abbreviate(v) - shorten;
  #2 (v) - abridge; contract; cut; foreshorten; reduce; shorten;reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;
abdomen(n) - belly; stomach; venter;the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis;
  #2 (n) - abdominal cavity;the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm;
abnormal(adj sat) - much greater than the normal;
  #2 (adj) - unnatural;not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm;
  #3 (adj) - departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development;
abnormality(n) - irregularity;behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality;
  #2 (n) - freakishness;marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal;
  #3 (n) - mental defectiveness;retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence;
  #4 (n) - abnormalcy;an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies;
abolish(v) - get rid of;do away with;

abolition(n) - abolishment;the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery);
abortion(n) - termination of pregnancy;
  #2 (n) - miscarriage;failure of a plan;
abound(v) - be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities;
  #2 (v) - bristle; burst;be in a state of movement or action;
abridge(v) - lessen, diminish, or curtail;
  #2 (v) - abbreviate; contract; cut; foreshorten; reduce; shorten;reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;
abrupt(adj sat) - surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner;
  #2 (adj sat) - exceedingly sudden and unexpected;
  #3 (adj sat) - precipitous; sharp;extremely steep;
  #4 (adj sat) - disconnected;marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions;

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absorption(n) - engrossment; preoccupancy; preoccupation;the mental state of being preoccupied by something;
  #2 (n) - concentration; engrossment; immersion;complete attention; intense mental effort;
  #3 (n) - soaking up;a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid;
  #4 (n) - the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium;
  #5 (n) - assimilation;the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion;
  #6 (n) - assimilation;the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another;
abstinence(n) - act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite;
  #2 (n) - abstention;the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol);
abstraction(n) - abstract entity;a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples;
  #2 (n) - the act of withdrawing or removing something;
  #3 (n) - an abstract painting;
  #4 (n) - abstractedness;preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else;
  #5 (n) - generalisation; generalization;the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances;
  #6 (n) - abstract;a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance;
abundance(n) - copiousness; teemingness;the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply;
  #2 (n) - the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million;
  #3 (n) - the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present;
academy(n) - a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge;
  #2 (n) - a school for special training;
  #3 (n) - a secondary school (usually private);
  #4 (n) - honorary society;an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature;

acceleration(n) - quickening; speedup;the act of accelerating; increasing the speed;
  #2 (n) - an increase in rate of change;
  #3 (n) - a rate of increase of velocity;
accelerator(n) - throttle; throttle valve;a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine;
  #2 (n) - atom smasher; particle accelerator;a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles;
  #3 (n) - accelerator pedal; gas; gas pedal; gun; throttle;a pedal that controls the throttle valve;
  #4 (n) - catalyst;a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected;
accessible(adj) - capable of being reached;
  #2 (adj sat) - easy to get along with or talk to; friendly;
  #3 (adj sat) - easily obtained;
  #4 (adj sat) - approachable;capable of being read with comprehension;
accessory(n) - add-on; appurtenance; supplement;a supplementary component that improves capability;
  #2 (n) - accouterment; accoutrement;clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing;
  #3 (n) - accessary;someone who helps another person commit a crime;
  #4 (adj sat) - adjunct; adjuvant; ancillary; appurtenant; auxiliary;furnishing added support;
  #5 (adj sat) - accessary;aiding and abetting in a crime;
acclimatize(v) - acclimate; acclimatise;get used to a certain climate;

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accompany(v) - follow; play along;perform an accompaniment to;
  #2 (v) - go or travel along with;
  #3 (v) - attach to; come with; go with;be present or associated with an event or entity;
  #4 (v) - companion; company; keep company;be a companion to somebody;
accomplish(v) - action; carry out; carry through; execute; fulfil; fulfill;put in effect;
  #2 (v) - achieve; attain; reach;to gain with effort;
accord(n) - sympathetic compatibility;
  #2 (n) - pact; treaty;a written agreement between two states or sovereigns;
  #3 (n) - accordance; conformity;concurrence of opinion;
  #4 (n) - agreement;harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters;
  #5 (v) - allot; grant;allow to have;
  #6 (v) - agree; concord; consort; fit in; harmonise; harmonize;go together;
accountant(n) - comptroller; controller;someone who maintains and audits business accounts;
accumulation(n) - accrual; accruement;the act of accumulating;
  #2 (n) - aggregation; assemblage; collection;several things grouped together or considered as a whole;
  #3 (n) - profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation;
  #4 (n) - accretion;an increase by natural growth or addition;

accusation(n) - charge;an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence;
  #2 (n) - accusal;a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt;
acknowledge(v) - know; recognise; recognize;accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority;
  #2 (v) - accept as legally binding and valid;
  #3 (v) - admit;declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of;
  #4 (v) - recognise; recognize;express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for;
  #5 (v) - receipt;report the receipt of;
  #6 (v) - notice;express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with;
acoustics(n) - the study of the physical properties of sound;
acquaint(v) - inform;
  #2 (v) - familiarise; familiarize;make familiar or conversant with;
  #3 (v) - introduce; present;cause to come to know personally;
acquisition(n) - the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something;
  #2 (n) - accomplishment; acquirement; attainment; skill;an ability that has been acquired by training;
  #3 (n) - learning;the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge;
  #4 (n) - something acquired;

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acquisitive(adj) - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas;
activate(v) - make active or more active;
  #2 (v) - make (substances) radioactive;
  #3 (v) - aerate;aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter;
  #4 (v) - make more adsorptive;
  #5 (v) - actuate; set off; spark; spark off; touch off; trigger; trigger off; trip;put in motion or move to act;
acute(n) - acute accent; ague;a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation;
  #2 (adj) - having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course;
  #3 (adj sat) - of critical importance and consequence;
  #4 (adj sat) - intense;extremely sharp or intense;
  #5 (adj sat) - discriminating; incisive; keen; knifelike; penetrating; penetrative; piercing; sharp;having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions;
  #6 (adj sat) - acuate; needlelike; sharp;ending in a sharp point;
  #7 (adj) - of an angle; less than 90 degrees;
adaptation(n) - the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light);
  #2 (n) - version;a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form;
  #3 (n) - adaption; adjustment;the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions);
adaptive(adj) - adaptative;having a capacity for adaptation;

addict(n) - someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms;
  #2 (n) - freak; junkie; junky; nut;someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction;
  #3 (v) - hook;to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug);
additive(n) - something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine;
  #2 (adj) - characterized or produced by addition;
  #3 (adj) - linear;designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree;
adhere(v) - follow through or carry out a plan without deviation;
  #2 (v) - cleave; cling; cohere; stick;come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation;
  #3 (v) - bind; bond; hold fast; stick; stick to;stick to firmly;
  #4 (v) - stand by; stick; stick by;be loyal to;
  #5 (v) - stick;be a devoted follower or supporter;
  #6 (v) - be compatible or in accordance with;
adherence(n) - adhesion; attachment;faithful support for a cause or political party or religion;
  #2 (n) - adhesion; adhesiveness; bond;the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition;
adjacent(adj sat) - near or close to but not necessarily touching;
  #2 (adj sat) - next; side by side;nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space;
  #3 (adj sat) - conterminous; contiguous; neighboring;having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching;

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administer(v) - dispense;give or apply (medications);
  #2 (v) - allot; deal; deal out; dish out; dispense; distribute; dole out; lot; mete out; parcel out; shell out;administer or bestow, as in small portions;
  #3 (v) - perform (a church sacrament) ritually;
  #4 (v) - administrate;work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of;
  #5 (v) - direct the taking of;
administrative(adj) - of or relating to or responsible for administration;
admirable(adj sat) - deserving of the highest esteem or admiration;
  #2 (adj sat) - inspiring admiration or approval;
admiration(n) - appreciation;a favorable judgment;
  #2 (n) - esteem;a feeling of delighted approval and liking;
  #3 (n) - wonder; wonderment;the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising;
admissive(adj sat) - characterized by or allowing admission;

admittance(n) - admission;the act of admitting someone to enter;
  #2 (n) - access; accession; admission; entree;the right to enter;
adore(v) - love intensely;
adorn(v) - beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament;make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.;
  #2 (v) - clothe; invest;furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors;
  #3 (v) - beautify; deck; decorate; embellish; grace;be beautiful to look at;
advent(n) - coming;arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous);
  #2 (n) - parousia; second advent; second coming; second coming of christ;the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment;
  #3 (n) - the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas;
adverse(adj sat) - contrary;in an opposing direction;
  #2 (adj sat) - inauspicious; untoward;contrary to your interests or welfare;

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adversely(adv) - in an adverse manner;
aerial(n) - forward pass;a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer;
  #2 (n) - antenna; transmitting aerial;an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals;
  #3 (adj sat) - aeriform; aery; airy; ethereal;characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air;
  #4 (adj) - existing or living or growing or operating in the air;
aeronautics(n) - astronautics;the theory and practice of navigation through air or space;
aerosol(n) - aerosol bomb; aerosol can; aerosol container; spray can;a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas);
  #2 (n) - a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas;
aesthetic(n) - esthetic;a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful;
  #2 (adj) - aesthetical; esthetic; esthetical;concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste;
  #3 (adj sat) - artistic; esthetic;aesthetically pleasing;
  #4 (adj) - esthetic;relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics;

afar(adv) - at or from or to a great distance; far;
affectionate(adj sat) - fond; lovesome; tender; warm;having or displaying warmth or affection;
affirm(v) - confirm; corroborate; substantiate; support; sustain;establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts;
  #2 (v) - assert; aver; avow; swan; swear; verify;to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true;
  #3 (v) - say yes to;
affluence(n) - richness;abundant wealth;
aggregate(n) - sum; total; totality;the whole amount;
  #2 (n) - congeries; conglomeration;a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together;
  #3 (n) - material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster;
  #4 (v) - combine;gather in a mass, sum, or whole;
  #5 (v) - amount in the aggregate to;
  #6 (adj sat) - aggregated; aggregative; mass;formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole;
  #7 (adj sat) - composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets;

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aggression(n) - hostility;violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked;
  #2 (n) - deliberately unfriendly behavior;
  #3 (n) - the act of initiating hostilities;
  #4 (n) - a disposition to behave aggressively;
  #5 (n) - aggressiveness;a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack;
agitate(v) - commove; disturb; raise up; shake up; stir up; vex;change the arrangement or position of;
  #2 (v) - charge; charge up; commove; excite; rouse; turn on;cause to be agitated, excited, or roused;
  #3 (v) - shake;move or cause to move back and forth;
  #4 (v) - budge; shift; stir;move very slightly;
  #5 (v) - foment; stir up;try to stir up public opinion;
  #6 (v) - campaign; crusade; fight; press; push;exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for;
agitation(n) - the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously);
  #2 (n) - excitement; hullabaloo; turmoil; upheaval;disturbance usually in protest;
  #3 (n) - the feeling of being agitated; not calm;
  #4 (n) - ferment; fermentation; tempestuousness; unrest;a state of agitation or turbulent change or development;
  #5 (n) - a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance;
agonize(v) - agonise;suffer agony or anguish;
  #2 (v) - agonise;cause to agonize;
agony(n) - torment; torture;intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain;
  #2 (n) - excruciation; suffering;a state of acute pain;

airy(adj sat) - aerial; aeriform; aery; ethereal;characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air;
  #2 (adj sat) - having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air;
  #3 (adj sat) - impractical; laputan; visionary; windy;not practical or realizable; speculative;
  #4 (adj sat) - aired;open to or abounding in fresh air;
aisle(n) - gangway;passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores;
  #2 (n) - part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns;
  #3 (n) - a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods);
alas(adv) - regrettably; unfortunately; unluckily;by bad luck;
album(n) - a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc;
  #2 (n) - record album;one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc;
alchemist(n) - one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone;

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alert(n) - alarm; alarum; warning signal;an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger;
  #2 (n) - alerting;a warning serves to make you more alert to danger;
  #3 (n) - qui vive;condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action;
  #4 (v) - alarm;warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness;
  #5 (adj) - watchful;engaged in or accustomed to close observation;
  #6 (adj sat) - alive; awake;mentally perceptive and responsive;
  #7 (adj sat) - brisk; lively; merry; rattling; snappy; spanking; zippy;quick and energetic;
algebra(n) - the mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations;
alien(n) - extraterrestrial; extraterrestrial being;a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere;
  #2 (n) - foreigner; noncitizen; outlander;a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country;
  #3 (n) - stranger; unknown;anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found;
  #4 (v) - alienate; disaffect; estrange;arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness;
  #5 (v) - alienate;transfer property or ownership;
  #6 (adj sat) - exotic;being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world;
  #7 (adj sat) - foreign;not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something;
alight(v) - climb down;come down;
  #2 (v) - light; perch;to come to rest, settle;
  #3 (adj sat) - ablaze; afire; aflame; aflare; on fire;lighted up by or as by fire or flame;
alkali(n) - base;any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water;
  #2 (n) - a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture;

allegation(n) - allegement;statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove;
  #2 (n) - a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law);
allergic(adj sat) - hypersensitised; hypersensitive; hypersensitized; sensitised; sensitized; supersensitised; supersensitive; supersensitized;having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor);
  #2 (adj) - characterized by or caused by allergy;
alleviate(v) - assuage; palliate; relieve;provide physical relief, as from pain;
  #2 (v) - ease; facilitate;make easier;
alliance(n) - confederation;the act of forming an alliance or confederation;
  #2 (n) - a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim;
  #3 (n) - alignment; alinement; coalition;an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty;
  #4 (n) - bond;a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest;
  #5 (n) - confederation;the state of being allied or confederated;
allied(adj sat) - joined by treaty or agreement;
  #2 (adj sat) - related by common characteristics or ancestry;
  #3 (adj sat) - confederate; confederative;united in a confederacy or league;
  #4 (adj) - of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War I;
  #5 (adj) - of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War II;

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allocate(v) - apportion;distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose;
allusion(n) - passing reference or indirect mention;
ally(n) - a friendly nation;
  #2 (n) - friend;an associate who provides cooperation or assistance;
  #3 (v) - become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage;
alongside(adv) - aboard;side by side;
aloof(adj sat) - distant; upstage;remote in manner;
  #2 (adv) - in an aloof manner;

alps(n) - the alps;a large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction;
altar(n) - a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made;
  #2 (n) - communion table; lord's table;the table in Christian churches where communion is given;
alternate(n) - replacement; surrogate;someone who takes the place of another person;
  #2 (v) - take turns;do something in turns;
  #3 (v) - jump;go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions;
  #4 (v) - flip; flip-flop; interchange; switch; tack;reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action);
  #5 (v) - understudy;be an understudy or alternate for a role;
  #6 (v) - exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions;
  #7 (adj sat) - alternating;occurring by turns; first one and then the other;
  #8 (adj sat) - every second one of a series;
  #9 (adj) - of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired;
  #10 (adj sat) - alternative; substitute;serving or used in place of another;
amateur(n) - someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime;
  #2 (n) - an athlete who does not play for pay;
  #3 (adj sat) - recreational; unpaid;engaged in as a pastime;
  #4 (adj sat) - amateurish; inexpert; unskilled;lacking professional skill or expertise;
ambassador(n) - embassador;a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another;
  #2 (n) - an informal representative;

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amber(n) - gold;a deep yellow color;
  #2 (n) - a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry;
  #3 (adj sat) - brownish-yellow; yellow-brown;of a medium to dark brownish yellow color;
ambient(adj sat) - completely enveloping;
ambiguous(adj) - having more than one possible meaning;
  #2 (adj) - equivocal;open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead;
  #3 (adj sat) - having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns;
amend(v) - rectify; remediate; remedy; repair;set straight or right;
  #2 (v) - ameliorate; better; improve; meliorate;to make better;
  #3 (v) - make amendments to;
ammonia(n) - a pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3);
  #2 (n) - ammonia water; ammonium hydroxide;a water solution of ammonia;

ammunition(n) - ammo;projectiles to be fired from a gun;
  #2 (n) - information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint;
  #3 (n) - any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction;
ampere(n) - a; amp;the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites;
  #2 (n) - international ampere;a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere);
ample(adj sat) - copious; plenteous; plentiful; rich;affording an abundant supply;
  #2 (adj) - more than enough in size or scope or capacity;
  #3 (adj sat) - sizable; sizeable;fairly large;
amplifier(n) - electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it;
amplify(v) - increase the volume of;
  #2 (v) - blow up; expand; inflate;exaggerate or make bigger;
  #3 (v) - magnify;increase in size, volume or significance;
  #4 (v) - exaggerate; hyperbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate;to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth;

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amplitude(n) - greatness of magnitude;
  #2 (n) - bountifulness; bounty;the property of copious abundance;
  #3 (n) - the maximum displacement of a periodic wave;
amputation(n) - a surgical removal of all or part of a limb;
  #2 (n) - a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs;
analogue(n) - analog; parallel;something having the property of being analogous to something else;
  #2 (adj) - analog; linear;of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input;
analogy(n) - drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect;
  #2 (n) - an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others;
  #3 (n) - doctrine of analogy;the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate;
analyst(n) - psychoanalyst;a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis;
  #2 (n) - someone who is skilled at analyzing data;
  #3 (n) - an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions;

analytical(adj) - analytic;of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience;
  #2 (adj) - analytic;using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles);
ancestral(adj sat) - hereditary; patrimonial; transmissible;inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent;
  #2 (adj) - of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor;
ancestry(n) - derivation; filiation; lineage;inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline;
  #2 (n) - blood; blood line; bloodline; descent; line; line of descent; lineage; origin; parentage; pedigree; stemma; stock;the descendants of one individual;
angel(n) - angel falls;the highest waterfall; has more than one leap; flow varies seasonally;
  #2 (n) - spiritual being attendant upon God;
  #3 (n) - backer;invests in a theatrical production;
  #4 (n) - holy man; holy person; saint;person of exceptional holiness;
anguish(n) - torment; torture;extreme mental distress;
  #2 (n) - extreme distress of body or mind;
  #3 (v) - hurt; pain;cause emotional anguish or make miserable;
  #4 (v) - suffer great pains or distress;

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angular(adj) - angulate;having angles or an angular shape;
  #2 (adj) - measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle;
animate(v) - quicken; reanimate; recreate; renovate; repair; revive; revivify; vivify;give new life or energy to;
  #2 (v) - enliven; invigorate; liven; liven up;make lively;
  #3 (v) - animise; animize;give lifelike qualities to;
  #4 (v) - enliven; exalt; inspire; invigorate;heighten or intensify;
  #5 (adj) - sentient;endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness;
  #6 (adj) - endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life;
  #7 (adj) - belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings;
animation(n) - liveliness;general activity and motion;
  #2 (n) - the making of animated cartoons;
  #3 (n) - invigoration; vivification;the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something;
  #4 (n) - brio; invigoration; spiritedness; vivification;quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous;
  #5 (n) - vitality;the property of being able to survive and grow;
  #6 (n) - aliveness; life; living;the condition of living or the state of being alive;
annals(n) - chronological record;a chronological account of events in successive years;
  #2 (n) - reports of the work of a society or learned body etc;
anniversary(n) - day of remembrance;the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it);

anomalous(adj sat) - deviating from the general or common order or type;
anomaly(n) - position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun);
  #2 (n) - unusual person;a person who is unusual;
  #3 (n) - anomalousness;deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule;
anonymous(adj) - anon.;having no known name or identity or known source;
  #2 (adj sat) - not known or lacking marked individuality;
antarctic(n) - antarctic zone; south frigid zone;the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters;
  #2 (adj sat) - south-polar;at or near the south pole;
antarctica(n) - antarctic continent;an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep;

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antenna(n) - feeler;one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste;
  #2 (n) - aerial; transmitting aerial;an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals;
  #3 (n) - feeler;sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ;
anthropologist(n) - a social scientist who specializes in anthropology;
anthropology(n) - the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings;
antibiotic(n) - antibiotic drug;a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections;
  #2 (adj) - of or relating to antibiotic drugs;
antibody(n) - any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response;

anticlockwise(adj) - contraclockwise; counterclockwise;in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock;
  #2 (adv) - counterclockwise;in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move;
antigen(n) - any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies);
antiparticle(n) - a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and its antiparticle results in annihilation and the production of radiant energy;
antipathy(n) - the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided;
  #2 (n) - aversion; distaste;a feeling of intense dislike;
antique(n) - any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity;
  #2 (n) - gaffer; old geezer; oldtimer; old-timer;an elderly man;
  #3 (v) - antiquate;give an antique appearance to;
  #4 (v) - shop for antiques;
  #5 (adj sat) - demode; ex; old-fashioned; old-hat; outmoded; passe; passee;out of fashion;
  #6 (adj sat) - age-old;belonging to or lasting from times long ago;
  #7 (adj sat) - made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age;

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antiviral(n) - antiviral agent; antiviral drug;any drug that destroys viruses;
  #2 (adj) - inhibiting or stopping the growth and reproduction of viruses;
antonym(n) - opposite; opposite word;a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other;
apathetic(adj sat) - indifferent;marked by a lack of interest;
  #2 (adj sat) - showing little or no emotion or animation;
aperture(n) - an man-made opening; usually small;
  #2 (n) - a device that controls amount of light admitted;
  #3 (n) - a natural opening in something;
apostrophe(n) - the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word;
  #2 (n) - address to an absent or imaginary person;

appal(v) - alarm; appall; dismay; horrify;fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised;
  #2 (v) - appall; offend; outrage; scandalise; scandalize; shock;strike with disgust or revulsion;
appalling(n) - an experience that appalls;
  #2 (adj sat) - dismaying;causing consternation;
apparition(n) - an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly;
  #2 (n) - fantasm; phantasm; phantasma; phantom; shadow;something existing in perception only;
  #3 (n) - the appearance of a ghostlike figure;
  #4 (n) - fantasm; phantasm; phantasma; phantom; specter; spectre;a ghostly appearing figure;
appendix(n) - cecal appendage; vermiform appendix; vermiform process;a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch;
  #2 (n) - supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book;
applicant(n) - applier;a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission;

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appraisal(n) - an expert estimation of the quality, quantity, and other characteristics of someone or something;
  #2 (n) - assessment;the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth;
  #3 (n) - estimate; estimation;a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation);
appraise(v) - survey;consider in a comprehensive way;
  #2 (v) - assess; evaluate; measure; valuate; value;evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of;
appraiser(n) - valuator;one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things;
  #2 (n) - authenticator;one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity;
appreciable(adj sat) - enough to be estimated or measured;
appreciative(adj sat) - having or showing appreciation or a favorable critical judgment or opinion;
  #2 (adj sat) - feeling or expressive of gratitude;

apprehend(v) - compass; comprehend; dig; get the picture; grasp; grok; savvy;get the meaning of something;
  #2 (v) - arrest; collar; cop; nab; nail; pick up;take into custody;
  #3 (v) - quail at;anticipate with dread or anxiety;
apprehension(n) - arrest; catch; collar; pinch; taking into custody;the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal);
  #2 (n) - discernment; savvy; understanding;the cognitive condition of someone who understands;
  #3 (n) - misgiving;painful expectation;
  #4 (n) - apprehensiveness; dread;fearful expectation or anticipation;
apprentice(n) - learner; prentice;works for an expert to learn a trade;
  #2 (v) - be or work as an apprentice;
apron(n) - a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing;
  #2 (n) - a paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used;
  #3 (n) - forestage; proscenium;the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain);
  #4 (n) - the part of the fairway leading onto the green;
aptitude(n) - inherent ability;

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aqueduct(n) - a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley;
arabian(n) - arab;a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia;
  #2 (n) - arab;a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa;
  #3 (adj) - of or relating to Arabian horses;
  #4 (adj) - relating to or associated with Arabia or its people;
arbor(n) - arbour; bower; pergola;a framework that supports climbing plants;
  #2 (n) - mandrel; mandril; spindle;any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts;
  #3 (n) - tree (as opposed to shrub);
archer(n) - sagittarius; sagittarius the archer;the ninth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about November 22 to December 21;
  #2 (n) - sagittarius;a person who is born while the sun is in Sagittarius;
  #3 (n) - bowman;a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow;
arctic(n) - galosh; golosh; gumshoe; rubber;a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow;
  #2 (n) - arctic zone; north frigid zone;the regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole;
  #3 (adj sat) - frigid; gelid; glacial; icy; polar;extremely cold;
  #4 (adj sat) - north-polar;of or relating to the Arctic;

aristocracy(n) - gentry;the most powerful members of a society;
  #2 (n) - nobility;a privileged class holding hereditary titles;
armament(n) - arming; equipping;the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war;
  #2 (n) - weaponry used by military or naval force;
armour(n) - armor;tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant;
  #2 (n) - armor;protective covering made of metal and used in combat;
  #3 (n) - armor;a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles;
  #4 (v) - armor;equip with armor;
array(n) - an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics;
  #2 (n) - raiment; regalia;especially fine or decorative clothing;
  #3 (n) - an impressive display;
  #4 (n) - an orderly arrangement;
  #5 (v) - align;align oneself with a group or a way of thinking;
  #6 (v) - lay out; range; set out;lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line;
arrogance(n) - haughtiness; hauteur; high-handedness; lordliness;overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors;

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arrogant(adj sat) - chesty; self-important;having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride;
artery(n) - a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic;
  #2 (n) - arteria; arterial blood vessel;a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body;
artifact(n) - artefact;a man-made object taken as a whole;
artillery(n) - gun; heavy weapon; ordnance;large but transportable armament;
  #2 (n) - weapon;a means of persuading or arguing;
  #3 (n) - artillery unit;an army unit that uses big guns;
artistic(adj sat) - satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities;
  #2 (adj sat) - aesthetic; esthetic;aesthetically pleasing;
  #3 (adj) - relating to or characteristic of art or artists;

ascend(v) - go up;travel up,;
  #2 (v) - move up; rise;move to a better position in life or to a better job;
  #3 (v) - come up; rise; uprise;come up, of celestial bodies;
  #4 (v) - slope upwards;
  #5 (v) - go along towards (a river's) source;
  #6 (v) - climb up;appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils;
  #7 (v) - become king or queen;
  #8 (v) - go back in order of genealogical succession;
ascent(n) - ascending; ascension; rise;the act of changing location in an upward direction;
  #2 (n) - ascension; rise; rising;a movement upward;
  #3 (n) - acclivity; climb; raise; rise; upgrade;an upward slope or grade (as in a road);
ascertain(v) - assure; check; control; ensure; insure; see; see to it;be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something;
  #2 (v) - learn or discover with certainty;
  #3 (v) - determine; find; find out;establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study;
  #4 (v) - check; determine; find out; learn; see; watch;find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort;
ashore(adv) - towards the shore from the water;
asphalt(n) - mineral pitch;a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons;
  #2 (n) - mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing;
  #3 (v) - cover with tar or asphalt;

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aspiration(n) - breathing in; inhalation; inspiration; intake;the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing;
  #2 (n) - a will to succeed;
  #3 (n) - a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath;
  #4 (n) - ambition; dream;a cherished desire;
aspire(v) - aim; draw a bead on; shoot for;have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal;
aspirin(n) - acetylsalicylic acid; bayer; empirin; st. joseph;the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets;
assassinate(v) - destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation;
  #2 (v) - murder; especially of socially prominent persons;
assault(n) - a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped;
  #2 (n) - rape; ravishment; violation;the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will;
  #3 (n) - close fighting during the culmination of a military attack;
  #4 (n) - thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946;
  #5 (v) - assail; attack; lash out; round; snipe;attack in speech or writing;
  #6 (v) - assail; attack; set on;attack someone physically or emotionally;
  #7 (v) - dishonor; dishonour; outrage; rape; ravish; violate;force (someone) to have sex against their will;

assert(v) - insist;assert to be true;
  #2 (v) - affirm; aver; avow; swan; swear; verify;to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true;
  #3 (v) - asseverate; maintain;state categorically;
  #4 (v) - put forward;insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized;
assertion(n) - asseveration; averment;a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary);
  #2 (n) - affirmation; statement;the act of affirming or asserting or stating something;
assess(v) - appraise; evaluate; measure; valuate; value;evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of;
  #2 (v) - estimate the value of (property) for taxation;
  #3 (v) - tax;set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine);
  #4 (v) - charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine;
asset(n) - plus;a useful or valuable quality;
assimilate(v) - become similar to one's environment;
  #2 (v) - make similar;
  #3 (v) - become similar in sound;
  #4 (v) - absorb; ingest; take in;take up mentally;
  #5 (v) - imbibe;take (gas, light or heat) into a solution;

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astound(v) - amaze; astonish;affect with wonder;
astronomer(n) - stargazer; uranologist;a physicist who studies astronomy;
astronomy(n) - uranology;the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole;
asunder(adj sat) - widely separated especially in space;
  #2 (adv) - apart;into parts or pieces;
athlete(n) - jock;a person trained to compete in sports;

athletic(adj sat) - acrobatic; gymnastic;vigorously active;
  #2 (adj sat) - having a sturdy and well proportioned body;
  #3 (adj) - relating to or befitting athletics or athletes;
attach(v) - be attached; be in contact with;
  #2 (v) - become attached;
  #3 (v) - cause to be attached;
  #4 (v) - confiscate; impound; seize; sequester;take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority;
  #5 (v) - bind; bond; tie;create social or emotional ties;
attendance(n) - attending;the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.);
  #2 (n) - the number of people that are present;
  #3 (n) - the frequency with which a person is present;
attic(n) - a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof;
  #2 (n) - garret; loft;floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage;
  #3 (n) - bean; bonce; dome; noggin; noodle;informal terms for a human head;
  #4 (n) - classical greek; ionic; ionic dialect;the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia;
  #5 (adj) - of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times;
attorney(n) - lawyer;a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice;

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auction(n) - auction sale; vendue;the public sale of something to the highest bidder;
  #2 (n) - auction bridge;a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge;
  #3 (v) - auction off; auctioneer;sell at an auction;
audible(n) - a football play is changed orally after both teams have assumed their positions at the line of scrimmage;
  #2 (adj) - hearable;heard or perceptible by the ear;
augment(v) - enlarge or increase;
  #2 (v) - grow or intensify;
aural(adj) - relating to or characterized by an aura;
  #2 (adj) - of or pertaining to hearing or the ear;
authentic(adj sat) - bona fide; unquestionable; veritable;not counterfeit or copied;
  #2 (adj sat) - reliable;conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief;

authoritarian(n) - dictator;a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner;
  #2 (adj sat) - autocratic; despotic; dictatorial; tyrannic; tyrannical;characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty;
  #3 (adj sat) - dictatorial; overbearing;expecting unquestioning obedience;
authoritative(adj sat) - authorised; authorized;sanctioned by established authority;
  #2 (adj sat) - important;having authority or ascendancy or influence;
  #3 (adj sat) - classic; classical; definitive;of recognized authority or excellence;
authorize(v) - authorise; clear; pass;grant authorization or clearance for;
  #2 (v) - authorise; empower;give or delegate power or authority to;
autobiography(n) - a biography of yourself;
automate(v) - automatise; automatize;make automatic or control or operate automatically;

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autonomy(n) - liberty;immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence;
  #2 (n) - self-direction; self-reliance; self-sufficiency;personal independence;
avail(n) - help; service;a means of serving;
  #2 (v) - use to one's advantage;
  #3 (v) - help;take or use;
  #4 (v) - be of use to, be useful to;
availability(n) - accessibility; availableness; handiness;the quality of being at hand when needed;
avenge(v) - retaliate; revenge;take revenge for a perceived wrong;
aviation(n) - air; air travel;travel via aircraft;
  #2 (n) - airmanship;the art of operating aircraft;
  #3 (n) - the operation of aircraft to provide transportation;
  #4 (n) - air power;the aggregation of a country's military aircraft;

awareness(n) - cognisance; cognizance; consciousness; knowingness;having knowledge of;
  #2 (n) - sentience;state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness;
awesome(adj sat) - amazing; awe-inspiring; awful; awing;inspiring awe or admiration or wonder;
axis(n) - axis of rotation;the center around which something rotates;
  #2 (n) - axis vertebra;the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head;
  #3 (n) - a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions;
  #4 (n) - bloc;a group of countries in special alliance;
  #5 (n) - in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations;
  #6 (n) - the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged;
axle(n) - a shaft on which a wheel rotates;
bachelor(n) - unmarried man;a man who has never been married;
  #2 (n) - bachelor-at-arms; knight bachelor;a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon;
  #3 (v) - bach;lead a bachelor's existence;

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backbone(n) - the part of a network that connects other networks together;
  #2 (n) - spine;the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved;
  #3 (n) - grit; gumption; guts; moxie; sand;fortitude and determination;
  #4 (n) - back; rachis; spinal column; spine; vertebral column;the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord;
  #5 (n) - anchor; keystone; linchpin; lynchpin; mainstay;a central cohesive source of support and stability;
bacon(n) - back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried;
  #2 (n) - 1st baron verulam; baron verulam; francis bacon; sir francis bacon; viscount st. albans;English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626);
  #3 (n) - roger bacon;English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292);
bacterial(adj) - relating to or caused by bacteria;
badge(n) - any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank);
  #2 (n) - an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.);
  #3 (v) - put a badge on;
badminton(n) - a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net;

baffle(n) - baffle board;a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy;
  #2 (v) - regulate;check the emission of (sound);
  #3 (v) - amaze; beat; bewilder; dumbfound; flummox; get; gravel; mystify; nonplus; perplex; pose; puzzle; stick; stupefy; vex;be a mystery or bewildering to;
  #4 (v) - bilk; cross; foil; frustrate; queer; scotch; spoil; thwart;hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of;
bakery(n) - bakehouse; bakeshop;a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold;
balcony(n) - a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet;
  #2 (n) - an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium;
bald(v) - grow bald; lose hair on one's head;
  #2 (adj sat) - bald-headed; bald-pated;lacking hair on all or most of the scalp;
  #3 (adj sat) - denudate; denuded;without the natural or usual covering;
  #4 (adj sat) - barefaced;with no effort to conceal;
ballet(n) - concert dance;a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers;
  #2 (n) - music written for a ballet;

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bamboo(n) - woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture;
  #2 (n) - the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles;
bandage(n) - patch;a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body;
  #2 (v) - dress by covering or binding;
  #3 (v) - bind;wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose;
bandit(n) - brigand;an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band;
banish(v) - drive away;
  #2 (v) - bar; relegate;expel, as if by official decree;
  #3 (v) - ban; blackball; cast out; ostracise; ostracize; shun;expel from a community or group;
  #4 (v) - ban;ban from a place of residence, as for punishment;
bankrupt(n) - insolvent;someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts;
  #2 (v) - break; ruin; smash;reduce to bankruptcy;
  #3 (adj sat) - belly-up;financially ruined;

bankruptcy(n) - a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent;
  #2 (n) - failure;inability to discharge all your debts as they come due;
  #3 (n) - a state of complete lack of some abstract property;
banner(n) - streamer;long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising;
  #2 (n) - standard;any distinctive flag;
  #3 (n) - streamer;a newspaper headline that runs across the full page;
  #4 (adj sat) - unusually good; outstanding;
banquet(n) - feast; spread;a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed;
  #2 (n) - feast;a ceremonial dinner party for many people;
  #3 (v) - feast; junket;partake in a feast or banquet;
  #4 (v) - feast; junket;provide a feast or banquet for;
barbarian(n) - boor; churl; goth; peasant; tike; tyke;a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement;
  #2 (n) - savage;a member of an uncivilized people;
  #3 (adj sat) - barbaric; savage; uncivilised; uncivilized; wild;without civilizing influences;
barometer(n) - an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure;

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bazaar(n) - fair;a sale of miscellany; often for charity;
  #2 (n) - bazar;a shop where a variety of goods are sold;
  #3 (n) - bazar;a street of small shops (especially in Orient);
brazen(v) - face with defiance or impudence;
  #2 (adj sat) - audacious; bald-faced; barefaced; bodacious; brassy; brazen-faced; insolent;unrestrained by convention or propriety;
  #3 (adj) - made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness);
bulletin(n) - a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast);
  #2 (v) - make public by bulletin;
capitulate(v) - surrender under agreed conditions;
chronic(adj) - being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering;
  #2 (adj sat) - inveterate;habitual;
  #3 (adj sat) - continuing;of long duration;

circumvent(v) - dodge; duck; elude; evade; fudge; hedge; parry; put off; sidestep; skirt;avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);
  #2 (v) - beat; outfox; outsmart; outwit; overreach;beat through cleverness and wit;
  #3 (v) - beleaguer; besiege; hem in; surround;surround so as to force to give up;
cognition(n) - knowledge; noesis;the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning;
collaborate(v) - cooperate; get together; join forces;work together on a common enterprise of project;
  #2 (v) - cooperate as a traitor;
collide(v) - clash;crash together with violent impact;
  #2 (v) - cause to collide;
  #3 (v) - clash; jar;be incompatible; be or come into conflict;
combustion(n) - burning;the act of burning something;
  #2 (n) - burning;a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light;
  #3 (n) - a state of violent disturbance and excitement;

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commiserate(v) - sympathise; sympathize;to feel or express sympathy or compassion;
commuter(n) - commuter train;a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another;
  #2 (n) - someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city;
compatible(adj) - able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination;
  #2 (adj) - capable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification;
  #3 (adj sat) - capable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates nor is altered by chemical interaction;
compile(v) - compose;put together out of existing material;
  #2 (v) - use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed;
  #3 (v) - accumulate; amass; collect; hoard; pile up; roll up;get or gather together;
conceal(v) - hide;prevent from being seen or discovered;
  #2 (v) - hold back; hold in;hold back; keep from being perceived by others;

consolidate(v) - make firm or secure; strengthen;
  #2 (v) - make or form into a solid or hardened mass;
  #3 (v) - form into a solid mass or whole;
  #4 (v) - unite into one;
  #5 (v) - bring together into a single whole or system;
covert(n) - concealment; cover; screen;a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something;
  #2 (n) - a flock of coots;
  #3 (adj) - secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed;
  #4 (adj sat) - being under the protection of her husband;
cram(v) - prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam;
  #2 (v) - bone; bone up; drum; get up; grind away; mug up; swot; swot up;study intensively, as before an exam;
  #3 (v) - chock up; jam; jampack; ram; wad;crowd or pack to capacity;
  #4 (v) - put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled;
daze(n) - fog; haze;confusion characterized by lack of clarity;
  #2 (n) - shock; stupor;the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally;
  #3 (v) - bedaze; stun;overcome as with astonishment or disbelief;
  #4 (v) - bedazzle; dazzle;to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light;
debacle(n) - fiasco;a sudden and violent collapse;
  #2 (n) - drubbing; slaughter; thrashing; trouncing; walloping; whipping;a sound defeat;
  #3 (n) - flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer;

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decadence(n) - decadency; degeneracy; degeneration;the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities;
derogatory(adj sat) - derogative; disparaging;expressive of low opinion;
destitution(n) - a state without friends or money or prospects;
detain(v) - delay; hold up;cause to be slowed down or delayed;
  #2 (v) - delay; stay;stop or halt;
  #3 (v) - confine;deprive of freedom; take into confinement;
deviation(n) - deflection; deflexion; digression; divagation; diversion;a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern);
  #2 (n) - deviance;deviate behavior;
  #3 (n) - the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances;
  #4 (n) - the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function;
  #5 (n) - departure; difference; divergence;a variation that deviates from the standard or norm;

diagnose(v) - name;determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis;
  #2 (v) - subject to a medical analysis;
didactic(adj sat) - didactical;instructive (especially excessively);
diminutive(n) - a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness;
  #2 (adj sat) - bantam; flyspeck; lilliputian; midget; petite; tiny;very small;
discordant(adj) - not in agreement or harmony;
  #2 (adj sat) - disharmonious; dissonant; inharmonic;lacking in harmony;
discursive(adj sat) - digressive; excursive; rambling;tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects;
  #2 (adj sat) - dianoetic;proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition;

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disheveled(adj sat) - dishevelled; frowzled; rumpled; tousled;in disarray; extremely disorderly;
disparity(n) - inequality or difference in some respect;
distraught(adj sat) - overwrought;deeply agitated especially from emotion;
diverge(v) - move or draw apart;
  #2 (v) - depart; deviate; vary;be at variance with; be out of line with;
  #3 (v) - extend in a different direction;
  #4 (v) - have no limits as a mathematical series;
dread(n) - apprehension; apprehensiveness;fearful expectation or anticipation;
  #2 (v) - fear;be afraid or scared of; be frightened of;
  #3 (adj sat) - awful; dire; direful; dreaded; dreadful; fearful; fearsome; frightening; horrendous; horrific; terrible;causing fear or dread or terror;

ecology(n) - bionomics; environmental science;the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment;
  #2 (n) - the environment as it relates to living organisms;
edification(n) - sophistication;uplifting enlightenment;
elegant(adj) - refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style;
  #2 (adj sat) - displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution;
  #3 (adj sat) - graceful; refined;suggesting taste, ease, and wealth;
embark(v) - enter;set out on (an enterprise or subject of study);
  #2 (v) - ship;go on board;
  #3 (v) - venture;proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers;
embed(v) - attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war;
  #2 (v) - engraft; imbed; implant; plant;fix or set securely or deeply;

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eminent(adj sat) - lofty; soaring; towering;of imposing height; especially standing out above others;
  #2 (adj sat) - high;standing above others in quality or position;
estate(n) - estate of the realm; the three estates;a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights;
  #2 (n) - acres; demesne; land; landed estate;extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use;
  #3 (n) - everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities;
exemplary(adj sat) - admonitory; cautionary; monitory; warning;serving to warn;
  #2 (adj sat) - emblematic; typic;being or serving as an illustration of a type;
  #3 (adj sat) - model;worthy of imitation;
expedite(v) - process fast and efficiently;
  #2 (v) - hasten;speed up the progress of; facilitate;
facade(n) - frontage; frontal;the face or front of a building;
  #2 (n) - window dressing;a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant;

federation(n) - the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs;
  #2 (n) - confederacy; confederation;a union of political organizations;
  #3 (n) - an organization formed by merging several groups or parties;
figment(n) - a contrived or fantastic idea;
flee(v) - fly; take flight;run away quickly;
forfeit(n) - forfeiture; sacrifice;the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.;
  #2 (n) - forfeiture;a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something;
  #3 (n) - forfeiture;something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty;
  #4 (v) - forego; forgo; give up; throw overboard; waive;lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime;
  #5 (adj sat) - confiscate; forfeited;surrendered as a penalty;
fortuitous(adj sat) - occurring by happy chance;
  #2 (adj sat) - causeless; uncaused;having no cause or apparent cause;

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fowl(n) - domestic fowl; poultry;a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl;
  #2 (n) - bird;the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food;
  #3 (v) - hunt fowl in the forest;
  #4 (v) - hunt fowl;
gamut(n) - a complete extent or range:;
  #2 (n) - the entire scale of musical notes;
gorge(n) - esophagus; gullet; oesophagus;the passage between the pharynx and the stomach;
  #2 (n) - defile;a narrow pass (especially one between mountains);
  #3 (n) - a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it);
  #4 (v) - binge; englut; engorge; glut; gormandise; gormandize; gourmandize; ingurgitate; overeat; overgorge; overindulge; pig out; satiate; scarf out; stuff;overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself;
grandiloquent(adj sat) - overblown; pompous; pontifical; portentous;puffed up with vanity;
  #2 (adj sat) - magniloquent; tall;lofty in style;
grope(n) - the act of groping; and instance of groping;
  #2 (v) - fondle for sexual pleasure;
  #3 (v) - fumble;feel about uncertainly or blindly;
  #4 (v) - search blindly or uncertainly;

grotesque(n) - art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants;
  #2 (adj sat) - monstrous;distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous;
  #3 (adj sat) - antic; fantastic; fantastical;ludicrously odd;
gyration(n) - whirling;the act of rotating in a circle or spiral;
  #2 (n) - revolution; rotation;a single complete turn (axial or orbital);
hamlet(n) - crossroads;a community of people smaller than a village;
  #2 (n) - village;a settlement smaller than a town;
  #3 (n) - the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father;
hemisphere(n) - cerebral hemisphere;either half of the cerebrum;
  #2 (n) - half of the terrestrial globe;
  #3 (n) - half of a sphere;
homogeneous(adj) - homogenous;all of the same or similar kind or nature;

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hospitable(adj) - favorable to life and growth;
  #2 (adj) - disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity;
  #3 (adj sat) - having an open mind;
industrious(adj sat) - hardworking; tireless; untiring;characterized by hard work and perseverance;
  #2 (adj sat) - energetic; gumptious; up-and-coming;working hard to promote an enterprise;
inhabit(v) - dwell; live; populate;inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of;
  #2 (v) - be present in;
  #3 (v) - dwell;exist or be situated within;
inherent(adj sat) - implicit in; underlying;in the nature of something though not readily apparent;
  #2 (adj sat) - built-in; constitutional; inbuilt; integral;existing as an essential constituent or characteristic;
inhibition(n) - forbiddance; prohibition;the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof);
  #2 (n) - suppression;the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires;
  #3 (n) - the quality of being inhibited;
  #4 (n) - the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part;

intimidate(v) - make timid or fearful;
  #2 (v) - restrain;to compel or deter by or as if by threats;
intuition(n) - instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes);
  #2 (n) - hunch; suspicion;an impression that something might be the case;
invective(n) - vitriol; vituperation;abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will;
latitude(n) - scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction;
  #2 (n) - the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself;
  #3 (n) - line of latitude; parallel; parallel of latitude;an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator;
  #4 (n) - freedom from normal restraints in conduct;
lull(n) - quiet;a period of calm weather;
  #2 (n) - letup;a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished;
  #3 (v) - calm down;become quiet or less intensive;
  #4 (v) - calm by deception;
  #5 (v) - calm; calm down; quiet; quieten; still; tranquilize; tranquillise; tranquillize;make calm or still;

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malaise(n) - unease; uneasiness;physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression);
modulate(v) - vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves);
  #2 (v) - adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of;
  #3 (v) - regulate;fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of;
  #4 (v) - inflect; tone;vary the pitch of one's speech;
  #5 (v) - change the key of, in music;
momentous(adj sat) - of very great significance;
nebulous(adj sat) - unfixed;lacking definition or definite content;
  #2 (adj sat) - cloudy; nebulose;lacking definite form or limits;
  #3 (adj) - nebular;of or relating to or resembling a nebula;
nostalgic(adj sat) - unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons;

nourish(v) - nurture; sustain;provide with nourishment;
  #2 (v) - aliment; nutrify;give nourishment to;
obnoxious(adj sat) - objectionable;causing disapproval or protest;
obscure(v) - bedim; overcloud;make obscure or unclear;
  #2 (v) - blot out; hide; obliterate; veil;make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing;
  #3 (v) - reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa;
  #4 (v) - blur; confuse; obnubilate;make unclear, indistinct, or blurred;
  #5 (v) - becloud; befog; cloud; fog; haze over; mist; obnubilate;make less visible or unclear;
  #6 (adj sat) - vague;not clearly understood or expressed;
  #7 (adj sat) - dark;marked by difficulty of style or expression;
  #8 (adj sat) - apart; isolated;remote and separate physically or socially;
  #9 (adj sat) - unnoticeable;not drawing attention;
  #10 (adj sat) - unknown; unsung;not famous or acclaimed;
  #11 (adj sat) - hidden;difficult to find;
opaque(adj) - not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight;
  #2 (adj sat) - unintelligible;not clearly understood or expressed;
ostracize(v) - ostracise;avoid speaking to or dealing with;
  #2 (v) - ban; banish; blackball; cast out; ostracise; shun;expel from a community or group;

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oxidize(v) - oxidate; oxidise;add oxygen to or combine with oxygen;
  #2 (v) - oxidate; oxidise;enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide;
paradox(n) - a statement that contradicts itself;
peril(n) - danger; risk;a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury;
  #2 (n) - endangerment; hazard; jeopardy; risk;a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune;
  #3 (n) - riskiness;a state of danger involving risk;
  #4 (v) - endanger; expose; queer; scupper;put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position;
  #5 (v) - endanger; imperil; jeopardise; jeopardize; menace; threaten;pose a threat to; present a danger to;
permeate(v) - interpenetrate;penetrate mutually or be interlocked;
  #2 (v) - diffuse; imbue; interpenetrate; penetrate; pervade; riddle;spread or diffuse through;
  #3 (v) - filter; percolate; sink in;pass through;
perturb(v) - derange; throw out of kilter;throw into great confusion or disorder;
  #2 (v) - cark; disorder; disquiet; distract; trouble; unhinge;disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed;
  #3 (v) - cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull;
  #4 (v) - disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom;

plague(n) - an annoyance;
  #2 (n) - any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God);
  #3 (n) - infestation;a swarm of insects that attack plants;
  #4 (n) - pest; pestilence;any epidemic disease with a high death rate;
  #5 (n) - pest; pestilence; pestis;a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal;
  #6 (v) - beset; chevvy; chevy; chivvy; chivy; harass; harry; hassle; molest; provoke;annoy continually or chronically;
  #7 (v) - blight;cause to suffer a blight;
plumb(n) - plumb bob; plummet;the metal bob of a plumb line;
  #2 (v) - adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical;
  #3 (v) - examine thoroughly and in great depth;
  #4 (v) - measure the depth of something;
  #5 (v) - weight with lead;
  #6 (adj sat) - exactly vertical;
  #7 (adv) - clean; plum;completely; used as intensifiers;
  #8 (adv) - plum;exactly;
  #9 (adv) - conforming to the direction of a plumb line;
porous(adj) - poriferous;full of pores or vessels or holes;
  #2 (adj sat) - holey;allowing passage in and out;
  #3 (adj sat) - able to absorb fluids;
precocious(adj sat) - appearing or developing early;
  #2 (adj) - characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude);
predecessor(n) - forerunner; harbinger; herald; precursor;something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone;
  #2 (n) - one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office);

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probe(n) - an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity;
  #2 (n) - an exploratory action or expedition;
  #3 (n) - a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities;
  #4 (n) - investigation;an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities;
  #5 (v) - examine;question or examine thoroughly and closely;
  #6 (v) - dig into; poke into;examine physically with or as if with a probe;
prone(adj sat) - prostrate;lying face downward;
  #2 (adj sat) - having a tendency (to); often used in combination;
quantitative(adj) - expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement;
  #2 (adj) - having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables;
  #3 (adj) - relating to the measurement of quantity;
racism(n) - racial discrimination; racialism;discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race;
  #2 (n) - the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races;
rage(n) - craze; cult; fad; furor; furore;an interest followed with exaggerated zeal;
  #2 (n) - fury; madness;a feeling of intense anger;
  #3 (n) - violent state of the elements;
  #4 (n) - a state of extreme anger;
  #5 (n) - passion;something that is desired intensely;
  #6 (v) - feel intense anger;
  #7 (v) - be violent; as of fires and storms;
  #8 (v) - ramp; storm;behave violently, as if in state of a great anger;

ratify(v) - sign;approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation;
reciprocate(v) - alternate the direction of motion of;
  #2 (v) - act, feel, or give mutually or in return;
recite(v) - repeat aloud from memory;
  #2 (v) - enumerate; itemise; itemize;specify individually;
  #3 (v) - narrate; recount; tell;narrate or give a detailed account of;
  #4 (v) - declaim;recite in elocution;
  #5 (v) - retell;render verbally,;
reconcile(v) - harmonise; harmonize;bring into consonance or accord;
  #2 (v) - accommodate; conciliate;make (one thing) compatible with (another);
  #3 (v) - resign; submit;accept as inevitable;
  #4 (v) - conciliate; make up; patch up; settle;come to terms;
redundant(adj sat) - pleonastic; tautologic; tautological;repetition of same sense in different words;
  #2 (adj sat) - excess; extra; spare; supererogatory; superfluous; supernumerary; surplus;more than is needed, desired, or required;

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refrain(n) - chorus;the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers;
  #2 (v) - abstain; desist;choose not to consume;
  #3 (v) - forbear;resist doing something;
remainder(n) - end; oddment; remnant;a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold;
  #2 (n) - difference;the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend;
  #3 (n) - the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor;
  #4 (n) - balance; residual; residue; residuum; rest;something left after other parts have been taken away;
  #5 (v) - sell cheaply as remainders;
reparation(n) - amends;something done or paid in expiation of a wrong;
  #2 (n) - fix; fixing; fixture; mend; mending; repair;the act of putting something in working order again;
  #3 (n) - compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors;
  #4 (n) - compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury;
riot(n) - bacchanal; bacchanalia; debauch; debauchery; drunken revelry; orgy; saturnalia;a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity;
  #2 (n) - public violence;a public act of violence by an unruly mob;
  #3 (n) - belly laugh; howler; scream; sidesplitter; thigh-slapper; wow;a joke that seems extremely funny;
  #4 (n) - rioting;a state of disorder involving group violence;
  #5 (v) - carouse; roister;engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking;
  #6 (v) - take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot;
romance(n) - romanticism;an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure);
  #2 (n) - a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life;
  #3 (n) - love story;a story dealing with love;
  #4 (n) - latinian language; romance language;the group of languages derived from Latin;
  #5 (n) - love affair;a relationship between two lovers;
  #6 (v) - tell romantic or exaggerated lies;
  #7 (v) - butterfly; chat up; coquet; coquette; dally; flirt; mash; philander;talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions;
  #8 (v) - have a love affair with;
  #9 (v) - court; solicit; woo;make amorous advances towards;
  #10 (adj) - latin;relating to languages derived from Latin;

ruthless(adj sat) - pitiless; remorseless; unpitying;without mercy or pity;
scathing(adj sat) - vituperative;marked by harshly abusive criticism;
scrutinize(v) - audit; inspect; scrutinise;examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification;
  #2 (v) - scrutinise; size up; take stock;to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail;
shoddy(n) - reclaimed wool fiber;
  #2 (adj sat) - deceptive; misleading;designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently;
  #3 (adj sat) - jerry-built;of inferior workmanship and materials;
  #4 (adj sat) - cheapjack; tawdry;cheap and shoddy;
shriek(n) - scream; screaming; screech; screeching; shrieking;sharp piercing cry;
  #2 (n) - scream; screaming; screech; screeching; shrieking;a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry;
  #3 (v) - pipe; pipe up; shrill;utter a shrill cry;

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siege(n) - beleaguering; besieging; military blockade;the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack;
simulate(v) - assume; feign; sham;make a pretence of;
  #2 (v) - model;create a representation or model of;
  #3 (v) - copy; imitate;reproduce someone's behavior or looks;
smelt(n) - small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters;
  #2 (n) - small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water;
  #3 (v) - extract (metals) by heating;
snobbish(adj sat) - clannish; cliquish; clubby; snobby;befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior;
sobriety(n) - temperance;abstaining from excess;
  #2 (n) - graveness; gravity; soberness; somberness; sombreness;a manner that is serious and solemn;
  #3 (n) - dryness;moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs;
  #4 (n) - soberness;the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol;

sociability(n) - sociableness;the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows;
solidarity(n) - a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group;
solitude(n) - a solitary place;
  #2 (n) - the state or situation of being alone;
  #3 (n) - purdah;a state of social isolation;
specious(adj sat) - gilded; meretricious;based on pretense; deceptively pleasing;
  #2 (adj sat) - spurious;plausible but false;
spontaneous(adj sat) - ad-lib; unwritten;said or done without having been planned or written in advance;
  #2 (adj) - self-generated;happening or arising without apparent external cause;

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sporadic(adj) - recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances;
stereotype(n) - a conventional or formulaic conception or image;
  #2 (v) - pigeonhole; stamp;treat or classify according to a mental stereotype;
stifle(n) - knee;joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee;
  #2 (v) - asphyxiate; suffocate;be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen;
  #3 (v) - dampen;smother or suppress;
  #4 (v) - asphyxiate; choke; suffocate;impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
  #5 (v) - muffle; repress; smother; strangle;conceal or hide;
stratosphere(n) - the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere;
stubborn(adj) - obstinate; unregenerate;tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield;
  #2 (adj sat) - refractory;not responding to treatment;

subjective(adj) - immanent;of a mental act performed entirely within the mind;
  #2 (adj) - taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias;
subside(v) - lessen;wear off or die down;
  #2 (v) - sink;descend into or as if into some soft substance or place;
  #3 (v) - settle;sink down or precipitate;
  #4 (v) - sink to a lower level or form a depression;
subterranean(adj sat) - subterraneous; ulterior;lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed);
  #2 (adj sat) - subterraneous;being or operating under the surface of the earth;
summit(n) - summit meeting;a meeting of heads of governments;
  #2 (n) - crest; crown; peak; tip; top;the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill);
  #3 (n) - acme; elevation; height; meridian; peak; pinnacle; superlative; tiptop; top;the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development;
  #4 (v) - breast;reach the summit (of a mountain);
summon(v) - marshal; mobilise; mobilize;make ready for action or use;
  #2 (v) - cite; summons;call in an official matter, such as to attend court;
  #3 (v) - ask to come;
  #4 (v) - come up; muster; muster up; rally;gather or bring together;

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superficial(adj) - concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually;
  #2 (adj sat) - trivial;of little substance or significance;
  #3 (adj) - of, affecting, or being on or near the surface;
superfluous(adj sat) - excess; extra; redundant; spare; supererogatory; supernumerary; surplus;more than is needed, desired, or required;
  #2 (adj sat) - otiose; pointless; purposeless; senseless; wasted;serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being;
superstition(n) - superstitious notion;an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear;
surmount(v) - exceed; outdo; outgo; outmatch; outperform; outstrip; surpass;be or do something to a greater degree;
  #2 (v) - get over; master; overcome; subdue;get on top of; deal with successfully;
  #3 (v) - scale;reach the highest point of;
  #4 (v) - be on top of;
swelter(v) - suffer from intense heat;
  #2 (v) - be uncomfortably hot;

synonym(n) - equivalent word;two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context;
taciturn(adj) - habitually reserved and uncommunicative;
tactics(n) - maneuver; manoeuvre; tactic;a plan for attaining a particular goal;
  #2 (n) - the branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy;
tangible(adj sat) - real;capable of being treated as fact;
  #2 (adj) - palpable;capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt;
  #3 (adj) - touchable;perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch;
  #4 (adj) - having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value;
temporal(n) - temporal role;the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb;
  #2 (adj sat) - of this earth or world;
  #3 (adj sat) - not eternal;
  #4 (adj) - secular; worldly;characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world;
  #5 (adj) - of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit);
  #6 (adj) - of or relating to or limited by time;

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tenable(adj sat) - well-founded;based on sound reasoning or evidence;
tenuous(adj sat) - flimsy; fragile; slight; thin;lacking substance or significance;
  #2 (adj sat) - very thin in gauge or diameter;
  #3 (adj sat) - having thin consistency;
timid(n) - cautious;people who are fearful and cautious;
  #2 (adj) - showing fear and lack of confidence;
  #3 (adj sat) - faint; fainthearted; faint-hearted;lacking conviction or boldness or courage;
  #4 (adj) - diffident; shy; unsure;lacking self-confidence;
toxic(adj) - of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison;
trajectory(n) - flight;the path followed by an object moving through space;

transcend(v) - exceed; go past; overstep; pass; top;be superior or better than some standard;
  #2 (v) - exceed; surpass;be greater in scope or size than some standard;
trepidation(n) - a feeling of alarm or dread;
verbatim(adj sat) - direct;in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker;
  #2 (adv) - word for word;using exactly the same words;
vocation(n) - calling; career;the particular occupation for which you are trained;
  #2 (n) - occupational group;a body of people doing the same kind of work;
wrench(n) - spanner;a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt;
  #2 (n) - twist;a jerky pulling movement;
  #3 (n) - pull; twist;a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments;
  #4 (v) - rick; sprain; turn; twist; wrick;twist suddenly so as to sprain;
  #5 (v) - wring;twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish;
  #6 (v) - twist;twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates;
  #7 (v) - make a sudden twisting motion;

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zeal(n) - eagerness; forwardness; readiness;prompt willingness;
  #2 (n) - excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end;
  #3 (n) - ardor; ardour; elan;a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause);
zenith(n) - the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected;
zigzag(n) - zag; zig;an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions;
  #2 (v) - crank;travel along a zigzag path;
  #3 (adj sat) - zig-zag;having short sharp turns or angles;
  #4 (adv) - in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path;