
| relief: "ease, alleviation", | |
| relieve: "free from a burden or distress", | |
| relinquish: "renounce, give up, foreswear", | |
| reluctance: "hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination", | |
| remain: "persist, stay behind", | |
| remark: "explicit notice", | |
| remedy: "curative, cure, medicine", | |
| remember: "retrieve, recall", | |
| remind: "prompt, cue", | |
| remunerate: "compensate", | |
| rent: "payment to a landlord", | |
| repeat: "duplicate, reduplicate, double, replicate", | |
| repetition: "repeat", | |
| replace: "substitute for a defective or inadequate one", | |
| replacement: "surrogate, alternate, substitute", | |
| report: "study, written report, evaluation", | |
| reporter: "journalist, newsperson", | |
| represent: "stand for, correspond to", | |
| representative: "congressman", | |
| reproduce: "make a copy", | |
| reproduction: "replica, replication, copy", | |
| reptile: "reptilian", | |
| reputation: "notoriety for some characteristic", | |
| request: "call for", | |
| requirement: "necessity, essential, requisite", | |
| rescue: "free from harm or evil", | |
| research: "systematic investigation to establish facts", | |
| researcher: "research worker, investigator", | |
| reserve: "obtain or arrange in advance", | |
| reservoir: "artificial lake", | |
| residence: "abode", | |
| resident: "occupant", | |
| resign: "reconcile oneself, accept as inevitable", | |
| resignation: "surrender", | |
| resist: "baulk, refuse to comply", | |
| resolution: "decision to do something", | |
| resort: "holiday resort", | |
| resource: "source of aid or support", | |
| respect: "esteem, value", | |
| respectable: "worthy of respect", | |
| response: "reaction", | |
| responsibility: "duty, obligation", | |
| responsible: "held accountable, worthy of trust", | |
| rest: "breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather", | |
| restaurant: "eating place", | |
| restless: "antsy, itchy, fidgety", | |
| restoration: "renovation, refurbishment", | |
| restrain: "encumber, constrain, hold back", | |
| restraint: "limitation", | |
| restrict: "limit, restrain", | |
| restriction: "limitation", | |
| result: "resultant, final result, outcome, consequence", | |
| retailer: "retail merchant", | |
| retain: "remember, keep in one's mind", | |
| retire: "go into retirement", | |
| retired: "no longer active in your work", | |
| retiree: "pensioner", | |
| retirement: "withdrawal from a position", | |
| retreat: "move away", | |
| "return": "bring back, take back", | |
| reveal: "uncover, bring out, make visible", | |
| revenge: "retaliation", | |
| reverse: "invert, turn inside out or upside down", | |
| review: "look back, retrospect", | |
| revise: "make revisions to", | |
| revival: "resurgence, revitalization", | |
| revive: "resuscitate", | |
| revoke: "lift, annul, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind", | |
| revolution: "rotation, gyration", | |
| revolutionary: "advocating or engaged in revolution", | |
| reward: "repay, pay back", | |
| rhetoric: "technique for speaking", | |
| rhythm: "beat, musical rhythm", | |
| rib: "bone", | |
| ribbon: "strip of material", | |
| rice: "grains used as food", | |
| rich: "possessing material wealth", | |
| ride: "be carried or travel in or on a vehicle", | |
| rider: "person riding an animal", | |
| ridge: "long narrow range of hills", | |
| rifle: "firearm", | |
| right: "right hand side", | |
| "right wing": "right", | |
| ring: "peal", | |
| riot: "public violence", | |
| rise: "come up, ascend in the sky", | |
| risk: "gamble, chance, hazard, take chances", | |
| ritual: "rite", | |
| river: "large natural stream of water", | |
| road: "route, open way for travel or transportation", | |
| roar: "bellow, make a loud noise", | |
| rob: "deprive somebody of something", | |
| robot: "automaton", | |
| rock: "sway", | |
| rocket: "vehicle propelled by a rocket engine", | |
| role: "character, theatrical role, part", | |
| roll: "turn over, turn over or rotate", | |
| romantic: "amatory, amorous", | |
| roof: "top of a building", | |
| room: "area within a building", | |
| root: "part of plant", | |
| rose: "flower", | |
| rotate: "turn", | |
| rotation: "rotary motion", | |
| rotten: "crappy, lousy, shitty, stinking, stinky", | |
| rough: "unsmooth", | |
| round: "circular", | |
| route: "path, itinerary", | |
| routine: "modus operandi", | |
| row: "propel with oars", | |
| royalty: "payment for a patent or copyright", | |
| rub: "apply friction", | |
| rubbish: "trash, scrap, worthless material", | |
| rugby: "rugby football", | |
| ruin: "downfall, ruination", | |
| rule: "govern", | |
| rumor: "hearsay", | |
| run: "move fast on one's feet", | |
| rung: "stave, round, crosspiece between chair legs", | |
| runner: "athlete", | |
| rush: "haste, hurry, rushing", | |
| sacred: "concerned with religion or religious purposes", | |
| sacrifice: "loss", | |
| safari: "hunting expedition", | |
| safe: "free from danger", | |
| safety: "state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused", | |
| sail: "canvas", | |
| sailor: "crewman", | |
| salad: "food mixture", | |
| sale: "general activity of selling", | |
| salesperson: "salesclerk, shop clerk", | |
| salmon: "fish", | |
| salon: "beauty salon, beauty parlor", | |
| salt: "table salt, common salt", | |
| salvation: "being saved from harm", | |
| sample: "small part representative of the whole", | |
| sanctuary: "consecrated place", | |
| sand: "finely ground particles", | |
| sandal: "footwear", | |
| sandwich: "bomber, grinder, hero, hoagie, sub", | |
| satellite: "orbiter", | |
| satisfaction: "contentment", | |
| satisfied: "quenched, slaked", | |
| sausage: "wurst, meat", | |
| save: "spare", | |
| say: "state, tell", | |
| scale: "scale of measurement, graduated table", | |
| scan: "skim, examine hastily", | |
| scandal: "outrage", | |
| scatter: "sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse", | |
| scenario: "sequence of possible events", | |
| scene: "fit, tantrum, conniption", | |
| scheme: "schema organization of concepts", | |
| scholar: "scholarly person, student, learned person", | |
| school: "educational institution", | |
| science: "scientific discipline", | |
| score: "game score", | |
| scramble: "jumble", | |
| scrap: "small piece", | |
| scrape: "grate, scratch", | |
| scratch: "scrape", | |
| scream: "yell, shriek", | |
| screen: "screen out, sieve out", | |
| screw: "tighten, fasten", | |
| script: "writing system", | |
| sculpture: "plastic art", | |
| sea: "ocean", | |
| seal: "seal off, make tight, secure against leakage", | |
| season: "time of year", | |
| seasonal: "occurring at or dependent on a particular season", | |
| seat: "furniture designed for sitting on", | |
| second: "sec, 1/60 of a minute", | |
| secretary: "secretarial assistant", | |
| secretion: "glandular substance", | |
| section: "segment, one of several parts", | |
| sector: "sphere, particular aspect of life or activity", | |
| secular: "laic, lay", | |
| secure: "fasten, fix, cause to be firmly attached", | |
| security: "security system, security measure", | |
| see: "perceive by sight", | |
| seed: "small hard fruit", | |
| seek: "search, look for", | |
| seem: "appear", | |
| seize: "clutch, take hold of, grab, grasp", | |
| selection: "survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection", | |
| self: "ego", | |
| sell: "exchange for money", | |
| seller: "marketer, vender, vendor", | |
| seminar: "course", | |
| senior: "student", | |
| sensation: "public excitement", | |
| sense: "signified, the meaning of a word or expression", | |
| sensitive: "having acute mental or emotional sensibility", | |
| sensitivity: "sensitiveness", | |
| sentence: "string of words", | |
| sentiment: "emotion", | |
| separate: "split up, split, part company", | |
| separation: "disassociation, division", | |
| sequence: "serial arrangement", | |
| series: "serial, serialized set of programs", | |
| serious: "sober", | |
| sermon: "preaching, discourse", | |
| serve: "attend to, wait on, attend, assist", | |
| service: "military service, armed service", | |
| session: "school term, academic term", | |
| set: "go down, go below the horizon", | |
| settle: "end a legal dispute", | |
| settlement: "colony", | |
| sex: "gender, sexuality", | |
| shadow: "shade", | |
| shaft: "vertical passage into a mine", | |
| shake: "agitate, move back and forth", | |
| shallow: "lacking depth of intellect or knowledge or feeling", | |
| shame: "painful emotion", | |
| shape: "form, work, mold, forge", | |
| share: "use jointly or in common", | |
| shareholder: "stockholder", | |
| shark: "carnivorous fish", | |
| sharp: "having a thin edge or sharp point", | |
| shatter: "break", | |
| shave: "remove body hair", | |
| shed: "spill, disgorge", | |
| sheep: "woolly mammal", | |
| sheet: "piece of paper", | |
| shelf: "support for holding objects", | |
| shell: "outer layer of nuts or fruits", | |
| shelter: "temporary housing for homeless", | |
| shield: "protective covering", | |
| shift: "work shift", | |
| shine: "glitter, glisten, glint, gleam", | |
| shirt: "garment", | |
| shiver: "shudder", | |
| shock: "offend, scandalize, outrage", | |
| shoe: "footwear", | |
| shoot: "fire a shot", | |
| shop: "workshop", | |
| "short": "of limited duration", | |
| "short circuit": "short", | |
| shortage: "dearth, famine", | |
| shorts: "short pants", | |
| shot: "injection", | |
| shoulder: "part of the body", | |
| shout: "speak loudly", | |
| show: "reveal, display", | |
| shower: "rain shower", | |
| shrink: "shrivel", | |
| shy: "timid, diffident", | |
| sick: "ill", | |
| sickness: "nausea", | |
| side: "slope, incline", | |
| siege: "besieging, beleaguering, military blockade", | |
| sigh: "utter a sigh", | |
| sight: "vision, visual sense", | |
| sign: "mark with one's signature", | |
| silence: "secrecy, secretiveness", | |
| silk: "fabric", | |
| silver: "metal", | |
| similar: "alike, like", | |
| simplicity: "simpleness, uncomplicatedness", | |
| sin: "sinning, transgression", | |
| singer: "vocalist", | |
| single: "individual, separate", | |
| sink: "go down, go under", | |
| sip: "drink", | |
| sister: "sis, female sibling", | |
| sit: "sit down, be seated", | |
| site: "land site", | |
| situation: "state of affairs", | |
| size: "physical magnitude", | |
| skate: "move on skates", | |
| skeleton: "frame, bones and cartilages", | |
| sketch: "cartoon, humorous drawing", | |
| skilled: "skillful", | |
| skin: "cutis, person's body covering", | |
| skip: "pass over, skip over", | |
| skirt: "garment", | |
| slab: "block, thick piece", | |
| slam: "bang, close violently", | |
| slant: "pitch, deviation from the horizontal", | |
| slap: "hit with a flat surface", | |
| slave: "person who is owned", | |
| sleep: "slumber", | |
| sleeve: "arm, part of a garment that is attached at armhole", | |
| slice: "thin flat piece", | |
| slide: "slither, pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly", | |
| slime: "sludge, goo, gunk, muck", | |
| slip: "skid, slide", | |
| slippery: "slippy", | |
| slogan: "motto, catchword", | |
| slot: "time slot", | |
| slow: "not moving quickly", | |
| slump: "slouch", | |
| small: "little", | |
| smart: "clever, bright", | |
| smash: "break into pieces", | |
| smell: "perceive by the olfactory sense", | |
| smile: "smiling, grin, grinning, facial expression", | |
| smoke: "inhale a plant derivative", | |
| smooth: "having a surface free from roughness", | |
| snack: "bite, collation, light meal", | |
| snail: "slug", | |
| snake: "serpent", | |
| snap: "click, flick, make a snapping sound", | |
| snarl: "speak sharply, snap", | |
| snatch: "snatch up, snap up", | |
| sniff: "whiff, inhale", | |
| snow: "snowfall", | |
| snub: "cold shoulder", | |
| snuggle: "cuddle, nestle, draw close", | |
| soak: "submerge in liquid", | |
| soap: "cleansing agent", | |
| soar: "fly upwards", | |
| social: "living together or enjoying life in communities", | |
| socialist: "socialistic", | |
| society: "extended social group", | |
| sock: "stocking, hosiery", | |
| sodium: "Na", | |
| sofa: "couch", | |
| soft: "nonalcoholic", | |
| software: "computer software", | |
| soil: "dirt, earth's surface", | |
| soldier: "enlisted man or woman", | |
| solid: "entirely of one substance with no holes inside", | |
| solo: "activity performed alone", | |
| solution: "mixture of two or more substances", | |
| solve: "work out, figure out, puzzle out", | |
| soprano: "voice range", | |
| soul: "psyche", | |
| sound: "auditory event", | |
| soup: "liquid food", | |
| sour: "having a sharp biting taste", | |
| source: "informant, person who supplies information", | |
| south: "due south, S", | |
| sow: "place seeds into the ground", | |
| space: "empty area", | |
| spare: "save from an unpleasant experience", | |
| speaker: "talker, utterer", | |
| species: "taxonomic group", | |
| specimen: "medical specimen", | |
| spectrum: "broad range of related values", | |
| speculate: "invest at a risk", | |
| speech: "manner of speaking", | |
| speed: "travel at an excessive or illegal velocity", | |
| spell: "write", | |
| spend: "expend", | |
| sphere: "ball", | |
| spider: "arachnid", | |
| spill: "flow out", | |
| spin: "spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate, revolve", | |
| spinach: "vegetable", | |
| spine: "thorn, prickle", | |
| spirit: "emotional state", | |
| spit: "spew", | |
| spite: "malice, maliciousness, spitefulness, venom", | |
| split: "burst, break open", | |
| splurge: "indulge oneself", | |
| spoil: "pamper, coddle, mollycoddle, indulge", | |
| spokesperson: "interpreter, representative", | |
| spontaneous: "self-generated", | |
| spoon: "cutlery", | |
| sport: "athletics", | |
| spot: "smudge, blot, daub, smear", | |
| spray: "scatter", | |
| spread: "distribute over a surface", | |
| spring: "springtime", | |
| spy: "undercover agent", | |
| squad: "army unit", | |
| square: "raise to the second power", | |
| squash: "crush, mash", | |
| squeeze: "pinch", | |
| stab: "knife", | |
| stable: "stalls, horse barn", | |
| stadium: "bowl, arena, sports stadium", | |
| staff: "personnel", | |
| stage: "phase, distinct time period in a sequence of events", | |
| stain: "spot, produce stains", | |
| staircase: "stairway", | |
| stake: "stakes, bet, wager", | |
| stall: "booth, cubicle", | |
| stamp: "stomp, walk heavily", | |
| stand: "stand up", | |
| standard: "criterion, measure, touchstone", | |
| star: "plane figure with 5 or more points", | |
| start: "beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go", | |
| state: "state of matter", | |
| statement: "affirmation, assertion", | |
| station: "post", | |
| stay: "stick around, stay put", | |
| steak: "slice of meat", | |
| steam: "boiling water", | |
| steel: "metal alloy", | |
| steep: "having a sharp inclination", | |
| stem: "stalk, part of a plant", | |
| step: "tread", | |
| stereotype: "pigeonhole", | |
| steward: "flight attendant", | |
| stick: "adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick to", | |
| sticky: "gluey, glutinous, gummy", | |
| still: "inactive, motionless, static", | |
| stimulation: "act of arousing an organism to action", | |
| sting: "bite, deliver an animal sting", | |
| stir: "move an implement with a circular motion", | |
| stitch: "sewing", | |
| stock: "shares", | |
| stomach: "tummy, tum", | |
| stone: "rock", | |
| stool: "simple seat", | |
| stop: "discontinue, cease doing", | |
| storage: "repositing, warehousing", | |
| store: "lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away", | |
| storm: "rain, hail, or snow hard", | |
| story: "narrative, narration", | |
| straight: "free from curves or angles", | |
| straighten: "straighten out, make straight", | |
| strain: "tense, tense up", | |
| strange: "unusual", | |
| strap: "shoulder strap", | |
| strategic: "strategical", | |
| straw: "chaff, husk, shuck, stalk", | |
| strawberry: "fruit", | |
| stream: "watercourse", | |
| strength: "forte, strong suit, specialty, strong point", | |
| stress: "emphasize, underline", | |
| stretch: "stretch out, extend one's limbs", | |
| strict: "severe, nonindulgent", | |
| stride: "walk with long steps", | |
| strike: "walk out, walk off a job", | |
| strikebreaker: "scab", | |
| string: "twine, lightweight cord", | |
| strip: "long narrow piece", | |
| stroke: "fondle, caress", | |
| stroll: "saunter", | |
| strong: "secure, unattackable", | |
| structure: "construction", | |
| struggle: "strenuous effort", | |
| stubborn: "obstinate", | |
| student: "pupil, learner", | |
| studio: "workplace for teaching or practice of an art", | |
| study: "hit the books", | |
| stuff: "fill tightly", | |
| stumble: "slip up, trip up, make an error", | |
| stun: "floor, surprise greatly", | |
| stunning: "strikingly beautiful or attractive", | |
| style: "editorial directions", | |
| subject: "guinea pig", | |
| substance: "stuff", | |
| substitute: "replace, put in the place of another", | |
| suburb: "suburbia, suburban area", | |
| subway: "metro, underground, tube", | |
| suffer: "hurt, ache", | |
| suffering: "hurt, mental or physical pain", | |
| sugar: "refined sugar", | |
| suggest: "propose, advise", | |
| suggestion: "proposition", | |
| suit: "be agreeable or acceptable", | |
| suitcase: "bag, luggage", | |
| suite: "rooms", | |
| sulphur: "sulfur, S", | |
| sum: "sum total", | |
| summary: "brief statement", | |
| summer: "summertime", | |
| summit: "summit meeting", | |
| sun: "sunlight, sunshine", | |
| sunrise: "daily morning event", | |
| sunshine: "fair weather", | |
| suntan: "tan, sunburn", | |
| superintendent: "super", | |
| superior: "of high or superior quality", | |
| supplementary: "auxiliary, subsidiary", | |
| supply: "amount of something available for use", | |
| support: "confirm, corroborate, substantiate", | |
| suppress: "curb, inhibit", | |
| surface: "extended two-dimensional outer boundary", | |
| surgeon: "operating surgeon", | |
| surprise: "unexpected event", | |
| surround: "encircle, circle, round", | |
| survey: "sketch, resume", | |
| survival: "endurance", | |
| survivor: "survivor of a disaster", | |
| suspect: "someone under suspicion", | |
| suspicion: "intuition, hunch", | |
| sustain: "prolong, keep up", | |
| swallow: "pass through the esophagus", | |
| swarm: "pour, teem, move in large numbers", | |
| swear: "curse, cuss, blaspheme", | |
| sweat: "perspiration", | |
| sweater: "knitted garment", | |
| sweep: "use a broom", | |
| sweet: "dessert", | |
| swell: "swell up", | |
| swim: "travel through water", | |
| swing: "move with a swaying motion", | |
| swipe: "move something with a swiping motion", | |
| "switch": "change, shift, change one thing for another", | |
| swop: "switch, trade, swap, exchange", | |
| sword: "blade, weapon", | |
| symbol: "sign", | |
| sympathetic: "appealing, likeable", | |
| symptom: "medical symptom", | |
| syndrome: "pattern of symptoms", | |
| system: "scheme", | |
| systematic: "characterized by order and planning", | |
| table: "tabular array, data arranged in rows and columns", | |
| tablet: "pill, lozenge, medicine", | |
| tactic: "tactics, maneuver", | |
| tail: "side of a coin", | |
| take: "bring, convey", | |
| talented: "gifted", | |
| talk: "speak, use language", | |
| talkative: "chatty, gabby, garrulous", | |
| tank: "army tank, armored combat vehicle", | |
| tap: "strike lightly", | |
| tape: "tape measure", | |
| target: "mark", | |
| taste: "perceive by the sense of taste", | |
| tasty: "delicious", | |
| tax: "taxation, revenue enhancement", | |
| taxi: "cab, hack, taxicab", | |
| tea: "beverage", | |
| teach: "instruct", | |
| teacher: "instructor", | |
| team: "squad, cooperative unit", | |
| tear: "teardrop", | |
| tease: "arouse hope or desire without satisfying them", | |
| technique: "proficiency", | |
| technology: "engineering", | |
| teenager: "adolescent", | |
| telephone: "phone, telephone set", | |
| television: "television receiver, T.V. set", | |
| tell: "narrate, recount, recite", | |
| temperature: "degree of hotness or coldness", | |
| temple: "side of the forehead", | |
| temporary: "impermanent", | |
| tempt: "entice, lure", | |
| temptation: "enticement", | |
| tenant: "renter", | |
| tendency: "inclination, disposition", | |
| tender: "gentle, sympathetic, feeling", | |
| tense: "in a state of physical or nervous tension", | |
| tension: "tautness", | |
| tent: "collapsible shelter", | |
| term: "word or expression", | |
| terminal: "keyboard and monitor", | |
| terms: "condition", | |
| terrace: "patio", | |
| terrify: "frighten greatly", | |
| test: "examination, exam", | |
| testify: "bear witness", | |
| text: "textbook, text edition, schoolbook", | |
| texture: "appearance of a surface or fabric", | |
| thank: "give thanks", | |
| thanks: "acknowledgment of appreciation", | |
| thaw: "unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt", | |
| theater: "dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theatre", | |
| theft: "larceny, thievery, stealing", | |
| theme: "melodic theme, musical theme", | |
| theorist: "theoretician, theorizer", | |
| theory: "hypothesis", | |
| therapist: "healer", | |
| thesis: "dissertation", | |
| thick: "dense in consistency", | |
| thigh: "part of the leg", | |
| thin: "lean", | |
| think: "believe, accept as true", | |
| thinker: "creative thinker, mind, important intellectual", | |
| thirsty: "needing or desiring to drink", | |
| thought: "thinking, cerebration", | |
| thoughtful: "considerate, showing concern", | |
| thread: "thin yarn, fine cord of twisted fibers", | |
| threat: "menace, source of danger", | |
| threaten: "utter intentions of injury or punishment", | |
| threshold: "doorsill, doorstep", | |
| throat: "pharynx, passage to the stomach and lungs", | |
| throne: "chair of a monarch", | |
| "throw": "project through the air", | |
| thrust: "lunge, hurl, hurtle", | |
| thumb: "finger", | |
| tick: "click", | |
| ticket: "entry or access ticket", | |
| tidy: "neat, orderly, clean", | |
| tie: "form a knot or bow in", | |
| tiger: "large feline", | |
| tight: "constrained, constricted, constricting", | |
| tile: "flat thin slab", | |
| timber: "lumber", | |
| time: "clock, measure the time or duration of an event", | |
| timetable: "arrival and departure schedule", | |
| tin: "atomic number 50, silvery metal", | |
| tip: "gratuity", | |
| tiptoe: "tippytoe", | |
| tire: "hoop covering a wheel", | |
| tired: "fatigued", | |
| tissue: "tissue paper", | |
| title: "championship", | |
| toast: "bread", | |
| tolerant: "respecting others", | |
| tolerate: "recognize, respect others' rights", | |
| toll: "fee for the use of roads or bridges", | |
| ton: "unit of weight", | |
| tone: "tone of voice", | |
| tongue: "natural language", | |
| tool: "implement", | |
| tooth: "bonelike structure in the jaws", | |
| top: "peak, crown, crest, tip, summit", | |
| topple: "tip, cause to fall over", | |
| torch: "lit stick carried in one's hand", | |
| torture: "torturing", | |
| toss: "flip, pitch, throw", | |
| total: "damage beyond the point of repair", | |
| touch: "make physical contact with", | |
| tough: "not given to gentleness or sentimentality", | |
| tourist: "visitor on holiday", | |
| tournament: "tourney, sporting competition", | |
| tower: "structure", | |
| toy: "plaything", | |
| trace: "footprint", | |
| track: "lead, trail, evidence", | |
| tract: "pamphlet", | |
| traction: "grip, adhesive friction", | |
| trade: "barter, swap, swop", | |
| tradition: "custom, practice of long standing", | |
| traffic: "pedestrians or vehicles", | |
| tragedy: "theatrical drama", | |
| trail: "be behind, hang back, drop behind", | |
| train: "coach", | |
| trainer: "one who trains persons or animals", | |
| training: "preparation, grooming", | |
| trait: "distinguishing feature of your personal nature", | |
| trance: "spell", | |
| transaction: "commercial dealing", | |
| transfer: "transmit, transport, channel", | |
| transform: "transmute, metamorphose", | |
| transition: "conversion, changeover", | |
| translate: "interpret in another language", | |
| transmission: "automobile transmission", | |
| transparent: "see-through, sheer", | |
| transport: "transportation, shipping", | |
| trap: "snare, device for catching", | |
| tray: "open receptacle", | |
| tread: "trample", | |
| treasurer: "financial officer", | |
| treat: "handle", | |
| treatment: "discussion, discourse", | |
| treaty: "pact, accord", | |
| tree: "tall perennial woody plant", | |
| trench: "ditch", | |
| trend: "tendency", | |
| trial: "tribulation", | |
| triangle: "trilateral", | |
| tribe: "clan", | |
| tribute: "testimonial, expression of esteem", | |
| trick: "fast one", | |
| trip: "stumble", | |
| trivial: "banal, commonplace", | |
| trolley: "streetcar, tram", | |
| troop: "group of soldiers", | |
| tropical: "typical of the tropics", | |
| trouble: "perturb, distract, make uneasy", | |
| trouser: "pants", | |
| truck: "motortruck, lorry", | |
| "true": "consistent with fact or reality", | |
| trunk: "luggage compartment, automobile trunk", | |
| trust: "rely on, have confidence in", | |
| trustee: "legal guardian", | |
| truth: "verity, trueness, conformity to reality", | |
| "try": "judge, adjudicate", | |
| tube: "hollow cylinder", | |
| tumble: "topple, fall down", | |
| tumour: "tumor, neoplasm", | |
| tune: "tune up, adjust for (better) functioning", | |
| tunnel: "passageway", | |
| turkey: "bird domesticated for food", | |
| turn: "turn around, change orientation", | |
| twilight: "dusk, nightfall", | |
| twin: "offspring born at the same time", | |
| twist: "entwine, form into a spiral", | |
| twitch: "jerk", | |
| tycoon: "baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul", | |
| umbrella: "handheld collapsible canopy", | |
| unanimous: "in complete agreement", | |
| unaware: "unwitting", | |
| uncertainty: "uncertainness, precariousness", | |
| uncle: "parent's brother", | |
| underline: "underscore, draw a line", | |
| undermine: "sabotage, countermine, counteract", | |
| understand: "sympathize, empathize", | |
| understanding: "sympathy, compassion", | |
| undertake: "tackle, take on", | |
| undress: "disrobe", | |
| unfair: "partial, biased", | |
| unfortunate: "not favored by fortune", | |
| uniform: "professional clothing", | |
| union: "labor union, trade union", | |
| unique: "unequaled, unparalleled", | |
| unit: "single undivided whole", | |
| unity: "integrity, wholeness", | |
| unlawful: "illegitimate, illicit", | |
| unlike: "unequal", | |
| unlikely: "improbable", | |
| unpleasant: "disagreeable", | |
| unrest: "feeling of agitation", | |
| update: "bring up to date", | |
| upset: "overturn, tip over, turn over, knock over", | |
| urge: "cheer, inspire, urge on", | |
| urgency: "urgent situation calling for prompt action", | |
| urine: "piss, pee, piddle, weewee, water", | |
| use: "practice, apply", | |
| useful: "utile", | |
| user: "drug user, substance abuser", | |
| utter: "emit", | |
| vacuum: "void, vacancy, emptiness", | |
| vague: "undefined", | |
| vain: "self-conceited, swollen-headed", | |
| valid: "well grounded in logic or truth", | |
| valley: "vale", | |
| value: "economic value, amount of money or goods or services", | |
| van: "vehicle", | |
| variable: "variable quantity", | |
| variant: "variation, something a little different", | |
| variation: "fluctuation", | |
| variety: "diverseness, diversity", | |
| vat: "tub", | |
| vegetable: "veggie, greens", | |
| vegetarian: "person who eats no meat", | |
| vegetation: "flora, botany", | |
| vehicle: "conveyance", | |
| veil: "head covering", | |
| vein: "blood vessel", | |
| velvet: "silky densely piled fabric", | |
| venture: "risky commercial undertaking", | |
| verdict: "legal verdict", | |
| version: "adaptation", | |
| vertical: "perpendicular", | |
| vessel: "container", | |
| veteran: "veteran soldier", | |
| viable: "feasible, practicable, workable", | |
| victory: "triumph", | |
| video: "video recording", | |
| view: "opinion", | |
| vigorous: "strong physically or mentally", | |
| village: "small town, settlement", | |
| violation: "infringement", | |
| virgin: "person who has never had sex", | |
| virtue: "moral excellence", | |
| virus: "infectious agent", | |
| visible: "seeable", | |
| vision: "vivid mental image", | |
| visit: "travel to", | |
| visual: "ocular, optic, optical", | |
| voice: "ability to speak", | |
| volcano: "mountain", | |
| volume: "3-dimensional space", | |
| volunteer: "unpaid worker", | |
| vote: "cast a vote in an election", | |
| voter: "elector", | |
| voucher: "coupon", | |
| voyage: "journey to some distant place", | |
| wage: "pay, earnings, remuneration, salary", | |
| wagon: "wheeled vehicle", | |
| waist: "waistline", | |
| wait: "stay in one place and anticipate something", | |
| waiter: "server", | |
| wake: "wake up, stop sleeping", | |
| walk: "use one's feet to advance", | |
| wall: "architectural partition", | |
| wander: "stray, tramp, roam, ramble, rove, range, drift", | |
| want: "desire", | |
| war: "warfare, armed conflict", | |
| ward: "person under protection or custody", | |
| wardrobe: "collection of clothing", | |
| warm: "friendly and responsive", | |
| warn: "notify of danger, potential harm, or risk", | |
| warning: "admonition, cautionary advice", | |
| warrant: "court warrant", | |
| wash: "launder", | |
| waste: "squander, spend extravagantly", | |
| watch: "look on, observe", | |
| water: "H2O", | |
| waterfall: "cascade", | |
| wave: "beckon, signal with the hands", | |
| way: "means, agency", | |
| weak: "having little physical or spiritual strength", | |
| weakness: "failing, flaw, weak point", | |
| wealth: "riches", | |
| weapon: "arm", | |
| wear: "have on clothes", | |
| "wear out": "bust, fall apart, break", | |
| weather: "weather condition", | |
| weave: "make cloth", | |
| wedding: "wedding ceremony, nuptials", | |
| weed: "plant that crowds out cultivated plants", | |
| week: "calendar week", | |
| weigh: "have a certain weight", | |
| weight: "weight unit, unit used to measure weight", | |
| welcome: "greeting, reception", | |
| welfare: "wellbeing", | |
| well: "deep hole with water, oil, or gas", | |
| west: "due west, W", | |
| whale: "marine mammal", | |
| wheat: "cereal", | |
| wheel: "frame with spokes", | |
| whip: "lash", | |
| whisper: "speak softly", | |
| white: "caucasian", | |
| whole: "including all components", | |
| widen: "make wider", | |
| width: "breadth", | |
| wife: "married woman, spouse", | |
| wild: "marked by lack of restraint or control", | |
| wilderness: "wild, uninhabited area", | |
| will: "testament", | |
| willpower: "self-control", | |
| win: "be victorious", | |
| wind: "wind up, coil the spring of a mechanism", | |
| window: "opening in the wall of a building", | |
| wine: "beverage made from fermented grapes", | |
| wing: "airplane wing", | |
| winner: "victor", | |
| winter: "wintertime", | |
| wire: "metal ligament", | |
| wisecrack: "crack, quip, witty remark", | |
| witch: "enchantress, sorceress", | |
| withdraw: "retreat, pull out", | |
| withdrawal: "detachment, avoidance of emotional involvement", | |
| witness: "person who testifies in court", | |
| wolf: "canine mammal", | |
| woman: "adult female", | |
| wonder: "question, want to know", | |
| wood: "hard substance under the bark of trees", | |
| wool: "fabric", | |
| word: "parole, word of honor", | |
| wording: "phrasing, choice of words", | |
| work: "do work", | |
| "work out": "exercise", | |
| worker: "person who works at a specific occupation", | |
| workshop: "brief intensive course", | |
| world: "universe, existence, cosmos, macrocosm", | |
| worm: "software program", | |
| worry: "be worried", | |
| worth: "value", | |
| wound: "lesion", | |
| wrap: "enfold in a tissue", | |
| wreck: "something dilapidated", | |
| wrestle: "engage in a wrestling match", | |
| wriggle: "writhe, worm, squirm", | |
| wrist: "carpus, wrist joint", | |
| write: "publish", | |
| writer: "author", | |
| wrong: "based on error", | |
| yard: "3 feet", | |
| year: "twelvemonth, yr", | |
| yearn: "hanker, long", | |
| young: "youthful", | |
| youth: "time of life between childhood and maturity", | |
| zero: "0, naught", | |
| zone: "geographical region" | |
| }; |
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