GRE Vocab.txt

• Noun:
• The view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist.

• Adjective:
• Self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness.

• Synonyms:
• sentimental - mawkish

• Noun:
• A doctrine that identifies God with the universe, or regards the universe as a manifestation of God.

• Adjective:
• (of a person) Formidable, esp. as an opponent:  "a redoubtable debater".

• Synonyms:
• redoubted - formidable - dreadful - terrible - awful

• Noun:
• The playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks.

• Verb:
• Talk or exchange remarks in a good-humored teasing way:  "the men bantered with the waitresses";  "a bantering tone".

• Synonyms:noun.
• jest - joke - raillery - pleasantry - badinageverb.  joke - jest - chaff - lark - tease - jape - mock

• Noun:
• Comic verse composed in irregular rhythm.Verse or words that are badly written or expressed.

• Noun:
• A member of the middle class. A bourgeois person.

• Adjective:
• (esp. of a document) Still in existence; surviving.

• Synonyms:
• existing - existent - in existence - present

• Adjective:
• Relevant to a subject under consideration:  "that is not germane to our theme".

• Synonyms:
• relevant

• Adjective:
• Never to be broken, infringed, or dishonored.

• Synonyms:
• sacred - sacrosanct - infrangible - irrefrangible

• Noun:
• The works of a painter, composer, or author regarded collectively:  "the complete oeuvre of Mozart".A work of art, music, or literature.

• Synonyms:
• work

• Noun:
• The complete range or scope of something:  "the whole gamut of human emotion".A complete scale of musical notes; the compass or range of a voice or instrument.

• Synonyms:
• scale - range - diapason - gamma

• Noun:
• A collection of written texts, esp. the entire works of a particular author or a body of writing on a particular subject.A collection of written or spoken material in machine-readable form, assembled for the purpose of studying linguistic structures,...

• Synonyms:
• body - collection

• Adjective:
• Lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downward.

• Verb:
• Lay oneself flat on the ground face downward, esp. in reverence or submission.

• Synonyms:
• prone

• Adjective:
• Many and of various types.Having many varied parts or aspects.

• Synonyms:
• manifold - various - varied - diverse - miscellaneous

• Noun:
• A thing that is helpful or beneficial.

• Adjective:
• (of a companion or friend) Close; intimate; favorite.

• Synonyms:
• blessing - benefit - favour - favor

• Noun:
• A typical example or pattern of something; a model.A worldview underlying the theories and methodology of a particular scientific subject.

• Synonyms:
• example - model - sample - exemplar - instance - pattern

• Noun:
• A decorative design or pattern.A distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition.

• Synonyms:
• motive - theme - subject

• Verb:
• Forbid, esp. by law.Denounce or condemn.

• Synonyms:
• outlaw - ban - forbid - prohibit - banish - interdict

• Verb:
• (of an event) Be a sign or warning that (something, typically something bad) will happen.

• Noun:
• A sign or warning that something, typically something bad, will happen; an omen or portent.

• Synonyms:
• verb.  forebode - predict - bode - foretell - augurnoun.  omen - portent - augury - foreboding - foretoken - sign

• Adjective:
• Not conspicuous or attracting attention.

• Synonyms:
• modest - discreet - humble - quiet

• Adjective:
• Happening by accident or chance rather than design.Happening by a lucky chance; fortunate.

• Synonyms:
• accidental - random - incidental - casual - chance

• Adjective:
• Relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral:  "atavistic fears and instincts".

• Adjective:
• Unable to pay debts:  "an insolvent company".

• Noun:
• An insolvent person.

• Synonyms:
• adjective.  bankruptnoun.  bankrupt

• Noun:
• An extra personal name given to an ancient Roman citizen, functioning rather like a nickname and typically passed down from father to son.A name; a nickname.

• Synonyms:
• surname - nickname - sobriquet - last name - soubriquet

• Noun:
• A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.

• Noun:
• A formal written defense of one's opinions or conduct.

• Synonyms:
• apology

• Noun:
• An authoritative warning or order.A judicial order that restrains a person from effecting legal action, or orders redress to an injured party.

• Synonyms:
• order - command - dictate - behest - dictation - bidding

• Noun:
• A formal pronouncement from an authoritative source.A short statement that expresses a general truth or principle.

• Synonyms:
• saying - adage - byword - maxim - saw - aphorism

• Noun:
• The final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are resolved.The climax of a chain of events, usually when something is decided or made clear.

• Verb:
• (of a ship) Fill with water and sink:  "six drowned when the yacht foundered off the Florida coast".(of a plan or undertaking) Fail or break down, typically as a result of a particular problem or setback.

• Adjective:
• given to or characterized by joking; jesting; humorous; playful: a jocose and amusing manner.

• Web definitions:
• with humor; "they tried to deal with this painful subject jocularly".

• Noun:
• The direct vote of all the members of an electorate.

• Synonyms:
• referendum

• Noun:
• A thing tacitly assumed beforehand at the beginning of a line of argument or course of action.The action or state of presupposing or being presupposed.

• Synonyms:
• presumption - supposition - assumption - premise

• Noun:
• A mixture; a medley:  "a melange of tender vegetables and herbs".

• Noun:
• A custom, principle, or belief distinguishing a class or group of people.

• Synonyms:
• password - watchword - parole

• Noun:
• A wrong or inaccurate name or designation:  "“king crab” is a misnomer".A wrong or inaccurate use of a name or term.

• Verb:
• Insert (something) between fixed points.Insert (words) in a book or other text, esp. in order to give a false impression as to its date.

• Synonyms:
• insert - interpose

• Adjective:
• Of, relating to, or situated at the edge or margin of something.

• Noun:
• A plant that grows in water adjacent to the edge of land.

• Synonyms:
• peripheral

• Adjective:
• Producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertile.

• Synonyms:
• fertile - prolific - fruitful - productive - rich

• Adjective:
• Characteristic of or resembling a seraph or seraphim:  "a seraphic smile".

• Synonyms:
• angelic - cherubic - seraphical

• Adjective:
• Widespread in a particular area at a particular time.Predominant; powerful.

• Synonyms:
• prevailing - predominant - ruling - regnant - dominant

• Adjective:
• Able to perceive or feel things:  "sentient life forms".

• Synonyms:
• sensitive - sensible - susceptible - tender - feeling

• Adjective:
• eminent above or before others; superior; surpassing: He is preeminent in his profession.

• Web definitions:eminence:
• high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence".

• Adjective:
• Tending or able to change frequently or easily.Able to do many different things; versatile.

• Synonyms:
• changeable - inconstant - fickle

• Adjective:
• Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world.Heavenly or spiritual:  "ethereal, otherworldly visions".

• Synonyms:
• airy - aerial - etherial

• Noun:
• A paid teacher of philosophy and rhetoric in ancient Greece, associated in popular thought with moral skepticism and specious reasoning.A person who reasons with clever but fallacious arguments.

• Synonyms:
• quibbler

• Adjective:
• Unique.

• Preposition:
• With reference to; concerning.

• Adverb:
• Used to state a speaker's belief that someone's comments or acts are unrelated to any previous discussion or situation.

• Adjective:
• Very appropriate to a particular situation:  "the composer's reference to child's play is apropos".

• Synonyms:adverb. 
• pat - by the wayadjective.  opportune - appropriate - seasonable - proper - suitable

• Adjective:
• Not being what it purports to be; false or fake:  "spurious claims".(of a line of reasoning) Apparently but not actually valid:  "this spurious reasoning results in nonsense".

• Synonyms:
• false - sham - counterfeit - bogus - mock - phony

• Adjective:
• Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.

• Noun:
• The closing words of a text, manuscript, early printed book, or chanted liturgical text.

• Synonyms:
• express - clear - definite - distinct - plain - evident

• Verb:
• Speak or act in an evasive way:  "he prevaricated when journalists asked questions".

• Synonyms:
• evade - equivocate - lie

• Verb:
• Make (something) necessary as a result:  "the arthritis necessitated a hip replacement".Force or compel (someone) to do something:  "the late arrival had necessitated her getting out of bed".

• Synonyms:
• require - demand - compel - constrain - force - oblige

Noun:An imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one.

Noun:A community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristic features of something much larger.Humankind regarded as the epitome of the universe.

• Noun:
• A person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type:  "she is the epitome of elegance and taste".A summary of a written work; an abstract.

• Synonyms:
• abstract - summary - abridgment - abridgement - synopsis

• Adjective:
• Of, relating to, or inserted as a parenthesis.

• Synonyms:
• parenthetic

• Adjective:
• Generally considered or reputed to be:  "the putative father of a boy of two".

• Synonyms:
• supposed - presumptive - reputed

• Adjective:
• Not able to be denied or disputed:  "incontrovertible proof".

• Synonyms:
• indisputable - incontestable - undeniable - irrefutable

• Verb:
• Promote or make widely known (an idea or cause).Put (a law or decree) into effect by official proclamation.

• Synonyms:
• proclaim - publish - declare - announce - give out

• Noun:
• Clever or cunning devices or expedients, esp. as used to trick or deceive others:  "artifice and outright fakery".

• Synonyms:
• trick - ruse - wile - art - stratagem - craft - device

• Noun:
• Deceitfulness; double-dealing.

• Synonyms:
• double-dealing - hypocrisy

• Noun:
• A man who behaves selfishly and irresponsibly in his sexual relationships with women.

• Web definitions:
• someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures.

• Adjective:
• (of a person or their thoughts and ideas) Overimaginative and unrealistic.Existing only in the imagination or fancy.

• Noun:
• (in Greek mythology) A fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.Any mythical animal with parts taken from various animals.

• Verb:
• Report or represent in outline.Indicate faintly.

• Adjective:
• Exceptionally good or great; remarkable.

• Noun:
• The singular form of a word:  "the first person singular".

• Synonyms:
• odd - strange - peculiar - extraordinary - uncommon

• Adjective:
• Being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else:  "the situation was unique in modern politics";  "original and unique designs".

• Noun:
• A unique person or thing.Synonyms:singular - single - only - sole - unparalleled

• Noun:
• A long poem, typically derived from oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of...

Adjective:Of, relating to, or characteristic of an epic or epics.

• Synonyms:noun. 
• epos - epopee

• Adjective:
• Serving as a desirable model; representing the best of its kind.Characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule.

• Adjective:
• Providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organization, institution, industry, or system.

• Noun:
• A person whose work provides necessary support to the primary activities of an organization, institution, or industry.

• Synonyms:
• subsidiary - auxiliary - subordinate - accessory

• Adjective:
• Naturally accompanying or associated.

• Noun:
• A phenomenon that naturally accompanies or follows something.

• Synonyms:
• adjective.  attendant - accompanyingnoun.  concurrent

• Noun:
• The cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition.The causation of diseases and disorders as a subject of investigation.

• Synonyms:
• aetiology

• Noun:
• The explanation of phenomena by the purpose they serve rather than by postulated causes.The doctrine of design and purpose in the material world.

• Noun:
• The theory of knowledge, esp. with regard to its methods, validity, and scope.

• Noun:
• The use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing.An indirect and circumlocutory phrase.

• Synonyms:
• circumlocution

• Verb:
• Render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.Bewilder (someone).

• Synonyms:
• darken - obscure - confuse - cloud - dim - becloud

• Noun:
• A relatively mild mental illness that is not caused by organic disease, involving symptoms of stress (depression, anxiety) but not a...(in nontechnical use) Excessive and irrational anxiety or obsession.

• Noun:
• A severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality.

• Web definitions:ignorantness:
• ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs).

• Noun:
• The use of fallacious arguments, esp. with the intention of deceiving.A fallacious argument.

• Synonyms:
• sophism - casuistry - sophistication

• Noun:
• The quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness.

• Synonyms:
• candour - frankness - sincerity - candidness - openness

• Noun:
• A condition or system in which two or more states, etc., coexist.A form of society in which minority groups maintain their independent cultural traditions.

• Adjective:
• Tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something.

• Synonyms:
• weary - tired - exhausted

• Adjective:
• Relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs; secular.Of or situated in the temples of the head.

• Synonyms:
• worldly - temporary - mundane - secular - earthly

• Adjective:
• Expressing contempt or disapproval.

• Noun:
• A word expressing contempt or disapproval.

• Synonyms:
• derogatory

• Adjective:
• Less important than but related or supplementary to.

• Noun:
• A company controlled by a holding company.

• Synonyms:adjective. 
• ancillary - auxiliary - secondary - accessory

Synonyms:noun.  helper - branch

• Verb:
• Be entitled to a particular benefit or privilege by fulfilling a necessary condition:  "we qualify for compensation".Become eligible for a competition or its final rounds, by reaching a certain standard or defeating a competitor.

• Noun:
• A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning.

• Synonyms:
• prig - stickler - precisian

• Noun:
• The policy or practice on the part of people in positions of authority of restricting the freedom and responsibilities of those subordin...

• Adjective:
• Of or relating to a church parish.Having a limited or narrow outlook or scope.

• Synonyms:
• narrow - provincial - narrow-minded - parish

• Verb:
• Begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish:  "manufacturers are keen to cash in on the burgeoning demand".Put forth young shoots; bud.

• Noun:
• A small quantity of a particular thing, esp. something considered desirable or valuable.

• Synonyms:
• trace

• Noun:
• An excessive amount of something:  "a surfeit of food and drink".

• Verb:
• Cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess.

• Synonyms:noun. 
• satiety - glut - excess - redundance

• Synonyms:verb. 
• overfeed - satiate

• Adjective:
• Not part of the essential nature of someone or something; coming or operating from outside.(of a muscle, such as any of the eye muscles) Having its origin some distance from the part that it moves.

• Synonyms:
• outward - external - exterior - outside - outer

• Web definitions:
• someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief.

• Adjective:
• Relating to or using force or threats:  "coercive measures".

• Synonyms:
• compulsive - compulsory - forced - forcible - compelling

• Adjective:
• Based on illusion; not real:  "she knew the safety of her room was illusory".

• Synonyms:
• illusive - delusive - delusory - deceptive - unreal

• Adjective:
• (of laws or their application) Excessively harsh and severe.

• Adjective:
• (esp. of a theory or argument) Appearing neat and comprehensive by ignoring the complexities of an issue; superficial.(of a person) Having a superficial or simplistic knowledge or approach.

• Synonyms:
• light

• Adjective:
• Capable of working successfully; feasible:  "the proposed investment was economically viable".(of a seed or spore) Able to germinate.

• Noun:
• A person who behaves badly or in a way that breaks the law.

• Adjective:
• (of a person) Behaving badly or breaking a law.

• Synonyms:noun. 
• villain - scoundrel - blackguard - rascal - rogue - knave

• Synonyms:adjective. 
• mean - vile - base

• Adjective:
• Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen.Wicked or criminal.

• Synonyms:
• ominous - evil - portentous - baleful - inauspicious

• Adjective:
• Excessively sweet or sentimental.

• Synonyms:
• sugary

• Adjective:
• Making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation:  "a scurrilous attack".Humorously insulting.

• Synonyms:
• coarse - vulgar - rude - obscene - ribald - abusive

• Adjective:
• Denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis:  "secular buildings".

• Noun:
• A secular priest.

• Synonyms:adjective. 
• profane - temporal - worldly - mundane - laicnoun.  layman - laic

• Adjective:
• Formed of a single large block of stone.(of a building) Very large and characterless.

• Adjective:
• (of a person or their views, esp. religious or political ones) Conforming to what is accepted as right or true:  "orthodox Hindus".(of a person) Not independent-minded; unoriginal:  "a relatively orthodox artist".

• Adjective:
• Complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree:  "they are almost embarrassingly fulsome in their appreciation".Of large size or quantity; generous or abundant.

• Web definitions:
• dissident: characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards.

• Noun:
• The theory or philosophy of law.A legal system.

• Synonyms:
• law

• Noun:
• Government or the holding of power by people selected on the basis of their ability.A society governed by such people.

• Noun:
• A factor that decisively affects the nature or outcome of something.

• Adjective:
• Serving to determine or decide something.

• Synonyms:noun. 
• determinative

• Synonyms:adjective. 
• determinative - decisive

• Noun:
• A priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity.A place at which such advice or prophecy was sought.

• Synonyms:
• scripture

• Adjective:
• Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.

• Synonyms:
• jocose - humorous - jocular - waggish - comic - funny

• Adjective:
• Done with speed and efficiency.

• Synonyms:
• quick - fast - speedy - swift - rapid - prompt - hasty

• Noun:
• The study of the physical features of the surface of the earth and their relation to its geological structures.

• Web definitions:
• Paleoseismology looks at geologic sediments and rocks, for signs of ancient earthquakes. It is used to supplement seismic monitoring,...

• Adjective:
• Tending or able to change frequently or easily.Able to do many different things; versatile.

• Synonyms:
• changeable - inconstant - fickle

• Adjective:
• Requiring great strength or effort:  "a Herculean task".(of a person) Muscular and strong.

• Verb:
• (of sums of money or benefits) Be received by someone in regular or increasing amounts over time.Accumulate or receive (such payments or benefits).

• Synonyms:
• grow - increase

• Adjective:
• (of a work, event, moment, or figure) Strongly influencing later developments.Of, relating to, or denoting semen.

• Synonyms:
• spermatic

• Adjective:
• In an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop:  "incipient anger".(of a person) Developing into a specified type or role:  "incipient lovers".

• Synonyms:
• initial - inceptive - inchoate - primary - inchoative

• Adjective:
• Nearer the front, esp. situated in the front of the body, or nearer to the head or forepart.(of a part of a flower or leaf) Situated further away from the main stem.

• Noun:
• Special honor or respect shown publicly.Formal public acknowledgment of feudal allegiance.

• Synonyms:
• obeisance - tribute - respect - honor - honour

• Noun:
• A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones.A difficult situation or problem.

• Synonyms:
• quandary - fix

• Noun:
• A confusing and difficult problem or question.A question asked for amusement, typically one with a pun in its answer; a riddle.

• Synonyms:
• riddle - puzzle - enigma - mystery

• Noun:
• A figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression.

Verb:Create a trope.

• Synonyms:
• metaphor

• Verb:
• Include or absorb (something) in something else.

• Web definitions:
• containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument".

• Verb:
• Powerfully attract or charm; tempt.

• Adjective:
• Of, relating to, or characteristic of a sophomore.Pretentious or juvenile.

• Adjective:
• Modeled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic.

• Noun:
• An idealistic reformer.

• Adjective:
• Having or showing great knowledge or learning.

• Synonyms:
• learned - scholarly - lettered - wise

• Adjective:
• Having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty.Commonplace; unromantic.

• Synonyms:
• prosy - pedestrian - matter-of-fact - prose

• Noun:
• The branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being.

• Adjective:
• Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person:  "vicarious pleasure".Acting or done for another:  "a vicarious atonement".

• Synonyms:
• vicarial

• Adjective:
• Superficially plausible, but actually wrong:  "a specious argument".Misleading in appearance, esp. misleadingly attractive:  "a specious appearance of novelty".

• Adjective:
• Arranged or existing for the present, possibly to be changed later.

• Noun:
• A provisional postage stamp.

• Synonyms:
• temporary - interim - provisory - tentative - temporal

• Adjective:
• Lasting for only a limited period of time; not permanent:  "a temporary job".

• Noun:
• A person employed on a temporary basis, typically an office worker who finds employment through an agency.

• Synonyms:
• provisional - interim - transitory - temporal - transient

• Adjective:
• Relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs; secular.Of or situated in the temples of the head.

• Synonyms:
• worldly - temporary - mundane - secular - earthly

• Adjective:
• Overly theatrical or melodramatic in character or style.

• Noun:
• Exaggerated dramatic behavior designed to attract attention.

• Synonyms:
• theatrical - scenic - dramatic - stagy - scenical

• Adjective:
• Unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable: "the ineluctable facts".

• Synonyms:
• inevitable - unavoidable - inescapable - shunless

• Verb:
• Suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief.

• Noun:
• A thing suggested or assumed as true as the basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief.

• Synonyms:
• demand - require - claim - posit

Web definitions:

hypostatization: regarding something abstract as a material thing.

• depersonalization:
• representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality; "according to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual"

• Noun:
• An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.

• Verb:
• Form an opinion or supposition about (something) on the basis of incomplete information.

• Synonyms:noun.  
• guess - surmise - supposition - presumption - assumption

• Synonyms:verb.  
• guess - surmise - presume - suppose - assume - speculate

• Adjective:
• Enabling a person to discover or learn something for themselves.

• Noun:
• A heuristic process or method.

• Noun:
• A particular way or method of doing something, esp. one that is characteristic or well-established.The way something operates or works.

• Synonyms:
• procedure

•  Noun:
• A person's social environment: "a military milieu".

• Synonyms:
• environment - surroundings - ambience - setting - medium

• Verb:
• Prevent or hinder the progress of.

• Verb:
• Demand or specify (a requirement), typically as part of a bargain or agreement: "he stipulated certain conditions before their marriage".

• Adjective:
• (of a leaf or plant) Having stipules.Synonyms:provide - condition

•  Noun:
• A thing that has already happened or been decided.

• Web definitions:
• a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights.

• Noun:
• Laws.

• Noun:
• Comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness: "she sought solace in her religion".

Verb:Give solace to.

• Synonyms:noun.  
• consolation - comfort - relief

• Synonyms:verb.  
• console - comfort - soothe

• Noun:
• A person's natural height: "she was small in stature".Importance or reputation gained by ability or achievement: "an architect of international stature".

• Synonyms:
• height - size - figure

• Noun:
• The state or condition of being equal, esp. regarding status or pay.The fact or condition of having borne children.

• Synonyms:
• equality - par - sameness

• Noun:
• The condition or process of deterioration with age.Loss of a cell's power of division and growth.

• Synonyms:
• senility - old age - aging - ageing

• Noun:
• A previous statement or proposition from which another is inferred or follows as a conclusion.

• Verb:
• Base an argument, theory, or undertaking on: "the reforms were premised on our findings".

• Synonyms:
• prerequisite

• Adjective:
• Using or characterized by irony.Happening in the opposite way to what is expected, thus typically causing wry amusement.

• Synonyms:
• ironical - derisive - quizzical

• Adjective:
• Seemingly absurd or self-contradictory.

• Adjective:
• (of a conclusion or agreement) Done or reached decisively and with authority: "a definitive diagnosis".

• Noun:
• A definitive postage stamp.

• Synonyms:
• final - conclusive - ultimate - decisive - determinate

• Adjective:
• Most noticeable or important: "the salient points of the case".

• Noun:
• A piece of land or section of fortification that juts out to form an angle.

• Synonyms:
• adjective.  prominent - outstanding - protrudingnoun.  salience - projection - protrusion

• Adjective:
• Made in an intricate shape or decorated with complex patterns.(of literary style) Using unusual words and complex constructions.

• Synonyms:
• florid

• Noun:
• Money, esp. when regarded as sordid or distasteful or gained in a dishonorable way.

• Synonyms:
• profit - gain - money - benefit

• Adjective:
• (esp. of a group or area) Having a great deal of money; wealthy: "the affluent societies of the western world".

• Noun:
• A tributary stream.

• Synonyms:adjective.  
• rich - wealthy - opulent - abundant - copious - profusenoun.  tributary - influent - feeder - confluent - creek

• Verb:
• Make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource): "500 companies sprang up to exploit this new technology".

• Noun:
• A bold or daring feat: "the most heroic and secretive exploits of the war".

• Synonyms:
• verb.  use - utilize - operate - milknoun.  feat - deed - achievement

• Adjective:
• Further back in position; of or nearer the rear or hind end.

Noun:A person's buttocks.

• Synonyms:adjective.  
• subsequent - hind - rear - back - after - ulteriornoun.  backside - rear - buttocks - rump - behind - bottom - bum

• Adjective:
• Of, relating to, or situated on the edge or periphery of something.

• Noun:
• A peripheral device.

• Synonyms:adjective.  
• circumferential - marginal

• Synonyms:noun.  
• peripheral device

• Adjective:
• Tending or able to change frequently or easily.Able to do many different things; versatile.

• Synonyms:
• changeable - inconstant - fickle

• Noun:
• A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning.

• Synonyms:
• prig - stickler - precisian

• Adjective:
• Representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class: "the quintessential tough guy".

• Noun:
• The process of carrying or being carried in the womb between conception and birth.The duration of such a process.

• Synonyms:
• pregnancy

• Noun:
• The branch of science concerned with the properties of the earth's water, esp. its movement in relation to land.

• Noun:
• The study of the forms of things, in particular.The branch of biology that deals with the form of living organisms, and with relationships between their structures.

• Synonyms:
• accidence

• Noun:
• An area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.An area or region drained by a river, river system, or other body of water.

• Synonyms:
• divide - water parting

• Verb:
• Pull or rip (something) apart or to pieces with force: "I tore up the letter".(of the eye) Produce tears.

• Noun:
• An uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear; a misgiving.A momentary faint or sick feeling.Synonyms:nausea - queasiness - scruple - compunction

• Adjective:
• (esp. of a liquid) Only slightly warm; lukewarm.Showing little enthusiasm: "tepid applause".

• Synonyms:
• lukewarm - warmish

• Adjective:
• Having or displaying a passionate intensity.

• Synonyms:
• ardent - hot - passionate - fervid - fiery - torrid

• Noun:
• Skill or expertise in an activity or field.Bravery in battle.

• Synonyms:
• valor - gallantry - valour - bravery - courage - heroism

• Noun:
• Deferential respect: "they paid obeisance to the prince".A gesture expressing deferential respect, such as a bow or curtsy.

• Synonyms:
• reverence - homage - respect - bow - curtsey - curtsy

• Noun:
• General agreement.

• Synonyms:
• accord - agreement - unanimity

• Noun:
• An exponent or advocate of technocracy.A member of a technically skilled elite.

• Web definitions:
• a biologist who specializes in the classification of organisms into groups on the basis of their structure and origin and behavior.

• Verb:
• Make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.

• Synonyms:
• improve - meliorate - better - mend - amend - reform

• Verb:
• Reduce the force, effect, or value of: "her intolerance was attenuated by an unexpected liberalism".Reduce the amplitude of (a signal, electric current, or other oscillation).

• Synonyms:
• dilute - weaken - thin - reduce - extenuate - rarefy

• Adjective:
• (esp. of a time or place) Like an idyll; extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque: "an idyllic setting".

• Synonyms:
• pastoral

• Adjective:
• (esp. of land or a farm) Used for or related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle.

Noun:A work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life.

Synonyms:adjective.  bucolicnoun.  pastorale

• Noun:
• Compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the military.

• Synonyms:
• recruitment - draft - levy

• Web definitions:
• dictatorship: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.).

• Noun:
• A quality or accomplishment that makes someone suitable for a particular job or activity.The action or fact of becoming qualified as a practitioner of a particular profession or activity.

• Synonyms:
• reservation

• Verb:
• Restrict (something) within limits: "their movements were strictly monitored and circumscribed".Draw (a figure) around another, touching it at points but not cutting it.

• Synonyms:
• restrict - limit - bound - delimit - define

• Verb:
• Give official permission or approval for (an action).Impose a sanction or penalty on.

• Adjective:
• (of a building or object) In a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect.

• Synonyms:
• ramshackle - decrepit - tumbledown - ruinous

•  Noun:
• A severe flood.

• Verb:
• Inundate with a great quantity of something.

• Synonyms:noun. 
• flood - inundation - spate - flooding - cataclysm

• Synonyms:verb.  
• flood - inundate - overflow - swamp - drown - overwhelm

• Adjective:
• Of or having sclerosis.Becoming rigid and unresponsive; losing the ability to adapt: "sclerotic management".

• Synonyms:
• sclerous

• Verb:
• Be constantly or visibly anxious.Decorate with fretwork: "intricately carved and fretted balustrades".Provide (a stringed instrument) with frets.

• Noun:
• A repeating ornamental design of interlaced vertical and horizontal lines, such as the Greek key pattern.Each of a sequence of bars or ridges on the fingerboard of some stringed musical instruments (such as the guitar), used for fixing the...

• Synonyms:
• worry - chafe

• Verb:
• Put at risk of being harmed, injured, or destroyed.

• Noun:
• (in some sports) An official who watches a game or match closely to enforce the rules and arbitrate on matters arising from the play.

• Verb:
• Act as an umpire.

• Synonyms:noun.  
• referee - judge - arbiter - arbitrator

• Synonyms:verb.  
• referee - arbitrate - judge - adjudicate

• Noun:
• A general feeling of discomfort, illness, or uneasiness whose exact cause is difficult to identify.

• Synonyms:
• discomfort - indisposition - ailment

• Noun:
• A lidded basket for laundry.Necessary but cumbersome equipment on a ship.

• Verb:
• Hinder or impede the movement or progress of.

• Synonyms:noun.  
• basket - pannier

• Synonyms:verb.  
• hinder - impede - obstruct - encumber - trammel - prevent

• Adjective:
• Deserving strong condemnation.Shockingly bad in quality.

• Synonyms:
• lamentable - sad - regrettable - miserable - pitiable

• Noun:
• A small boat for recreation or racing, esp. an open boat with a mast and sails.A small, inflatable rubber boat.

• Synonyms:
• dingey - boat - skiff

• Adjective:
• In a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect.

• Noun:
• A person without a home, job, or property.

• Synonyms:
• abandoned - forlorn - desolate - forsaken - deserted

• Adjective:
• Greek.

• Noun:
• The branch of the Indo-European language family comprising classical and modern Greek.

• Adjective:
• Of, relating to, or characteristic of heaven or paradise: "Elysian visions".

• Adjective:
• Relating to or denoting a family of languages that includes Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic and certain ancient languages such as Phoenician...Of or relating to the peoples who speak these languages, esp. Hebrew and Arabic.

• Noun:
• A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.Repeated branching into two equal parts.

• Noun:
• The art of investigating or discussing the truth of opinions.

• Adjective:
• Of or relating to dialectic or dialectics; dialectical.

• Synonyms:noun.  
• dialectics

• Synonyms:adjective.  
• dialectical

• Verb:
• Attribute something to (a cause): "he ascribed Jane's short temper to her upset stomach".Attribute (a text, quotation, or work of art) to a particular person or period: "a quotation ascribed to Thomas Cooper".

• Synonyms:
• attribute - impute - accredit - credit - refer

• Verb:
• Regard something as being caused by: "he attributed the firm's success to the managing director".

• Noun:
• A quality or feature regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of someone or something.

Synonyms:verb.  ascribe - impute - accredit - refer - credit - attach

• Synonyms:noun.  
• quality - property - characteristic - trait - feature

• Verb:
• Take or claim (something) for oneself without justification.

• Synonyms:
• usurp - appropriate - assume

• Verb:
• Evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of: "the committee must assess the relative importance of the issues".Calculate or estimate the price or value of: "the damage was assessed at $5 billion".

• Synonyms:
• appraise - evaluate - estimate - rate - value - judge

• Adjective:
• Bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind.

• Adjective:
• Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious.

• Synonyms:
• mysterious - enigmatical - inscrutable - puzzling

• Adjective:
• Disagreeing or incongruous.Characterized by quarreling and conflict.

• Synonyms:
• dissonant - inconsistent

• Noun:
• A grammatical mistake in speech or writing.A breach of good manners; a piece of incorrect behavior.

• Web definitions:
• platitude: a trite or obvious remark.

• Adjective:
• (of a remark, opinion, or idea) Overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality or freshness.

• Synonyms:
• hackneyed - banal - commonplace - trivial - threadbare

• Web definitions:
• the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar.

• Noun:
• A small quantity of a particular thing, esp. something considered desirable or valuable.

• Synonyms:
• trace

• Noun:
• A countless or extremely great number.

• Adjective:
• Countless or extremely great in number.

• Synonyms:noun.  
• multitude

• Synonyms:adjective.  
• innumerable - countless - numberless - uncounted

• Noun:
• A person's face or facial expression.

• Verb:
• Admit as acceptable or possible.

• Synonyms:noun.  
• face - visage - look - expression - mien - aspect

• Synonyms:verb.  
• support - favour - favor - uphold - tolerate

• Verb:
• Place or deal with close together for contrasting effect: "black-and-white photos were juxtaposed with color images".

• Verb:
• Cause surprise or confusion in (someone), esp. by acting against their expectations.

• Exclamation:
• Used to express anger or annoyance: "oh, confound it, where is the thing?".

• Synonyms:
• confuse - perplex - disconcert - baffle - puzzle

• Noun:
• The branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, cause,...Abstract theory or talk with no basis in reality.

• Web definitions:
• belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group.

• Noun:
• Leadership or dominance, esp. by one country or social group.

• Noun:
• A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., raining cats and...A form of expression natural to a language, person, or group of people: "he had a feeling for phrase and idiom".

• Synonyms:
• dialect - speech - locution - language - phrase

• Noun:
• The study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history.The origin of a word and the historical development of its meaning.

• Noun:
• A person who is enthusiastic about new technology.

• Noun:
• An extreme laissez-faire political philosophy advocating only minimal state intervention in the lives of citizens.

• Noun:
• A person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.A new convert to a religion.

• Synonyms:
• novice - tiro - tyro - beginner

• Adjective:
• Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects: "the insidious effects of stress".Treacherous; crafty: "an insidious alliance".

• Synonyms:
• sly - treacherous - guileful - crafty - perfidious

• Adverb:
• Apparently or purportedly, but perhaps not actually: "portrayed as a blue-collar type, ostensibly a carpenter".

• Synonyms:
• seemingly - apparently

• Adjective:
• Familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures.

• Noun:
• A cosmopolitan person.

• Synonyms:adjective.  
• cosmopolite

• Synonyms:noun.  
• cosmopolite

• Adjective:
• Of, relating to, or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.

• Noun:
• A person who advocates or supports such a principle.

• Noun:
• A person who believes that a system or society should be ruled or dominated by an elite.

• Adjective:
• Favoring, advocating, or restricted to an elite.

• Noun:
• A language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different.A mixture of Italian with French, Greek, Arabic, and Spanish, formerly used in the Levant.

• Noun:
• The vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge.A dictionary, esp. of Greek, Hebrew, Syriac, or Arabic: "a Greek–Latin lexicon".

• Synonyms:
• dictionary - vocabulary - wordbook - thesaurus - glossary

• Noun:
• An unorthodox or independent-minded person.

• Adjective:
• Unorthodox.

• Noun:
• A person of obscure origin who has gained wealth, influence, or celebrity.

• Adjective:
• Having recently achieved, or associated with someone who has recently achieved wealth, influence, or celebrity despite obscure origins.

• Synonyms:
• nouveau riche - vulgarian

• Noun:
• A person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong.

• Synonyms:
• intruder

• Noun:
• A person who claims an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge.A person with an amateur interest in the arts.

• Synonyms:
• dabbler

• Adjective:
• Causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.Involving heated argument.

• Synonyms:
• quarrelsome - controversial - moot - litigious

• Verb:
• Consign or dismiss to an inferior rank or position.

• Synonyms:
• banish - exile - deport

• Verb:
• Prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove.Prove that (someone) is wrong.

• Synonyms:
• rebut - confute - disprove - deny - negative - contradict

• Noun:
• A false, absurd, or distorted representation of something.

• Verb:
• Represent in such a way.

• Synonyms:noun.  
• parody - mockery - burlesque - skit - spoof - caricature

• Synonyms:verb.  
• parody - burlesque

• Noun:
• A picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain characteristics are exaggerated to create a comic or grotesqu...

• Verb:
• Make or give a comically or grotesquely exaggerated representation of (someone or something).

• Synonyms:noun.  
• cartoon - take-off - travesty - burlesque

• Synonyms:verb.  
• cartoon - travesty

• Noun:
• An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.

• Verb:
• Produce a humorously exaggerated imitation of (a writer, artist, or genre).

• Synonyms:noun.  
• travesty - skit - burlesque - spoof - mockery - send-up

• Synonyms:verb.  
• travesty - mimic - burlesque - mock

• Noun:
• A person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named.A name or noun formed in such a way.

• Noun:
• A word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation.The use of such words or phrases.

• Noun:
• Bigoted attitudes; intolerance toward those who hold different opinions from oneself.

• Synonyms:
• zealotry - fanaticism

• Adjective:
• Relating to meaning in language or logic.

• Noun:
• Contemptuous ridicule or mockery.

• Synonyms:
• mockery - ridicule - scoff - taunt - gibe - jeer - mock

• Noun:
• A flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade someone gently to do something.

flattery - cajolery - blarney - cajolement - adulation

• Verb:
• Accustom (someone) to something, esp. something unpleasant.Come into operation; take effect: "a release given to one of two joint contractors inures to the benefit of both".

• Synonyms:
• accustom - habituate - enure

• Verb:
• Quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of.Bring peace to (a country or warring factions), esp. by the use or threatened use of military force.

• Synonyms:
• appease - calm - soothe - placate - mollify - lull

• Verb:
• Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense: "the letter assuaged the fears of most members".Satisfy (an appetite or desire): "an opportunity occurred to assuage her desire for knowledge".

• Synonyms:
• soothe - appease - allay - pacify - mitigate - calm

• Verb:
• Make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe.

• Synonyms:
• relieve - mitigate - ease - soothe - palliate - allay

• Verb:
• Remove (a need or difficulty): "the Venetian blinds obviated the need for curtains".Avoid; prevent: "a parachute can obviate disaster".

• Synonyms:
• avoid - prevent - evade - avert - eliminate - preclude

• Verb:
• Make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause.Allay or moderate (fears or suspicions).

• Synonyms:
• mitigate - soothe - alleviate - ease - relieve - allay

• Noun:
• A person or thing that comes before another of the same kind; a forerunner.A substance from which another is formed, esp. by metabolic reaction.

• Synonyms:
• forerunner - harbinger - predecessor - herald

• Noun:
• A person or thing seen as comparable to another.

• Adjective:
• Relating to or using signals or information represented by a continuously variable physical quantity such as spatial position or voltage.

• Synonyms:noun.  
• analogue

• Synonyms:adjective.  
• analogical - analogue

• Adjective:
• Shining brightly; radiant.(of a person or expression) Emanating joy or goodness.

• Synonyms:
• radiant - brilliant - resplendent - luminous - shining

• Verb:
• Publicly denounce: "they decried human rights abuses".

• Synonyms:
• condemn - disparage - censure

• Verb:
• Declare (someone) free from blame, guilt, or responsibility.Give absolution for (a sin).

• Synonyms:
• pardon - acquit - forgive - excuse - remit - exonerate

• Noun:
• The part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject (e.g., went home in John went...

• Verb:
• State, affirm, or assert (something) about the subject of a sentence or an argument of proposition.

• Synonyms:
• affirm - assert - allege - aver - maintain - declare

• Verb:
• Treat or represent (something abstract) as a concrete reality.

• Synonyms:
• reify

• Adjective:
• Barely sufficient or adequate.

• Verb:
• Provide grudgingly or in insufficient amounts.

• Synonyms:adjective.  
• scanty - meager - scarce - meagre - spare - skimpy - poor

• Synonyms:verb.  
• stint - scrimp - skimp

• Verb:
• Supply an ungenerous or inadequate amount of (something): "stowage room hasn't been stinted".

• Noun:
• A person's fixed or allotted period of work: "his varied career included a stint as a magician".A small short-legged sandpiper (genus Calidris) of northern Eurasia and Alaska, with a brownish back and white underparts.

• Synonyms:verb.  
• limit - restrict - scrimp - confine - skimp - scant

• Synonyms:noun.  
• limitation - restriction - restraint - confinement

• Verb:
• (of an action, process, or argument) Require as a precondition of possibility or coherence.Tacitly assume at the beginning of a line of argument or course of action that something is the case.

• Synonyms:
• suppose - assume - presume - surmise

• Noun:
• A newly coined word or expression.The coining or use of new words.

• Synonyms:
• neology - modernism

• Adjective:
• Existing at or from the beginning of time; primeval.(esp. of a state or quality) Basic and fundamental.

• Synonyms:
• primary - primitive - primeval - original - primal

• Noun:
• A choice of taking what is available or nothing at all.

The principle (attributed to William of Occam) that in explaining a thing no more assumptions should be made than are necessary.

• Verb:
• Exclude (someone) from a society or group.(in ancient Athens) Banish (an unpopular or too powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote.

• Synonyms:
• banish - proscribe - exile

• Adjective:
• In a state of pitiful or contemptible intellectual or moral ignorance, typically owing to a lack of opportunity.Overtaken by darkness.

• Synonyms:
• ignorant

• Adjective:
• Not certain or fixed; provisional: "a tentative conclusion".Done without confidence; hesitant: "tentative steps".

• Synonyms:
• experimental - provisional - trial - probationary

• Adjective:
• Characterized by the inference of general laws from particular instances; logical: "inductive reasoning".Of, relating to, or caused by electric or magnetic induction

• Verb:
• Confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding).

• Synonyms:
• confirm - bear out - affirm - verify - support - certify

• Adjective:
• (of evidence or argument) Serving to prove a case; convincing.(of a victory) Achieved easily or by a large margin.

• Synonyms:
• decisive - final - definitive - convincing - persuasive

• Noun:
• The action of deducting or subtracting something.An amount that is or may be deducted from something, esp. from taxable income or tax to be paid.

• Synonyms:
• inference - subtraction - conclusion - discount

• Adjective:
• Characterized by the inference of particular instances from a general law.Based on reason and logical analysis of available facts: "I used my deductive powers".

• Web definitions:
• conclusion: the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises...

• Verb:
• Prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false; disprove.Prove that (someone) is wrong.

• Synonyms:
• rebut - confute - disprove - deny - negative - contradict

• Verb:
• Provide evidence to support or prove the truth of.

• Synonyms:
• prove - corroborate - confirm - verify - establish

• Adjective:
• Not producing any or the desired effect: "an ineffectual campaign".(of a person) Lacking the ability or qualities to cope with a role or situation: "an ineffectual parent".

• Synonyms:
• ineffective - inefficient - useless - inefficacious

• Noun:
• A classification according to general type, esp. in archaeology, psychology, or the social sciences.Study or analysis using such classification.

• Noun:
• A particular way of speaking or using words, esp. a way common to those with a particular job or interest.

• Synonyms:
• speech - language - tongue

• Adjective:
• Old-fashioned or outdated.

• Synonyms:
• obsolete - out-of-date - old-fashioned - outdated

• Noun:
• The characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as seen in its beliefs and aspirations.

• Synonyms:
• character

• Adjective:
• (of a stimulus or mental process) Below the threshold of sensation or consciousness; perceived by or affecting someone's mind without...

• Synonyms:
• subconscious

• Adjective:
• Of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe: "ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous".

• Verb:
• (of a solid substance) Change directly into vapor when heated, typically forming a solid deposit again on cooling.

• Synonyms:adjective.  
• lofty - grand - noble - exalted - elevated - stately

• Synonyms:verb.  
• sublimate

• Noun:
• Unknown or unexplored territory.

• Adjective:
• Knowing everything.

• Adjective:
• Difficult to understand; obscure.

• Synonyms:
• obscure - recondite - deep - profound

• Adjective:
• (esp. of change or action) Relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough.

• Noun:
• A person who advocates thorough or complete political or social reform.

• Synonyms:adjective.  
• fundamental - drastic

• Synonyms:noun.  
• root - radix

• Verb:
• Decide or determine (an outcome or course of action) beforehand.

• Adjective:
• Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.In the manner of a teacher, particularly so as to treat someone in a patronizing way.

• Synonyms:
• instructive

• Adjective:
• Given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner.

• Verb:
• (of a medical practitioner) Advise and authorize the use of (a medicine or treatment) for someone, esp. in writing.Recommend (a substance or action) as something beneficial.

• Synonyms:
• order - ordain - enjoin - appoint - dictate - direct

• Verb:
• Forbid, esp. by law.Denounce or condemn.

• Synonyms:
• outlaw - ban - forbid - prohibit - banish - interdict

• Web definitions:
• relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections; "modern English is a syncretic language".

• Adjective:
• Seeking to impose a doctrine in all circumstances without regard to practical considerations: "a doctrinaire socialist".

• Synonyms:
• doctrinarian

• Noun:
• A joint formed by one or more tapered projections (tenons) on one piece that interlock with corresponding notches or recesses (mortises)...

• Verb:
• Join together by means of a dovetail.

• Synonyms:
• swallowtail

• Verb:
• Combine (two or more texts, ideas, etc.) into one: "the urban crisis conflates a number of different economic and social issues".