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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • assiduous/əˈsɪdjuːəs/adjectiveC2Showing steady careful attention to a task.
  • assimilate/əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/verbC2To take something in fully, or to blend into a society.
  • assuage/əˈsweɪd͡ʒ/verbC2To make a painful feeling less sharp.
  • astern/əˈstɝn/adverbC2At or towards the back of a ship.
  • astringent/əˈstɹɪn.d͡ʒənt/adjectiveC22 meaningsDrying and puckering in the mouth.
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Faking grassroots support for a product or view.
  • asunder/əˈsʌndə/adverbC2Into separate pieces, in old use.
  • athleticism/æθˈlɛtɪsɪzəm/nounC2Physical strength, speed and skill.
  • athwart/əˈθwɔːt/prepositionC2Across from side to side.
  • atrium/ˈeɪ.tɹi.əm/nounC12 meaningsA tall open space rising through the middle of a building.
  • attaint/əˈteɪnt/verbC2To strip somebody of rights after a conviction.
  • attrition/əˈtɹɪʃən/nounC2A slow wearing down of strength or numbers.
  • attunedadjectiveC2Finely aware of and responsive to something.
  • audit/ˈɔːdɪt/nounC14 meaningsAn official examination of financial accounts to check that they are accurate.
  • aught/ɔːt/nounC2Anything at all.
  • augury/ˈɔː.ɡjʊ.ɹi/nounC2Reading signs, often in birds, to predict events.
  • august/ɔːˈɡʌst/nounA12 meaningsThe eighth month of the year.
  • aurochs/ˈaʊɹɒks/nounC2A huge wild ox now extinct.
  • austere/ɒˈstɪə(ɹ)/adjectiveC2Strictly plain and without comfort.
  • austerity/ɔˈstɛɹɪti/nounC22 meaningsA policy of deep cuts to public spending.
  • authenticity/ɑθɛnˈtɪsɪti/nounC2The quality of being genuine.
  • autograph/ˈɔːtəɡɹɑːf/nounB12 meaningsA famous person's signature collected as a keepsake.
  • automate/ˈɔːtəmeɪt/verbC2To replace human work with machinery.
  • autonomous/ɔːˈtɒnəməs/adjectiveC2Running itself, under no one else's control.
  • autopilot/ˈɔːtəʊˌpaɪlət/nounC2The system that flies the aircraft without hands.
  • avarice/ˈævəɹɪs/nounC2Extreme greed for wealth.
  • avian/ˈeɪvi.ən/adjectiveC2To do with birds.
  • axiomatic/ˌæk.si.əˈmæt.ɪk/adjectiveC2So obviously true that it needs no proof.
  • baffle/ˈbæfl̩/verbB2+2 meaningsTo confuse somebody completely.
  • bailey/ˈbeɪli/nounC2The open courtyard inside a castle wall.
  • baleful/ˈbeɪl.fəl/adjectiveC2Threatening harm.
  • ballast/ˈbæl.əst/nounC14 meaningsHeavy material carried in a ship, balloon or vehicle to keep it stable.
  • bandy/ˈbændi/verbC2To pass words or ideas back and forth carelessly.
  • banish/ˈbænɪʃ/verbC2To send somebody away and forbid their return.
  • banishment/ˈbænɪʃmənt/nounC2Being sent away and forbidden to return.
  • barbican/ˈbɑːbɪkən/nounC2The fortified gatehouse guarding a castle entrance.
  • baroque/bæˈɹɒk/adjectiveC2In the ornate European style of the seventeenth century.
  • basebornadjectiveC2Born of low or illegitimate birth.
  • baste/beɪst/verbC12 meaningsTo spoon fat over meat as it roasts.
  • bauble[ˈbɔːbəɫ]nounC2A showy trinket of little value.
  • bay/ˈbeɪ̯/nounB14 meaningsA wide curve of sea set into the coast.
  • bearing/ˈbɛə̯ɹɪŋ/nounC15 meaningsA direction given as an angle measured from north.
  • becalmedadjectiveC2Stopped for lack of any wind.
  • become/bɪˈkʌm/verbA13 meaningsTo begin to be something, or to change into it.
  • becoming/bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/adjectiveC12 meaningsSuiting somebody well, of clothes or appearance.
  • bedeck/bɪˈdɛk/verbC2To cover something with decorations.
  • bedlam/ˈbɛdləm/nounC2A scene of wild noise and confusion.
  • bedmaidnounC2A servant who makes and tends the beds.
  • befoul/bɪˈfaʊl/verbC2To make something filthy.
  • befuddle/bɪˈfʌdl/verbC2To muddle somebody's thinking.
  • beget/biˈɡɛt/verbC2To father a child, or to give rise to something.
  • begging the question/ˈbɛɡɪŋ ðə ˈkwɛst͡ʃən/phraseC2Assuming the very thing you are meant to prove.
  • beguile/bɪˈɡaɪl/verbC2To charm somebody, often in order to deceive.
  • behest/bɪˈhɛst/nounC2A command or an urgent request.
  • behoove/bɪˈhuːv/verbC2To be right and proper for somebody to do.
  • belay/bɪˈleɪ/verbC2To hold the rope safe for a climber above you.
  • beleaguer/bɪˈliː.ɡə/verbC2To surround with trouble or with an army.
  • belie/bɪˈlaɪ/verbC2To give a false impression of something.
  • bellicose/ˈbɛlɪkoʊs/adjectiveC2Eager to fight.
  • belligerencenounC2Aggressive readiness to fight.