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- ABASHEDEmbarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.
- ABLEISTExhibiting or relating to ableism.
- ABRASIONThe act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
- ABSOLUTIONAn absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
- ABSOLVEDsimple past and past participle of absolve
- ADENOVIRUSAny virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
- ADHESIONThe ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
- ADHESIVESticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
- ADJUNCTAn appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
- ADROITdeft, dexterous, or skillful
- AGHASTTerrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.
- AKIMBOWith a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
- AMORPHOUSLacking a definite form or clear shape.
- ANALOGOUSHaving analogy, the status of an analogue; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or similar proportion (often followed by "to".)
- ANALYTICOf, or relating to any form of analysis, or to analytics.
- ANXIOUSLYIn an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
- APHASICAffected by, or pertaining to, aphasia.
- APHRODISIAA state of sexual desire.
- APHRODISIACArousing or intensifying sexual desire.
- AWRYObliquely, crookedly; askew.
- BATLIKEHaving characteristics similar to those of a bat, usually used with reference to the flying mammal.
- BECOMEbegin to be; turn into .
- BEGOTsimple past of beget
- BEHOLDENObligated to provide, display, or do something for another; indebted, obliged for a bounden duty.
- BELATEDAffected or overtaken by the lateness of the time; hence, synonym of benighted (“overtaken by night; caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination”).
- BIFURCATETo divide or fork into two channels or branches.
- BIFURCATEDDivided into two branches.
- BIFURCATIONA division into two branches.
- BINARYBeing in one of two mutually exclusive states.
- BIRDLIKESimilar to a bird or an aspect of a bird; reminiscent of birds.
- BONBONA sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy.
- BOWLIKEResembling or characteristic of a bow (bent frame for firing arrows).
- BRISRitual male circumcision; the ceremony in which this is performed.
- BUFFOONOne who performs in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.
- CAIRNA rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
- CALIBRATIONThe act of calibrating something.
- CALIPHATEMonarchical government based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad, ruled by a caliph.
- CAVALIERLacking the proper care or concern for something important, reckless, rash, high-handed.
- CAVERNOUSResembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
- CHASMA deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.
- CHIVALROUSHonourable, especially to women; gallant.
- COHESIONState of cohering, or of working together.
- COLLABORATETo work together with others to achieve a common goal.
- COLORINGThat colors something.
- COMPLEXITYThe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
- COMPULSORYRequired; obligatory; mandatory.
- COPSEA coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).
- COPULATETo engage in sexual intercourse.
- CORPUSA collection of written or spoken texts. Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses.
- COUTHFamiliar, known; well-known, renowned.
- CURTLYIn a curt manner; tersely, almost rudely.
- DECEITFULLYin a deceitful manner
- DEFUNCTNo longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.
- DELEGATIONAn act of delegating.
- DEPRAVITYThe state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
- DEVIATETo go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
- DIALECTA lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized i
- DISORIENTTo cause to lose orientation or direction.
- DISPARATEComposed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.
- DIVERSIFYTo make (something) diverse or varied in form or quality; to give variety to (something) to distinguish by numerous aspects or differences.
- DIVULGETo make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.
- DOVELIKEResembling or characteristic of a dove.
- DUALITYThe quality of containing or comprising two often opposed parts or aspects.
- DUOLOGY
- DUPLICATIONThe act of duplicating.
- DYSTOPIANOf or pertaining to a dystopia.
- EAGLETThe immature young of an eagle; an eagle chick.
- EDICTA proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
- ELUSIVEEvading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
- EMPATHICShowing or expressing empathy.
- ENDEMICNative to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.
- ENDOSCOPYThe examination of a bodily orifice, canal or organ using an endoscope.
- ENMITYThe quality of being an enemy; a hostile or unfriendly disposition.
- ENTROPICOf, pertaining to, or as a consequence of entropy.
- ENTROPYA measure of the disorder present in a system.
- EPILOGUEA short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
- EULOGISTA speaker who delivers a funeral oration (eulogy) for a deceased person.
- EULOGYAn oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.
- EVANGELISTAn itinerant or special preacher, especially a revivalist, who conducts services in different cities or locations, now often televised.
- EXCURSIONA brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.
- EXHORTTo urge; to advise earnestly.
- FAWNLIKEResembling or characteristic of a fawn.
- FEASIBLEAble to be done in practice.
- FERVENCYThe state of being fervent.
- FERVENTVery hot; burning, scorching; also, glowing with heat.
- FESTERINGThe condition of something that festers.
- FEUDALITYThe state or quality of being feudal; feudal form or constitution.
- FIBROUSOf or pertaining to fibre.
- FIGURINEA small carved or molded figure; a statuette.
- FINITEHaving an end or limit; constrained by bounds; whose number of elements is a natural number.
- FLAUNTTo wave or flutter smartly in the wind.
- FLICKEREDsimple past and past participle of flicker
- FLUIDITYThe state of being fluid rather than viscous
- FOUNDEROne who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
- FRAUGHTThe hire of a boat or ship to transport cargo. Money paid to hire a vessel for this purpose; freight.
- FRENETICFrenzied and frantic, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.
- FRIGHTENEDAfraid; suffering from fear.
- FRUITIONThe fulfillment of something worked for.
- FULMINATETo make a verbal attack.
- FUMIGATETo disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals.