Max Vocab

A person who draws or produces maps

A container holding a spool of film, ink, or other substance, designed for insertion into a mechanism.

A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank, profession, or wealth

To criticize someone severely

Relaxed and unconcerned

A person injured or killed in an accident or a military action

A whip with nine knotted cords, used historically for punishment.

A large-scale and violent event in the natural world.

A medical condition where the lens of the eye becomes cloudy, leading to decreased vision

A sudden event causing great damage or suffering

The process of releasing strong emotions

The electrode through which electric current flows out of a polarized electrical device.

Broad-mindedness or universality

A meeting of supporters or members of a specific political party or movement.

Relating to or acting as a cause

Able to burn or corrode organic tissue

To burn a wound to stop bleeding or prevent infection

To stop or come to an end

To give up control or possession of something, often unwillingly.

To suppress or remove parts of a book, film, or other media that are considered unacceptable

Highly critical

An official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals.

A 100th anniversary or its celebration

A unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter

A unit of length in the metric system equal to one hundredth of a meter.

An officer in the ancient Roman army

Grains used for food

Related to or used for formal events or rituals

Relating to or characterized by formal ceremony or ritual.

The act of stopping something

The act of giving up something, especially land or rights, to another party

A feeling of distress or embarrassment

A type of lizard known for changing its skin color.

A court of equity, dealing with non-criminal cases

Complete disorder and confusion

A feature or quality belonging to a person, place, or thing that helps to identify it

To describe the distinctive qualities or features of someone or something

A compelling charm or appeal that can inspire devotion in others

A person who falsely claims to have special knowledge or skill; a fraud.

A deep fissure in the earth, rock, or another surface.

To discipline or correct by punishment or criticism

To criticize or reprimand severely

The state of refraining from sexual activity

A large French country house or castle, often associated with wine estates.

An item of personal property that is movable

To examine or verify the accuracy or quality of something

A lightweight, sheer fabric often made of silk or nylon

Imaginary or fantastical

The medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code

An infectious disease causing severe diarrhea and dehydration

Easily angered or bad-tempered

Relating to a choir or music sung by a choir

To give a name to someone or something during a ceremony

Relating to or produced by color

Persisting for a long time or constantly recurring

The arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence

A precise timekeeping device

A method of transforming a text to conceal its meaning

Not direct or straightforward

To move continuously or freely through a closed system or area

The distance around a circle or rounded object

Using many words to say something that could be said more directly

To travel all the way around something, typically the world.

To restrict within limits

Careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences

A fortress protecting a city

To mention or refer to as evidence or support

A person making a demand or asserting a right

The ability to perceive events beyond normal sensory contact.

Making a loud and confused noise

A group of families with a common ancestor

Kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit

A loud, resonant sound

To make a statement or situation less confused and more comprehensible

A medieval trumpet with a clear, shrill tone

To arrange or organize by categories

Official permission or authorization

Mercy shown towards someone, especially by a person in authority

Mild or merciful in disposition or character

A small, exclusive group of people

Sailing as directly into the wind as possible

A person or company that makes or sells clothes

Lacking coordination or skill

A substance that causes a liquid, especially blood, to thicken into a solid or semi-solid state.

To change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state

The process of coming together to form one mass or whole.

A group formed for a common purpose

To treat with excessive care or kindness

An addition or supplement that modifies a will

To force someone to do something by using threats or pressure

The act of forcing someone to do something against their will

Using force or threats to make someone do something

Clear, logical, and convincing

Having the same linguistic origin or root

Being aware or having knowledge of something

To stick together in a mass

The action or fact of forming a united whole.

Sticking together or being united

To occur at the same time or to be the same in nature or time

A remarkable occurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection.

Occurring at the same time or place

To work jointly on an activity or project.

To fall down or inward suddenly; cave in

Able to be folded or compressed into a smaller size

A person with whom one works, especially in a profession or business.

Done by or characteristic of individuals acting together

A person who gathers items of a particular type

A person who is a student at a college

To crash into something

A person who works in a coal mine

An instance of two or more objects hitting each other forcefully

Used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.

Informal expression

A formal conversation or dialogue

Secret cooperation for an illegal or deceitful purpose

Extremely large or great

A person or thing of enormous size, importance, or ability

Attractive or pleasing in appearance

Fit to be eaten

Funny or amusing

To honor or remember someone or something with a ceremony or action

To begin or start

A spoken or written discussion providing opinions or explanations about an event or situation.

To mix or blend together

To express or feel sympathy or pity

A department responsible for supply, especially food and equipment, in the military or a government.

A group of people officially charged with a particular function.

A promise or firm decision to do something

An act of sending someone to a place, especially a mental institution or prison

Spacious and comfortable

A raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold.

A state of confused and noisy disturbance

To travel regularly between two places, especially between home and work.

Able to be likened to something else

Relating to comparison between two or more things.

The act of evaluating similarities and differences between two or more things

Evoking interest or attention in a powerful way

To make up for something unwelcome or unpleasant by exerting an opposite force or effect

Money awarded to someone for loss, injury, or suffering

The ability to do something successfully or efficiently

Having the necessary ability or skills to do something successfully.

Involving or based on rivalry

A person or entity that takes part in a contest or competition.

A feeling of satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements

Self-satisfied and unaware of potential dangers or deficiencies

Willingness to please others

Willing to please others or accept their demands

Something that completes or makes perfect

Consisting of many different and connected parts

Willing to agree or follow rules

To make something more difficult or confusing by causing it to be more complex

A factor that makes something more difficult or complex

The state of being involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing

A polite expression of praise or admiration

A part or element of a larger whole

To behave in a manner conforming to what is right, proper, or expected

Calmness and self-control

Able to be understood

The ability to understand something

Complete and covering all or nearly all elements or aspects

To press together or reduce in size

Capable of being pressed into a smaller space

The act of pressing something into a smaller space or being pressed together.

To include or contain; to be made up of

A strong, often irresistible urge to act, especially one that is contrary to one's conscious wishes.

Required by law or a rule; obligatory

A feeling of guilt or moral scruple

To calculate or determine by mathematical methods

To admit something is true after first denying or resisting it

Excessive pride in oneself

Having an excessively high opinion of oneself

To form or devise a plan or idea in the mind

Having a common center, especially in circles or spheres

A musical composition for a solo instrument or instruments accompanied by an orchestra.

An act of yielding or compromising

To pacify or reconcile

Intended to pacify or make peace

Expressing much in few words

A private or secret meeting

Serving to settle or decide a question; decisive

Agreement or harmony between people or groups

An alphabetical list of words present in a text, usually with citations of the passages in which they occur

To agree

Agreement or approval

Happening or existing at the same time

A brain injury caused by a blow to the head

The process by which a gas changes into a liquid

To make something shorter or more compact

To talk down to someone

Expression of sympathy, especially on the occasion of a death

To accept or allow behavior that is considered wrong

To help bring about or lead to a particular result

Making a situation or outcome more likely or possible

Capable of being conducted, especially in terms of electricity or heat.

A channel for conveying water or other fluid

Sweets and candies

A union of groups or states with a common purpose

A person or group that joins with another for a common purpose

To discuss or exchange opinions

A person who attends a conference

A person who admits to a wrongdoing

A trusted person with whom one shares personal matters

To trust someone with private or secret information

A feeling of self-assurance arising from one's abilities or qualities

Feeling or showing certainty about something

To keep within limits

The state of being kept in a restricted space

To take away something as a penalty or for security reasons

A large destructive fire

To combine two or more things into one, often confusingly.

A coming together of people or things

Flowing together or merging

In agreement or harmony

Compliance with standards or rules

The shape or structure of something, especially an animal

Behavior that matches accepted standards or norms

To cause confusion or surprise

To face someone or something, especially in a challenging way

To solidify or thicken, especially by cooling

Pleasant and friendly

To fill to excess

A large corporation formed by the merging of separate and diverse firms.

To come together in a group

Relating to trees or shrubs that bear cones and have needle-like or scale-like leaves, typically evergreen.

An opinion or conclusion formed without complete information

To join together

Relating to marriage or the relationship between married partners

To give different forms of a verb based on tense, mood, or voice

Variation of the form of a verb

A word used to connect clauses or sentences

To secretly plan something wrong

An expert judge in matters of taste

An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning.

To imply or suggest an additional meaning beyond the literal one

Relating to marriage or the relationship between a married couple

To gain control of or subdue by military force

Related by blood or descended from the same ancestor

The inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's conduct or motives, urging one toward right action

Wishing to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly

Aware of and responding to one's surroundings

To force someone to join the armed forces

To make or declare sacred

Following one after another in order without interruption

General agreement among a group

Preference for traditional values and ideas

Favoring traditional views and values; cautious about change

A school dedicated to the study of music or other fine arts.

To protect something from harm or destruction, especially something natural like energy or water

To deliver something to a person's custody, typically for sale

A person or entity to whom goods are shipped

A person or company that sends goods to someone else.

The quality of always behaving or performing in a similar way

Comfort received after a loss or disappointment

To comfort someone at a time of grief or disappointment

To combine into a single, more effective or coherent whole

Agreement or harmony among components

A speech sound that is not a vowel

A spouse or companion, especially of a reigning monarch.

Easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable

A person who secretly plans with others to do something unlawful or harmful.

To secretly plan with others to do something harmful or unlawful.

A police officer, especially in a small town or rural area

A group of stars forming a recognizable pattern

A feeling of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected.

A body of voters in a specified area who elect a representative to a legislative body.

A component part of something

To make narrower by squeezing or compressing.

An official appointed by a government to live in a foreign city and protect and promote the government's citizens and interests there.

A place where a government representative assists citizens and manages diplomatic relations in a foreign city.

Showing a high degree of skill and flair; complete or perfect

The act of using up a resource

Relating to the consumption of resources

The spread of a disease by direct or indirect contact

Able to be spread from one person to another through direct or indirect contact

To make something impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean, bad, etc.

To think deeply or carefully about something

Existing or occurring at the same time

Belonging to the same time period as something else

Deserving of scorn or disdain

Showing disdain or lack of respect

A person or team competing for a title or position

The state of being next to or touching something else

Sharing a common border or touching

Self-restraint, especially in regard to sexual activity

A future event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty

Dependent on something else

The state of remaining in existence or operation

The act of carrying on or extending something

The unbroken and consistent existence or operation of something over time.

Uninterrupted in time; without cessation

To twist or bend out of shape

Goods that are illegal to trade, import, or export

A situation where two or more things are opposed or inconsistent with each other

Inconsistent or in opposition

The act of placing in opposition or contrast

To act against a rule or law

A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.

A person who provides something, especially in writing or ideas.

Feeling or expressing remorse

A device or gadget

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

Artificial or forced

To exercise restraint or direction over something

A device used to operate or regulate a machine or system.

Causing disagreement or discussion

Stubbornly disobedient to authority

Stubborn refusal to obey authority

To injure without breaking the skin

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

The gradual recovery of health and strength after illness

Recovering from illness or medical treatment

To come together for a meeting or gathering

The state of being able to proceed with something with little effort or difficulty.

To come together and meet at a point

Coming together from different directions

Familiar with or knowledgeable about something

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

The process of changing from one form or function to another

Able to be changed in form, function, or character

Curved outward like the exterior of a sphere

The act of transporting something from one place to another

Friendly and lively

A complex or intricate shape or pattern

To combine two functions to produce a third function

A group of vehicles or ships traveling together for protection or company

To shake violently

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

Abundant in quantity or supply

A person who flirts lightheartedly to win admiration

Warm and friendly

A decorative molding along the top of a building or wall

An abundant supply of good things

A natural consequence or result

A ceremony for crowning a sovereign or a sovereign's consort.

A small crown, often worn by lesser royalty or nobility.

Relating to the human body

Relating to a large company or group

Relating to a physical body

A group of people working together, especially in a military context.

A dead body, especially of a human being

Having a large, bulky body

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

Mutually related or corresponding

Capable of being corrected or reformed

To support with evidence

Evidence that confirms or supports a statement or theory

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

Capable of being influenced to do wrong, especially by bribery

Dishonest behavior by those in power, typically involving bribery

Relating to beauty or appearance

Related to the universe or outer space

A theory or story of the origin and development of the universe.

The science that deals with the general features of the universe, including the earth.

The science of the origin and development of the universe

Familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures

The idea that all human beings belong to a single community

The universe seen as a well-ordered whole

A person's face or facial expression

An argument made to oppose another argument

To act against something to reduce its force or neutralize it.

To offset or neutralize the effect of something by exerting an opposite influence.

An accusation made in response to another accusation

Made in imitation to deceive

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

To offset the effect of something by exerting an opposite force

An office or building where the financial records and accounts of a business are kept.

A person from the same country as someone else

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

Showing bravery or fearlessness

A series of lessons or lectures on a particular subject

A swift and strong horse, often used in medieval times.

Polite behavior or gesture

A formal and serious agreement or promise

Not openly acknowledged or displayed

Highly desired or sought after

A small group or flock of birds, especially partridges or quail.

To crouch down in fear

A person who steers a racing boat and directs the crew.

A steep or rugged cliff or rock face.

The part of the skull that encloses the brain

Lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence

Lacking in courage

A strong desire for something

To make a harsh, high-pitched sound when being moved or when pressure or weight is applied

A place where dairy products are made and processed.

Having a smooth and rich texture

Belief in or acceptance of something as true

Able to be believed; convincing

Easily fooled or too ready to believe things

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

A place where a dead body is cremated.

Feeling sad and disappointed

A deep open crack, especially one in a glacier or ice sheet.

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