1.absolve
v 1: grant remission of a sin to;
ex) The priest absolved him and told him to say 10 Hail Mary's
2: let off the hook;
ex) I absolve you from this responsibility
syn: justify, free
ant: blame
2.babble
n : gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
syn: babbling, lallation
v 1: utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way;
ex) The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention
2: to talk foolishly;
ex) The two women babbled and crooned at the baby
syn: blather, smatter, blether, blither
3: flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise, as of water;
ex) babbling brooks
syn: ripple, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle
4: divulge information or secrets; spill the beans;
ex) Be careful--his secretary talks
syn: talk, tattle, blab, peach, sing, babble out, blab out
ant: keep quiet
3.choke
n: Something used to fill a hole, space, or container: cork, fill, plug, stop, stopper.
v:
1. To interfere with or stop the normal breathing of, especially by constricting the windpipe: strangle, throttle.
2. To stop the breathing of: asphyxiate, smother, stifle, suffocate.
3. To be unsuccessful: fail, fall through. Informal : fall down, flop. Slang : bomb. Idioms: fail of success, fall short.
4. To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container: block, clog, close, congest, cork, fill, plug, stop.
5. To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check. Also used with back: burke, gag, hold back, hold down, hush (up), muffle, quench, repress, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, throttle. Informal : sit on or (upon).
4.dangle
v 1: hang freely;
ex) the ornaments dangled from the tree; The light dropped from the ceiling
syn: swing, drop
2: cause to dangle or hang freely;
ex) He dangled the ornaments from the Christmas tree
5.disband
v 1: cause to break up or function, as of groups and organizations
2: stop functioning, as of organizations or groups;
ex) The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting
syn: dissolve
6.effuse
v: To cause (a liquid) to flow in a steady stream: decant, draw (off), pour.
7.fete
n 1: an elaborate party (often outdoors)
syn: feast, fiesta
2: an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place);
ex) a drama festival
syn: festival
v : have a celebration;
ex) They were feting the patriarch of the family; After the exam, the students were celebrating
syn: celebrate
8.accredit
v 1: grant credentials to; as of educational institutions
syn: recognize, recognise
2: provide or send with official credentials; as of envoys
3: give credit for;
ex) I credit you with saving his life
syn: credit
9.beget
v : make children;
ex) Abraham begot Isaac; Men often father children but don't recognize them
syn: get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth
10.clip
n 1: a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
syn: cartridge holder, cartridge clip, magazine
2: an instance or single occasion for some event;
ex) This time he succeeded; He called four times; he could do ten at a clip
syn: time
3: any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
4: an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
5: the act of clipping or snipping
syn: clipping, snip
6: a sharp slanting blow;
ex) he gave me a clip on the ear
v 1: sever or remove by pinching or snipping;
ex) nip off the flowers
syn: nip, nip off, snip, snip off
2: run at a moderately swift pace
syn: trot, jog
3: attach with a clip;
ex) clip the papers together
ant: unclip
4: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of dress the plants in the garden
syn: snip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
5: terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent;
ex) My speech was cut short; Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
syn: curtail, cut short
11.despoil
v 1: steal goods; take as spoils;
ex) During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
syn: plunder, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
2: destroy and strip of its possession;
ex) The soldiers raped the beautiful country
syn: rape, violate, plunder
12.effectuate
v : cause to happen or occur;
ex) The scientists set up a shockwave
syn: effect, bring about, set up
13.falter
v:
1. To be irresolute in acting or doing: dither, halt 2 , hesitate, pause, shilly-shally, stagger, vacillate, waver, wobble. See DECIDE .
2. To walk unsteadily: lurch, reel, stagger, stumble, teeter, totter, weave, wobble.
14.accelerate
v: To increase the speed of: expedite, hasten, hurry, hustle, quicken, speed (up), step up
15.beset
v 1: annoy continually or chronically;
ex) He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
syn: harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, plague, molest, provoke
2: to assail or attack on all sides:The lioness..beset by men and hounds. Pope
syn: set upon
3: decorate or cover lavishly with gems
syn: encrust
16.chuckle
n : a soft partly suppressed laugh
syn: chortle
v : laugh quietly or with restraint
syn: chortle, laugh softly
17.damn
adj 1: used as expletives;
ex) oh, damn (or goddamn)!
syn: goddamn
2: expletives used informally as intensifiers;
ex) he's a blasted idiot; it's a blamed shame; a blame cold winter; not a blessed dime; I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing; he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool; a deuced idiot; tired or his everlasting whimpering; an infernal nuisance
syn: blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damned, darned, deuced, everlasting, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal
n : something of little value;
ex) it is not worth a damn; not worth shucks
syn: darn, hoot, shit, shucks, tinker's damn, tinker's dam
adv : (intensifier) you are bloody right; Why are you so all-fired aggressive?
syn: bloody, all-fired
v : wish harm upon; put a curse on;
ex) The bad witch cursed the child
syn: curse, beshrew, bedamn, anathemize, imprecate, maledict
ant: bless
18.endue
v: To present with a quality, trait, or power: dower, endow, gift, gird, invest.
19.feign
v 1: make believe;
ex) He feigned that he was ill; He shammed a headache
syn: sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
2: make a pretence of;
ex) She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger; he feigned sleep
syn: simulate, assume, sham
20.alternate
adj 1: every second one of a series;
ex) the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays; jam every other day- the White Queen
syn: alternate(a), every other(a)
2: allowing a choice;
ex) an alternative plan
syn: alternative
3: occurring by turns; first one and then the other; alternating feelings of love and hate
syn: alternate(a), alternating(a)
4: (botany) of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired; stems with alternate leaves
ant: opposite
n : someone who takes the place of another person
syn: surrogate, replacement
v 1: go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
syn: jump
2: exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
3: be an understudy or alternate for a role
syn: understudy
4: reverse, as of direction or attitude
syn: interchange, switch, flip, flip-flop
5: do something in turns;
ex) We take turns on the night shift
syn: take turns
21.beg
v 1: call upon in supplication; entreat;
ex) I beg you to stop!
syn: implore, pray
2: make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently
syn: solicit, tap
3: ask to obtain free, as of money
22.bespeak
v 1: be a signal for or a symptom of;
ex) These symptoms indicate a serious illness; Her behavior points to a severe neurosis; The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued
syn: betoken, indicate, point, signal
2: express the need or desire for; ask for;
ex) She requested an extra bed in her room; She called for room service
syn: request, call for, quest
23.chop
n 1: a small cut of meat including part of a rib
2: a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball
syn: chop shot
3: a grounder that bounces high in the air
syn: chopper
v 1: cut into pieces;
ex) Chop wood
syn: chop up
2: move suddenly
3: strike sharply, as in some sports
4: cut with a tool
syn: hack
5: hit sharply
24.decry
v: To think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant: belittle, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, detract, discount, disparage, downgrade, minimize, run down, slight, talk down.
25.elapse
v : pass by, as of time
syn: lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
26.flare
n 1: a shape that spreads outward;
ex) the skirt had a wide flare
2: a sudden burst of flame
3: a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
syn: flash
4: reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation
5: a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference
syn: solar flare
v 1: burn brightly;
ex) Every star seemed to flare with new intensity.
syn: flame up, blaze up, burn up
2: become suddenly excited or angry;
ex) She flares up easily
syn: flare up, erupt
3: become flared and widen, usually at one end;
ex) The bellbottom pants flare out
syn: flare out
4: shine with a sudden light;
ex) The night sky flared with the massive bombardment.
syn: flame
5: erupt or intensify suddenly;
ex) Unrest erupted in the country; Tempers flared at the meeting
syn: erupt, flare up, break open, burst out
27.alienate
v:
1. To make distant, hostile, or unsympathetic: disaffect, disunite, estrange. Idioms: set at odds.
2. Law. To change the ownership of (property) by means of a legal document: cede, deed, grant, make over, sign over. Law : alien, assign, convey, transfer.
28.bluff
v: To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation: beguile, betray, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, fool, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, take in, trick
29.contaminate
v 1: make impure;
ex) The industrial wastes polluted the lake
syn: pollute, foul
2: make radioactive by adding radioactive material;
ex) Don't drink the water--it's contaminated
ant: decontaminate
30.dally
v 1: behave carelessly or indifferently;
ex) Play about with a young girl's affection
syn: toy, play, flirt
2: waste time;
ex) Get busy--don't dally!
syn: dawdle
3: talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions;
ex) The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries; My husband never flirts with other women
syn: chat up, flirt, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash
4: consider not very seriously;
ex) He is trifling with her; She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania
syn: trifle, play
31.energize
v 1: cause to be alert and energetic;
ex) Coffee and tea stimulate me
syn: stimulate, arouse, brace, energise, perk up
ant: de-energize, sedate
2: raise to a higher energy level;
ex) excite the atoms
syn: excite, energise
32.flout
v 1: treat with contemptuous disregard;
ex) flout the rules
syn: scoff
2: laugh or scoff at;
ex) The crowd jeered at the speaker
syn: jeer, scoff, barrack, gibe
33.adjust
v:
1. To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use: acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, adapt, conform, fashion, fit 1 , reconcile, square, suit, tailor .
2. To alter for proper functioning: fix, regulate, set 1 , tune (up).
34.clamor
n 1: a loud harsh or strident noise
syn: blare, blaring, cacophony, din
2: loud and persistent outcry from many people;
ex) he ignored the clamor of the crowd
syn: clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue and cry
v 1: make loud demands;
ex) he clamored for justice and tolerance
syn: clamour
2: utter or proclaim insistently and noisily;
ex) The delegates clamored their disappointment
syn: clamour
3: compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring;
ex) They clamored the mayor into building a new park
35.degenerate
adj : unrestrained by convention or morality;
ex) Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society; deplorably dissipated and degraded; riotous living; fast women
syn: debauched, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast
n : a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
syn: pervert, deviant, deviate
v 1: become worse or disintegrate;
ex) His mind deteriorated
syn: deteriorate
2: grow worse;
ex) Her condition deteriorated
syn: deteriorate, drop
ant: recuperate
36.embosom
v: Archaic. To put one's arms around affectionately: clasp, embrace, enfold, hold, hug, press, squeeze.
37.foist
v 1: to force onto another;
ex) He foisted his work on me
2: insert surreptitiously or without warrant
38.appall
v 1: strike with disgust or revulsion;
ex) The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends
syn: shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, outrage
2: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised;
ex) I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview
syn: dismay, alarm, appal, horrify
39.brew
v: To be imminent: hang over, impend, loom, lower 1 , menace, overhang, threaten.
40.clog
n: Something that impedes or prevents entry or passage: bar, barricade, barrier, block, blockage, hamper, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, snag, stop, traverse, wall.
v: To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container: block, choke, close, congest, cork, fill, plug, stop.
42.dart
v:
1. To pass quickly and lightly through the air: float, fly, sail, shoot, skim.
2. To move swiftly: bolt, bucket, bustle, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt 2 , race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour 2 , shoot, speed, sprint, tear 1 , trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. Informal : hotfoot, rip.
3. To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm: cast, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, pitch, shoot, shy 2 , sling, throw, toss.
43.educe
v 1: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning);
ex) We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant
syn: evoke, elicit, extract, draw out
2: develop or evolve, esp. from a latent or potential state
syn: derive
44.fulminate
v: To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise: blast, blow 1 (up), burst, detonate, explode, fire, go off, touch off.
45.aspire
v : have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
syn: aim, shoot for
46.brandish
n : the act of waving
syn: flourish
v 1: move or swing back and forth;
ex) She waved her gun.
syn: flourish, wave
2: exhibit aggressively
47.conspire
v 1: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together;
ex) They conspired to overthrow the government
syn: cabal, complot, conjure, machinate
2: act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose;
ex) The two companies conspired to cause the value of the stock to fall
syn: collude
48.dignify
v : lend dignity or honor to
syn: ennoble
49.enact
v 1: order by virtue of superior authority; decree;
ex) The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews
syn: ordain
2: act out; represent or perform as if in a play;
ex) She reenacted what had happened earlier that day
syn: reenact, act out
50.ferret
v:
intransitive senses
1 : to hunt with ferrets
2 : to search about
transitive senses
1 a (1) : to hunt (as rabbits) with ferrets (2) : to force out of hiding : FLUSH b : to find and bring to light by searching -- usually used with out <ferret out the answers>
2 : HARRY, WORRY
n:
1 : a domesticated usually albino animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat
2 : an active and persistent searcher
51.avow
v:
1. To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of: acknowledge, admit, concede, confess, grant, own (up).
2. To put into words positively and with conviction: affirm, allege, argue, assert, asseverate, aver, avouch, claim, contend, declare, hold, maintain, say, state.
52.besiege
v 1: surround so as to force to give up;
ex) The Turks besieged Vienna
syn: beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent
2: cause to feel distressed or worried;
ex) She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged
3: harass, as with questions or requests;
ex) The press photographers besieged the movie star
53.consort
n 1: the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
2: a family of similar musical instrument playing together
syn: choir
v 1: keep company with; hang out with;
ex) He associates with strange people; She affiliates with her colleagues
syn: associate, affiliate, assort
2: go together;
ex) The colors don't harmonize; Their ideas concorded
syn: harmonize, harmonise, accord, concord, fit in, agree
3: keep company; of male animals
syn: run
54.deflect
v:
1. To cause to move, especially at an angle: angle 2 , bend, refract, turn.
2. To change the direction or course of: avert, deviate, divert, pivot, shift, swing, turn, veer.
55.endorse
v 1: be behind; approve of;
ex) He plumped for the Labor Party; I backed Kennedy in 1960
syn: back, plump for, plunk for, support
2: give support or one's blessing to;
ex) I'll second that motion; I can't back this plan; endorse a new project
syn: second, back, indorse
3: guarantee as meeting a certain standard;
ex) certified grade AAA meat
syn: certify
4: of documents or cheques
56.fester
n : a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus
syn: suppurating sore
v : generate pus; of wounds
syn: suppurate
57.array
n 1: an orderly arrangement: an array of troops in battle order
2: an impressive display;
ex) it was a bewildering array of books; his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall
3: especially fine or decorative clothing
syn: finery, raiment, regalia
4: an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics
v 1: lay out in a line
syn: range, lay out, set out
2: align oneself with a group or a way of thinking
syn: align
58.betoken
v 1: be a signal for or a symptom of;
ex) These symptoms indicate a serious illness; Her behavior points to a severe neurosis; The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued
syn: bespeak, indicate, point, signal
2: indicate by signs;
ex) These signs bode bad news
syn: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
59.convoke
v : call together;
ex) The students were convened in the auditorium
syn: convene
60.deviate
n : a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
syn: pervert, deviant, degenerate
v 1: be at variance with; be out of line with
syn: vary, diverge, depart
ant: conform
2: turn aside; turn away from
syn: divert
3: cause to turn away from a previous or expected course;
ex) The river was deviated to prevent flooding
4: turn aside
syn: deflect
61.embellish
v 1: add details to
syn: embroider, pad, lard, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
2: be beautiful to look at;
ex) Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
syn: deck, adorn, decorate, grace, beautify
3: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; Decorate the room for the party; beautify yourself for the special day
syn: decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, beautify
4: make more beautiful
syn: beautify, prettify
ant: uglify
62.fret
n 1: agitation resulting from active worry;
ex) don't get in a stew; he's in a sweat about exams
syn: stew, sweat, lather, swither
2: a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch
v 1: worry unnecessarily of excessively
syn: fuss, niggle
2: be agitated or irritated
3: become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
syn: chafe, gall
4: cause annoyance in
5: gnaw into; make resentful or angry;
ex) The unjustice rankled her
syn: eat into, rankle, grate
6: carve a pattern into
7: decorate with an interlaced design
8: be too tight; rub or press;
ex) This neckband is choking the cat
syn: choke, gag
9: cause friction;
ex) my sweater scratches
syn: rub, fray, chafe, scratch
10: remove soil or rock, as of wind or water;
ex) Rain eroded the terraces
syn: erode, eat away
11: wear away or erode
syn: eat away
63.administer
v:
1. To have charge of (the affairs of others): administrate, direct, govern, head, manage, run, superintend, supervise.
2. To oversee the provision or execution of: administrate, carry out, dispense, execute.
3. To provide as a remedy: apply, dispense, give.
4. To mete out by means of some action: deal, deliver, give.
64.badger
n : sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
v 1: annoy persistently;
ex) The children teased the boy because of his stammer
syn: tease, harass, pester, bug, beleaguer
2: persuade through constant efforts
65.circumscribe
v 1: draw a line around;
ex) He drew a circle around the points
2: restrict or confine, as to area, extent, time, etc.
syn: limit, confine
3: to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
66.deplore
v 1: express strong disapproval of;
ex) We deplore the government's treatment of political prisoners
2: regret strongly
syn: lament, bewail, bemoan, regret
67.efface
v: To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean: annul, blot (out), cancel, cross (off or out), delete, erase, expunge, obliterate, rub (out), scratch (out), strike (out), undo, wipe (out), x (out).
68.filch
v: To take (another's property) without permission: pilfer, purloin, snatch, steal, thieve.
69.abstain
v 1: refrain from voting
2: choose to refrain;
ex) I abstain from alcohol
syn: refrain, desist
ant: consume
70.belie
v 1: be in contradiction with
syn: contradict, negate
2: represent falsely;
ex) This statement misrepresents my intentions
syn: misrepresent
71.contradict
v 1: be in contradiction with
syn: belie, negate
2: deny the truth of
syn: negate, contravene
3: be resistant to;
ex) The board opposed his motion.
syn: oppose, controvert
4: prove negative; show to be false
syn: negate
ant: confirm
72.detain
v 1: deprive of freedom; take into confinement
syn: confine
ant: free
2: stop or halt;
ex) Please stay the bloodshed!
syn: stay, delay
3: cause to be slowed down or delayed;
ex) Traffic was delayed by the bad weather
syn: delay, hold up
ant: rush
73.engender
v 1: call forth
syn: breed, spawn
2: make children;
ex) Abraham begot Isaac; Men often father children but don't recognize them
syn: beget, get, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth
74.flaunt
n : the act of displaying something ostentatiously;
ex) his behavior was an outrageous flaunt
v : display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
syn: flash, show off, swank
75.alight
adj : lighted up by or as by fire or flame;
ex) forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning; even the car's tires were aflame; a night aflare with fireworks; candles alight on the tables; blazing logs in the fireplace; a burning cigarette; a flaming crackling fire; houses on fire
syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), blazing, burning, flaming, on fire(p)
v 1: to come to rest, settle: Misfortune lighted upon him.
syn: light, perch
2: come down, as of a bird
syn: climb down
76.baste
n : loose temporary stitches
syn: basting, tacking
v 1: cover with liquid before cooking;
ex) baste a roast
2: strike violently and repeatedly;
ex) She clobbered the man who tried to attack her
syn: clobber, batter
3: sew together loosely, with large stitches;
ex) baste a hem
77.comply
v : act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes; He complied with my instructions; You must comply or else! Follow these simple rules; abide by the rules
syn: follow, abide by
79.debilitate
v : make weak;
ex) Life in the camp drained him
syn: enfeeble, drain
80.flitter
v : move back and forth very rapidly, as of a candle
syn: flicker, waver, flutter, quiver
81.agonize
v 1: cause to agonize
syn: agonise
2: suffer agony or anguish
syn: agonise
82.bruise
v: To make a bruise or bruises on: contuse.
83.castigate
v:
1. To criticize for a fault or an offense: admonish, call down, chastise, chide, dress down, rap 1 , rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tax, upbraid. Informal : bawl out, lambaste.
2. To subject (one) to a penalty for a wrong: chastise, correct, discipline, penalize, punish.
84.depose
v 1: force to leave (an office)
syn: force out
2: make a deposition; declare under oath
syn: swear, depone
85.enervate
v: To lessen or deplete the nerve, energy, or strength of: attenuate, debilitate, devitalize, enfeeble, sap 2 , undermine, undo, unnerve, weaken.
86.accost
v:
1. To approach for the purpose of speech: greet, hail 2 , salute.
2. To meet face-to-face, especially defiantly: confront, encounter, face, front.
87.bristle
n 1: a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
2: a stiff hair
v 1: be in a state of movement or action;
ex) The room abounded with screaming children; The garden bristled with toddlers
syn: abound, burst
2: rise up; of animals fur or hair; as in fear;
ex) The dog's fur bristled; It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!
syn: uprise
88.convoy
n 1: a procession of land vehicles traveling together
2: a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships
3: the act of escorting while in transit
v : escort in transit
89.deride
v : treat or speak of with contempt;
ex) He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics
90.encumber
v : hold back
syn: restrain, cumber, constrain
91.assure
v:
1. To cause (another) to believe or feel sure about something: convince, persuade, satisfy, win over.
2. To render certain: ensure, guarantee, insure, secure, warrant.
92.bereave
1 : to deprive of something -- usually used with of <madam, you have bereft me of all words -- Shakespeare>
2 : to take away (a valued or necessary possession) especially by force
93.consign
v 1: commit forever; commit irrevocably
2: give over to another for care or safekeeping;
ex) consign your baggage
syn: charge
3: send to an address
94.disarrange
v 1: destroy the arrangement or order of;
ex) My son disarranged the papers on my desk
ant: arrange
2: disturb the arrangement of;
ex) disarrange the papers
95.emend
v:
1. To make right what is wrong: amend, correct, mend, rectify, redress, reform, remedy, right.
2. To prepare a new version of: amend, emendate, revamp, revise, rework, rewrite.
96.avouch
v : admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
syn: avow
ant: disavow
97.curtail
v: To make short or shorter the duration or extent of: abbreviate, abridge, condense, reduce, shorten.
98.diversify
v 1: make (more) diverse;
ex) diversify a course of study
2: produce variety or variegate;
ex) The plants on this island diversified
3: vary in order to spread risk or to expand;
ex) The company diversified
syn: branch out, broaden
ant: specialize, specialize
99.enumerate
v 1: specify individually;
ex) She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered
syn: itemize, itemise
2: determine the number or amount of;
ex) Can you count the books on your shelf?; Count your change
syn: count, number
100.disallow
v : command against;
ex) I forbid you to call me late at night
syn: forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto
ant: permit, permit
101.concur
v 1: be in accord; be in agreement;
ex) We agreed on the terms of the settlement; I can't agree with you!; I hold with those you say life is sacred; Both philosophers concord on this point
syn: agree, hold, concord
ant: disagree
2: happen simultaneously;
ex) The two events coincided
syn: coincide
102.diminish
v: To grow or cause to grow gradually less: abate, decrease, drain, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let up, peter (out), rebate, reduce, tail away or (off), taper (off).
103.evoke
v: To call forth or bring out (something latent, hidden, or unexpressed): draw (out), educe, elicit, summon.
104.acquit
v 1: pronounce not guilty of criminal charges;
ex) The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
syn: assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate
ant: convict
2: behave in a certain manner;
ex) She carried herself well; he bore himself with dignity; They conducted themselves well during these difficult times
syn: behave, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry
105.cram
v 1: crowd or pack to capacity;
ex) the theater was jampacked
syn: jam, jampack, ram, chock up, wad, pack
2: put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled;
ex) cram books into the suitcase
3: eat until one is sated;
ex) He filled up on turkey
syn: fill up, fill, stuff, jam
4: study intensively, as before an exam;
ex) I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
syn: grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone
5: prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam
106.depict
v 1: show in, or as in, a picture;
ex) This scene depicts country life; the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting
syn: picture, render, show
2: give a description of;
ex) He drew an elaborate plan of attack
syn: describe, draw
3: make a portrait of: showing society what it looked like..portraying..its ugliness and its beauties..
syn: portray, limn
107.edify
v : make understand;
ex) Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal
syn: enlighten
108.abstract
n: A short summary or version prepared by cutting down a larger work: abridgment, brief, condensation, epitome, synopsis.
v:
1. To remove from association with: detach, disassociate, disengage, dissociate, withdraw.
2. To give a recapitulation of the salient facts of: epitomize, go over, recapitulate, review, run down, run through, summarize, sum up, synopsize, wrap up.
a:
1. Concerned primarily with theories rather than practical matters: academic, speculative, theoretic, theoretical.
2. Existing only in concept and not in reality: hypothetic, hypothetical, ideal, theoretic, theoretical, transcendent, transcendental.
109.conjure
v: Archaic. To make an earnest or urgent request: appeal, beg, beseech, crave, entreat, implore, plead, pray, sue, supplicate.
110.degrade
v 1: reduce the level of land, as by erosion
ant: aggrade
2: reduce in worth, character, etc.; disgrace; dishonour
syn: disgrace, demean, put down
3: lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
syn: cheapen
111.emaciate
v 1: cause to grow thin or weak;
ex) The treatment emaciated him
syn: waste, macerate
2: grow weak and thin or waste away physically;
ex) She emaciated during the chemotherapy
112.arraign
v 1: call before a court to answer an indictment
2: accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy
113.concoct
v 1: make a concoction (of) my mixing
2: prepare or cook by mixing ingredients;
ex) concoct a strange mixture
syn: cook up
3: of charges
syn: trump up
4: devise or invent;
ex) He thought up a plan to get rich quickly; no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software
syn: think up, think of, dream up, hatch
114.dissect
v 1: cut open or cut apart;
ex) dissect the bodies for analysis
2: make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features;
ex) analyze a specimen; analyze a sentence; analyze a chemical compound
syn: analyze, analyse, break down, take apart
ant: synthesize
115.entail
n : land received by fee tail
v 1: have as a logical consequence;
ex) The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers
syn: imply, mean
2: impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result;
ex) What does this move entail?
syn: implicate
116.annotate
v : supply with notes
syn: footnote
117.cohere
v : come or be in close contact with;
ex) The dress clings to her body; The label stuck to the box
syn: cling, cleave, adhere, stick
118.cower
: to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays
119.effervesce
v : of liquids;
ex) The boiling soup was frothing
syn: foam, froth, fizz, sparkle
120.construe
v : make sense of; assign a meaning to;
ex) What message do you see in this letter? How do you interpret his behavior?
syn: interpret, see
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