NOVEMBER - High frequency words

1. Burgeon - To put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery; sprout; begin to grow or blossom; grow or develop rapidly; grow or develop rapidly; make or become greater or larger

2. Recluse - A person who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion and often in solitude; person who does not want social contact; person who lives alone and avoids people

3. Quaint - Charmingly odd, especially in an old-fashioned way; unfamiliar or unusual in character; strange; cleverly made; artful; old-fashioned; strange; odd

4. Happenstance - An unexpected random event

5. Antediluvian - Extremely old and antiquated; out-of-date; prehistoric; belonging to, existing, or occurring in times long past; of, existing, or occurring in a distant period; an antique; something of the time before the great flood in the Bible

6. Inter - To place in a grave or tomb; bury; place (a corpse) in or as if in a grave; to entomb or bury

7. Succumb - To submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in; to die; die or surrender; consent reluctantly; be fatally overwhelmed

8. Whiff - A slight, gentle gust of air; a waft; brief, passing odor carried in the air; inhalation, as of air or smoke; be carried in brief gusts; waft; swing at and miss a ball or puck; slight amount or indication; perceive with the olfactory sense; short light gust of air; strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike; utter with a puff of air

9. Gust - A strong, abrupt rush of wind; sudden burst, as of rain or smoke; outburst of emotion; sense of taste; personal taste or inclination; liking; rush, eruption

10. Muse - To be absorbed in one's thoughts; engage in meditation; consider or say thoughtfully; think about, dream; source of an artist's inspiration; reflect deeply on a subject

11. Usury - The practice of lending money and charging the borrower interest, especially at an exorbitant or illegally high rate; excessive or illegally high rate of interest charged on borrowed money; charging of too much interest when lending money

12. Schism - A separation or division into factions; disunion; discord; state of disagreement and disharmony; condition of being divided, as in opinion; interruption in friendly relations

13. Ethereal - Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible; highly refined; delicate; of the celestial spheres; heavenly; spiritual; so light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film

14. Mitigate - To moderate (a quality or condition) in force or intensity; alleviate; make less severe or more bearable; check, diminish, lighten

15. Somber - Dark and gloomy; sad, depressing; serious, grave

16. Hegemony - The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others; leadership; strong leadership or dominance of one nation or state over another

17. Prehensile - Adapted for seizing, grasping, or holding, especially by wrapping around an object; having keen intellect; insightful; greedy; grasping

18. Fullering - The groove in the ground surface of the horseshoe. The nail holes are punched in it

19. Tepid - Moderately warm; lukewarm; lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted; neither hot nor cold

20. Hoarse - Rough or grating in sound; rough quality of the voice

21. Flay - To strip off the skin or outer covering of; strip of money or goods; fleece; whip or lash; assail with stinging criticism; excoriate; criticize harshly and devastatingly; to scold severely

22. Prostrate - To put or throw flat with the face down, as in submission or adoration; cause to lie flat; reduce to extreme weakness or incapacitation; overcome; cause to fall, as from a shot or blow: bring down, cut down; flat, horizontal; helpless; tired, worn; fall on knees; submit; overwhelm; wear out; lying prone, or with the head to the ground

23. Vex - To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations; distress, bother; disturb or annoy; to cause perplexity in; puzzle; to debate or discuss (a question, for example) at length; to toss about or shake up

24. Tarnish - To dull, stain, or discolor; dirty, corrupt; dull the luster of; discolor, especially by exposure to air or dirt; cast aspersions on; sully; condition of being sullied or tainted

25. Sullen - Showing a brooding ill humor or silent resentment; morose or sulky; gloomy or somber in tone, color, or portent; sluggish; slow; darkened by clouds

26. Gaunt - Thin and bony; angular; emaciated and haggard; drawn; bleak and desolate; barren; skinny, pale; having little flesh or fat on the body; worn and lean, as from hunger or illness

27. Proselyte - A new convert to a doctrine or religion

28. Virile - Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an adult male; having or showing masculine spirit, strength, vigor, or power; potent; manly

29. Insipid - Lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull

30. Halcyon - Calm and peaceful; tranquil; prosperous; golden; serene; a fabled bird, identified with the kingfisher, that was supposed to have had the power to calm the wind and the waves while it nested on the sea during the winter solstice

31. Inchoate - In an initial or early stage; incipient; imperfectly formed or developed; undeveloped, beginning; partial; unfinished; begun, but not completed; as in a contract not executed by all the parties; having no distinct shape

32. Enfeeble - To deprive of strength; make feeble; make very weak

33. Indigent - Experiencing want or need; impoverished; needy or destitute person; poor; lacking or deficient

34. Avaunt - Hence; away

35. Fraught - Filled with a specified element or elements; charged; marked by or causing distress; emotional; freight; cargo; marked by distress; filled with or attended with

36. Placidity - The quality or state of being placid; calmness; serenity; a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling; a disposition free from stress or emotion

37. Dank - Disagreeably damp or humid; clammy; slightly wet; unpleasantly damp or cold

38. Bummer - A great disappointment or regrettable fact; one who begs habitually or for a living; an experience that is irritating or frustrating or disappointing; a bad reaction to a hallucinogenic drug; beggar; a loafer or idler; one that depresses, frustrates, or disappoints

39. Swarthy - Having a dark complexion or color; of a complexion tending toward brown or black; dark-complexioned

40. Addle - To muddle; confuse; to become confused; to become rotten, as an egg; to cause to be unclear in mind or intent; mix up or confuse

41. Polemical - Polemic; controversial; disputatious; given to arguing; of or involving dispute or controversy

42. Oaf - A person regarded as stupid or clumsy; large, ungainly, and dull-witted person; person who is clumsy, stupid; awkward person

43. Natatorium - An indoor swimming pool; pool that provides a facility for swimming; building containing a swimming pool; a swimming pool

44. Garner - To gather and store in or as if in a granary; to amass, gather; collect, accumulate; to gather and save or to store up; a granary; collect ripe crops

45. Circumspect - Heedful of circumstances and potential consequences; prudent; trying attentively to avoid danger, risk, or error; cautious, discreet

46. Denude - To divest of covering; make bare; expose (rock strata) by erosion; strip the covering from

47. Galling - Causing extreme irritation or chagrin; vexing;; very upsetting; troubling the nerves or peace of mind, as by repeated vexations

48. Biracial - Of, for, or consisting of members of two races; having parents of two different races

49. Motley - Having elements of great variety or incongruity; heterogeneous; parti-colored attire of a court jester; mixed, varied; having many colors; variegated; parti-colored

50. Exude - To ooze forth; to discharge or emit (a liquid or gas, for example) gradually; to exhibit in abundance; to flow or leak out or emit something slowly; display, emit

51. Penchant - A definite liking; a strong inclination; fondness, strong liking for or bias in favor of something

52. Preponderance - Superiority in weight, force, importance, or influence; great numbers; supremacy; superiority in power or influence; superiority in numbers or amount; exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight

53. Tine - A branch of a deer's antlers; prong on an implement such as a fork or pitchfork; slender pointed end of an instrument; prong on a fork or pitchfork

54. Prong - A thin, pointed, projecting part; branch; a fork; pierce with or as if with a thin, pointed, projecting part; a pointed projection

55. Tinge - A pale or subdued color; shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation; slight amount or indication; hint; affect slightly, as with a contrasting quality

56. Hodgepodge - A mixture of dissimilar ingredients; a jumble; mixture, mess; a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas; collection of various things

57. Recondite - Not easily understood; abstruse; concealed; hidden; mysterious, obscure

58. Tumultuousness - Characterized by tumult; noisy and disorderly; marked by unrest or disturbance; violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms; confused; in an uproar

59. Beleaguered - To harass; beset; surround with troops; besiege; trouble persistently from or as if from all sides; disturb by repeated attacks; surround with hostile troops

60. Malfeasance - Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official; inappropriate conduct by a public official

61. Abstruse - Difficult to understand; recondite

62. Vindictive - Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; resulting from a desire to hurt; spiteful; hateful, revengeful

63. Perplex - To confuse or trouble with uncertainty or doubt; make confusedly intricate; complicate; confuse, mix up; make unsure of what to do; fill with doubt; confuse or puzzle

64. Nervy - Arrogantly impudent; brazen. Showing or requiring courage and fortitude; bold

65. Cajole - To urge with gentle and repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery; wheedle; attempt to coax; flatter

66. Pelf - Wealth or riches, especially when dishonestly acquired

67. Semitic - Of, relating to, or constituting a subgroup of the Afro-Asiatic language group that includes Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic; of or relating to the Semites or their languages or cultures

68. Toothsome - Delicious; luscious; highly pleasing, especially to the sense of taste

69. Jocundity- The state or quality of being jocund; gayety; sportiveness; a feeling facetious merriment; state of joyful exuberance

70. Jocund - Feeling cheerful or jolly; sprightly and lighthearted in disposition, character, or quality; characterized by joyful exuberance; full of or showing high-spirited merriment

71. Plethora - A superabundance; an excess; excess of blood in the circulatory system or in one organ or area; condition of going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate

72. Badinage - Good-natured teasing; a playful repartee; banter; light, playful remarks

73. Mutative - To change into a different form, substance, or state

74. Banter - Good-humored, playful conversation; speak to in a playful or teasing way; exchange mildly teasing remarks; light teasing repartee; be silly or tease one another

75. Talisman - An object marked with magic signs and believed to confer on its bearer supernatural powers or protection; something that apparently has magic power; small object worn or kept for its supposed magical power; something producing apparently magical or miraculous effects

76. Drake - A male duck; mayfly used as fishing bait

77. Reticent - Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself; restrained or reserved in style; reluctant; unwilling; secretive, quiet; reserved; quiet; not saying much, especially about one's thoughts

78. Flippancy - The state or quality of being flippant

79. Flippant - Marked by disrespectful levity or casualness; pert; talkative; voluble; irreverent; showing inappropriate levity; having a light, pert, trifling disposition

80. Rambunctiousness - Boisterous and disorderly; loud, energetic; noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

81. Rudimentary - Of or treating the most basic aspects; basic, fundamental; imperfectly or incompletely developed; embryonic; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient

82. Cogent - Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning; convincing; effectiveness

83. Succinct - Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; concise and terse

84. Gadfly - A persistent irritating critic; a nuisance; one that acts as a provocative stimulus; a goad; any of various flies, especially of the family Tabanidae, that bite or annoy livestock and other animals

85. Detrimental - Causing damage or harm; injurious; damaging, disadvantageous

86. Verbiage - An excess of words for the purpose; wordiness; manner in which something is expressed in words; repetition; use of many words to say very little

87. Whimsical - Determined by, arising from, or marked by whim or caprice; erratic in behavior or degree of unpredictability; playful, fanciful; determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity or reason

88. Ostracize - To exclude from a group; to exclude from normal social or professional activities; to force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile, banish; to put into public disfavor

89. Garrulous - Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative; wordy and rambling; talkative

90. Apostate - One who has abandoned one's religious faith, a political party, one's principles, or a cause; traitor

91. Profligate - Given over to dissipation; dissolute; wildly extravagant; immoral, corrupt; wasteful; very wicked in character

92. Limp - To walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg; move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily; not stiff; weak; lopsided or uneven way of walking

93. Augment - To make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity; make greater; improve; enlarge or make bigger

94. Exude - To ooze forth; to discharge or emit (a liquid or gas, for example) gradually; to exhibit in abundance; to flow or leak out or emit something slowly; display, emit

95. Nonchalance - Casual lack of concern; calmness; trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care

96. Voracious - Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous; very hungry, greedy; eating with greediness or in very large quantities; having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit

97. Deferential - Marked by or exhibiting deference; respectful, considerate; showing a yielding of judgment

98. Cessation - A bringing or coming to an end; discontinuance of an action or motion

99. Alibi - The statement of being somewhere else when a crime was committed; make an excuse for oneself; explanation offered to avoid blame or justify action; an excuse

100. Hubris - Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance

101. Nadir - The lowest point

102. Extol - To praise highly; exalt; pay tribute or homage to; sing the praises of; praise in the highest terms; to honor (a deity) in religious worship

103. Procrastinate - To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness; postpone or delay needlessly; delay, put off doing

104. Chromatic - Relating to colors or color; relating to chords or harmonies based on nonharmonic tones

105. Teem - To be full of things; abound or swarm; be abundant, full; be overflowing; be or become pregnant; bear young; give birth to

106. Abound - To be great in number or amount; overflowing; existing in abundance

107. Cornucopia - Abundant supply; cone-shaped ornament or receptacle;in Greek mythology, magnificent horn that filled itself with whatever meat or drink its owner requested

108. Labyrinthine - Difficult to understand because of intricacy; of, relating to, resembling, or constituting a labyrinth; complicated

109. Sop - To dip, soak, or drench in a liquid; saturate; piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid; a concession given to mollify or placate; give a conciliatory gift or bribe to; be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid; mop so as to leave a semi-dry surface, of floors; something yielded to placate or soothe

110. Apostasy - Abandonment of one's religious faith, a political party, one's principles, or a cause; instance of defecting from or abandoning a cause; defection

111. Disaffected - Resentful and rebellious, especially against authority; alienated, estranged; discontented as toward authority

112. Manumit - To free from slavery or bondage; emancipate; free from slavery or servitude

113. Vile - Very evil; unpleasant; so objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation; heavily soiled; very dirty or unclean; extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings; having or proceeding from low moral standards; offensive, horrible; loathsome; disgusting

114. Ostentation - Pretentious display meant to impress others; boastful showiness; act or an instance of showing; an exhibition; exhibitionism, flashiness; boastful self-importance or display

115. Esoteric - Beyond the understanding of an average mind; mysterious, obscure; not publicly disclosed; confidential; confined to a small group; intended for or understood by only a particular group; of or relating to that which is known by a restricted number of people

OCTOBER - High frequency words

1. Gavel - A small mallet used by a presiding officer or an auctioneer to signal for attention or order or to mark the conclusion of a transaction; tribute or rent in ancient and medieval England; small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge
2. Glut - To fill beyond capacity, especially with food; satiate

3. Paucity - Smallness of number; fewness; lack, scarcity; condition or fact of being deficient
4. Phlegmatic - Without emotion or interest; having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional

5. Vigilance - Alert watchfulness; carefulness
6. Nadir - The lowest point

7. Summit - The highest point or part; the top; highest level or degree that can be attained; highest level, as of government officials; conference or meeting of high-level leaders, usually called to shape a program of action; top, crowning point
8. Indigent - Experiencing want or need; impoverished; needy or destitute person; poor; lacking or deficient

9. Augment - To make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity; make greater; improve; enlarge or make bigger

10. Proselyte - A new convert to a doctrine or religion

11. Superfluous - Being beyond what is required or sufficient; extra, unnecessary; serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; more than is needed, desired, or required

12. Spurn - To reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn; turn away; ignore

13. Hubris - Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance

14. Feigned - Not real; pretended; not genuine; made-up; fictitious

15. Ravenous - Extremely hungry; voracious; rapacious; predatory; greedy for gratification; very hungry; desirous; greedy

16. Rapport - Relationship, especially one of mutual trust or emotional affinity; understanding between people; an easy friendly relationship

17. Anvil - An iron block or stand used by blacksmiths to hold metal objects; heavy block of iron or steel with a smooth, flat top on which metals are shaped by hammering

18. Pallid - Having an abnormally pale or wan complexion; lacking intensity of color or luminousness

19. Gong - A rimmed metal disk that produces a loud, sonorous tone when struck with a padded mallet; usually saucer-shaped bell that is struck with a mechanically operated hammer

20. Ostracize - To exclude from a group; to exclude from normal social or professional activities; to force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile, banish; to put into public disfavor

21. Deluge - An abundant, usually overwhelming flow or fall, as of a river or rain; barrage; great flood; heavy downpour; overrun with water; inundate

22. Doggerel - Crudely or irregularly fashioned verse, often of a humorous or burlesque nature; crude and comic verse

23. Sonnet - A 14-line verse form usually having one of several conventional rhyme schemes

24. Lax - Lacking in rigor, strictness, or firmness; not taut, firm, or compact; slack; not strict

25. Exacerbate - To increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate; infuriate; make more sharp, severe, or virulent

26. Hellion - A mischievous, troublesome, or unruly person

27. Ramshackle - So poorly constructed or kept up that disintegration is likely; rickety

28. Pique - A state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity; a feeling of wounded pride

29. Sanctimonious - Feigning piety or righteousness; of or practicing hypocrisy; self-righteous, hypocritical about one's own holiness

30. Treacle - Cloying speech or sentiment; a medicinal compound formerly used as an antidote for poison

31. Lop - To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising; to hang limply, loosely, and carelessly; cut off from a whole

32. Pastiche - A mixture of materials, forms, motifs, and/or styles; often incongruous; dramatic, literary, or musical piece openly imitating the previous works of other artists, often with satirical intent; an artistic effort that imitates or caricatures the work of another artist

33. Travail - Work, especially when arduous or involving painful effort; use of physical or mental energy; hard work; concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; work strenuously; toil; anguish

34. Senility - The mental and physical deterioration associated with aging; the old age, generally used to describe the cognitive and physiologic signs of advancing age

35. Zealot - Excessive enthusiasm or u can say excessive zeal; or fanatic

36. Defray - To undertake the payment of (costs or expenses); pay; bear the expenses of

37. Maverick - An unbranded range animal, especially a calf that has become separated from its mother, traditionally considered the property of the first person who brands it; one that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group; a dissenter; being independent in thought and action or exhibiting such independence; radical

38. Salve - An analgesic or medicinal ointment; ointment that soothes or cools wounds; something that soothes or heals; a balm; flattery or commendation; ease the distress or agitation of; assuage

39. Solace - Comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or distress; consolation; comfort, cheer, or console, as in trouble or sorrow; allay or assuage; comfort, peace

40. Pulchritude - Great physical beauty and appeal; physical beauty (especially of a woman)

41. Hoarse - Rough or grating in sound; rough quality of the voice

42. Rambunctiousness - Boisterous and disorderly; loud, energetic; noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

43. Fastidious - Possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail; difficult to please; exacting; excessively scrupulous or sensitive, especially in matters of taste or propriety; very particular and sensitive

44. Meticulous - Extremely careful and precise; excessively concerned with details; detailed, perfectionist

45. Assuage - To make less severe or more bearable; soothe, relieve; reduce fear, excitement, pain, or disease

46. Ameliorate - To make or become better; improve; relieve or reduce pain

47. Rhabdomancy - Divination by means of a wand or rod, especially for discovering underground water or ores

48. Rudimentary - Of or treating the most basic aspects; basic, fundamental; imperfectly or incompletely developed; embryonic; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient

49. Embryonic - Of, relating to, or being an embryo; rudimentary; incipient; fetal

50. Infrangible - Difficult or impossible to break or separate into parts; not capable of being violated or infringed

51. Balderdash - Nonsense; something that does not have or make sense

52. Satrap - A subordinate bureaucrat or official; a ruler; governor of a province in ancient Persia

53. Corsair - A swift pirate ship, often operating with official sanction; politician of the seas

54. Scurrilous - Given to the use of vulgar, coarse, or abusive language; foul-mouthed; offensive to accepted standards of decency

55. Bonhomie - A pleasant and affable disposition; geniality; a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)

56. Quotidian - Everyday; commonplace; suitable for ordinary days or routine occasions; ordinary

57. Unheralded - Without warning or announcement

58. Stolid - Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; impassive; apathetic, stupid; without emotion or interest

59. Salve - An analgesic or medicinal ointment; ointment that soothes or cools wounds; something that soothes or heals; a balm; flattery or commendation; ease the distress or agitation of; assuage

60. Deft - Quick and skillful

61. Illegible - (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible; "illegible handwriting"; not capable of being read or deciphered

62. Loathesome - So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation; hateful; abhorrent

63. Churlish - Lacking in delicacy or refinement; crude, boorish; having a bad disposition; surly; difficult to work with, such as soil; intractable

64. Fruition - Realization of something desired or worked for; accomplishment; state of being complete; condition of bearing fruit; achievement

65. Tchotchke - Inexpensive showy collectibles; cheap showy trinket

66. Kelp - A large brown seaweed; ash of these seaweeds, used as a source of potash and iodine

67. Callous - Emotionally hardened; unfeeling; having calluses; toughened; completely lacking in compassion; cruel, insensitive; without regard for the feelings or sufferings of others

68. Flagging - Declining; weakening; languid; drooping; pavement laid with flagstones; becoming weak

69. Guffaw - A hearty, boisterous burst of laughter

70. Amusement - The state of being amused, entertained, or pleased; game, pastime

71. Quay - A wharf or reinforced bank where ships are loaded or unloaded; stone or metal platform lying alongside or projecting into water for loading and unloading ships

72. Heyday - The period of greatest popularity, success, or power; prime; period of greatest prosperity or productivity

73. Iconoclast - One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions; one who destroys sacred religious images; which attacks settled beliefs or institutions; critical

74. Potentate - One who has the power and position to rule over others; a monarch; who dominates or leads a group or an endeavor; a ruler who is unconstrained by law

75. Esurient - Hungry; greedy; devouring or craving food in great quantities; (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous

76. Cognoscente - A person with superior, usually specialized knowledge or highly refined taste; a connoisseur; an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts

77. Whet - To sharpen (a knife, for example); hone; make more keen; stimulate; sharpen; arouse; excite

78. Intractable - Difficult to manage or govern; stubborn; not submitting to discipline or control; difficult to alleviate, remedy, or cure; difficult to mold or manipulate

79. Approbation - An expression of warm approval; praise; official approval

80. Vim - Ebullient vitality and energy; lively, emphatic, eager quality or manner; quality of active mental and physical forcefulness

81. Portentous - Portending future disaster; of momentous or ominous significance; full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe; marked by pompousness; pretentiously weighty

82. Miscegenation - Marriage of people of different races; cohabitation

83. Perspicacious - Having or showing penetrating mental discernment; clear-sighted; observant, perceptive

84. Stomp - To tread or trample heavily or violently on; dance involving a rhythmical, heavy step; walk heavily

85. Perfidy - Deliberate breach of faith; calculated violation of trust; treachery; state of being disloyal or faithless

86. Belie - To give a false representation to; misrepresent; show to be false; contradict; give an inaccurate view of by representing falsely or misleadingly; deceive; be in contradiction with

87. Penurious - Unwilling to spend money; stingy; yielding little; barren; poverty-stricken; destitute; mean; poor; ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money

88. Foment - To promote the growth of; incite; stir to action or feeling; instigate, provoke

89. Buttress - A means or device that keeps something erect, stable, or secure; present evidence in support of; support, bolster; support built to strengthen a wall

90. Rococo - A style of art, especially architecture and decorative art, that originated in France in the early 18th century and is marked by elaborate ornamentation, as with a profusion of scrolls, foliage, and animal forms; very ornate style of speech or writing; ornate; immoderately elaborate or complicated

91. Gruff - Brusque or stern in manner or appearance; hoarse; harsh; bad-tempered, rude; rasping in sound; low and grating in sound

92. Reticent - Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself; restrained or reserved in style; reluctant; unwilling; secretive, quiet; reserved; quiet; not saying much, especially about one's thoughts

93. Exude - To ooze forth; to discharge or emit (a liquid or gas, for example) gradually; to exhibit in abundance; to flow or leak out or emit something slowly; display, emit

94. Bach - A bachelor

95. Pyroclastic - Composed chiefly of rock fragments of volcanic origin

96. Ignominy - Great personal dishonor or humiliation; shameful or disgraceful action, conduct, or character; loss of or damage to one's reputation; shame

97. Tether - To fasten something with a line or rope; extent or limit of one's resources, abilities, or endurance; rope, chain, or similar restraint for holding one, especially an animal, in place, allowing a short radius in which one can move about

98. Bellicose - Warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; likely to quarrel or fight; having or showing an eagerness to fight

99. Gadfly - A persistent irritating critic; a nuisance; one that acts as a provocative stimulus; a goad; any of various flies, especially of the family Tabanidae, that bite or annoy livestock and other animals

100. Pontificate - To express opinions or judgments in a dogmatic way; administer the office of a pontiff; speak or behave with exaggerated authority; the government of the Roman Catholic Church

101. Balky - Given to stopping and refusing to go on; uncooperative; difficult to operate or start

102. Vagary - An extravagant or erratic notion or action; unpredictable act or idea; impulsive, often illogical turn of mind

103. Flux - State of constant change; state of constant movement, change, or renewal; continued flow; a flood; melt

104. Drudgery - Tedious, menial, or unpleasant work; boring work

105. Acrimony - Bitter, sharp animosity, especially as exhibited in speech or behavior; nasty behavior, speech; sharp and bitter manner; quality or state of feeling bitter

106. Rococo - A style of art, especially architecture and decorative art, that originated in France in the early 18th century and is marked by elaborate ornamentation, as with a profusion of scrolls, foliage, and animal forms; very ornate style of speech or writing; ornate; immoderately elaborate or complicated

107. Bedizen - To ornament or dress in a showy or gaudy manner; adorn, especially in a cheap showy manner; decorate tastelessly

108. Wrinkle - A small crease or fold; small furrow, ridge, or crease on a normally smooth surface, caused by crumpling, folding, or shrinking

109. Invective - Denunciatory or abusive language; vituperation; denunciatory or abusive expression or discourse; harsh, often insulting language; of, relating to, or characterized by verbal abuse; verbal abuse; utterance intended to insult or abuse

110. Perspicuous - Clearly expressed or presented; easy to understand; expressing oneself clearly and effectively; clear, obvious; (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; Bravura - Brilliant technique or style in performance; piece or passage that emphasizes a performer's virtuosity; showy manner or display; of, relating to, or being a brilliant performance technique or style; ostentatious

111. Gratuitous - Costing nothing; not required, necessary, or warranted by the circumstances of the case; not necessary; free

112. Cascade - A waterfall or a series of small waterfalls over steep rocks; succession of stages, processes, operations, or units; series of components or networks, the output of each of which serves as the input for the next; small shower of something such as water, sparks, or jewels

113. Stolid - Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; impassive; apathetic, stupid; without emotion or interest

114. Roil - To make (a liquid) muddy or cloudy by stirring up sediment; displease or disturb; vex; be in a state of turbulence or agitation; make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

115. Encipher - To put (a message, for example) into cipher; convert plain text into unintelligible form by means of a cipher system

116. Weltschmerz - Sadness over the evils of the world, especially as an expression of romantic pessimism; sadness on thinking about the evils of the world

117. Bewail - To cry over; lament; express sorrow or unhappiness over; regret strongly

118. Sultry - Very humid and hot; burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot; sexually exciting or gratifying

119. Fiasco - A complete or humiliating failure; catastrophe

120. Remit - To forgive or excuse; delay or cancel; send, transfer; stop or postpone; transmit (money) in payment; restore to a former condition or position

121. Drop Cloth - A sheet, as of cloth or plastic, for protection against spills or dripping, used especially by painters; a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery

122. Beleaguered - To harass; beset; surround with troops; besiege; trouble persistently from or as if from all sides; disturb by repeated attacks; surround with hostile troops

123. Gossamer - So light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film; gauzy, thin; soft light delicate material

124. Desecrate - To violate the sacredness of; profane; spoil or mar the sanctity of; abuse, violate

125. Mellifluous - Flowing with sweetness or honey; pleasing to the ear; sweet-sounding

126. Zephyr - A gentle breeze; gentle wind; a slight wind (usually refreshing); any of various soft light fabrics, yarns, or garments; something that is airy, insubstantial, or passing

127. Supine - Lying horizontally on the back; flat on one's back; weak; marked by or showing lethargy, passivity, or blameworthy indifference

128. Evince - To show or demonstrate clearly; manifest; reveal; show clearly or to indicate

129. Heresy - A controversial or unorthodox opinion or doctrine, as in politics, philosophy, or science; adherence to such controversial or unorthodox opinion; unorthodoxy

130. Quaff - To drink (a beverage) heartily; to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught

131. Sphinx - A puzzling or mysterious person; a figure in Egyptian myth having the body of a lion and the head of a man, ram, or hawk; winged creature having the head of a woman and the body of a lion, noted for killing those who could not answer its riddle; mysterious, inscrutable person

132. Rotundity - Rounded in figure; plump; having a full, rich sound; sonorous; having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound; well-rounded and full in form

133. Happenstance - An unexpected random event

134. Flippest - Marked by casual disrespect; impertinent

135. Penury - Extreme want or poverty; destitution; barrenness or insufficiency; a state of extreme poverty or destitution

136. Beleaguer - To harass; beset; surround with troops; besiege; trouble persistently from or as if from all sides; disturb by repeated attacks; surround with hostile troops

137. Frugal - Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources; costing little; inexpensive; economical; very careful with money

138. Robust - Strong and healthy; characterized by marked muscular development; powerfully built; full of vigor; rough or crude; boisterous; marked by richness and fullness; full-bodied

139. Actuarial - Relating to analyses involving compound interest and/or statistics; usually associated with computations involved in insurance probability estimates

140. Massacre - The unnecessary and indiscriminate killing of human beings; kill; slaughter of a large number of animals; severe defeat, as in a sports event

141. Potent - Possessing inner or physical strength; powerful; effective, forceful

142. Pioneer - A person who goes before, opening up the way for others to follow, as an early settler or a scientist doing original work; one among the first to explore a country; early, first; who opens up new areas of thought, research, or development; soldier who performs construction and demolition work in the field to facilitate troop movements; animal or plant species that establishes itself in a previously barren environment

143. Ruddy - Having a healthy, reddish color; rosy; pinkish, blushing

144. Rowdy - Disorderly; rough; rough, violent person who engages in destructive actions; boisterous; behave in an unruly, noisy and rough way

145. Munificent - Very liberal in giving; generous; extraordinarily generous

146. Ricochet - To rebound at least once from a surface; strike a surface at such an angle as to be deflected; bounce off a surface at an angle

147. Abase - To lower in rank, prestige, or esteem; deprive of self-esteem or confidence; degrade

148. Verisimilitude - The quality of appearing to be true or real; authenticity; something that has the appearance of being true or real

149. Wanton - One who is immoral, lewd, or licentious; careless; cruel, malicious; one that is undisciplined or spoiled; playful

150. Flaccid - Lacking firmness, resilience, or muscle tone; drooping; not firm or stiff

151. Incipient - Beginning to exist or appear; only partly in existence; developing

152. Intransigence - The quality or state of being stubbornly inflexible; the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise

SEPTEMBER - High frequency words

1. Annihilate - To destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence; defeat decisively; vanquish; nullify or render void; abolish; destroy utterly; obliterate
2. Teem - To be full of things; abound or swarm; be abundant, full; be overflowing; be or become pregnant; bear young; give birth to
3. Trespass - Unlawful entry or possession of property; invasion, offense; infringe, offend; enter forcibly or illegally: break in; violate a moral or divine law
4. Chafe - To make (the skin) raw by or as if by friction; worry over trifles; annoy; feel irritated or impatient
5. Infuriate - To make furious, enrage; make very angry
6. Esoteric - Beyond the understanding of an average mind; mysterious, obscure; not publicly disclosed; confidential; confined to a small group; intended for or understood by only a particular group; of or relating to that which is known by a restricted number of people
7. Spurious - Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine; false; of illegitimate birth; similar in appearance but unlike in structure or function; counterfeit, fake; fraudulently or deceptively imitative
8. Burlesque - A literary or dramatic work that ridicules a subject either by presenting a solemn subject in an undignified style or an inconsequential subject in a dignified style; ludicrous or mocking imitation; a travesty; imitate mockingly or humorously; farcical
9. Doggerel - Crudely or irregularly fashioned verse, often of a humorous or burlesque nature; crude and comic verse
10. Rebuke - To criticize or reprove sharply; reprimand; check or repress; blame or scold in a sharp way
11. Polemical - Polemic; controversial; disputatious; given to arguing; of or involving dispute or controversy
12. Pulchritude - Great physical beauty and appeal
13. Proofread - To read (copy or proof) in order to find errors and mark correction; to read copy or proof for purposes of error detection and correction
14. Archaic - Belonging to, existing, or occurring in times long past; of a style or method formerly in vogue; very old; old-fashioned, ancient
15. Shun - To avoid deliberately; keep away from; avoid; ignore 83. Dapper - Neatly dressed; trim; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
16. Polarize - To cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions; cause to vibrate in a definite pattern; cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions; become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation
17. Nuance - A subtle or slight degree of difference, as in meaning, feeling, or tone; a gradation; expression or appreciation of subtle shades of meaning, feeling, or tone; slight difference; shading; slight variation between nearly identical entities
18. Prevarication - The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing; secret abuse in the exercise of a public office; collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution; statement that deviates from or perverts the truth; intentionally vague or ambiguous; the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
19. Desiccate - To dry out thoroughly; preserve (foods) by removing the moisture; make dry, dull, or lifeless; make or become free of moisture; make or become no longer active or productive; dehydrate
20. Gossamer - So light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film; gauzy, thin; soft light delicate material
21. Laud - To give praise to; glorify; pay tribute or homage to; express warm approval of; honor (a deity) in religious worship; acclaim
22. Adulation - Excessive flattery or admiration; excessive, ingratiating praise; overenthusiastic praise; servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise
23. Incontestable - Impossible to contest; unquestionable; incapable of being contested or disputed; not open to question; obviously true
24. Gusty - Windy; blowing in loud and abrupt bursts; marked by gusts
25. Thaw - To change from a frozen solid to a liquid by gradual warming; lose stiffness, numbness, or impermeability by being warmed; become warm enough for snow and ice to melt; period of warm weather during which ice and snow melt; become less formal, aloof, or reserved; relaxation of reserve, restraints, or tensions
26. Gimmick - A device employed to cheat, deceive, or trick, especially a mechanism for the secret and dishonest control of gambling apparatus; innovative or unusual mechanical contrivance; a gadget; innovative stratagem or scheme employed especially to promote a project; significant feature that is obscured, misrepresented, or not readily evident; a catch; small object whose name does not come readily to mind; indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end; clever, unexpected new trick or method
27. Appropriated - Suitable for the purpose and circumstances; set aside; allocate; steal; take possession of or make use of exclusively for oneself, often without permission
28. Palliate - To make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate; make less severe or intense; mitigate; relieve the symptoms of a disease or disorder; loss over; cover up
29. Euphemism - The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive; use or an instance of equivocal language; polite term
30. Ostentation - Pretentious display meant to impress others; boastful showiness; act or an instance of showing; an exhibition; exhibitionism, flashiness; boastful self-importance or display
31. Portentous - Portending future disaster; of momentous or ominous significance; full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe; marked by pompousness; pretentiously weighty
32. Ribald - Characterized by or indulging in vulgar, lewd humor; vulgar, obscene; characterized by coarse indecent humor; offensive to accepted standards of decency
33. Foil - To prevent from being successful; thwart; obscure or confuse (a trail or scent) so as to evade pursuers; trail or scent of an animal; thin, flexible leaf or sheet of metal; one that by contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another; set off by contrast; fencing sword having a usually circular guard and a thin, flexible four-sided blade with a button on the tip to prevent injury; prevent from accomplishing a purpose
34. Taciturn - Disinclined to speak. or inclined to silence; untalkative
35. Analgesic - A medication that reduces or eliminates pain
36. Rotund - Rounded in figure; plump; having a full, rich sound; sonorous; round from fullness or plumpness; portly
37. Comprehensive - So large in scope or content as to include much; full; including everything; inclusive; covering a wide scope
38. Muddle - To confuse or cause to be confused; make turbid or muddy; stir or mix (a drink) gently; think, act, or proceed in a confused or aimless manner
39. Emancipate - The state of not being in confinement or servitude; action or process of setting free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions; action or process of delivering from slavery
40. Hardy - Being in robust and sturdy good health; courageous; intrepid; brazenly daring; audacious; capable of surviving unfavorable conditions, such as cold weather or lack of moisture; strong, tough
41. Leave - To go out of or away from; have as a result, consequence, or remainder; cause or allow to be or remain in a specified state; give over to another to control or act on; holiday, time off; permission; abandon, renounce; neglect; depart, abandon physically
42. Bolt - To leave hastily: get out; run quickly away; fasten securely; eat very fast; lock; part of lock; screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
43. Plaid - A rectangular woolen scarf of a tartan pattern worn over the left shoulder by Scottish Highlanders; cloth with a tartan or checked pattern; pattern of this kind
44. Recalcitrant - Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance; disobedient, uncontrollable; stubbornly defiant of authority; unruly
45. Effete - No longer possessing a unique quality; spoiled, exhausted; unproductive; infertile
46. Dissuade - To deter (a person) from a course of action or a purpose by persuasion or exhortation; persuade (a person) not to do something; talk out of
47. Dissident - Disagreeing, as in opinion or belief; person who dissents from the doctrine of an established church; nonbeliever; disagreeing with an opinion or a group
48. Quinine - A bitter, colorless, amorphous powder or crystalline alkaloid derived from certain cinchona barks and used in medicine to treat malaria; an alkaloid derived from cinchona that is effective against malaria. It is also used as an antipyretic, analgesic, sclerosing agent, and stomachic and in the treatment of atrial fibrillation and myotonia congenita
49. Catastrophe - A great, often sudden calamity; complete failure; a fiasco; concluding action of a drama, especially a classical tragedy, following the climax and containing a resolution of the plot; sudden violent change in the earth's surface; a cataclysm; unhappy conclusion; great and sudden misfortune
50. Foster - To bring up; nurture; promote the growth and development of; cultivate; nurse; cherish; providing parental care and nurture to children not related through legal or blood ties; promote and sustain the development of; give care, accommodation to; promote, support; care for
51. Ostracize - To exclude from a group; to exclude from normal social or professional activities; to force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile, banish; to put into public disfavor
52. Slander - Oral communication of false statements injurious to a person's reputation; false and malicious statement or report about someone; make defamatory statements about; scandalous remark
53. Hail - To salute or greet; greet or acclaim enthusiastically; call out or yell in order to catch the attention of; signal or call to a passing ship as a greeting or identification; to rain small round pieces of ice
54. Mournful - Feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful; causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy; sad; filled with or evoking sadness
55. Deluge - An abundant, usually overwhelming flow or fall, as of a river or rain; barrage; great flood; heavy downpour; overrun with water; inundate
56. Sinister - Strongly suggestive of great harm, menace, or evil; nasty, menacing; on the left side; left; situated on or being the side of a shield on the wearer's left and the observer's right
57. Askew - To one side; awry; crooked(ly); out of alignment
58. Frivolous - Unworthy of serious attention; trivial; silly
59. Pliant - Capable of being influenced or formed; able to adjust readily to different conditions; capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
60. Waif - A homeless person, especially a forsaken or orphaned child; abandoned young animal; something found and unclaimed, as an object cast up by the sea
61. Lacerate - To rip, cut, or tear; cause deep emotional pain to; distress; tear in a jagged way
62. Whet - To sharpen (a knife, for example); hone; make more keen; stimulate; sharpen; arouse; excite
63. Bolster - To support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion; to buoy up or hearten; keep from yielding or failing during stress or difficulty; help; short horizontal timber or steel member placed on top of a column to support and decrease the span of beams or girders; to support; reinforce. To give a boost to someone
64. Laconic - Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise; short, to the point
65. Sentinel - To watch over as a guard; person or special body of persons assigned to provide protection or keep watch over; an electronic device designed to detect danger; military watchtower for defense of a camp or city wall; guard or watchman
66. Nadir - The lowest point
67. Nuance - A subtle or slight degree of difference, as in meaning, feeling, or tone; a gradation; expression or appreciation of subtle shades of meaning, feeling, or tone; slight difference; shading; slight variation between nearly identical entities
68. Prevarication - The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing; secret abuse in the exercise of a public office; collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution; statement that deviates from or perverts the truth; intentionally vague or ambiguous; the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
69. Coo - To utter the murmuring sound of a dove or pigeon or a sound resembling it; talk fondly or amorously in murmurs
70. Rankle - To cause persistent irritation or resentment; become sore or inflamed; fester; embitter; irritate; annoy, irritate
71. Palliate - To make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate; make less severe or intense; mitigate; relieve the symptoms of a disease or disorder; loss over; cover up
72. Exonerate - To free from blame; free from a responsibility, obligation, or task; excuse, clear of responsibility or blame
73. Bedlam - A place or situation of noisy uproar and confusion; chaotic situation; a state of extreme confusion and disorder; scene of great uproar and confusion
74. Nautical - Of, relating to, or characteristic of ships, shipping, sailors, or navigation on a body of water
75. Heresy - A controversial or unorthodox opinion or doctrine, as in politics, philosophy, or science; adherence to such controversial or unorthodox opinion; unorthodoxy
76. Rambunctiousness - Boisterous and disorderly; loud, energetic; noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
77. Jejune - Not interesting; dull; lacking maturity; childish; lacking in nutrition
78. Convoke - To cause to assemble in a meeting; convene; summon; call together
79. Clavier - A keyboard; a bank of keys on a musical instrument; a stringed instrument that has a keyboard
80. Vituperative - Using, containing, or marked by harshly abusive censure; marked by harshly abusive criticism; relating to, or characterized by verbal abuse
81. Obfuscate - To render indistinct or dim; darken; to make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand
82. Cognizant - Fully informed; conscious
83. Deplore - To feel or express strong disapproval of; feel or express sorrow for; regret; condemn
84. Lament - To feel, show, or express grief; complain; express grief for or about; mourn; regret deeply; deplore; song or poem expressing deep grief or mourning
85. Grandstand - A roofed stand for spectators at a stadium or racetrack; spectators or audience at an event; perform ostentatiously so as to impress an audience; stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof
86. Fluvial - Of, relating to, or inhabiting a river or stream; produced by the action of a river or stream; of or relating to or happening in a river
87. Incontrovertible - Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
88. Sumptuous - Of a size or splendor suggesting great expense; lavish; luxurious, splendid; rich and superior in quality
89. Genteel - Polite or well-bred; sophisticated, cultured
90. Desiccated - Dried
91. Observant - Quick to perceive or apprehend; alert; watchful; pay close attention
92. Disingenuous - Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating; insincere; pretending to be unaware or unsophisticated
93. Foliage - Plant leaves, especially tree leaves, considered as a group; cluster of leaves; ornamental representation of leaves, stems, and flowers, especially in architecture
94. Balky - Given to stopping and refusing to go on; uncooperative; difficult to operate or start
95. Rakish - Having a trim, streamlined appearance; dashingly or sportingly stylish; jaunty; dissolute; immoral; marked by smartness in dress and manners; marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness
96. Naive - One who is artless, credulous, or uncritical; free from guile, cunning, or deceit; guileless, unsophisticated person; easily imposed on or tricked; childlike, trusting
97. Carouse - To engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking; drink excessively; make merry, often with liquor
98. Modicum - A small, moderate, or token amount
99. Flagging - Declining; weakening; languid; drooping; pavement laid with flagstones; becoming weak
100. Harebrained - Foolish; flighty; stupid, unthinking; senseless as to be laughable; very foolish
101. Candor - Frankness or sincerity of expression; openness; complete honesty; freedom from prejudice; impartiality
102. Natty - Neat, trim, and smart; dapper; stylish; marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; marked by smartness in dress and manners
103. Brazenness - The quality or state of being brazen; state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident; behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame
104. Unsavory - Distasteful or disagreeable; revolting, sickening; morally offensive; not pleasing in odor or taste
105. Cavil - To find fault unnecessarily; raise trivial objections; quibble about; detect petty flaws in; carping or trivial objection; critic of our own work
106. Aghast - Struck by shock, terror, or amazement; horrified; very surprised
107. Colossus - A huge statue; something likened to a huge statue, as in size or importance; someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful; a person of exceptional importance and reputation
108. Destitute - Utterly lacking; devoid; lacking resources or the means of subsistence; completely impoverished; down and out; wanting; poor enough to need help from others; not having a desirable element
109. Saunter - To walk at a leisurely pace; stroll; leisurely pace; leisurely walk or stroll; stroll; walk in a confident manner; act of walking, especially for pleasure
110. Encumbrance - One that encumbers; a burden or impediment; lien or claim on property; hindrance
111. Pernicious - Tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly; causing great harm; destructive; evil; wicked; bad, hurtful; harmful; having the capability or effect of damaging irreparably; injurious
112. Straddling - To stand or sit with a leg on each side of; bestride; be on both sides of; extend over or across; fire shots behind and in front of (a target) in order to determine the range; equivocal or a noncommittal position; option to buy or sell a specific asset, such as a block of stock, at a predetermined price before a certain date; spread out in a disorderly way; sprawl; appear to favor both sides of an issue; applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two circles in the hub
113. Disquietude - Worried unease; anxiety; feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
114. Erudite - Having or showing profound knowledge and scholarship; well-educated, cultured; very learned
115. Enervate - To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of; removal of a nerve or a section of a nerve; tire, wear out
116. Piquant - Pleasantly pungent or tart in taste; spicy; appealingly provocative; charming, interesting, or attractive; flavorful, biting; agreeably pungent; stimulating
117. Ashen - Consisting of ashes; resembling ashes, especially in color; very pale
118. Deft - Quick and skillful; adroit; agile, clever; quick and neat in action; skillful
119. Adroit - Dexterous; deft; skillful and adept under pressing conditions; very able or skilled; lively
120. Harrow - A farm implement consisting of a heavy frame with sharp teeth or upright disks, used to break up and even off plowed ground; inflict great distress or torment on; rob of goods by force, especially in time of war
121. Loathesome - So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation; hateful; abhorrent
122. Gleam - A point of shining light, especially in darkness; brightness, sparkle; a sudden quick light; to shine brightly and steadily but without a flame; a brief or dim indication; a trace
123. Innuendo - An indirect or subtle, usually derogatory implication in expression; an insinuation; an artful, indirect, often derogatory hint; suggestion 5. Disbelief - Refusal or reluctance to believe; doubt, skepticism; to doubt the truth about something
124. Palliated - To relieve the symptoms of a disease or disorder; to make less severe or intense; mitigate; to make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate
125. Ennoble - To make noble; confer dignity or honor upon; give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
126. Vainglorious - Characterized by or exhibiting excessive vanity; boastful; feeling self-importance
127. Quatrain - A stanza or poem of four lines
128. Eulogy - A laudatory speech or written tribute, especially one praising someone who has died; high praise or commendation; praise, acclamation
129. Citadel - A fortress in a commanding position in or near a city; stronghold or fortified place; a bulwark; strong fortress that sits high above a city
130. Roil - To make (a liquid) muddy or cloudy by stirring up sediment; displease or disturb; vex; be in a state of turbulence or agitation; make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
131. Mope - To be gloomy or dejected; brood or sulk; move in a leisurely or aimless manner; dawdle; feeling or spell of dismally low spirits; pout
132. Failsafe - Guaranteed not to fail; eliminating danger by compensating automatically for a failure or malfunction; acting to discontinue a military attack on the occurrence of any of various predetermined conditions
133. Lampoon - A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution; light, good-humored satire; a work, as a novel or play, that exposes folly by the use of humor or irony; ridicule, make fun of
134. Pulchritude - Great physical beauty and appeal; physical beauty (especially of a woman)
135. Sonnet - A 14-line verse form usually having one of several conventional rhyme schemes
136. Adamant - Impervious to pleas, appeals, or reason; stubbornly unyielding; stone once believed to be impenetrable in its hardness; extremely hard substance; hard like rock; unyielding; mineral frequently found beneath a corset. soluble in solicitate of gold; unbreakable
137. Fathomless - Too obscure or complicated to be understood; bottomless; of meaning; not capable of being penetrated

138. Moniker - A personal name or nickname; word or words by which one is called and identified

139. Calumny - A false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; utterance of maliciously false statements; slander; expression of injurious, malicious statements about someone

140. Impecunious - Lacking money; penniless; poverty-stricken; having little or no money

141. Gainsay - To declare false; deny; to oppose, especially by contradiction; refuse to admit the truth, reality, value, or worth of

142. Penurious - Unwilling to spend money; stingy; yielding little; barren; poverty-stricken; destitute; mean; poor; ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money

143. Potable - A beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage; any liquid that is fit for drinking; fit for drinking

144. Ephemeral - Lasting for a markedly brief time; momentary, passing; lasting a very short time

145. Substantive - Being the essence or essential element of a thing; (law) applying to essential legal principles and rules of right; having substance and prompting thought; a noun or a pronoun that is used in place of a noun

146. Encomium - Warm, glowing praise; formal expression of praise; a tribute

147. Glee - Jubilant delight; joy; extreme happiness

148. Natty - Neat, trim, and smart; dapper; stylish; marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; marked by smartness in dress and manners

149. Rowdy - Disorderly; rough; rough, violent person who engages in destructive actions; boisterous; behave in an unruly, noisy and rough way

150. Discernible - Perceptible, as by the faculty of vision or the intellect; recognizable; distinct; capable of being seen or noticed

151. Ancillary - Of secondary importance;auxiliary; helping; something, such as a workbook, that is subordinate to something else, such as a textbook; extra; supplementary; in addition to

152. Accolade - An expression of approval; praise; special acknowledgment; an award; ceremonial embrace, as of greeting or salutation; ceremonial bestowal of knighthood; recognition; ornamental treatment, used over an arch, a door, or a window, composed of two curves meeting in the middle; often a richly decorated molding; approval

153. Mite - A very small contribution or amount of money; very small object, creature, or particle; coin of very small value, especially an obsolete British coin worth half a farthing; tiny animal related to spiders and ticks

154. Skirt - The periphery of a city or town; border, edge; avoid; get around; be on the edge; avoid fulfilling or answering completely; garment hanging from the waist and worn by women and girls; lower outer section of a rocket vehicle; flexible strip hanging from the base of an air-cushion vehicle; piece of fabric that extends over or beyond something to afford protection

155. Incendiary - Causing or capable of causing fire; of or containing chemicals that produce intensely hot fire when exploded; inflammatory; an arsonist; who creates or stirs up factionalism or sedition; an agitator; causing trouble, damage; one who maliciously and willfully sets property on fire; also, an object or thing capable of starting and sustaining a fire

156. Doggerel - Crudely or irregularly fashioned verse, often of a humorous or burlesque nature; crude and comic verse

157. Dust jacket - A removable paper cover used to protect the binding of a book; cardboard sleeve in which a phonograph record is packaged; a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is printed

158. Truss - A supportive device, usually a pad with a belt, worn to prevent enlargement of a hernia or the return of a reduced hernia; rigid framework, as of wooden beams or metal bars, designed to support a structure, such as a roof; something gathered into a bundle; a pack; iron fitting by which a lower yard is secured to a mast; compact cluster of flowers at the end of a stalk; tie up or bind tightly; bind or skewer the wings or legs of (a fowl) before cooking; support or brace with a truss; tie up (someone) with their arms at their sides

159. Rampant - Extending unchecked; unrestrained; occurring without restraint and frequently, widely, or menacingly; rife; rearing on the hind legs; springing from a support or an abutment that is higher at one side than at the other; uncontrolled, out of hand; growing or climbing without restraint

160. Penumbra - Comparative darkness that results from the blocking of light rays; partial shadow, as in an eclipse, between regions of complete shadow and complete illumination; area in which something exists to a lesser or uncertain degree; outlying surrounding region; a periphery

161. Traduce - To cause humiliation or disgrace to by making malicious and false statements; make defamatory statements about

162. Blandish - To coax by flattery or wheedling; cajole; persuade or try to persuade by gentle persistent urging or flattery; compliment excessively and ingratiatingly; praise somewhat dishonestly

163. Discombobulate - To throw into a state of confusion; cause to be unclear in mind or intent; cause to be confused emotionally; be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

164. Fluster - To make or become nervous or upset; state of agitation, confusion, or excitement; to impair or destroy the composure of; perturbation, upset

165. Bait - Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net; anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation; portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment; torment with persistent insult or ridicule; disturb by repeated attacks; excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach; to flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly

166. Inanimate - Not having the qualities associated with active, living organisms; not lively, dull; not alive, not organic; belonging to the class of nouns that stand for nonliving things

167. Slake - To satisfy (a craving); quench; to lessen the force or activity of; moderate; to cool or refresh by wetting or moistening; to combine (lime) chemically with water or moist air; make less active or intense

168. Hull - The dry outer covering of a fruit, seed, or nut; a husk; the outer casing of a rocket, guided missile, or spaceship; the frame or body of a ship, exclusive of masts, engines, or superstructure

169. Formulaic - Characterized by or in accordance with some formula; being of no special quality or type; average

170. Skein - a length of thread or yarn wound in a loose long coil; a flock of geese or similar birds in flight

171. Intangible - Incapable of being apprehended by the mind or the senses; indefinite, obscured; incorporeal; incapable of being realized or defined

172. Peep - To utter short, soft, high-pitched sounds, like those of a baby bird; cheep; to speak in a hesitant, thin, high-pitched voice; slight sound or utterance; to peek furtively; steal a quick glance; to peer through a small aperture or from behind something; quick look; glance; first glimpse or appearance

173. Shadowy - Lacking distinctness; faint; lacking substance; unsubstantial; relating or resembling a shadow; full of shade; dark; lacking clarity; indistinct

174. Luminary - An object, such as a celestial body, that gives light; person who is an inspiration to others; person who has achieved eminence in a specific field; celebrity; a famous person

175. Timorous - Full of apprehensiveness; timid; easily frightened

176. Palpable - Capable of being handled, touched, or felt; tangible; obvious; concrete, real

177. Stygian - Gloomy and dark; infernal; hellish

178. Headlong - With the head leading; headfirst; characterized by unthinking boldness and haste; dangerous, reckless; breakneck speed or with uncontrolled force; rashly

179. Splurge - To indulge in an extravagant expense or luxury; be showy or ostentatious; spend extravagantly or wastefully; expensive indulgence; a spree; indulge oneself

180. Fealty - The fidelity owed by a vassal to his feudal lord. The oath of such fidelity

181. Fiesta - A festival or religious holiday, especially a saint's day celebrated in Spanish-speaking countries

182. Gruffness - A throaty harshness; an abrupt discourteous manner

183. Hospice - A shelter or lodging for travelers, pilgrims, foundlings, or the destitute; a program that provides palliative care and attends to the emotional and spiritual needs of terminally ill patients at an inpatient facility or at the patient's home; an institution that provides care and shelter; resort

184. Gleam - A point of shining light, especially in darkness; brightness, sparkle; a sudden quick light; to shine brightly and steadily but without a flame; a brief or dim indication; a trace

185. Suborn - To induce (a person) to commit an unlawful or evil act; incite to commit a crime or an evil deed; procure (false testimony or perjury); induce to commit perjury or give false testimony

186. Hubris - Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance

187. Augment - To make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity; make greater; improve; enlarge or make bigger

188. Transience - The state or quality of being transient; temporariness; an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying; the attribute of being brief or fleeting

189. Inconspicuous - Not readily noticeable

190. Dappled - Spotted; mottled; having spots or patches of color; freckled

191. Unheralded - Without warning or announcement

192. Hortatory - Marked by exhortation or strong urging; giving strong encouragement

193. Banister - A handrail, especially on a staircase; a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling

194. Decrepitude - The quality or condition of being weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use

195. Hiatus - An interval during which continuity is suspended; pause, interruption; a separation, aperture, fissure, or short passage in an organ or body part

196. Paroles - Key words or signals used to establish mutual identification

197. Dapper - Neatly dressed; trim; very stylish in dress; lively and alert

198. Seraph - A celestial being having three pairs of wings; the first of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology

199. Striate - Marked with striae; striped, grooved, or ridged; to mark with a line or band, as of different color or texture

200. Innuendo - An indirect or subtle, usually derogatory implication in expression; an insinuation; an artful, indirect, often derogatory hint; suggestion

201. Obscure - To make dim or indistinct; cut off from sight: block; deficient in brightness; far from centers of human population; liable to more than one interpretation; not known or not widely known by name; of undistinguished or humble station or reputation

AUGUST - High frequency words

1. Buoyant - Having the ability to float; light in weight; lighthearted; gay
2. Rabid - Affected by rabies
3. Hirsute - Covered with hair; hairy; having a hairy covering; shaggy
4. Fiscal - Of or relating to government expenditures, revenues, and debt; relating to finance or finances; having to do with money matters
5. Quibble - One who quibbles; a caviler; also, a punster; person who finds fault, often severely and willfully; a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections
6. Obliterate - To do away with completely so as to leave no trace; to wipe out, rub off, or erase; to remove completely (a body organ or part), as by surgery, disease, or radiation
7. Ostracize - To exclude from a group; to exclude from normal social or professional activities; to force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile, banish; to put into public disfavor
8. Malady - An unwholesome condition; a disease, a disorder, or an ailment
9. Conifer - Trees and shrubs that produce cones, such as pines; any of various mostly needle-leaved or scale-leaved, chiefly evergreen, cone-bearing gymnospermous trees or shrubs such as pines, spruces, and firs
10. Unadulterated - Not mingled or diluted with extraneous matter; pure; not mixed with impurities; produced by nature; not artificial or man made
11. Hubris - Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance
12. Impecunious - Lacking money; penniless
13. Abate - To lessen; to subside; grow or cause to grow less, lessen; reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; deduct from an amount; subtract; make void; fall off in degree or intensity; subside
14. Quibble - To evade the truth or importance of an issue by raising trivial distinctions and objections; find fault or criticize for petty reasons; cavil; petty distinction or an irrelevant objection; objection, complaint; beat around the bush; raise unnecessary or trivial objections; argue pointlessly; engage in a quarrel
15. Caveat - A warning or caution; qualification or explanation; formal notice filed by an interested party with a court or officer, requesting the postponement of a proceeding until the filer is heard; qualify with a warning or clarification; advice to beware, as of a person or thing
16. Obliterate - To do away with completely so as to leave no trace; wipe out, rub off, or erase (writing or other markings); remove completely (a body organ or part), as by surgery, disease, or radiation; make disappear completely; destroy; remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean
17. Pervasive - Having the quality or tendency to pervade or permeate; spreading throughout; extending; suffusing
18. Harangue - A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering; speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade; long, violent, or blustering speech, usually of censure or denunciation; speak in a loud, pompous, or prolonged manner; lecture; long passionate speech
19. Gruffness - A throaty harshness; an abrupt discourteous manner
20. Thwart - To prevent the occurrence, realization, or attainment of; oppose and defeat the efforts, plans, or ambitions of; seat across a boat on which a rower may sit; prevent from accomplishing a purpose; stop, hinder; obstruct
21. Scalawag - reprobate; a rascal; a white Southerner working for or supporting the federal government during Reconstruction; one who is playfully mischievous; a person who does harm to others
22. Addendum - Something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book; something included at a later date
23. Libertine - One who acts without moral restraint; a dissolute person; who defies established religious precepts; a freethinker; morally unrestrained; dissolute; licentious; philanderer; an immoral person
24. Restrictive - Of or relating to restriction; tending or serving to restrict; limiting; relating to, or being a subordinate clause or phrase that identifies the noun, phrase, or clause it modifies and limits or restricts its meaning; serving to restrict; (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports
25. Epitomic - A brief presentation or statement of something; a summary of a written work; a typical or ideal example; brief or miniature form
26. Lionize - To look on or treat (a person) as a celebrity; treat as a famous person
27. Exanimate - Lifeless; dead; to deprive of life or spirit; destitute of animation; spiritless; disheartened; deprive of animation or of life; deprived of life
28. Ineluctable - Not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable; certain; impossible to avoid or evade
28. Proscribe - To denounce or condemn; to prohibit; forbid; banish or outlaw (a person); exclude
29. Vivify - To give or bring life to; animate; to make more lively, intense, or striking; to make alive
30. Sturdy - Strong and hardy; having or showing rugged physical strength; substantially made or built; stout; marked by resoluteness or determination; firm; vigorous or robust; solid, durable; capable of exerting considerable effort or of withstanding considerable stress or hardship; not easily moved or shaken
31. Innocuous - Having no adverse effect; harmless; not likely to offend or provoke to strong emotion; insipid; devoid of hurtful qualities; lacking the qualities requisite for spiritedness and originality
32. Encipher - To put (a message, for example) into cipher; convert plain text into unintelligible form by means of a cipher system
33. Swarthy - Having a dark complexion or color; of a complexion tending toward brown or black; dark-complexioned
34. Concur - To be of the same opinion; agree; act together; cooperate; occur at the same time; coincide; converge; meet; approve, to agree
35. Luculent - Easily understood; clear or lucid; (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
36. Procrastinate - To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness; postpone or delay needlessly; delay, put off doing
37. Repudiate - To refuse to recognize or acknowledge; reject; turn one's back on; disown
38. Stoical - Seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; seemingly indifferent to emotions
39. Boastful - Characterized by or given to boasting; exhibiting self-importance
40. Mollify - To calm in temper or feeling; soothe; lessen in intensity; temper; reduce the rigidity of; soften; ease the anger or agitation of; cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
41. Phlegmatic - Showing little emotion; without emotion or interest; having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional; of or relating to phlegm; phlegmy
42. Stultify - To render useless or ineffectual; cripple; to cause to appear stupid, inconsistent, or ridiculous; prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence; cause to appear foolish; deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
43. Lachrymose - Weeping or inclined to weep; tearful; causing or tending to cause tears
44. Ostensive - Seeming or professed; ostensible; manifestly demonstrative; represented or appearing as such; pretended; appearing as such but not necessarily so
45. Collude - To act together secretly to achieve a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose; conspire; work out a secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end; act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose
46. Servile - Abjectly submissive; slavish; acting like a slave; groveling, subservient; excessively eager to serve or obey; of or relating to servitude or forced labor
47. Euphemism - The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive; use or an instance of equivocal language; polite term
48. Immutable - Not subject or susceptible to change; incapable of changing or being modified; unchangeable
49. Bedecked - To adorn or ornament in a showy fashion; furnish with decorations; decorate
50. Fealty - The fidelity owed by a vassal to his feudal lord. The oath of such fidelity
51. Meandering - Rambling; winding
52. Wary - On guard; watchful; characterized by caution; vigilantly attentive; trying attentively to avoid danger, risk, or error; careful, cautious; openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
53. Postern - A small rear gate, especially one in a fort or castle; situated in the back or at the side; minor gate or door in the defensive wall of a town or fortification
54. Decrepit - Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use; deteriorated, debilitated; broken down with age; worn out; not physically strong; showing signs of wear and tear or neglect
55. Indelible - Impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent; unable to be forgotten; memorable; indestructible; cannot be removed, washed away or erased
56. Perturbation - The state of being perturbed; agitation; small change in a physical system; state of discomposure; upset, unsettle
57. Soporific - Inducing or tending to induce sleep; drowsy; drug or other substance that induces sleep; a hypnotic; sleepy; sleep-inducing
58. Ennui - Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom; condition of being bored
59. Brat - A child, especially a spoiled or ill-mannered one; child of a career military person; spoiled child
60. Corpulent - Excessively fat; having too much flesh; chubby
61. Spartan - Resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; practicing great self-denial; austere; laconic; simple
62. Tortuous - Not straightforward; highly involved or intricate; very twisted; complicated; having or marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; repeatedly curving in alternate directions
63. Modicum - A small, moderate, or token amount
64. Accolade - An expression of approval; praise; special acknowledgment; an award; ceremonial embrace, as of greeting or salutation; ceremonial bestowal of knighthood; recognition; ornamental treatment, used over an arch, a door, or a window, composed of two curves meeting in the middle; often a richly decorated molding; approval
65. Cognizant - Fully informed; conscious
66. Fretwork - Ornamental work consisting of three-dimensional frets; geometric openwork; design of short bars or lines fitted together
67. Aphid - Any of various small, soft-bodied insects of the family Aphididae that have mouth parts specially adapted for piercing and feed by sucking sap from plants; A small sucking insect that feeds primarily on new soft growth
68. Trenchancy - Irony or bitterness, as of tone; keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect
69. Gauche - Lacking social polish; tactless; unsophisticated; lacking social grace
70. Assail - To attack with or as if with violent blows; assault; attack verbally, as with ridicule or censure; attack someone physically or emotionally; launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities with, as in warfare
71. Lethargic - Of, causing, or characterized by lethargy; lazy, sluggish; deficient in alertness or activity
72. Salubrious - Conducive or favorable to health or well-being; health-giving; healthful, nutritious
73. Suave - Smoothly agreeable and courteous; charming, smooth; effortlessly gracious and tactful in social manner
74. Boast - To glorify oneself in speech; statement that suggests praise of oneself; talk in a self-admiring way; shape or form (stone) roughly with a broad chisel
75. Chaotic - Characterized by physical confusion; completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing; lacking a visible order or organization
76. Massive - Very large and solid; large or imposing, as in quantity, scope, degree, intensity, or scale; lacking internal crystalline structure; amorphous
77. Cacophonous - Having a harsh, unpleasant sound; discordant; having an unpleasant sound
78. Animadversion - Strong criticism; a critical or censorious remark; harsh criticism or disapproval
79. Hapless - Luckless; unfortunate; involving or undergoing chance misfortune
80. Buttress - A means or device that keeps something erect, stable, or secure; present evidence in support of; support, bolster; support built to strengthen a wall
81. Extant - Still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct; standing out; projecting; in existence; occurring or existing in act or fact: actual
82. Exalt - To raise in rank, character, or status; elevate; glorify, praise, or honor; increase the effect or intensity of; heighten; fill with sublime emotion; elate; promote, praise
83. Drake - A male duck; mayfly used as fishing bait
84. Cogent - Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning; convincing; effectiveness
85. Omnipotent - Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful
86. Garrulous - Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative; wordy and rambling; talkative
87. Skullduggery - Crafty deception or trickery or an instance of it; verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
88. Demoralized - To undermine the confidence or morale of; dishearten; put into disorder; confuse; corrupt, pervert
89. Reinforce - To make more effective; strengthen; strengthen (a military force) with additional personnel or equipment; increase the number or amount of; augment
90. Misanthrope - One who hates or mistrusts humankind; person who expects only the worst from people; person who hates others
91. Spurious - Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine; false; of illegitimate birth; similar in appearance but unlike in structure or function; counterfeit, fake; fraudulently or deceptively imitative
92. Prostrate - Lying prone, or with the head to the ground; flat, horizontal; helpless; tired, worn; fall on knees; submit; overwhelm; wear out; put or throw flat with the face down, as in submission or adoration; reduce to extreme weakness or incapacitation; overcome
93. Pelf - Wealth or riches, especially when dishonestly acquired
94. Obeisance - A gesture or movement of the body, such as a curtsy, that expresses deference or homage; great respect or high public esteem accorded as a right or as due; salutation, curtsy
95. Excavate - To remove by digging or scooping out; break, turn over, or remove (earth or sand, for example) with or as if with a tool
96. Proffer - To offer for acceptance; tender; act of proffering; an offer; put before another for acceptance; suggest, offer
97. Adamant - Impervious to pleas, appeals, or reason; stubbornly unyielding; stone once believed to be impenetrable in its hardness; extremely hard substance; hard like rock; unyielding; mineral frequently found beneath a corset. soluble in solicitate of gold; unbreakable
98. Isthmus - A narrow strip of land connecting two larger masses of land; narrow piece of land with water on each side
99. Quell - To put down forcibly; suppress; pacify; quiet; bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight: choke off; alleviate, calm; defeat, suppress
100. Malfunction - To fail to work as it should; breakdown, failure
101. Fluvial - Of, relating to, or inhabiting a river or stream; produced by the action of a river or stream; of or relating to or happening in a river
102. Intriguing - To engage in secret or underhand schemes; plot; arouse the interest or curiosity of; work out a secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end
103. Fretwork - Ornamental work consisting of three-dimensional frets; geometric openwork; design of short bars or lines fitted together
104. Gregarious - Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable
105. Choreograph - To plan out or oversee the movement, development, or details of; orchestrate; to specialize in choreography; compose a sequence of dance steps to music; plan and oversee the development and details of
106. Founder - To sink below the surface of the water; fail utterly; collapse; stumble, especially to stumble and go lame; become ill from overeating; who establishes something or formulates the basis for something
107. Bedeck - To adorn or ornament in a showy fashion; furnish with decorations; decorate
108. Palter - To talk or act insincerely or misleadingly; equivocate; be capricious; trifle; quibble, especially in bargaining; be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
109. Daft - Mad; crazy; foolish; stupid; scots; frolicsome
110. Biracial - Of, for, or consisting of members of two races; having parents of two different races
111. Puckish - Mischievous; impish; naughtily or annoyingly playful
112. Overture - An introductory section or part, as of a poem; a prelude; an instrumental composition intended especially as an introduction to an extended work, such as an opera; introduction, approach; short section of preliminary remarks
113. Reify - To regard or treat (an abstraction) as if it had concrete or material existence; interpretation of an abstract idea or concept, such as the state, as real or concrete; consider an abstract concept to be real
114. Vim - Ebullient vitality and energy; lively, emphatic, eager quality or manner; quality of active mental and physical forcefulness
115. Mulish - Stubborn and intractable; recalcitrant; unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack
116. Egalitarian - Affirming, promoting, or characterized by belief in equal political, economic, social, and civil rights for all people
117. Marsupial - Any mammal that has a pouch on the abdomen of the female for carrying young
118. Archive - A place or collection containing records, documents, or other materials of historical interest; place where something is deposited for safekeeping; place where old records are stored
119. Glacier - A huge mass of ice slowly flowing over a land mass, formed from compacted snow in an area where snow accumulation exceeds melting and sublimation
120. Miff - A petulant, bad-tempered mood; a huff; petty quarrel or argument; a tiff; cause to become offended or annoyed; annoy, bewilder; a state of irritation or annoyance; extreme displeasure caused by an insult or slight
121. Exonerate - To free from blame; free from a responsibility, obligation, or task; excuse, clear of responsibility or blame
122. Squall - A loud, harsh cry; brief sudden violent windstorm, often accompanied by rain or snow; blow strongly for a brief period; brief commotion; short violent storm
123. Flinch - To start or wince involuntarily, as from surprise or pain; recoil, as from something unpleasant or difficult; shrink; shy away; act of drawing back in an involuntary or instinctive fashion; draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust
124. Parsimonious - Excessively sparing or frugal; penny-pinching; too economical; stingy
125. Spine - Side where signatures of a book or catalog are bound together and attached to the cover; strength of character; courage or willpower; thin, sharp needle; backbone;
126. Commotion - A condition of turbulent motion; clamor, uproar; noisy confusion; disorder
127. Gully - A deep ditch or channel cut in the earth by running water after a prolonged downpour; to wear a deep ditch or channel in; deep ditch cut by running water
128. Stygian - Gloomy and dark; hellish
129. Apocalyptic - Characterized by usually exaggerated predictions of or allusions to a disastrous outcome; involving or portending widespread devastation or ultimate doom; a revelatory or prophetic nature; of or relating to an apocalypse
130. Rebuke - To criticize or reprove sharply; reprimand; check or repress; blame or scold in a sharp way
131. Dew - Water in the form of droplets that appears on thin, exposed objects in the morning or evening; water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air
132. Diligent - Marked by persevering, painstaking effort; characterized by care and perseverence in carrying out tasks; characterized by steady attention and effort
133. Garrulous - Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative; wordy and rambling; talkative
134. Formulaic - Characterized by or in accordance with some formula; being of no special quality or type; average
135. Tenterhook - A hooked nail for securing cloth on a tenter; one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter
136. Precarious - Dangerously lacking in security or stability; subject to chance or unknown conditions; based on uncertain, unwarranted, or unproved premises; tricky, doubtful; not safe or sure
137. Recant - To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself); make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held statement or belief; to disavow (something previously written or said) irrevocably and usually formally; take back something said; to take back formally an opinion or belief
138. Frost - A deposit of minute ice crystals formed when water vapor condenses at a temperature below freezing; extreme cold; covering of tiny crystals on a cold surface.; to put icing on a cake; anger or upset
139. Tenter - A framework on which milled cloth is stretched for drying without shrinkage; a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth
140. Kinship - Connection by blood, marriage, or adoption; family relationship; relationship by nature or character; affinity
141. Zealot - A fanatically committed person; person who is ardently devoted to a particular subject or activity; who is zealous, especially excessively so; member of a Jewish movement of the first century
142. Metamorphic - Rocks that have recrystallized in a solid state as a result of changes in temperature, pressure, and chemical environment; characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or substance
143. Impeccable - Having no flaws; perfect; above suspicion; flawless; incapable of sin or wrongdoing
144. Bedlam - A place or situation of noisy uproar and confusion; chaotic situation; a state of extreme confusion and disorder; scene of great uproar and confusion
145. Covert - Existing or operating in a way so as to ensure complete concealment and confidentiality; lying beyond what is obvious or avowed; something that physically protects, especially from danger; a hiding place; clandestine, underhanded; something that serves to conceal or shelter
146. Nadir - The lowest point
147. Lethargic - Of, causing, or characterized by lethargy; lazy, sluggish; deficient in alertness or activity
148. Rotten - Being in a state of putrefaction or decay; decomposed; a foul odor resulting from or suggestive of decay; morally corrupt or despicable; dishonest, immoral; despicable, inferior, bad
149. Chicanery - Deception by trickery or sophistry; lack of straightforwardness and honesty in action; legal trickery or false argument; deception, trickery
150. Feral - Existing in a wild or untamed state; having returned to an untamed state from domestication; of or suggestive of a wild animal; savage; wild; being wild after escaping from domestication
151. Inauguration - Formal induction into office; formal beginning or introduction; installation
152. Ameliorate - To make or become better; improve; relieve or reduce pain
153. Eradicate - To tear up by the roots; get rid of as if by tearing up by the roots; destroy; remove
154. Edify - To instruct especially so as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement; enable (one) to understand, especially in a spiritual sense; make understand
155. Brevity - The quality or state of being brief in duration; shortness, briefness; concise expression; terseness
156. Panache - Dash; verve; bunch of feathers or a plume, especially on a helmet; person's flamboyant spirit
157. Senility - Old age; mental and physical deterioration associated with aging; loss of faculties; condition of being senile
158. Embezzling - To take (money, for example) for one's own use in violation of a trust; steal money, often from employer; steal what was entrusted to one's care
159. Supple - Yielding or changing readily; compliant or adaptable; bendable; make pliant and flexible, as of leather and skins; gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease; (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
160. Homily - A sermon; sermon, especially one intended to edify a congregation on a practical matter and not intended to be a theological discourse; tedious moralizing lecture or admonition; inspirational saying or platitude
161. Inane - One that lacks sense or substance
162. Frigid - Extremely cold; unresponsive; lacking warmth of feeling; stiff and formal in manner; persistently averse to sexual intercourse
163. School - To impart knowledge and skill to; institution for the instruction of children or people under college age; large group of aquatic animals, especially fish, swimming together
164. Truculence - Warlike or hostile attitude or nature; power or will to fight; cruel act or an instance of cruel behavior; obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness; disposition or apparent disposition to fight, especially fiercely
165. Mar - To inflict damage, especially disfiguring damage, on; impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of; spoil; disfiguring mark; a blemish; hurt, spoil the appearance of or to damage
166. Lampoon - A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution; light, good-humored satire; a work, as a novel or play, that exposes folly by the use of humor or irony; ridicule, make fun of
167. Feasible - Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are; possible, doable; logical; likely
168. Embellish - To make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate; add ornamental or fictitious details to
169. Nullify - To remove legitimacy; cancel, revoke; put an end to, especially formally and with authority; make ineffective by applying an opposite force or amount; invalidate
170. Bootless - Without advantage or benefit; useless; unproductive of success; having no useful result
171. Ambulate - To walk from place to place; move about; walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking; to go on foot
172. Parsimonious - Excessively sparing or frugal; penny-pinching; too economical; stingy
173. Skepticism - A lack of conviction or certainty; doubting or questioning attitude or state of mind; dubiety
174. Scatter - To throw in many directions; to spread out; strew, disperse; occur or fall at widely spaced intervals
175. Poise - To carry or hold in equilibrium; balance; stable, calm state of the emotions; self composure, dignity; centimeter-gram-second unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; place or be placed on a narrow or insecure surface; state or condition of hovering or being suspended; remain stationary over a place or object; freedom from affectation or embarrassment
176. Enervate - To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality; deprived of strength; debilitated; lessen or deplete the nerve, energy, or strength of; lack of nervous energy
177. Futility - The quality of having no useful result; uselessness; lack of importance or purpose; frivolousness; condition or quality of being useless or ineffective; fruitlessness
178. Vainglorious - Characterized by or exhibiting excessive vanity; boastful; feeling self-importance; being boastful; thinking too highly of oneself
179. Recidivism - A slipping from a higher or better condition to a lower or poorer one; the tendency for an ill person to relapse or return to the hospital; tendency to return to a previous pattern of behavior, especially to return to criminal habits; the return to a life of crime after a conviction and sentence
180. Insolvent - Unable to meet debts or discharge liabilities; bankrupt; financially ruined; someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts; unable to meet or discharge financial obligations
181. Pudency - Modesty; bashfulness; shamefacedness; shyness
182. Hedonistic - Characterized by or devoted to pleasure and luxury as a lifestyle; self-indulgent; devoted to pleasure
183. Impervious - Incapable of being penetrated; incapable of being affected; having the capacity to withstand; not allowing to pass through
184. Adjutant - A staff officer who helps a commanding officer with administrative affairs; an assistant; person who holds a position auxiliary to another and assumes some of the superior's responsibilities; officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
185. Eschew - To avoid; shun; have nothing to do with
186. Gallant - Having or showing courage; characterized by elaborate but usually formal courtesy; full of polite concern for the well-being of others; man amorously attentive to women
187. Wan - Unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress; indicative of weariness, illness, or unhappiness; melancholy; colorless, weak; lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness
188. Accrue - To come to one as a gain, addition, or increment; increasing by addition of growth, often financial; increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; come into existence as a claim that is legally enforceable; to accumulate over time
189. Demurral - The act of demurring, especially a mild, polite, or considered expression of opposition; a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
190. Onerous - Troublesome or oppressive; burdensome; very difficult; requiring hard labor; requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength
191. Staid - Full of or marked by dignity and seriousness; sober; characterized by dignity and propriety; restrained, set; fixed; permanent
192. Sully - To mar the cleanness or luster of; soil or stain; to defile; taint
193. Relentless - Unyielding in severity or strictness; unrelenting; steady and persistent; unremitting; continuous, never-ending; cruel, merciless
194. Amicable - Characterized by or exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; friendly
195. Sacrosanct - Regarded as sacred and inviolable; must be kept sacred; holy, greatly respected; protected from violation or abuse by custom, law, or feelings of reverence
196. Vile - Very evil; unpleasant; so objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation; heavily soiled; very dirty or unclean; extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings; having or proceeding from low moral standards; offensive, horrible; loathsome; disgusting
197. Feigned - Not real; pretended; not genuine; fictitious
198. Deplore - To feel or express strong disapproval of; feel or express sorrow for; regret; condemn
199. Wan - Unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress; indicative of weariness, illness, or unhappiness; melancholy; colorless, weak; lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness
200. Impalpable - Not perceptible to the touch; intangible; difficult to perceive or grasp by the mind; intangible, unsubstantial; incapable of being apprehended by the mind or the senses
201. Saunter - To walk at a leisurely pace; stroll; leisurely pace; leisurely walk or stroll; stroll; walk in a confident manner; act of walking, especially for pleasure
202. Alleviate - To make (pain, for example) more bearable; relieve; lessen; reduce the burden of
203. Perspicacious - Having or showing penetrating mental discernment; clear-sighted; observant, perceptive
204. Impeccable - Having no flaws; perfect; incapable of sin or wrongdoing; above suspicion; flawless; supremely excellent in quality or nature
205. Consecrated - Given over exclusively to a single use or purpose; solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose; made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use
206. Lament - To feel, show, or express grief; complain; express grief for or about; mourn; regret deeply; deplore; song or poem expressing deep grief or mourning
207. Malevolent - Having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious; having an evil or harmful influence; hateful; wishing ill for others
208. Folly - A lack of good sense, understanding, or foresight; an act or instance of foolishness: regretted the follies of his youth
209. Macabre - Suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome; ery eerie; deathlike; constituting or including a representation of death; shockingly repellent; marked by preoccupation with unwholesome matters
210. Bulge - A rounded part that curves outwardly; project outward; swollen object; sudden, usually temporary increase in number or quantity
211. Aeration - To supply with air or expose to the circulation of air; expose to oxygen, as in the oxygenation of the blood by respiration; supply or charge (liquid) with a gas, especially to charge with carbon dioxide; expose to circulating air
212. Laconic - Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise; short, to the point
213. Inalienable - That cannot be transferred to another or others; absolute, inherent; incapable of being surrendered or transferred
214. Protuberance - Something, such as a bulge, knob, or swelling, that protrudes; part that protrudes or extends outward; unevenness or elevation on a surface; lump, outgrowth; something that swells out from a surrounding surface

JULY - High frequency words

1. Obfuscate - To render indistinct or dim; darken; to make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand
2. Rotund - Rounded in figure; plump; having a full, rich sound; sonorous; round from fullness or plumpness; portly
3. Ostentatious - Marked by outward, often extravagant display; flashy, showy; overly showy to attract attention; pretentious
4. Accolade - An expression of approval; praise; special acknowledgment; an award; ceremonial embrace, as of greeting or salutation; ceremonial bestowal of knighthood; recognition; ornamental treatment, used over an arch, a door, or a window, composed of two curves meeting in the middle; often a richly decorated molding; approval
5. Mite - A very small contribution or amount of money; very small object, creature, or particle; coin of very small value, especially an obsolete British coin worth half a farthing; tiny animal related to spiders and ticks
6. Veneration - Profound respect or reverence; deep respect
7. Cessation - A bringing or coming to an end; discontinuance of an action or motion
8. Subvert - To destroy completely; ruin; undermine the character, morals, or allegiance of; corrupt; overthrow completely; rebel, destroy completely; cause the downfall of; of rulers; corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; destroy property or hinder normal operations
9. Speck - A small spot, mark, or discoloration; tiny amount; a bit; tiny bit
10. Gainsay - To declare false; deny; to oppose, especially by contradiction; refuse to admit the truth, reality, value, or worth of
11. Fretwork - Ornamental work consisting of three-dimensional frets; geometric openwork; design of short bars or lines fitted together
12. Dabbler - One who engages in an activity superficially or without serious intent; one lacking professional skill and ease in a particular pursuit; amateur; an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge; any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling
13. Impervious - Incapable of being penetrated; incapable of being affected; having the capacity to withstand; not allowing to pass through
14. Revere - To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation; a lapel on a woman''s garment; turned back to show the reverse side; love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of
15. Bestow - To present as a gift or honor; give, allot; to store or house; to provide with often temporary lodging; give formally or officially
16. Potable - A beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage; any liquid that is fit for drinking; fit for drinking
17. Tonic - A medicine that restores or increases vigor; producing or stimulating physical, mental, or emotional vigor; invigorating, refreshing, or restorative agent or influence; first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote; stressed, as a syllable; accented
18. Emulate - To take as a model or make conform to a model; to strive against (others) for victory; to imitate with intent to learn; strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation; compete with successfully; approach or attain equality with; ambitious; emulous
19. Castigate - To inflict severe punishment on; to criticize severely
20. Penurious - Unwilling to spend money; stingy; yielding little; barren; poverty-stricken; destitute; mean; poor; ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money
21. Deft - Quick and skillful; adroit; agile, clever; quick and neat in action; skillful
22. Mulish - Stubborn and intractable; recalcitrant; unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack
23. Antique - Very old; made or used a long time ago; belonging to, made in, or typical of an earlier period; old-fashioned; object having special value because of its age, especially a domestic item or piece of furniture or handicraft esteemed for its artistry, beauty, or period of origin; heirloom; old
24. Pulverize - To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust; to demolish; destroy
25. Puissant - Having or able to exert great power; powerful
26. Tantalizing - Enticingly in sight, yet often out of reach; arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach; very pleasantly inviting
27. Repudiate - To refuse to recognize or acknowledge; reject; turn one's back on; disown
28. Maladroit - Marked by a lack of adroitness; inept person; awkward, clumsy; tactless; lacking dexterity and grace in physical movement
29. Recant - To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself); make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held statement or belief; to disavow (something previously written or said) irrevocably and usually formally; take back something said; to take back formally an opinion or belief
30. Measly - Contemptibly small; meager; contemptibly unimportant; conspicuously deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; skimpy; infected with measles
31. Stagnant - Not moving or flowing; motionless; showing little or no sign of activity or advancement; not developing or progressing; inactive; lacking vitality or briskness; sluggish or dull; motionless
32. Obstinate - Stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action; obdurate; difficult to manage, control, or subdue; refractory; difficult to alleviate or cure; stubborn,
33. Hasten - To move or act swiftly; cause to hurry; speed up; accelerate
34. August - The eighth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar; inspiring awe or admiration; majestic; venerable for reasons of age or high rank; dignified, noble; majestic, impressive; impressive in size, scope, or extent; raised to or occupying a high position or rank
35. Effrontery - Brazen boldness; presumptuousness; state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident; nerve, boldness; impudence; arrogance
36. Antidote - A remedy or treatment for poison; agent that relieves or counteracts
37. Puckish - Mischievous; impish; naughtily or annoyingly playful
38. Diaphanous - So light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film; fine, see-through
39. Obtrude - To impose (oneself or one's ideas) on others with undue insistence or without invitation; thrust out; push forward; push to thrust outward; force or come in as an improper or unwanted element
40. Dodder - To shake or tremble, as from old age; totter; progress in a feeble, unsteady manner; walk unsteadily, as of small children; any of various leafless, annual parasitic herbs of the genus Cuscuta that lack chlorophyll and have slender, twining, yellow or reddish stems and small whitish flowers
41. Bedecked - To adorn or ornament in a showy fashion; furnish with decorations; decorate
42. Loquacious - Talkative; garrulous
43. Plot - A secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end; series of events and relationships forming the basis of a composition; piece of land; show graphically the direction or location of, as by using coordinates; plan, scheme
44. Pelter - One who pelts; a pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint
45. Assiduous - Constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing; persistent; hard-working
46. Machination - The act of plotting; crafty scheme or cunning design for the accomplishment of a sinister end; secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end
47. Pelt - To hit again and again; to keep beating; move swiftly; sharp blow; a whack; strike or assail repeatedly with or as if with blows or missiles; bombard; skin of an animal with fur; stripped animal skin ready for tanning
48. Gullibility - The state of being easily deceived
49. Recommit - To refer (proposed legislation, for example) to a committee again; commit again
50. Credulity - A disposition to believe too readily; tendency to believe readily
51. Audacious - Fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold; arrogant, presumptuous; showing courage
52. Puckish - Mischievous; impish; naughtily or annoyingly playful
53. Misdemeanor - A misdeed; breaking of the law that is less serious than a felony; minor crime, punishable by a fine or a light jail term
54. Cynicism - An attitude of scornful or jaded negativity, especially a general distrust of the integrity or professed motives of others; scornfully or jadedly negative comment or act; skepticism, pessimism
55. Soporific - Inducing or tending to induce sleep; drowsy; drug or other substance that induces sleep; a hypnotic; sleepy; sleep-inducing
56. Pugnacious - Combative in nature; belligerent; fond of fighting or arguing
57. Martinet - A strict disciplinarian, especially in the armed forces; one who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules
58. Truncate - To shorten by or as if by cutting off; shorten; decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising
59. Imminent - About to occur; impending; at hand, on the way; expected to happen soon
60. Pestilential - A usually fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague; pernicious, evil influence or agent; deadly disease; something evil in effect; poison; likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
61. Avowal - A frank admission or acknowledgment; act of admitting to something; a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
62. Gulled - To deceive or cheat; get money or something else from by deceitful trickery
63. Polarize - To cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions; cause to vibrate in a definite pattern; cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions; become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation
64. Egalitarian - Affirming, promoting, or characterized by belief in equal political, economic, social, and civil rights for all people
65. Slipshod - Marked by carelessness; sloppy or slovenly; slovenly in appearance; shabby or seedy; indifferent to correctness, accuracy, or neatness; careless; not well done
66. Marsupial - Any mammal that has a pouch on the abdomen of the female for carrying young
67. Consonant - Being in agreement or accord; corresponding or alike in sound, as words or syllables; harmonious in sound or tone; agreeing, consistent; letter of the alphabet or speech sound that is not a vowel
68. Encumbrance - One that encumbers; a burden or impediment; lien or claim on property; hindrance
69. Spurious - Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine; false; of illegitimate birth; similar in appearance but unlike in structure or function; counterfeit, fake; fraudulently or deceptively imitative
70. Desiccate - Excessive loss of moisture; the process of drying up; dry out thoroughly; preserve (foods) by removing the moisture; make dry, dull, or lifeless; dehydrate; make or become no longer active or productive
71. Preeminent - Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
72. Peripheral - Related to, located in, or constituting an outer boundary or periphery; minor, outside; auxiliary device, such as a printer, modem, or storage system, that works in conjunction with a computer
73. Cogent - Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning; convincing; effectiveness
74. Discommode - To put to inconvenience; trouble; annoy; cause inconvenience or discomfort to
75. Nocturnal - Of, relating to, or occurring in the night; night
76. Cursory - Performed with haste and scant attention to detail; casual, hasty; quick and superficial
77. Distend - To swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure; cause to expand by or as if by internal pressure; dilate; to extend; bulge, swell
78. Keen - Eager and enthusiastic; very intelligent; sharp, piercing; make inarticulate sounds of grief or pain, usually accompanied by tears; having a fine edge, as for cutting
79. Travail - Work, especially when arduous or involving painful effort; use of physical or mental energy; hard work; concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child; work strenuously; toil; anguish
80. Stalwart - Capable of exerting considerable effort or of withstanding considerable stress or hardship; strong, valiant; brave and resolute; who is physically and morally strong; who steadfastly supports an organization or cause; stout
81. Lax - Lacking in rigor, strictness, or firmness; not taut, firm, or compact; slack; not strict
82. Mulish - StCisternubborn and intractable; recalcitrant; unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack
83. Reticent - Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself; restrained or reserved in style; reluctant; unwilling; secretive, quiet; reserved; quiet; not saying much, especially about one's thoughts
84. Lampoon - A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution; light, good-humored satire; a work, as a novel or play, that exposes folly by the use of humor or irony; ridicule, make fun of
85. Nadir - The lowest point
86. Meander - To wind and turn while proceeding in a course; wander, zigzag; circuitous journey or excursion; ramble; act of walking, especially for pleasure
87. Cistern - A receptacle for holding water or other liquid, especially a tank for catching and storing rainwater; artificial reservoir or tank for storing water at atmospheric pressure (such as rain-water collected from a roof) for use when required
88. Accrue - Accumulate or increase; increasing by addition of growth, often financial
89. Indigent - Experiencing want or need; impoverished; needy or destitute person; poor; lacking or deficient
90. Overture - An introductory section or part, as of a poem; a prelude; an instrumental composition intended especially as an introduction to an extended work, such as an opera; introduction, approach; short section of preliminary remarks
91. Conundrum - A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun; paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem; a dilemma; anything that arouses curiosity or perplexes because it is unexplained, inexplicable, or secret
92. Debauched - Dissolute; dissipated; violated, corrupted; lead away from virtue or morality; to corrupt
93. Exponent - One that speaks for, represents, or advocates; one that expounds or interprets; expository; explanatory; advocate
94. One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist; one who participates in a structured discussion
95. Truculent - Disposed to fight; pugnacious; expressing bitter opposition; scathing; disposed to or exhibiting violence or destructiveness; fierce; belligerent, hateful; defiantly aggressive
96. Intangible - Incapable of being apprehended by the mind or the senses; indefinite, obscured; incorporeal; incapable of being realized or defined
97. Homogeneous - Made up of similar parts or element; uniform in structure or composition throughout; of the same or similar nature or kind
98. Vindicate - To clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting arguments or proof; prove one's innocence; show to be right by providing justification or prove; maintain uphold, or defend; clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof
99. Commotion - A condition of turbulent motion; clamor, uproar; noisy confusion; disorder
100. Enervate - To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality; deprived of strength; debilitated; lessen or deplete the nerve, energy, or strength of; lack of nervous energy
101. Lethargic - Of, causing, or characterized by lethargy; lazy, sluggish; deficient in alertness or activity
102. Sonnet - A 14-line verse form usually having one of several conventional rhyme schemes
103. Advocate - To speak, plead, or argue in favor of; support idea or cause publicly; person supporting an idea or cause publicly
104. Helter-skelter - In disorderly haste; confusedly; pell-mell; carelessly hurried and confused; turmoil; confusion; haphazardly
105. Paddle - A short oar with a flat blade used to move and steer a boat; dabble about in shallow water; splash gently with the hands or feet
106. Exactness - Correspondence with fact or truth; condition of being exact; accuracy; nicety; precision; regularity; accuracy, precision
107. Loquacious - Talkative; garrulous
108. Malediction - The calling down of a curse; denunciation invoking a wish or threat of evil or injury; slander
109. Interracial - Relating to, involving, or representing different races; involving or composed of different races
110. Poseur - One who affects a particular attribute, attitude, or identity to impress or influence others; a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
111. Eulogy - A laudatory speech or written tribute, especially one praising someone who has died; high praise or commendation; praise, acclamation
112. Galling - Causing extreme irritation or chagrin; vexing;; very upsetting; troubling the nerves or peace of mind, as by repeated vexations
113. Biracial - Of, for, or consisting of members of two races; having parents of two different races
114. Varnish - A paint containing a solvent and an oxidizing or evaporating binder, used to coat a surface with a hard, glossy, transparent film; deceptively attractive external appearance; an outward show; add a layer to; embellish
115. Choke - To have difficulty in breathing, swallowing, or speaking; check or slow down the movement, growth, or action of; become blocked up or obstructed; device used in an internal-combustion engine to enrich the fuel mixture by reducing the flow of air to the carburetor; smother, block; a narrowed part of a shotgun bore, typically near the muzzle and serving to restrict the spread of the shot
116. Oar - A long, thin, usually wooden pole with a blade at one end, used to row or steer a boat; implement used to propel or steer a boat
117. Grandiloquent - Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic; pretentious, flowery (communication); characterized by lofty or pompous eloquence
118. Necromancy - The practice of supposedly communicating with the spirits of the dead in order to predict the future; black magic; sorcery; magic qualities; call up spirits of the dead for magical purposes
119. Derivative - Something derived from another; stemming from an original source; borrowed, transmitted from source; product, descendant; chemical substance that is the result of a chemical reaction
120. Appendix - A collection of supplementary material, usually at the end of a book; an appendage; supplementary or accessory part of a bodily organ or structure
121. Quill - A large stiff feather; any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird; pen made from a feather; one of the sharp hollow spines of a porcupine or hedgehog; spindle or bobbin around which yarn is wound in weaving; hollow shaft that rotates on a solid shaft when gears are engaged
122. Parlance - A particular manner of speaking; choice of words and the way in which they are used; a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
123. Impute - To relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault or responsibility to; assign as a characteristic; credit; ascribe (a misdeed or an error, for example) to; to regard as belonging to or resulting from another; attribute; ascribe to a cause or source
124. Bolster - To support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion; to buoy up or hearten; keep from yielding or failing during stress or difficulty; help; short horizontal timber or steel member placed on top of a column to support and decrease the span of beams or girders; to support; reinforce. To give a boost to someone
125. Glacier - A huge mass of ice slowly flowing over a land mass, formed from compacted snow in an area where snow accumulation exceeds melting and sublimation
126. Equivocation - Intentionally vague or ambiguous; falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language; a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth; expression or term liable to more than one interpretation; use or an instance of equivocal language
127. Irascibility - The quality or state of being irascible; irritability of temper; irascibleness; tendency to become angry or irritable; a feeling of resentful anger
128. Cane - A fairly long straight piece of solid material used especially as a support in walking; stick that people can lean on to help them walk
129. Irascible - Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered; characterized by or resulting from anger; crabby; quick to anger
130. Vim - Ebullient vitality and energy; lively, emphatic, eager quality or manner; quality of active mental and physical forcefulness
131. Impecunious - Lacking money; penniless; poverty-stricken; having little or no money
132. Effusive - Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy; profuse; overflowing; expressive or showing much emotion
133. Reticent - Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself; restrained or reserved in style; reluctant; unwilling; secretive, quiet; reserved; quiet; not saying much, especially about one's thoughts
134. Lambaste - To give a thrashing to; beat; scold sharply; berate; punish, beat with a cane; censure severely or angrily
135. Vilify - To make vicious and defamatory statements about; criticize very harshly
136. Laud - To give praise to; glorify; pay tribute or homage to; express warm approval of; honor (a deity) in religious worship; acclaim
137. Exodus - A departure from a place or country, especially of many people; act of leaving; departure from one's native land to settle in another
138. Envelope - Any wrapper or covering; a flat rectangular paper container for papers; the bag containing the gas in a balloon; the maximum operating capability of a system; natural covering (as by a fluid).

JUNE - High frequency words

1. Mollify - To calm in temper or feeling; soothe; lessen in intensity; temper; reduce the rigidity of; soften; ease the anger or agitation of; cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
2. Aphorism - A brief statement of a principle; a tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage
3. Pristine - Remaining in a pure state; uncorrupted by civilization. Remaining free from dirt or decay; clean
4. Blemish - To mar or impair by a flaw; imperfection that mars or impairs; a flaw or defect; spoil the soundness or perfection of; something that mars the appearance or causes inadequacy or failure; mark of discredit or disgrace; flaw, disfigure
5. Heinous - Grossly wicked or reprehensible; abominable: a heinous crime; horrifying, monstrous; very evil or wicked
6. Harangue - A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering; speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade; long, violent, or blustering speech, usually of censure or denunciation; speak in a loud, pompous, or prolonged manner; lecture; long passionate speech
7. Insipid - Lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull
8. Inconspicuous - Not readily noticeable
9. Transience - The state or quality of being transient; temporariness; an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying; the attribute of being brief or fleeting
10. Stoical - Indifference to pleasure or pain; impassiveness
11. Jubilation - The act of rejoicing; condition or feeling of being jubilant; celebration or other expression of joy; feeling of extreme joy; joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event; utterance of sounds expressing great joy
12. Serpentine - Of or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement; sinuous; repeatedly curving in alternate directions; subtly sly and tempting; any of a group of greenish, brownish, or spotted minerals, Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄, used as a source of magnesium and asbestos, and in architecture as a decorative stone
13. Impugn - To attack as false or questionable; challenge in argument; criticize, challenge
14. Allegory - The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form; a story, picture, or play employing such representation; a symbolic representation
15. Sumptuous - Of a size or splendor suggesting great expense; lavish; luxurious, splendid; rich and superior in quality
16. Bumptious - Crudely or loudly assertive; pushy; self-assertive offensively self-assertive
17. Myriad - Constituting a very large, indefinite number; innumerable; composed of numerous diverse elements or facets
18. Wax - Any of various natural, oily or greasy heat-sensitive substances, consisting of hydrocarbons or esters of fatty acids that are insoluble in water but soluble in nonpolar organic solvents; resinous mixture used by shoemakers to rub on thread; phonograph record; to increase gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity; to show a progressively larger illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from new to full; to grow or become as specified
19. Castigate - To inflict severe punishment on; to criticize severely
20. Scant - Just sufficient; limit in quality or quantity; supply sparingly, with a meager allowance; work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially; less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately s
21. Euphoria - A feeling of great happiness or well-being; extreme happiness; high spirits
22. Heresy - A controversial or unorthodox opinion or doctrine, as in politics, philosophy, or science; adherence to such controversial or unorthodox opinion; unorthodoxy
23. Lethargic - Of, causing, or characterized by lethargy; lazy, sluggish; deficient in alertness or activity
24. Misanthrope - One who hates or mistrusts humankind; person who expects only the worst from people; person who hates others
25. Afflatus - A strong creative impulse, especially as a result of divine inspiration; divine guidance and motivation imparted directly; a creative impulse, an inspiration
26. Gibberish - Unintelligible or nonsensical talk or writing; nonsense talk
27. Hagiography - Biography of saints; worshipful or idealizing biography
28. Disconsolate - Seeming beyond consolation; extremely dejected; cheerless; gloomy; depressed, unhappy
29. Chimera - A fantastic, impracticable plan or desire; dream, fantasy
30. Yokel - An uneducated country person; clumsy, unsophisticated person; a rustic; a bumpkin
31. Countenance - Appearance, especially the expression of the face; face or facial features; look or expression indicative of encouragement or of moral support; give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve; disposition of the facial features that conveys meaning, feeling, or mood
32. Intermittent - Stopping and starting at intervals; alternately containing and empty of water; irregular, sporadic; happening or appearing now and then
33. Inkling - A slight hint or indication; a slight understanding or vague idea or notion; a subtle quality underlying or felt to underlie a situation, action, or person
34. Pulchritude - Great physical beauty and appeal; physical beauty (especially of a woman)
35. Gully - A deep ditch or channel cut in the earth by running water after a prolonged downpour; to wear a deep ditch or channel in; deep ditch cut by running water
36. Fustian - A coarse sturdy cloth made of cotton and flax; pretentious speech or writing; pompous language; pompous, bombastic, and ranting
37. Lubricant - A substance, such as grease or oil, that reduces friction when applied as a surface coating to moving parts; one that helps reduce difficulty or conflict; a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
38. Reify - To regard or treat (an abstraction) as if it had concrete or material existence; interpretation of an abstract idea or concept, such as the state, as real or concrete; consider an abstract concept to be real
39. Awry - In a position that is turned or twisted toward one side; askew; away from the correct course; amiss
40. Euphemism - The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive; use or an instance of equivocal language; polite term
41. Friction - A state of disagreement and disharmony; the resistance to movement as one object is moved across the other, usually creating heat; conflict or animosity caused by a clash of wills, temperaments, or opinions; the action of one surface or object rubbing against another
42. Prodigal - Rashly or wastefully extravagant; giving or given in abundance; lavish or profuse; wasteful; a recklessly extravagant consumer
43. Rescind - To make void; repeal or annul; declare void; take back or remove
44. Penurious - Unwilling to spend money; stingy; yielding little; barren; poverty-stricken; destitute; mean; poor; ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money
45. Altruism - Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness; kindly, charitable interest in others; service to others without thinking of one's self
46. Spartan - Resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; practicing great self-denial; austere; laconic; simple
47. Fragile - Easily broken, damaged, or destroyed; frail; lacking physical or emotional strength; delicate; tenuous or flimsy; breakable, dainty
48. Impeccable - Having no flaws; perfect; incapable of sin or wrongdoing; above suspicion; flawless; supremely excellent in quality or nature
49. Exude - To ooze forth; to discharge or emit (a liquid or gas, for example) gradually; to exhibit in abundance; to flow or leak out or emit something slowly; display, emit
50. Profuse - Plentiful; copious; given freely and abundantly; extravagant; abundant, excessive; produced or growing in extreme abundance
51. Rib - One of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum; tease or mock good-humoredly; any of the curved transverse pieces of metal or timber in a ship, extending up from the keel and forming part of the framework of the hull
52. Loquacious - Talkative; garrulous
53. Ignominy - Great personal dishonor or humiliation; shameful or disgraceful action, conduct, or character; loss of or damage to one's reputation; shame
54. Detrimental - Causing damage or harm; injurious; damaging, disadvantageous
55. Proscribe - To denounce or condemn; to prohibit; forbid; banish or outlaw (a person); exclude
56. Trespass - Unlawful entry or possession of property; invasion, offense; infringe, offend; enter forcibly or illegally: break in; violate a moral or divine law
57. Lamentation - The passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief; a cry of sorrow and grief
58. Rapacious - Taking by force; plundering; greedy; ravenous; subsisting on live prey; grasping; having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit
59. Tranquil - Free from disturbance or agitation; quiet, peaceful
60. Buoyant - Having the ability to float; light in weight; lighthearted; gay
61. Misdemeanor - A misdeed; breaking of the law that is less serious than a felony; minor crime, punishable by a fine or a light jail term
62. Exonerate - To free from blame; free from a responsibility, obligation, or task; excuse, clear of responsibility or blame
63. Preeminent - Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding; far beyond what is usual, normal, or customary; greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
64. Digression - The act of digressing; deviation; straying
65. Tendentious - Marked by a strong implicit point of view; partisan; having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one; bias
66. Plethora - A superabundance; an excess; excess of blood in the circulatory system or in one organ or area; condition of going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate
67. Roil - To make (a liquid) muddy or cloudy by stirring up sediment; displease or disturb; vex; be in a state of turbulence or agitation; make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
68. Digress- To turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking; stray
69. Heretical - Of or relating to heresy or heretics; characterized by, revealing, or approaching departure from established beliefs or standards; unorthodox; characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards
70. Meld - To declare or display (a card or combination of cards in a hand) for inclusion in one's score in various card games, such as pinochle; a form of rummy using two decks and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to meld groups of seven of the same rank; announce for a score; of cards in a card game; lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually;mix together different elements; cause to merge; bring or come together into a united whole;
71. Fretwork - Ornamental work consisting of three-dimensional frets; geometric openwork; design of short bars or lines fitted together
72. Panegyric - A formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment. Elaborate praise or laudation; an encomium
73. Beguile - To deceive by guile; delude; take away from by or as if by guile; cheat; distract the attention of; divert; pass (time) pleasantly; amuse or charm; delight; charm; deceive; draw notice or interest by charm
74. Obloquy - Harsh, often insulting language; loss of or damage to one's reputation; vilification
75. Veneer - A thin surface layer, as of finely grained wood, glued to a base of inferior material; thin layer of costly material put over a common material; deceptive outward appearance; give a deceptively attractive appearance to; pretence, front; cover, overlay
76. Pertinacious - Holding tenaciously to a purpose, belief, opinion, or course of action; stubbornly or perversely persistent; determined; stubbornly unyielding or tenacious in purpose; persevering; difficult to alleviate or cure
77. Dabbler - One who engages in an activity superficially or without serious intent; one lacking professional skill and ease in a particular pursuit; amateur; an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge; any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling
78. Extant - Still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct; standing out; projecting; in existence; occurring or existing in act or fact: actual

MAY - High frequency words

1. Malaise - A vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness; general sense of depression or unease; general feeling of discomfort or uneasiness, often the first indication of an infection or other disease
2. Penurious - Unwilling to spend money; stingy; yielding little; barren; poverty-stricken; destitute; mean; poor; ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money
3. Obstinate - Stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action; obdurate; difficult to manage, control, or subdue; refractory; difficult to alleviate or cure; stubborn, determined
4. Stagnant - Not moving or flowing; motionless; showing little or no sign of activity or advancement; not developing or progressing; inactive; lacking vitality or briskness; sluggish or dull; motionless
5. Prevarication - The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing; secret abuse in the exercise of a public office; collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution; statement that deviates from or perverts the truth; intentionally vague or ambiguous; the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
6. Truss - A supportive device, usually a pad with a belt, worn to prevent enlargement of a hernia or the return of a reduced hernia; rigid framework, as of wooden beams or metal bars, designed to support a structure, such as a roof; something gathered into a bundle; a pack; iron fitting by which a lower yard is secured to a mast; compact cluster of flowers at the end of a stalk; tie up or bind tightly; bind or skewer the wings or legs of (a fowl) before cooking; support or brace with a truss; tie up (someone) with their arms at their sides
7. Cameo - To make into or like a gem or shell carved in relief; to portray in sharp, delicate relief, as in a literary composition
8. Implacable - Impossible to placate or appease; firmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will; merciless, cruel; incapable of being pleased
9. Spartan - Resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; practicing great self-denial; austere; laconic; simple
10. Intimidate - To make timid; fill with fear; to coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats; frighten, threaten
11. Laconic - Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise; short, to the point
12. Audit - An examination of records or financial accounts to check their accuracy; adjustment or correction of accounts; examined and verified account; examine financial accounts; a post-treatment record review or clinical examination to verify information reported on claims
13. Palpable - Capable of being handled, touched, or felt; tangible; obvious; concrete, real
14. Stygian - Gloomy and dark; infernal; hellish
15. Altruism - Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness; kindly, charitable interest in others; service to others without thinking of one's self.
16. Vehemence - Exceptionally great concentration, power, or force, especially in activity; intensity or forcefulness of expression; the property of being wild or turbulent; quality pr state of being vehement; impetuous force; impetuosity; violence; fury; violent ardor; great heat; animated fervor; passion
17. Propensity - An innate inclination; a tendency; inclination, weakness; ending towards or natural liking
18. Dust jacket - A removable paper cover used to protect the binding of a book; cardboard sleeve in which a phonograph record is packaged; a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is printed
19. Tardy - Occurring, arriving, acting, or done after the scheduled, expected, or usual time; late; moving slowly; sluggish
20. Malleable - Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure; tractable; able to adjust to changing circumstances; adaptable; pliable; flexible
21. Inane - One that lacks sense or substance; stupid
22. Timorous - Full of apprehensiveness; timid; easily frightened
23. Skirt - The periphery of a city or town; border, edge; avoid; get around; be on the edge; avoid fulfilling or answering completely; garment hanging from the waist and worn by women and girls; lower outer section of a rocket vehicle; flexible strip hanging from the base of an air-cushion vehicle; piece of fabric that extends over or beyond something to afford protection
24. Miff - A petulant, bad-tempered mood; a huff; petty quarrel or argument; a tiff; cause to become offended or annoyed; annoy, bewilder; a state of irritation or annoyance; extreme displeasure caused by an insult or slight
25. Evoke - To summon or call forth; call to mind by naming, citing, or suggesting; create anew, especially by means of the imagination; induce, stimulate
26. Apulia - A region of southeast Italy bordering on the Adriatic Sea, Strait of Otranto, and Gulf of Taranto; a region in southeastern Italy on the Adriatic
27. Skimp - To deal with hastily, carelessly, or with poor material; be stingy or very thrifty; scanty; be cheap or frugal about; give barely enough or not enough attention, funds or effort
28. Coy - Tending to avoid people and social situations; reserved; affectedly and usually flirtatiously shy or modest; annoyingly unwilling to make a commitment; very modest; not forward but reticent or reserved in manner; given to flirting; shy
29. Gullibility - The state of being easily deceived
30. Surly - Bad tempered; unfriendly
31. Latent - Hidden; beneath the surface; not obvious or active; dormant; capable of being but not yet in existence; existing in a temporarily inactive form or state; fingerprint that is not apparent to the eye but can be made sufficiently visible, as by dusting or fuming, for use in identification; present or potential but not evident or active; undeveloped but capable of normal growth under the proper conditions
32. Gossamer - So light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film; gauzy, thin; soft light delicate material
33. Pusillanimous - Lacking courage; cowardly; without spirit or bravery
34. Incendiary - Causing or capable of causing fire; of or containing chemicals that produce intensely hot fire when exploded; inflammatory; an arsonist; who creates or stirs up factionalism or sedition; an agitator; causing trouble, damage; one who maliciously and willfully sets property on fire; also, an object or thing capable of starting and sustaining a fire
35. Havoc - Widespread destruction; devastation; disorder or chaos; chaotic situation; great damage or destruction; rob of goods by force, especially in time of war
36. Proscribe - To denounce or condemn; to prohibit; forbid; banish or outlaw (a person); exclude
37. Chicanery - Deception by trickery or sophistry; lack of straightforwardness and honesty in action; legal trickery or false argument; deception, trickery
38. Euphemism - The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive; use or an instance of equivocal language; polite term
39. Solitude - The state or quality of being alone or remote from others; lonely or secluded place; aloneness
40. Accolade - An expression of approval; praise; special acknowledgment; an award; ceremonial embrace, as of greeting or salutation; ceremonial bestowal of knighthood; recognition; ornamental treatment, used over an arch, a door, or a window, composed of two curves meeting in the middle; often a richly decorated molding; approval
41. Trespass - Unlawful entry or possession of property; invasion, offense; infringe, offend; enter forcibly or illegally: break in; violate a moral or divine law
42. Loquacious - Talkative; garrulous
43. Vivid - Perceived as bright and distinct; brilliant; having intensely bright colors; having a very high degree of saturation; presented in clear and striking manner; felt with the freshness of immediate experience; active in forming lifelike images
44. Haphazard - Dependent upon or characterized by mere chance; fortuity; ; without plan or organization; having no particular pattern, purpose, organization, or structure
45. Camouflage - To use protective coloring or garments for concealment; disguise, cover; conceal by the use of disguise or by protective coloring or garments that blend in with the surrounding environment
46. Doggerel - Crudely or irregularly fashioned verse, often of a humorous or burlesque nature; crude and comic verse
47. Sonnet - A 14-line verse form usually having one of several conventional rhyme schemes
48. Entice - To attract by arousing hope or desire; lure; tempt or persuade
49. Stolid - Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; impassive; apathetic, stupid; without emotion or interest
50. Lax - Lacking in rigor, strictness, or firmness; not taut, firm, or compact; slack; not strict