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300 Vocabulary Words PDF
abdicate2.
A1.
abdicate
abhorrence
abdicate in 1947.
acme
abscond4.
3.
Forms: no plural
abscond
acme
avoid prosecution
A petition cannot be heard until at least fourteen days
have elapsed since the petition was served on the debtor appointed CEO of one of the largest IT companies in the
and the supervisor of a voluntary arrangement unless it
debtor consents.
adamant
acrid6.
5.
Forms: no plural
acrid
adamant
in language or tone
The soup was acrid. I followed the sound of voices
coming from the bluebell wood, there was the acrid smell
of wood-smoke and an orange glow lit my way through
the wild garlic.
Forms: acrid; acrider; acridest
adroit
adept8.
7.
least adamant
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adept
adroit
agile
aesthetic10.
9.
aesthetic
agile
appearances
The school had an aesthetic appeal to it. If art is no
amenable
ambidextrous12.
11.
least aesthetic
ambidextrous
amenable
apt
amiable14.
13.
least amenable
amiable
apt
amiable and cheerful. He was perfectly amiable to her on anti-Jewish feeling had been apt to surface in response
the few occasions when they did meet, sometimes she
to particular events.
ardent
aquatic16.
15.
amiable
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aquatic
ardent
adj. passionate
articulate
arrogant18.
17.
aquatic
ardent
arrogant
articulate
subject.
Forms: more arrogant; most arrogant; less arrogant; least Forms: more articulate; most articulate; less articulate;
aural
astute20.
19.
arrogant
least articulate
astute
aural
adj. shrewd
austere
auspicious22.
21.
Forms: more astute; most astute; less astute; least astute Forms: more aural; most aural; less aural; least aural
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auspicious
austere
adj. harsh
auspicious for both parties. Although the numerous rivers a very austere look about her.
flowing from the Carpathian Mountains offered Conrad
abundant lines of defense against any Russian invasion,
it seemed to him that the sooner the Austrians attacked,
the more auspicious the prospects, since they would
auxiliary
authentic24.
23.
austere
authentic
auxiliary
adj. genuine
adj. helping
authentic Willy Mays baseball card for Christmas. Finally, longer with less stress.
the transvestite challenge to masculinity and sexual
difference works in terms of transgressive inversion and
reinscription, not of transcendence, or the recovery of
authentic selfhood.
Forms: more authentic; most authentic; less authentic;
least authentic
auxiliary
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benevolent
barren2.
B1.
barren
benevolent
adj. unfruitful
Despite the farmer's work; he could not grow anything on He was always a generous; benevolent man. The subject
of this first version of the poem is the mainly benevolent
bland
bizarre4.
3.
barren
bizarre
bland
adj. strange
Gene felt her host should have added more spices to the
boisterous
blatant6.
5.
bizarre
blatant
boisterous
The Wilkins didn't want the next door neighbor's son over
within it.
buttress
brusque8.
7.
least blatant
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brusque
buttress
first she could meet his eyes, but what she saw confused Because of the flying buttress system, it became possible
her and she looked at the floor, color creeping into her
higher vaults.
suspicious.
Forms: brusquer; brusquest; less brusque; least brusque
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casual
callous2.
C1.
callous
casual
charlatan
cathode4.
3.
callous
casual
cathode
charlatan
current
A storage cell consists of one cathode and one anode in
an electrolyte.
chronic
chic6.
5.
chic
chronic
adj. stylish
blew the chance to work for Yves Saint Laurent when she health and the successful treatment of chronic and acute
clashed with a fearsomely chic woman while visiting a
textile company.
civil
civic8.
7.
chronic
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coherent
cogent10.
9.
civic
civil
adj. courteous
withdrawn.
cogent
coherent
Despite the fact she had much to drink she was still able
and protests, designed to secure much more widespread on the assumption that reasonable people working in a
media coverage for a cause than is ever available for a
colossal
colloquial12.
11.
administrative whole.
Forms: more cogent; most cogent; less cogent; least
cogent
least coherent
colloquial
colossal
adj. conversational
adj. huge
together in different ways and think (mistakenly) to be our achieved the impossible by holding together an
own; these include 'expert' ideas and the colloquial,
complacent
compatible14.
13.
least colloquial
colossal
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compatible
complacent
the City Council are already taking notice of, and really
copious
concise16.
15.
making them compatible and interoperable with the Open environment as something precious, something we've got
Software Foundation's Distributed Management
Environment (DME).
least colossal
concise
copious
writing style.
crafty
countenance18.
17.
concise
copious
countenance
crafty
credulous
credible20.
cursory
cumbersome22.
21.
19.
credible
credulous
adj. believable
alibi.
least credulous
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cumbersome
cursory
adj. bulky
It was hard to fit the cumbersome couch through the front The man was cursory in his installation of the electrical
system. We're going to need more than cursory research
door.
curt
23.
situation.
Forms: cumbersome; more cumbersome; most
curt
adj. rudely brief
The military is made up of many curt individuals;
according to some. Scientists who have been preparing
commissioned material for publication in Western
journals and books are having their manuscripts frozen,
often without notification and, at best, with a curt note
from the publishers.
Forms: curt; curter; curtest; less curt; least curt
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deft
defame2.
D1.
defame
deft
adj. skillful
delve
defunct4.
3.
slanderous acts
He tried to defame the family's name. I think that a case
defunct
delve
adj. dead
v. to investigate
to the now defunct Studio Software's DO-it which actually Handwriting of English Documents by H.C.
ran on a PC rather than a Macintosh and, of course,
there had been electronic publishing systems based on
workstations and mainframes available for several years.
Forms: more defunct; most defunct; less defunct; least
deplete
demure6.
5.
defunct
demure
deplete
v. to use up
deprive
deplore8.
7.
demure
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deplore
deprive
v. to be sorry about
the country, leading Tories were not far behind the Whigs a short time. Whatever the nature of protection provided
in sending in loyal addresses deploring the threat which
derogatory
derive10.
9.
derive
derogatory
adj. belittling
despise
desolate12.
11.
desolate
despise
v. to scorn; to hate
destitute
despondent14.
13.
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despondent
destitute
adj. depressed
adj. poverty-stricken
despondent.
detect
detain16.
15.
homes.
Forms: more despondent; most despondent; less
least destitute
detain
detect
v. to delay temporarily
The police may detain a person before that person's trial. The police use dogs to detect drugs in vehicles.
detergent
deter18.
17.
deter
detergent
France tried to deter America from going to war with Iraq. Having a good detergent is necessary when your clothes
are stained by oil. When originally introduced it was
thought that the availability of a detergent with inherent
bactericidal characteristics would solve many of the
problems associated with both cleaning and disinfection.
detract
detest20.
devoid
devious22.
21.
19.
detest
detract
v. to hate strongly
like not having enough sex and I detest the way the
week and I loathe the way you clench your teeth and I
rules of evidence, but this does not detract from the fact
loathe the way you never help and I hate the way you
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devious
devoid
hide within the cells of the body, that they felt a vaccine
would be impossible.
devout
devour24.
23.
other.
Forms: more devious; most devious; less devious; least
devious
devoid
devour
devout
v. to eat up greedily
digress
diffident26.
25.
devout
diffident
digress
adj. shy
party. He was diffident, seemingly vague, declaring a lack from his party and its platform.
of knowledge and ignorance of education and of
teaching, and that he knew only what he had learned
through his own work as a painter.
Forms: more diffident; most diffident; less diffident; least
disburse
dilute28.
27.
diffident
dilute
disburse
disdain
discern30.
29.
on ingredients.
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discern
disdain
dismay
disintegrate32.
31.
disintegrate
dismay
v. to fall apart
v. to dishearten
leave him for the fireman down the street. Since the war
bestow a pretty glow of opulence and erudition but which, serving officers, have been expressing dismay at seeing
at close quarters, disintegrate into a heterogeneous
disperse
dispel34.
33.
dispel
disperse
v. to drive away
fit. By the end of a week she was little more than a living
today.
skeleton: her hand lay all day long in Jennifer's, and from
time to time she would open her eyes, staring pathetically
up, with a mute pleading in her expression that no words
of comfort or whispered prayers could dispel.
dissect
disrupt36.
35.
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disrupt
dissect
v. to break up
class.
diverge
distort38.
37.
distort
diverge
v. to go in different directions
divulge
divert40.
39.
divert
divulge
v. to reveal
destination.
don
41.
don
v. to put on (e.g. clothing); to wear something
Don your protective suits, said the commander. Tim
donned the Father Christmas outfit to join in the festive
fun and give everyone another teaser.
Forms: donned; donning; dons
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effect
efface2.
E1.
efface
effect
elate
eject4.
3.
something
The official decided to efface the evidence.
He was not sure what the effect of his actions would be.
eject
elate
evoke
enamored6.
5.
enamored
evoke
something
new thoughts
surroundings.
Forms: more enamored; most enamored; less enamored; Forms: evoked; evoking; evokes
least enamored
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famish
fallible2.
F1.
fallible
famish
mistake
His fallible nature is not what the police department is
Famished people exist all over the world. "The hotel bar
looking for.
fallible
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ghastly
germane2.
G1.
germane
ghastly
pertinent
The germane topic was all they wanted to discuss. If the
glib
gigantic4.
3.
least germane
ghastly
gigantic
glib
adj. huge
while in office.
gory
glum6.
5.
gigantic
glum
gory
adj. gloomy
city.
gratis
graphic8.
7.
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graphic
gratis
adj. free
grim
grievous10.
9.
graphic
grievous
grim
grotesque
gross12.
11.
least grievous
gross
grotesque
negligence of duty.
gruesome
grotto14.
13.
least grotesque
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grotto
gruesome
The natural grotto was just what the kids wanted to find.
seasoned policemen.
guttural
gullible16.
15.
least gruesome
gullible
guttural
his wellington boots would make him grow taller, but the
wine.
made him scrape his boots and wash them clean in the
outside drain and scrub his feet in hot water and carbolic
soap.
Forms: more gullible; most gullible; less gullible; least
gullible
guttural
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hale
haggard2.
H1.
haggard
hale
adj. healthy
After staying up all night; the college student looked quite She looked quite hale despite her eighty years of age.
haggard.
Forms: more haggard; most haggard; less haggard; least Forms: haler; halest; less hale; least hale
hardy
haphazard4.
3.
haggard
haphazard
hardy
haughty
harsh6.
5.
harsh
haughty
heedless
hectic8.
7.
hectic
heedless
campaign office.
Forms: more hectic; most hectic; less hectic; least hectic
hideous
heinous10.
9.
least heedless
heinous
hideous
The jury gave him the death penalty for his heinous
homogenous
hilarious12.
11.
crimes.
Forms: more heinous; most heinous; less heinous; least
heinous
hideous
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hilarious
homogenous
Forms: more hilarious; most hilarious; less hilarious; least Forms: more homogenous; most homogenous; less
hostile
horrendous14.
13.
hilarious
horrendous
hostile
horrendous experience.
humble
humane16.
15.
hostile
humane
humble
adj. merciful
Doctors are said to be a very humane breed of humanity. She was humble when complimented on her
The government has provided the resources in the way of achievements. Since its humble beginnings as a
the allowance and in the way of an administrative service; photocopier distributor working out of a garage, the
voluntary effort has controlled the plan and the policy,
bankers, insurance companies and the like, and all these and spawning foreign subsidiaries in Poland, Bulgaria
bodies have made a generous contribution to a humane
humid
17.
humane
humble
humid
adj. damp; muggy; wet
It is quite humid during summer in parts of Asia.
Forms: more humid; most humid; less humid; least humid
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immaculate
illicit2.
I1.
illicit
immaculate
over.
imminent
immense4.
3.
immense
imminent
imperative
impartial6.
5.
least immense
least imminent
impartial
imperative
particularly the large public transport types, but they must outlets to be found which can cater to the demands of the
also have access to reliable and impartial specialists in
whole family.
impetuous
impertinent8.
7.
least impartial
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impertinent
impetuous
teacher. He had met the press at a cocktail party and had decision making. Highly nervous, he rushed into combat
stood there answering impertinent questions with
aviator.
impromptu
implicit10.
9.
implicit
impromptu
It was implicit that once he joined the Mafia, he would not He gave a nice impromptu speech at his buddy's
inane
impudent12.
11.
talk about their activities to anyone. Implicit information is wedding. No after action reports seem to have been filed
held in the organizational memory (for example, the
preserved.
execution.
implicit
impudent
inane
She was known for her inane small talk; so people gave
incessant
incendiary14.
13.
least impudent
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incendiary
incessant
It was obviously arson; an incendiary device was found at He let out an incessant stream of bad language at his
the scene. An old car which had been driven across in
underlings.
incognito
inclement16.
15.
least incendiary
least incessant
inclement
incognito
People couldn't wait for the end of the inclement weather. James Bond had to stay incognito so his cover would not
be blown. Incognito, he worked as a ferryman and lived in
Biddick boat-house for over twenty years, when a terrible
flood robbed him of his possessions and his proof of
identification. The gesture conveys gratitude for the
kindness, and allegedly commemorates an emperor who,
curious to taste the life of his common people, stayed
indelible
incoherent18.
17.
least inclement
least incognito
incoherent
indelible
indigent
indifferent20.
19.
indelible
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indispensable
indignant22.
21.
indifferent
indigent
indifferent.
ideologies.
least indifferent
indigent
indignant
indispensable
and throwing into a box the indignant ferrets, who after all
had done all the work and only wanted to wring the
inept
industrious24.
23.
rabbits' necks.
Forms: more indignant; most indignant; less indignant;
least indignant
industrious
inept
infamous
infallible26.
25.
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infallible
infamous
plants for their hair, the Romans used herbs of all kinds,
infinitesimal
infinite28.
27.
infallible
least infamous
infinite
infinitesimal
particles.
ingenious
inflexible30.
29.
variety of results.
Forms: more infinite; most infinite; less infinite; least
infinite
inflexible
ingenious
criteria.
inherent
ingenuous32.
31.
least inflexible
least ingenious
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ingenuous
inherent
innocuous
innate34.
33.
inherent
innate
innocuous
Forms: more innate; most innate; less innate; least innate Forms: more innocuous; most innocuous; less innocuous;
insolent
insipid36.
35.
least innocuous
insipid
insolent
of the group.
integral
instill38.
37.
insipid
insolent
instill
integral
vigilant and sensible. Elected or unelected public officials abstraction needed for the achievement of equality, which
can normally maintain and strengthen their support in
intermittent
intensive40.
39.
integral
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intensive
intermittent
Nuclear physics is an intensive course of study. Intensive The intermittent snow allowed people to still work
and uncontrolled fishing in Russia's Far Eastern seas
intricate
intolerant42.
41.
least intensive
intolerant
intricate
or their beliefs
factors
irate
invincible44.
43.
least intolerant
intricate
invincible
irate
He was irate when he wife said she was leaving him for
the postman. A number of previous attempts to penetrate
this male club had been unsuccessful, with the raiding
parties being driven back by irate men.
irrational
45.
least invincible
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irrational
adj. unreasonable; illogical; groundless
People can be irrational when they get emotional. The
thread which runs through these sorry tales is that they
are all examples of irrational over-reaction by a
government which is, by the standards of the region,
honest, able and secure.
Forms: more irrational; most irrational; less irrational;
least irrational
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jubilant
jovial2.
J1.
jovial
jubilant
work.
judicious
3.
jubilant
judicious
adj. showing good judgment (e.g. decision)
A good leader must be a judicious thinker. A moody
silence descended between brother and sister, and after
a judicious interval, Belinda painted a smile on her face
and joined them, hoping her cheeks were not as flushed
as they felt.
Forms: more judicious; most judicious; less judicious;
least judicious
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lanky
laborious2.
L1.
laborious
lanky
Construction can be a laborious job. Harvesting by simple He was lanky in build until he got out of his teens. The tall
methods, and drying crops on tripods and fences, may
laudable
latent4.
3.
least laborious
latent
laudable
lax
lavish6.
legitimate
legible8.
7.
5.
least laudable
lavish
lax
sales.
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legible
legitimate
listless
lethal10.
9.
legible
least legitimate
lethal
listless
After doing the same minuscule job for a week she was
vehicle.
literate
literal12.
11.
listless
literal
literate
adj. following the exact words or intended meaning of the adj. educated to the point of being able to read and write
original (e.g. translation)
(e.g. person)
loath
livid14.
lofty
15.
13.
literate
livid
loath
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lofty
adj. very high; grand
He sets lofty goals, but doesn't work towards them. We
were taken to the main hall, a long lofty chamber
dominated by a hammer-beamed roof with an oriel
window at one end depicting the Lamb of God carrying a
standard.
Forms: lofty; loftier; loftiest; less lofty; least lofty
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malicious
majestic2.
M1.
majestic
malicious
Briollay, Anjou.
mammoth
malignant4.
3.
malignant
mammoth
melanoma -- a cancer of the cells containing skin pigment looked up and the mammoth wave of all time, a titan
among giants, a lumbering dinosaur of a wave, had
manual
mandatory6.
martial
marine8.
7.
5.
mandatory
manual
least manual
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marine
martial
meager
massive10.
9.
civilian courts.
Forms: marine; more marine; most marine; less marine;
least marine
least martial
massive
meager
them.
mercenary
menial12.
militant
meticulous14.
13.
11.
the EU.
Forms: massive; more massive; most massive; less
menial
mercenary
least menial
meticulous
militant
The meticulous work was more than most could handle. I The group was more militant than he expected.
particularly enjoyed long evening discussions with Lance, Culturally, the most militant gangs who beat up
whose meticulous methods and ambitions in
mobile
15.
least militant
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mobile
adj. having the ability to move; portable
The mobile camper allowed them to comfortably enjoy
the outdoors.
Forms: mobile; more mobile; most mobile; less mobile;
least mobile
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nocturnal
nimble2.
N1.
nimble
nocturnal
The nimble assassin made no noise as he entered. Some Bats, being nocturnal, are only seen during the day if sick
large firms have demonstrated a preference for female
or injured.
nonchalant
nominal4.
3.
opposition to management.
Forms: nimble; more nimble; most nimble; less nimble;
least nimble
nominal
nonchalant
or value
For a nominal charge, chocolate sauce is available with
nominal wages.
notorious
notable6.
5.
notable
notorious
Forms: notable; more notable; most notable; less notable; Forms: notorious; more notorious; most notorious; less
null
7.
least notable
null
adj. having no effect; devoid of effects; void
The man was thrown in jail leaving his employment
contract null and void.
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objective
obese2.
O1.
obese
objective
obsolete
oblique4.
3.
Many Americans are becoming obese. You often find, for Newspapers are supposed to be an objective source of
example, that teenage girls who are just slightly
least obese
oblique
obsolete
ominous
obstinate6.
5.
least oblique
obstinate
ominous
opportune
onerous8.
7.
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onerous
opportune
ornate
opulent10.
9.
and welfare.
Forms: onerous; more onerous; most onerous; less
opulent
ornate
ceilings.
excellent service.
Forms: opulent; more opulent; most opulent; less opulent; Forms: ornate; more ornate; most ornate; less ornate;
ostensible
orthodox12.
11.
least opulent
least ornate
orthodox
ostensible
especially by religion
The policeman followed the book in a very orthodox
manner.
The sad fact is that although the ostensible reason for the
dolphin kills was that dolphins were stealing and eating
the commercial fish species, examination of their
stomach contents showed that only the false killer whales
overt
outright14.
13.
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outright
overt
overt
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paramount
paltry2.
P1.
paltry
paramount
Bulgaria.
patent
passive4.
3.
paltry
passive
patent
pedestrian
pathetic6.
penitent
peevish8.
7.
5.
least patent
pathetic
pedestrian
His pedestrian views on sales would not get him far in the
umbrella.
firm.
peevish
penitent
perennial
pensive10.
9.
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pensive
perennial
local tribe.
pertinent
perilous12.
picayune
petty14.
13.
11.
perilous
pertinent
The path was quite perilous, the loose soil could send
the courtroom.
petty
picayune
The man received one year in jail for petty theft. The
placid
pious16.
15.
petty
pious
placid
The placid sky made the day great for a game of soccer.
pliable
plausible18.
17.
was customary for the most pious lay people to rush from should be some exterior noise: occasional traffic, water
church to church in order to be present at as many
electrical appliances.
pious
placid
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plausible
pliable
pompous
poignant20.
posthumous
portable22.
21.
19.
Since he had a plausible excuse, his wife did not get mad The pliable clay was great for sculpture art. Linen, when
for his being late for the party. The government gave a
industries.
least pliable
poignant
pompous
speaking to.
portable
posthumous
Minidisk players are portable and don't skip; making them The posthumous medal was awarded to the man's wife
great for use in exercising.
potential
potent24.
pragmatic
practicable26.
25.
23.
potent
potential
least potent
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practicable
pragmatic
precise
precarious28.
27.
precarious
precise
predominate
precocious30.
29.
least precise
precocious
predominate
Tommy was quite a precocious child; he could read at the The predominate party was now in power for four years.
prevalent
preposterous32.
31.
age of four.
Forms: precocious; more precocious; most precocious;
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prevalent
prime
primary34.
33.
primary
prime
sexual abuse.
prior
primitive36.
35.
prime
primitive
prior
Forms: prior; more prior; most prior; less prior; least prior
proficient
prodigious38.
37.
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simultaneous2.
S1.
simultaneous
singular
sea ice lessens its albedo, or reflectivity, thereby allowing which never existed and proposes an England which
could not exist: in the same way, his own vision of the
skeptical
sinister4.
3.
sinister
skeptical
until later.
sleek
slack6.
5.
unexhausted might.
Forms: sinister; more sinister; most sinister; less sinister;
least sinister
slack
sleek
There was slack time every Monday; so he knew Monday The new Ford Mustang has a nice sleek look to it.
would be an easy day at work. The public spectacle of
culture, the adoption of culture by the media, the
standardization of culture, the cultural discourse, cultural
self-satisfaction, a slack cultural conformism, the
recuperation of culture never has so much apparently
been done for culture, never have the results (another
word that deserves some elaboration) been so
slovenly
slender8.
7.
disappointing.
Forms: slack; more slack; most slack; less slack; least
slack
sleek
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slender
slovenly
Her slender waist and striking face got her many looks
Forms: slender; more slender; most slender; less slender; Forms: slovenly; more slovenly; most slovenly; less
smug
sluggish10.
9.
least slender
sluggish
smug
make coffee.
sober
snug12.
solitary
solemn14.
13.
11.
smug
snug
sober
adj. serious
The pants were her favorite due to their snug fit and
atypical color.
snug
sober
solemn
solitary
hands and bent his head, and gave her the solemn kiss
or attempted rape.
Forms: solemn; more solemn; most solemn; less solemn; Forms: solitary; more solitary; most solitary; less solitary;
sophisticated
somber16.
15.
least solemn
least solitary
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somber
sophisticated
sparse
sordid18.
17.
few years.
Forms: somber; more somber; most somber; less
sordid
sparse
their life is compared with that of the contented majority, it thus bringing pressure to bear on the already sparse
is an occasion for wonder that the discontent and its
natural vegetation.
spiritual
spirited20.
19.
least sordid
least sparse
spirited
spiritual
Forms: spirited; more spirited; most spirited; less spirited; Forms: spiritual; more spiritual; most spiritual; less
sporadic
spontaneous22.
21.
least spirited
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spontaneous
sporadic
staccato
spry24.
23.
spry
staccato
stalwart
stagnant26.
25.
Forms: spry; more spry; most spry; less spry; least spry
stagnant
stalwart
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