Max Vocab

To lower in rank, prestige, or esteem

To make someone feel embarrassed or ashamed

To become less intense or widespread

To shorten a word or phrase

To give up a position of power or responsibility formally

Departing from the usual or expected course

Something that departs from what is normal or expected

To encourage or support someone in doing something wrong or illegal

A state of temporary inactivity or suspension

To intensely dislike or hate

To follow or comply with a rule or decision

Extremely bad or severe

To formally reject or disavow a previously held belief or claim

The act of washing oneself, often for ritual purification

To reject or renounce something

The act of rejecting or renouncing something

A place where someone lives

To officially end or stop something, typically a law or system.

Causing moral revulsion

To feel intense dislike or hatred

Relating to the original inhabitants of a region

Failing to produce the intended result.

To exist in large numbers or amounts

To wear away by friction

Having a rough quality; used for rubbing surfaces to make them smooth or clean

Side by side and facing the same way

To shorten a text without losing the main idea

To officially end a law, agreement, or practice

The natural detachment of parts of a plant, typically dead leaves or ripe fruit.

To leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection or arrest

Complete and total

To free from guilt or responsibility

To choose not to do something

Moderate in eating and drinking

Practicing restraint, especially with food and drink

Moderate, especially in eating and drinking

The practice of refraining from indulging in something, typically alcohol or other pleasures.

Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence

Difficult to understand

Using harsh, insulting language or behavior.

To be next to or share a boundary with

Extremely bad or appalling

A deep or seemingly bottomless chasm

Related to education, schools, or scholarly activities

To agree to a request or demand

To increase in speed

To make more noticeable

The means or opportunity to approach or enter a place

Easy to approach or reach

An item that adds to the appearance or functionality of something.

To praise enthusiastically and publicly

To adjust or become accustomed to a new environment or situation

An upward slope or incline

An award or expression of praise

To provide someone with a place to stay or space for something

A person who helps another in a crime or wrongdoing

An agreement or harmony between people or groups.

To approach someone aggressively or confrontationally

To provide with necessary equipment or dress

The process of growth or increase by gradual accumulation

To accumulate or receive over time

Lacking a head or leader

Sharp and direct in tone or manner

Sharpness or bitterness of speech or tone

Relating to or containing vinegar

Slightly sour or sharp in taste or manner

To recognize the existence or truth of something

The highest point of achievement or development

A skin condition characterized by red pimples, often on the face, due to inflamed or infected sebaceous glands.

A person who assists in some religious services

The qualities of a room that determine how sound is transmitted

To accept something reluctantly but without protest

The act of accepting something reluctantly but without protest

Willing to accept something without protest

Having a strong desire to acquire more, especially material possessions

A legal judgment that officially clears someone of criminal charges

Having a strong and unpleasant smell or taste

Angry and bitter

Angry and bitter

Bitterness or ill feeling

An intense fear of heights

Efforts to promote or direct social, political, or environmental change.

Relating to the statistical calculation of risk and life expectancy

A professional who analyzes financial risks using mathematics, statistics, and financial theory.

To cause a machine or device to operate

Sharpness or keenness of thought, vision, or hearing

The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions

Having a sharp or severe effect

Willing to take bold risks

A traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation

Unyielding in attitude or opinion

To adjust to new conditions or changes

An additional item, usually to a document

A strong and harmful need to regularly have or do something

To confuse or make someone unable to think clearly

The particulars of the place where someone lives or an organization is situated.

To cite as evidence or proof

Very skilled or proficient at something

Sufficient for a specific need or requirement

To stick firmly to a surface

A person who supports a particular idea or leader

Relating to or composed of animal fat

Next to or adjoining something else

To be next to or in contact with something.

To suspend proceedings to another time or place

To make an official decision about who is right in a dispute

Something added or connected to a larger or more important thing

A solemn urging or earnest request

To earnestly urge someone to do something

A military officer who acts as an administrative assistant to a senior officer.

To make something impure by adding inferior elements

To warn or reprimand someone firmly

A warning or reprimand

Conveying a warning or reprimand

To love deeply and respect highly

To make more beautiful or attractive

Skillful and clever in using the hands or mind

Excessive admiration or praise

To make something less pure by adding inferior substances

Made impure by adding inferior elements

To outline or sketch in a vague way

A foreshadowing or faint indication

The arrival of a notable person, thing, or event

Occurring by chance rather than design or inherent nature

An opponent or enemy

Preventing success or development; harmful or unfavorable

A difficult or unpleasant situation

A notice or announcement promoting a product, service, or event.

Public support or recommendation for a cause or policy

To support or argue for a cause or policy

Protection or support provided by a person or organization

An indefinitely long period of time

A large nest of a bird of prey, typically built high in a tree or on a cliff.

Light, delicate, or ethereal

A person who has a deep appreciation for art and beauty

Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

Friendly and easy to talk to

To influence or make a difference to

Behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress.

Influenced or changed by something

Carrying signals toward a central point, particularly in the nervous system

A written statement confirmed by oath or affirmation, used as evidence in court.

A connection or association with a person, group, or organization.

A natural liking or attraction to something or someone

A positive declaration or statement

A divine creative impulse or inspiration

To cause pain or suffering to; to distress

A condition of pain, suffering, or distress

Wealth and abundance

Having a lot of money and wealth

To have enough money to pay for something

A public fight or brawl that disturbs the peace.

An action or remark causing outrage or offense

A life or existence believed to follow death

Wide open, especially with surprise or wonder

A list of items to be discussed at a meeting

A collection or mass of things grouped together

To increase the power, status, or wealth of someone or something.

To make a bad situation worse

To collect or gather into a whole

To cause distress or pain

Filled with shock or horror

The ability to move quickly and easily

To make someone feel anxious or disturbed.

A state of nervousness or unrest

A person who believes that the existence of a higher power cannot be known or proven

Eager or excited

Related to farming or rural matters

A specialist in soil management and crop production

A person who assists another, especially in a professional or official capacity.

Light and spacious

Brisk and cheerful readiness

Even though

A white or pale mineral of the feldspar group, composed of sodium aluminum silicate.

A medieval science aimed at transforming base metals into gold

A small recessed section of a room or garden

A false or assumed identity

To make someone feel isolated or estranged

Related to nourishment or the digestive tract

A financial support paid to a spouse after separation or divorce.

To reduce or diminish fear, worry, or suspicion.

To claim or assert something, typically without proof

Loyalty or commitment to a group or cause

A story or image that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

To make a problem or pain less severe

The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words or syllables.

To distribute resources or duties for a particular purpose

A mixture of metals

To make an indirect reference

The quality of being attractive or fascinating

An indirect reference

Suggesting something without explicitly mentioning it

Relating to or derived from sediment deposited by flowing water, especially in a riverbed, floodplain, or delta.

Money or goods given to the poor as charity

Up in the air; overhead

Distant or uninvolved either physically or emotionally

A noisy argument or disagreement

Selfless concern for the well-being of others

Showing a selfless concern for others' well-being

A mixture or blend of different elements

To combine or unite to form one structure or organization

The action, process, or result of combining or uniting

To gather together or accumulate over time

A large tropical rainforest in South America

Able to use both hands equally well

The character and atmosphere of a place

Open to more than one interpretation

Having more than one possible meaning

The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

Having mixed feelings

To walk at a slow, relaxed pace

Food or drink of the gods, often associated with divine qualities

Able to walk

A surprise attack by people lying in wait

To make a bad situation better

Open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled.

To make changes or improvements

Features that provide comfort, convenience, or pleasure

Friendly and pleasant in manner

Characterized by friendliness and absence of discord

Not quite right; inappropriate or out of place

A friendly relationship

A condition where a person loses memory

A pardon for offenses, especially political ones

In a frenzied, uncontrolled state

Lacking a sense of right and wrong

In a manner lacking moral sense or principles

Showing or feeling romantic love or desire

Lacking a clear shape or form

The process of gradually paying off a debt over time through regular payments

To gradually pay off a debt over a period of time

A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that can live both on land and in water, typically having an aquatic gill-breathing larval stage followed by a terrestrial lung-breathing adult stage.

A circular or oval building with tiers of seats around a central open area, used for public events.

Enough or more than enough; plentiful

To increase the volume or intensity of sound.

In a generous or sufficient manner

To surgically remove a limb or part of the body.

In a frenzied or uncontrolled manner

An object believed to protect its owner from harm or bring good luck

Something from a different time period

Belonging to a different time period, often outdated

Absence of pain in response to stimulation that would normally be painful.

A drug or medicine that relieves pain

Similar in some way

Similar in a way that makes clear the nature of the relationship

A comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification

A person who believes in or tries to bring about a society without government or laws

A state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority

Something or someone that is intensely disliked or loathed

Line of descent or lineage from ancestors

A heavy object attached to a rope or chain used to moor a vessel to the sea bottom

Providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organization, institution, or system

A metal support for logs in a fireplace

Having both male and female characteristics

A short, amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

A condition marked by a deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin in the blood.

Lacking in color, spirit, or vitality

A substance that causes loss of sensation

Severe mental or physical pain or suffering

Having sharp corners or edges

A critical and usually censorious remark

Full of life or excitement; lively

Strong hostility or opposition

Strong hostility or opposition

Hostility or ill feeling

A record of events, often yearly

To heat metal or glass and then cool it slowly to remove internal stresses and toughen it.

To add or attach, especially to a larger or more significant thing

To destroy completely

To add notes or comments

A fixed sum of money paid to someone each year, typically for the rest of their life.

To declare invalid

Not likely to provoke offense or disagreement; inoffensive

To apply oil or ointment as part of a religious ceremony

The act of applying oil or an oily substance as part of a religious ceremony or ritual.

Deviating from what is standard or expected

Deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected

Something that deviates from the norm or expectations

Condition of being unknown or unacknowledged

Not identified by name; unknown.

Active hostility or opposition

To make someone angry or hostile

To come before something in time

A preceding event, condition, or cause

Preceding events or circumstances

To assign a date earlier than the actual one

Extremely old or outdated

A rousing or uplifting song identified with a particular group, body, or cause.

A collection of literary works

Belief that humans are the most important entity in the universe

Resembling humans, especially in shape or appearance

A person who studies human societies and cultures and their development.

Attributing human characteristics to non-human entities

A playful or silly act, gesture, or series of movements

A disappointing end after a big build-up

A remedy to counteract poison or disease

A strong feeling of dislike

A strong feeling of dislike

Outdated or old-fashioned

An old collectible object, often valuable

The ancient past, especially the period before the Middle Ages

A substance that prevents infection by killing or inhibiting the growth of microorganisms.

A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else

Directly opposed or contrasted

A branched horn on the head of an adult deer, typically shed and regrown annually.

A heavy iron block used in metalworking

Showing or feeling no interest or concern

Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern

A large primate that does not have a tail, such as a gorilla or chimpanzee

An opening or hole