Avulsion
forcible seperation
potshot
shot aimed casually
halfwit
stupid
improbity
Dishonesty
schmaltz
sugary sentimentality
gongozzle
to stare at
dollop
lump of soft food
cyclopean
huge
cocotte
prostitute
panned out
be a success
smarmy
distastefully flattering
factitious
artificial
hairdo
hair style
nippy
quick
pot luck
accept whatever is available
schmuck
fool
goombah
older friend who protects you
concision
terseness; pithiness
facetious
humorous about serious matters
conflate
blend together
ilk
of that kind
saturnalia
debauchery, A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
regina
queen
formication
sense of ants crawling on skin
hobblede hoy
illmannered young boy
forsooth
Indeed
albedo
relfectiveness
echymosis
blueblack bruise
despiteful
malicious
sudorific
medicine which produce sweat
corrigendum
printer’s error
setaceous
covered with barbs
supererogatory
excess
specie
coins
grok
comprehend
retiary
net like
mithridate
antidote
crepitate
Crackle
louche
Disreputable
ramate
branched
saltatory
Leaping
larrup
spank; flog
adminicular
auxillary
expressement
excessive cordiality
boffin
scientific researcher
declamation
speech with gestures
ergo
Therefore
chockablock
crammed
disgorge
eject
esculent
edible
galore
in plenty
hoodles
Tshirt with front zip
knowhow
practical knowledge
proffer
offer
transgressed
act in disregard to laws
herald
news announcer or foresage
jauntry
cheerful, lively
riff raff
disreputable people
beguiling
attract
boggle
amazed, alarmed
dicey
chancy
chuckle
quite laugh
precarious
harmful, shaky
scraggy
thin and bony
bolshie
deliberately uncoperative
disenchant
disappoint
esperanto
artificial international language
chum
close friend
gangling
tall and awkward
trifle
cold dessert, waste time
sozzled
drunk
impaled
pierce
prolife
oppsed to abortion and euthanasia
unfurled
unrolled
cavernous
large and roomy
collywobbles
nausea
oomph
enthusiasm
laissez faire
a policy of noninterferance
ordure
dung
bonafide
genuine
chump
stupid person
escapism
tendency to ignore reality of life
bonhomie
cheerful friendliness
garret
attic
cicatrice
scar
dishy
Attractive
lambaste
reprimand severely
prorata
proportional
rigmarole
long rambling statement
bric a brac
small antequied ornaments
outflank
get round the side
etiolate
white from lack of sunglight
scrimmage
confused struggle
bony
healthy looking
chunter
Grumble
bon voyage
send off to journey
clammy
moist and sticky
esplanade
Promenade
doggo
remain motionless and avoid detection
largesse
A gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given
ostentatiously
pecker
penis
proscenium
forestage
overtone
additional quality
gradiose
planned on a large scale
booby
foolish person
claptrap
pretentious talk
disobliging
uncooperative
booby trap
disguised bomb
greengrocer
vegetable seller
evanescent
lasting very short time
latter day
modern
clavichord
early keyboard
rile
annoy
domicile
place of residence
corps
loyalty unifying a group
perforce
Unavoidably
scurf
flakes of dry skin
impaled
pierce
peerless
superb
bootleg
illicit
foudroyant
dazzling
cleave
split
scrimp
economize
seance
A meeting of spiritualists
brawny
muscular
clout
blow, influence
doldrums
inactivity
layabout
lazy person
spadework
hard preparatory work
personage
an important person
guise
false outward appearance
breakneck
very fast
cobber
friend
roger
message received and understand
perspicuous
expressing things clearly
laze
spend time idly
bric a brac
ornaments
coiffure
hairstyle
donkey’s years
very long time
sentinel
sentry
spartan
resolute in face of pains
vis a vis
face to face
gambol
entertainment for diversion
sepulchre
tomb
vivarium
zoo
broil
grill
fugacious
very short time
compere
introducer in a show
vivify
put life into
pettifogging
Trivial
brolly
umbrella
dopey
stupid
drab
dull
comport
behave
leverage
power, influence
unlettered
illiterate
valetudinarian
person of poor health
proscenium
part of stage in front of curtain
dowdy
not fashionable
bruiser
tough brutal person
unprepossesing
unattractive
conclave
private meeting
unsparing
giving lavishly
vamoose
depart hurriedly
perturb
uneasy
buccaneer
pirate
leveret
young hare
concoct
invent
hymeneal
related to marriage
dratted
curse
rogue
dishonest person
seraglio
harem, living quaters
unfounded
with no basis
vanquish
conquer
gossamer
spider’s silk
connive
secretly allow
vexed question
problem that is much discussed
protem
for the time being
byre
cow shed
spay
sterilize
vegan
vegetarian
bygone
past thing
contrive
skilfully done
dredge
clear
streetwise
knowing how to live a modern city life
stripling
youth
raffish
disresputable in appearance
sally
witty remark
crikey
blimey; by george
skive
dodge duty
swank
show off
strumpet
prostitute
creche
day nursery
piggledy
complete confusion
meritocracy
govt by people selected on merit
mope
unhappy and listless
suss
realise
swag
loot
jakanapes
hooligan
sussed
clever
poky
small and cramped
dulcet
sweet
straggle
grow untidy
creme
the very best
put up job
prearranged and fraudulent scheme
rabbie
disorderly crowd
kerfuffle
nonsense, balderdash
coyotte
woolfish wild dog
subsist
keep oneself alive
hoodlum
hooligan or gangster
pokerface
expression concealing one’s feeling
menace
household
quisling
traitor
marooned
stranded
shrivel
shrink and wrink from lack of moisture
stockstill
motionless
studioflat
room and bathroom and a kitchen
surreal
dreamlike
cox comb
showy person
salient
prominent
stoppress
last minute news in newspaper
sumptuous
splendid, lavish
highfalutin
pompous
courier
guide
stumpy
short and thick
dunce
person slow at learning
sidle
advance in a timid way
mud
person who dont adopt new ideas
stag night
bachelor party
logorrhea
talkativeness
pofaced
solemn
efflorescence
flowering
quid pro quo
favour returned for another
coven
assembly of witches
meld
merge
rumple
crumble
strafe
attack from gunfile from top
counter pane
bed spread
podgy
short and fat
hotch potch
confused mixture
dullard
stupid person
mealy mouthed
afraid to speak frankly
quid
in profit
steeple jack
person who climbs chimney to do repairs
zing
move swiftly
rump
buttocks
lollapolooza
somthing outstanding
coup d’etat
sudden outthrow of govt
yokel
county stupid person
shrive
hear the confession and absolve
zilch
nil
coup de grace
finishing stroke
pussyfoot
move steadily or act cautious
lollygag
move slowly
duff
worthless
stanchion
upright post or support
stench
foul smell
epicure
one who enjoys fine living
crapulence
discomfort from eating too much
pockmarked
marked with scars or pits
squib
small exploding firework
collop
piece of meat
humbug
silly talk
mea culpa
an acknowledgement of error
rugged
irregular
shoe string
pauperish
stertorus
making a snoring sound
plutocracy
govt by wealthy
cosset
pamper
spay
sterilise
dud
somthing that fails to work
macrocosm
the universe
rouse
wake
ructions
unpleasant arguments
shirk
avoid
crudivore
eater of raw food
pursuance
the performer
malarkey
balderdash
costermonger
fruit seller in street
donnybrook
riot
spree
period of unrestrained activity
mumpsimus
outdated position on issues
predilection
liking
prefigure
augur
drippy
bathetic, wet
witter
speak
oddments
farrago
pertinent
appropriate
plaintive
mournful
pertinacious
stubbornly unyielding
betoken
augur
mushy
bathetic
prefatory
prelude
persusal
Reading carefully with intent to remember
augur
Indicate by signs, betoken
souppy
bathetic
prehensile
grasping
pervade
Spread or diffuse through
platitude
A trite or obvious remark
overture
Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
schmaltzy
bathetic
prelude
overture
perverse
Resistant to guidance or discipline
platonic
Free from physical desire
ambage
style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
preponderance
Superiority in power or influence
presage
augur
perfidious
Tending to betray
piebald
Having sections or patches coloured differently and usually brightly
pillage
Goods or money obtained illegally
bathetic
cutesy, drippy
yabber
blabber
impaired
Make imperfect; vitiated
pinion
Bind the arms of
perfunctory
Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; pro forma, cursory
pinnacle
acme
peregrination
Travelling or wandering around
prerogative
privilege
peremptory
bossy
balderdash
Trivial nonsense, fiddlefaddle, piffle
presage
augur
marred
Destroy or injure severely
masochist
Someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment
martinet
Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
masticate
Chew (food)
maudlin
bathetic, cutesy, mawkish, schmaltzy, mushy
mangle
Injure badly by beating
maul
Injure badly by beating
gabble
blabber, jabber, maunder, chatter, clack, witter
omnium-gatherum
gallimaufry, farrago, hotchpotch, oddments
maunder
Wander aimlessly, speak fastly, chatter, jabber, clack
maverick
Someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
paean
A formal expression of praise
mawkish
Effusively or insincerely emotional, cutesy, bathetic, gooey, drippy
pageant
A rich and spectacular ceremony
ostracize
Expel from a community or group, banish
palatable
Acceptable to the taste or mind
oust
expelled
toothsome
tasty
overt
open
pogrom
Organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)
overweening
extravagant, Unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
pachyderm
thick skinned
ovine
Of or pertaining to or of the nature of or characteristic of a sheep or sheep
palatial
Relating to or being a palace
plenipotentiary
A diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government
palaver
Flattery intended to persuade
plenary
Full in all respects
pallet
The range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art
plebiscite
A vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance
palliate
Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
plebeian
One of the common people
pallid
Abnormally deficient in colour as suggesting physical or emotional distress
plenitude
A full supply
plethora
Full in all respects
indite
Produce a literary work
poignant
Arousing affect
indolence
Inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
indomitable
Impossible to subdue
polemic
A controversy (especially over a belief or dogma)
indubitably
In a manner or to a degree that could not be doubted
poltroon
An abject coward
indulgent
Tolerant or lenient
polyglot
A person who speaks more than one language
inebriety
A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
ponderous
Slow and laborious because of weight
ineffable
Defying expression or description
levity
Feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
megalomania
A psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur
melange
A motley assortment of things
liaison
A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
mellifluous
Pleasing to the ear
libelous
harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
mendacious
Given to lying
libertine
Unrestrained by convention or morality
mendicant
Practising beggary
libidinous
Driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires
mercenary
Profit oriented
licentious
Lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained
malingerer
Someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
limber
supple
manacle
Shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used
in pairs
limbo
The state of being disregarded or forgotten
mangy
Having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap
preamble
A preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose)
perambulate
Make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property)
lissom
Moving and bending with ease
percussion
The act of playing a percussion instrument
listless
Lacking zest or vivacity
perdition
Hell
litany
A prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the
congregation
peremptory
bossy
lithe
Moving and bending with ease, svelte,sylphlike, slender, supple
oaf
stupid
litotes
understatement
obdurate
Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing,cussed, flinty, obstinate
livid
Anaemic looking from illness or emotion
obeisance
ending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame
lode
load
chicanery
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
accomplice
A person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or
illegal plan)
chide
Censure severely or angrily
accord
A written agreement between two states or sovereigns
chivalrous
Being attentive to women like an ideal knight
accost
Approach with an offer of sexual favours
churlish
Rude and boorish
accoutre
Provide with military equipment
circumlocution
An indirect way of expressing something
accrue
Come into the possession of
circumscribe
Restrict or confine
acerbity
A sharp bitterness
circumspect
Heedful of potential consequences
acidulous
Being sour to the taste
circumvent
Surround so as to force to give up
cede
Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
clairvoyant
Foreseeing the future
celerity
speed
clamor
A loud harsh or strident noise
censure
Harsh criticism or disapproval
clandestine
Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
chafe
Soreness and warmth caused by friction
chaffing
Be silly or tease one another
chagrin
Strong feelings of embarrassment
appellation
Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or
distinguished from others
arduous
Characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
apposite
Being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
aromatic
“Having a strong pleasant odour
appraise
Place a value on; judge the worth of something
arraign
accuse
apprehend
Get the meaning of something
arrant
Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
apprise
Inform (somebody) of something
arrogate
Demand as being one’s due or property; assert one’s right or title to
approbation
Official approval
articulate
Express or state clearly
appurtenances
accessories
ascetic
Someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
apropos
Of an appropriate or pertinent nature
aphasia
Inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion
arable
(of farmland) capable of being farmed productively
aphorism
A short pithy instructive saying, apophthegm
arbiter
Someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
apocryphal
Being of questionable authenticity
arbitrate
Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences, liaise, intercede
apoplexy
A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel
leads to oxygen lack in the brain
arcade
A structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns, colonnade
apostate
A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or
friend etc.
arcane
Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
apostle
An ardent early supporter of a cause or reform
archetype
An original model on which something is patterned
apothecary
chemist
apotheosis
Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal, nonsuch, paragon
begrudge
envy
cabal
A plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
bugaboo
An imaginary monster used to frighten children
cacophony
A loud harsh or strident noise
bugbear
An object of dread or apprehension
cadaverous
Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
bullion
A mass of precious metal
callow
Young and inexperienced
bulwark
An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
canard
A deliberately misleading fabrication
bumptious
Offensively selfassertive
candor
ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
babble
Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
buncombe
Unacceptable behaviour
bacchanalian
Used of riotously drunken merrymaking
bungle
An embarrassing mistake
badger
Annoy persistently
burgeon
Grow and flourish
badinage
Frivolous banter, raillery
burlesque
charade
baffle
Be a mystery
burnish
The property of being smooth and shiny
bailiwick
A branch of knowledge
bursar
The treasurer at a college or university
balk
Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
busybody
A person who meddles in the affairs of others
balladeer
A singer of popular ballads
buttress
A support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
balmy
Mild and pleasant
annihilate
Kill in large numbers
banal
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
befuddle
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
bandy
Toss or strike a ball back and forth
anathema
A detested person
bane
Something causing misery or death
ancillary
Furnishing added support
banter
Light teasing repartee
animadvert
Express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark
barb
An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling
effect
anneal
Treat (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling
commiserate
To feel or express sympathy or compassion
anodyne
A medicine used to relieve pain
commodious
Large and roomy
annul
Declare invalid
compendium
A concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work
antagonistic
Indicating opposition or resistance
convalescence
Gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
