Max Vocab

Having greater importance or influence

To be greater in number, influence, or importance

A preconceived liking or preference

Completely absurd or ridiculous

A requirement that must be fulfilled before something else can happen or be done

A right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class

To be a sign or warning of a future event

The ability to know or predict what will happen in the future

Having knowledge of events before they happen

A rule or directive

Capable of being prescribed or recommended, especially by a doctor or authority.

A written order from a doctor for a specific medicine

Having a feeling that something, often unpleasant, is about to happen.

A feeling that something is about to happen

A formal presentation or statement, especially in a legal context.

The act of maintaining something in its original state

An assumption made without proof

Failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate

An attempt to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed.

Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed.

Beyond what is normal or natural

A false reason given to hide the real reason

The state of being widespread or common

Common or widespread in a particular area or at a particular time

To speak or act in an evasive way

The act of stopping something from happening

A small, sharp point or thorn

Behaving in a self-righteous or smug manner

Very formal and proper in behavior and appearance

First in importance or quality

A basic introductory text or manual

Relating to the earliest ages of the world

Relating to an early stage in evolutionary or historical development.

The person with the highest authority or most important position in an organization, institution, or group, especially a school.

A territory ruled by a prince

A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior.

A religious residence for monks or nuns

In its original condition; unspoiled

A privately owned ship authorized by a government to attack enemy ships during wartime.

Lack of basic necessities or comforts of life

A special right, advantage, or immunity granted to a particular person or group of people

A direct relationship between parties

Having knowledge of something secret or private

The legal process of verifying a will

A period of testing or trial to assess someone's suitability or performance

To investigate or explore thoroughly

Adherence to the highest principles and ideals

A series of actions conducted in a certain order or manner.

To continue or carry on with an action or task

An official announcement or declaration

To delay or postpone action

The action of delaying or postponing tasks

A person who supervises students during an examination

Spending money or resources freely and recklessly

Remarkably or impressively great in size, extent, or degree

A person, especially a young one, with exceptional abilities or talents.

Achieving a significant amount or result

A paid occupation that requires formal training and qualifications

A teacher of the highest rank in a college or university

To offer or present for acceptance

A high degree of skill or competence

Skilled and experienced at doing something

A brief description of someone's life, work, or character

A person who makes excessive profit, especially in an unethical way

Reckless wastefulness

Recklessly wasteful, especially in the use of resources

Given, produced, or existing in large amounts

Offspring or descendants

To predict or foretell a future event

A series of events or steps leading to a result

The act of forbidding something by law or authority

A person who supports the banning of alcohol

Serving to forbid or prevent something

An estimate or forecast of future events based on current data or trends

A member of the working class

Producing a lot of something

Using too many words; tediously lengthy

An introductory section of a book or play

To extend the duration of something

A leisurely walk or stroll, especially in a public place

The state of being important or famous

Important or well-known

Having or involving many transient sexual relationships

Containing or conveying a promise or assurance

A high point of land extending into a body of water

A person or organization that helps to publicize or organize an event or activity.

To make known officially and publicly

Information, often biased or misleading, used to promote a political cause or point of view

To spread or promote widely

To push or drive forward

A substance used to drive something forward, such as in rockets or spray cans.

A device with blades that rotates to move a vehicle, especially an aircraft or boat, forward.

An inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way

A prediction of what will happen in the future

To predict or foretell future events

Indicating a good chance of success or favorable conditions

Corresponding in size or amount to something else

Corresponding in size or amount to something else

An owner of a business or property

Conforming to accepted standards of behavior or morals

The action of driving or pushing forward

Lacking in imagination or originality

The part of a theater stage in front of the curtain

To officially forbid something

The act of forbidding something by law

A person who has converted from one opinion, religion, or party to another.

The patterns of rhythm and sound in poetry

A person who searches for mineral deposits, especially gold.

A document outlining details about an institution or project to inform or attract participants or investors

A state of being successful or thriving, especially in financial respects

Lying flat, often face down, as in submission or adoration

The main character in a story, play, movie, etc.

The act of keeping someone or something safe

Providing or intended to provide defense or safety

A person or thing that defends someone or something from harm or danger

A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person.

A system of rules that explain the correct conduct and procedures to be followed in formal situations.

The first person to be martyred for a cause, especially in the context of religion

The living substance inside a cell, excluding the nucleus, that is essential for life processes

An original model or first version of something from which other forms are developed or copied.

To extend the duration of something

To extend beyond or above a surface

Something that sticks out

A thing that sticks out from a surface

Bulging outward

To bulge outward

A short, well-known saying that expresses a general truth or piece of advice.

Well-known or commonly referred to, often used in reference to a saying or phrase

Careful about planning for the future and saving money

Occurring at a favorable time; opportune

Relating to a province or rural areas

A condition attached to an agreement

An action or speech that makes someone annoyed or angry, especially deliberately

Causing a strong reaction, especially anger or excitement

Exceptional skill or ability

In a near or close manner

A person authorized to act on behalf of another

The quality of being careful and sensible

Involving or showing care and foresight, especially in business or financial matters

Excessive or affected modesty

Having or showing excessive interest in sexual matters

A person who falsely claims to be an apostle or a religious leader

A name used by someone instead of their real name, often by writers or artists

The state of using a false name to conceal one's identity

The medical field dealing with mental health

Relating to the mind or mental phenomena

Exhibiting chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior.

The treatment of mental health issues through talking with a therapist.

Slightly overweight or chubby

Childishly silly or trivial

A person who fights with their fists, especially a professional boxer

Eager or quick to argue or fight

Having great power or influence

Relating to the lungs

Showing great attention to detail or correct behavior

Arriving or doing something at the expected or planned time

The quality of having a strong, sharp smell or taste.

Having a strong, sharp smell or taste

Intended as punishment

The state or period of being a student under the guidance of a teacher or mentor

A state of suffering or waiting, often used in a religious context as a place where souls are purified before entering heaven.

To knit with a stitch that creates a raised pattern

To steal something, especially in a sneaky or secretive way

To claim or appear to be something, often falsely

A person or company that supplies goods or services

Lacking courage or determination

Undergoing the process of decay; rotting

A pile of wood or other combustible material, especially for burning a corpse as part of a funeral rite.

An uncontrollable impulse to set things on fire

Relating to fireworks or their production

A container for carrying the consecrated host in Christian ceremonies

A fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill

Dishonest practices and claims to have special knowledge and skill in some field, typically medicine.

To make square or rectangular

A four-sided polygon

An animal with four feet

To increase fourfold

To drink something heartily or in large quantities

A soft, wet area of land that gives way underfoot

Attractively unusual or old-fashioned

A skill or attribute that makes someone suitable for a particular job or activity

Having the necessary skills, experience, or knowledge

To meet the necessary standards or requirements

Relating to the quality or characteristics of something rather than its quantity

A feeling of uneasiness or doubt

A state of uncertainty or confusion about what to do

Related to measuring or expressed as a quantity

An amount or number of something

The smallest amount of a physical quantity that can exist independently, especially a discrete quantity of electromagnetic radiation.

A period of isolation to prevent the spread of disease

An angry disagreement or argument

Inclined to argue or provoke disputes

A place where stone, rock, or minerals are extracted from the ground

One of four equal parts

Occurring every three months

A group of four people or things

A book or pamphlet made by folding sheets of paper twice to form four leaves or eight pages

To reject or void, especially by legal procedure

A platform lying alongside or projecting into water for loading and unloading ships.

Feeling nauseated or sick to one's stomach

To suppress or put an end to something, typically by force

To satisfy one's thirst by drinking

Complaining in a petulant or whining manner

A question or request for information.

A long or arduous search for something

A line of people or vehicles waiting for their turn

To argue or raise objections about a trivial matter

A state of quietness or inactivity

In a state of inactivity or dormancy

Making little or no noise

The state of being quiet and peaceful

A final discharge or release from life or an activity

The most perfect or typical example of a quality or class

A group of five people or things, especially musicians or singers.

A witty or clever remark

A peculiar behavior or trait

Unconventionally strange or unique

A person who betrays their own country by aiding an enemy.

To a certain extent or degree; fairly.

To tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion

Unrealistically idealistic

Expressing puzzlement or curiosity

The minimum number of members needed for a group to officially conduct business.

A group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author or speaker.

Commonplace or ordinary, especially when mundane

Extremely enthusiastic or fanatical

A person skilled at telling stories in an amusing or interesting way

Slightly improper or suggestive

Brightness or light emitted or reflected

To emit energy or light

Relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough.

The base of a number system

Good-natured teasing or joking

Uncontrollably energetic and noisy

A consequence or result of an action or decision

To form branches or offshoots

Having many branches

Spreading unchecked and uncontrolled

A defensive wall of a castle or city

Bitter, long-lasting resentment

To cause persistent irritation or resentment

Aggressively greedy

Happening in a short time or at a fast pace

Violent seizure and carrying off of another's property

A harmonious relationship

Completely fascinated or absorbed by what one is seeing or hearing

Relating to birds of prey

Of lower pressure or density, often related to high altitudes

A fixed amount of a resource officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage.

A belief that reason and logic are the primary sources of knowledge and truth

The action of attempting to explain or justify behavior or an attitude with logical reasons, even if these are not appropriate.

Loud and harsh

To cause severe damage

Extremely hungry

A deep, narrow gorge with steep sides, often carved by running water.

A response to a stimulus or situation

Opposing political or social progress or reform.

Without hesitation or difficulty

To change or alter something again

Fully prepared

The practice of accepting a situation as it is and dealing with it accordingly

A kingdom or domain

To gather or harvest a crop

To change the order or position of something

To restore confidence to someone

Resisting control or authority

To reject or refuse in an abrupt or ungracious manner.

To construct something again after it has been damaged or destroyed

To criticize or express disapproval

To argue against a statement or claim

A counterargument or contradiction

Stubbornly resisting authority or control

To take back a statement or belief

To summarize or repeat the main points

To take back something that was lost or taken

To move back or further away

Able to be received

Willing to consider or accept new ideas or suggestions

Relating to a trait or gene that is masked by a dominant one and only appears when two copies are present.

The tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend

A person who relapses into criminal behavior

A person who receives something

Mutual; shared by both sides

To respond to a gesture or action with a corresponding one

The practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit.

The action of repeating something aloud from memory

To care or be concerned about something

Acting without thinking about the consequences

To retrieve or recover something previously lost or given.

To lean or lie back in a relaxed position

A person who lives alone and avoids other people

A place where someone lives in seclusion, often for religious reasons.

A legal promise made by someone before a court to do something, such as appear at a later date for a trial, often without having to pay money as bail.

To identify someone or something from having encountered them before

To suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust

To remember something from the past

To begin again after a pause

To give something to someone as a reward or as a payment for loss or suffering

Capable of being resolved or settled

To restore friendly relations

Difficult to understand

The act of exploring to gather information

To explore or survey an area to gather information, especially for military purposes

To think about something again, especially with the possibility of changing a decision.

To rebuild or restore something to its original state or form

A source of help or solution in a difficult situation

To return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength.

Cowardly or unfaithful

To make something again

An accusation in response to one from someone else

Renewed activity after a period of dormancy or inactivity

Becoming active again after a period of inactivity

To enlist or enroll someone in an organization or group

To correct or fix a mistake

Morally correct behavior or thinking

To recover from illness or exertion

To happen again or repeatedly

To cure again

Happening repeatedly or periodically

The act of making something better or more acceptable

A pleasant smell

Having a strong smell

Inspiring fear or respect

To contribute to a result

To correct or set right an unfair situation

Capable of being simplified or made smaller

Excessive repetition or superfluousness

Not needed or more than necessary

To restore something to its former position or condition

To mention or allude to something

Able to be related or attributed to something

An official who watches a game or match closely to ensure that the rules are adhered to.

A person or thing that directs someone to a source of help or information

Having or showing well-bred feeling, taste, or manners

A facility where raw materials are processed and purified

Capable of being reflected, especially light or other waves

The return of light or sound waves from a surface

A device or surface that reflects light, heat, or sound.

Capable of being bent back

To make changes to improve something

A person who makes changes to improve something

To change direction when passing through a medium

Stubborn or unmanageable

Capable of being refuted or disproven

The ability of a substance to bend light as it passes through

Having the ability to bend light

Shining brightly

To renovate or redecorate something, especially a building

An act of saying no or not agreeing to something.

The act of proving a statement or theory to be wrong or false

To prove a statement or theory to be wrong or false

To entertain or amuse with talk or storytelling

Special clothing and decorations worn at official ceremonies

The quality of being royal or kingly

To grow back or be renewed

A person appointed to administer a country because the monarch is a minor or is absent or incapacitated

The act of killing a king

A system or planned way of doing things, especially one imposed from above

A systematic plan or set of rules, especially one designed to improve or maintain health

A military unit consisting of several battalions

Reigning or ruling

To return to a previous, less advanced state

Feeling or showing remorse for something done or not done

To restore to a former condition or status

The period during which a sovereign rules

To pay back money spent or lost

A long, narrow strap attached to a horse's bit, used to control the animal

To restore to a previous position or status

To say something again for clarity or emphasis

To come together again after being apart.

To make someone or something look or feel younger, fresher, or more lively

The process of becoming young or vigorous again

To fall back into a previous state after improvement

To assign to a lower position or rank

To become less severe, harsh, or strict

Continuing without becoming weaker or less intense

The quality of being closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand

Closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand

Dependence on something or someone

Depending on something or someone for support or help

To voluntarily give up or let go of

A container for holy relics

To enjoy greatly

Unwillingness or hesitation to do something

unwilling and hesitant

To correct or improve a problem or deficiency

The act of remembering or honoring a memory

A memory or recollection of past events

Tending to remind one of something

Negligent in the performance of one's duty

A period during which symptoms of a disease are reduced or disappear

To change the structure or form of something

A forceful protest or complaint

A person who protests or argues against something

To argue against something

A deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed

Far away in distance or time, or not closely related

To pay for services or work done

Payment for work or services

A planned meeting at a specific time and place