Max Vocab

A person who inquires, especially in a rigorous or harsh manner

Not clear or understandable

Impossible to satisfy

Lacking skill or dexterity

Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

Lacking color or brightness

To suggest or hint at something indirectly

Failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate

Showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

Very careful and thorough

Having a narrow or isolated viewpoint

Leaving no doubt; clear and unambiguous

Essential or necessary for completeness

Strong hostility or opposition

To insert a comment or remark abruptly in a conversation

Highly critical

A person who takes part in a conversation

A division into two contrasting or opposing parts

A hint or indirect suggestion

To extend or project known information to an unknown area

Difficult to manage or control

Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects.

To flood or overflow

A disease or ailment

To become accustomed to something, especially something unpleasant

So intense as to seem almost tangible

Harsh or insulting language

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

Displaying a spectrum of colors that shimmer and change due to the angle of view or lighting.

To examine closely and critically

A lack of respect for things that are generally taken seriously

To release from restraint or inhibition

The act of placing things side by side for comparison or contrast

To add or attach, especially to a larger or more significant thing

A sound of a bell, especially when rung solemnly for a death or funeral

To express severe disapproval

Praise or recognition for an achievement

Intended to teach or instruct

Existing but not yet developed or manifest

Not inherent or essential; coming from outside

Expressing praise or commendation

Not important or significant

Skillful use of one's hands when performing tricks

A curse or expression of a wish for harm to come to someone

Not strict in discipline or punishment

A solution for all problems or difficulties

State of being responsible for something, especially by law

To speak or act in an evasive way

Lacking moral discipline, especially in sexual conduct

To move quickly with short steps

Clear and transparent

To remove from a position of authority, especially in a religious context

A crucial element or person that holds together parts or elements that are essential for a system or organization.

To add or attach, especially to a larger or more significant thing

A person involved in a lawsuit

Related to the brain or intellect

Emitting or reflecting light

Lacking self-confidence

Vivid in color, often creating an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect

Based on a mistaken belief or misleading information

Having or showing a wish to do evil to others

Not easily seen or noticed

An official order or commission to do something

A person who commits a crime or some other wrong.

Clear or obvious to the mind or eye

A typical example or pattern of something

Many and various

In its original condition; unspoiled

Overly sentimental

A school for training religious leaders

Excessively sentimental in a way that is exaggerated or insincere

Never done or known before

A short statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct

Something that deviates from the norm or expectations

A mixture of different things

Absolute certainty or conviction

Deserving praise or reward

To move away from the main topic temporarily

A complete change in form or nature

To lose strength or momentum

Average in amount or intensity

Impossible to remove or forget

To adjust or regulate the degree or intensity of something

To pretend to be ill to avoid work or duty

To calm someone's anger or anxiety

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

A complicated or confused situation

A natural tendency to behave in a particular way

The customs or conventions of a community

Affecting the senses in a pleasing way

Having many varied parts or aspects

Not injured or harmed

Generosity in giving

Active hostility or opposition

Capable of change or alteration

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

The lowest point in a situation or condition.

A barrier or embankment to prevent flooding

Using lofty, pompous language

Just beginning to exist or develop

Excessively enthusiastic or obsessed with something

Failing to take proper care in doing something

Having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned.

A person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief

A person who pretends to be ill to avoid work or duty

Active during the night

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

Having an extremely offensive smell

To delay or postpone action

In name only; not actual or real

A soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch.

Feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed

Not aware or knowing

Famous or well-known, typically for a bad quality or deed

Showing opposition or hostility

To care for and encourage the growth or development of someone or something.

Cautious or wary

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so.

Tending to delay or procrastinate

A formal speech, especially one given on a ceremonial occasion.

Excessive enthusiasm or zeal

To move back and forth in a regular rhythm

Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place

Appearing to be true, but not necessarily so

Easily shaped or bent

Exclusion from a group or society

Most important or significant

Peaceful in character or intent

Spending money or resources freely and recklessly

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

To isolate or hide away

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

To criticize or scold someone

A government authority or license giving a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention.

Extremely old or outdated

The study of diseases, their nature, and effects

To criticize or reprimand harshly

A strong liking or preference for something

A situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives

Feeling or showing regret for wrongdoing

Very attentive to detail and accuracy

Next to last in a sequence

Habitual laziness or lack of activity

Extremely poor or lacking money

A hammer with a large, usually wooden head, used especially for hitting a chisel or for striking a surface without damaging it.

Deceitful and untrustworthy

An organism that lives on or in another organism and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host's expense

To spread throughout something

Remarkably or impressively great in size, extent, or degree

To confuse or puzzle someone

The occurrence of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way

Lively and confident

Extremely funny

Holding firmly to an opinion or course of action

A collection of literary works

The act of reading or examining something carefully

Use of trickery to achieve a purpose

The quality of being childishly sulky or bad-tempered

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

Showing a desire to help others by giving gifts or money

Silly and pointless

Concise and forcefully expressive

A person who is formally admitted to a position or organization

A very small or inadequate amount of money paid to someone as a wage.

Capable of being controlled or influenced

A remark or statement that is overused and lacks originality

Extremely dry due to intense heat or lack of water.

Praise or approval

Showing disrespect toward sacred things

An abundance or large amount

Calm, peaceful, and untroubled

A strong verbal or written attack on someone or something

The final result or outcome of a situation

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

Belief that humans are the most important entity in the universe

A strong liking or preference for something

Imaginary or fantastical

A greater amount or number of something

Showing care and effort in your work or duties

Attractive or appealing in appearance

Possible to do easily or conveniently

To be a sign or warning of a future event

Willing to allow someone to have or enjoy something even if it may not be good for them

To authorize the use of medicine or treatment

To spoil the appearance or quality of something.

An attempt to make something that is not the case appear true

A person who is rejected by society or a social group

Relating to the earliest ages of the world

Offensive or disrespectful language

Lack of basic necessities or comforts of life

Having a jagged edge or saw-like teeth

Adherence to the highest principles and ideals

Having a refined, polite, and sophisticated manner

To obtain something, especially with effort

Outdated or old-fashioned

Recklessly wasteful, especially in the use of resources

Easily angered or bad-tempered

Given, produced, or existing in large amounts

A three-dimensional miniature scene

To make known officially and publicly

Capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth

To spread or promote widely

The state of being drunk

An inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way

To arrange or organize people or things in a structured way

Indicating a good chance of success or favorable conditions

Equality, especially in status or pay

Conforming to accepted standards of behavior or morals

Very deep or intense

Exceptional skill or ability

Having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others

The quality of being careful and sensible

To take a position of power or importance illegally or by force.

Having or showing excessive interest in sexual matters

Showing or feeling no interest or concern

Eager or quick to argue or fight

A person who records events in order

Physical beauty

A mournful song or piece of music

Having a strong, sharp smell or taste

Well-suited or appropriate

Intended as punishment

Too great or extreme to be expressed in words

Having a foul smell

A type of mammal that carries and nurses its young in a pouch

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

Having a limited or narrow outlook or scope

Unrealistically idealistic

Great depth of insight or knowledge

Commonplace or ordinary, especially when mundane

Having doubt or questioning something

A bar or series of bars, typically fixed on upright supports, serving as part of a fence or barrier or used to hang things on.

Designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive

Having a foul or stale smell or taste, often due to decomposition

Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern

A harmonious relationship

Not direct or straightforward

An area of redness and spots on a person's skin, appearing especially as a result of illness or an allergic reaction.

Strong disapproval, typically on moral grounds

To criticize or express disapproval

Intense and passionate feeling

Stubbornly resisting authority or control

Having or showing no skill

To respond to a gesture or action with a corresponding one

A strict disciplinarian

Preferring to live in isolation

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

To restore friendly relations

A member of the working class

Morally correct behavior or thinking

A short and usually unplanned fight, especially between small groups of soldiers

Inspiring fear or respect

Idealistic and aiming for a perfect society

To change direction when passing through a medium

Of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true

To renovate or redecorate something, especially a building

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

To bring swallowed food back up to the mouth

To recognize or identify something, often with difficulty

To enjoy greatly

Changing frequently, especially regarding one's loyalties or affections.

Intended to correct or improve something

A tendency to do nothing or remain unchanged

Negligent in the performance of one's duty

A person who derives pleasure from their own pain or humiliation

To restore to a good state or make new again

To ward off a weapon or attack, especially with a countermove

The act of giving up or rejecting something, often a belief, claim, or way of life.

Producing a lot of something

Feeling or expressing sincere regret or remorse