Max Vocab

A standard or principle used to judge or decide something

A detailed analysis and assessment of something, especially a literary, philosophical, or political theory.

Tableware made of ceramic materials

A severe test or trial

A vigorous campaign for a cause

An aquatic arthropod with a hard shell

Relating to or having a hard outer shell

Having a hidden or mysterious meaning

A text written in code

To form crystals

A short, thick stick used as a weapon

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

Deserving blame

A person or thing responsible for a crime or problem

To prepare and use land for crops or gardening

Developed through education or training; refined

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

Excessive desire for wealth or possessions

Able to be healed or treated successfully

A person in charge of a museum or art collection

An unusual or interesting object

Written with flowing strokes

Done quickly and without attention to detail.

Rudely brief in speech or manner

To reduce or limit something

To perform a respectful bow by bending the knees, typically by women and girls.

Occurring in cycles; happening repeatedly in a predictable pattern.

A curve traced by a point on the rim of a rolling circle

A young swan

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 waste time or act slowly

Neat and trim in dress and appearance

Willing to take risks

Growing dark or characterized by darkness

A person who is cowardly and treacherous

A single piece of information

Showing fearlessness and determination

To waste time or move slowly

A worker employed during the daytime, often performing maintenance or manual tasks.

A race or competition where two or more competitors finish exactly at the same time or score equally.

A scarcity or lack of something

A sudden and complete failure

To reduce in quality or value

Open to discussion or argument

To weaken or make someone or something less effective

Charming, stylish, and confident

To expose the falseness of a belief or idea

The first public appearance or performance.

A polygon with ten sides and ten angles

A metric unit of mass equal to ten grams.

A metric unit of volume equal to ten liters.

A set of ten rules or commandments

A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.

To leave a place quickly and secretly

To cut off the head of a person or animal.

A type of crustacean with ten limbs

A line of verse with ten syllables

The act of misleading or tricking someone

Misleading or dishonest

To cause someone to believe something that is not true

Behavior that conforms to accepted standards of morality or respectability.

Conforming to standards of propriety, good taste, or morality

Shedding leaves annually

Relating to a system of numbers based on the number ten

To destroy a large portion of something

To interpret or make sense of something difficult to understand

Having the power to determine an outcome

A formal speech delivered with strong emotion

Expressed in a forceful and impassioned way

Relating to the nature of making a statement or declaration

A variation of the form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, indicating case, number, and gender

To add something to an object or place to make it look more attractive

Characterized by proper behavior and good manners

A person or thing used to lure or mislead

Worn out or ruined because of age or neglect.

Commitment to a task or purpose

To arrive at a conclusion using reasoning

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 accused or sued in a court of law

Able to be protected or justified

Used or intended to protect against attack or harm

To postpone or delay

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

Bold resistance or disobedience

Boldly resistant or challenging

A lack of something necessary

Lacking something essential

Clearly defined or with precise limits

To cause something to change direction

To clear an area of trees

To change shape, often in a way that is not desired

A condition in which part of the body is not the normal shape

To illegally take money or property from someone by deception

To provide money to pay

No longer existing or functioning

A state of moral or cultural decline

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

To remove water from something

To treat or worship someone as a god

To do something considered beneath one's dignity

A person who believes in a creator who does not intervene in the universe

A god or goddess

To make someone feel sad or dispirited

Sad and depressed; disheartened

A state of sadness or low spirits

Delicious or highly pleasing to the taste

Great pleasure or enjoyment

Causing harm or damage

A rare or expensive food item that is considered highly desirable

To describe or portray something precisely

To become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air

In a disturbed state of mind due to illness or excitement

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

To remove magnetic properties from an object

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

A person's outward behavior or manner

Behaving irrationally due to anger, distress, or excitement

A mark against a person for misconduct or failure.

The end of something or someone, often referring to death

To release from military service or disband troops

A specific segment of the population

To completely destroy a building or structure

Able to be shown or proven

To show or prove something clearly and convincingly

Openly expressive of emotions

A person who shows how something works or is done

Having a soothing effect, especially on the skin or mucous membranes.

A charge for delaying a ship, freight car, or cargo beyond the agreed time

Having a shape or structure similar to a tree

The scientific study of trees and woody plants

An inhabitant or occupant of a particular place

To give a name or title to

A recognized autonomous branch of a religion.

The number below the line in a fraction, indicating how many equal parts the whole is divided into.

To indicate or signify

The final resolution or outcome of a story or situation.

To publicly declare to be wrong or evil

A substance used for cleaning teeth

To strip something of its covering, possessions, or assets

Public condemnation or criticism

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

To use up the supply or resources of

Deserving strong condemnation

To express strong disapproval of something

A person who gives testimony under oath, especially in a written statement.

To reduce the number of people in an area

To expel a foreigner from a country

A person's behavior or manners

The action of removing someone from office or power

A person or entity that places money in a bank account

A place where things are stored for safekeeping

To make someone morally corrupt or wicked

To express disapproval of something

To decrease in value over time

A reduction in the value of an asset over time

To make someone feel sad or without hope

A mental health disorder characterized by persistently low mood and loss of interest in activities

The distance from the top or surface to the bottom of something

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

To mock or make fun of

Deserving to be laughed at

Mockery or ridicule

The process of obtaining something from a source or origin

A form that is based on another source

To obtain something from a source

The branch of medicine dealing with skin, hair, and nails.

A framework or tower that supports a drill over a deep hole.

A person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor

A person, plant, or animal that is derived from a particular ancestor

The act of moving downward

To catch sight of something, especially something distant or obscure

A dry, barren area of land with little rainfall and sparse vegetation.

A substance that absorbs moisture

To appoint someone to a specific position or task

To stop doing something

The act of stopping or ceasing from an action or behavior.

Deserted and empty

The complete loss or absence of hope

A bold, reckless criminal or outlaw

Feeling or showing hopeless

Deserving hatred or contempt

Without being affected by; in spite of

To lose hope or confidence

Feeling or showing hopelessness

A ruler with absolute power, often ruling oppressively

A system of government where a single entity rules with absolute power

Lacking basic necessities of life

Lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm

To discourage someone from doing something

To become progressively worse

Having a fixed or exact limit

Firmness of purpose

Something that discourages or prevents an action

To dislike intensely

To reduce the value or importance of something

Harm or damage

Causing harm or damage

To push or thrust out or away

To move away from a set course or standard

Wicked or mischievous behavior

Mischievous or wicked behavior

Using dishonest or indirect methods to achieve something

To plan or invent something with careful thought

Having strong religious beliefs

Skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands

Extremely evil or wicked

Extremely evil or cruel

Serving as a mark or sign to indicate different pronunciations or meanings of a letter or word.

To identify a disease or problem by examination

The identification of a disease or condition by examination of symptoms.

A form of a language specific to a region or group

A person skilled in logical argumentation and debate

A conversation between two or more people.

Light and delicate, almost transparent

Consisting of two atoms

A bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing

A division into two contrasting or opposing parts

A formal pronouncement from an authoritative source

Intended to teach or instruct

The quality or condition of being unlike or dissimilar.

A distinguishing characteristic or feature that differentiates one thing from another.

Showing a difference or distinction

To recognize or express the difference between things

Lack of confidence in oneself

Lacking self-confidence

Able to spread or be spread widely

The spreading of something more widely

A person who holds a high rank or office, especially in government or religion.

A diagram representing directed relationships between nodes

To move away from the main topic temporarily

In a state of disrepair or ruin due to age or neglect

To make or become wider, larger, or more open

Tending to delay or procrastinate

A situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives

A person who takes up an art or activity for amusement without serious commitment or knowledge.

Persistent and careful work or effort

To make a liquid thinner or weaker by adding water or another solvent

A reduction in size, extent, or importance

In a way that is not bright or clear

A complex vowel sound that starts near the position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another within the same syllable.

The practice of conducting negotiations between countries

A person appointed by a government to conduct negotiations and maintain relations with other countries.

Relating to managing international relations

A person skilled in managing international relations

Extremely serious or urgent

To have a different opinion

To refuse permission for something

To cease to be visible

To fail to meet the expectations or hopes of someone.

To have a negative opinion about something

To take away weapons

To disturb the order or arrangement

To deny any responsibility or support for something

The act of denying responsibility or connection

A person who refuses to accept something as true

To relieve someone or something of a load or burden

To pay out money, especially from a fund

To throw away or get rid of something as no longer useful or desirable.

Able to be perceived or recognized

A follower or student of a teacher, leader, or philosopher

Related to enforcing rules or correcting behavior

Training to improve strength or self-control

To deny any responsibility or connection

To change or lose color

To make someone feel uneasy or embarrassed

A feeling of slight pain or unease

Causing one to feel unsettled or confused

To detach or separate from a connection

Very unhappy and unable to be comforted

The act of stopping something

Disagreement or conflict between people

To disapprove or show disapproval

To find something for the first time

To harm the reputation of someone or something

Careful and prudent in one's speech or actions, especially in order to keep something confidential or to avoid embarrassment.

A difference or inconsistency between two or more things

Differing or disagreeing

To treat a person or group unfairly based on differences

Moving from topic to topic without order

An exchange of ideas or opinions

To deprive someone of the right to vote

To release or detach from something

Disapproval or dislike

To spoil the appearance of something or someone

Unhappy and dissatisfied

The state of being dressed in a casual or careless manner

Untidy or messy in appearance

Not truthful or deceptive

To cause someone to realize that a belief or ideal is false

To clean something to destroy bacteria or viruses

A chemical used to kill germs

Not sincere, typically by pretending to know less about something than one really does.

To prevent someone from receiving property or a title after one's death.

To dig up a buried body, often for investigation.

Impartial or unbiased

Lacking a coherent sequence or connection

Relating to a choice between mutually exclusive options

To force a bone out of its normal position in a joint

Causing gloom or depression

To take apart something into its separate pieces.

To cause someone to feel worried, disappointed, or upset

The act of removing someone from employment or a position.

To get off a horse, bicycle, or other thing one is riding

Refusal to follow rules or instructions

Refusing to follow rules or commands

To refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with someone or something

To speak about someone or something in a way that shows strong disapproval

A great difference or inequality

Not influenced by strong emotion, allowing rational and impartial decisions

To send off to a destination or for a purpose

To drive away or make disappear

Special permission to do something that is not usually allowed

To distribute or provide to others

To spread widely or scatter

To move something from its usual position

Designed to be used once and then thrown away

A person's usual mood or temperament

To deprive someone of land, property, or other possessions

A disagreement or argument

To declare someone ineligible for an activity or competition

A feeling of worry or unease

To pay no attention to something

Having a bad reputation

The state of being held in low regard or having a bad reputation.

To remove clothing

To interrupt or cause a disturbance

To fail to fulfill the expectations or desires of someone.

To cut open and examine the inside of an organism

The act of cutting something open to study its internal parts

To hide true feelings or intentions

To spread information widely

Disagreement or difference of opinion, often leading to conflict

The holding or expression of opinions at variance with those commonly or officially held.

Expressing disagreement or opposition

Inclined to disagree or provoke disagreement

A long essay on a particular subject written for a university degree

An action that harms or damages someone or something

To separate into parts

A person who opposes official policy, especially that of an authoritarian state.

Not alike or different

To hide one's true feelings or intentions

To scatter or disperse

Overindulging in sensual pleasures

The process of gradually disappearing or becoming less

Lacking moral restraint

The act of officially ending a group or organization

To mix with a liquid and become part of it

Lack of harmony among musical notes.

Lacking harmony

To persuade someone not to do something

The act of convincing someone not to do something

Far away in space or time

A viral disease affecting animals, especially dogs, characterized by fever, coughing, and catarrh.

To swell or expand from internal pressure

Capable of being stretched or expanded

The state of being swollen due to internal pressure

To purify a liquid by heating it so that it vaporizes, then cooling and collecting the vapor

A process of purifying a liquid by heating it until it vaporizes, then cooling it to collect the condensed liquid.

A person or company that produces alcoholic spirits by distillation.

A difference or contrast between similar things or people.

To twist out of shape

To prevent someone from giving full attention to something

To seize someone's property to obtain payment of rent or other money owed

A person who seizes property to obtain payment of money owed

Deeply upset and agitated

Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain

Lack of confidence in someone or something

The state of being separated or not unified

A word with two syllables

Active during the daytime

A wandering or straying from the main subject

Tending to be different or develop in different directions.

Showing a great deal of variety

An activity that diverts the mind from tedious or serious concerns.

The state of having a range of different things or people

To change the direction or path of something

Capable of being rerouted or redirected

To strip or remove something

The practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means.

The state or quality of being divine or god-like

Capable of being divided by another number without leaving a remainder

A number by which another number is divided

To make known something private or secret

The act of making something known

Easily taught, led, or controlled

A list of items to be discussed or acted upon, especially in a meeting or court