| ABLOOM | /əˈblum/ | adj | When the bud, or buds, on a plant are bursting into flower. |
| ABSTRACT | /æbsˈtrækt/ | noun | A concept or idea not associated with any specific instance. |
| ABUNDANCE | /əˈbʌndəns/ | noun | The property of a more than adequate quantity or supply. |
| ABUNDANT | /əˈbʌndənt/ | adj | Present in great quantity. |
| ADULTERY | /əˈdʌltɚi/ | noun | Extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations. |
| ADVERSITY | /ædˈvɝsɪˌti/ | noun | A state of misfortune or affliction. |
| AGLEAM | /əˈɡlim/ | adj | Bright with a steady but subdued shining. |
| AGLITTER | /əˈɡlɪtɚ/ | adj | Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light. |
| ANTIKNOCK | /ˌæntiˈnɑk/ | adj | Suppressing or eliminating engine knock in combustion engines. |
| ARISTOCRATIC | /ɚˌɪstəˈkrætɪk/ | adj | Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy. |
| AROUSE | /ɚˈaʊz/ | verb | Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses). |
| ARRAY | /ɚˈeɪ/ | noun | An orderly arrangement. |
| ARSON | /ˈɑrsən/ | noun | Malicious burning to destroy property. |
| ATROCIOUS | /əˈtroʊʃəs/ | adj | Shockingly brutal or cruel. |
| BANKRUPT | /ˈbæŋkrəpt/ | adj | Financially ruined. |
| BARGAINER | /ˈbɑrɡɪnɚ/ | noun | Negotiator of the terms of a transaction. |
| BAROQUE | /bɚˈoʊk/ | adj | Having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation. |
| BOTANY | /ˈbɑtəni/ | noun | All the plant life in a particular region or period. |
| BRAZEN | /ˈbreɪzən/ | verb | Face with defiance or impudence. |
| BRINK | /brɪŋk/ | noun | The limit beyond which something happens or changes. |
| CARBONIZE | /ˈkɑrbəˌnaɪz/ | verb | Turn into carbon, as by burning. |
| CHLORINATE | /ˈklɔrəˌneɪt/ | verb | Disinfect with chlorine. |
| CHORAL | /ˈkɔrəl/ | adj | Related to or written for or performed by a chorus or choir. |
| COLLATE | /kəˈleɪt/ | verb | To assemble in proper sequence. |
| COMBUSTION | /kəmˈbʌstʃən/ | noun | A state of violent disturbance and excitement. |
| COMRADE | /ˈkɑmˌræd/ | noun | Used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement. |
| CONCEPTUAL | /kənˈsɛptʃuəl/ | adj | Being or characterized by concepts or their formation. |
| CONCOCT | /kənˈkɑkt/ | verb | Prepare or cook by mixing ingredients. |
| CONCOCTION | /kənˈkɑkʃən/ | noun | Any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients. |
| CONFORMITY | /kənˈfɔrməti/ | noun | Acting according to certain accepted standards. |
| CONSTIPATE | /ˈkɑnstəˌpeɪt/ | verb | Cause to be constipated. |
| CONTAGIOUSNESS | /kənˈteɪdʒəsnəs/ | noun | The state or condition of being contagious, easily transmitted to others. |
| CORRUGATE | /ˈkɔrəˌɡeɪt/ | verb | Fold into ridges. |
| COURTSHIP | /ˈkɔrˌtʃɪp/ | noun | A man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage). |
| COVERT | /ˈkoʊvɚt/ | noun | A covering that serves to conceal or shelter something. |
| DAPPER | /ˈdæpɚ/ | adj | Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners. |
| DECADENT | /ˈdɛkədənt/ | adj | Luxuriously self-indulgent. |
| DECREE | /dɪˈkri/ | verb | Issue a decree. |
| DEJECTED | /dɪˈdʒɛktɪd/ | adj | Affected or marked by low spirits. |
| DEMOCRATIC | /ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk/ | adj | Characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality. |
| DESOLATE | /ˈdɛsələt/ | adj | Providing no shelter or sustenance. |
| DEVIANT | /ˈdiviənt/ | adj | Markedly different from an accepted norm. |
| DEVIATION | /ˌdiviˈeɪʃən/ | noun | A variation that deviates from the standard or norm. |
| DISCLOSE | /dɪsˈkloʊz/ | verb | Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret. |
| DISCRETION | /dɪsˈkrɛʃən/ | noun | Knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress. |
| DISPOSITION | /ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən/ | noun | Your usual mood. |
| DISSENT | /dɪˈsɛnt/ | noun | The difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority. |
| DIVERSE | /daɪˈvɝs/ | adj | Many and different. |
| DOCILE | /ˈdɑsəl/ | adj | Willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed. |
| DOGMA | /ˈdɑɡmə/ | noun | A doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative. |
| DUBIOUS | /ˈdubiəs/ | adj | Fraught with uncertainty or doubt. |
| ECONOMIC | /ˌɛkəˈnɑmɪk/ | adj | Using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness. |
| ECONOMY | /ɪˈkɑnəmi/ | noun | Frugality in the expenditure of money or resources. |
| EDIFICE | /ˈɛdəfəs/ | noun | A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place. |
| ELABORATE | /ɪˈlæbrət/ | adj | Marked by complexity and richness of detail. |
| ELATED | /ɪˈleɪtəd/ | adj | Exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits. |
| ELEEMOSYNARY | /ˌɛləˈmɔsəˌnɛri/ | adj | Generous in assistance to the poor. |
| ENTAIL | /ɛnˈteɪl/ | verb | Impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result. |
| EPIDEMIC | /ˌɛpəˈdɛmɪk/ | adj | Of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously. |
| EPISODIC | /ˌɛpəˈsɑdɪk/ | adj | Of writing or narration; divided into or composed of episodes. |
| ETHNIC | /ˈɛθnɪk/ | adj | Denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people. |
| EVOKE | /ɪˈvoʊk/ | verb | Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses). |
| EXERTION | /ɪɡˈzɝʃən/ | noun | Use of physical or mental energy; hard work. |
| EXQUISITE | /ˈɛkskwəzət/ | adj | Intense or sharp. |
| EXTENUATE | /ɪkˈstɛnjuˌeɪt/ | verb | Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of. |
| EXTRAVAGANT | /ɛksˈtrævəɡənt/ | adj | Unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings. |
| FABRICATION | /ˌfæbrɪˈkeɪʃən/ | noun | The act of making something (a product) from raw materials. |
| FANCIFUL | /ˈfænsɪfəl/ | adj | Not based on fact; existing only in the imagination. |
| FATIGUE | /fəˈtiɡ/ | noun | Temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work. |
| FICTITIOUS | /fɪkˈtɪʃəs/ | adj | Adopted in order to deceive. |
| FOLLY | /ˈfɑli/ | noun | The quality of being rash and foolish. |
| FORTUITOUS | /fɔrˈtuɪtəs/ | adj | Having no cause or apparent cause. |
| FRIGID | /ˈfrɪdʒəd/ | adj | Sexually unresponsive. |
| FRUGAL | /ˈfruɡəl/ | adj | Avoiding waste. |
| FUTILE | /ˈfjutəl/ | adj | Unproductive of success. |
| GASTRIC | /ˈɡæstrɪk/ | adj | Relating to or involving the stomach. |
| GAUNT | /ɡɔnt/ | adj | Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. |
| GHETTO | /ˈɡɛtoʊ/ | noun | Any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping. |
| GIN | /dʒɪn/ | verb | Trap with a snare. |
| GIRDLE | /ˈɡɝdəl/ | verb | Cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients. |
| GLACIAL | /ˈɡleɪʃəl/ | adj | Relating to or derived from a glacier. |
| GRADUATE | /ˈɡrædʒəwət/ | verb | Make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring. |
| HALLUCINATION | /həˌlusəˈneɪʃən/ | noun | A mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea. |
| HAPHAZARD | /hæpˈhæzɚd/ | adj | Dependent upon or characterized by chance. |
| HIERARCHY | /ˈhaɪɚˌɑrki/ | noun | A series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system. |
| HUMANE | /hjuˈmeɪn/ | adj | Pertaining to or concerned with the humanities. |
| HUMANITARIAN | /ˌhjuˌmænəˈtɛriən/ | adj | Marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare. |
| HYMENEAL | /ˌhɪməˈniəl/ | adj | Of or relating to a wedding or marriage. |
| HYPOTHESIS | /haɪˈpɑθəsəs/ | noun | A tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena. |
| IMMORAL | /ˌɪˈmɔrəl/ | adj | Not adhering to ethical or moral principles. |
| IMMUNITY | /ˌɪˈmjunəti/ | noun | The quality of being unaffected by something. |
| IMPOTENT | /ˈɪmpətənt/ | adj | Lacking power or ability. |
| INCOMPETENT | /ˌɪnˈkɑmpətənt/ | adj | Not qualified or suited for a purpose. |
| INDEFEASIBLE | /ˌɪdəˈfizəbəl/ | adj | Not liable to being annulled or voided or undone. |
| INDUCE | /ˌɪnˈdus/ | verb | Cause to arise. |
| INFIRM | /ɪnˈfɝm/ | adj | Lacking firmness of will or character or purpose. |
| INKLING | /ˈɪŋklɪŋ/ | noun | A slight suggestion or vague understanding. |
| INNATE | /ˌɪˈneɪt/ | adj | Being talented through inherited qualities. |
| INSOLENT | /ˈɪnsələnt/ | adj | Unrestrained by convention or propriety. |
| INTELLECTUAL | /ˌɪntəˈlɛktʃuəl/ | adj | Appealing to or using the intellect. |
| INTERCONTINENTAL | /ˌɪntɚˌkɑntəˈnɛntəl/ | adj | Extending or taking place between or among continents. |
| INTERIM | /ˈɪntɚəm/ | adj | Serving during an intermediate interval of time. |
| INTIMATE | /ˈɪntəmət/ | adj | Marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity. |
| LATENT | /ˈleɪtənt/ | adj | Potentially existing but not presently evident or realized. |
| LINEAR | /ˈlɪniɚ/ | adj | Of or in or along or relating to a line; involving or having a single dimension. |
| LISTLESS | /ˈlɪstləs/ | adj | Lacking zest or vivacity. |
| LUBRICATE | /ˈlubrɪˌkeɪt/ | verb | Apply a lubricant to. |
| LUBRICIOUS | /luˈbrɪʃəs/ | adj | Having a smooth or slippery quality. |
| MACABRE | /məˈkɑbrə/ | adj | Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror. |
| MALICIOUS | /məˈlɪʃəs/ | adj | Having the nature of or resulting from malice. |
| MARITAL | /ˈmɛrətəl/ | adj | Of or relating to the state of marriage. |
| MARSHAL | /ˈmɑrʃəl/ | verb | Arrange in logical order. |
| MEEK | /mik/ | adj | Very docile. |
| MOMENTUM | /moʊˈmɛntəm/ | noun | An impelling force or strength. |
| MUDDLEHEADED | /ˈmʌdəlˌhɛdəd/ | adj | Stupid and confused. |
| NARCOTIC | /nɑrˈkɑtɪk/ | adj | Of or relating to or designating narcotics. |
| NETTLESOME | /ˈnɛtəlsəm/ | adj | Easily irritated or annoyed. |
| NEURAL | /ˈnʊrəl/ | adj | Of or relating to the nervous system. |
| NEUROTIC | /nʊˈrɑtɪk/ | adj | Characteristic of or affected by neurosis. |
| NONCHALANT | /ˌnɑnʃəˈlɑnt/ | adj | Marked by blithe unconcern. |
| NONRACIAL | /nɑnˈreɪʃəl/ | adj | Not racial; having nothing to do with race or races. |
| OBLIGING | /əˈblaɪdʒɪŋ/ | adj | Showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others. |
| OBLIVION | /əˈblɪviən/ | noun | Total forgetfulness. |
| OBSCURE | /əbsˈkjʊr/ | adj | Not clearly expressed or understood. |
| OVERPROTECT | /ˌoʊvɚprəˈtɛkt/ | verb | Protect excessively. |
| OVERT | /oʊˈvɝt/ | adj | Open and observable; not secret or hidden. |
| PARADOX | /ˈpɛrəˌdɑks/ | noun | A statement that contradicts itself. |
| PAROCHIAL | /pɚˈoʊkiəl/ | adj | Narrowly restricted in outlook or scope. |
| PASSIVE | /ˈpæsɪv/ | noun | The voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb. |
| PAYROLL | /ˈpeɪˌroʊl/ | noun | A list of employees and their salaries. |
| PECTIC | /ˈpɛktɪk/ | adj | Of or relating to or derived from pectin. |
| PERCEPTION | /pɚˈsɛpʃən/ | noun | A way of conceiving something. |
| PERCIPIENT | /pɚˈsɪpiənt/ | adj | Characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving. |
| PERSPIRATION | /ˌpɝspɚˈeɪʃən/ | noun | The process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid. |
| PLASMA | /ˈplæzmə/ | noun | A fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons. |
| PLEDGE | /plɛdʒ/ | noun | A deposit of personal property as security for a debt. |
| PLIGHT | /plaɪt/ | noun | A situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one. |
| POTENT | /ˈpoʊtənt/ | adj | Having or wielding force or authority. |
| PRECOOK | /ˈpriˈkʊk/ | verb | Cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long. |
| PREDICAMENT | /prɪˈdɪkəmənt/ | noun | A situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one. |
| PREMEDITATE | /priˈmɛdəˌteɪt/ | verb | Think or reflect beforehand or in advance. |
| PREMIUM | /ˈprimiəm/ | noun | The amount that something in scarce supply is valued above its nominal value. |
| PRESTIGE | /prɛˈstiʒ/ | noun | A high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc. |
| PROFOUND | /proʊˈfaʊnd/ | adj | Showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth. |
| PROSPEROUS | /ˈprɑspɚəs/ | adj | Very lively and profitable. |
| PRUDENT | /ˈprudənt/ | adj | Careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment. |
| PUNGENT | /ˈpʌndʒənt/ | adj | Strong and sharp. |
| PUTRID | /ˈpjutrɪd/ | adj | In an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor. |
| QUIESCENT | /kwaɪˈɛsənt/ | adj | Not active or activated. |
| RACINESS | /ˈreɪsinəs/ | noun | A strong odor or taste property. |
| RAMIFY | /ˈræməˌfaɪ/ | verb | Have or develop complicating consequences. |
| RANCID | /ˈrænsɪd/ | adj | Having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition. |
| REFLATE | /riˈfleɪt/ | verb | Inflate again. |
| RENDEZVOUS | /ˈrɑndɪˌvu/ | noun | A place where people meet. |
| RESIDUAL | /rɪˈzɪdʒuəl/ | adj | Relating to or indicating a remainder. |
| RESTIVENESS | /ˈrɛstɪvnəs/ | noun | The characteristic of being resistant of control, stubborn. |
| REVERENT | /ˈrɛvɚənt/ | adj | Feeling or showing profound respect or veneration. |
| RITUALISTIC | /ˌrɪtʃuəˈlɪstɪk/ | adj | Of or characterized by or adhering to ritualism. |
| ROMANTICIZE | /roʊˈmæntəˌsaɪz/ | verb | Interpret romantically. |
| ROOMINESS | /ˈruminəs/ | noun | Intellectual breadth. |
| RUBBERIZE | /ˈrʌbɚˌaɪz/ | verb | Coat or impregnate with rubber. |
| RUDIMENT | /ˈrudɪmənt/ | noun | The remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life. |
| SATIRE | /ˈsæˌtaɪɚ/ | noun | Witty language used to convey insults or scorn. |
| SENSUAL | /ˈsɛnʃəwəl/ | adj | Marked by the appetites and passions of the body. |
| SEPTIC | /ˈsɛptɪk/ | adj | Containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms. |
| SERENE | /sɚˈin/ | adj | Not agitated; without losing self-possession. |
| SHIRR | /ʃɝ/ | verb | Bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set. |
| SHREWD | /ʃrud/ | adj | Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence. |
| SLAPHAPPY | /ˈslæpˌhæpi/ | adj | Dazed from or as if from repeated blows. |
| SONAR | /ˈsoʊnɑr/ | noun | A measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return. |
| SOVEREIGN | /ˈsɑvrən/ | adj | Not controlled by outside forces. |
| SPEECHIFY | /ˈspitʃəˌfaɪ/ | verb | Make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality. |
| SPERM | /spɝm/ | noun | The male reproductive cell; the male gamete. |
| SPLINTERY | /sˈplɪntɚi/ | adj | Resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points. |
| SPRIGGED | /sprɪɡd/ | adj | Decorated with designs of sprigs. |
| STAGNANT | /ˈstæɡnənt/ | adj | Not circulating or flowing. |
| STARK | /stɑrk/ | adj | Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment. |
| STATUTE | /ˈstætʃut/ | adj | Enacted by a legislative body. |
| STORMINESS | /ˈstɔrminɪs/ | noun | The state of being stormy. |
| STRANGULATE | /sˈtræŋɡjəˌleɪt/ | verb | Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air. |
| STULTIFY | /ˈstʌltəˌfaɪ/ | verb | Prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence. |
| SUBDUE | /səbˈdu/ | verb | Hold within limits and control. |
| SUBJECTIVE | /səbˈdʒɛktɪv/ | adj | Taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias. |
| SUBLIME | /səˈblaɪm/ | verb | Change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting. |
| SUBSTANTIAL | /səbˈstænʃəl/ | adj | Of considerable importance, size, or worth. |
| SUFFIX | /ˈsʌfɪks/ | verb | Attach a suffix to. |
| SUICIDAL | /ˌsuəˈsaɪdəl/ | adj | Dangerous to yourself or your interests. |
| SUPPRESS | /səˈprɛs/ | verb | Bring under control by force or authority. |
| SUPPRESSION | /səˈprɛʃən/ | noun | The act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation. |
| SURGE | /sɝdʒ/ | noun | A sudden or abrupt strong increase. |
| SURPLUS | /ˈsɝpləs/ | adj | More than is needed, desired, or required. |
| SUSTENANCE | /ˈsʌstənəns/ | noun | The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence. |
| SYNCOPATE | /ˈsɪŋkəˌpeɪt/ | verb | Omit a sound or letter in a word. |
| TABOO | /tæˈbu/ | adj | Excluded from use or mention. |
| TARIFF | /ˈtɛrəf/ | verb | Charge a tariff. |
| TECHNICALITY | /ˌtɛknɪˈkælɪti/ | noun | The state of being technical as in the use of technical terms or methods. |
| TEDIOUS | /ˈtidiəs/ | adj | So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. |
| TEMPEST | /ˈtɛmpəst/ | noun | A violent commotion or disturbance. |
| TEPID | /ˈtɛpɪd/ | adj | Moderately warm. |
| THEOLOGY | /θiˈɑlədʒi/ | noun | The learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary). |