Max Vocab

To impose a tax or fee

Crude and offensive in a sexual way

A person who compiles dictionaries

The practice of compiling dictionaries

The vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge.

State of being responsible for something, especially by law

A person who helps groups work together and share information

A false written statement that damages a person's reputation

Containing false and defamatory statements

Open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values.

To set free from a situation, especially imprisonment or slavery

A person who behaves without moral principles, especially in sexual matters

Having or expressing strong sexual desire.

Desire or drive, especially sexual

The text of an opera or other long vocal work

Official permission to do something

Lacking moral discipline, especially in sexual conduct

A legal claim on a property

A place or position

Having the texture or characteristics of wood

In the same way

Extremely small or tiny

Flexible or able to move easily

A state of uncertainty or indecision

To depict or describe in painting or words

To walk with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg or foot

Clear and transparent

Direct descent from an ancestor; ancestry

A distinctive feature or characteristic, especially of the face

Distinctive features or characteristics, especially of the face

To stay in a place longer than necessary, often without a clear purpose or reason

Related to language or the study of language

To treat someone as a celebrity

To convert assets into cash

Thin, graceful, and flexible

A series of items written or printed consecutively

Lacking energy or enthusiasm

A repetitive series or list, often tedious or lengthy

Flexible and graceful

The process of taking legal action

A figure of speech in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary

Waste materials carelessly discarded

A means of securing the necessities of life

Extremely angry

Unwilling or reluctant to do something

To feel intense dislike or disgust for

A vein of metal ore in the earth

An upper floor or space in a building, typically under the roof, used for storage or living space.

Very high or tall

A part of the trunk or a large branch of a tree that has fallen or been cut off

Reasonable or makes sense

To stand or wait around without apparent purpose

To hang loosely or droop

Long life or existence

A place from which to keep watch or view the landscape

To appear as a large or threatening shape

To move or run with a long, bounding stride.

Uneven or unbalanced

Tending to talk a lot

Tending to talk a lot

A large number or amount

A game of chance where people buy tickets to win money or prizes

To relax or recline in a lazy manner

A person who is aggressive and uncouth

Situated not far above the ground or base level

To apply a substance to minimize friction

The quality of being smooth and slippery

Glowing with light

Clear and easy to understand

Producing a great deal of profit

Money, especially when regarded as sordid or distasteful

So absurd or ridiculous as to be laughable

Looking or sounding sad and dismal

To calm or send to sleep

To move in a slow, heavy, awkward way

A unit of measure for light output

A person who inspires or influences others, especially in a particular field

Emitting or reflecting light

Relating to the moon

A person who is mentally ill or acts in a wildly foolish manner.

Vivid in color, often creating an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect

To stay hidden, often to do something bad

Having a rich, pleasing taste or smell

Having a lot of green, healthy plants

Strong desire or craving, often for sexual pleasure

A gentle sheen or soft glow

Having a shiny or glossy appearance

Rich and profuse in growth; lush

To enjoy oneself in a luxurious way

Disturbing and horrifying due to involvement with death or injury

A spiked club used as a weapon

To soften or become softened by soaking in a liquid.

Cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous, especially in politics

To engage in plots and schemes

A plot or scheme, usually for a deceitful purpose

Scheming or crafty actions intended to accomplish something, usually evil or deceitful

To stain or make impure

Marked with spots or stains

A type of song for several voices, typically unaccompanied and arranged in elaborate counterpoint, popular during the Renaissance and early Baroque periods.

A powerful whirlpool

Having the characteristics of a master or authority; commanding and dignified

An official who administers the law

Generosity or nobility of spirit, especially towards a rival or someone less powerful

Showing a generous and kind nature

A wealthy and influential person in business

Using high-flown or grandiose language

The size or extent of something

To inflict a severe injury, often resulting in permanent damage.

To keep in good condition

The greater number or part of something

Serving as a temporary substitute; sufficient for the time being

Lacking skill or dexterity

A disease or ailment

A general feeling of discomfort or unease

The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with an amusing effect

Inappropriate or unsuitable

A person who is dissatisfied and rebellious

A curse or expression of a wish for harm to come to someone

A person who commits a crime or some other wrong.

Causing harm or destruction

Causing harm or destruction

Having or showing a wish to do evil to others

Wrongdoing, especially by a public official

The intention or desire to do evil or harm

Intending to do harm

To speak about someone in a spitefully critical manner

Harmful and potentially deadly, especially in relation to tumors

To pretend to be ill to avoid work or duty

A person who pretends to be ill to avoid work or duty

A large building or series of connected buildings containing a variety of retail stores and often restaurants and other businesses

Easily shaped or bent

Having an unpleasant smell

A warm-blooded vertebrate animal with hair or fur, females have mammary glands which produce milk for feeding young.

A large, extinct elephant

A metal band, chain, or shackle for fastening someone's hands or ankles.

An official order or commission to do something

Required by law or rules; compulsory

To move skillfully or carefully

A skin disease caused by parasitic mites

To severely damage or disfigure by cutting, tearing, or crushing.

Having a dirty or shabby appearance

Exhibiting extremely wild or violent behavior

Clear or obvious to the mind or eye

A clear sign or indication of something

A public declaration of intentions, motives, or views, especially of a political nature

Many and various

To handle or control in a skillful manner

Having good manners

A habitual gesture or way of speaking or behaving

To move skillfully or carefully

A covering layer or cloak

To release from slavery or servitude

To spoil or damage the appearance or quality of something

To roam in search of things to steal or people to attack

A person who raids or plunders

The edge or border of something

Of minor importance or relevance

To treat a person, group, or concept as insignificant or peripheral

Related to marriage or the relationship of a married couple

Related to the sea or ocean

Clearly noticeable or evident

To leave someone trapped and isolated in an inaccessible place, especially an island.

To spoil the appearance or quality of something.

Soft tissue in bones producing blood cells

To arrange or organize people or things in a structured way

A type of mammal that carries and nurses its young in a pouch

Related to war or soldiers

A strict disciplinarian

A person who suffers greatly or dies for a cause or belief

Causing great wonder or delight; extraordinary

To crush or grind into a soft mass

A person who derives pleasure from their own pain or humiliation

A person skilled in building with stone, brick, or concrete

A party or event where people wear masks and costumes

A large body of matter with no specific shape

To chew food

A piece of material placed on a floor for wiping feet or as a protective layer.

Focus on physical possessions and wealth

Relating to a mother or motherhood

A performance, such as a play or movie, held in the daytime, especially in the afternoon.

A woman who is the head of a family or tribe

The act of killing one's mother

To enroll in a college or university as a student.

The state of being married

A rectangular array of numbers or symbols arranged in rows and columns.

Overly sentimental

To wound by scratching and tearing

To talk in a rambling way

A building, especially a large and stately one, housing a tomb or tombs.

A pale purple color

An independent-minded person

Excessively sentimental in a way that is exaggerated or insincere

A short statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct

Violent or chaotic disorder

Lacking in quantity or quality; insufficient; scanty.

Hesitant to speak directly or plainly, often to avoid offending or confronting.

To wander aimlessly

Inclined to interfere in others' affairs

To intervene to resolve a conflict

Of only moderate quality; not very good

A practice of focusing the mind for relaxation or spiritual purposes

A means or agency for communicating information

A mixture of different things

Showing a quiet and gentle nature

A psychological condition characterized by delusions of grandeur, power, or importance.

A deep, pensive, and long-lasting sadness.

A mixture or medley of different things.

A confused fight or scuffle involving many people

Having a smooth, flowing sound

A thin, flexible layer of tissue or material that covers or lines a structure or separates two areas.

An object kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event

A written account of personal experiences

An object or structure established to remember a person or event.

To preserve the memory of something or someone

A threat or danger

A collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition

Not telling the truth

Not telling the truth

The quality of being untruthful

A person who lives by begging

Relating to tasks that are considered lowly and require little skill

An experienced and trusted advisor

Related to trade or commerce

A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.

Characterized by rapid and unpredictable changes in mood or behavior.

Attractive in a flashy or vulgar way but lacking real value

The combination of two or more entities into one

A mixture of beaten egg whites and sugar, often used as a topping or dessert.

The quality of being particularly good or worthy, especially so as to deserve praise or reward

A system where advancement is based on ability or talent

Deserving praise or reward

A flat-topped hill with steep sides, common in arid regions.

To capture someone's complete attention, often in a spellbinding way

Relating to the science and technology of metals

To undergo a complete change in form or nature

A complete change in form or nature

A figure of speech where a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable, suggesting a resemblance.

Describing something as symbolic rather than literal

Relating to the abstract or transcendent aspects of reality beyond the physical world

To distribute or give out

Happening very suddenly and quickly

A device for measuring and recording the quantity, degree, or rate of something.

Done according to a systematic or established form of procedure.

Extremely precise and careful

Showing great attention to detail

Relating to or composed in a rhythmic pattern

A very large and densely populated city

Courage and strength of character

Full of spirit and courage

A row or street of houses or apartments that have been converted from stables or built to look like former stables.

A highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor

A smaller version of something larger

A person's appearance or manner indicating their mood or character

A person who moves from one place to another, especially to find work or better living conditions.

Relating to animals or people that move from one place to another at different times of the year.

The social environment or setting in which something occurs or develops

Aggressively active, especially in support of a cause

To have a significant effect or influence against something

A military force composed of ordinary citizens to provide defense, emergency law enforcement, or service during times of emergency without being paid a regular salary.

A white liquid produced by mammals as food for their young

A period of one thousand years

A theatrical technique of expressing an idea or mood without speech, using only gestures, facial expressions, and movement.

To imitate someone or something, often to entertain or ridicule

The action of imitating someone or something

A tall slender tower of a mosque, from which the call to prayer is made.

Expressing a threat

Affectedly dainty or delicate

To mix or combine

Very small or much smaller than usual

A follower or underling of a powerful person, often considered servile or unimportant.

Extremely small in size or amount

Extremely small

A period of time equal to sixty seconds

Small or minor details

Small, precise, or trivial details

An optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions, often seen in deserts or on hot roads, where distant objects appear distorted or displaced.

A stretch of swampy or boggy ground.

To become stuck in mud or a difficult situation.

Amusement or laughter

An unfortunate incident

A person who dislikes humankind

Having a dislike of humankind

A mistaken belief or misunderstanding

To use something, often funds, for a purpose other than intended, typically in a dishonest or unauthorized manner.

To incorrectly assign the origin or authorship of something

The interbreeding of people considered to be of different racial types

Consisting of various kinds or types

A collection of various items or a mixture

An unfortunate accident or unlucky event

Playful misbehavior or troublemaking, especially in children

Improper or unethical behavior

To interpret incorrectly

A person who behaves badly or breaks the law

A minor wrongdoing

A person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible.

Unwilling to spend money

A feeling of doubt or worry about a future event

Feelings of doubt or concern about something

An unfortunate accident or mistake

An incorrect or inappropriate name for something.

Dislike or hatred of marriage

A person who dislikes or is prejudiced against women

A weapon designed to be sent in the direction of a target

A written communication or letter

A small arachnid related to ticks, often found in soil, water, plants, or as parasites.

To make something less severe or serious

Lacking excitement or interest; dull

A device such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations that assists in remembering something

Able to move or be moved easily

To tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner.