anachronism(n) - an artifact that belongs to another time;
#2 (n) - a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age;
#3 (n) - misdating; mistiming;something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred;
distinction(n) - a distinguishing difference;
#2 (n) - a distinguishing quality;
#3 (n) - differentiation;a discrimination between things as different and distinct;
#4 (n) - eminence; note; preeminence;high status importance owing to marked superiority;
exude(v) - exudate; ooze; ooze out; transude;release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities;
#2 (v) - make apparent by one's mood or behavior;
fathom(n) - fthm;a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore;
#2 (n) - fthm;a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth;
#3 (v) - sound;measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line;
#4 (v) - bottom; penetrate;come to understand;
flirtation(n) - coquetry; dalliance; flirt; flirting; toying;playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest;
flotilla(n) - a fleet of small craft;
#2 (n) - a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships;
homage(n) - court;respectful deference;
impromptu(n) - an extemporaneous speech or remark;
#2 (n) - a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation;
#3 (adj sat) - ad-lib; extemporaneous; extemporary; extempore; offhand; offhanded; off-the-cuff; unrehearsed;with little or no preparation or forethought;
#4 (adv) - ad lib; ad libitum; spontaneously;without advance preparation;
inevitable(n) - an unavoidable event;
#2 (adj) - incapable of being avoided or prevented;
#3 (adj sat) - invariably occurring or appearing;
inferior(n) - subscript;a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character;
#2 (n) - one of lesser rank or station or quality;
#3 (adj sat) - deficient; substandard;falling short of some prescribed norm;
#4 (adj) - of or characteristic of low rank or importance;
#5 (adj) - of low or inferior quality;
#6 (adj) - having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit;
#7 (adj) - subscript;written or printed below and to one side of another character;
#8 (adj sat) - lower than a given reference point;
insinuate(v) - adumbrate; intimate;give to understand;
#2 (v) - introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner;
larynx(n) - voice box;a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech;
medley(n) - pastiche; potpourri;a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources;
microcosm(n) - a miniature model of something;
nationalize(v) - nationalise;put under state control or ownership;
#2 (v) - nationalise;make national in character or scope;
necrosis(n) - gangrene; mortification; sphacelus;the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply);
neutrality(n) - nonparticipation in a dispute or war;
#2 (n) - pH value of 7;
#3 (n) - disinterest;tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement;
obligate(v) - bind; hold; oblige;bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted;
#2 (v) - commit in order to fulfill an obligation;
#3 (v) - compel; oblige;force somebody to do something;
#4 (adj) - restricted to a particular condition of life;
obsession(n) - fixation;an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone;
#2 (n) - compulsion;an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will;
oceanography(n) - oceanology;the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans;
odoriferous(adj sat) - odorous; perfumed; scented; sweet; sweet-scented; sweet-smelling;having a natural fragrance;
#2 (adj sat) - odorous;emitting an odor;
#3 (adj sat) - morally offensive;
omnivorous(adj) - feeding on both plants and animals;
ophthalmology(n) - the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases;
opine(v) - guess; imagine; reckon; suppose; think;expect, believe, or suppose;
#2 (v) - animadvert; sound off; speak out; speak up;express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation;
orchestra(n) - seating on the main floor in a theater;
#2 (n) - a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players;
ordeal(n) - trial by ordeal;a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence;
#2 (n) - a severe or trying experience;
origami(n) - the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds);
phagocyte(n) - scavenger cell;a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms;
philanthropy(n) - philanthropic gift;voluntary promotion of human welfare;
phlegm(n) - flatness; languor; lethargy; sluggishness;inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy;
#2 (n) - sputum;expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness;
#3 (n) - emotionlessness; impassiveness; impassivity; indifference; stolidity; unemotionality;apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions;
phobia(n) - phobic disorder; phobic neurosis;an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations;
photosphere(n) - the intensely luminous surface of a star (especially the sun);
photosynthesis(n) - synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants);
phylum(n) - the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes;
#2 (n) - a large group of languages that are historically related;
predestine(v) - foreordain; preordain;foreordain or determine beforehand;
#2 (v) - foreordain; predestinate;foreordain by divine will or decree;
#3 (v) - decree or determine beforehand;
predispose(v) - make susceptible;
preferential(adj sat) - discriminatory;manifesting partiality;
progressive(n) - liberal; liberalist;a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties;
#2 (n) - continuous tense; imperfect; imperfect tense; progressive tense;a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going;
#3 (adj sat) - advancing in severity;
#4 (adj sat) - reformist; reform-minded;favoring or promoting reform (often by government action);
#5 (adj sat) - involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position;
#6 (adj) - favoring or promoting progress;
#7 (adj) - adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases;
#8 (adj sat) - gradually advancing in extent;
proprietary(n) - proprietorship;an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits;
#2 (adj) - protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights;
provocation(n) - aggravation; irritation;unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment;
#2 (n) - incitement;needed encouragement;
#3 (n) - incitation; incitement;something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action;
publishing(n) - publication;the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution;
quarantine(n) - isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease;
#2 (n) - enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease;
#3 (v) - place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons;
recluse(n) - hermit; solitary; solitudinarian; troglodyte;one who lives in solitude;
#2 (adj sat) - reclusive; withdrawn;withdrawn from society; seeking solitude;
repercussion(n) - backlash; rebound; recoil;a movement back from an impact;
#2 (n) - reverberation;a remote or indirect consequence of some action;
repertoire(n) - repertory;a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule;
#2 (n) - repertory;the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation;
replenish(v) - fill again; refill;fill something that had previously been emptied;
rigger(n) - rigger brush;a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists;
#2 (n) - a sailing vessel with a specified rig;
#3 (n) - someone who rigs ships;
#4 (n) - oil rigger;someone who works on an oil rig;
skepticism(n) - disbelief; incredulity; mental rejection;doubt about the truth of something;
#2 (n) - agnosticism; scepticism;the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge;
skewer(n) - a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted;
#2 (v) - spit;drive a skewer through;
skittish(adj sat) - flighty; nervous; spooky;unpredictably excitable (especially of horses);
slather(v) - spread thickly;
sleuth(n) - sleuthhound;a detective who follows a trail;
#2 (v) - snoop; spy; stag;watch, observe, or inquire secretly;
slouch(n) - a stooping carriage in standing and walking;
#2 (n) - an incompetent person; usually used in negative constructions;
#3 (v) - walk slovenly;
#4 (v) - slump;assume a drooping posture or carriage;
sluice(n) - penstock; sluiceway;conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate;
#2 (v) - flush;irrigate with water from a sluice;
#3 (v) - draw through a sluice;
#4 (v) - transport in or send down a sluice;
#5 (v) - sluice down;pour as if from a sluice;
smattering(n) - a slight or superficial understanding of a subject;
#2 (n) - handful;a small number or amount;
socialism(n) - a political theory advocating state ownership of industry;
#2 (n) - socialist economy;an economic system based on state ownership of capital;
socialist(n) - a political advocate of socialism;
#2 (adj) - socialistic;advocating or following the socialist principles;
soiree(n) - a party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house);
solace(n) - comfort; consolation;the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction;
#2 (n) - consolation; solacement;the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment;
#3 (n) - solacement;comfort in disappointment or misery;
#4 (v) - comfort; console; soothe;give moral or emotional strength to;
solarium(n) - sun lounge; sun parlor; sun parlour; sun porch; sunporch; sunroom;a room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun;
solicit(v) - make a solicitation or petition for something desired;
#2 (v) - incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination;
#3 (v) - accost; hook;approach with an offer of sexual favors;
#4 (v) - beg; tap;make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently;
#5 (v) - court; romance; woo;make amorous advances towards;
solicitor(n) - a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents;
#2 (n) - canvasser;a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes;
solitaire(n) - patience;a card game played by one person;
#2 (n) - a dull grey North American thrush noted for its beautiful song;
#3 (n) - pezophaps solitaria;extinct flightless bird related to the dodo;
#4 (n) - a gem (usually a diamond) in a setting by itself;
strategy(n) - scheme;an elaborate and systematic plan of action;
#2 (n) - the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war;
stratum(n) - layer; level;an abstract place usually conceived as having depth;
#2 (n) - class; social class; socio-economic class;people having the same social, economic, or educational status;
#3 (n) - one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock);
strudel(n) - thin sheet of filled dough rolled and baked;
subcutaneous(adj) - hypodermic;relating to or located below the epidermis;
succulent(n) - a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs;
#2 (adj sat) - lush;full of juice;
sustenance(n) - maintenance; sustainment; sustentation; upkeep;the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence;
#2 (n) - aliment; alimentation; nourishment; nutriment; nutrition; victuals;a source of materials to nourish the body;
#3 (n) - bread and butter; keep; livelihood; living; support;the financial means whereby one lives;
syllabus(n) - course of study; curriculum; program; programme;an integrated course of academic studies;
systole(n) - the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery;
tactile(adj sat) - tactual;producing a sensation of touch;
#2 (adj) - haptic; tactual;of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch;
taffy(n) - chewy candy of sugar or syrup boiled until thick and pulled until glossy;
taint(n) - contamination;the state of being contaminated;
#2 (v) - infect;contaminate with a disease or microorganism;
#3 (v) - cloud; corrupt; defile; sully;place under suspicion or cast doubt upon;
talon(n) - a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey;
tangent(n) - tan;ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle;
#2 (n) - a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point;
tarsus(n) - the part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and heel collectively;
tectonics(n) - plate tectonic theory; plate tectonics;the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust;
#2 (n) - architectonics;the science of architecture;
template(n) - guide; templet;a model or standard for making comparisons;
topography(n) - the configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features;
#2 (n) - precise detailed study of the surface features of a region;
ulna(n) - elbow bone;the inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm;
ulterior(adj sat) - later; posterior;coming at a subsequent time or stage;
#2 (adj sat) - beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote;
#3 (adj sat) - subterranean; subterraneous;lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed);
unabridged(n) - unabridged dictionary;a dictionary that has not been shortened by the omitting terms or definitions; a comprehensive dictionary;
#2 (adj) - not shortened;
uncanny(adj sat) - eldritch; unearthly; weird;suggesting the operation of supernatural influences;
#2 (adj sat) - preternatural;surpassing the ordinary or normal;
undulate(v) - increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves;
#2 (v) - flap; roll; wave;move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion;
#3 (v) - cockle; riffle; ripple; ruffle;stir up (water) so as to form ripples;
#4 (v) - roll;occur in soft rounded shapes;
#5 (adj sat) - having a wavy margin and rippled surface;
unilateral(adj) - one-sided;involving only one part or side;
#2 (adj sat) - tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only;
variant(n) - edition; variation; version;something a little different from others of the same type;
#2 (n) - chance variable; random variable; stochastic variable; variate;a variable quantity that is random;
#3 (n) - discrepancy; variance;an event that departs from expectations;
#4 (n) - form; strain; var.;a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups;
#5 (adj sat) - differing from a norm or standard;
#6 (adj sat) - exhibiting variation and change;
ventricle(n) - heart ventricle;a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries;
#2 (n) - one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid;
veranda(n) - gallery; verandah;a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed);
vivid(adj sat) - intense;having the highest saturation;
#2 (adj sat) - bright; brilliant;having striking color;
#3 (adj sat) - having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience;
#4 (adj sat) - graphic; lifelike; pictorial;evoking lifelike images within the mind;