Phantasmagorical
illusive; unreal
Inceptive
adj. beginning.
Gastronomy
n. the art of preparing and serving appetizing food.
Begrudge
v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
Caret
n. a sign (^) placed below a line indicating where omitted words
Impregnable
a. invulnerable; able to withstand attack
Iniquity
n. absence of or deviation from
Autocracy
n. absolute government.
Untoward
unfavorable; inconvenient
Lexicography
n. the making of dictionaries.
Enrapture
v. please intensely; fill with great delight or joy
Accessory
n. additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item acclaim
Donor
n. giver; one that contributes something such as money
Initiate
v. begin; originate; admit into membership
Malefactor
n. criminal; one who does evil or injury to another
Fernery
n. a place in which ferns are grown.
Condensation
n. a concise version of something, especially a text, water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.
Intolerance
n. inability or unwillingness to bear or endure.
Brigade
n. a body of troops consisting of two or more regiments.
Legacy
n. gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
Magnate
n. powerful or influential person especially in business or industry
Automaton
n. mechanism that imitates actions of humans
Ire
n. anger; wrath; keen resentment; irritate
Aggravation
n. the fact of being made heavier or more heinous
Confederate
n. ally; form a group or unite
Henchman
n. a servile assistant and subordinate.
Inimical
a. unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental
Juicy
a. full of juice; lucrative; richly interesting
Laudable
a. deserving of praise; worthy of high praise
Bureaucracy
n. over-regulated administrative system
Divulge
v. reveal; make known to public
Mellifluous
smooth and sweet-sounding
Digraph
n. a union of two characters representing a single sound.
Flamboyant
a. elaborately or excessively ornamented
Adjacent
a. adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
Belle
n. a woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty accomplishments
Extremist
n. one who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views.
Contemptuous
a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect
Callosity
n. the state of being hard and insensible.
Ingraft
v. to set or implant deeply and firmly.
Competence
n. quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
Boisterous
a. rough and stormy; loud noisy
Blaze
n. brilliant burst of fire; destructive fire; flame
Evolve
v. develop; grow
Depositor
n. a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution
Mordant
biting and caustic in thought manner
Acumen
n. mental keenness; quickness of perception
Batter
v. beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence
Frugal
a. sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive
Magnificent
a. grand or noble in thought or deed; outstanding of its kind
Diffident
adj. affected or possessed with self-distrust.
Abominable
a. detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
Educe
v. to draw out.
Lough
n. a lake or loch.
Gourmand
n. person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
Efflorescence
n. the state of being flowery or a flowery appearance.
Famish
v. starve kill
Hexagon
n. a figure with six angles.
Diligence
n. careful and persevering effort to accomplish what is undertaken.
Benefice
n. a church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
Executor
n. one who executes or performs; doer
Fugacious
adj. fleeting.
Choleric
a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
Adroit
a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions
Culpable
adj. guilty.
Inexhaustible
a. incapable of being exhausted emptied
Accompanist
n. one who or that which accompanies.
Encamp
v. to pitch tents for a resting-place.
Antilogy
n. inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
Antechamber
n. a waiting room for those who seek audience.
ill-natured
adj. surly.
Deprecate
v. express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
Convalesce
v. recover gradually from an illness
Lattice
n. openwork of metal or wood formed by crossing or interlacing strips or bars.
Bleak
a. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
Editorial
a. of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor
Encourage
v. activate; stimulate
Ineligible
a. unsuitable; disqualified by law rule
Consignee
n. a person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
Evict
v. put out by legal process; expel; eject; oust
Ludicrous
a. laughable; completely devoid of wisdom or good sense
Interminable
a. being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual
Clearance
n. act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
Bailiff
n. an officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
Gamester
n. a gambler.
Braggart
n. boaster; one given to loud empty boasting; very talkative person
Homologous
adj. identical in nature make-up
Lucid
a. easily understood; clear; intelligible
Compunction
n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
Benison
n. blessing.
Indistinct
adj. vague.
Effete
adj. exhausted as having performed its functions.
Foible
n. moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
Joust
v. to engage in a tilt with lances on horseback.
transmute
change or alter in form appearance
dead-heat
n. a race in which two or more competitors come out even and there is no winner.
Consumption
n. eating or drinking of something
Discard
v. throw out something from one's hand; get rid of
Adjutant
adj. auxiliary. a military officer who acts as an administrative assistant to a senior officer.
Continuance
n. permanence.