Max Vocab

A person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion

A public entertainment consisting of a procession of people in elaborate costumes, or an outdoor performance of a historical scene.

The roof of the mouth

Resembling a palace in being spacious and splendid

The scientific study of fossils and ancient life forms

A thin board or slab on which an artist lays and mixes colors

A poem in which the poet retracts a view or sentiment expressed in a former poem.

A cloth spread over a coffin or a feeling of gloom

To make a disease or its symptoms less severe without removing the cause

Relieving pain without addressing the cause

Lacking color or brightness

So intense as to seem almost tangible

A medical condition causing uncontrollable tremors or paralysis

Having pale or light colors

A small booklet or leaflet containing information or arguments about a single subject.

A person who writes or distributes pamphlets, often to promote a particular cause or viewpoint.

A solution for all problems or difficulties

A disease outbreak affecting a large number of people across a wide area

Wild and noisy disorder or confusion

A formal public speech or written verse that praises someone or something

A flat or curved component, typically rectangular, that forms part of a surface or structure.

A sudden overwhelming fear

A complete or impressive collection of things

A wide and unobstructed view of an extensive area.

Belief that God is identical with the universe

A type of performance using gestures and body movements without words

An optical instrument for viewing a wide area or panorama

The office or authority of the Pope

A plant used in ancient times for making a writing material

A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson.

A typical example or pattern of something

A statement or situation that seems contradictory or impossible, but may be true

A person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality

Being an equal distance apart everywhere and never meeting

The state of being similar or corresponding in some way

Loss of the ability to move in part or most of the body

To cause (someone or something) to lose the ability to move or feel in part or all of the body

Most important or significant

A lover, especially in a secret or illicit relationship

Equipment or items used for a particular activity

To express the same message in different words

To trim by cutting away the outer edges

The identity and origins of one's parents

A local church community

Equality, especially in status or pay

A particular way of speaking or using words, especially common to a particular job or interest group.

A discussion or conference, especially between enemies under a truce to discuss terms.

The supreme legislative body in a country, typically a democracy

A room in a house for receiving guests

An imitation of a work that exaggerates its features for comic effect.

Having a similar sound or origin

A sudden and intense expression of emotion or activity

The act of killing one's parent or a close relative

To analyze a sentence into its parts and describe their syntactic roles

Unwilling to spend money or use resources

Capable of being divided into parts

A person who takes part in an activity or event.

To take part in an activity or event

A strong supporter of a party, cause, or person

A division into parts

Capable of feeling or suffering.

Accepting or allowing what happens without active response

Relating to the countryside or rural life

Related to or characteristic of a father

The state of being a father

A quality that evokes pity or sadness

A male leader or head of a family or group

Relating to a system or society controlled by men

A person of high social rank or nobility

Property inherited from one's father or male ancestor

Love for or devotion to one's country

To treat someone with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority

Displaying a superior attitude

A name derived from the name of a father or ancestor, typically by the addition of a prefix or suffix.

To make a rapid series of light tapping sounds

A small or insufficient quantity or amount

A person who is very poor

The state of being extremely poor

A large, often open structure used for shelter or events

A person or organization that receives a payment

Inclined to avoid conflict or violence

Free from disturbance; calm

Capable of sinning or making mistakes

A minor fault or sin

Having committed a fault or sin

Relating to the chest area

Relating to money

The art or science of teaching and education

A teacher or educator

The method and practice of teaching

A foot-operated lever used for controlling a device

A person who is excessively concerned with minor details or rules

Overly concerned with minor details or rules

To sell goods, often by traveling from place to place

A person who sells small goods, often traveling from place to place

A base or support on which something stands

A person walking rather than traveling in a vehicle

Branch of medicine dealing with children and their diseases

Ancestral line or lineage

A system of titles of nobility in certain countries

Having no equal; unmatched

Easily irritated or annoyed

Clear and easy to understand

A punishment imposed for breaking a law, rule, or contract.

A voluntary act to show sorrow or repentance for wrongdoing

A strong liking or preference for something

A piece of jewelry that hangs from a chain worn around the neck

Hanging down loosely

A weight hung from a fixed point so that it can swing freely, especially used to regulate the mechanism of a clock.

Able to be pierced or entered

To pass into or through something

The action of entering or passing through something

Relating to a landmass surrounded by water on three sides

Feeling of regret for wrongdoing

Feeling or showing regret for wrongdoing

Relating to feeling or expressing sorrow for wrongdoing

A long, narrow flag, often used for signaling or as a decoration.

A regular payment made during retirement from an investment fund to which an employee has contributed during their working life.

A group or set of five

A five-sided polygon

A five-pointed star, often used as a symbol in various contexts.

A solid figure with five flat faces.

A line in poetry with five metrical feet.

A sporting event with five different activities

Having a valence of five, typically referring to an element or compound with five available bonding sites.

Next to last in a sequence

Extremely poor or lacking money

Extreme poverty

To walk through or around a place, especially for pleasure and in a leisurely way

To become aware of something through the senses

Able to be seen or noticed

The ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses.

The ability to perceive or understand things quickly and accurately

Having a good understanding of things; insightful

To filter gradually through a porous surface or substance

A pot used for brewing coffee by cycling boiling water through coffee grounds

Musical instruments that produce sound by being struck or shaken

Insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusque or imperious way.

Lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring

Capable of being improved or made flawless

Deceitful and untrustworthy

Deceitfulness and untrustworthiness

To make a hole or series of holes in something.

To carry out an action or task

The art or process of making perfumes

Done with minimal effort or reflection

Possibly but not certainly

The point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is nearest to the earth.

Full of danger or risk

The quality of occurring at regular intervals

Traveling from place to place, often for work

To die, especially in a violent or sudden way

To lie under oath

The act of lying under oath

The state of lasting indefinitely or for an extended period

Lasting or intended to last indefinitely without change.

To spread throughout something

Allowed or permitted

An arrangement of all the members of a set into a sequence or order.

Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

At an angle of 90 degrees to a given line, plane, or surface.

A person who carries out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act

To make something continue indefinitely

A benefit or privilege that comes with a job or position

Hostile treatment, especially due to race, political or religious beliefs

Continued effort to achieve something despite difficulties or delay

To continue doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success

Light and playful banter

To continue firmly or obstinately

The quality of continuing steadily despite problems or difficulties

A person of distinction or importance

Relating to or affecting a particular person rather than anyone else.

The combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character.

Giving human traits to non-human things

People employed in an organization or engaged in an organized undertaking

A particular attitude or way of viewing something

Having keen insight and understanding

The ability to notice and understand things that are not obvious

Clearly expressed and easily understood

The process of sweating

To sweat

Easily convinced or influenced

To convince someone to do something or to believe something

Holding firmly to an opinion or course of action

Stubborn persistence or determination

Relevant or applicable to a particular matter

To disturb or unsettle

A disturbance or change that affects a system, often causing it to deviate from its usual state.

The act of reading or examining something carefully

To read something thoroughly

To spread through all parts of something

The state of being spread throughout something

Spreading widely throughout an area or group

Deliberately behaving in an unreasonable or unacceptable way

A distortion or corruption of something from its original state or meaning

Deliberate and stubborn resistance to guidance or discipline

To alter something from its original course or meaning to a distortion or corruption.

Allowing water or other substances to pass through

A deadly disease that spreads quickly

Harmful or destructive to crops or livestock

Harmful or destructive, often like a disease

To gradually decrease or diminish

To turn into stone

The quality of being childishly sulky or bad-tempered

Easily irritated or annoyed

An official book containing a list of medicinal drugs and their effects.

A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed

Remarkable or extraordinary

An observable event or occurrence

To engage in casual romantic or sexual relationships with multiple partners.

Showing a desire to help others by giving gifts or money

A person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by donating money to good causes

The act of giving money and help to people who are poor or in need

The collection and study of postage stamps

Relating to a symphony orchestra or its concerts

A person who loves or admires women.

A person who studies language in written historical sources

The study of language in written historical sources

To think or reason about profound subjects

Study of fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence

Having an unemotional and calm disposition

Relating to the sounds of speech

Relating to sound or speech sounds

A symbol representing a vocal sound

The study of the sound system of a language

Light emitted by a substance without heat

Related to the emission of electrons when light hits a material

An instrument for measuring the intensity of light

The science of measuring light

A scientist who studies or specializes in the field of physics

The science of matter, energy, and their interactions

An economic theory that emphasizes the importance of land and agriculture as the source of wealth.

The supposed art of judging character from facial features

The study of physical features of the Earth's surface

The study of how living organisms function

The form or structure of a person's body

Of little value or importance

A small flute that plays an octave higher than the standard flute.

A portion or part of something

Characterized by unsystematic partial measures taken over time.

To rob using violence, especially in wartime

To publicly criticize or ridicule

A tool used for gripping or holding, often with two handles and a pair of jaws.

A tool with two handles and jaws for gripping and pulling objects.

The highest point of development or achievement

A person who is among the first to explore or settle a new area or to develop a new field of study.

Deeply religious

To stimulate interest or curiosity

Deserving or arousing pity

Concise and forcefully expressive

Deserving or arousing sympathy or compassion

Deserving or arousing feelings of pity or compassion

Showing no mercy or compassion

A very small or inadequate amount of money

To calm someone down or make them less angry

Calm and peaceful, with little movement or activity

The act of using someone else's work or ideas without giving them proper credit.

A circular star chart that can be adjusted to display the visible stars for any time and date.

Ability to be shaped or molded

A remark or statement that is overused and lacks originality

Enthusiastic approval or praise

Seeming probable or reasonable, but not necessarily true

Full of fun and high spirits

A person who writes plays

A request made in an urgent and emotional manner

Giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment

Giving a feeling of enjoyment or satisfaction

Relating to the common people; lacking refinement

A person who receives a promise or commitment, especially in the context of a loan or security

A person who gives a promise or assurance, especially in the context of a legal or financial obligation.

Complete or attended by all members

A person, especially a diplomat, invested with full power to act on behalf of their government.

An abundance or large amount

Existing in large amounts

An excessive amount

Easily bent or shaped

A difficult or unfortunate situation

To measure the depth of something, often water

To fall or drop straight down at high speed

To steal goods, typically using force and in a time of disorder

A tense used to describe an action that was completed before another past action

More than one in number

The state of being more than one

A government or society ruled by the wealthy

Operated by air pressure

The art or creation of poems

A person who writes inferior poetry

Having qualities of poetry, such as beauty or emotional impact

The study or art of writing poetry

The quality of evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

Graceful and elegant bearing in a person

Relating to the North or South Pole

To cause division into opposing groups

Strong verbal or written attacks on someone or something

Fine powder from flowers that fertilizes other plants

To contaminate the environment with harmful or poisonous substances.

A system of government where power is vested in multiple people.

A government or organization where power is distributed among multiple leaders or groups.

The practice of having more than one spouse at the same time.

A person who knows and uses several languages

A flat shape with straight sides

A solid figure with many flat faces

A word with more than one syllable

An educational institution focusing on technical and vocational subjects

The belief in or worship of multiple deities.

A rounded knob on the end of a sword or saddle

The quality of being self-important or arrogant

Having an inflated sense of self-importance

To think about something carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion.

Slow and clumsy because of great weight

The Pope or a high-ranking bishop in the Catholic Church

The people living in a particular area or country

Having a large population

To be a sign or warning of a future event

A sign or warning that something, often something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen.

Giving a sign or warning that something, often something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen

A collection of investments or assets owned by an individual or organization

To suggest or put forward an idea or theory

The location or arrangement of something

Consisting in or characterized by the presence or possession of features or qualities rather than their absence.

A group of people gathered for a common purpose, especially to enforce the law

To have or own something

The state of having or owning something

Showing ownership or control

A person who owns or has something

Capable of being done or achieved

To assign a later date than the actual one

Located at the back

Future generations or descendants

Related to studies after earning a bachelor's degree

An additional remark at the end of a letter, after the signature.

Power or effectiveness

Having great power or influence

A person who possesses great power, often a ruler or monarch.

Ability to develop or achieve something in the future

A liquid with magical properties

Lacking strength or ability to act

Capable of being done or put into practice successfully

Dealing with things sensibly and realistically

To talk at length without purpose

To talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way.

An introductory statement in a document

Not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse.

A measure taken to prevent something dangerous or unpleasant from happening

To come before in time or order

The condition of being considered more important than something else.

An earlier event or action that serves as an example or guide

Serving as a precedent or example for future situations.

The slow movement or change in the orientation of a rotating object's axis

A very steep rock face or cliff, typically a tall one.

Acting suddenly without careful consideration

To cause something to happen suddenly or sooner than expected

Clearly expressed and accurate in every detail

The quality of being exact and accurate

To prevent something from happening or make it impossible

Having developed certain abilities or inclinations at an earlier age than usual.

A person or thing that comes before another of the same kind.

An animal that naturally preys on others

Relating to animals preying on others

A person who held a job or position before someone else.

A difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation

Part of a sentence that tells something about the subject

To say that an event or action will happen in the future, especially as a result of knowledge or experience.

A statement about what will happen in the future

The state of being more powerful or important

Having superior strength, influence, or authority

To be the most common or greatest in number or amount

The condition of being superior or surpassing others

To take action to prevent something from happening

Taking action to prevent an event or situation from happening

To involve or occupy beforehand

To set up or decide in advance

To exist before something else

The state of existing before something else

An introduction to a book, typically stating its subject, scope, or aims.

Serving as an introduction

To like or choose better than another or others

More desirable or suitable

A greater liking for one alternative over another or others

Giving an advantage or priority to someone or something

Advancement or promotion in status or position

A word, letter, or number placed before another.

Capable of being grasped or understood

Capable of grasping or holding

The act of grasping or seizing

An unfair feeling of dislike for a person or group because of race, sex, religion, etc.

The office or rank of a high-ranking member of the clergy, especially a bishop

A high-ranking member of the clergy

An introduction or overture, especially to a musical performance

Occurring before the usual or expected time

First in importance or leading

A statement or idea that is accepted as true and is used as the basis for an argument or reasoning.

A strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant

A state of being absorbed or engrossed in something

To dominate or engross the mind

To decide or determine an outcome in advance

The action of making ready or being made ready for use or consideration.

Serving as a preparation or introduction

A greater amount or number of something