ACQUI

T|ac·
qui
t BABOON|
ba·
boon
ver
b:acquit;3rdper
sonpresent:ac
qui
ts;pas
ttense:acquitt
ed; noun:baboon;pl
uralnoun:baboons

AB
pastpar
tic
iple:ac
quitt
ed;gerundorpr
esentpart
ici
ple:acquit
ting
alargeOldWorl
dground-
dwel
li
ngmonkeywithal
ongdogl
ikesnout
,lar
ge
1.
free(s
omeone)f
rom acr
iminalchar
gebyaver
dictofnotgui
l
ty. teet
h,andnakedcall
osi
ti
esonthebut
tocks
.Baboonsar
es oc
ialani
mal s
"
shewasac
quit
tedonallcount
s" andlivei
ntr
oops.
2.
conductonesel
forper
for
mi naspeci
fiedway. •anugl
yorunc
out
hper
son.
"al
ltheyoungwomeninthecontes
tacqui
ttedt
hems
elv
eswel
l"

ADEQUATE|
ad·
e·quat
e BACKL
ASH|
back·
l
ash
adj
ect
ive:adequat
e noun:backl
ash;pl
uralnoun:backl
ashes
Sat
isf
act
oryoraccept
abl
einquali
tyorquant
ity
. 1.
astrongandadver sereacti
onbyalargenumberofpeopl
e,es
pec
ial
lyt
o
"
thi
sofficeisperf
ect
lyadequat
eformyneeds" asocialorpoli
ti
caldevelopment.
"apublicbackl
ashagainstrac
ism"
2.
rec
oilar
isi
ngbet
weenpar
tsofamechani
sm.
AGGRAVATI
ON|
ag·
gra·
va·
ti
on •degreeofpl
aybet
weenpar
tsofamechani
sm.
noun:aggr
avat
ion;pl
uralnoun:aggr
avat
ions
1.
ani
nt ens
ificati
onofanegati
vequalit
yoraspect.
"
Negot i
atorswereopti
mist
icdes
pitetheaggr
avat
ionoft
he BAF
FLE|
baf
·f
le
standoffc ausedbythepr
essrel
ease" ver
b:baffle;3r dper
sonpresent
:baffles;pastt
ense:baffled;
2.
thestat
eofbeingaggr
avat
ed. pastpar
tic
ipl
e:baffled;gerundorpr
esentpart
ici
ple:baffli
ng
"I
nternetus
ers'
aggr
avat
ionwi
tht
hedel
ugeofpop-
upads
"
1.
tot
all
ybewilderorper
plex.
"anunexplai
nedoccurr
encet
hatbaffledev
ery
one"

ANGUI
SH|
an·
gui
sh 2.
res
trai
norregul
ate(aflui
d,s
ound,etc.
).
"tobafflethenois
efurt
her
,Ipadthegunwal
es"
noun:angui
sh;pl
uralnoun:angui
shes
s
ever
ementalorphysic
alpainorsuffer
ing.
"s
hes
hutherey esinangui
sh" BAL
LISTI
C|bal
·
li
s·
ti
c
ver
b:anguish;3r
dpersonpres
ent:anguis
hes;pas
ttense:anguis
hed; adj
ect
ive:bal
li
sti
c
pastpar
tic
ipl
e:angui
shed;gerundorpres
entpart
ici
ple:angui
shing
1.
rel
ati
ngt
opr
oject
il
esort
hei
rfli
ght
.
beextremel
ydist
res
sedaboutsomethi
ng.
"
heanguis
hedov erhowt
orepl
y" 2.
movi
ngundert
hef
orc
eofgr
avi
tyonl
y.

AQUI
FER|
aq·
ui·
fer BEAK|
beak
noun:aqui
fer
;pl
uralnoun:aqui
fer
s noun:beak;pl
uralnoun:beaks

abodyofper
meabl
eroc
kwhi
chc
anc
ont
ainort
rans
mitgr
oundwat
er. abi
rd'
shornyproj
ect
ingjaws;abil
l
"abi
rdwithacater
pil
lari
nitsbeak"
COMPEL
LING|
com·
pel
·
li
ng DANDY|
dan·
dy
adj
ect
ive:c
ompel
li
ng noun:dandy;pl
uralnoun:dandi
es

CD
evoki
ngint
eres
t,at
tenti
on,oradmi
rat
ioni
napower
ful
lyi
rr
esi
sti
bleway
. • amanundulydevot
edt
ost
yle,
neat
nes
s,andf
ashi
oni
ndr
essand
"
hisey
eswerestrangel
ycompel
li
ng" appear
anc
e.

• anex
cell
entt
hingofi
tski
nd.
"thi
sumbrel
lai
sadandy"

CUMUL
ATI
VE|
cu·
mu·
l
a·t
ive
adj
ect
ive:cumul
ati
ve DECL
ARE|
de·
clar
e
i
ncr
easi
ngori
nc r
easedi
nquantit
y,degree,
orf or
cebys
ucc
ess
iveaddi
ti
ons
. ver
b:declare;3rdpersonpresent
:declares
;pasttense:declared;
"t
hecumulati
veeffectoft
woy earsofdrought" pastpar
tici
ple:decl
ared;gerundorpresentpar
tic
iple:declari
ng

1.
saysomethi
nginas
olemnandemphati
cmanner.
“Iwasundert
oomuchpr
ess
ure,
”hedecl
ared"
2.
acknowl
edgepos
ses
sionof(
taxabl
einc
omeordut
iabl
egoods
).
CONSORTI
UM |
con·
sor
·ti
·
um
noun:c
ons
ort
ium;pl
uralnoun:c
ons
ort
ia;pl
uralnoun:c
ons
ort
iums
1.
anas
soc
iat
ion,
typi
cal
lyofs
ever
albus
ines
scompani
es. DEPTH|
dept
h
2.
heri
ghtofas
soci
ati
onandcompani
ons
hipwithone'
shusbandorwif
e. noun:dept
h;pl
uralnoun:dept
hs;pl
uralnoun:
thedept
hs
"
theamountawardedf
orlos
sofc
onsor
tium mustbei
ncluded"
1.
thedi
stanc
efr
om thetopors
urf
acet
ot hebot
tom ofs
omet
hing.
"s
hall
owwaterofnomoret
han12feeti
ndepth"

2.
thequal
it
yofbei
ngi
ntens
eorextr
eme.
CONCEPTUAL|
con·
cep·
tu·
al "t
hegover
nmentf
ail
edtounder
standt
hedept
hoft
hepr
obl
ems
"
adj
ect
ive:c
onc
ept
ual

r
elat
ingt
oorbasedonment
alc
oncepts. DHOW |
dhow
"phi
los
ophydeal
swi
thc
oncept
ualdi
fficul
ti
es"
noun:dhow;pl
uralnoun:dhows
al
ateen-
ri
ggeds
hipwi
thoneort
womas
ts,
usedi
ntheI
ndi
anOc
ean.

CONTRARI
AN|
con·
trar
·i
·an
noun:c
ont
rar
ian;pl
uralnoun:c
ont
rar
ians
DUGOUT|
dug·
out
aper
sonwhooppos esorr
eject
spopul
aropi
nion,
espec
ial
lyi
nst
ock
ex
changedeal
ing. noun:dugout;pl
uralnoun:dugouts;noun:dug-out;
pl
uralnoun:dug-
out s;noun:dugoutcanoe;pl
uralnoun:dugoutcanoes
adj
ect
ive:c
ont
rar
ian
ashel
tert
hatisdugi
nthegr
oundandr oof
edover
,es
pec
ial
lyoneus
edby
opposi
ngorr ej
ecti
ngpopul
aropini
on;goi
ngagai
nstcur
rentpract
ice. t
roopsinwar
fare.
"
thec ommentc amemoref
rom acontr
ari
andi
sposi
ti
onthan "
theGer
mangunc r
ewskepti
nthei
rdugout
s"
moralconvi
cti
on"
ESKER|
es·
ker F
ELON|
fel
·
on
noun:es
ker
;pl
uralnoun:es
ker
s noun:f
elon;pl
uralnoun:f
elons

EF
alongri
dgeofgravelandothersedi
ment,
typical
lyhavingawindi
ng • aper
sonwhohasbeenc
onvi
ctedofaf
elony
.
cours
e,depos
itedbymeltwaterf
rom ar
etreat
ingglacierori
cesheet
. adj
ect
ive:f
elon
• c
ruel
;wic
ked.
"t
hefel
onunder
mini
nghandofdar
kcor
rupt
ion"

EUPHORI
A|eu·
pho·
ri
·a
F
ISCAL|
fis·
cal
noun:euphor
ia
adj
ect
ive:
fiscal
af
eel
ingorst
ateofi
ntenseex
cit
ementandhappines
s.
"
theeuphori
aofsucc
esswil
lfuely
ourdes
iret
oconti
nuet
rai
ning" • r
elat
ingt
ogovernmentrevenue,es
pec
ial
lyt
axes
.
"monet
aryandfiscalpoli
cy"
noun:
fiscal
;pl
uralnoun:fis
cal
s
• al
egalort
reas
uryoffic
iali
nsomec
ount
ries
.
EWER|
ew·
er
noun:ewer
;pl
uralnoun:ewer
s
F
LEXTI
ME|
flex·
ti
me
alar
gej
ugwithawidemout
h,f
ormer
lyus
edf
orc
arr
yingwat
erf
or noun:flexi
time;noun:flext
ime;noun:flexi
-ti
me;noun:flex-
iti
me;
s
omeonetowas
hin. noun:flex-
time
asys
tem ofworkingas etnumberofhourswit
ht hest
art
ingandfini
shi
ng
t
imeschosenwithinagreedli
mitsbytheempl
oyee.
"noneedfordayc are—theparent
scanworkflext
ime"
EXAMI
NE|
ex·
am·
i
ne
ver
b:exami ne;3rdpers
onpresent
:examines;pasttense:examined;
pastpar
tic
iple:exami
ned;ger
undorpresentpart
ici
ple:examini
ng
F
LURRY|
flur
·ry
i
nspect(s
omeoneors omethi
ng)indetai
ltodeter
minetheirnat
ureor
c
onditi
on;invest
igat
ethoroughl
y. noun:flur
ry;pl
uralnoun:flur
ries
"
adoc torex
aminedmeands aidImightneedacaes
arean" as mal
lswir
li
ngmas sofs
omet
hing,es
pec
ial
lys
now orl
eaves
,movedby
suddengust
sofwind.
"aflurr
yofsnow"

EXPEDI
TE|
ex·
pe·
dit
e
F
RAUD|
fraud
ver
b:expedit
e;3rdpersonpresent
:expedit
es;pasttense:expedit
ed;
pastpar
tic
ipl
e:expedi
ted;gerundorpres
entparti
cipl
e:expediti
ng noun:f
raud;pl
uralnoun:f
rauds
make(anacti
onorprocess
)happensoonerorbeac
compl
is
hedmor
e wrongfulorc
rimi
naldecept
ionint
endedt
ores
ulti
nfinanc
ialorper
sonal
qui
ckl
y.
gai
n..
"
hepromis
edtoexpedi
teeconomi
crefor
ms
"
hewasconvi
ctedoff
raud"
GEAR|
gear HAI
L|hai
l
noun:gear
;pl
uralnoun:gear
s noun:hai
l

GH
oneofas etoftoothedwheelsthatworktogethert
oaltertherel
ati
on pel
let
soff
roz
enr
ainwhi
chf
alli
nshower
sfr
om c
umul
oni
mbusc
louds
.
betweenthes peedofadri
vingmec hanis
m( suchastheengineofa
• al
argenumberofobject
shur
ledf
orc
eful
lyt
hrought
heai
r.
vehi
cleorthec r
ankofabicycl
e)andt hespeedofthedrivenpart
s
"ahai
lofbul
let
s"
(t
hewheel s)
.

HATRED|
ha·
tred
GENUI
NE|
gen·
u·i
ne
noun:hat
red;pl
uralnoun:hat
reds
adj
ect
ive:genui
ne
i
ntens
edi
sl
ikeorillwill
.
t
rul
ywhatsomet
hingi
ssai
dtobe;authent
ic. "r
acialhatred"
"eac
hbooki
sboundi
ngenui
neleather
"

HERBI
CIDE|
her
b·i
·
cide
GRANT|
grant
noun:her
bici
de;pl
uralnoun:her
bici
des
ver
b:grant;3rdpers
onpr es
ent:grants
;pasttense:granted;
pastpar
tic
iple:gr
anted;gerundorpresentpart
ici
ple:granti
ng as
ubs
tancet
hati
stoxictopl
ants,usedt
odestr
oyunwantedveget
ati
on.
"
far
merssprayedaprot
ec t
edwil
dflowermeadowwithherbi
ci
de"
agr
eet
ogi
veorall
ow( s
omethi
ngr equest
ed)to.
"
alet
tergrant
ingt
hem permiss
iontosmok
e"

HOL
LOW |
hol
·
low
GREGARI
OUS|
gre·
gar
·i
·ous adject
ive:holl
ow;comparati
veadj
ect
ive:hol
lower
;
superl
ativeadj
ect
ive:hol
lowest
adj
ect
ive:gr
egar
ious
havi
ngahol
eorempt yspac
einsi
de.
(
ofaper
son)f
ondofcompany;s
oc i
abl
e. "eachfiberhasaholl
owcore"
"hewasapopul
arandgregar
iousman"
noun:hol
low;pl
uralnoun:hol
lows
ahol
eordepr
essi
oni
nsomet
hing.
"aholl
owatt
hebas
eofalar
get
ree"
GUST|
gust
noun:gus
t;pl
uralnoun:gus
ts
abr
ief
,st
rongrushofwi
nd. HURRI
CANE|
hur
·ri
·
cane
"asuddengus
tofwi
nd"
noun:hur
ricane;pl
uralnoun:hur
ricanes
ver
b:gust;3r
dpersonpres
ent:gust
s;pastt
ense:gusted;
pastpar
tic
ipl
e:gus
ted;gerundorpr
esentpart
ici
ple:gust
ing ast
orm wit
haviol
entwind,i
npar
tic
ularatropi
calcycl
onei
nthe
Car
ibbean.
(
oft
hewi
nd)bl
owingus
ts. "apower
fulhur
ric
anehi
ttheFlor
idacoast"
“thewi
ndwasgus
tingt
hrought
hebr
anc
hesoft
het
ree"
I
LL|
il
l J
ACTI
TATI
ON|
jac·
ti
·t
a·t
ion
adj
ect
ive:i
ll
;compar
ati
veadj
ect
ive:i
ll
er;s
uper
lat
iveadj
ect
ive:i
ll
est noun:j
act
itat
ion

IJ
• noti
nfullheal
th;si
ck. t
her
est
les
stos
singoft
hebodyi
nil
lnes
s.
"herdaughteri
sseri
ous
lyi
ll
"
• t
het
wit
chi
ngofal
imbormus
cle.
• poori
nqual i
ty.
"
il
ljudgmentdogst
heuns
ucc
ess
ful
"

JOHNNYCAKE|
john·
ny·
cake
I
NMATE|
in·
mat
e
noun:j
ohnnycake;noun:j
ohnnycake;pl
uralnoun:j
ohnnycakes
noun:i
nmat
e;pl
uralnoun:i
nmat
es
aper
sonc
onfinedtoanins
tit
utionsuchasapri
sonorhos
pit
al. • aflatc
ornmealc
aket
ypi
cal
lybak
edorf
ri
edonagr
iddl
e.
"i
nmatesoft
heLouis
ianaStat
ePeni
tenti
ary" • as
mal
l,
thi
nunl
eavenedwheatl
oafbak
edi
nwoodas
hes

I
NTERI
OR|
in·
te·
ri
·or
JOURNEYMAN|
jour
·ney·
man
adj
ect
ive:i
nter
ior
noun:j
our
neyman;pl
uralnoun:j
our
neymen
s
ituat
edwit
hinorinside;r
elat
ingtotheins
ide;i
nner
.
"
theint
eriorli
ghti
ngisnotadequate" awor
kerors
portspl
ayerwhoisreli
ablebutnotout
standi
ng.
"asol
idj
ourneymanprofes
sional
"

I
TINERARY|
i·
ti
n·er
·ar
·y
noun:i
ti
ner
ary;pl
uralnoun:i
ti
ner
ari
es JURI
SPRUDENCE|
ju·
ri
s·
pru·
dence
apl
annedrout
eorjour
ney
. noun:j
uri
spr
udenc
e
"
hisi
ti
ner
aryi
ncl
udedanoffic
ialvi
si
ttoCanada" t
het
heor
yorphi
losophyoflaw.
"Ameri
canjuri
spr
udence"

I
NFL
ATI
ON|
in·
fl
a·t
ion
noun:i
nflat
ion
JUSTI
FI
ABL
E|j
us·
ti
·f
i·
a·bl
e
• t
heact
ionofinflat
ings
omethingort
hec
ondi
ti
onofbei
ngi
nflat
ed.
"t
heinflati
onofabal
loon" adj
ect
ive:j
ust
ifiabl
e

• agener
ali
nc r
easei
npri
cesandfal
lint
hepurc
has
ingval
ue abl
etobes
hownt oberightorreasonabl
e;def
ens
ibl
e.
ofmoney "i
tisnotfinanc
iall
yjus
tifiabl
e"
"pol
ici
esaimedatc
ontr
oll
ingi
nflati
on"
KAL
PA|
kal
·
pa L
EAGUE|
league
noun:kal
pa noun:l
eague;pl
uralnoun:l
eagues

KL
(i
nHi nducosmology)aperi
odinwhi
cht
heuni
ver
seexper
ienc
esa acoll
ect
ionofpeople,countries
,orgroupsthatcombi
nef
orapar
tic
ular
cycl
eofcreat
ionanddest
ruct
ion pur
pose,typi
cal
lymutualprotecti
onorcooperat
ion.
"theLeagueofNations"

KANA|
ka·
na
L
IBERTY|
li
b·er
·ty
noun:kana
noun:l
iber
ty
thesyst
em ofs
yllabi
cwrit
ingus
edf
orJ
apanes
e,havi
ngt
wof
orms
,
hir
aganaandkatakana. thest
ateofbeingfeewi
r t
hinsoci
etyf
rom oppressi
verest
rict
ionsimpos
ed
byauthor
ityonone'swayofli
fe,
behavi
or,
orpol i
ti
calvi
ews.
"compuls
or yr
eti
rementwouldi
nterf
erewi t
hindi
viduall
iber
ty"

KEX|
kex
noun:kex
L
ITI
GATE|
li
t·
i·
gat
e
• any of sever
al l
arge holl
ow-st
emmed umbel
li
fer
ous pl
ant
s,
suc
hasc owparsni
pandc hervi
l ver
b:lit
igate;3r
dpersonpresent
:li
ti
gates
;pastt
ense:l
iti
gat
ed;
pastpart
ici
ple:l
iti
gat
ed;gerundorpres
entpar
tic
ipl
e:li
ti
gati
ng
• t
hedr
ieds
tal
ksofanyoft
hes
epl
ant
s
got
olaw;beapartytoalaws ui
t.
"thepl
aint
iffispreparedtol
it
igat
e"

KNUCKL
E|knuck·
l
e
noun:knuckl
e;pl
uralnoun:knuckl
es L
OOSE|
loose
apar
tofafingeratajointwher
ethebonei
snearthesur
face,
espec
ial
ly adject
ive:loos
e;comparat
iveadj
ect
ive:l
oos
er;
wher
ethefingerjoi
nsthehand. superl
ativeadj
ect
ive:l
oosest
"Charl
otterappedonthewi
ndowwithherknuckl
es"
notfir
mlyorti
ghtl
yfix
edinpl
ace;det
achedorabl
etobedet
ached.
"
alooset
oot
h"

KOS|
ko
pl
uralnoun:KOs L
UST|
lust
• aknoc
kouti
naboxi
ngmat
ch. noun:l
ust

ver
b:3r
dper
sonpr
esent
:KOs ver
yst
rongsexualdesi
re.
"
heknewt hathi
slus
tforherhadr
etur
ned"
• knoc
k(anopponent
)outi
naboxi
ngmat
ch.
MATRI
CUL
ATE|
ma·
tri
c·u·
l
ate NAUSEA|
nau·
se·
a
ver
b:matri
cul
ate;3rdpersonpresent:matr
iculat
es; noun:naus
ea

MN
pastt
ens
e:matri
culated;pastparti
ci
ple:matri
culat
ed;
ger
undorpres
entpartic
ipl
e:mat r
iculati
ng af
eel
ingofsicknesswi thaninc
linat
iont
ovomit.
•loat
hing;revulsi
on.
beenr
oll
edatacoll
egeoruni
ver
sit
y. "
intendedt oinduceafeeli
ngofnos
tal
gia,
itonl
yinduc
es
"hemat
ric
ulat
edatt
heUniver
sit
yofVer
mont
” inmeaf eeli
ngofnausea"

METHANE|
met
h·ane
NEGL
IGENT|
neg·
l
i·
gent
noun:met
hane
adj
ect
ive:negl
igent
acolorless
,odorl
essflammablegaswhi
chisthemai
nconsti
tuentof
naturalgas.I
tist
hesimpl
estmemberofthealk
aneser
iesof f
ail
ingt
otakepr
opercareindoi
ngs omet
hing.
hydrocarbons. "
dir
ect
orshavebeennegl
igenti
ntheper
for
manc
eoft
hei
rdut
ies
"

METHYL|
met
h·yl NEUTRAL|
neu·
tral
modi
fiernoun:met
hyl adj
ect
ive:neut
ral

ofordenot
ingthealkylradi
cal—CH3,der
ivedf
rom met
haneand nothelpi
ngorsuppor
tingei
thers
idei
nac onflict
,di
sagreement,
etc.
;
pres
entinmanyor gani
cc ompounds
. i
mpar t
ial
.
"methylbromide" "
dur
ingtheSecondWorldWar,
Portugalwasneutral
"

MI
X|mi
x NEVERTHEL
ESS|
nev·
er·
the·
l
ess
ver
b:mix;3rdper
s onpres
ent:mixes;pasttense:mixed; adver
b:never
thel
ess
pastpar
tic
ipl
e:mixed;gerundorpresentparti
cipl
e:mixi
ng
i
nspi
teofthat
;notwi
ths
tanding;al
lthesame.
c
ombi
neorputtogethert
oform onesubst
anc
eormas s
.
"stat
ementswhic
h,alt
houghlit
eral
lyt
rue,
arenev
ert
hel
ess
"pepperc
ornsaresometimesmix
edwithot
herspi
ces
misl
eadi
ng"
f
oratablecondi
ment"

MUGGY|
mug·
gy NOTWI
THST
ANDI
NG|
not
·wi
th·
stand·
i
ng
adject
ive:muggy;comparat
iveadj
ect
ive:muggi
er; pr
epos
iti
on:not
wit
hst
andi
ng
superl
ativeadj
ect
ive:muggiest
i
nspi
teof
.
(
oft
heweather
)unpl
easant
lywar
m andhumid. "not
withs
tandi
ngtheevi
denc
e,t
hec
ons
ens
usi
sthatt
hej
ury
"
itwasahot,
verymuggyeveni
ng" wil
lnotr
eachaverdi
ct"