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And Finally after reading through the whole dictionary, here are your WORDS YOU SHOULD KNOW!!!
And if your need to know how to say it or something. . . look it up bitch!!!
A
Abhor: to regard with loathing; Detest.
Abjure: to renounce under oath. to recant solemnly;repudiate. to give up; abstain from.
Abrade: to wear away by friction; erode
Abstemious: exercising self-restraint in appitites or behavior.
Adhominem: attacking an opponents character to avoid discussing the issues.
Affinity: a natural attraction or feeling of kinship.
Afflatus: a strong creative impulse. devine inspiration.
Amorous: strongly disposed to love, esp. sexual love.
Ardent: characterized by warmth of feeling; passionate. burning; fiery.
Argot: the specialized vocabulary of a group.
Artifice: a crafty expedient; statagem. deception; trickery.
Asinine: stupid; silly.
Asperity: roughness; harshness. ill temper.
Aspersion: a slanderous remark.
Atrocious: extremely evil, savage, or cruel. exeptionally bad.
Audacious: pearlessly daring.
Auld lang syne: the good old days long past.
Bacchanal: a drunken or riotous celebration. a reveler.
Banal: completely ordinary and commonplace; trite.
Beguile: to deceive by guile. to distract; divert. to pass (time) pleasantly. to amuse or delight.
Bellicose: warlike in manner; pugnacious; belligerent.
Benevolence: an inclination to perform kind or charitable acts. a kindly or charitable act.
Benighted: ignorant; unenlightened.
Beta: 2nd letter in greek.
Brazen: rudely bold; insolent. having a loud harsh sound. made of or resembling brass. to face with bold self-assurance.
C
Caduceus: GK myth. a winged staff with two serpents twined around it, carried by Hermes. the staff used as the symbol of the medical profession
Caitiff: a despicable coward.
Callow: lacking experience; immature.
Cantankerous: ill-tempered and quarrelsome.
Caprice: and impulsive change of mind. and inclination to change one's mind impulsively.
Capricious; impulsive and unpredictable.
Casuistry: specious or overly subtle reasoning intended to rationalize or mislead.
Catatonia: an abnormal condition most often associated with schizophrenia and variously marked by stupor, mania, and either rigidity or extreme flexibility of the limbs.
Caterwaul: to make a discordant sound or shriek.
Caustic: capable of burning, corroding, or dissolving by chemical action. sarcastic, biting.
Cavil: to find fault unnecessarily.
Clamor: a loud outcry; hubbub. a vehement expression of discontent.
Collude: to act together secretly to achieve a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose; conspire
Contrition: Remorse for wrongdoing
Contumacious: Obstinately disobedient or rebellious; insubordinate.
Contumely: insulting treatment; insolence.
Coquette: a flirtatious woman.
Cozen: to deceive; cheat
Cronyism: favoritism shown to old friends without regard for their qualifications.
Curvaceous: having a full or voluptuous figure.
D
Dastard: a sneaking, malicious coward.
Deify: to make a god of. to worship; exalt.
Delta: the 4th letter in greek.
Delve: to search deeply and laboriously.
Deride: to speak of or treat with contemptuous mirth.
Desultory: Without purpose or intent; aimless. occurring haphazardly; random.
Disinter: to remove from a grave or tomb.
Dissension: a difference of opinion, esp. one causing strife within a group.
Dither: indecisive agitation.
Drivel: to slobber; drool. to talk stupidly or childishly.
Drudge: a person who does tedious menial, or unpleasant work.
Dudgeon: A sullen, angry, or indignant humor.
Dulcet: pleasing to the ear; melodious. soothing; agreeable.
Duress: constraint by threat; coercion. LAW: illegal coercion or confinement.
E
Ebullient: Zestfully enthusiastic. boiling or seeming to boil, bubbling.
Eft: an immature newt.
Elegy: a mournful poem or song.
Emetic: causing vomiting.
Empyrean: the highest reaches of heaven. the sky.
Encumber: to weigh down; burden. to hinder or impede. to burden with legal or financial obligations.
Enmity: deep-seated, often mutual hatred.
Esoteric: intended for or understood by only a few. not publicly disclosed; confidential.
Evanesce: to dissipate gradually; fad away like vapor.
Execrable: Detestable or hateful. extremely inferior.
Execrate: to protest vehemently against; denounce. to loath; abhor.
F
Feign: to give a false appearance of. to represent falsely; pretend to.
Fervid: Passionate; zealous. extremely hot.
Flay: to strip off the skin of. so scold or criticize harshly.
Flout: to show contempt for; scorn.
G
Gamma: the 3rd letter in greek.
Garrulous: tiresomely talkative; rambling.
Gnash: to grind (the teeth) together.
Gnosticism: the doctrines of certain Pre-christian pagan, jewish, and early christian sects.
Gratis: Without charge.
H
Hallow: to make or set apart as holy. to respect or honor greatly; revere.
Harridan: a shrewish woman.
Haughty: scornfully and condescendingly proud.
Hephaestus; the god of fire and metalworking.
Histrionic: of or relating to actors or acting. excessively dramatic or emotional; affected.
Homily: a sermon. a tedious moralizing lecture.
Houri: one of the beautiful virgins of the Koranic paradise.
Hubris: overbearing pride; arrogance.
I
Id: in psychoanalysis, the part of the psyche that is the source of instinctual impulses and demands for satisfaction of primitive needs.
Immure: to confine within or as if within walls; imprison. to build into or entomb within a wall.
Imperious: arrogantly domineering or overbearing. urgent; pressing.
Impious: Lacking reverence; not pious.
Incantation: Ritual recitation of verbal charms or spells to produce a magic effect. a charm or spell used in ritual recitation.
Indelible: Impossible to remove, erase, or wash away. making a mark not easily erased or washed away.
Indignant: feeling or expressing indignation. anger.
Indignation: anger aroused by something unjust or mean.
Indolent: disinclined to work; habitually lazy.
Iniquity: wickedness; sinfulness. a wicked sin.
Insatiable: impossible to satiate or satisfy.
Insipid: Lacking flavor or zest; not tasty. lacking excitement or interest; dull.
Insurrection: the act or an instance of open revolt against civil authority or a constituted government.
Interloper: one who interferes; meddler.
Internecine: relating to struggle within a nation, organization or group.
Intonation: the act of intoning or chanting. a manner of producing musical tones esp. with regard to pitch.
Intrepid: resolutely courageous; fearless.
Invidious: tending to rouse ill will or envy. containing or implying a slight.
Irascible: prone to outbursts or temper; easily angered.
Irreverence: lack of reverence or due respect. a disrespectful act or remark.
Itinerant: traveling from place to place esp. to perform work.
J
Jeremiad: a bitter lament or righteous prophecy of doom.
Jettison: to cast overboard or off.
K
Kana: Japanese syllabic writing.
KGB: (Komitet Gosudarstvennou Bezopasnosti) committee for state security.
L
Lacerate: to rip or tear. to wound
Lambaste: to give a thrashing to. to scold sharply, berate.
Lament: to express grief for or about mourn. to regret deeply; deplore.
Lascivious: lustful; lecherous. lewd; salacious.
Lecher: a man given to lewd or lascivious behavior.
Lethe: the river of forgetfulness in Hades.
Licentious: Lacking moral, esp. sexual restraint.
Loquacious: very talkative.
Lore: accumulated facts, traditions, or beliefs about a specific subject.
Lucid: easily understood; intelligible. Clear minded rational.
Lurid: horrible; gruesome. marked by sensationalism or violence.
M
Maelstrom: a violent or turbulent situation. a large and violent whirlpool.
Magnanimous: generous and noble esp. in forgiving.
Malevolent: having or exhibiting ill will; malicious.
Mammon: Material wealth regarded as having an evil influence.
Mellifluous: Flowing in a smooth or sweet manner.
Mendacious: lying; untruthful. False, untrue.
Misanthropist: one who hates humankind.
Misogamy: hatred of marriage.
Mordacious: given to biting. Caustic; sarcastic.
Mordant: bitingly sarcastic. incisive and trenchant.
Morose: sullenly melancholy; gloomy.
Mundane: of this world; worldly. of or concerned with the ordinary.
N
Nefarious: Extremely wicked.
Nihilism: a doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated. the belief that destruction of existing political or social institutions is necessary for future improvement.
Noxious: Injurious to health or morals.
Numinous: Filled with a sense of a supernatural presence. spiritually elevated; sublime.
O
Obfuscate: to be difficult to understand. to render indistinct or dim.
obiter dictum: an incidental, nonbinding opinion voiced by a judge. an incidental remark or observation.
Oblation: The act of offering something to a deity.
Obscurantism: the practice of deliberate abstruseness. a policy of withholding information from the public.
Odious: arousing strong dislike or intense displeasure.
Oedipus: a Theban prince who unwittingly killed his father and then married his mother.
Officious: overly eager in offering unwanted services or advice.
Omega: the 24th letter in greek.
Omicron: the 15th letter in greek.
Orotund: pompous and bombastic. Sonorous.
Orpheus: a poet and musician who almost succeeded in rescuing his wife Eurydice from Hades.
Osiris: the ancient Egyptian god of the underworld, the brother and husband of Isis.
P
Palliate: to make (a crime) seem less serious; extenuate. to mitigate. to soothe without curing.
Pan: the god or woods, fields, and flocks.
Parable: a simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson.
Parhelion: a bright spot appearing on either side of the sun, often on a luminous ring or halo.
Pariah: a social outcast. an untouchable.
Paroxysm: a sudden outburst, as of emotion. a sudden attack or intensification or a disease. a spasm or fit; convulsion.
Pedant: one who stresses trivial details of learning. one who exhibits his or her learning ostentatiously.
Penitent: feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds or sins.
Pensive: deeply, often wistfully or dreamily thoughtful.
Perdition: eternal damnation. Hell.
Perfidy: deliberate breach of faith; treachery.
Pernicious: deadly. destructive.
Pertinacious: holding tenaciously to a purpose, belief, opinion, or course of action. stubbornly persistent.
Pettish: petulant or ill-tempered.
Petulant: unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish.
Philander: to engage in love affairs frivolously or casually.
Pi: the 16th letter in greek.
Piety: devotion and reverence esp. to god and family. a pious act or thought.
Pious: reverently observant of religion; devout. marked by false devoutness; solemnly hypocritical. high- minded.
Pith: the essential or central part; heart
Pithy: precise and meaningful. of or resembling pith.
Plight: a difficult or adverse situation.
Plight: to promise or bind by a solemn pledge, esp. to betroth.
Pluto: the god of the dead and the ruler of the underworld.
Polyandry: the condition or practice of having more than one husband at one time.
Polygamy: the condition or practice or having more than one spouse at one time.
Polygyny: the condition or practice of having more than one wife at one time.
Pompous: self-important; pretentious. marked by pomp or stately display.
Precocious: marked by unusually early development or maturity esp. in mental aptitude.
Proclivity: a natural propensity or inclination.
Profligate: given over to immorality; dissolute. Recklessly wasteful; extravagant.
Prolix: tediously long and wordy.
Prometheus: a titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to humankind.
Proselytize: to convert from one belief or faith to another.
Prostrate: lying face down, as in submission or adoration. stretched at full length. physically or emotionally incapacitated; overcome.
Psi: the 23rd letter in greek
Pugnacious: combative in nature; belligerent.
Purgatory: in certain christian doctrines, a temporary state in which the souls of those who have died in grace must expiate their sins.
Pyx: a container in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept.
Q
Quixotic: idealistic or romantic without regard to practicality. capricious; impulsive.
Quoth: (archaic) uttered; said.
R
Raconteur: one who tells stories with skill and wit.
Rancor: bitter, long-lasting resentment.
Rapacious: greedy; ravenous.
Recidivism: a tendency to lapse into a previous pattern of behavior, esp. a tendency to return to criminal activities.
Recluse: one who lives in seclusion.
Recondite: not easily understood; abstruse. concealed; hidden.
Recreant: unfaithful or disloyal. craven or cowardly. a faithless or disloyal person. a coward.
Relativism: a theory that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but are relative to the persons holding them.
Renascent: showing renewed growth or vigor.
Rho: the 17th letter in greek
Rigmarole: confused or rambling discourse; nonsense. a complicated petty procedure.
Roue: (roo-a) a lecherous, dissipated man.
Rouse: to arouse from sleep, apathy, or depression. to excite, as to anger or action; stir up.
Rowel: a sharp-toothed wheel inserted into the end of the shank of a spur.
S
Sagacious: shrewd and wise.
Salacious: prurient; lascivious.
Salubrious: conducive or favorable to health or well-being.
Sanguinary: accompanied by bloodshed. blood thirsty.
Sanguine: of the color of blood; red. ruddy. cheerful; optimistic.
Sapient: wise and discerning.
Sardonic: scornfully mocking.
Satiate: to satisfy fully. to satisfy to excess. filled to satisfaction.
Satire: an artistic work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit. irony or caustic wit used to expose or attack human folly.
Saturnine: morose and sardonic.
Satyr: a woodland creature depicted as having ears, legs, and horns of a goat. a lecher.
Scathing: harshly critical. harmful or painful; injurious.
Schism: a separation or division into factions, esp. within a religious body.
Sebaceous: of or secreting oil.
Sedition: conduct or language inciting rebellion against the state. insurrection; rebellion.
Seethe: to churn and foam as if boiling. to be violently agitated.
Semantic: of or relating to meaning, esp. in language. significant.
Semantics: the study of meaning in language.
Sententious: terse and energetic in expression; pithy. given to pompous moralizing.
Seppuku: ritual suicide by disembowelment.
Serendipity: the faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident.
Sesquipedalian: a long word. given to the use of long words. polysyllabic.
Sigma: the 18th letter in greek.
Simian: an ape or monkey.
Sinecure: a salaried position requiring little or no work.
Siren: one of a group of sea nymphs whose sweet singing lured mariners to destruction. a beautiful or alluring woman.
Skulk: to lie in hiding; lurk. to move about stealthily.
Sloven: one who is habitually untidy or careless.
smith, joseph: American founder of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints. EVIL!!!
Snafu: a chaotic or confused situation. (Situation Normal All Fucked Up)
Snide: slyly derogatory.
Sociopath: one affected with a personality disorder marked by antisocial behavior.
Solace: comfort in sorrow or distress; consolation. to comfort or console in time of trouble or sorrow.
Solicitous: anxious or concerned; attentive. eager.
Solipsism: the theory that the self is the only reality.
Sophism: a plausible but fallacious argument. deceptive or fallacious argumentation.
Specious: seemingly true but actually fallacious. deceptively attractive.
Splenetic: of the spleen. ill-humored; irritable.
Staunch: firm and steadfast; true. strong; solid.
Steadfast: fixed or unchanging; steady. firmly loyal or constant.
Stoic: one who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain.
Stolid: having or revealing little emotion.
Strife: heated, often violent dissension; biter conflict. a struggle, fight, or quarrel. contention or competition between rivals.
Subservient: Subordinate. obsequious; servile.
Subsume: to place in a broader or more comprehensive category.
Subvert: to destroy completely; ruin. to undermine the character or morals of; corrupt. to overthrow completely.
Succinct: brief and clear in expression; concise.
Succor: assistance in time of distress; relief.
Suffuse: to spread through or over, as with liquid, color, or light.
Sullen: showing a brooding ill humor or silent resentment. gloomy or somber.
Sully: to mar the cleanness or luster of. to defile; taint.
Sunder: to break or wrench apart; sever.
Superego: in psychoanalysis, the part of the psyche formed through the internalixation of moral standards of parents and society.
Superlative: of the highest order, quality, or degree. excessive or exaggerated.
Suppurate: to form or discharge pus.
Surmise: to infer with little evidence; guess. an idea or opinion based on little evidence; conjecture.
Svelte: slender and graceful in figure or outline.
Sybarite: a person devoted to pleasure and luxury; voluptuary.
Sylph: a slim graceful woman or girl. an imaginary being believed to inhabit the air.
T
Tacit: not spoken. implied by or inferred from actions or statements.
Taciturn: habitually untalkative or silent.
Tau: the 19th letter in greek.
Tautology: needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy. a statement that includes all logical possibilities and is therefore always true.
Tawdry: gaudy and cheap. shameful and indecent.
Temerity: audacity; nerve.
Tenacious: holding firmly, as to a belief; stubborn. tending to retain; retentive.
Tendentious: promoting a particular point of view; biased.
Terse: brief and to the point; concise.
Theta: the 8th letter in greek.
Threnody: a poem or song of lamentation.
Thrum: to play an instrument idly or monotonously.
Trenchant: keen; incisive. Caustic, cutting.
Trepidation: dread; apprehension.
Trifle: something of little importance or value.
Trite: overused and commonplace; lacking originality.
Trope: a figure of speech using words in nonliteral ways.
Truculent: disposed to fight; pugnacious. savage ad cruel; fierce.
Tryst: an agreement between lovers to meet.
U
Ubiquitous: being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent.
Ululate: to howl, wail, or lament loudly.
Uncouth: crude; unrefined. awkward or clumsy.
Upsilon: the 20th letter in greek.
Uranus: the earliest supreme god, a personification of the sky.
Ursine: of or characteristic of a bear.
Usufruct: the right to use and enjoy the profits and advantages of something belonging to another as long as the property is not damaged or altered.
Uxorious: excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife.
V
Vacuous: empty. inane; stupid. blank, vacant.
Valhalla: in Norse myth, the hall in which Odin received the souls of slain heroes.
Valkyrie: in Norse myth any of Odin's handmaidens who conducted the souls of the slain to Valhalla.
Vapid: lacking liveliness, zest, or interest; flat or dull.
Vehement: characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion; fervid. marked by vigor or energy.
Venus: the goddess of love and beauty.
Verbose: using more words than is necessary; wordy.
Vesta: the goddess of the hearth.
Vestal: chaste; pure. a woman who is a virgin.
Virago: a noisy, domineering woman.
Voracious: consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
W
Waif: a homeless or forsaken child. a stray animal.
Whet: to sharpen; hone. to make more keen; stimulate.
White elephant: a rare, expensive possession that is a financial burden to maintain. something useless or no longer needed.
White feather: a sign of cowardice.
Will-o-the- wisp: a delusive or misleading hope.
Wistful: full of wishful yearning. pensively sad; melancholy.
Woebegone: wretched or pitiful, esp. in appearance.
Wraith: an apparition of living person. the ghost of a dead person.
Wrest: to obtain by or as if by pulling with violent twisting movements. To gain or take by force.
Writhe: to twist or squirm as in pain.
WYSIWYG: of or being a word-processing system in which the screen displays text exactly as it will be printed. (what you see is what you get)
X
Xenophobe: one unduly fearful or contemptuous of strangers or foreigners.
Xi: the 14th letter in greek
Y
Yenta: a meddlesome or gossipy person, esp. a woman.
Z
Zeal: enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal or goal.
Zephyr: the west wind. a gentle breeze. any of various soft light fabrics, yarns, or garments.
Zeta: the 6th letter in greek.