| 1. | abyss | - hole so deep as to appear bottomless |
| 2. | acquiesce | - agree, accept without protest |
| 3. | affable | - polite and friendly, easy to talk to |
| 4. | affliction | - distress, suffering |
| 5. | affluent | - wealthy, abundant |
| 6. | agitate | - campaign, shake up, stir up |
| 7. | ambiguous | - having more than one meaning |
| 8. | annex | - take possession of |
| 9. | aqueous | - of or like water |
| 10. | arduous | - demanding great effort, strenuous |
| 11. | aroma | - quality or surrounding atmosphere
considered typical; pleasant smell |
| 12. | atone | - make repayment |
| 13. | avarice | - greed |
| 14. | bellicose | - inclined to fighting |
| 15. | calisthenics | - exercises to develop strong bodies |
| 16. | captor | - person who takes smb. captive |
| 17. | concoct | - invent, prepare by mixing together |
| 18. | dangle | - hand or swing loosely |
| 19. | deprive | - take away from, prevent from using |
| 20. | diligent | - hard-working |
| 21. | disrobe | - undress |
| 22. | docile | - easily trained or controlled |
| 23. | doleful | - dismal, mourful |
| 24. | drought | - a long period of dry weather |
| 25. | dubious | - feeling doubt |
| 26. | dumbfound | - astonish |
| 27. | efface | - rub or wipe out, obliterate |
| 28. | elucidate | - to make understandable |
| 29. | enchant | - charm, delight |
| 30. | endeavor | - to make an effort, to try very hard |
| 31. | endorse | - approve, support a claim or statement |
| 32. | enthral | - take the whole attention, enslave |
| 33. | exploit | - to use for selfish advantage or profit |
| 34. | extensive | - far-reaching |
| 35. | extol | - to praise highly |
| 36. | flimsy | - lacking solidarity, strength |
| 37. | fraud | - a fault, a deception |
| 38. | gaudy | - too bright and showy |
| 39. | ghastly | - death-like, pale and ill |
| 40. | grumble | - to complain |
| 41. | harass | - worry, trouble |
| 42. | heretic | - very busy; active |
| 43. | impediment | - smth that hinders (esp in speech) |
| 44. | indigenous | - native |
| 45. | insatiate | - never satisfied |
| 46. | intrepid | - fearless |
| 47. | irate | - angry |
| 48. | jeopardy | - danger |
| 49. | leash | - control |
| 50. | loafer | - an idle, lazy person |
| 51. | lucrative | - profitable |
| 52. | lustrous | - bright; shining |
| 53. | malign | - to slander |
| 54. | meddle | - to interfere, to intrude |
| 55. | mend | - to repair |
| 56. | mirth | - being merry and happy |
| 57. | nausea | - feeling of sickness |
| 58. | neglect | - pay no attention to |
| 59. | nocturnal | - of or in the night |
| 60. | obese | - very fat |
| 61. | obsolete | - no longer useful, outdated |
| 62. | perch | - take up a high position |
| 63. | pervade | - spread through every part of |
| 64. | petulant | - unreasonably impatient or irritable |
| 65. | pillage | - plunder (esp. in war) |
| 66. | presumptuous | - too bold or self-confident |
| 67. | quashed | - annuled |
| 68. | quenching | - satisfy, put an end to, put out |
| 69. | refurbished | - make clean, as if like new |
| 70. | rejoicing | - happiness, joy |
| 71. | reticent | - in the habit of saying little |
| 72. | reverberate | - be sent back, again and again |
| 73. | rigor | - sternness, strictness, severe conditions |
| 74. | rotundity | - state of being round |
| 75. | salvage | - the saving of property from loss |
| 76. | scattered | - not situated together |
| 77. | shatter | - to break into many pieces |
| 78. | shunned | - avoided, kept away from |
| 79. | sketchy | - shortly, roughly, quickly |
| 80. | sporadic | - happening from time to time |
| 81. | stifled | - suppressed, kept back |
| 82. | strive | - to make great efforts, to struggle |
| 83. | subsequent | - following |
| 84. | succumb | - yield, die |
| 85. | taciturn | - unspoken, silent |
| 86. | tantalize | - raise hopes that cannot be realized |
| 87. | tentative | - uncertain, probable |
| 88. | torpid | - dull and slow |
| 89. | treacherous | - not to be trusted, perfidious |
| 90. | tremor | - thrill |
| 91. | tyro | - a beginner |
| 92. | uproar | - noise and excitement |
| 93. | vanity | - a foolish pride |
| 94. | vehemence | - forcefulness; intensity; conviction |
| 95. | vigilance | - watchfulness |
| 96. | vindicate | - prove the truth |
| 97. | voluptuous | - arousing sensual pleasures |
| 98. | wan | - looking ill, not bright |
| 99. | wile | - a trick |
| 100. | wrinkle | - make small lines (e.g. forehead) |
