A

1 Absurdity something that is unreasonable or logically flawed

2 Abyss hole so deep as to appear bottomless
3 Acquiesce agree, accept without protest
4
Acumen
exactness
5 Admonish to scold someone
6 Advocate to argue in favor of
7 Affable polite and friendly, easy to talk to
8 Affliction suffering, distress
9 Affluent wealthy, abundant
10 Agitate shake up or stir up
11 Alienate to isolate
12 Ambiguous without clarity, difficult to figure out
13 Amiable very friendly, showing a lot of warmth
14 Analogy drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
15 Annex take possession or control of something
16 Annihilate to destroy
17 Arduous demanding great effort, strenuous
18 Aroma smell
19 Atone make up for something, ask forgiveness
20 Attribute the quality or characteristic of someone or something
21 Avarice greed

B
1 Babble to talk foolishly
2 Badmouth to abuse someone verbally
3 Baffled puzzled, confused
4 Bakers Dozen Thirteen (because bakers usually add one extra roll to each batch)
5 Baleful full of evil or hatred
6 Ballgame A particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation
7 Banish to forcibly send someone away
8 Barb a stinging remark
9 Belated too late
10 Bellicose inclined to fighting
11 Benevolent kind or charitable
12 Berserk violently destructive, in a wild rage or anger
13 Besiege to surround with the intent to capture
14 Bestow to give as a gift, to present
15 Biased favoring one person or side over another
16
Bilateral
having or involving two sides
17 Binge to overeat or over drink
18 Bittersweet something that is sad and happy at the same time
19 Bizarre very different from what is normal or usual
20 Blas no interest or excitement, something is totally common
21 Bliss perfect happiness
22 Body Shopping sending professionally qualified persons to other countries to work
23 Bolster to encourage or support
24 Burgeon to grow or develop rapidly

C
1 Cajole to influence gently
2 Camaraderie friendliness and mutual trust
3 Cameo a small part in a movie/play etc.
4 Candid frank and informal
5 Cannibalize use parts from one machine to repair another one
6 Captor person who kidnaps somebody
7 Cargo luggage or boxes
8 Carnage mass killing of people
9 Carte Blanche unrestricted authority and freedom
10 Catch 22 situation in which you cannot do one thing until you do another thing, but you
cannot do the second thing until you do the first thing, so you're stuck
11 Caveat it is a warning that you have take something into account before you act or carry
out plans
12 Chafe to rub against and cause itching / deep marks
13 Chic smart and stylish
14 Chore ordinary everyday tasks
15 Cite quote or mention as an example
16 Clout power or influence
17 Cogent persuasive and well thought out
18 Communiqu an official bulletin or announcement
19 Compunction feeling of deep regret
20 Concoct invent, prepare by mixing together
21 Concur agree (accept)
22 Confiscate to forcibly take away something
23 Covet desire, to want something desperately



D
1 Dapper neat and smart
2 De Facto the current reality or truth
3 Debase to insult or pull down one's character
4 Debonair care-free or self-confident manner
5 Debut first appearance in public
6 Decorum appropriate manners and conduct
7 Dj Vu feeling or familiarity, as if you have already experienced it
8 Deportment behavior or manners
9 Deprive take away something from someone
10 Despicable something absolutely horrible or evil
11 Detour a round-about way
12 Devout earnestly religious
13 Dexterous Skilful in physical movements; especially of the hands
14 Diffident lack of confidence
15 Diligent hard-working
16 Discreet careful not to say or do the wrong thing
17 Discretion personal choice
18 Divulge reveal
19 Docile easily trained or controlled
20 Dovetail to join together
21 Drought a long period of dry weather
22 Dumbfounded astonished
23 Dupe to trick or fool someone

E
1 Echelon level of responsibility or importance in an organization
2 Eerie mysterious or weird
3 Efface remove completely or to rub off
4 Efficacious something that produces the desired result
5 Elan Distinctive and stylish elegance
6 Elicit to call for something or to bring out something
7 Elucidate make clear or explain
8 Emancipate liberate
9 Embrace hug (hold-cuddle)
10
Empathy to feel or share someone else's problems or feelings
11 Enchant to delight someone
12 Endeavor to make an effort, to try very hard
13 Endorse approve, support a claim or statement
14 Enigma a mysterious or baffling thing
15 Entourage a group of followers or attendants
16 Epitome a perfect example
17 Equity fairness or impartiality
18 Erudite very knowledgeable
19 Evince to show openly or clearly
20 Exacerbate to aggravate or make something worse
21 Exploit to use for selfish advantage or profit
22 Extensive far-reaching
23 Extol to praise highly

F
1 Facet the different sides or aspects of someone or something
2 Faux Pas a mistake or error especially in manners or behavior
3 Fiasco a complete failure
4 Finesse highly refined skill or technique
5 Flaunt to show off something so that everyone can see it
6 Fledgling young and inexperienced person
7 Flimsy lacking strength
8 Flummox to confuse
9 Foray an expedition / journey or an attempt to do something
10 Forebear ancestor
11 Forfeit to give up something / accept defeat
12 Foster to promote the development of someone or something
13 Fraud a cheat or scoundrel
14 Frugal careful with money or expenditures
15 Furtive very shy or secretive looks
16 Fuse combine

G
1 Gaffe a blunder or mistake
2 Gambit a risky plan
3
Game Plan
a carefully planned course of action
4 Gamut the entire range or collection of something
5 Garrulous to talk a lot
6 Gaudy too bright and showy
7 Generic having a wide range of applications
8 Genre a category or group
9 Ghastly death-like, pale and ill
10 Gibberish foolish talk
11 Glitch an error or unexpected result
12 Gloat to boast and make the other person feel bad
13 Glut an excessive supply
14 Go-Getter an achiever / one who is full of vigor and energy
15 Gorge to eat greedily
16 Grotesque distorted or ugly
17 Gruesome disgusting / difficult to see
18 Grumble to complain
19 Gullible easily fooled
20 Gutsy full of guts and bravery

H
1 Hapless having no luck / unfortunate
2 Harass worry, trouble
3 Harness to control so as to use the power
4 Heap to pile up or collect
5 Hectic very busy / active
6 Heed to take note of or to listen
7 Heretic one who believes in the opposite of what most people believe in
8 Hiatus a break or interruption of continuity
9 Hindsight ability to see, after the event what should have been done
10 Holocaust vast destruction and loss of life
11 Hone to sharpen
12 Hover to stay still in the air / to stay close to someone or something
13 Hum-Drum tedious and dull
14 Hustle to push or force someone to do something
15 Hypochondriac a person who believes he is always ill or infected with a disease


I

1 Icon someone who is considered the perfect representative
2 Imbecile very foolish or stupid
3 Imbue to permeate or saturate into someone or something
4 Impasse a situation from which there appears to be no way out
5 Impede to block or hinder
6 Imperative essential
7 In Toto completely with nothing omitted
8 Incarcerate to put into prison
9 Incentive a reward for performance
10 Incisive sharp and penetrating or cutting
11 Indigenous native or something that is local
12 Indigenous originating or occurring naturally in that place
13 Inept clumsy and incompetent
14 Infallible incapable of making an error
15 Innuendo an indirect hit or comment
16 Insatiate never satisfied
17 Instigate Provoke or stir up
18 Interim a time period between 2 events
19 Intrepid fearless
20 Intrepid unusually brave
21 Iota a very small amount
22 Irate angry

J
1 Jaunt a short journey
2 Jejune dry and uninteresting
3 Jeopardize to put someone or something in danger
4 Jeopardy danger
5 Jet-Lag a disruption of body cycles when flying to distant time zones
6 Jettison to throw or drop off someone or something from a ship or plane or a project etc.
7 Jiffy a very short time
8 Joint Venture when 2 companies join together to form a separate company
9 Jostle to bump or push someone
10 Juvenile a young animal or person
11 Juxtapose to put side by side



K
1 Kaleidoscopic constantly changing
2 Kaput destroyed or defeated
3 Keel Over to turn or fall over, to capsize
4 Killjoy someone who spoils other people's fun
5 Kindle to stimulate or arouse interest
6 Kindred similar in nature
6 Kink a person's weird ideas, habits, behaviors etc.
7 Kleptomania An irresistible impulse to steal but the person has no interest in money
8 Knave dishonest person
9 Knead to massage by thumping and squeezing with hands
10 Knee-Jerk to react or respond instinctively without thought
11 Kudos credit or praise for an achievement

L
1 Lacerate to cut or tear especially flesh
2 Lackey a follower who carries out another's orders like a servant
3 Laconic brief and concise
4 Lacuna a gap in understanding or a loophole
5 Laggard one who is slow and usually falls behind
6 Lament to feel very sorry about something
7 Latent something that exists but does not show itself
8 Lateral Thinking a method that uses unorthodox ideas to solve problems
9 Laurels honor or distinction obtained gained by outstanding achievement
10 Lethargy laziness
11 Leverage a means of accomplishing a purpose using power, influence and information
12 Levity lack of seriousness
13 Liaison A channel for communication between groups
14 Lieu another word for place (e.g. in place of (or) in lieu of)
15 Liquidate to pay off or settle debts
16 Lithe graceful and sleek
17 Livid very angry
18 Loafer lazy person with no constructive work
19 Loquacious very talkative
20 Low-Down the true story / facts
21
Lucrative
highly profitable
22 Ludicrous ridiculous, laughable or absurd
23 Lustrous bright, shining

M
1 Maestro a master of his art-from
2 Magnanimous Generous, understanding, and tolerant
3 Malign Speak unfavorably about someone or something
4 Marginalize exclude or ignore a certain section of people
5 Martyr a person who undergoes death or suffering for his beliefs
6 Maverick one who is unorthodox in his ideas, attitudes etc.
7 Meager very small amount
8 Meander wander around aimlessly or follow a winding path
9 Meddle to interfere in someone else's business
10 Memoir An account of the author's personal experiences
11 Mend to repair
12 Metamorphosis transform
13 Meticulous excessively careful about details
14 Mettle inner strength, capable of rising to challenges
15 Mirth state of happiness
16 Misconstrue to interpret wrongly
17 Misery extreme sadness
18 Misogamist a person who hates marriage
19 Modus Operandi the style or manner of working, the method used to achieve a goal
20 Mollify to soothe the temper of someone, to pacify or appease
21 Momentary just for a few seconds
22 Monopoly when one company controls the entire market
23 Mundane dull, boring, monotonous

N
1 Nadir lowest possible point
2 Nave having a simple nature and can easily be fooled
3 Narcissistic excessive admiration of oneself
4 Nascent just beginning or developing, very early stages
5 Natty trim and smart in appearance
6 Nausea feeling of sickness - feel like vomiting
7
Nefarious extremely wicked
8 Neglect pay no attention to someone or something
9 Niche a position or place specially adapted to the person in question
10 Nifty smart and stylish
11 Nimble mentally quick
12 Nitty-Gritty most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
13 Nocturnal only active in the night like bats
14 No-Frills basic, without any additional comforts or features
15 Noisome an offensive or horrible smell
16 Nomenclature a system or set of names used in a specific branch of learning or activity
17 Nonchalant lack of interest or excitement
18 Nostalgia a longing for things and places that are far away or in the past
19 Novice a beginner in any occupation
20 Nuance A small difference in meaning, opinion or attitude
21 Nugget a piece of something valuable e.g. information, gold etc.

O
1 Obeisance to show deep respect by bowing or folding hands
2 Obese very fat
3 Obfuscate deliberately make something unclear by confusing the situation even further
4 Obituary a notice of death that comes in the newspaper
5 Obnoxious very disagreeable or unpleasant
6 Obsolete no longer useful, outdated
7 Obstinate stubborn
8 Obtuse very slow to understand anything, dim-witted
9 Offshoot anything that branches off or derives from a main source
10 Oligarchy a form of government in which power is restricted to a few important people
11 Ominous threatening
12 Omnipresent present in all places at the same time
13 Onus burden or responsibility
14 Oodles a very large quantity
15 Opportunist someone who uses every opportunity to achieve his goals
16 Ornate heavily decorated
17 Ostensible offered as real or genuine
18 Ostentatious meant to attract notice
19
Ostracize
to banish or exclude someone
20 Oversight an unintentional careless mistake
21 Overt not hidden, something that can easily seen and observed
22 Overtone a hint or suggestion of something felt, perceived or believed
23 Overwrought over-worked and fatigued

P
1 Pageant a spectacular display or exhibition
2 Palindrome a word or sentence that reads the same way backwards
3 Pallid pale, weak
4 Panacea a remedy for all diseases
5 Panache Distinctive and stylish elegance
6 Pandemonium wild disorder and noise
7 Paradigm a pattern, example or model
8 Paragon apparently perfect person or thing
9 Paranoia A psychological disorder characterized by imaginary beliefs
10 Pariah an outcast, someone who is shunned by society
11 Parity state or condition of being the same in power, rank, value etc.
12 Parsimonious very stingy with money
13 Pass out of date and old fashioned
14 Paucity smallness of number or quantity, scarcity
15 Penchant a strong liking or inclination towards something
16 Pensive thoughtful yet sad state of mind
17 Penury extreme poverty
18 Per Se by itself
19 Perch take up a high position
20 Perchance by chance, accidentally
21 Perilous very dangerous
22 Perky self-confident and lively
23 Perpetrate to be guilty of doing something
24 Perseverance persistence in an effort, purpose or enterprise
25 Perturb to emotionally disturb someone
26 Pervade spread through every part of something
27 Petite physically delicate or small-made
28 Petrify to scare someone very badly
29 Petulant impatient or rude
30 Philanthropist Someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being
31
Placid
calm and undisturbed
32 Plausible seemingly probable but open to doubt
33 Plethora a superabundance or excess of something

Q
1 Q.E.D quad erat demon stratum - so it is proved or demonstrated
2 Quack An untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice
3 Quaint sweet and old fashioned in a pleasing way
4 Qualm an uneasy feeling to do something, usually out of shyness
5 Quandary state of uncertainty
6 Quarantine forcibly isolating those who have been infected by diseases
7 Quench to satisfy or put an end to
8 Quick-Fix a quick and temporary solution to a problem
9 Quintessence the purest form or the perfect example of something
10 Quixotic overly idealistic and therefore foolish

R
1 Refurbished make clean, as if like new
2 Rejoicing happiness, joy
3 Reticent in the habit of saying little
4 Reverberate Fill for a short time with sound and echoes
5 Rigor The quality of being hard to endure, uninviting or formidable
6 Rotund round, fat or obese

S
1 Salvage Prevent being ruined, destroyed, lost, or harmed
2 Scattered Occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
3 Scrutiny close examination
4 Shatter to break into many pieces
5 Shunned avoided, kept away from
6 Sketchy Giving only major points; lacking completeness
7 Solicit beseech (seek)
8 Sporadic happening from time to time
9 Stifled suppressed, kept back
10 Strive to make great efforts, to struggle
11 Subsequent following
12
Subside
wane (drop)
13 Succumb yield, die

T
1 Taciturn unspoken, silent
2 Tamper Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
3 Tantalize raise hopes that cannot be realized
4 Tentative uncertain, probable
5 Torpid dull and slow
6 Tranquil serene (calm)
7 Treacherous not to be trusted,
8 Tremor Shaking or trembling
9 Tyro a beginner

U
1 Ubiquitous present everywhere
2 Ulterior beyond what is seen or expressed
3 Umbrage a sense of injury or offense
4 Uncanny strange and mysterious
5 Uncouth crude, without manners
6 Undermine to weaken or destroy someone's efforts
7 Unwieldy difficult to move
8 Uproar noise and excitement

V
1 Vanity a foolish pride
2 Veer Turn sharply; change direction abruptly
3 Vehemence forcefulness; intensity
4 Vigilance watchfulness
5 Vindicate prove the truth



W
1 Wan looking ill, not bright
2 Wanton undisciplined, unmanageable
3 Whet sharpen
4
Wile a trick
5 Wrinkle make small lines

X
1 Xanadu an imaginary exotic and beautiful place
2 Xenophobia hatred and distrust of foreigners

Y
1 Yardstick a test or standard used in measuring
2 Yen a strong longing or desire for something

Z
1 Zany clownish, foolish
2 Zealot a person who is obsessed with is religion or beliefs
3 Zenith the highest possible point
4 Zephyr a soft, gentle wind or breeze