Max Vocab

Dependent on something else

The act of twisting or bending something into an unnatural shape.

Twisting into a strained shape or position

Goods that are illegal to trade, import, or export

To become smaller or shorter by drawing together; shrink.

Things that are opposite or completely different

To act against a rule or law

An unexpected and unfortunate occurrence

Feeling or expressing remorse

Deep regret for doing something wrong

A device or gadget

To create or bring about by deliberate use of skill and artifice

Artificial or forced

To dispute or argue against

Stubbornly disobedient to authority

Insulting language or treatment

A bruise caused by a blow to the body, resulting in injury to the underlying tissue without breaking the skin.

A confusing or difficult problem or question.

To recover one's health and strength over a period of time after an illness or operation

Recovering from illness or medical treatment

To come together for a meeting or gathering

A large meeting or conference, especially of members of a political party or a particular profession

Following accepted customs or practices

To come together and meet at a point

Familiar with or knowledgeable about something

To engage in spoken exchange of thoughts, ideas, or feelings.

In an opposite manner

The process of changing from one form or function to another

To change something into a different form or properties

Curved outward like the exterior of a sphere

The act of transporting something from one place to another

A strong belief or opinion

To persuade someone to do something or to believe that something is true

Friendly and lively

To call together for a meeting or assembly

Extremely complex and difficult to follow

Extremely complex and difficult to follow

A sudden, violent, irregular movement of the body caused by involuntary muscle contractions, often associated with medical conditions.

Abundant in quantity or supply

Abundant in quantity or supply

A person who flirts lightheartedly to win admiration

Warm and friendly

A line or circle of police, soldiers, or guards preventing access to an area

A large diving bird with a long neck, known for catching fish.

A decorative molding along the top of a building or wall

An abundant supply of good things

A natural consequence or result

An official who investigates deaths not due to natural causes

Relating to a physical body

Having a large, bulky body

A collection of written texts, especially the entire works of a particular author or a body of writing on a particular subject.

A small particle or cell, especially in the blood

To have a mutual relationship or connection

A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things

To support with evidence

To wear away or deteriorate due to a chemical reaction, often with rust on metal

The gradual destruction of materials, usually metals, by chemical reaction with the environment.

Able to destroy or damage by chemical action

Having a wavy surface

A pirate, especially during the Mediterranean Sea operations in the 16th to 18th centuries.

A solemn procession, especially for a funeral.

To emit flashes of light

Related to the universe or outer space

Familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures

To care for and protect in an overindulgent way

To treat with excessive care or indulgence

A small, exclusive group of people with shared interests or tastes

Having the same boundaries or extent in space, time, or meaning

A person's face or facial expression

Contrary to what one would expect

To revoke an order or command

A person or thing that has the same function or position in a different place or situation.

An argument or idea that contrasts with or opposes another.

Having the opposite of the desired effect

A sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.

Two individuals of the same sort considered together

A person or company that delivers messages, packages, or mail.

An area designated for playing a game such as tennis or basketball

A formal and serious agreement or promise

Not openly acknowledged or displayed

To desire something belonging to someone else

Having a strong desire to possess something, usually belonging to someone else.

A large domesticated ungulate animal raised for milk or beef.

To crouch down in fear

Pretending to be shy or modest in a playful or provocative way

To deceive or trick someone

Irritable or ill-tempered

An activity involving skill in making things by hand.

Clever at achieving one's aims by indirect or deceitful methods

Lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence

To have a strong desire for something

Lacking in courage

Belief in or acceptance of something as true

A qualification, achievement, or aspect of a person's background, typically when used to indicate their suitability for something.

The quality of being trusted and believed in

Able to be believed; convincing

Deserving praise or recognition

A statement of beliefs or principles

Willingness to believe something without much evidence

Easily fooled or too ready to believe things

A set of beliefs or aims that guide someone's actions

To move slowly and quietly

To burn a dead body to ashes

Active during twilight

A gradual increase in loudness or intensity

The top or highest point of something, especially a mountain or wave.

Feeling sad and disappointed

A narrow opening or fissure, especially in a rock or wall.

A group of people working together, especially one that runs an airplane or large vessel.

To react with discomfort or embarrassment

To form small creases or wrinkles

Standards or principles used to judge or decide something

A standard or principle used to judge or decide something

To create fabric by interlocking loops of yarn using a hooked needle.

An old woman, often depicted as ugly or disagreeable

To sing softly and soothingly

To move from one side to another

To breed animals or plants using parents of different types

Irritable and easily annoyed

A small container or bottle for holding condiments, typically oil or vinegar.

The hard outer layer or surface

The most important or central point of an issue

An underground room or vault beneath a church, used as a chapel or burial place.

Having a hidden or mysterious meaning

To form crystals

A small, enclosed workspace

A signal for action

A style or method of cooking, especially as characteristic of a particular country, region, or establishment.

A street or passage closed at one end.

Related to cooking or the kitchen

To select and remove weak or inferior members from a group

To reach the highest point or final stage

The highest or climactic point of something, especially as attained after a long time

Responsibility for a fault or wrong

Deserving blame

A person or thing responsible for a crime or problem

Having refined taste and manners

A tunnel carrying a stream or open drain under a road or railroad.

Large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy.

Increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions

Having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion

Excessive desire for wealth or possessions

A person in charge of a museum or art collection

To restrain or keep in check

A regulation requiring people to remain indoors during designated hours, typically at night.

A bad-tempered or surly person

A dish of meat, vegetables, etc., cooked in an Indian-style sauce of strong spices and typically served with rice.

Written with flowing strokes

Done quickly and without attention to detail.

To reduce or limit something

A person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honorable reasons.

Believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity

An inclination to believe people are motivated purely by self-interest.

A person or thing that attracts a lot of attention or admiration

To engage in an activity in a casual or superficial way.

delicately small and pretty

A raised platform for speakers or honored guests

A casual romantic or sexual relationship

To waste time or act slowly

To condemn or criticize severely

Slightly wet

Unpleasantly moist or humid

A person who is a tooth specialist.

Neat and trim in dress and appearance

Marked with spots or patches of color

To move suddenly and quickly in a particular direction

A person who is cowardly and treacherous

To coat or smear with a thick substance in a rough or liberal way.

To make someone feel intimidated or discouraged

Seemingly difficult to deal with in anticipation; intimidating

Showing fearlessness and determination

To waste time or move slowly

A period of 24 hours

A state of stunned confusion or bewilderment

To impress deeply

A situation where progress is impossible due to disagreement

Displaying no emotion or expression, often used humorously

A scarcity or lack of something

A sudden and complete failure

To exclude or prevent from entering

To reduce in quality or value

Reduced in quality or value

To lead someone into immoral or excessive indulgence

Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures

A type of bond or debt instrument that is unsecured by collateral

To weaken or make someone or something less effective

Causing weakness or impairment

Charming, stylish, and confident

The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

To expose the falseness of a belief or idea

The first public appearance or performance.

A young woman making her formal entrance into society

Moral or cultural decline characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury.

Characterized by or reflecting a state of moral or cultural decline

To pour liquid gently to separate it from sediment

To cut off the head of a person or animal.

To slow down

A unit used to measure the intensity of a sound.

Shedding leaves annually

To destroy a large portion of something

The act of killing or destroying a large part of something.

To interpret or make sense of something difficult to understand

To speak rhetorically or passionately, often in a formal setting

A downward slope or bend

Having a low neckline

The process of breaking down into simpler parts

Behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety

Characterized by proper behavior and good manners

Proper behavior and good taste

Characterized by propriety and good taste

A person or thing used to lure or mislead

An official order issued by a legal authority

Worn out or ruined because of age or neglect.

The state of being worn out or in poor condition due to age or neglect

To publicly criticize

To arrive at a conclusion using reasoning

Able to be inferred or derived from evidence or reasoning

To consider or judge

To spoil the appearance of something by drawing or writing on it

To embezzle funds

The act of damaging someone's reputation by making false statements.

To damage someone's reputation by making false statements

A preselected option adopted by a computer program or other mechanism when no alternative is specified by the user or programmer.

A person who expects or is excessively ready to accept failure.

An imperfection or shortcoming

The act of leaving a country, organization, or group to join an opposing one.

To postpone or delay

Respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, or will of another

Showing respect or courteous regard for someone or something

Bold resistance or disobedience

To make dirty or impure

Serving as a final solution or authority

To cause something to change direction

To strip leaves from a plant or tree

To provide money to pay

To remove a priest or minister from their position

Skillful and quick in one's movements

Skillful performance or ability without difficulty

No longer existing or functioning

To deteriorate or decline in quality or condition

The process of something being damaged or reduced in quality.

To lower in dignity or esteem; insult

Reduced in quality or value

To remove water from something

To treat or worship someone as a god

To do something considered beneath one's dignity

To make someone feel sad or dispirited

To assign responsibility to another person

To remove or erase

Causing harm or damage

Done consciously and intentionally

A rare or expensive food item that is considered highly desirable

To set boundaries or limits

To describe or portray something precisely

The action of describing or portraying something precisely

Tending to absorb moisture from the air until it dissolves.

A disturbed state of mind characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence, often occurring in fever or intoxication.

A landform at the mouth of a river

To mislead or deceive someone into believing something that is not true.

A severe flood or a large amount of rain

A false belief or opinion

Giving a false or misleading impression

Misleading or deceptive

To investigate or research deeply

A leader who seeks support by appealing to desires and prejudices rather than rational argument.

To set the boundaries or limits of something

To cause someone to lose dignity or respect.

A person's outward behavior or manner

Behaving irrationally due to anger, distress, or excitement

A mark against a person for misconduct or failure.

Land attached to a manor and retained for the owner's use

The end of something or someone, often referring to death

A specific segment of the population

The act of tearing down buildings or structures

Frenzied as if possessed by a demon

Possessed by or resembling an evil spirit

Able to be shown or proven

Openly expressive of emotions

To cause someone to lose confidence or hope

Relating to the language used by ordinary people

To raise objections or show reluctance

Reserved, modest, and shy

To criticize unfairly or belittle

An inhabitant or occupant of a particular place

A recognized autonomous branch of a religion.

The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.

To indicate or signify

The final resolution or outcome of a story or situation.

To publicly declare to be wrong or evil

Closely compacted in substance.

To represent something in a picture or describe it in words.

To remove hair from the body

To use up the supply or resources of

To express strong disapproval of something

To arrange or position strategically

To expel a foreigner from a country

A person's behavior or manners

To remove from office or power

The action of removing someone from office or power

To make someone morally corrupt or wicked

Moral corruption or wickedness

To express disapproval of something

To express disapproval of something

Expressing disapproval

To decrease in value over time

An act of attacking or plundering

To appoint someone as a substitute with power to act.

Mad or insane

In a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect