GRE vocab

Abstruse (1)

hard to understand

his friends consider mike, the MOOSE, to be very ABSTRUSE

Abut (2)

1. to border upon

2. to adjoin

ABUTTING BUTTS

Accolade (3)

1. an award/honor

2. approval

3. praise

jack and jane received ACCOLADES for their LEMONADE

Adjunct (2)

1. something connected/added to another in a subordinate position

2. an assistant

the tank driver ADDED JUNK as an ADJUNCT to his tank

Affidavit (1)

Sworn written statement

AFTER DAVID slew Goliath, he made out an AFFIDAVIT not to further hurt any big guys

Affinity (3)

1. A natural attraction

2. Kinship

3. Similarity

The Chinese have an AFFINITY for shark fin soup and shark FIN TEA

Ajar (1)

Partially open

Hey, the JAR'S AJAR; we're outta here.

Altercation (1)

A heated quarrel

An ALTERCATION at the wedding ALTAR

Ambiance (3)

1. Mood

2. Feeling

3. General atmosphere

George did not enjoy the AMBIANCE in the AMBULENCE

Amenable (3)

1. Agreeable/willing to give into others

2. Responsive to authority

3. Pleasant

The matador tried to me AMENABLE to the MEAN BULL

Amplify (3)

To make (1) larger, (2) louder, or (3) more powerful

Dr. Frankie AMPLIFIED the ANTS AND FLIES to a monstrous proportion.

Antecedent (2)

1. Going before/preceding

2. Something preceding something else

The HAND that plants the SEED is the ANTECEDENT to the hand that picks the flower.

Anterior (1)

Situated in front

The ANTERIOR position of a deer's ANTLERS comes in very handy.

Appalling (3)

1. Filling with dismay

2. Causing horror

3. Shock

Sue had an APPALLING dream that she was FALLING.

Aptitude (2)

1. Capacity for learning

2. Natural ability

Birds have an APTITUDE for ALTITUDE.

Archaic (3)

1. Belonging to an earlier time

2. Ancient

3. Outdated

An ARCHAIC CAKE.

Arduous (2)

1. Difficult

2. Tiresome

The ARDUOUS snow-covered trail is HARD ON US.

Artisan (1)

A worker skilled in a craft

Little Jimmy was a SAND CASTLE ARTISAN.

Askew (4)

1. To one side

2. Crooked

3. Awry

4. A sidelong glance

Curly's pool CUE had become ASKEW.

Assuage (3)

1. To soothe/ease

2. To make less severe

3. To satisfy

A good MASSAGE is known to ASSUAGE sore muscles and relieve uptight feelings.

Astute (2)

1. Quick in discernment

2. Shrewd/clever

Larry thought a new SUIT would make him appear more ASTUTE for his job interview.

Asunder (1)

In separate parts

The lightening and THUNDER tore the two lovers ASUNDER.

Atrophy (1)

To whither away

Once a TROPHY champion, Jim's muscles ATROPHIED due to a chromic illness.

Austere (3)

1. Stern

2. Without excess - severely plain and simple
3. Somber/grave

An AUSTERE STEER is no fun at a party.

Badger (3)

1. To tease

2. To annoy

3. To harass persistently

A BADGERING BADGER

Ballistics (1)

The study of the dynamics or flight characteristics of projectiles

BALLISTIC LIPSTICK

Balm (3)

1. Something that heals/comforts

2. Soothing

3. An oil or ointment

There's nothing like a BALMY breeze whispering through PALM TREES

Beget (1)

To give birth to/create

The old lady who lived in the shoe BEGAT so many children she would FORGET who was who

Beleaguer (2)

1. To surround

2. To harass

The little leaguers BELEAGUERED the BIG LEAGUERS.

Bereave (2)

1. Suffering the death of a loved one

2. Left alone

He was BEREAVED when his fish had to LEAVE

Beset (2)

1. To harass

2. To surround

The angry BEES SAT on his face and BESET the beekeeper.

Blather (1)

To talk nonsensically

Karen and Allison BLATHERED until their mouths LATHERED.

Bleak (4)

1. Depressing/discouraging

2. Cold

3. Barren

4. Raw

Sometimes a simple LEAK can lead to BLEAK circumstances.

Bucolic (2)

1. Rural in nature

2. Country-like

BULLS FROLIC when a farm is BUCOLIC

Bullwark (2)

1. A defensive wall

2. Something serving as a principal defense

BULLS WORK building a BULWARK.

Cache (2)

1. A hiding place

2. Objects hiding in a hiding place

Escaped prisoner #5447 recovered the CASH from his CACHE.

Cacophony (2)

1. Harsh, jarring, discordant sound

2. Dissonance

A CACOPHONY of COUGHING

Abdicate (1)

To relinquish power or responsibility

ABBY used to DICTATE, but not since she abdicated her power.

Abet (2)

1. To encourage something
2. To help
(often an offense)

He said that he would ABET her with the task if she took him up on the BET

Aboriginal (1)

Having existed from the beginning

The BORING ORIGINAL document was aboriginal from the beginning of the company

Abridge (1)

To shorten/condense

Acclimate (1)

To get used to

Accost (1)

To approach and speak to someone (often rudely)

Acquiesce (2)

1. To comply/consent passively
2. To submit

Adamant (2)

1. Stubborn/unyielding
2. An extremely hard substance

The DOOR MAT was so ADAMANT that it would not move when I rubbed my feet all over it.

Adulterate (2)

1. To make impure by adding another substance
2. To corrupt

Adversity (1)

Hardship

Aesthetic (1)

Relating to the appreciation of beauty

Affable (2)

1. Easy/pleasant to get along with
2. Approachable

Aggregate (2)

1. Total
2. In a dense cluster

Uncle GREG's family is an AGGREGATE family unit that must AGGREGATE because their house is so small.

Aghast

Horrified

Altruism (2)

1. Selfless benevolence
2. Generosity

Ambiguous (2)

1. Open to more than one interpretation
2. Uncertain

Ambivalence (1)

Coexistence of opposing feelings/attitudes

Amorphous (2)

1. Lacking in definite form
2. Shapeless

Analogous (1)

Similar in such a way as to be comparable

Anarchy (2)

1. Absence of government
2. Chaos/lawlessness

Anomalous (1)

Deviating from the usual

Antipathy (1)

Aversion, dislike

ANTIPATHY is ANTI-FEELINGS - negative feelings

Antiquated (2)

1. Very old
2. Outmoded

Apathy (1)

Indifference; lack of interest or feeling

Appease (1)

To pacify

Assimilate (1)

To make similar

Audacity (1)

Daring/bold recklessness

Auspicious (1)

Attended by favorable circumstances

AWW, those SPICS, always AUSPICIOUSLY getting over the border

Autonomous (1)

Independent

Avarice (1)

Greed

Axiom (1)

Self-evident truth

Banal (2)

1. Drearily commonplace
2. Trite

ANAL sex is BANAL.

Trite (1)

Overused and lacking originality

Saying a girl's ass is TIGHT is TRITE.

Benefactor (1)

One that gives (esp. financially)

Boisterous (1)

Loud (often in a rough manner); lacking restraint

Bourgeois (1)

Of/characteristic of the middle class

Canon (1)

A/code of law(s), established set of principles, often religious in nature

Catharsis (1)

A cleansing of emotions

CATHARSIS is a CATHETER for emotions.

Caustic (2)

1. Corrosive
2. Biting (remark)

Coagulate (1)

To harden into a semi-solid

COLEGATE COAGULATES after use.

Cogent (1)

Appealing forcibly to the intellect - compelling

Collusion (1)

A secret meeting with deceitful intent

The COLLUSION caused a COLLISION.

Commiserate (1)

To sympathize with

Compliant (1)

Willing to agree/obey

Condone (1)

To overlook/forgive/tolerate without protest

Conducive (1)

Promoting/leading to

Contentious (1)

Quarrelsome

A CONTENTIOUS person is never CONTENT.

Convoluted (1)

Complicated

Covert (1)

Done secretly

Credence (1)

Claim to legitimacy/trustworthiness

CREED claimed CREDENCE, but to no avail as he was fired as manager.

Credulous (1)

Gullible

Dauntless (1)

Fearless

Dearth (1)

A scarcity/lack of

Defame (1)

To damage a reputation

Delineate (2)

1. To sketch out
2. To depict

He DELINEATED the plans on a LINE graph.

Despot (1)

A ruler with absolute power

The HOME DEPOT is a DESPOT

Destitute (2)

1. Lacking
2. Poor

The DESTITUTE PROSTITUTE was DESTITUTING morals

Deterrent (1)

Something that discourages

Devoid (1)

Lacking

Devout (1)

Devoted to religion

Digress (1)

To turn away from (esp. the main subject of a conversation)

Disabuse (1)

To free from misconception

Discerning (3)

1. Exhibiting good judgment
2. Perceptive

3. To perceive with the eyes

Parents DISCONCERN themselves with DISCERNING children

Discord (1)

A lack of agreement

Discretion (3)

1. Ability to act sensibly
2. Freedom to act on one's own

3. Cautious reserve in speech

We trust your DISCRETION even when you're not given DIRECTION

Disingenuous (2)

1. Not straightforward
2. Crafty; calculating

Disparate (1)

Entirely dissimilar

Disseminate (2)

1. To scatter widely
2. To make widely known

Dissent (1)

Disagreement

Dissolution (3)

1. Decomposition into fragments/parts; disintegration
2. Debauchery

3. Looseness in morals

1/2. DISSOLUTION is never the SOLUTION (never split up a family or partake in debauchery)

3. Someone with DISSOLUTION could never find a respectable SOLUTION.

Distend (1)

To swell or stretch

DISTENDED ABDOMEN

Divest (1)

To get rid of

Dexter had to DIVEST the DIVING VEST he used to bury the corpses

Divulge (1)

To make known (esp. a secret)

Dogmatic (2)

1. Authoritative, arrogant assertion of principles that are unproven/unable to be proven

2. Stubbornly opinionated

Dormant (2)

1. Asleep
2. Inactive

DORMAN was always DORMANT for the first half of class.

Eclectic (2)

1. Made up of a variety of sources
2. Unusual

Embellish (2)

1. To add decoration
2. To add fictitious details to a story

Ennui (1)

Dissatisfaction/restlessness resulting from boredom/apathy

Enumerate (2)

1. To count
2. To list

Esoteric (2)

1. Meant for/particular to a small group
2. Confidential

Euphoria (1)

A feeling of great happiness or well-being

Exasperate (2)

1. To make angry
2. To annoy greatly

Exhibitionist (1)

One who deliberately behaves to attract attention

Exonerate (1)

To free from blame

Extol (1)

To praise highly/exalt

Facetious (1)

Playfully jocular/humorous

Jocular (1)

Humerous/playful

Guys are JOCULAR with their JOCK STRAPS in the locker room.

Facilitate (2)

1. To make easier
2. To assist

Fallacy (1)

A false notion

Fervor (2)

1. Great warmth/intensity of emotion
2. Intense heat/passion

FERVORISH emotions are the temperature of a FEVER.

Filibuster (2)

1. Intentional obstruction

2. Prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action

Fledgling (2)

1. An inexperienced person
2. A young bird

The FLEDGLING FLED from the nest/life experiences ignorantly.

Flout (2)

1. To show contempt for
2. To scorn

I FLOUTED him as he ate the disgusting TROUT.

Forsake

To give up/abandon

Frugal (1)

Economical

Gratuitous (3)

1. Unearned/unjustified
2. Unnecessary
3. Free

Gregarious (1)

Sociable/outgoing

Hamper (2)

1. To hinder/prevent
2. A large basket

Foster (1)

To bring up/nurture

FOSTER PARENTS

Harry (1)

To annoy

HARRY's success HARRIED Ron.

Hedonism (1)

The pursuit of pleasure

Imminent (1)

About to occur

Imperative (2)

1. A command/order
2. Extremely necessary

Imperturbable (1)

Unshakably calm/collected

Impervious

Impenetrable

Impetuous (2)

1. Impulsive/rash

2. Moving quickly

"I'M gonna PET the bear cub" said the IMPETUOUS man, and then mama bear IMPETUOUSLY moved to protect her.

Impunity (2)

Exempt from (1) punishment or (2) harm

Inadvertent (1)

Marked by unintentional lack of care

Incendiary (2)

1. Tending to inflame
2. An agitator

Incipient (1)

Beginning to exist/appear

Fallow (1)

Inactive/dormant

When you get a FELLOWSHIP or want to FOLLOW someone, you can't be FALLOW.

Fanatical (2)

1. Zealous

2. Single-mindedly obsessed with something

Fatuous (2)

1. Silly

2. Foolish

INFATUATED people are FATUOUS.

Fawn (1)

To flatter/praise excessively

Feckless (2)

1. Ineffective

2. Irresponsible

You should FLICK LESS, it's irresponsible to flick things around and less effective than punting.

Felicitous (2)

1. Appropriate

2. Delightful

FELICITY was a FELICITOUS American Girl Doll for the average girl, and made her feel FELICITOUS.

Felicity (2)

1. State of happiness

2. Something that causes happiness

FELICITY caused FELICITY on Christmas morning.

Infelicitous (2)

1. Unfortunate

2. Inappropriate

Any doll other than FELICITY was INFELICITOUS.

Fell (4)

1. A barren or stony hill

2. An animal's hide

3. To make fall

4. Cruel/lethal

1. You don't want to FALL down a FELL!/Jack and Jill FELL down the FELL.

2. FELL was so rich he would wear FELLS.

4. FELL'S class was FELL to my GPA.

Fervent (1)

With passionate intensity

Fetid (1)

Stinking/having a heavy bad smell

FETISH sex can be FETID.

Fetter (2)

1. To shackle/put in chains

2. To restrain

We FIT 'ER for FETTERS.

Unfettered (1)

Free/unhampered

Filigree (1)

Ornamental, esp. with lace

FILIGREE is a FILIGREE word.

Flag (2)

1. To sag/droop - to become spiritless

2. To decline

On a windless day, FLAGS FLAG.

Flip/flippant/flippancy (1)

Sarcastic

Florid (2)

1. Flushed with color, ruddy

2. Ornate

FLORAL arrangements are FLORID and carrying them can make someone's face FLORID.

Foment (1)

To stir up/rouse; to nurse to life/activity; to encourage

Thinking of that MOMENT still FOMENTS old feelings.

When you FERMET something you have to FOMENT the hops.

Forbearance (2)

1. Patience, willingness to wait

2. Creditor's agreement to not demand debt payment when it's due

1. I had to demonstrate FORBEARANCE FOR the BEAR was there.

2. We grant you FORBEARANCE so that you have FOUR years before we BEAR down on you

Forbear (1)

To refrain from

I had to FORBEAR from petting the cub FOR the BEAR was there.

Forebear (1)

An ancestor

The FOREBEAR came BEFORE the BEAR.

Ford (1)

To wade across the shallow part of a river/stream

FORDS are often offroad vehicles and thus can FORD.

Forestall (2)

1. To act in a way to hinder/prevent an action

2. To avoid

She FORESTALLED FOR to STALL him.

Forswear (1)

To renounce

She FOREWSEARED him FORE he SWEARED.

Fortuitous (1)

Fortunate

Fracas (1)

Noisy fight/quarrel, brawl

Lots of FRACAS can occur in FRENCH BARS.

Fractious (3)

1. Quarrelsome

2. Rebellious

3. Cranky

Danny was FRACTIOUS about the FRACTION x/0

Froward (2)

1. Unwilling to yield/comply

2. Stubbornly disobedient

I was very FORWARD with my request and he was annoyingly FROWARD in his response.

Fulminate (3)

1. To attack loudly

2. To denounce

3. To explode or cause to explode

Furtive (1)

Stealthy

Gainsay (3)

1. To deny

2. To contradict

3. To oppose/dispute

*To declare false; to deny

Despite what they SAY about GAINES, he would never GAINSAY anyone; he is very open to others' opinions.

Gambol (1)

To skip around playfully/frolic

The GAMBLING addict GAMBOLED around the gambling center.

Garner (2)

1. To store up

2. To acquire

JENNIFER GARNER GARNERED the money for lip injections and then GARNERED bigger lips.

Garrulous (2)

1. Pointlessly talkative

2. Talking too much

GARRET was GARRULOUS at Tiernan's birthday party last year.

Gauche (3)

1. Crude

2. Awkward

3. Tasteless

1. GAUCHE = left = clumsy/awk

3. The SAUCE was rather GAUCHE

Cozen (1)

To deceive/hoodwink

The ice truck killer COZENED Deb by killing a DOZEN women and then COZYING up to her.

Craven (1)

Lacking any courage

I am very CRAVEN when it comes to my junk food CRAVINGS.

Crescendo (1)

A gradual increase in intensity, particularly in music

Culpable (1)

Guilty

Cynicism (1)

Belief that all people are selfishly motivated

Damp (1)

To diminish the intensity of

Daunt (1)

To intimidate/distress

Dauntless (1)

Fearless

Debacle (1)

Fiasco/complete failure

Decorum (1)

Politeness/appropriateness of conduct

Decorous (1)

Something marked by decorum - politeness/appropriateness of behavior

Deleterious (1)

Harmful

Demur (1)

To question/oppose

Denigrate (2)

1. To belittle

2. To sully

(to defame)

We should have DENIGRATED the NIGGER'S efforts while we had the chance.

Denouement (3)

1. An outcome

2. A solution

3. Unraveling of a plot

The NEW MOVEMENT promised an excellent DENOUEMENT for the problem.

The DENOUEMENT of the NEW story was MOVING.

Depreciate (2)

1. To disparage/belittle

2. To decrease in value

When you DEFICATE on something it DEPRECIATES it.

Depredate (2)

1. To plunder/pillage/destroy

2. To exploit predatorily

If you look at PRE-DATE history, everyone predated to gain land and win battles.

Depredation (1)

An attack/ravage

Derision (1)

Scorn/ridicule

DEREK'S INCISION received DERISION from Meredith.

Deride (1)

To express contempt

Backseat RIDERS DERIDE the driver's driving.

Derivative (1)

Unoriginal; obtained from another source

Desiccate (2)

1. To dry out/dehydrate

2. To make dry or dull

Desuetude (1)

Disuse

My SUEDE has become DUSTY with DESUETUDE.

Desultory (2)

1. Random

2. Thoughtless; marked by lack of plan/purpose

Detraction (1)

Slandering; verbal attack

I DETRACT my DETRACTION because I feel bad.

Diaphanous (2)

1. Transparent

2. Gauzy

Princess DIANA'S gown was quite DIAPHANOUS.

Diatribe (1)

Harsh denunciation

Didactic (1)

Intended to teach or instruct, esp. morally

Die (1)

A tool used for shaping

Dexter uses a DIE to shape people's bodies after he makes them DIE.

Diffident (2)

1. Reserved/shy

2. Lacking self-confidence

Though she was pretty, her DIFFIDENCE made her DIFFERENT from the other pretty girls.

Dilate (2)

1. To become wider/more open

2. To speak/write about something at length

Dilatory (1)

Causing delay; procrastinating

DELAYtory

Dilettante (1)

One with an amateurish or superficial interest in something

The wannabe DILL PICKLE EXPERTS were just DILETTANTES.

Dilettantish (1)

Frivolous or superficial

Din (1)

A loud sustained noise

The child made a DIN while requesting his DIN-DIN.

Dirge (1)

A mournful song/poem for the dead

To PURGE themselves of sadness, they wrote their dead mother a DIRGE.

Incontrovertible (1)

Undeniable

The truthfulness of this fact CANNOT be CONVERTED; it's INCONTROVERTIBLE

Incorrigible (3)

1. Unable to be informed
2. Unable to be corrected
3. Uncontrollable

Indifferent (1)

Not caring

Indomitable (1)

Unconquerable, yet refusing to yield

UNDOMINATABLE

Inert (2)

1. Unable to move or act
2. Sluggish

In the womb, we are INNATELY INERT.

Inherent (2)

1. Naturally a part of

2. Firmly established; essential

Inhibit (2)

1. To hold back
2. To forbid

Inimical (1)

Harmful

iM and iCAL are both INIMICAL to the social life and let kids be hostile to each other.

Insatiable (1)

Impossible to satisfy

Insidious (2)

1. Harmful
2. Treacherous

Insipid (2)

1. Tasteless
2. Lacking stimulation or interest

Insufferable (1)

Intolerable

Insular (2)

1. Relating to an island
2. Narrow/provincial in outlook

1. ISLANDS are INSULAR because they're always in the sun
2. INSULAR is UN-SOLAR-LIKE (the sun looks out on everything)

Intangible (1)

Incapable of being perceived by the senses

Intractable (2)

1. Difficult to manage
2. Stubborn

When you can't put a TRACKING device in your INTRACTABLE kids, they become UNTRACKABLE and thus INTRACTABLE

Intrepid (1)

Fearless

Someone who DOESN'T TRIP doesn't need to fear tripping and thus is INTREPID.

Inundate (2)

To cover/flood with water; to swamp OR just to cover/overwhelm

I took a NUN on a DATE and she totally INUNDATED her pants.

Itinerary (1)

Proposed/route for a trip

Judicious (2)

1. Having/exhibiting sound judgment
2. Prudent (careful)

JUDGES must be JUDICIOUS

Laudatory (1)

Expressing praise

Levity (2)

1. Lightness of manner
2. Frivolty

Lucid (1)

Easily understood, intelligible; sound, clear

Lurid (2)

1. Gruesome
2. Marked by sensation

People who LURE you into their cars for kidnapping want to do LURID things.

Magnanimous (2)

1. Generous/unselfish
2. Noble, esp. in forgiving

Magnate (1)

A powerful/influential person (esp. business)

Male MAGNATES are like MAGNETS to attractive young women.

Malevolence (1)

Ill-will

MALE VIOLENCE starts with MALEVOLENCE.

Misanthrope (1)

One who hates/mistrusts all mankind

Mundane (1)

Commonplace/ordinary

Narcissism (1)

Excessive love of oneself

Nascent (2)

1. Just born/in developmental stages
2. Emerging

Nonplused (1)

Confused, at a loss for what to say/do/think

I can't be impressed/PLUSSED until I'm not NONPLUSED!

Noxious (1)

Harmful

Omnipotent (1)

Having unlimited power

Onerous (1)

Burdensome

If she lets that many guys get ON 'ER, she'll have some ONEROUS sti's!

Oscillate (2)

1. To sway back and forth with a steady rhythm
2. To waver

Paradigm (2)

1. An example that serves as a model or pattern

2. The framework of assumptions and understandings shared by a group/discipline that shapes its worldview

Parody (1)

A mocking imitation

Parsimonious (1)

Excessively sparing/frugal; cheap, miserly

Paucity (1)

Fewness

A PAUNCHY man does not have a PAUCITY of fat cells.

Paragon (1)

A model of excellence; a peerless example

Jackie thinks ERAGON is a PARAGON for those nerdy books.

Pedantic (3)

1. Showing off one's bookish knowledge (in a negative manner)

2. Excessive attention to formal rules

3. Unimaginative

Hey, rub my PEDS (feet) while I be PEDANTIC.

Penchant (2)

1. A liking
2. A strong inclination

Philanthropy (2)

1. Charitable aid
2. Love of all mankind

Piety (1)

Religious devotion

Kerri's church rewards you for your PIETY with PIE.

Pious (2)

1. Religiously devout
2. Marked by false devoutness

Platonic (2)

1. Spiritual love
2. Love between friends

Posthumous (1)

After death

Pragmatic (1)

Practical

Precarious (1)

Dangerously lacking in security/stability

KERRI's self-esteem is PRECARIOUS.

Precursor (2)

1. Something that comes before
2. Something indicating something to come

Preponderance (1)

Superiority in weight, power, or influence

He was PONDERING how he obtained such great PREPONDERANCE.

Presumptuous (1)

Excessively forward

Pretext (2)

1. An excuse
2. An effort to conceal something

I PRETEXTED the dollars in the PRETEXT of the book.

Prevaricate (2)

1. To stray from/evade the truth
2. To lie or equivocate

Before the TRUTH comes out, I will PREVARICATE it.

Problematic (2)

1. Presenting a problem
2. Difficult to solve

Prodigal (1)

Rashly/wastefully extravagant

JOSEPH in his TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT was the PRODIGAL SON.

Prodigious (1)

Impressively great in size/form/extent; enormous

She PRODDED the PRODIGIOUS IGNEOUS rock.

Prodigy (2)

1. A person with exceptional talents/powers
2. An omen

Ev's screenname was SLEEPINGPRODIGYE; he had seduction talents and was an omen for me and Colleen's relationship.

Profligate (1)

Recklessly wasteful

The PRO player would FLING his money everywhere, wastefully.

Profound (1)

Emotionally deep

Prolific (1)

Producing offspring/anything in great abundance

Propensity (2)

1. A natural inclination
2. A tendency

Proportionate (1)

Appropriately related in size

Propriety (1)

Polite behavior

PROPRIETY is PROPERness

Prosaic (1)

Lacking in imagination; dull

Children's MOSAICS are often PROSAIC.

Pundit (1)

[Supposedly] learned critic/expert

I used to PUNT IT (the football) but now I'm just a commentator because I'm a PUNDIT.

Pungent (2)

1. Sharp smelling/tasting
2. Penetrating; bitter/caustic

Recant (1)

To retract, esp. a previously help belief

RE: CAN'T - okay, I take it back.

Relegate (1)

1. To banish/exile

2. To forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place/position

I RENTED a GATE to make sure the RELEGATED man stays away.

Renege (1)

To fail to carry out a promise/commitment

RE: NEIGE - hey, sorry, I'm gonna have to renege my promise of a white Christmas. Sorry! Love, God.

Renounce (1)

To reject/disown

Reprehensible (1)

Deserving blame

Reproach (1)

To express disapproval/blame

Repudiate (2)

1. To reject the authority or validity of

2. To disown

RE: THE PUDDING that I supposedly ATE - I didn't eat it!

Requisite (1)

Necessary; requirement

Rescind (1)

To make void/annul; to retract

Reticent (2)

1. Shy/restrained/reserved
2. Unwilling/reluctant

Retribution (2)

1. Punishment
2. Reward

Dude, that guy is so RETRO his RETRIBUTIONS can even be good!

Reverent (2)

1. Worshipful

2. Marked by a feeling of profound awe/respect

REVERENDS are REVERENT towards God, and they make everyone else feel REVERENT towards Him too.

Rhetoric (2)

1. The art of using language persuasively
2. Language that's insincere

Everything I said to Austin was RHETORIC.

Sanctimonious (1)

Faking righteousness; self-righteousness

In a religious home, you don't get your activities SANCTIONED if you're not at least SANCTIMONIOUS.

Sanction (2)

1. To approve authoritatively

2. A penalty intended to enforce compliance

Satiate (1)

To satisfy, esp. to excess

Satire (1)

A literary work that attacks something (usually human folly) through wit or sarcasm

Schism (1)

A separation into factions

Secular (2)

1. Not related to religion
2. Occurring once per century

SECTIONular

Severance (2)

1. The act/condition of being severed
2. Separation

Skeptical (1)

Doubtful/questioning

Solvent (2)

1. Something that dissolves
2. Having sufficient funds to pay all debts

I RESOLVE myself to being SOLVENT when I grow up.

Squander (1)

To spend wastefully

Stupefy (1)

To amaze/stun

Stymie (1)

To thwart/stump

STOW ME away to STYMIE my suitor.

Sullen (1)

Gloomy/sulky

Supercilious (1)

Feeling/showing haughty disdain

Snobby girls are SUPERCILIOUS of SILLINESS.

Superfluous (1)

Beyond what is needed/required

Synthesis (2)

1. The combining of elements into a whole
2. The result of combining elements into a whole

Tacit (2)

1. Silent
2. Unstated/implied

1. I will remain TACIT and hope I don't get a TAX DEFICIT.
2. It is TACIT that I will have a TAX DEFICIT because I didn't fill out my taxes.

Tenuous (1)

Long and thin; slender

Girls that are TENS are TENUOUS.

Terse (1)

Brief and to the point

Transient (1)

Remaining in one place only briefly

Ubiquitous (1)

Everywhere

Ulterior (2)

1. Lying beyond what is evident/revealed
2. Occurring later/subsequent

Untenable (1)

Impossible to maintain/inhabit

UN-TENANTABLE

Untoward (2)

1. Unfavorable
2. Troublesome/adverse

You don't want to go TOWARD something/one UNTOWARD.

Urbane (2)

1. Polite/refined
2. Elegant

Vacillate (2)

1. To sway between two sides/positions/opinions
2. To waver

More human form of OSCILLATE - everyone has a VILLAIN in them.

Venerable (2)

1. Commanding respect
2. Worthy of reverence

The VENEER was so realistic that it was VENERABLE.

Veracity (1)

Truthfulness

Verbose (1)

Wordy

Vernacular (1)

The language of everyday people

Vex (1)

To bother/annoy/harass

He frequently VEXED her about SEX.

Viable (2)

1. Able to be used/survive
2. Capable of success

Vilify (1)

To make defamatory statements about

Vivacious (1)

Lively

Volatile (1)

Prone to quick change

Voluminous (1)

Having great size or volume

Voracious (1)

Ravenous

Xenophobia (1)

Fear/hate of anything foreign, esp people

Zealot (1)

One who is fanatically committed to something

MR. ZALOT is a ZEALOT for the Grateful Dead.

Germane (1)

Relevant; appropriate to subject at hand

GERMANNA teaches GERMANE information.

Glib (2)

1. Marked be ease/informality; nonchalant

2. Superficial/lacking depth

The process of making and sentences resulting from AD LIBS are often GLIB.G

Gossamer (2)

1. Delicate, light, flimsy, insubstantial, tenuous

2. Insincere

1. The GLOSSY HAMMER was pretty, but ultimately GOSSAMER.

2. JON GOSSLIN was GOSSAMER.

Grandiloquence (1)

Pompous speech or expression

Grouse (1)

To complain/grumble

SAM CROUSE would always GROUSE about work.

Guile (1)

Trickery, cunning

KYLE used a lot of GUILE to get Colleen to date him.

Nobody could say Billy didn't use GUILE when running the MILE.

Guileless (1)

Naive

If Colleen had remained KYLE-LESS, she would be a virgin and thus GUILELESS.

Beguile (2)

1. To deceive

2. To charm

Colleen was BEGUILED by KYLE.

Guy (1)

A rope/cord attached to something as a brace/guide

The GUY needed a GUY to GUIDE him.

Hackneyed (1)

Rendered commonplace by frequent usage.

Halcyon (2)

1. Calm and peaceful

2. Prosperous

The HALOED LION was quite HALCYON.

Hallow (1)

To set apart as/holy

The HALLOWED HALLS of academia.

Harangue (1)

To deliver a loud, pompous/speech or tirade; speech/writing characterized by strong feelings

They threw MERINGUE pies at the guy giving the HARANGUE.

Harrow (2)

1. To distress

2. To torment

She HARROWED him by threatening to take his BONE MARROW.

Hedonist (1)

One who is devoted to pleasurable pursuits.

Hegemony (1)

Constant dominance of one group over another.

Heretical (1)

Violating dogma/convention; unorthodox

Heresy (1)

Unorthodox/heretical idea

Hermetic (1)

Airtight; impervious to outside influence

The HERMIT was HERMETIC because he didn't experience any outside influence.

Heterodox (1)

Unorthodox

Not HOMODOX, surprisingly.

Hirsute (1)

Hairy, shaggy

The HIRSUTE man looked like he was wearing a HAIR SUIT!

Homily (1)

A sermon or morally instructive lecture

The HOLY FAMILY listened to many a HOMILY.

Homiletics (1)

The art of preaching

HOLY FAMILIES practice HOMILETICS in their HOMES.

Homogenous (1)

The same throughout

Homogenize (1)

To process a liquid so that its particles do not separate

To MAKE HOMOGENOUS

Hubris (1)

Arrogant presumption or pride

Hyperbole (1)

An exaggeration

Iconoclast (1)

One who attacks/undermines traditional conventions; one who attacks/seeks to overthrow popular ideas, practices, institutions

I refuse to wear/worship that ICON, and if that makes me an ICONOCLAST then so be it.

Iconoclastic (1)

Attacking cherished beliefs; heretical

Idolatrous (1)

Intensely/excessively devoted to something

Idyll (2)

1. Carefree/lighthearted pastoral or romantic episode

2. Literary/musical piece describing a carefree/lighthearted pastoral or romantic experience

IDLE people have time for IDYLLS/have time to listen to IDYLLS.

Idyllic (1)

Simple/carefree

IDLE people are not exposed to the harsh real world and may thus remain IDYLLIC.

Ignominious (1)

Shameful, disgraceful

After stealing the IGNEOUS ROCK, Jackie felt IGNOMINIOUS.

Imbroglio (1)

Difficult or embarrassing situation

I'M a BRO and got caught sleeping with another guy; this is quite an IMBROGLIO...

Imminent (1)

Impending

Immutable (1)

Not capable of change

CHATTY people are IMMUTABLE; they'll never shut up.

Impassive (1)

Revealing no emotion or sensibility

You won't be able to PASS through this brick wall of emotion I've put up, making myself IMPASSIVE.

Impecunious (1)

Lacking funds; without money

It is IMPECULIAR for college students to be IMPECUNIOUS.

Discomfit (3)

1. To defeat

2. To put down

3. To embarrass/make uncomfortable

She experienced DISCOMFORT after he DISCOMFITTED her.

Discordant (2)

1. Conflicting

2. Dissonant/harsh in sound

Disinterested

Unbiased

Even though you DISSED me, I'm still DISINTERESTED.

Disparage (2)

1. To sully

2. To belittle

We think so little of it, we'll DISPARAGE it and throw it in the GARBAGE.

Dissemble (2)

1. To disguise/conceal

2. To mislead

DIS-SEMBLE

Dissolute (1)

Licentious; libertine

The DIS-RESOLUTE parents were very DISSOLUTE with their child's upbringing.

Dissonance (1)

Lack of harmony; conflict

Distrait (1)

Distracted, esp. due to anxiety

Doggerel (1)

Trivial/poorly constructed verse

The DOGGEREL seemed as though a DOG had written it.

Dross (1)

Waste/impurity

Dulcet (1)

Harmonious

Although the SET/DUET was DULL, it was quite DULCET.

Dupe (1)

One who is/deceived

Dynamo (2)

1. Generator

2. Forcefully dynamic person

1. DYNAMIC EXPLOSIONS can act as DYNAMOS.

2. She was such a DYNAMO that she made it seem as though a DYNAMITE had exploded in the room.

Ebullience (1)

Enthusiastic expression of thoughts or feelings

The BULLY's EBULLIENCE of his mean thoughts made her cry.

Eccentric (1)

Departing from norms/conventions

Edifying (1)

Enlightening/informative

EDDY'S remarks, though annoying to Megan, were quite EDIFYING.

Edification (1)

The process of enlightening/informing/edifying.

Efficacy (1)

Effectiveness

Effrontery (1)

Extreme boldness; presumptuousness

She CONFRONTED me with EFFRONTERY.

Effusive (1)

Gushing; excessively demonstrative

The EFFUSIVE woman was unable to EFFECTIVELY DIFFUSE the already emotional situation.

Egress (1)

An exit

I will now DIGRESS to the EGRESS.

Elegy (1)

A mournful poem/writing/piece of music

Eloquent (1)

Charismatic

Emollient (2)

1. Soothing, esp. to the skin

2. Making less harsh

Empirical (1)

Based on observation or experiment

Encomium (2)

1. Glowing and enthusiastic praise

2. Tribute or eulogy

Parents should not exhibit ENCOMIUM for their children's ENCOPESIS.

Cajole (1)

To coax/persuade someone to do something they didn't want to do

The inmate tried to CAJOLE the warden into giving him PAROLE.

Callous (1)

Unfeeling, in sensitive

Jack was so CALLOUS he drew attention to Mike's CALLUSES.

Callow (2)

1. Immature

2. Inexperienced

Our dad was so CALLOW he made his first dive into our SHALLOW kiddie pool.

Candor (1)

Truthfulness, honest sincerity

A CONDOR with CANDOR told its prey it was going to eat it.

Capacious (1)

Roomy, able to hold much

This SPACIOUS CAP is so CAPACIOUS.

Castigate (1)

To criticize harshly, usually with the intention of criticizing wrongdoing

Better to be CASTIGATED than CASTRATED!

Catapult (2)

1. To launch

2. A device for hurling objects; a slingshot

Testing the first CAT CATAPULT.

Caucus (2)

1. A meeting of the members of a political party to make decisions

2. To assemble/hold a caucus

A CACTUS CAUCUS.

Cerebral (2)

1. Relating to the brain

2. An intellectual person

Eat your CEREAL so you'll grow up to be a CEREBRAL like your father.

Certify (1)

To confirm formally; to verify

George Washington never told a lie, and he would CERTIFY that he never HURT A FLY.

Chasm (2)

1. A deep opening in the earth's surface

2. Differences in opinions, loyalties, interests

A SPASM above the CHASM.

Chattel (1)

An item of persona;, movable property; a slave

Tex's CATTLE where his CHATTEL.

Chide (1)

To scold/voice disapproval

The good fairy CHIDED Pinocchio because he LIED.

Circa (1)

About; an estimated time period

The first now CIRCUS took place CIRCA 200,000 BC.

Citadel (1)

A fortress overlooking a city; a stronghold

It pays to SIT WELL on the edge of a CITADEL.

Cloister (1)

A tranquil, secluded place

An OYSTER in his CLOISTER.

Congenial (1)

Pleasant; social; agreeable

Folks in JEANS are very CONGENIAL.

MISS CONGENIALITY.

Coterie (1)

A circle of close associates or friends.

The maestro and his COTERIE in a COAT FOR THREE.

Curtail (1)

To truncate/abridge; to lessen, usually by cutting away from

Rex readies himself to CURTAIL the CAT'S TAIL.

Debase (1)

To lower in quality, character, value

Big Bertha easily DEBASED the BASE.

Deft (1)

Skillful; dexterous

The DEAF are DEFT at reading lips.

Demagogue (1)

A leader who obtains power by appealing to the emotions and prejudices of the people

THEM DOGS, Hitler and Mussolini, were infamous DEMAGOGUES.

Denounce (2)

1. To condemn

2. To expose critically

The other kangaroos DENOUNCED poor Roger when he was unable to BOUNCE.

Divine (2)

1. To foretell a prophecy

2. To infer/guess

How was Tarzan to DIVINE that this was the TIME his VINE would break?

Doldrums (2)

1. A period/condition of depression or inactivity

2. A part of the ocean near the equator abounding in calms and squalls

All covered with dust, the DOLL DRUMS were in the DOLDRUMS.

Draconian (1)

Hard, severe, cruel

Count DRACULA often behaved in a DRACONIAN manner.

Duress (2)

1. Hardship

2. Restraint/confinement

During interrogation, the subject was under DURESS to CONFESS.

Edifice (1)

A building, esp. one of imposing appearance or size

The Great Kong ATE the FACE of the EDIFICE.

Efface (1)

To rub away

How to EFFACE a FACE by ERASING it.

Elfin (1)

Small and sprightly; mischievous; fairy-like

An ELFIN ELEPHANT is a strange sight to see.

Enrapture (1)

To delight/thrill/give pleasure

The head-hunters were ENRAPTURED when they CAPTURED Mr. and Mrs. Cranium.

Entomology (1)

The scientific study of insects.

An ENTOMOLOGIST makes his APOLOGY to the insects he must study.

Euphonious (1)

Pleasing to the ear

You must be beautiful because you sound so EUPHONIOUS when you PHONE US.

Fjord (1)

A long narrow inlet from the sea between steep cliffs/hills

FORDS in a FJORD.

Fleece (2)

1. To defraud/swindle

2. The wool of a sheep, etc

FLEEING WIHT THE FLEECE.

Forage (1)

To search/hunt for food/provisions

Wile animals FORAGING for food in the FOREST.

Gamin (1)

A neglected boy left to run about in the street

A JAMMIN' GAMIN.

Gird (2)

1. To encircle as with a belt

2. To prepare as for action

Curly GIRDED the HERD with his trusty lasso.

Harrowing (1)

Extremely distressing/disturbing/frightening

A HARROWING experience for a HARE ROWING.

Herbicide (1)

A substance used to destroy plants, esp. weeds

When weeds commit SUICIDE, they use a HERBICIDE.

Insouciant (1)

Calm and carefree; lighthearted

SOUTH SEA ANTS are the most INSOUCIANT ants of all.

Inveigle (1)

To tempt/persuade or obtain by using deception or flattery

The animal trainer INVEIGLED the lion to perform by tempting him with a BAGEL.

Irascible (1)

Easily angered; irritable

When he became IRASCIBLE, the Masked Marvel would WRESTLE BULLS.

Laconic (1)

Brief, using few words

Grandma was LACONIC when it came time for Grandpa's TONIC.

Languish (1)

To become weak or feeble; sag with loss of strength

A FISH on LAND will quickly LANGUISH.

Lassitude (1)

Condition of weariness; fatigue

A LAZY DUDE with LASSITUDE.

Lax (2)

1. Careless, negligent

2. Not tense; slack

This is what happens when you're LAX in paying your TAX.

Lexicon (2)

1. A dictionary

2. Vocabulary terms used in/of a particular profession/subject/style

A MEXICAN reading his LEXICON.

Marauder (1)

A raider/intruder

The fiercest MARAUDERS are MA RAIDERS

MARAUDER'S MAP

Marshal (2)

1. To assemble together for the purpose of doing something

2. An officer in the police or military

The MARSHALL MARSHALED a posse to capture the Waco Kid.

Martyr (2)

1. Someone willing to sacrifice and give his/her life for a cause

2. One who pretends suffering to gain sympathy

It's HARDER to be a MARTYR.

Menagerie (1)

A collection of live wild animals on exhibit

A MENAGERIE of LINGERIE.

Milieu (1)

Environment or surroundings

The boys' locker room showers were a MILIEU of MILDEW.

Migratory (1)

Roving, wandering, nomadic

MY STORY is one of many MIGRATORY movements.

Myriad (1)

An extremely large number

Many MIRRORS ADD a MYRIAD of reflections.

Noisome (3)

1. Stinking

2. Offensive

3. Disgusting

Inconsiderate, NOISOME smokers are likely to ANNOY SOME.

Oblique (2)

1. At an angle neither perpendicular or parallel

2. Indirect/evasive; not straightforward

Folks are not FREAKS just because they walk OBLIQUELY.

Obtuse (4)

1. Lacking intelligence

2. Not clear/precise in thought or expression

3. Difficult to comprehend

4. An angle 90<x<180

Don't be OBTUSE; the horse-thief gets the NOOSE, not the horse.

Parry (3)

1. To ward off a blow

2. To turn aside

3. To avoid skillfully/evade

The PEARS PARRIED each other's fencing movement.

I always PARRY CARRYING my suitcase up the stairs.

Penitent (2)

1. One who feels sorrow/remorse for past misdeeds

2. Feeling sorrow or humble

Bubba was PENITENT for the crimes that landed him in the PENITENTIARY.

Periphery (1)

The outermost part within a boundary; the outside edge

REFEREES would be wise to stay outside the PERIPHERY of a boxer's reach.

Perverse (3)

1. Stubborn

2. Contrary

3. Intractible

Deadwood Dick's horse was so PERVERSE he would often go in REVERSE.

Pied (1)

Having patches/blotches of two or more colors

If you've ever wondered where the PIED PIPER got his name, it came from wearing PIED clothing.

Porcine (1)

Reminiscent of/pertaining to/resembling a pig.

It was a POOR SCENE when MARK arrived with his PORCINE date.

Potentate (1)

A powerful ruler/important person

A POTENTATE in "Tater Kingdom" is an IMPORTANT TATER.

Quandary (2)

1. A state of perplexity or doubt

2. A difficult or uncertain situation

A QUANDARY in the LAUNDRY.

Quixotic (2)

1. Totally or foolishly impractical; idealistic to the point of being impractical

2. Capricious or impulsive

Jim, the messenger is not IDIOTIC, he's just QUIXOTIC.

Resurgent (1)

Rising after defeat

A RESURGENT SERGEANT.

Rivet (2)

1. To hold the attention of

2. Something that fastens two parts together

The audience was RIVETED to their seats watching the RIVETER.

Rudimentary (2)

1. Basic crude, undeveloped

2. Fundamental principles or skills

RUDE children in ELEMENTARY school are often RUDIMENTARY by nature.

Serpentine (1)

Snakelike

Sonorous (1)

Producing sound, especially deep and rich; resonant

The not-so-SONOROUS SNORERS of old Santa Fe.

Spur (1)

To move to action

SUPRS are called SPURS because they SPUR a horse to action.

Spurn (1)

To reject with disdain

Robert was BURNED when Rebecca SPURNED him.

Sundry (1)

Various, several, miscellaneous

Jimmy had a SUNDRY of ice cream SUNDAES for his birthday.

I have a SUNDRY of SUN DRESSES.

Supplant (1)

To take the place of

Gardeners PLANT new plants to SUPPLANT old PLANTS.

Surfeit (1)

An overabundant amount, esp. overindulgence of eating and drinking

A SURFEIT of SURFERS is a sure path to disastrous surfboard accidents.

Trenchant (2)

1. Cutting, incisive, having a sharp point

2. Caustic, sarcastic

A TRENCHANT mouth is characteristic of the famous Madagascar TRENCH ANT.

Tyro (1)

A beginner; novice

You could tell by the way Curly TIED ROPE, that he was a cowboy TYRO.

Umbrage (3)

1. Sense of injury or insult

2. To take offense

3. Displeasure

Mike, the engineer, took UMBRAGE when people called it a DUMB BRIDGE.

Unbridled (1)

Violent, unbounded, unrestrained

A wild horse without a BRIDLE can be an UNBRIDLED demon to ride.

Veer (1)

To change direction

Vern, I told you to VEER at the end of the PIER.

Volition (1)

An act of choosing; using one's own will consciously

Of his own VOLITION, Bryan would have preferred to GO FISHIN'.

Wrest (2)

1. To pull away

2. To take by violence

The policeman grabbed the thief by the WRIST and WRESTED away his gun.

Yore (1)

Former days; an era long past

In days of YORE, folks slept on the FLOOR.

Imperious (2)

1. Commanding/masterful

2. Arrogant, domineering, haughty

PERRY from Scrubs was IMPERIOUS.

IMPERIOUS people are IMPERVIOUS to ignorance, but they are ARROGANT.

Imperturbable (1)

Marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness

Implacable (2)

1. Not capable of being appeased

2. Not capable of being significantly changed

Importune (1)

To ask incessantly, beg, nag

Hey, she's in a good mood, this is an OPPORTUNE time to IMPORTUNE her.

Importunate (1)

Persistent in asking

She was IMPORTUNATE when her mother was in an OPPORTUNE MOOD.

Impudent (1)

Shamelessly bold; rude

Impertinent (1)

Rude

Impugn (2)

1. To attack verbally

2. To deny

I tried to IMPUGN him subtly with PUNS.

Impute (2)

1. To attribute to a cause or source

2. To assign as a characteristic

I'M CUTE, and I can iMPUTE that to my parents genes.

Inalienable (1)

Unable to be transferred

INALIENABLE RIGHTS.

Inchoate (1)

In an initial stage; not fully formed

Indefatigable (1)

Not easily exhaustible, tireless

INFATIGABLE

Indolent (1)

Lazy, listless

I'm feeling INDOLENT and will just lie here eating DOLE fruit.

Ineluctable (1)

Certain, inevitable

The fact that the pizza will be INDELECTIBLE is INELUCTABLE.

Ingenuous (1)

Innocent and unsuspecting; artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

The GENIUS lacked social skills and was generally INGENUOUS.

Inhere (1)

To be inherent/innate to something

Inimitable (1)

One of a kind; peerless

UNIMITABLE

Iniquity (1)

Wickedness, gross injustice

The people running UMD's quit smoking study demonstrate INIQUITY to the people who say "I'M gonna QUIT!"

Iniquitous (1)

Characterized by wickedness/iniquity

Innervate (1)

To supply with nerves/energize

Innocuous (1)

Harmless

An INOCCURRANCE is INNOCUOUS.

Inscrutable (1)

Incapable of being 1) discovered or 2) understood; mysterious

Insensible (1)

Unresponsive, unconscious, unaware, unaffected, numb

INSENSIBLE is seemingly WITHOUT SENSES.

Insouciant (1)

Unconcerned, carefree, nonchalant

She was quite INSOUCIANT about being dropped IN the SOUP.

Interdict (1)

To forbid, prohibit, ban, halt

Intimate (1)

To imply, suggest, insinuate

When two people are INTIMATE they just have to iNTIMATE to each other to communicate.

Intransigent (1)

Refusing to compromise

Inured (1)

Accustomed to accepting something undesirable

Endemic (1)

Characteristic of/restricted to a particular region/people; indigenous

The END OF THE WORLD PANDEMIC AIDS was once ENDEMIC to a small country in Africa.

Enervate (1)

To weaken; to reduce in vitality

He shook up her NERVES and ENERVATED her.

Engender (1)

To cause, produce, give rise to

Enigmatic (1)

Mysterious, obscure, difficult to understand.

Enormity (1)

Excessive wickedness, evilness

The ENORMOUSNESS of the witch's nose gave her ENORMITY.

Ephemeral (1)

Brief, fleeing, short-lived

Epicure (1)

One devoted to sensual pleasure, particularly in food and drink; gourmand

The EPI-PEN CURES people of bee stings, so they can go back to being EPICURES without fearing for their lives.

Episodic (2)

1. Loosely connected, not flowing logically

2. Occurring at intervals

Writers must make their EPISODES not EPISODIC.

Epithet (1)

Disparaging word or phrase

He kept saying EPITHETS about her small TITS.

Epitome (1)

Embodiment, quintessence

Equanimity (1)

Composure, self-possession

The angry man had to maintain EQUANIMITY to remain EQUAL and ANONYMOUS with those around him.

Equable (1)

Level; not easily disturbed

The man's EQUABLE temperament made him ABLE to be EQUAL with everyone else.

Equivocate (1)

To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

Errant (1)

Travelling

Erratic (1)

Without consistency

Erudite (1)

Very learned; scholarly

Eschew (1)

To shun or avoid

EW, look at her SHOES! Let's eschew her.

Essay (3)

1. To try/attempt

2. To experiment

3. The attempt

Estimable (1)

Worthy, formidable

Eulogy (1)

Speech honoring the dead

Evanescent (1)

Tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

Evince (1)

To show clearly; to indicate

" 'EY, VINCE! Drop the gun and EVINCE yourself!"

Exacerbate (1)

To make worse or more severe

Exact (2)

1. To demand/call for/require

2. To take

Hey, I EXACT an EXACTO KNIFE!

Excoriate (1)

To censure scathingly

"OF COURSE HE ATE! What, are you EXCORIATING me and suggesting I don't feed my son?"

Exculpate (1)

To free from blame

Exemplar (1)

Typical/standard specimen; model

There is nothing EXEMPLARY about an EXEMPLAR.

Exemplary (1)

Worthy of imitation

Exhort (1)

To make urgent appeals

The EX-WHORE EXHORTED the welfare lady.

Exigent (1)

Urgent/pressing; requiring immediate action or attention

All the GENTS EXITED EXIGENTLY.

Inveigh (1)

To attack verbally/denounce

When he asked her to WEIGHT herself, she INVEIGHED him.

Inveterate (1)

Deep-rooted, ingrained, habitual

Respect for VETERANS is INVETERATE in our culture.

Invidious (2)

1. Tending to arouse envy or ill will in others

2. Discriminatory

1. Her IN-VIDE (un-empty) apartment was INVIDIOUS to all her poor friends.

2. It is INVIDIOUS whose apartment will be IN-VIDE and whose won't.

Itinerate (1)

To travel from place to place

You need an ITINERARY t ITINERATE.

Itinerant (1)

Traveling from place to place

You need an ITINERARY to be ITINERANT.

Jejune (3)

1. Vapid, uninteresting

2. Childish, immature

3. Lacking in nutrition

Adults find JEUNE children's JEUX and food to be JEJUNE.

Jibe (1)

To agree, to be in accord

I JIVE = I JOBE

Jocose (1)

Given to joking; humorous

JOCULAR

Jocund (1)

High-spirited

JOCULAR is slightly UNDER JOCUND.

Kinetic (2)

1. Having to do with motion

2. Lively/active

KINETIC ENERGY

Labile (1)

Readily open to change; unstable

The LABIA is LABILE.

Lachrymose (2)

1. Causing tears

2. Tearful, showing sorrow

LACTATION can be LACHRYMOSE for some women (PPD).

Laud (1)

To praise highly

Lavish (1)

Extravagant

Lethargic (1)

Characterized by lethargy/sluggishness

Libertine (1)

Someone unrestrained by morality or convention; someone leading a dissolute life

Limn (1)

To draw; to outline in detail

HYMNS LIMN the Bible.

She LIMNED a LIMN.

Limpid (3)

1. Transparent

2. Serene, untroubled

3. Clear and simple in style

The LIMP pond was LIMPID.

List (1)

To tilt/lean to one side

When you make a pros and cons LIST, it tends to LIST and make your decision.

Loquacious (1)

Extremely talkative

LEQUISHA is extremely LOQUACIOUS.

Lumber (2)

1. To move heavily and clumsily

2. To move with a rumbling sound

You LUMBER when you're carrying LUMBER.

Luminous (2)

1. Characterized by brightness and the emission of light

2. Enlightened, clear

Malinger (1)

To feign illness to avoid work

Malleable (1)

Capable of being shaped or formed; easily influenced

Marital (1)

Associated with war and the armed forces

Martinet

A rigid disciplinarian

If you want to mater the MARIONETTE you must be a MARTINET.

Maunder (1)

To talk or move aimlessly; mutter

[Verbally] MEANDER.

Maverick (1)

Independent individual who does not go along with a group or party

Melancholy (1)

Tending toward sadness

Mellifluous (1)

Sweetly flowing, esp. used to describe words or sounds

MELODIOUSLY FLOWING MELLIFLUOUS sounds.

Mendacity (1)

The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty

When Pinocchio was MENDACIOUS no one could MEND his grown nose.

Mendicant (2)

1. A beggar

2. A supplicant (one who prays)

1. I CAN'T MEND my tattered clothes because I'm a MENDICANT - please mend them for me?

2. "God, I CAN'T MEND my life alone" prayed the MENDICANT.

Mercurial (1)

Characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood

MERCURY in thermometers changes temperature like a MERCURIAL person changes moods.

Meretricious (3)

1. Pretentious

2. Attractive but false; showy

3. Having to do with prostitution

I'm SUSPICIOUS of the MERIT of the MERETRICIOUS thing.

Meticulous (1)

Characterized by extreme care and precision, attention to detail

Mettlesome (2)

1. Courageous

2. High-spirited

Although METTLESOME people tend to rose people and make them happy/save them, SOME think they are just METTLING in others' lives.

Militate (2)

1. Having an effect on

2. To argue (usually against)

2. I MILITATE against MILLIE EATING live insects.

1. What MILLIE ATE MILITATES my appetite.

Milk (1)

To exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of

Minatory (1)

Menacing; threatening

MINI things tend to be viewed as harmless (like midgets) but can actually be quite MINATORY.

Mince (2)

1. To pronounce/speak affectedly or too carefully; to euphemize

2. To take tiny steps, tiptoe

2. You must MINCE your way through MINCE MEAT, otherwise it's gross.

1. A mouthful of MINCE MEAT makes you MINCE your words.

Misogynist (1)

One who hates women

MISO = hate, GYNO = women

Mitigate (1)

To make/become less severe/intense; to moderate

MITIGATE = MODERATE

Unmitigated (1)

Absolute, unrelieved

UN-MODERATED

Monotony (1)

Tedious lack of variety/change

Morose (1)

Sad, sullen, melancholy

Multifaceted (1)

Having many aspects

Multifarious (1)

Varied, greatly diversified

It is NEFARIOUS in MULTIFARIOUS ways.

Nadir (1)

Low point, perigee

NABIL was the NADIR of people in high school having crushes on me.

Natty (1)

Trimly neat and tidy; dapper

NATTY girls don't drink NATTY LIGHT.

Nebulous (2)

1. Vague, cloudy, lacking clearly defined form

2. Relating to a nebula - body of interstellar dust

Neologism (2)

1. A new word, expression, or usage

2. The creation/use of new words or senses

Neophyte (1)

A recent convert; a beginner/novice

Nexus (2)

1. A connection, tie, or link

2. Center or focus

1. The LEXUS is a NEXUS between commoner cars and fancy cars.

2. The LEXUS is the NEXUS of the road.

Nice (1)

Exacting, extremely precise; done with delicacy/skill

NICE work is done NICE.

Nostrum (1)

Cure-all, placebo, questionable remedy

They say DRUMMING on your NOSE is a NOSTRUM for the hiccups! I'm suspicious...

Obdurate (1)

Unyielding, heardhearted, inflexible

DOBBY ENDURED so many things for Harry; he was quite OBDURATE (but he didn't have an obdurate HEART).

Obeisance (1)

Gestures that express deference ,such as a bow or curtsey

OBEISANCES express OBEY-ANCE.

Obfuscate (1)

To deliberately obscure, to make confusing

OBSCURE - FRUSTRATE

It used to be OBVIOUS, but then you OBFUSCATED it and now I'm FRUSTRATED.

Obsequious (1)

Exhibiting a fawning attractiveness; subservient

Girls wearing tight SEQUINS make boys OBSEQUIOUS.

Abate (1)

To lessen in degree or intensity

Abatement (1)

A lessening in degree or intensity

Aberrant (1)

Deviating from the norm

Aberration (1)

Something/one aberrant

Abjure (2)

1. To renounce/reject solemnly

2. To avoid

To avoid being placed in front of a JURY, ABBY had to ABJURE a life of crime.

Abrogate (2)

1. To abolish/annul by authority

2. To put down

The BROS ABROGATED the policy of letting nerds into their parties by putting up a GATE.

Abscission (2)

1. The act of cutting off/removing

2. The actual cut itself

Abscise (1)

To cut off or remove

Abscond (1)

To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

Abstain (1)

To refrain from an activity

Abstemious (1)

Marked by moderation

Accretion (1)

Growth, increase by successive addition, building up

The more SECRETION, the more ACCRETION.

Acerbic (1)

Having bitter or sour taste or character

Acumen (1)

Quick/accurate judgment or insight

Admonish (1)

To express warning or disapproval

Admonishing comes before abolishing.

Adroit (1)

Adept, dexterous

Maladroit (1)

Clumsy

Adulation (1)

Excessive praise; intense adoration; ass-kissing

Unadulterated (1)

Pure

Adumbrate (3)

1. To foreshadow vaguely

2. To suggest/intimate

3. To outline sketchily

A DUMB BRAIN can only ADUMBRATE the information/situation.

Advocate (1)

To argue for/support a cause

Aggrandize (2)

1. To make appear greater in size, power, etc.

2. To make greater in size, power, etc.

Alacrity (1)

Eager and enthusiastic willingness

Alchemy (2)

1. A magical or wonderful transformation

2. Medieval science to change metals

Alloy (2)

1. Commingle

2. To debase by mixing with something inferior

CHIPS AHOY are ALLOYED when they are combined with candy pieces.

Unalloyed (1)

Pure

Amalgamate (1)

To combine several elements into a whole

Ambiguity (1)

Uncertainty in meaning

Ameliorate (1)

To make better or more tolerable

Anachronism (1)

Something/one out of place in terms of historical or chronological context; old-fashioned

Anathema (2)

1. A curse (usually religious)

2. A thoroughly loathed or cursed person/thing

The THEME of ANNA'S life was that she was an ANATHEMA.

Anodyne (1)

Soothing (as noun, something that assuages pain)

We like to DINE at the ANODYNE DINER.

Anomaly (1)

Abnormality

Antagonize (1)

To irritate or cause hostility

The game TAG can ANTAGONIZE people, causing them irritation/hostility.

Antithetical (1)

Diametrically opposed, as in antithesis

Apocryphal (2)

1. Of dubious authenticity/origin

2. Spurious

The CRYPTIC message of the impending APOCALYPSE was APOCRYPHAL.

Apogee (1)

Farthest/highest point; zenith

Perigee (1)

Lowest point; nadir

Apostate (1)

One who abandons long-held religious or political belief; a betrayer of a cause

The POSTMAN EATING his favorite politician' flier made him seem like an APOSTATE.

Apotheosis (1)

Glorification to godliness; the perfect example

People preaching about the APOCALYPSE became the APOTHEOSIS of how to prepare.

Apposite (1)

Appropriate, relevant

OPPOSITE of OPPOSITE.

Apprise (1)

To give notice to; inform

Approbation (1)

An expression of approval or praise

Appropriate (2)

1. To take for one's own use

2. To confiscate

Arabesque (1)

Complex, ornate design

Those ARAB'S carpets are sure ARABESQUE.

Arcane (2)

1. Mysterious, abstruse

2. Esoteric

SUGAR CANE is an ARCANE sweetener.

Arrant (2)

1. Rude

2. Utter; in every way; being completely such

1. It is ARRANT to give A RANT

2. An. ARRANT ERRAND.

Arrest (2)

1. To suspend

2. To engage

Articulate (1)

To enunciate or pronounce clearly; to express oneself clearly

Artless (2)

1. Without guile (trickery, cunning)

2. Without artificiality; natural

Ascetic (2)

1. One who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion

2. Austere/stark

Obstinate (1)

Stubborn

Obstreperous (1)

Noisy, loudly stubborn, boisterous

I was OBSTREPEROUS when the doctor wanted to do a STREP test on me.

Obtain (1)

To become established/customary or accepted

The purpose of OBTAINING acceptance on your proposed law is to have it become OBTAINED.

Obviate (1)

To anticipate and make unnecessary

Occlude (1)

To obstruct/block

OCCLUSION OCCLUDES INCLUSION.

Occult (2)

1. Hidden/concealed or to hide/conceal

2. Beyond comprehension

An OCCULT CULT

Odious (1)

Hateful; arousing strong feelings of dislike

An ODIOUS ODOR.

Officious (2)

1. Meddlesome, pushy in offering one's services where they are unwanted

2. Informal or unofficial

OFFICIALs are often OFFICIOUS.

Sometimes OFFERINGS are OFFICIOUS.

Opaque (2)

1. Impermeable by light

2. Dense in mind

Opprobrium (1)

Disgrace, contempt, scorn

"O my, I can't even PROBE you you've gotten so fat!"

Ossified (2)

1. Changed into bone

2. Made rigidly conventional and unreceptive to change

OS = BONE

Ostensible (1)

Seeming, appearing as such, professed

The OS is OSTENSIBLY TENSE.

Ostentatious (1)

Characterized by/given to pretentiousness

AUSTIN is OSTENTATIOUS about his art.

Overweening (1)

Presumptuously arrogant, overbearing

The OVERWEENING man thought that he could WEE anywhere.

Paean (1)

A song or expression of praise and thanksgiving

Palliate (1)

To make something appear less serious; to gloss over

Making something metaphorically PALE can PALLIATE it.

Sugar-coating something makes it look PALER and PALLIATES it.

Pandemic (1)

Widespread; occurring over a large area or affecting an unusually large percentage of the population

Panegyric (1)

A formal expression of praise

"MAN, I wanna GYRATE on you."

Paradox (2)

1. A contradiction; a seemingly self-contradictory statement that seems true nonetheless

2. A literally false statement that only has meaning if interpreted figuratively

Pariah (1)

An outcast, a rejected and despised person

Partisan (2)

1. One-sided, committed to a party

2. Biased or prejudiced

PART-isan

Peccadillo (1)

A slight offense, a minor sin

A PICCOLO is a small flute, and a PECCADILLO is a small offense.

Pedagogy (1)

The art of profession of training, teaching, or instructing

Expatiate (1)

To discuss or write about at length; to range freely

Look at all of this PAGE SPACE; I can EXPATIATE!

Expiate (1)

To atone or make amends for

The EX-PIRATE wanted to EXPIATE all his plundering.

Expurgate (1)

To remove obscenity, purify, censor

The GATE EXPERT had to EXPURGATE all the graffiti from the GATE.

Extant (1)

Existing; not destroyed or lost

Extemporaneous (1)

Improvised; done without preparation

Extirpate (1)

To destroy, exterminate, cut out, pull out by the roots

EXTERMINATE

If all men just MASTURBATED then the human population would be EXTIRPATED.

Asperity (2)

1. Severity, rigor, roughness, harshness

2. Irritability

If you ASPIRE to reach a goal, you must pursue it with ASPERITY.

Aspersion (1)

An act of defamation

She dispersed RUMORS as an act of ASPERSION against her opponent.

Taking ASPIRIN is a form of ASPERSION against the lining of your stimach/your reputation as a tough guy.

Assiduous (1)

Diligent, hard-working

ASS I DID - Mike had to be ASSIDUOUS in order to tap that ASS.

Astringent (2)

1. Having a tightening effect on living tissue

2. Harsh, severe

The STRINGED GENT'S STRINGS were quite ASTRINGENT, as were the people that put them there.

Attenuate (1)

To weaken or make thinner; lessen

AT TEN YOU ATE, you shouldn't be hungry anymore! In fact, you should try to ATTENUATE your WEIGHT.

Audacious (1)

Daring and fearless; recklessly boldAu

Augury (2)

1. An omen

2. The reading of omens

In the old days, AUGURY was PURGURY.

August (1)

Magestic

Auspice (1)

Protection or support

Wives cook dinners AU SPICE to impress their husband's bosses and gain AUSPICE in the dangerous job market.

Aver (2)

1. To state as a fact

2. To confirm or support

Baleful (1)

Sinister, ominous

BALES are often dangerous and BALEFUL.

Bane (2)

1. Cause of injury, source of harm

2. Source of constant frustration

Beatify (3)

1. To bless

2. To make happy

3. To regard as saintly

Doug BEATIFIED The BEATS and they BEATIFIED him.

Beatitude (1)

A state of bliss

BLISSFUL ATTITUDE is BEATITUDE.

Beatific (1)

Having a blissful appearance

Eating BEATS gives one a BEATIFIC FANTASTIC appearance.

Bedizen (1)

To adorn, esp. in a cheap, showy manner

Amy's BEDIZEN meds cause her to BEDIZEN herself.

Belie (1)

To give a false impression of; to misrepresent

The truth LIES BENEATH the exterior.

Bellicose (1)

Belligerent, warlike

Gustan became BELLICOSE when he got CLOSE to BELLE.

Benign (1)

Favorable, harmless

Bent (1)

Leaning, inclination, tendency

Blandish (1)

To coax with flattery

Even though he was BLAND-ISH, he was able to BLANDISH his way into a date with a hottie.

Blithe (1)

Carefree, merry

The druggie BLITHE PINTO is a very BLITHE individual.

Bolster (1)

To provide support or reinforcement

Bombastic (1)

Pompous

Bombast (1)

Self-important writing or speech

Boor (1)

A rude or insestitive person

The BOOR was like a BOAR in a china shop in sensitive emotional situations.

Broach (1)

To bring up, announce, begin to talk about

Brook (1)

To tolerate/endure

I BROOK BROOKE.

Burgeon (1)

To grow rapidly or flourish

Once you're a SURGEON, the desire to cut people open BURGEONS.

BURDENS BURGEON.

Burnish (1)

To polish, rub to a shine

Once something has been BURNED-ISH, it must be BURNISHED.

Byzantine (1)

Labyrinthine, complex

The BYZANTINE CHAPEL is quite BYZANTINE.

Cadge (1)

To sponge, beg, or mooch

The dog in the CAGE often CADGED those who walked by.

Calumniate (1)

To slander, make false accusations

When he CALUMNIATED her he CALLOUSLY ILLUMINATED false bad qualities she had.

Calumny (1)

Slander

She partook in CALUMNY against the chimney sweeper who got stuck in the CHIMNEY.

Capricious (1)

Inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable

Caprices (1)

Sudden changes of mind or actions

Cardinal (2)

1. Of basic importance or consequence

2. Primary

Caret (1)

An insertion mark (^) used by editors and proofreaders

Carnality (1)

Something relating to the body or flesh

Carnage (1)

Physical remains

Castigation (1)

Severe criticism or punishment

Catalyst (2)

1. A substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing

2. A person or thing that causes change

Causality (1)

The relationship between cause and effect

Censure (1)

To criticize severely

She CENSURED him for not CENSORING himself.

Chaos (1)

A condition of confusion or unpredictability

Chary (1)

Wary, cautious

Chasten (2)

1. To chastise or correct

2. To subdue

Chauvinist (1)

One blindly devoted to a group of which one is a member

Chic (1)

Stylish and fashionable; sophistication in dress

Chicanery (1)

Trickery

Chimera (1)

An illusion

The CINEMA is a CHIMERA.

Chimerical (2)

1. Illusory

2. Improbable

It is CHIMERICAL that the things that happen in the CINEMA will happen in real life.

Choleric (1)

Tending toward anger

CHLOA AND ERIC had a bad relationship because they were both so CHOLERIC.

Churlish (2)

1. Boorish, vulgar

2. Difficult

CHURLISH people need to go to CHURCH.

Coalesce (1)

To come together; to fuse or unite

COAL COALESCES with heat to form energy.

Coda (1)

Concluding section to a musical or literary piece; something that concludes or completes

Color (1)

To change as if by dyeing, influence; to distort

Commensurate (1)

Matching, corresponding, or proportionate in some property

"Do you want to COMMENT?" "SURE, my opinion COMMENSURATES with yours!"

Pedestrian (1)

Commonplace, trite, unremarkable

Penurious (1)

Penny-pinching, excessively thrifty, ungenerous

The PENNY-CURIOUS man wanted to gather a lot of PENNIES, making him PENURIOUS.

Penury (1)

Extreme poverty, lack of resources

Pedestrian (1)

Commonplace, trite, unremarkable

Peremptory (1)

Admitting of no contradiction, putting an end to further debate, haughty, imperious

The EMPTY man made himself feel better by acting PEREMPTORY towards others.

Perennial (1)

Recurrent through the year of many years, happening repeatedly

Perfidy (1)

Intentional breach of faith, treachery

The man that shot FIDY CENT 9 times was committing PERFIDY.

Perfunctory (1)

Cursory; done without care or interest

Peripatetic (1)

Traveling, nomadic

PERI (around) the world to where they eat PATE.

Pernicious (1)

Extremely harmful, potentially causing death

Personable (1)

Pleasing in appearance, attractive

Perspicacious (1)

Acutely perceptive, having ken discernment

Peruse (1)

To examine with great care

Pervade (1)

To permeate throughout

Petrous (1)

Like a rock, hard, stony

PETRIFY

Petulant (1)

Impatient, irritable

God, that PET YOU LENT me is so PETULANT.

Philistine (1)

A crass person guided by material rather than intellectual or artistic values

The PHILIPPINES is home to many dirty PHILISTINE people.

Picaresque (1)

Involving clever rogues or adventures

"PICK a CAR and steal it!" said the PICARESQUE boy.

Pillory (2)

1. To punish

2. To hold up to public scorn

To PILLORY the fashionista, they made her wear a PILLED sweater.

Pine (2)

1. To yearn intensely

2. To lose vigor

Piquant (2)

1. Agreeably pungent, spicy, stimulating

2. Charming or attractive

PIQUE your taste buds/appetite

Pique (1)

Resentment, feeling of irritation due to hurt pride

He keeps PICKING at my pride and it makes me feel PIQUE.

Pirate (1)

To use or reproduce illegally

Pith (2)

1. The essential or central part

2. Vigor or mettle

PITS are the PITHS of fruit.

PITH is the PIT of any hero.

Pithy (1)

Precise and brief

Removing cherry pits is PITHY with a PIT remover.

Placate (1)

To appease, to calm by making concessions

Plaintive (1)

Mournful, melancholy, sorrowful

The PLAINTIFF was PLAINTIVE about his wrongdoings.

Plangent (1)

Pounding, thundering, resounding

We had to PLAN our sleeping around the PLANGENT GENT.

Plastic (1)

Moldable, pliable, not rigid

Platitude (2)

1. A superficial or trite remark, esp. one offered as meaningful

2. Lack of originality

FLAT ATTITUDE

Plethora (1)

An overabundance, a surplus

Pluck (1)

Courage, spunk

Plumb (2)

1. To measure the depth

2. To examine critically

You must PLUMB PLUMBING pipes and PLUMB gold.

Plummet (1)

To plunge or drop straight down

Poignant (1)

Distressing, pertinent, touching/emotional

Polemical (1)

Controversial, argumentative

POLE DANCING is POLEMICAL.

Prate (1)

To chatter, babble

PRATS PRATE/PRATTLE.

Prattle (1)

To babble meaninglessly

Precept (1)

Rule establishing standards of conduct

The PRECEPTS all began with "PRE" and "ACCEPT".

Precipitate (1)

Acting with excessive haste or impulse

Precursor (1)

Something that precedes and indicates/announces another

Predilection (1)

Disposition in favor of something; preference

PREDILECTION for DILL PICKLES.

Preempt (1)

To replace or appropriate

You should always PREEMPTIVELY PREEMPT batteries.

Preen (1)

To dress up or groom with elaborate care

Prescience (1)

Knowing of events prior to their occurring

Presumptuous (1)

Overstepping bounds

Pristine (1)

Pure, uncorrupted, clean

Prize (1)

To pry, press, or force with a lever

Probity (1)

Adherence to the highest principles

PROBABILITY THEORY is a PROBITY field of mathematics.

Proclivity (1)

A natural predisposition or inclination

Profuse (1)

Given or coming forth abundantly, extravagant

Proliferate (1)

To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly

The PRO LIFTER ATE a lot of protein so he could PROLIFERATE his muscles.

Prolix (1)

Long-winded; verbose

She became PRO-him LICKING her when he was being PROLIX, just to shut him up.

Propinquity (2)

1. Nearness in time or place

2. Kinship

The PROPS IN the room had PROPINQUITY to where they belonged, on stage.

PROP me near to her because I feel PROPINQUITY towards her/so I can feel PROPINQUITY to her.

Propitiate (1)

To appease or pacify

I PROactively gave the gods a PIT to EAT to make them make my plants grow.

Propitious (1)

Auspicious; favorable

He tried to PROactively end the PITY party by getting PROPITIOUS circumstances.

Proscribe (1)

To outlaw or prohibit

They had the PRO-SCRIBE write out their PROSCRIBING laws.

Provident (1)

Frugal; looking to the future

In order to PROVIDE for the future, he has to be PROVIDENT now.

Puerile (1)

Childish, immature

"PUER" is a PUERILE way to spell PURE.

Pugnacious (1)

Contentious, quarrelsome, belligerent

The girl was pUGNACIOUS because she resembled a PUG.

Punctilious (1)

Precise, paying close attention to trivialities, esp. in regard to etiquette

The PUNK kid had shockingly PUNCTILIOUS manners.

Pusillanimous (1)

Cowardly, craven

I am PUSILLANIMOUS about getting PUS on me.

Putrefy (1)

To rot, decay and give off a foul odor

PUTREFIED things make you want to PUKE.

Complaisance (1)

Willingness to comply with the wishes of others

Confound (1)

To cause to be confused; to frustrate

Connoisseur (1)

An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert

Consequential (1)

Pompous; self-important

Contemn (1)

To scorn or despite

I CONDEMNED the person I CONTEMN.

Contiguous (1)

Sharing a border; touching; adjacent

CONTINUOUS

Contrite (1)

Regretful, seeking forgiveness

He CAN'T WRITE because he's so CONTRITE.

Convention (1)

Generally agreed upon practice or attitude

Convoluted (1)

Complex or complicated

Corrigible (1)

Capable of being set right; correctable, reparable

The man could be CORRIGIBLE if he was ENCOURAGED.

Countenance (2)

1. To approve of or tolerate

2. Face, composure

1. The COUNT COUNTENANCED that joke video of him.

2. The COUNT expressed COUNTENANCE at the video of him.

Quaff (1)

To drink deeply

Quail (1)

To shrink back in fear; to lose courage

QUAIL man never QUAILED, but QUAILS do.

Qualify (1)

To limit

"A QUALIFIED yes"

Qualms (1)

Reservations, misgivings

Queries (1)

Questions, inquiries, reservations

Querulous (1)

Prone to complaining/grumbling; quarrelsome

QUARRELous

Quiescence (1)

Stillness/motionless

QUIESCENCE gives a QUIET SENSE.

Quotidian (1)

Commonplace

Rail (1)

To complain about bitterly

He RAILED about how she wouldn't let him RAIL her/having to work on the RAIL road.

Ramify (1)

To be divided; to branch out

RAMMING into something can cause it to be RAMIFIED.

Rancorous (1)

Characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment

After RUNNING the COURSE for nothing, he felt RANCOROUS.

Rancor (1)

Bitter, long-lasting resentment

After RUNNING the COURSE for nothing, he felt RANCOR.

Rapacious (1)

Voracious, greedy, plundering, subsisting on prey

RAPISTS are RAPACIOUS.

Rarefy (1)

To make/become thin, less dense; to refine

RAREFY = to make fat cells RARE

Rebus (2)

1. A riddle

2. A representation of words by pictures/symbols

The BUS driver REBUS.

Recalcitrant (1)

Obstinately defiant; difficult to manage

When you don't get enough CALCIUM, your bones get RECALCITRANT.

Recapitulate (1)

To summarize, repeat concisely

He had to RECAPITULATE the fact that he was going to DECAPITATE her.

Recondite (2)

1. Hidden, concealed

2. Difficult to understand; obscure

When you CONDUIRE (drive) you don't want to be RECONDITE - put your headlights on!

Reconnoiter (1)

To engage in reconnaissance, make a preliminary inspection of

PRE-RECONNAITRE-ER

Recumbent (1)

Leaning, resting

People like to eat CUCUMBERS in the shade when they are RECUMBENT.

Redolent (1)

Fragrant, suggestive, evocative

RED DOLE fruits are REDOLENT.

Redoubtable (1)

Awe-inspiring, worthy of honor; arousing fear or awe; forbidable

Double over again; REDOUBTABLE things make you RE-DOUBLE over.

Refulgent (1)

Radiant, shiny, brilliant

The FULL GENT ate so much he got REFULGENT.

Refute (1)

To disprove; to successfully argue against

Regale (2)

1. To delight or entertain

2. To feast

GAIL REGALES people on her tumblr.

Remonstrate (1)

To protest, object

We had to REMONSTRATE against the MONSTER of a politician.

Rent (1)

Torn, split apart, pierced as by a sound

In RENT everyone was RENT by having to pay RENT.

Rend (1)

Present tense of rent

Repine (2)

1. To feel/express dejection or discontent

2. To long for

After dejection/discontent, she PINED for acceptance/contentedness.

Resolute (1)

Adamant, steadfast, determined

Risible (1)

Hilarious, provoking laughter

RISIBLE jokes make your stomach RISE while you laugh.

Rubric (1)

Authoritative rule, heading, title, category

Rue (1)

Regretful, feeling remorse

People are always afraid that they'll choose the wrong RUE (road) and feel RUE.

Sagacious (1)

Having sound judgement; perceptive; wise

SAGACIOUS people are usually so old that their boobs SAG.

Salacious (1)

Appealing to/causing sexual desire

The SALACIOUS women doing the SALSA made me drool SALIVA.

Salient (1)

Prominent, highly relevant

Salubrious (1)

Promoting health or well-being

Salutary (1)

Wholesome; causing improvement

They SALUTED the SALUTARY man that fixed their town.

Sanguine (2)

1. Cheerful, confident, optimistic

2. A blood-red color

Dexter is SANGUINE around SANG (blood).

Sap (1)

To enervate/weaken the vitality of

Extracting SAP SAPS trees.

Sate (1)

To satiate

Saturnine (1)

Dark, gloomy

The planet SATURN, so far from the sun, is SATURNINE.

It is/I am SATURNINE when I have to get up on SATURDAY at NINE.

Scurvy (1)

Contemptible; despicable

Sedulous (1)

Persistent; hard-working

You can never be SEDULOUS if you are SEDENTARY.

Seine (1)

A large net hung out and dragged in to catch fish

Use a SEINE to catch fish in La SEINE river!

Sere (1)

Withered, arid

SERE is a SERE word.

Seminal (1)

Like a seed; a source

El Pais SEMINAL is a SEMINAL for information/opinions.

Shard (1)

A broken piece of pottery/glass; any small piece/part

Simper (1)

To smirk, say something silly, coy smile

SILLY WIMPER

Sinecure (1)

Position requiring little/no work, usually providing an income

Doctors pray for SIGNS that CURE their patients so that their job can be a SINECURE.

Singular (1)

Exceptional, unusual, odd

Sinuous (1)

Winding, curving

The road to SIN is very SINUOUS.

SLAKE (1)

To satisfy, quench, lessen the intensity of

Drinking a LAKE will SLAKE your thirst.

Sodden (2)

1. Soaked or drenched

2. Unimaginative, dull

Solder (1)

To weld, fuse, or join, as with a soldering gun

Solicitous (1)

Concerned and attentive, eager

When SOLICITING someone for money, you must be SOLICITOUS to their concerns.

Sophistry (1)

Fallacious reasoning; plausible but faulty logic

Sophomoric (1)

Exhibiting immaturity, lack of judgment, pretentious

Soporific (1)

Causing drowsiness, tending to produce sleep

After having a SOAP-O-RIFIC bath, she felt SOPORIFIC and ready for bed.

Sordid (1)

Dirty, foul

Sparse (1)

Thin; arranged at widely spaced intervals

Specious (1)

Seeming true but actually false; misleadingly attractive

SPECIOUS things SEEM PRECIOUS but they're not.

Spendthrift (1)

One who spends money wastefully

SPENDTHRIFTS rarely spend their money in THRIFT stores.

Splenetic (1)

Bad-tempered, irritable

He was SPLENETIC when he learned he had to have his SPLEEN removed.

Sporadic (1)

Occurring only occasionally/in scattered instances

Spurious (1)

Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

Squalid (1)

Dirty as from neglect

Ew, put the LID back on that old SQUID, it's so SQUALID!

Stanch (1)

To stop the flow of a fluid

You must STANCH the vag juice in order to prevent the STENCH.

Static (1)

Not moving/active; at rest

Steep (1)

To saturate/completely soak

You become STEEPED with sweat as you go up a STEEP hill.

Stentorian (1)

Extremely loud and powerful

STUNT men are generally quite STENTORIAN.

STUNT MEN use STENTORIAN bikes.

Stint (2)

1. To restrain

2. To be sparing/frugal

Leg SPLINTS can STINT you.

Stoic (1)

Indifferent to/unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast

Stolid (1)

Calm, impassive

When you STORE something with a LID its contents become STOLID.

Striated (1)

Striped or grooved

STRIPE-ated

Strut (1)

A structural support used to brace a framework

When a hottie STRUTS by, he needs a STRUT to support him.

Subpoena (1)

Court order requiring appearance/testimony

Succinct (1)

Brief, concise

Succor (1)

Assistance, relief in time of distress

When he was stressed, she would provide SUCCOR and SUCK ON his penis.

Supine (3)

1. Inactive, lying on one's back

2. Apathetic

3. Mentally or morally slack

"SUP?" said the SUPINE dude.

Suppliant (1)

Asking humbly; beseeching

The SUPPLANT man asked humbly for his SUPPLIES.

Supplicant (1)

One who prays/begs for something; a beggar

SUPPLY-I-CANT

Surfeit (1)

To feed/supply in excess

He was SURFEITED until he SUR-FEIT (over-fit) his clothes.

Sycophant (1)

One who tries to flatter/please for personal gain; parasite

Table (1)

To remove from consideration, esp. a parliamentary motion

Taciturn (1)

Not talkative; silent

Talisman (1)

Something believed to have magic power or bestow good luck

The TAILSMAN was so good at catching his targets he seemed to be a TALISMAN.

Tamp (1)

To plug; to drive in or down by a series of blows

You must TAMP up holes in your roof so your rug doesn't get DAMP when it rains.

Tautology (1)

A repetition, a redundancy, a circular argument

Tawdry (1)

Cheap, gaudy, tacky, indecent

PROF. TRALAWNEY was very TAWDRY.

Tenacity (1)

The quality of adherence/persistence to something valued

TENACIOUS D had a TENACITY for writing music.

Tendentious (1)

Biased, showing marked tendencies

TENDentious

Tender (1)

To offer formally

Chicken TENDERS should never be TENDERED at a formal event.

Timorous (1)

Timid, fearful

"TIMOROUS Me" is about a guy who lets a girl pass him by because he's too TIMOROUS to talk to her.

Tirade (1)

A long and extremely critical speech

Toady (1)

Sycophant, flatterer, yes-man

Torpid (1)

Lethargic, dormant

Girls who shop at TORRID are TORPID.

TORPEDOS can't be TORPID.

Torque (1)

A force that causes rotation

Torrid (1)

Passionate, hurried

A TORRID affair.

Tortuous (1)

Winding/twisting; excessively complicated

Ordinary people don't get TORTURED - the road to getting TORTURED is TORTUOUS.

Tout (1)

To publicly praise/promote

TOUT = to TOOT his horn

Tractable (1)

Obedient; easily led

Even though TRACTABLE people are TRACKABLE, you don't have to track them.

Travesty (1)

Mockery, caricature, parody

Tumid (1)

Swolen

You don't want your TUMMY to be TUMID.

Turbid (2)

1. Muddy, having sediment stirred up, clouded

2. In a state of turmoil

The minds/reasoning of terrorists who wear TURBINS are TURBID.

Turgid (2)

1. Swollen, boated

2. Pompous, excessively ornate

The TURGID TURKEY did a JIG.

Turpitude (1)

Depravity, baseness

Randomly TORPEDOing ships is indicative of moral TURPITUDE.

Undulate (1)

To move in a wave-like fashion; to fluctuate

Unfeigned (1)

Genuine; not false or hypocritical

Upbraid (1)

To scold/chastise

Usury (1)

Charging a ridiculous or illegal rate of interest

Are U SURE you want to do this? We charge USURY.

When scam artists find a dupe, they USE him and charge USURY.

Variegated (1)

Multicolored

A VARIEGATED GATE of VARIED colors.

Vaunt (1)

To brag

Vince VAUGHN likes to VAUNT.

Venal (1)

Capable of being brought or bribed; mercenary

I am not VENAL about letting him move it from VAGINAL to ANAL.

Venality (1)

The use of position for personal gain

Some women use VAGINAL to ANAL as VENALITY with men.

Verisimilitude (1)

Appearing true or real

Veritable (1)

Authentic, real, genuine

Vexation (1)

Annoyance, irritation

Vigilant (1)

Alertly watchful

Virulent (1)

Extremely harmful; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

Viscous (1)

Thick, sticky

Vitiate (1)

To reduce the value of; spoil; make ineffective

When you ATE IT you VITIATED it and reduced its VALUE/VITALITY.

Vituperate (1)

To use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely

He VITUPERATED the BITCH so badly that she couldn't RECUPERATE.

Waft (1)

A light breeze; a puff

You must WAFT the chemical WAFTS in the science class.

Welter (1)

To writhe, toss about, be in turmoil

When someone has WELTS they are very uncomfortable and WELTER while they sleep.

Wend (1)

To go/proceed/walk

WENDLA WENDED to the boy's to have sex

WENT

Whet (1)

To sharpen or stimulate

Whimsical (2)

1. Imaginative, unpredictable

2. Capricious

Zealous (1)

Impassioned

Apartheid (1)

The policy of racial segregation and oppression in the Republic of South Africa

Arigato (1)

Thank you

Blitzkreig (1)

Swift, overwhelming attach employing speed and surprise

Chai (1)

Tea

Chi (1)

Life force

Chutzpah (1)

Audacity, gall

Ciao (1)

Goodbye

Coup d'etat (1)

A sudden, violent overthrow of the government

Doppelganger (1)

Ghostlike twin of a living person; an alter ego

Entre nous (1)

Confidential

Fiesta (1)

Party

Gestalt (1)

Shape or form

Hakuna matata (1)

No worries

Intifada (1)

Rebellion, uprising

Je ne sais quoi (1)

An attractive, indefinable quality

Jihad (1)

Holy war; struggle

Kamikaze (1)

Suicide attacks, esp. those carried out by Japanese bombers toward the end of WW2.

Kudos (1)

Praise

Mahatma (1)

A title of respect for a holy or wise man

Mensch (1)

A decent human being

Ombudsman (1)

One who is appointed to investigate complaints against public officials

Patois (1)

Jargon, specialized language

Schadenfreude (1)

Pleasure derived from the misfortune of others

Shalom (1)

Hello or goodbye

Siesta (1)

Nap

Tapas (1)

Appetizers; small servings of food

Tschotchke (1)

Inexpensive trinket

Adrenaline (1)

Hormone secreted by the adrenal glands, esp. during stress; also called epinephrine

Aorta (1)

Main artery of teh body, which supplies oxygen-rich blood to the heart

Axon (1)

Projection of a nerve cell that sends electric stimulation to other nerve cells

Bacteria (1)

A group of microscopic, one-celled microorganisms

Calorie (1)

Unit of energy-producing potential that is contained in food

Capillary (1)

Fine-branching blood vessels that form a network between arteries and veins

Carpal (1)

Relating to the bones in the wrist

Cartilage (1)

Firm, whitish, flexible tissue that often connects bones

Cerebrum (1)

The largest part of the brain, responsible for higher mental functions like thought, memory, and emotions

Congenital (1)

Present from birth

Cortex (1)

Outer layer of a tissue or organ

Dendrite (1)

A projection of a nerve cell that receives electric stimulation from other nerve cells

Distal (1)

Farther from the body/point of attachment

Dorsal (1)

On the upper side

EKG (1)

Electrocardiogram - display/record of a person's heartbeat produced by electriocardiography.

Endorphins (1)

Any hormones that are released in the brain and have pain-reducing qualities

Hormone (1)

Substance that regulates the growth of a bodily function

Insulin (1)

Hormone naturally secreted by the pancreas that regulates the metabolism of carbs and fat

Keratin (1)

A fibrous protein forming the main structural constituent of hair, feathers, hooves, claws, horns, etc

Ketosis (1)

1. An abnormal increase of ketones in the body

2. A stage of metabolism in which the liver switches into fasting mode

Lateral (1)

On one side; farthest from the median plane/core (opposite of medial)

Ligament (1)

Tough connecting tissue that holds bones/organs in place

Medial (1)

NEar the median plane/center

Melanin (1)

A dark brown/black pigment occurring in the hair, skin, and iris of the eye in people and animals

Metabolism (1)

The process by which new material is assimilated and fuel is provided for vital activities in the bdoy

MRI (1)

Magnetic resonance imaging - medical imaging used to produce images of internal organs

Pituitary (1)

The major endocrine gland, which controls growth and development and the functioning of the other endocrine glands

Posterior (1)

Situated near the back

Proximal (1)

Nearer

Synapse (1)

a"space" between an axon of one nerve cell and a dendrite of another nerve cell, through which electric stimulation is passed

Tendon (1)

Tough connecting tissue that holds muscles to bones

Thyroid (1)

Large gland in the neck that secretes hormones affecting the rate of metabolism

Ventral (1)

On the underside of an animal, plant, or organ (opposite dorsal)

Virus (1)

Microscopic parasite that reproduces by invading and controlling host cells

Visceral (1)

Relating to the internal organs in the main body cavity, esp. the stomach

Catch-22 (1)

Situation characterized by absurdity or impossible to get out of bc of conflicting conditions

Dramatic irony (AKA 2)

1. Situational irony

2. Tragic irony

Faustian (1)

Done without regard for future consequences

Gargantuan (1)

Huge

Hyperbole (1)

Extreme exaggeration

Lilliputian (1)

Trivial or small

Machiavellian (1)

Characterized by deceit, cunning, and bad faith; cunningly deceitful

MachiaVILLIAN

Oedipal (1)

Relating to the curse of Oedipus (or Freud's complex)

Orwellian (1)

Relating to/similar to the works of ORwell, particularly with respect to a vision of a totalitarian future.

Personification (1)

The attribution of human qualities to something that is not human

Pygmalion (1)

A character, particularly a man, who creates a person to fit his liking

Sadism (1)

The tendency to derive pleasure from others' pain

Sapphic (1)

Relating to lesbianism

Shylock (1)

A moneylender who charges exorbitant rates of interest

Siren song (1)

An enchanting appeal, esp. if it is deceptive and will lead to a bad result

Stygian (1)

Very dark

Svengali (1)

A person who controls/manipulates another for malicious intent

Uncle Tom (1)

A pejorative name for a member of a low-status group who is very subservient

Verbal irony (1)

The use of words to express something other than their literal intent

Agnosticism (1)

The idea that nothing can be definitely known about a given area, particularly about the existence of God

Atheism (1)

The idea that God does not exist

Behaviorism (1)

The theory that animal behavior is due entirely to responses by stimuli

Birth order theory (1)

The theory that kids born in a certain order in the same household experience diff environments and thus develop different personality tendencies

Categorical imperative (1)

The idea that if one is acting in a consistent manner, one must act in a way that he would want everyone to act as well

Collective memory (1)

A hypothetical unconscious memory shared by all of humanity

Deism (1)

The idea that God created the universe and then left mankind to operate by his own free will

Determinism (1)

The idea that every event, physical and mental, has a specific cause

Egoism (1)

The idea that everyone should act to maximize his/her own welfare

Epicureanism (1)

A materialistic belief that pleasure should be maximized and pain minimized

Game theory (1)

The analysis of conflicts to find optimal strategies

Gestalt theory (1)

The idea that phenomena should be treated holistically rather than individually

Hermeneutics (1)

The study of interpretation

Idealism (1)

The idea that holds that reality is, at least in part, dependent on the mind

Nihilism (2)

1. Literally 'nothingism': the belief that all knowledge is impossible

2. Complete rejection of all traditional values

Ockham's razor (1)

The idea that one should adopt the simplest hypothesis

Phrenology (1)

The theory that observations of the skull were sufficient to determine the individual's personality and mental capacity

Positivism (1)

A theory that involves approaching the natural world in a scientific fashion and classifying it accordingly

Pragmatism (1)

A theory that assesses theories and concepts based on their effects on experiences and practices

Relativism (1)

The idea that anything exists or is defined relative to anything else

Social darwinism (1)

The idea that the theory of natural selection can also be applied to human society

Solipsism (1)

The idea that nothing exists beyond oneself and one's immediate experiences

Stoicism (1)

A way of thinking that divides philosophy into three branches of logic, physics, and ethics

Theism (1)

The idea that God is the creator and supreme authority of the universe

Abash (1)

To humiliate/embarrass

Abeyance (1)

A state of temporary inaction; suspension

ABBEY'S DANCE had a brief ABEYANCE

Abide (1)

To be faithful/endure

Aegis (1)

Protection; sponsorship; shield of Athena

Misspelling AGE provides the elderly with AEGIS against AGISM.

Animus (1)

Feeling of animosity or ill-will

Antipodal (1)

Exactly opposite

Cachet (1)

A mark of authenticity

Capitulate (1)

To give up all resistance/surrender; come to terms

Catholic (1)

Comprehensive, universal

Compensatory (1)

Serving as a reimbursement, substitute, counterbalance

Conciliatory (1)

Intended to placate/pacify or generate good-will

Deference (1)

1. Courteous respect

2. Yielding to the wishes of another

Discrete (1)

Distinct; having distinct parts

Effigy (1)

A crude dummy; a likeness or image, esp. of a person

After her EULOGY, we created an EFFIGY of her.

Effloresce (1)

To blossom/bloom

Extemporize (1)

To improvise

Impolitic (1)

Not wise

If you don't follow POLITICS you are IMPOLITIC.

Indigent (1)

Poor or needy

The INDIGO GENT was so cold because he was INDIGENT.

Ineffable (1)

Indescribable, unutterable

She's so IN-F-ABLE it's INEFFABLE.

Internecine (1)

Relating to a struggle within a nation/group; mutually destructive

INTERNAL-CIDE

Invective (1)

Denunciatory/abusive language; a verbal attack

An INVECTIVE is an INEFFECTIVE DIRECTIVE.

A DIRECTIVE is INEFFECTIVE when you use INVECTIVES.

Irresolute (1)

Lacking in resolution; indecisive

Miscreant (1)

A villain or evil-doer; a heretic

Perpetuity (1)

Forever, eternity

Phlegmatic (2)

1. Relating to phlegm

2. Unemotional

When you have lots of PHLEGM, you're PHLEGMATIC because you're too busy blowing your nose to worry about emotions.

Profusion (1)

Abundance

Protuberance (1)

Something that protrudes, such as a knob or bulge

Her TUBBY TUMMY was a PROTUBERANCE.

Raconteur (1)

One who tells stories with skill and wit

Refractory (1)

1. Obstinately resistant to authority or control

2. Resistant to heat

2. Parts of a FACTORY must be REFRACTORY.

1. Working in a FACTORY all day can make you REFRACTORY.

Reprobate (1)

Morally unprincipled/a morally unprincipled person

People on PROBATION are REPROBATES.

Rhapsody (1)

Extreme enthusiasm, esp. in speech or writing; ecstasy

Sanguinary (1)

Accompanied by/eager for bloodshed; bloody

Temerity (1)

Foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness

TAMERA had TEMERITY.

Vitriolic (1)

Bitterly scathing or caustic

Tantamount (1)

Virtually the same as; equivalent in seriousness

Fecund (1)

Fertile; producing/capable of producing an abundance of something

Hoary (1)

Grayish-white; having grayish-white hair; aged

Swarthy (1)

Dark-skinned

Ferrous (1)

Containing/consisting of iron

Penultimate (1)

Second to last

Knave (1)

A dishonest or unscrupulous (showing/having no morals)

Suffuse (1)

To gradually spread through/over

Regent (1)

A person appointed to administer a country because the monarch is absent/incapacitated

Patrician (1)

An aristocrat or nobleman

Predate (1)

To exist/occur at a date earlier than something

Dilapidated (1)

In a state of despair/ruin as a result of age or neglect

Susurration (1)

The indistinct sound of people whispering

Saying the word SUSURRATION sounds like a SUSURRATION.

Apophenia (1)

The experience of seeing patterns/connections in random or meaningless data

Artifice (1)

Guile

Accede (1)

To give consent

Acclaim (1)

To praise enthusiastically (usually in public)

Acquit (1)

To clear from a charge/accusation

Addle (1)

to muddle or confuse

PADDLING the water ADDLES it.

Allege (1)

To assert without proof

Apparition (1)

Ghost

Ardor (1)

Enthusiasm or passion

Ascertain (1)

To discover with certainty

Autocrat (1)

A single ruler having unlimited power; a despot

Blatant (2)

1. Unpleasantly loud and noisy

2. Completely conspicuous

Brash (2)

1. Hasty, unthinking

2. Lacking in tact or sensitivity

1. RASH

2. Making run of her RASH

Candid (2)

1. Unprejudiced/impartial

2. Open and sincere

CANDID camera doesn't care what you do, it's CANDID.

Cantankerous (1)

Ill-tempered or quarrelsome

Canvass (1)

To examine/discuss carefully or thoroughly ; to scrutinize

You have to CANVASS what people CANVAS for politicians.

Circuitous (1)

Indirect, roundabout

Coddle (1)

To treat indulgently; to baby

Colloquial (1)

Used in ordinary conversation; not formal or literary

Conceit (1)

An unduly high opinion of one's self or abilities

Concord (1)

Harmony or agreement

Consummate (1)

To bring to completion; complete or perfect in all respects

Copious (1)

Abundant

Cordial (1)

Warm, friendly, sincere

Wangle (1)

To obtain by scheming

Deluge (1)

To overwhelm, esp. with water; a flood

You don't want your LUGGAGE to get caught in a DELUGE!

Deter (1)

To hinder or prevent

DIETER DETERS Gail from leaving Florida.

Disallow (1)

To withhold permission or sanction

Drone (2)

1. To speak in a monotonous tone

2. A male bee that performs no work

Dubious (1)

Doubtful

Elucidate (1)

To make clear by explanation

Emote (1)

To express emotion in a theatrical or excessive manner

Encapsulate (2)

1. To sum up

2. To encase in a capsule

Erroneous (1)

Mistaken

Exploit (2)

1. A bold or daring feat

2. To use, esp. deceitfully

Extort (1)

to obtain from another by coercion or intimidation

Figurehead (1)

Someone of nominal leadership but no real authority

Finesse (1)

Refined or delicate performance

Finicky (1)

Hard to please

Fission (1)

The process of splitting into parts

Fixate (2)

1. To make stable

2. To fix one's attention/obsess on

Glut (1)

To fill beyond capacity; to oversupply or excess

Gorge (2)

1. A deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides

2. To eat in a gluttonous manner

Gouge (2)

1. To charge an excessively high price

2. To dig/scoop out

Graze (2)

1. To feed on leisurely and continuously

2. To touch lightly

Highbrow (1)

Highly cultured or intellectual

Hovel (1)

A small, miserable dwelling

They dug their HOVEL with a SHOVEL.

Ignoble (1)

Not noble, base

Illustrious (1)

Well-known and distinguished

Inane (1)

Lacking sense or substance; empty or stupid

Incense (2)

1. To cause to become extremely angry

2. An aromatic substance that is burned

Incite (1)

To provoke and urge on

Incumbent (3)

1. Resting or leaning

2. Obligatory

3. Someone holding a specified office

Infuse (1)

To fill/cause to be filled with something

Invalid (2)

1. One disabled by illness or injury

2. Not valid

Iota (1)

A very small amount

Ire (1)

Wrath

Lament (1)

To express grief; to regret deeply

Malign (1)

To speak evil of; evil

Manacle (1)

A device for confining the hands

After the man was in a DEBACLE they put him in a MANACLE.

Miser (1)

One who lives meagerly to save money; a greedy person

Morbid (1)

Relating to disease; psychologically unhealthy

Palate (1)

The roof of the mouth

Palatial (1)

Resembling a palace; spacious and splendid

Petrify (1)

To turn to wood/stone; to cause to be stiff or stone-like

Pivotal (1)

Of vital importance; crucial

Plod (1)

To move/walk in a heavy, laborious manner

Portent (1)

A sign of something to come; an omen

Provisional (1)

Temporary

Pseudo- (1)

Prefix meaning false

Quell (1)

To put down forcibly; to suppress

Rebuff (1)

A blunt/abrupt refusal

Renowned (1)

Famous

Stipulate (1)

To lay down as a condition

Sublime (1)

Majestic

Surcharge (1)

An additional amount charged

Thwart (1)

To prevent something

Transgress (2)

1. To go beyond or over

2. To act in violation of the law

Turbulent (1)

Violently agitated; tumultuous; causing unrest/restlessness in nature

Vestige (1)

A visible trace of something gone

Even though Dexter DIVESTED the VEST, it left a VESTIGE.

Vivify (1)

To give or bring to life, or to make more lively/vivid

Vociferous (1)

Making a noisy and vehement outcry

Yen (1)

A strong desire/urge for something

Japanese businessmen have a YEN for YEN.

GRE vocab

3rd Grade 1 with Gre at University of Mary Washington

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