The Century Vocabulary Builder Part 35

Critical, judicial, impartial, carping, caviling, captious, censorious.

Crooked, awry, askew.

Cross, fretful, peevish, petulant, pettish, irritable, irascible, angry.

Crowd, throng, horde, host, ma.s.s, mult.i.tude, press, jam, concourse.

Curious, inquisitive, prying, meddlesome.

Dainty, delicate, exquisite, choice, rare.

Danger, peril, jeopardy, hazard, risk.

Darken, obscure, bedim, obfuscate.

Dead, lifeless, inanimate, deceased, defunct, extinct.

Decay, decompose, putrefy, rot, spoil.

Deceit, deception, double-dealing, duplicity, chicanery, guile, treachery.

Deceptive, deceitful, misleading, fallacious, fraudulent.

Decorate, adorn, ornament, embellish, deck, bedeck, garnish, bedizen, beautify.

Decorous, demure, sedate, sober, staid, prim, proper.

Deface, disfigure, mar, mutilate.

Defect, fault, imperfection, disfigurement, blemish, flaw.

Delay, defer, postpone, procrastinate.

Demoralize, deprave, debase, corrupt, vitiate.

Deportment, demeanor, bearing, port, mien.

Deprive, divest, dispossess, strip, despoil.

Despise, contemn, scorn, disdain.

Despondency, despair, desperation.

Detach, separate, sunder, sever, disconnect, disjoin, disunite.

Determined, persistent, dogged.

Devout, religious, pious, G.o.dly, saintly.

Difficulty, hindrance, obstacle, impediment, enc.u.mbrance, handicap.

Difficulty, predicament, perplexity, plight, quandary, dilemma, strait.

Dirty, filthy, foul, nasty, squalid.

Discernment, perception, penetration, insight, ac.u.men.

Disgraceful, dishonorable, shameful, disreputable, ignominious, opprobrious, scandalous, infamous.

Disgusting, sickening, repulsive, revolting, loathsome, repugnant, abhorrent, noisome, fulsome.

Dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter.

Dissatisfied, discontented, displeased, malcontent, disgruntled.

Divide, distribute, apportion, allot, allocate, part.i.tion.

Doctrine, dogma, tenet, precept.

Dream, reverie, vision, fantasy.

Drip, dribble, trickle.

Drunk, drunken, intoxicated, inebriated.

Dry, arid, parched, desiccated.

Eat, bolt, gulp, gorge, devour.

Encroach, infringe, intrench, trench, intrude, invade, trespa.s.s.

End, conclude, terminate, finish, discontinue, close.

Enemy, foe, adversary, opponent, antagonist, rival.

Enough, adequate, sufficient.

Entice, inveigle, allure, lure, decoy, seduce.

Erase, expunge, cancel, efface, obliterate.

Error, mistake, blunder, slip.

Estimate, value, appreciate.

Eternal, everlasting, endless, deathless, imperishable, immortal.

Examination, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, inspection, scrutiny, research, review, audit, inquest, autopsy.

Example, sample, specimen, instance.

Exceed, excel, surpa.s.s, transcend, outdo.

Expand, dilate, distend, inflate.

Expel, banish, exile, proscribe, ostracize.

Experiment, trial, test.

Explicit, exact, precise, definite.

Faculty, gift, endowment, apt.i.tude, attribute, talent, predilection, bent.

Failing, shortcoming, defect, fault, foible, infirmity.

Famous, renowned, celebrated, noted, distinguished, eminent, ill.u.s.trious.

Fas.h.i.+on, mode, style, vogue, rage, fad.

Fast, rapid, swift, quick, fleet, speedy, hasty, celeritous, expeditious, instantaneous.

Fasten, tie, hitch, moor, tether.

Fate, destiny, lot, doom.

Fawn, truckle, cringe, crouch.

Feign, pretend, dissemble, simulate, counterfeit, affect, a.s.sume.

Fiendish, devilish, diabolical, demoniacal, demonic, satanic.

Fertile, fecund, fruitful, prolific.

Fit, suitable, appropriate, proper.

Flame, blaze, flare, glare, glow.

Flat, level, even, plane, smooth, horizontal.

Flatter, blandish, beguile, compliment, praise.

Flexible, pliable, pliant, supple, limber, lithe, lissom.

Flit, flutter, flicker, hover.

Flock, herd, bevy, covey, drove, pack, brood, litter, school.

Flow, pour, stream, gush, spout.

Follow, pursue, chase.

Follower, adherent, disciple, partisan, henchman.

Fond, loving, doting, devoted, amorous, enamored.

Force, strength, power, energy, vigor, might, potency, cogency, efficacy.

Force, compulsion, coercion, constraint, restraint.

Free, liberate, emanc.i.p.ate, manumit, release, disengage, disentangle, disembarra.s.s, disenc.u.mber, extricate.

Freshen, refresh, revive, renovate, renew.

Friendly, amicable, companionable, hearty, cordial, neighborly, sociable, genial, complaisant, affable.

Frighten, affright, alarm, terrify, terrorize, dismay, appal, daunt, scare.

Frown, scowl, glower, lower.

Frugal, sparing, saving, economical, chary, thrifty, provident, prudent.

Game, play, amus.e.m.e.nt, pastime, diversion, fun, sport, entertainment.

Gather, acc.u.mulate, ama.s.s, collect, levy, muster, h.o.a.rd.

Ghost, spirit, specter, phantom, apparition, shade, phantasm.

Gift, present, donation, grant, gratuity, bequest, boon, bounty, largess, fee, bribe.

Grand, magnificent, gorgeous, splendid, superb, sublime.

Greet, hail, salute, address, accost.

Grief, sorrow, distress, affliction, trouble, tribulation, woe.

Grieve, lament, mourn, bemoan, bewail, deplore, rue.

Guard, defend, protect, s.h.i.+eld, shelter, screen, preserve.