Part 2

absurd, a. ridiculous, preposterous, nonsensical, incongruous, foolish, irrational, inconsistent. absurdity, n. inconsistency, fallacy, irrationality, ineptitude, foolishness. abundance, n. sufficiency, plenty, profusion, copiousness, exuberance, plenteousness, overflow. Antonyms: deficiency, dearth, scarcity, poverty. abundant, a. plentiful, copious, exuberant, galore, ample, lavish, plenteous, teeming, bountiful. Antonyms: deficient, inadequate, insufficient. abuse, v. misapply, misuse, pervert, desecrate, violate, profane; maltreat, mistreat; revile, reproach, vilify, vituperate, malign, traduce; violate, ravish, rape. abuse, n. misuse, misapplication, perversion, profanation, desecration; injury, maltreatment, mistreatment, outrage, offense; invective, contumely, reproach, scurrility, opprobrium, tirade, billingsgate, vilification; violation, rape. abusive, a. reviling, scurrilous, opprobrious, reproachful, vituperative, insulting, rffensive, contumelious, outrageous. abut, v. project, terminate, be contiguous, meet;--with _on_, _upon_, or _against_. accent, n. stress, ictus; modulation, accentuation. accent, v. emphasize, accentuate. acceptance, n. approval, favorable reception; acceptableness. Antonyms: rejection, refusal. accessory, a. accompanying, accessary, contributory, subservient, subsidiary. accident, n. casualty, mishap, contretemps, mischance, contingency. accidental, a. casual, fortuitous; incidental, nonessential, adventitious. accidentally, adv. unintentionally, casually, fortuitously. Antonyms: intentionally, advisedly, deliberately. acclimate, v. acclimatize. acclimation, n. acclimatization. accommodate, v. adapt, conform, adjust; oblige, favor. accommodating, a. obliging, complaisant. accommodation, n. adaptation, adjustment; complaisance; favor, kindness. accompaniment, n. concomitant. accompany, v. escort, attend, convoy; chaperon. accomplice, n. abettor, ally, accessory, confederate, _particeps criminis_. accomplish, v. achieve, effectuate, execute, complete, effect. accomplished, a. completed, effected; practised, proficient. accomplishment, n. completion, fulfillment, execution, effectuation; attainment, acquirement, acquisition, grace. accord, n. agreement, concurrence, harmony, sympathy. Antonyms: variance, disagreement, inharmony. accordance, n. conformity, unanimity, harmony, accord, rapport, concurrence. according to. agreeably to, in accordance with, in conformity with, pursuant. accost, v. greet, address, salute, hail. accoucheur, n. obstetrician. accoucheuse, n. midwife. account, n. reckoning, computation, calculation, record, tab; registry, register; recital, relation, narrative, report, delineation, description, portrayal, explanation; reason, ground, consideration, motive, sake; estimate, valuation, judgment, estimation, opinion; importance, consequence, value, worth, reputation. accountability, n. amenability, liability. accountable, a. answerable, liable, amenable, responsible. Antonyms: unaccountable, irresponsible, exempt. accumulation, n. accretion, hoard, aggregation, accrument, collection. accumulative, a. cumulative. accuracy, n. exactness, fidelity, correctness, precision. Antonyms: inaccuracy, incorrectness, error. accurate, a. correct, exact, just, true, literal. Antonyms: inaccurate, incorrect, erroneous. accusation, n. crimination, charge, indictment, impeachment, arraignment, allegation, incrimination. accusative, a. incriminatory, inculpatory, accusatory. accuse, v. indict, charge, impeach, incriminate, arraign, criminate. accuser, n. complainant, plaintiff, informant, prosecutor. accustom, v. habituate, familiarize, inure. accustomed, a. customary, wonted, habitual, usual. Antonyms: unaccustomed, unfamiliar, unwonted. achieve, v. accomplish, effectuate, realize, effect, attain. achievement, n. accomplishment, attainment, effectuation feat, exploit. acknowledge, v. admit, avow, concede, own, confess. Antonyms: repudiate, deny, disavow. acknowledgment, n. admittance, avowal, concession, recognition. acme, n. culmination, top, zenith, climax, apex, pinnacle. acorns, n. pl. mast. Associated Words: balaniferous, balanoid, cupule, cupuliferous, quercite, racahout. acquaint, v. familiarize, inform, tell, apprise, notify. acquaintance, n. familiarity; kith. Antonyms: ignorance, unfamiliarity, unacquaintance. acquirement, n. acquisition, attainment. acquit, v. discharge, release, exculpate, exonerate. acquittal, n. release, discharge, exoneration, exculpation. acrid, a. pungent, biting, corrosive, caustic. acridity, n. pungency, bitterness, causticity, acrimony. acrimonious, a. caustic, sarcastic, censorious, virulent, rancorous. acrimony, n. asperity, bitterness, virulence, causticity, rancor, sharpness. acrobat, n. equilibrist, tumbler, funambulist, vaulter. across, prep. and adv. athwart, crosswise, traverse transversely. act, n. performance, feat, stunt (Colloq.), exploit, achievement, deed, action, procedure, turn; decree, edict, law, statute, enactment, ordinance. act, v. behave, deport one's self; play, personate, impersonate, mimic; feign, counterfeit, simulate, dissemble. acting, n. personation, impersonation, simulation, feigning, stage-playing, histrionicism, histrionism, affectation mimicry, pantomime (acting without speaking). action, n. agency, operation, movement, activity; pl. conduct, behavior, deportment, deeds; (Law) lawsuit, litigation, suit. Antonyms: inaction, stagnation, inactivity, inertia. active, a. brisk, nimble, agile, sprightly, spirited; strenuous, diligent, enterprising; operative, efficacious, drastic; effective; transitive. Antonyms: inactive, passive, latent, quiescent, sedentary. activity, n. operation, action; liveliness, briskness, agility, sprightliness, strenuousness. Antonyms: inactivity, passiveness, quiescence. actor, n. doer, participant, performer; comedian; tragedian; thespian; impersonator, personator, mime, mimic; pantomimist; barnstormer; hamfatter; supernumerary. actress, n. tragedienne; comedienne; ingenue, soubrette, understudy; star. actual, a. real, veritable. Antonyms: potential, nominal, hypothetical. actuality, n. reality, veritableness. actuate, v. instigate, impel, incite. actuation, n. instigation, incitement, animation. acumen, n. astuteness, shrewdness, discernment, sharpness. Antonyms: dullness, stupidity, short-sightedness. adage, n. See saying. Adam, n. Associated Words: Adamic, adamite, preadamic, preadamite, preadamitic. adapt, v. adjust, conform. adaptable, a. conformable, adjustable. adaptation, n. adjustment, conformability. add, v. sum up, foot up; append, supplement, subjoin, affix, adjoin, superadd, annex. Antonyms: subtract, deduct, detract, remove. addict, v. habituate, accustom. addition, n. annexation, annex, appendage, supplement, appendix, postscript, wing, augmentation, adjunct, rider. Antonyms: subtraction, deduction, detraction. additional, a. supplemental, adscititious, supplementary. addle, v. muddle, confuse; spoil, rot. address, n. discourse, speech, lecture, oration, allocution; direction, superscription, delivery. Associated Word: vocative. address, v. accost, speak to; direct, superscribe. adept, n. See expert. adequacy, n. sufficiency. Antonyms: inadequacy, insufficiency. adequate, a. sufficient, commensurate, equal, proportionate. Antonyms: inadequate, insufficient. adjacent, a. adjoining, contiguous. adjoining, a. contiguous, adjacent, neighboring. adjustment, n. adaptation, regulation, settlement. admissible, a. allowable, permissible. Antonym: inadmissible. admit, v. acknowledge, confess, concede; allow, permit. Antonyms: repulse, reject, refuse. admittance, n. admission. ado, n. fuss, bustle, stir, excitement, pother. adolescence, n. nonage, juniority, minority, youth. adopt, v. father, affiliate; espouse, support, maintain. adoption, n. affiliation, fathering; espousal. adorn, v. decorate, beautify, embellish, deck, ornament, grace, garnish, bedizen, bedeck, bestud, beset, emblazon. Antonyms: disfigure, mar, deform. adornment, n. ornamentation, decoration. Antonyms: disfigurement, defacement. adrift, a. and adv. drifting, derelict, lost. adulterate, v. sophisticate. adulterated, a. adulterate, impure, sophisticated. adulteration, n. sophistication. adultery, n. infidelity, criminal conversation. advance, n. progress, progression, march, advancement, promotion, preferment, elevation, appreciation, enhancement; overture, tender, proposal, proffer, offer. Antonyms: retreat, retrogression, decline, retrogradation, deterioration. advance, v. progress, increase; promote, elevate; enhance, augment. Antonyms: retreat, retrograde, decline, deteriorate. advance guard. vanguard, van. advancement, n. progress, progression; promotion, preferment, exaltation, aggrandizement, furtherance. advantage, n. vantage-ground; superiority, mastery, ascendency; benefit, avail, profit. Antonym: disadvantage. adventurous, a. adventuresome, temerarious, venturous. adversary, n. enemy, foe, antagonist, opponent. adversity, n. misfortune, buffeting, disaster, affliction, reverses, trouble. advertise, v. announce, publish, proclaim, trumpet. advertisement, n. announcement. advice, n. counsel, admonition, monition, recommendation; information, tidings, report. Associated Words: admonitory, mentorial, monitorial. advisable, a. expedient, desirable, befitting. Antonym: inadvisable. advise, v. counsel, admonish, warn; apprise, inform, notify, acquaint, tell; advise with, consult, confer. advisedly, adv. purposely, intentionally, designedly, deliberately, knowingly. advisement, n. consideration, deliberation, consultation. adviser, n. counselor, mentor, monitor, admonitor. advocate, n. defender, apologist, vindicator, propagandist, upholder, promoter. aërial, a. atmospheric; aëriform, vaporous, ethereal, empyreal, empyrean. affability, n. courteousness, civility, complaisance, sociability, graciousness. affable, a. courteous, sociable, gracious, cordial, benign, complaisant, accessible. Antonyms: inaffable, discourteous. affect, v. act upon, move, touch, influence, melt; concern, bear upon, interest; dispose, turn, incline. affectation, n. mannerism, pretension, puppetry, simulation. affected, a. assumed, feigned, simulated, unnatural. Antonyms: unaffected, sincere, natural, unfeigned. affecting, a. touching, moving, pathetic, piteous. affectionate, a. devoted, fond, loving, ardent. affidavit, n. deposition. Associated Words: affiant, deponent, jurant, depose. affiliation, n. adoption, connection, association. affirm, v. assert (positively), aver, asseverate, state. affirmation, n. assertion, averment, asseveration. affirmative, a. confirmative, ratifying, approving. affix, v. subjoin, annex, append. afflict, v. persecute, distress, scourge, trouble, harass. affliction, n. tribulation, adversity, trouble, buffeting, bereavement, hardship, visitation, scourge, distress, misfortune. affront, n. indignity, insult, outrage, contumely, offense. aflutter, a. agitated, perturbed, discomposed, excited. Antonyms: calm, composed. aforethought, a. designed, prepense, premeditated, deliberate, intentional. aforethought, n. premeditation. afraid, a. alarmed, fearful, timid, timorous, apprehensive, scared, diffident. Antonyms: fearless, unafraid, intrepid, bold, undaunted, temerarious. afresh, adv. again, anew, _de novo_, newly. after, a. next, subsequent, succeeding, following, later. after all. nevertheless. afterbirth, n. secundines; heam (afterbirth of a