abacus

frame with balls for calculating 

abate

to lessen to subside 

abdication

giving up control authority 

aberration

straying away from what is normal 

abet

help/encourage sb (in doing wrong) 

abeyance

suspended action 

abhor

to hate to detest 

abide

be faithful to endure 

abjure

promise or swear to give up 

abraded

rubbed off worn away by friction 

abrogate

repeal or annul by authority 

abscond

to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest) 

abstruse

difficult to comprehend obscure 

abut

border on 

abysmal

bottomless extreme 

acarpous

effete no longer fertile worn out 

acclaimed

welcomed with shouts and approval 

accolade

praise approval 

accretion

the growing of separate things into one 

adamant

kind of stone inflexible 

admonitory

containing warning 

adorn

add beauty decorate 

adulteration

making unpure poorer in quality 

affable

polite and friendly 

affinity

close connection relationship 

aggravate

make worse irritate 

agile

active quick-moving 

agog

eager/excited 

ail

trouble be ill 

alacrity

eager and cheerful readiness 

alcove

recess/partially enclosed place 

allegiance

duty support loyalty 

alleviate

make (pain) easier to bear 

alloy

to debase by mixing with something inferior 

aloof

reserved indifferent 

amalgamate

mix combine unite societies 

ambidextrous

able to use the left hand or the right equally well 

ambiguous

doubtful uncertain 

ambivalent

having both of two contrary meanings 

ameliorate

improve make better 

amortize

end (a debt) by setting aside money 

anguish

severe suffering 

animosity

strong dislike 

antidote

medicine used against a poison or a disease 

antithetical

direct opposing 

apartheid

brutal racial discrimination 

aplomb

self-confidence 

apostate

one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions 

apotheosis

deification glorification to godliness 

appease

make quiet or calm 

apprehensive

grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future 

apprise

give notice to inform 

approbation

approval 

apropos

appropriate to the situation apt 

apt

well-suited quick-witted 

arabesque

a complex ornate design 

arboreal

of connected with trees 

ardor

enthusiasm 

arduous

steep difficult ascent laborious 

argot

jargon slang 

arrant

in the highest degree 

arrogance

proud superior manner of behaviour 

articulate

speak distinctly connect by joints 

ascend

go or come up 

ascertain

get to know 

ascetic

practicing self-denial austere stark 

ascribe

consider to be the origin of or belonging to 

aseptic

surgically clean 

asperity

roughness harshness ill temper irritability 

aspersion

slander

assail

with attack violently 

assiduous

diligent hard-working sedulous 

assuage

make sth (pain desire) less 

asterisk

the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters) 

astringent

substance that shrinks 

astute

clever quick at seeing to get an advantage 

atonement

repayment death of Jesus 

attenuate

make thin. weaken enervate 

attune

bring into harmony 

audacious

daring foolishly bold impudent 

augury

omen sign 

august

majestic venerable 

auspicious

favorable successful prosperous 

austere

severely moral and strict simple and plain 

auxiliary

helping supporting 

aver

affirm assert prove justify 

aversion

strong dislike 

avid

eager greedy 

avow

admit. Declare openly 

baleful

harmful ominous causing evil 

balk

obstacle purposely to get on the way of 

baneful

causing harm or ruin pernicious destructive 

barrage

artificial obstacle built across a river 

barren

not good enough unable to have young ones without value 

bask

in enjoy warmth and light 

beatify

to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to 

bedizen

to adorn especially in a cheap showy manner 

belabor

beat hard 

bellicose

belligerent pugnacious warlike 

belligerent

(person nation) waging war 

benefactor

person who has given help 

benevolence

wish or activity in doing good 

benign

kind and gentle mild (climate) 

bequest

arrangement to give sth at death 

berate

scold sharply 

bereft

rob or dispossess of sth (material) 

bewilder

puzzle confuse 

bigot

stubborn narrow-minded person 

bilge

bulge the protuberance of a cask 

blandishment

flattery coaxing 

blandness

polite manner comforting uninteresting 

blatant

noisy and rough 

blithe

cheerful casual carefree 

bogus

sham counterfeit not genuine 

boisterous

loud noisy rough lacking restraint 

bolster

give greatly needed support 

boorish

crude offensive rude 

brash

hasty rush cheeky saucy 

brass

yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc) 

brazen

made of brass 

breach

opening broken place breaking 

brittle

easily broken 

broach

bring up announce begin to talk about 

brook

to tolerate endure 

buoyant

able to float light-hearted 

burgeon

grow forth send out buds 

burnish

to polish rub to a shine 

cabal

a scheme or plot a group of plotters 

cadge

to beg to get by begging 

cajole

use flattery or deceit to persuade 

calipers

metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument 

calumny

slander aspersion 

candid

frank straight-forward 

cant

insincere talk/jargon 

cantankerous

bad-tempered/quarrelsome 

canvass

discuss thoroughly sort of touting 

castigate

to chastise correct by punishing 

castigation

severe punishment 

catalyst

substance that causes speeding up 

caustic

biting sarcastic 

censure

expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke 

centurion

leader of a unit of 100 soldiers 

chary

cautious wary 

chastened

corrected punished 

chastisement

punishment 

chauvinist

a blindly devoted patriot 

chicanery

legal trickery/false argument 

chisel

steel tool for shaping materials 

churl

bad-tempered person 

clamor

shout complain with a lot of noise 

clientele

customers 

clinch

come to grips/settle conclusively 

cling

to resist separation 

clot

half-solid lump formed from liquid 

cloture

closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting 

coagulation

change to a thick and solid state 

coalescing

coming together and uniting into one substance 

coax

get sb to do sth by kindness 

coda

passage that completes a piece of music 

coddle

treat with care and tenderness 

coerce

compel to force to make obedient 

coeval

of the same period coexisting 

cogent

strong convincing 

cogitate

think deeply mediate 

cognizant

being fully aware of 

colander

bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water 

collusion

secret agreement for a deceitful purpose 

combustion

process of burning 

commemorate

keep the memory of 

commodious

having plenty of space for what is needed 

commuter

person who travels regularly 

complaisance

tending to comply obliging willingness to please 

compunction

feeling of regret for one's action 

conceal

hide keep secret 

conceit

over-high opinion of too much pride 

conciliatory

reconciling soothing comforting mollifying 

concord

agreement or harmony 

concur

agree in opinion happen together 

condense

increase in density strength make laconic 

condone

forgive 

congeal

make or become stiff and solid 

conjoin

to join together 

connoisseur

a person with good judgement (e.g.. in art) 

connotation

suggestion in addition to 

consequential

pompous self important 

console

give comfort or sympathy to 

conspicuous

easily seen remarkable 

consternation

surprise and fear dismay 

constrain

compel 

constrict

make tight or smaller 

consume

get to the end of 

consummate

perfect/make perfect/complete 

contemn

to scorn or despise 

contentious

argumentative pugnacious combative quarrelsome 

contiguous

touching neighboring near 

contrite

filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing 

contumacious

insubordinate rebellious 

conundrum

a riddle dilemma enigma 

conviction

convincing firm belief 

convoke

call together summon 

convoluted

complicated coiled twisted 

cordial

warm and sincere 

cordon

line (of police acting as a guard) 

cornucopia

abundant supply 

corporeal

physical of or for the body 

correlate

have a mutual relation 

corroboration

additional strengthening evidence 

countenance

to favor or approve of 

counterfeit

forgery 

countervail

counterbalance 

covert

disguised 

covetous

eagerly desirous 

cower

crouch shrink back 

coy

shy/modest (esp of a girl) 

crass

very great (esp. stupidity) 

cravat

piece of linen worn as a necktie 

craven

cowardly 

crease

line made by crushing white line on the ground in cricket 

credulity

too great a readiness to believe things 

credulous

ready to believe things 

crush

press lose shape subdue overwhelm 

cryptic

secret with a hidden meaning 

cumbersome

burdensome heavy and awkward to carry 

curmudgeon

bad-tempered person 

curriculum

course of study 

cursory

quick hurried 

curtail

make shorter then was planned 

dainty

pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please 

daunt

intimidate make fearful 

dawdler

person who is slow waste of time 

dearth

shortage 

debacle

a breakup overthrow sudden disaster 

decorum

propriety properness 

decree

order given by authority 

decry

disapprove of 

defer

postpone give way (to show respect) 

deferential

showing respect 

defiance

open disobedience or resistance 

delineate

to portray depict sketch out 

deluge

great flood heavy rush of water 

demagogue

person appealing not to reasons 

demur

to hesitate raise objections 

denigrate

blacken belittle sully defame 

denouement

an outcome or solution the unraveling of a plot 

deplete

use until none remains 

deposition

dethronement depositing 

deprave

make morally bad corrupt 

deprecate

protest against express disapproval of 

dereliction

deserting and leaving to fall into ruins 

derision

ridicule mockery deriding 

derivative

unoriginal obtained from another source 

derogatory

insulting tending to damage 

descry

catch sight of see sth in the distance 

desiccant

substance used to absorb moisture 

desuetude

cessation of use disuse 

desultory

aimless haphazard digressing at random 

deter

discourage hinder 

detraction

slandering verbal attack aspersion 

detumescence

diminishing or lessening of swelling 

deviance

being different in moral standards (from normal) 

dexterity

skill (esp. in handling) 

diaphanous

transparent gauzy 

diatribe

bitter and violent attack in words 

diffidence

shyness 

dilate

speak comprehensively become wider large 

disallow

refuse to allow or accept as a correct 

discern

see with an effort but clearly 

discomfit

confuse embarrass 

disconcert

upset the self-possession of 

discountenance

refuse to approve of 

discourse

speech lecture 

discredit

refuse to believe 

discreet

careful/prudent 

discrete

individually distinct 

disdain

look on with contempt 

disencumber

free from encumbrance 

disheveled

untidy 

disingenuous

sophisticated artful trying to deceive cunning 

disinter

dig up from the earth 

dislodge

move force from the place occupied 

dismal

sad gloomy miserable 

disparate

essentially different 

disproof

proof to the contrary 

dissemble

speak or behave so as to hide sth (in mind) 

disseminate

distribute (esp. ideas) 

dissent

have a different opinion refuse to assent 

dissolution

disintegration looseness in morals 

distraught

distracted violently upset in mind 

divergence

getting farther apart from a point 

divestiture

taking off getting rid of giving up 

divulge

make known sth secret 

doggerel

trivial poorly constructed verse 

dogmatic

positive certain arbitrary without room for discussion 

dolt

stupid fellow 

dormant

in a state of inactivity but awaiting development 

dote

show much fondness center one's attention 

drawl

slow way of speaking 

droll

jesting 

drone

male bee person who isn't self-employed 

drowsiness

feeling sleepy half asleep 

dubious

feeling doubt 

dud

no use person sth that fails 

dulcet

melodious harmonious 

dupe

cheat make a fool of 

duplicity

deliberate deception 

duress

threats to compel sb 

dwarf

person or sb much below the usual size 

dynamo

a generator something that produces electric current 

earthenware

dishes made of baked clay 

ebullience

exuberance outburst of feeling 

ebullient

overflowing with enthusiasm showing excitement 

ecumenical

representing the whole Christian world 

edacious

voracious devouring 

eddy

circular or spiral movement (e.g.. of wind) 

edible

fit to be eaten/not poisonous 

effete

infertile worn out weak 

efficacy

production of a desired result 

effluvia

outflow in a stream of particles a noxious odor or vapor 

effrontery

boldness impudence arrogance 

egress

way out exit 

elaborate

worked out with much care in great detail 

elegy

a lament a melancholy composition 

elicit

draw out 

eloquence

fluent speaking skillful use of language 

emaciate

make thin and weak 

embellish

make beautiful 

embezzle

use in a wrong way for one's own benefit 

emote

stir up excite 

empirical

relying on experiment 

encapsulate

enclose in capsule 

encomium

warm or glowing praise eulogy panegyric 

encumbrance

burden things that get on the way of 

endearing

making dear or liked 

endemic

epidemic 

endorse

write one's name on the back of 

enduring

lasting 

enervate

weaken deprive of strength attenuate 

engender

cause produce give rise to 

engrave

impress deeply 

engrossing

taken up all the time or attention writing in large or formal

engulf

swallow up 

enigma

sth that is puzzling 

enmity

hatred being an enemy 

ensign

flag/badge 

entangle

put into difficulties 

enthral

please greatly/enslave (fig) 

entice

tempt or persuade 

entreat

ask earnestly 

enunciate

pronounce (words)/express a theory 

enzyme

catalyst 

epicurean

devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment) 

epistle

letter 

epithet

adjective 

epitome

brief summary representative example a typical model 

equable

steady regular 

equanimity

calmness of temperament 

equilibrium

state of being balanced 

equipoise

equal distribution of weight equilibrium 

equivocal

having a double or doubtful meaning suspicious 

equivocate

try to deceive by equivocal language 

eradicate

get rid of pull up by the roots 

erratic

irregular in behaviour or opinion 

erudite

learned scholarly 

eschew

avoid 

esoteric

abstruse intended only for a small circle of 

espouse

marry give one's support to 

eulogy

formal praise panegyric 

euphoria

elation state of pleasant excitement 

euthanasia

easy and painless death 

evasive

tending to evade 

evince

to show clearly to indicate 

evoke

call up bring out 

excoriation

severe criticism 

exculpate

to clear from a charge of guilt 

exhaustive

complete thorough 

exigency

emergency an urgent situation 

exoneration

set sb clear free (e.g.. from blame) 

exorbitant

much too high or great 

expatiate

to roam wander freely 

expedient

likely to be useful for a purpose 

expiation

ending expiring 

exploit

brilliant achievement develop use selfishly 

expostulate

argue earnestly to dissuade correct or protest 

expurgate

to remove obscenity purify censor 

exscind

to cut out cut away 

extant

still in existence 

extempore

without previous thought or preparation 

extenuate

reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuse 

extinct

no longer active 

extinguish

end the existence of/wipe or put out 

extirpate

to destroy exterminate cut out exscind 

extol

praise highly 

extort

obtain by threats violence 

extralegal

outside the law 

extricable

that can be freed 

extrovert

cheerful person 

exuberance

state of growing vigorously being full of life 

facetious

humorous funny jocular 

facile

easily done 

fallacious

based on error 

falter

waver/move in an uncertain manner 

fatuous

without sense foolish self-satisfaction 

fawn

young deer try to win sb's favor 

feckless

lacking purpose or vitality ineffective careless 

fecund

fertile 

feint

pretend 

felicitous

apt suitably expressed well chosen apropos 

felon

person guilty of murder 

ferment

substance become excited 

ferocity

savage cruelty 

ferret

discover by searching search 

fervid

showing earnest feeling 

fervor

warmth of feelings earnestness 

fetid

stinking 

fetter

to shackle put in chains 

feud

bitter quarrel over a long period of time 

fidelity

loyalty accuracy 

fidget

move restlessly make nervous 

figurehead

carved image on the prow of a ship 

finesse

delicate way of dealing with a situation 

finical

too fussy about food clothing etc. 

finicky

finical 

fission

splitting or division (esp. of cells) 

fixate

stare at 

flak

criticism/anti-aircraft guns 

flamboyant

brightly colored florid 

flaunting

show off complacently 

flax

pale yellow (hair) a plant 

fledged

able to fly trained experienced 

fleet

number of ships quick-moving 

flinch

draw move back wince 

flop

fail/move/fall clumsily 

florid

very much ornamented naturally red (e.g.. of face) 

flout

reject mock to go against (as in going against tradition) 

fluke

lucky stroke 

fluster

make nervous or confused 

foible

defect of character (a person is wrongly proud) 

foil

prevent from carrying out contrast 

foment

put sth warm (to lessen the pain) 

foolproof

incapable of failure or error 

foppish

like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes 

forage

food for horses and cattle 

forbear

refrain from be patient ancestor 

forbearance

patience willingness to wait 

ford

shallow place in a river (to cross) 

forestall

prevent by taking action in advance preempt 

forfeit

suffer the loss of sth 

forge

workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal lead 

forgery

counterfeit 

forswear

renounce disallow repudiate 

foster

nurture care for 

fracas

noisy quarrel 

fragile

easily injured broken or destroyed 

fragrant

sweet-smelling 

frantic

wildly excited with joy pain anxiety 

frenetic

frantic frenzied 

fret

worry irritation wear away 

fringe

edge ornamental border part of hair over the forehead 

froward

intractable not willing to yield or comply stubborn 

frugal

careful economical 

fulmination

bitter protest 

fulsome

disgusting offensive due to excessiveness 

gainsay

to deny to oppose

garble

make unfair selection from facts 

garment

article of clothing 

garner

to gather and save to store up 

garrulity

talkativeness 

garrulous

too talkative 

gaucherie

socially awkward tactless behavior 

germane

relevant pertinent to 

gist

the point general sense 

glean

gather facts in small quantities 

glib

ready and smooth but not sincere 

glimmer

weak/unsteady light 

gloat

over look at with selfish delight 

glut

supply to much fill to excess 

gnaw

waste away bite steadily 

goad

sth urging a person to action 

gorge

eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream 

gossamer

soft light delicate material 

gouge

tool for cutting grooves in wood 

grandiloquent

using pompous words 

grave

serious requiring consideration 

graze

touch or scrape lightly in passing 

gregarious

living in societies liking the company 

grievous

causing grief or pain serious dire grave 

grovel

crawl humble oneself 

guile

deceit cunning 

gullible

easily gulled 

gush

burst out suddenly/talk ardently 

gust

outburst of feeling sudden rain wind fire etc. 

hack

cut roughly hired horse 

halcyon

calm and peaceful 

hallow

to make holy consecrate 

harangue

a long passionate speech 

harbinger

sth or sb that foretells the coming of 

harrow

to distress create stress or torment 

haughty

arrogant conceited 

heed

attention/give notice to 

heinous

odious (of crime) 

heresy

belief contrary to what is generally accepted 

hermetic

sealed by fusion 

heterogeneous

made up of different kinds 

hew

make by hard work cut (by striking) 

highbrow

(person) with superior tastes 

hirsute

hairy shaggy 

hoax

mischievous trick played on sb for a joke 

hoi

polloi the masses the rabble 

hollow

not soled with hole 

holster

leather case for a pistol 

homiletics

act of preaching 

hone

stone used for sharpening tools 

hoodwink

trick mislead 

hospitable

liking to give hospitality 

hubris

arrogant pride 

hush

make or become silent 

husk

worthless outside part of anything 

hypocrisy

falsely making oneself appear to be good 

iconoclast

person who attacks popular beliefs 

idiosyncrasy

personal mannerism 

idolatry

excessive admiration of 

idyll

a carefree episode or experience 

ignoble

dishonorable common undignified 

ignominious

shameful dishonorable undignified disgraceful 

illicit

unlawful forbidden 

imbroglio

complicated and embarrassing situation 

immaculate

pure faultless 

imminent

likely to come or happen soon 

immutable

that cannot be changed 

impair

worsen diminish in value 

impassive

unmoved feeling no sign of passion 

impecunious

having little or no money 

impede

hinder get in the way of 

impediment

smth that hinders (e.g. stammer) 

impending

imminent being about to happen expected 

imperative

urgent essential 

imperious

commanding haughty arrogant 

impermeable

that cannot be permeated 

imperturbable

calm not capable of being excited 

impervious

not allowing to pass through (of materials) 

imperviousness

haughty arrogant commanding 

impetuous

having sudden energy impulsive thrusting ahead forceful 

impiety

lack of reverence or dutifulness 

implacable

incapable of being placated unpleasable 

implicate

show that sb has a share 

implicit

implied though not plainly expressed

implosion

collapse bursting inward 

importune

beg urgently solicit (of a prostitute) 

imprecation

an invocation of evil a curse 

impromptu

without preparation 

impudent

rash indiscreet 

impugned

challenged to be doubted 

impute

to attribute to a cause or source ascribe 

inadvertent

not paying proper attention 

inane

silly senseless 

inasmuch

since because 

incense

make angry 

incessant

often repeated continual 

inchoate

not yet fully formed rudimentary elementary 

incipient

beginning 

incise

engrave make a cut in 

incite

stir up rouse 

inclined

directing the mind in a certain direction 

incongruous

out of place not in harmony or agreement 

incorrigibility

cannot be cured or corrected 

incredulous

skeptical unwilling to believe 

inculcate

fix firmly by repetition 

incumbents

official duties 

incursion

a raid a sudden attack 

indefatigability

not easily exhaustible tirelessness 

indelible

that cannot be rubbed out 

indigence

poverty 

indigenous

native 

indistinct

not easily heard seen clearly marked 

indolence

laziness 

indomitable

not easily discouraged or subdued 

indulge

gratify give way to satisfy allow oneself 

indulgent

inclined to indulge 

ineffable

to great to be described in words 

ineluctable

certain inevitable 

inept

unskillful said or done at the wrong time 

ineptitude

quality of being unskillful 

inferno

hell 

infuriate

fill with fury or rage 

infuse

put pour fill 

ingenuous

naive young artless frank honest sincere 

ingest

take in by swallowing 

inimical

harmful or friendly 

inimitable

defying imitation unmatchable 

innocuous

causing no harm 

inscrutable

incapable of being discovered or understood 

insensible

unconscious unresponsive unaffected 

insinuate

suggest unpleasantly make a way for sth. gently

insipid

without taste or flavor 

insouciant

unconcerned carefree 

insularity

narrow-mindedness isolated 

insurrection

rising of people to open resistance to 

interdict

prohibit forbid 

interim

as an installment 

intersperse

place here and there 

intransigence

unwillingness to compromise stubbornness intractability 

intransigent

uncompromising 

intrepid

fearless brave undaunted 

introspection

examining one's own thoughts and feelings 

inundate

flood cover by overflowing 

inured

accustomed to adapted 

invective

abusive language curses 

inveigh

to attack verbally denounce deprecate 

inveterate

deep-rooted. long-established 

invincible

too strong to be defeated 

involute

complex 

irascible

irritable easily angered 

irate

angry 

ire

anger 

irksome

tiresome 

irresolute

hesitating undecided 

irrevocable

final and unalterable 

itinerate

to travel from place to place to peregrinate 

jabber

talk excitedly utter rapidly 

jibe

gibe make fun of 

jocular

meant as a joke 

judicious

sound in judgment wise 

knit

draw together unite firmly 

labyrinthine

to entangle the state of affairs 

lachrymose

causing tears tearful 

lackluster

(of eyes) dull 

lament

show feel great sorrow 

lassitude

weariness tiredness 

latent

present but not yet active developed or visible 

laudatory

expressing or giving praise 

lavish

giving or producing freely liberally or generously 

legacy

smth handed down from ancestors 

levee

formal reception/embankment 

levity

lack of seriousness 

libel

statement that damages reputation 

liberality

free giving generosity 

libertine

immoral person 

lien

legal claim until a debt on it is repaid 

limn

paint portray 

limp

lacking strength walking unevenly 

lionize

treat as a famous person 

lithe

bending twisting 

loll

rest to sit or stand in a lazy way hang (dog's tongue)

lope

move along with long strides 

loquacious

talkative garrulous 

lucubrate

write in scholarly fashion 

luculent

easily understood lucid clear 

lugubrious

mournful excessively sad 

lull

become quiet or less active 

lumber

move in a clumsy/noisy way 

luminary

star light-giving body 

lurk

be out of view ready to attack 

lustrous

being bright polished 

macabre

gruesome suggesting death 

macerate

make or become soft by soaking in water 

machination

plot scheme (esp. evil) 

maladroit

tactless clumsy 

malapropism

misuse of a word (for one that resembles it) 

malevolence

wishing to do evil 

malign

injurious speak ill of smb tell lie 

malinger

to fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty 

malleable

yielding easily shaped moldable adapting 

manacle

chains for the hands or feet 

massacre

cruel killing of a large number of people 

matriculation

be admitted enter a university as a student 

maudlin

sentimental in a silly or tearful way 

maul

hurt by rough handling 

maverick

rebel nonconformist 

mellifluous

sweetly flowing 

mendacity

dishonesty 

mendicant

a beggar 

mercurial

quick changeable in character fleeting 

meretricious

attractive on the surface but of little value 

mesmerize

hypnotize 

meticulous

giving great attention to details 

mettle

quality of endurance or courage 

mettlesome

courageous high-spirited 

middling

fairly good but not very good 

minatory

menacing threatening 

mince

pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize 

misanthrope

person who hates mankind 

mischievous

harmful causing mischief 

miser

person who loves wealth and spends little 

misogynist

one who hates women/females 

moderation

quality of being limited not extreme 

mollify

make calmer or quieter 

molt

moult lose hair feathers before new growing 

morbid

diseased unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas) 

morose

ill-tempered unsocial 

muffler

cloth worn round the neck/silencer 

multifarious

varied motley greatly diversified 

mundane

worldly as opposed to spiritual commonplace everyday 

myriad

very great number 

nadir

lowest weakest point 

nascent

coming into existence emerging 

nebulous

cloud-like hazy vague indistinct 

negligent

taking too little care 

neophyte

person who has been converted to a belief 

nexus

a connection tie or link 

nibble

show some inclination to accept (an offer) 

noisome

offensive disgusting (smell) 

nonchalant

not having interest 

nonplused

greatly surprised 

nostrum

a quack remedy an untested cure 

noxious

harmful 

nugatory

trifling/worthless 

obdurate

hardened and unrepenting stubborn inflexible 

obfuscate

to darken make obscure muddle 

oblivious

unaware having no memory 

obloquy

abusively detractive language sharp criticism vituperation 

obsequious

too eager to obey or serve 

obstreperous

noisy loud 

obtain

to be established accepted or customary 

obtrusive

projecting prominent undesirably noticeable 

obtuse

blunt/stupid 

obviate

to make unnecessary get rid of 

occluded

blocked up 

odious

repulsive hateful 

odium

contempt dislike aversion 

odor

smell favor reputation 

officious

too eager or ready to help offer advice 

ominous

threatening 

onerous

needing effort burdensome 

opaqueness

dullness/not allowing light to pass through 

opprobrious

showing scorn or reproach 

ossify

to turn to bone to settle rigidly into an idea 

ostensible

seeming appearing as such professed 

ostentation

display to obtain admiration or envy 

ostracism

shut out from society refuse to meet talk 

overhaul

examine thoroughly to learn about the condition 

overweening

presumptuously arrogant overbearing immoderate being a jerk 

paean

song of praise or triumph 

palate

roof of the mouth sense of taste 

palatial

magnificent 

palliate

lessen the severity of 

palpability

can be felt touched understood 

palpitate

tremble beat rapidly and irregularly 

panegyric

formal praise eulogy 

paradigm

a model example or pattern 

parenthesis

sentence within another one smth separated 

pariah

an outcast a rejected and despised person 

parsimonious

too economical miserly 

partisan

one-sided committed to a party biased or prejudiced 

patron

regular customer person who gives support 

paucity

scarcity a lacking of 

peccadillo

small sin small weakness in one's character 

pedantic

bookish showing off learning 

pedestrian

commonplace trite unremarkable 

pellucid

transparent easy to understand 

penchant

strong inclination a liking 

penitent

feeling or showing regret 

penurious

poor/stingy 

penury

extreme poverty 

peregrination

traveling about wandering 

peremptory

urgent imperative unchallengeable ending debate 

perfidious

treacherous faithless 

perfidy

treachery breaking of faith 

perfunctory

done as a duty without care 

perilous

dangerous 

peripatetic

wandering 

perish

be destroyed decay 

perjury

willful FALSE statement unlawful act 

permeate

spread into every part of 

pernicious

harmful injurious 

perpetrate

be guilty commit (a crime) 

personable

pleasing in appearance attractive 

perspicacity

quick judging and understanding 

pertain

belong as a part have reference 

pest

destructive thing or a person who is nuisance 

petrified

taken away power (to think feel act) 

petrify

to make hard rocklike 

petrous

like a rock hard stony 

petulant

unreasonably impatient 

philistine

a smug ignorant person one who lacks knowledge 

phlegmatic

calm sluggish temperament unemotional 

picaresque

involving clever rogues or adventurers 

pied

of mixed colors 

pinch

be too tight take between the thumb and finger 

pine

waste away through sorrow or illness 

pious

dutiful to parents devoted to religion 

piquant

agreeably pungent stimulating 

pique

hurt the pride or self-respect stir (curiosity) 

pitfall

covered hole as a trap unsuspected danger 

pith

essential part force soft liquid substance 

pivotal

of great importance (others depend on it) 

placate

soothe pacify calm 

plaintive

mournful melancholy sorrowful 

plaque

flat metal on a wall as a memorial 

platitude

a trite or banal statement unoriginality 

plea

request 

plead

address a court of law as an advocate 

plethora

glut 

pliant

pliable easily bent shaped or twisted 

plod

continue doing smth without resting 

pluck

pull the feathers off pick (e.g.. flowers) 

plumb

get to the root of 

plummet

fall plunge steeply 

plunge

move quickly suddenly and with force 

poignant

deeply moving keen 

poncho

large piece of cloth 

ponderous

heavy bulky dull 

portent

omen marvelous threatening 

precarious

uncertain risky dangerous 

precepts

rules establishing standards of conduct 

preclude

prevent make impossible 

precursory

preliminary anticipating 

predilection

special liking mental preference 

predominate

have more power than others 

preen

tidy/show self-satisfaction 

premature

doing or happening smth before the right time 

preponderance

greatness in number strength weight 

presage

warning sign 

presumption

arrogance 

preternatural

not normal or usual 

prevalent

common 

prevaricate

to equivocate to stray from the truth 

prim

neat formal 

pristine

primitive unspoiled pure as in earlier times unadulterated 

probity

uprightness incorruptibility principle 

proclivity

inclination 

procrastination

keeping on putting off 

prodigal

wasteful reckless with money 

prodigious

enormous wonderful 

profane

worldly having contempt for God 

profligacy

shameless immorality 

profligate

wasteful prodigal licentious extravagant 

profundity

depth 

profuse

abundant/lavish 

proliferate

grow reproduce by rapid multification 

prolix

tiring because too long 

prone

prostrate inclined to (undesirable things) 

propagation

increasing the number spreading extending 

propinquity

nearness in time or place affinity of nature 

propitiatory

conciliatory appeasing mitigating 

propitious

auspicious presenting favorable circumstances 

prosaic

everyday mundane commonplace trite pedestrian 

proscribe

denounce as dangerous 

protracted

prolonged 

provident

frugal looking to the future 

provisional

of the present time only 

provoke

make angry vax 

prudence

careful forethought 

prudish

easily shocked excessively modest 

prune

dried plum silly person 

pry

get smth inquire too curiously 

pucker

wrinkle 

pugnacious

fond of in the habit of fighting 

puissance

strength 

punctilious

precise paying attention to trivialities 

pundit

pedant authority on a subject 

pungency

sharpness stinging quality 

purvey

provide supply 

pusillanimous

cowardly craven 

putrefaction

becoming rotten 

pyre

large pile of wood for burning 

quack

person dishonestly claiming to sth 

quaff

drink deeply 

quail

lose courage turn frightened 

qualm

feeling of doubt temporary feeling of sickness 

quandary

state of doubt or perplexity 

quell

suppress subdue 

quibble

try to avoid by sophistication 

quiescence

state of being passive/motionless 

quiescent

at rest dormant torpid 

quirk

habit or action peculiar to sb or sth 

quixotic

generous unselfish 

quotidian

banal everyday 

rabble

mob crowd the lower classes of populace 

raconteur

person who tells anecdotes 

raffish

low vulgar base tawdry 

ramify

to be divided or subdivided to branch out 

rancorous

feeling bitterness spitefulness 

rant

use extravagant language 

rapacious