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Freighted
of Freight
Hampered
of Hamper
Engagement
That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of ..
Repercussive
Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate.
Cut
Overcome by liquor; tipsy.
It
As an indefinite object after some intransitive verbs, or after a substantive used humorously as a verb; as, to foot it (i. e., to walk).
Enterprising
Having a disposition for enterprise; characterized by enterprise; resolute, active or prompt to attempt; as, an enterprising man or firm.
Axiomatic
Alt. of Axiomatical
Rejoinder
An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply.
Dispensable
Capable of being dispensed or administered.
Cock-a-hoop
Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.
Desuetude
The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion.
Echoing
of Echo
Wrangling
of Wrangle
Barefaced
With the face uncovered; not masked.
Gorge
A defile between mountains.
Present
Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts.
Litigation
The act or process of litigating; a suit at law; a judicial contest.
Well-known
Fully known; generally known or acknowledged.
Frequentative
Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action; as, a frequentative verb.
Word
To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute.
Asymmetry
Want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a thing, esp. want of bilateral symmetry.
Casuistry
The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules a..
Apology
Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology for Christianity.
Inequity
Want of equity; injustice; wrong.
Henpecked
of Henpeck
Oppressed
of Oppress
Shellac
See the Note under 2d Lac.
Oversupply
An excessive supply.
Tumid
Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh.
Turgid
Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; -- especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb..
Discharge
Act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc.; fulfillment, as by the payment of a debt, or the performance of a trust or duty.
Pack
A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.
Kedge
To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.
Rejoin
To join again; to unite after separation.
Contraband
Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden.
React
To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.
Am
The first person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mode, present tense. See Be.
Overdo
To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far.
Than
A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the ..
Vetoed
of Veto
Idiom
An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language; in extend use, an expression sanctioned by usage, having a sense peculiar to itself and not agreeing with t..
Excel
To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.
Taxed
of Tax
Flower
The fairest, freshest, and choicest part of anything; as, the flower of an army, or of a family; the state or time of freshness and bloom; as, the flower of life, that is, youth.
Jilt
A woman who capriciously deceives her lover; a coquette; a flirt.
Stove
of Stave
Adage
An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb.
Banned
of Ban
Rid
imp. & p. p. of Ride, v. i.
Hither
To this place; -- used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and thither; as, to come or bring hither.
Surcharge
To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.
Exceed
To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk, stature, weight, pow..
Kiln
A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln ..
Jonah
The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious.
Domineering
of Domineer
Outweigh
To exceed in weight or value.
Verbalization
The act of verbalizing, or the state of being verbalized.
Aphoristic
Alt. of Aphoristical
Succinct
Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.
Epigrammatic
Alt. of Epigrammatical
Proverbial
Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial.
Unbalanced
Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise.
Retroaction
Action returned, or action backward.
Overbounteous
Bounteous to excess.
Overlarge
Too large; too great.
Grammatic
Grammatical.
Overconfidence
Excessive confidence; too great reliance or trust.
Linguistic
Alt. of Linguistical
Parol
A word; an oral utterance.
Enunciated
of Enunciate
Rise
To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.
Plentiful
Containing plenty; copious; abundant; ample; as, a plentiful harvest; a plentiful supply of water.
Stiff
Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff.
Same
Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.
Spoken
of Speak
Circumlocution
The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase.
Chime
To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
Exhausting
of Exhaust
Evacuation
The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging.
Overripe
Matured to excess.
Strictly
In a strict manner; closely; precisely.
Directly
In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.
Congest
To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate.
Ungracious
Not gracious; showing no grace or kindness; being without good will; unfeeling.
Squarely
In a square form or manner.
Scupper
An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on deck may flow overboard; -- called also scupper hole.
Rigidly
In a rigid manner; stiffly.
Shrieking
of Shriek
Motto
A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievment.
Flaring
of Flare
Blinding
of Blind
Myself
I or me in person; -- used for emphasis, my own self or person; as I myself will do it; I have done it myself; -- used also instead of me, as the object of the first person of a reflexive verb, ..
Overburdensome
Too burdensome.
Burdensome
Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.
Bested
of Bestead
Outdone
of Outdo
Prolix
Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; minute in narration or argument; excessively particular in detail; -- rarely used except with reference to discourse written or spoken; as, a pro..
Auxiliary
Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.
Congestion
The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation.
Aristocratic
Alt. of Aristocratical
Questioning
of Question
Revert
To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.
Reappear
To appear again.
Adventurous
Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons.
Lordliness
The state or quality of being lordly.
Overbalance
To exceed equality with; to outweigh.
Whelm
To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.
Prevail
To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or against.
Sociability
The quality of being sociable; sociableness.
Resound
To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far.
Reflux
Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action.
Polemic
Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology.
Overmaster
To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern.
Overact
To act or perform to excess; to exaggerate in acting; as, he overacted his part.
Oust
See Oast.
Loquacity
The habit or practice of talking continually or excessively; inclination to talk too much; talkativeness; garrulity.
Logomachy
Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words.
Landslide
The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc.
Inundation
The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.
Henpeck
To subject to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thus treats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively).
Candor
Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence.
Bibliolatrist
A worshiper of books; especially, a worshiper of the Bible; a believer in its verbal inspiration.
Masterfully
In a masterful manner; imperiously.
Overload
To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.
Verbalize
To convert into a verb; to verbify.
Sound
To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible effect.
Wisdom
The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity.
Condescension
The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors.
Disuse
To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.
Hauteur
Haughty manner or spirit; haughtiness; pride; arrogance.
Superabundance
The quality or state of being superabundant; a superabundant quantity; redundancy; excess.
Volubility
The quality or state of being voluble (in any of the senses of the adjective).
Bravado
Boastful and threatening behavior; a boastful menace.
Audacity
Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness.
Roar
To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
Recollection
The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance.
Cessation
A ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary or final; a stop; as, a cessation of the war.
Shortcoming
The act of falling, or coming short
Frank
A pigsty.
Inartificial
Not artificial; not made or elaborated by art; natural; simple; artless; as, an inartificial argument; an inartificial character.
Monition
Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution.
Tax
A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority.
Threat
The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denunciation.
Sterling
Same as Starling, 3.
Lesson
Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a pupil to be studied or learned at one time.
Aphasia
Alt. of Aphasy
Synonym
One of two or more words (commonly words of the same language) which are equivalents of each other; one of two or more words which have very nearly the same signification, and therefore may ofte..
Perfectly
In a perfect manner or degree; in or to perfection; completely; wholly; throughly; faultlessly.
Errand
A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to ..
Emend
To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal.
Adventuresome
Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome.
Onerous
Burdensome; oppressive.
Household
Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family.
Listing
of List
Oven
A place arched over with brick or stonework, and used for baking, heating, or drying; hence, any structure, whether fixed or portable, which may be heated for baking, drying, etc.; esp., now, a ..
Pullulate
To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly.
Overruling
of Overrule
Audacity
Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral restraints.
Rotund
Round; circular; spherical.
Tyrannical
Of or pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; unjustly severe in government; absolute; imperious; despotic; cruel; arbitrary; as, a tyrannical prince; a tyrannical master; tyrannical govern..
Overweight
Weight over and above what is required by law or custom.
Dictatorial
Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute.
Antiphon
A verse said before and after the psalms.
Repressive
Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures.
High-handed
Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act.
Despotic
Alt. of Despotical
Bossy
Ornamented with bosses; studded.
Encumber
To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is ..
Subjugate
To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another; to vanquish.
Domineer
To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domin..
Hysteron proteron
A figure in which the natural order of sense is reversed; hysterology; as, valet atque vivit, "he is well and lives."
Discomfited
of Discomfit
Vocalize
To form into voice; to make vocal or sonant; to give intonation or resonance to.
Pronounce
To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly.
Tell
To give an account; to make report.
Castrate
To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.
Syntactic
Alt. of Syntactical
Functional
Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.
Repress
To press again.
Overwork
To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse.
Structural
Of or pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a structural error.
Regnant
Exercising regal authority; reigning; as, a queen regnant.
Substantive
Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.
Non sequitur
An inference which does not follow from the premises.
Outlawed
of Outlaw
Forbidden
of Forbid
Barred
of Bar
Genuine
Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a genuine prod..
Emit
To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light.
Unlawful
Not lawful; contrary to law.
Naturalistic
Belonging to the doctrines of naturalism.
Participial
Having, or partaking of, the nature and use of a participle; formed from a participle; as, a participial noun.
Verb
A word; a vocable.
Illegal
Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal act; illegal trade; illegal love.
Prepositional
Of or pertaining to a preposition; of the nature of a preposition.
Slop
Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.
Gerund
A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle.
Intransitive
Not passing farther; kept; detained.
Nominal
Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition.
Venturesome
Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act.
Luxuriate
To grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance.
Rightful
Righteous; upright; just; good; -- said of persons.
Encumbered
of Encumber
Mumble
To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a grumbling indistinct manner, indicating discontent or displeasure; to mutter.
Verbosity
The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more words than are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage.
Frankness
The quality of being frank; candor; openess; ingenuousness; fairness; liberality.
Sophism
The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist; hence, any fallacy designed to deceive.
Skunk
Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal eje..
Huffy
Puffed up; as, huffy bread.
Gluttonous
Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age.
Lopsided
Leaning to one side because of some defect of structure; as, a lopsided ship.
Undone
p. p. of Undo.
Absolutely
In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively.
Vocal
Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices.
Clause
A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document.
Reverberate
Reverberant.
Hollow
Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere.
Gigantic
Of extraordinary size; like a giant.
Overawe
To awe exceedingly; to subjugate or restrain by awe or great fear.
Daunt
To overcome; to conquer.
Pronounced
of Pronounce
Unwritten
Not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, unwritten agreements.
Saddled
of Saddle
Preponderate
To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance.
Saying
of Say
Oracle
The answer of a god, or some person reputed to be a god, to an inquiry respecting some affair or future event, as the success of an enterprise or battle.
Cap
A covering for the head
Drawbridge
A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to be raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hinder communication at pleasure, as before the gate of a town or castle, or..
Prohibited
of Prohibit
Controversy
Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.
Witticism
A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit.
Catchword
Among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next; cue.
Arrogance
The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exa..
Mot
of Mot
Obligation
The act of obligating.
Predominate
To be superior in number, strength, influence, or authority; to have controlling power or influence; to prevail; to rule; to have the mastery; as, love predominated in her heart.
Obtrude
To thrust impertinently; to present without warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company.
Inundate
To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town.
Contra
A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many English words. Cf. Counter, adv. & pref.
Spill
A bit of wood split off; a splinter.
Overwhelm
To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpo..
Insufficiency
The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.
Discard
To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).
Preponderant
Preponderating; outweighing; overbalancing; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a preponderant weight; of preponderant importance.
Insolence
The quality of being unusual or novel.
Coerce
To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
Floored
of Floor
Bridge
A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other.
Analects
Alt. of Analecta
Wearying
of Weary
Shore
of Shear
Improvident
Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless; as, an improvident man.
Foolhardy
Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold.
Interjection
The act of interjecting or throwing between; also, that which is interjected.
Grinding
of Grind
Lord
A hump-backed person; -- so called sportively.
Whipped
of Whip
Overbold
Excessively or presumptuously bold; impudent.
Disjunctive
Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining.
Possessive
Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession.
Incautious
Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to the circumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless; careless; as, an incautious step; an incautious remark.
Injudicious
Not judicious; wanting in sound judgment; undiscerning; indiscreet; unwise; as, an injudicious adviser.
Speak
To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak.
Arbitrary
Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.
Overweening
Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.
Meal
A part; a fragment; a portion.
Bickering
of Bicker
Remembrance
The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
Liquidate
To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an indebtedness to more than one person, to determine the precise amount of (each indebtedn..
Best
Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities.
Atavism
The recurrence, or a tendency to a recurrence, of the original type of a species in the progeny of its varieties; resemblance to remote rather than to near ancestors; reversion to the original ..
Compel
To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.
Superabundant
Abounding to excess; being more than is sufficient; redundant; as, superabundant zeal.
Oral
Uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written; verbal; as, oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law.
Gingerbread
A kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger, and sometimes made in fanciful shapes.
Pointed
of Point
Converse
To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with.
Whitewash
Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair.
Viaduct
A structure of considerable magnitude, usually with arches or supported on trestles, for carrying a road, as a railroad, high above the ground or water; a bridge; especially, one for crossing a ..
Browbeat
of Browbeat
Overbrim
To flow over the brim; to be so full as to overflow.
Padding
of Pad
Contrariety
The state or quality of being contrary; opposition; repugnance; disagreement; antagonism.
Overweigh
To exceed in weight; to overbalance; to weigh down.
Satiate
Filled to satiety; glutted; sated; -- followed by with or of.
Acknowledge
To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God.
Recur
To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.
Skill
Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
Imprudent
Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper.
Retort
To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.
Intimidate
To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.
Homonym
A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear.
Uneven
Not even; not level; not uniform; rough; as, an uneven road or way; uneven ground.
Fallacy
Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.
Wordiness
The quality or state of being wordy, or abounding with words; verboseness.
Prolixity
The quality or state of being prolix; great length; minute detail; as, prolixity in discourses and writings.
Expressly
In an express manner; in direct terms; with distinct purpose; particularly; as, a book written expressly for the young.
Licked
of Lick
Alarm
A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
Overstrain
To strain one's self to excess.
Apothegm
Alt. of Apophthegm
Deport
To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.
Admonition
Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.
Cataract
A great fall of water over a precipice; a large waterfall.
Supercilious
Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air; supercilious behavior.
Rash
To pull off or pluck violently.
Tautology
A repetition of the same meaning in different words; needless repetition of an idea in different words or phrases; a representation of anything as the cause, condition, or consequence of itse..
Artless
Wanting art, knowledge, or skill; ignorant; unskillful.
Unable
Not able; not having sufficient strength, means, knowledge, skill, or the like; impotent' weak; helpless; incapable; -- now usually followed by an infinitive or an adverbial phrase; as, unable f..
Autocratic
Alt. of Autocratical
Imperative
Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders.
Drench
To cause to drink; especially, to dose by force; to put a potion down the throat of, as of a horse; hence. to purge violently by physic.
Unwary
Not vigilant against danger; not wary or cautious; unguarded; precipitate; heedless; careless.
Pride
A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); -- called also prid, and sandpiper.
Repeat
To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.
Push
A pustule; a pimple.
Pains
Labor; toilsome effort; care or trouble taken; -- plural in form, but used with a singular or plural verb, commonly the former.
Revulsion
A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
Illicit
Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; as, illicit trade; illicit intercourse; illicit pleasure.
Shameless
Destitute of shame; wanting modesty; brazen-faced; insensible to disgrace.
Sutra
A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule.
Prescript
Directed; prescribed.
Teaching
of Teach
Familiar
Of or pertaining to a family; domestic.
Bona fide
In or with good faith; without fraud or deceit; real or really; actual or actually; genuine or genuinely; as, you must proceed bona fide; a bona fide purchaser or transaction.
Frill
To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills.
Lifelike
Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate representation; as, a lifelike portrait.
Overcharge
To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy.
Teem
To pour; -- commonly followed by out; as, to teem out ale.
Verbalism
Something expressed verbally; a verbal remark or expression.
Glut
To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge.
Diffuseness
The quality of being diffuse; especially, in writing, the use of a great or excessive number of word to express the meaning; copiousness; verbosity; prolixity.
Polysyllable
A word of many syllables, or consisting of more syllables than three; -- words of less than four syllables being called monosyllables, dissyllables, and trisyllables.
Overspread
of Overspread
Real
A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.
Gangway
A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks.
Anchor
A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular ..
Leaving
of Leave
Exclude
To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to ..
Overflow
To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
Elide
To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument.
Jeer
A gear; a tackle.
Literally
According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh.
Abandoned
of Abandon
Sincere
Pure; unmixed; unadulterated.
Definitely
In a definite manner; with precision; precisely; determinately.
Verbatim
Word for word; in the same words; verbally; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it.
Verbally
In a verbal manner; orally.
Burdened
of Burden
Ponderous
Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant.
Gibe
To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.
Foolery
The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity.
Lingual
Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter.
Positively
In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; -- opposed to negatively.
Vocable
A word; a term; a name; specifically, a word considered as composed of certain sounds or letters, without regard to its meaning.
Laden
Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart.
Artless
Free from guile, art, craft, or stratagem; characterized by simplicity and sincerity; sincere; guileless; ingenuous; honest; as, an artless mind; an artless tale.
Overfed
of Overfeed
Fraught
A freight; a cargo.
Unassuming
Not assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant or presuming; humble; modest; retiring; as, an unassuming youth; unassuming manners.
Articulation
A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.
Colloquy
Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation.
Syllable
An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word. In other terms, it ..
Soaked
of Soak
Discourse
The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning; range of reasoning ..
Defense
Alt. of Defence
Communication
The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.
Overfull
Too full; filled to overflowing; excessively full; surfeited.
Crisp
Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.
Supercharged
of Supercharge
Overloaded
of Overload
Overflowing
of Overflow
Pompous
Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession.
Flaunting
of Flaunt
Rhetorical
Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish.
Garish
Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention.
Overlap
To lap over; to lap.
Thesaurus
A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia.
Metaphrase
A verbal translation; a version or translation from one language into another, word for word; -- opposed to paraphrase.
Fleer
One who flees.
Tall
High in stature; having a considerable, or an unusual, extension upward; long and comparatively slender; having the diameter or lateral extent small in proportion to the height; as, a tall perso..
Swipe
A swape or sweep. See Sweep.
Annul
To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.
Furnace
An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as, an iron furnace; a hot-air fu..
Exhaust
To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.
Claptrap
A contrivance for clapping in theaters.
Magisterial
Of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in authority; having the manner of a magister; official; commanding; authoritative. Hence: Overbearing; dictatorial; dogmatic.
Masterful
Inclined to play the master; domineering; imperious; arbitrary.
Cream
The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is obtained.
Beef
An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food.
Phraseology
Manner of expression; peculiarity of diction; style.
Parlance
Conversation; discourse; talk; diction; phrase; as, in legal parlance; in common parlance.
Locution
Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression.
Portly
Having a dignified port or mien; of a noble appearance; imposing.
Phrasing
of Phrase
Avoirdupois
Goods sold by weight.
Gravity
The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead.
Tonnage
The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship.
Ponderousness
The quality or state of being ponderous; ponderosity.
Overconfident
Confident to excess.
Stuffed
of Stuff
Respond
To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.
Pronounce
To make declaration; to utter on opinion; to speak with confidence.
Flout
To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.
Mock
To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.
Magpie
Any one of numerous species of the genus Pica and related genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail.
Surfeited
of Surfeit
Gorged
of Gorge
Solecism
An impropriety or incongruity of language in the combination of words or parts of a sentence; esp., deviation from the idiom of a language or from the rules of syntax.
Rapping
of Rap
Pure
Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion.
Dialect
Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.
Disproportionate
Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate; it ..
Ultimatum
A final proposition, concession, or condition; especially, the final propositions, conditions, or terms, offered by either of the parties in a diplomatic negotiation; the most favorable terms..
Resume
A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation.
Exaggerated
of Exaggerate
Roundabout
Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech.
Replication
An answer; a reply.
Brassy
Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass.
Lavish
Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.
Overpass
To go over or beyond; to cross; as, to overpass a river; to overpass limits.
Rambling
of Ramble
Swollen
of Swell
Screaming
of Scream
Extravagance
A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit.
Messenger
One who bears a message; the bearer of a verbal or written communication, notice, or invitation, from one person to another, or to a public body; specifically, an office servant who bears mes..
Master
A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.
Sentence
Sense; meaning; significance.
Thundering
of Thunder
Congested
Crowded together.
Stilted
of Stilt
Raiser
One who, or that which, raises (in various senses of the verb).
Exile
Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country.
Interrogatory
A formal question or inquiry; esp. (Law), a question asked in writing.
Rumbling
a. & n. from Rumble, v. i.
Uttered
of Utter
Unaffected
Not affected or moved; destitute of affection or emotion; uninfluenced.
Slavish
Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great.
Ascendant
Ascent; height; elevation.
Enslave
To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence.
Slush
Soft mud.
Repercuss
To drive or beat back; hence, to reflect; to reverberate.
In
The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or ..
Booming
of Boom
Reverberation
The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reechoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverb..
Proud
Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense
Gaudy
Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious.
Dogmatic
One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric.
Florid
Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery.
Supersaturate
To add to beyond saturation; as, to supersaturate a solution.
Precept
To teach by precepts.
Suppress
To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
Surfeit
Excess in eating and drinking.
Junk
A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.
Honest
Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming.
Glutted
of Glut
Audacious
Daring; spirited; adventurous.
Abstract
Withdraw; separate.
Brocard
An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics.
Good
Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; admirable; commendable; not bad, corrupt, evil,..
Down
Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool
Exchange
The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.
Daring
of Dare
Reply
To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.
Heft
Same as Haft, n.
Poundage
A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.
Engagement
The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.
Prodigality
Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony.
Openness
The quality or state of being open.
Avalanche
A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
Argument
Proof; evidence.
Voiced
of Voice
Disputation
The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition,..
Self-important
Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own importance or merit.
Odds
Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability.
Reject
To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
Crammed
of Cram
Bombastic
Alt. of Bombastical
Outrageous
Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right, reason, or decency; involving or doing an outrage; furious; violent; atrocious.
Overbear
To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress.
Opinionated
Stiff in opinion; firmly or unduly adhering to one's own opinion or to preconceived notions; obstinate in opinion.
Brusque
Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style.
Flatulent
Affected with flatus or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy.
Enormous
Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal.
Better
Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.
Injustice
Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition.
Inflated
of Inflate
Riotous
Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious.
Immoderate
Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate laughter.
Monosyllable
A word of one syllable.
Precise
Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality.
Give
To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow.
Saturate
To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate.
Distended
of Distend
Egregious
Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); -- formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious rascal; an egre..
Submissive
Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.
Enunciate
To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth.
Imperial
Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict.
Incontinent
Not continent; uncontrolled; not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging unlawful lust; unchaste; lewd.
