SOME ISSUES

1.Tradition and modernization are incompatible. One must choose between them
2. Many people know how to attain success, but few know how to make the best use of it
3. In most professions and academic fields, imagination is more important than knowledge

AUG ANOTHER LIST

Tirade - A long angry or violent speech, usually of a censorious or denunciatory nature; a diatribe
Glean - To gather grain left behind by reapers; to collect (something) bit by bit
Abandon - To give up completely; to desert; careless disregard for consequences; leave behind,relinquish; leave in troubled state; careless, often reckless disregard for consequences
Rancour - A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
Desecrate - To violate the sacredness of; profane; spoil or mar the sanctity of; abuse, violate
Quartet - A group of four musicians or singers; also, a piece of music for four instruments or voices; composition for four voices or four instruments or four parts; four performers or singers who perform together
Rickety - Not physically steady or firm; unsound, broken-down; shaky; likely to fall apart
Triad - A group of three; a chord of three tones, especially one built on a given root tone plus a major or minor third and a perfect fifth; set of three similar things considered as a unit
Preposterous - Contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; ridiculous, bizarre; completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; senseless as to be laughable
Puckish - Mischievous; impish; naughtily or annoyingly playful
Delusion - An erroneous perception of reality; misconception, misbelief
Aplomb - Self-confident assurance; poise; assurance of manner or of action; a firm belief in one’s own powers; stable, calm state of the emotions
Stupor - A state of reduced or suspended sensibility; state of mental numbness, as that resulting from shock; a daze; condition of dullness, often resulting from stress; unconsciousness
Benedict - A newly married man who was previously considered a confirmed bachelor
Tiresome - Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome; arousing no interest or curiosity; irritating, exasperating; so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Boredom - The condition of being bored; ennui; disinterest; weariness; the state of being uninterested
Orifice - An opening, especially to a cavity or passage of the body; a mouth or vent; an open space allowing passage
Aboretum - A facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition; botanical garden primarily devoted to trees and woody plants, forming a living collection of trees intended at least partly for scientific study19. Grouch - A habitually complaining or irritable person; a grumbling or sulky mood; complaint; a grudge
Animadversion - Strong criticism; a critical or censorious remark; harsh criticism or disapproval
Illegible - (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible; “illegible handwriting”; not capable of being read or deciphered
Uncouth - Crude; unrefined; awkward or clumsy; ungraceful; archaic; foreign; unfamiliar; clumsy, uncultivated; lacking in delicacy or refinement
Churlish - Lacking in delicacy or refinement; crude, boorish; having a bad disposition; surly; difficult to work with, such as soil; intractable
Helter-skelter - In disorderly haste; confusedly; pell-mell; carelessly hurried and confused; turmoil; confusion; haphazardly
Puckish - Mischievous; impish; naughtily or annoyingly playful
Tantamount - Agreeing exactly in value, quantity, or effect; same; equivalent in effect or value
Berth - A built-in bed or bunk, as on a ship or a train; a place to sleep or stay; accommodations; a post of employment; provide with often temporary lodging; place where a ship can tie up
Dally - To treat lightly or flippantly; dawdle, delay; deal with or treat in a half serious or playful way
Reprobate - A morally unprincipled person; morally objectionable; feel or express strong disapproval of; criticize; abandon to eternal damnation; reject as invalid, as of documents
Receptacle - A container that holds items or matter; the expanded tip of a flower stalk or axis that bears the floral organs or the group of flowers in a head; a fitting connected to a power supply and equipped to receive a plug; container
Bowl - A dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods; a round vessel that is open at the top; throw or roll

ANOTHER SET OF RECENT WORDS

RESOLUTORY
FALLACY
EXCISE
RESOLVE
ENTHRALL
INVIGORATIVE
EXUBERENT
EPHEMIRAL
PRUDISH
PROFICIENT
SUBJUGATE
WAVERING
VERITY
EMBED
FIRMNESS
DIVEST
DIVERT

VERY RECENT WORDS

THESE ARE THE ANTONYMS

immigrate,imminent,hinder,feasible ,defiant,defamatory ,laudatory,votary,tendentious,harmonious, meta physical


SOME WORDS
dab,Comprehend,Immaterial,beguile,awe,exumberence,uproar,sully,tabbo,maroon,reticent,usrup,control
ostracize,meticulous,asunder,preposterous

ANALOGIES IN AUG

GARBLED:COMPREHEND::obscured:recognize
HEAT:CALORIMETER::distance:odometer
SUBMERGE:WATER::inter:earth
RUTHLESS:MERCY::insipid:flavor
MINION:DEPENDENT::groveler:petitioner
PANEGYRIC:PRAISE::valediction:farewell
SNAKE:LEG::horse:wings
BOX:FIGHT::debate:argue
ITINERARY:TRIP::syllabus:course
FREQUENCY:PITCH::wavelength:color
RATIOCINATION:THINKING::articulation:talking
NARCISSISM:LOVE::guilt:blame
PLACEBO:PAINKILLER::backdrop:vista
CAMOUFLAGE:DECEPTION::flattery:ingratiating
ADULTERATE:PURITY::enervate:vigor
SKETCH:PAINTING::outline:essay
GEAR:TOOTH::screw:thread
EXECUTOR:WILL::soldier:order
PRODIGALITY:SPENDING::gluttony:eating
BASTE:DRYNESS::caulk:moistness
DROSS:METAL::chaff:grain
GUST:WIND::flare:light
DUCTILITY:MALLEABLE::toxicity:poisonous
RAIL:VEHEMENCE::entreat:urgency
SCYTHE:REAPER::axe:woodcutter
DISCOMBOBULATED:ORDER::erratic:consistency
FERVOR:ZEALOT::doubt:skeptic
COLTISH:DISCIPLINE::loutish:grace
AWL:PIERCE::pestle:mash
COMPLIMENT:FLATTERY::deference:subservience
TAXONOMIST:CLASSIFY::carpenter:build
UPBRAID:DISAPPROVAL::lament:grief
ANATHEMA:CURSE::theocracy:state
GLUE:SEAL::manure:fertilize
FICKLE:CONSTANCY::naive:sophistication
BOW:VIOLIN::stick:drum
INEXPERIENCE:NEOPHYTE::irresponsibility:wastrel
WOOD:SAWDUST::metal:filings
SOPHISM:REASONING::counterfeit:money
APOSTACY:FAITH::recantation:heresy
MOLECULE:ATOMS::tissue:cells
ARRHYTHMIC:REGULARITY::apathetic:concern
OBJECTIVITY:PARTISAN::temperance:reprobate
LIMP:WALK::stutter:talk
CONUNDRUM:SOLVE::tangle:unravel
AGENDA:MINUTES::itinerary:log
RAVISHING:ATTRACTIVE::perspicacious:discerning
NIL:QUANTITY::vacuum:matter
FULMINATE:CRITICIZE::adulate:flatter
EPILOGUE:NOVEL::coda:symphony

AUGUST WORDS

Palliated - To relieve the symptoms of a disease or disorder; to make less severe or intense; mitigate; to make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate
Sycophant - A servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; one who flatters another excessively
Fawn - To seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious behavior; to support slavishly every opinion or suggestion of a superior; a young deer, less than one year old; a grayish yellow-brown to moderate reddish brown
Myriad - Constituting a very large, indefinite number; innumerable; composed of numerous diverse elements or facets
Vault - An arched ceiling or roof. Also: A room for keeping money or valuable papers safe; a burial place or receptacle for human remains; move off the ground by a muscular effort of the legs and feet; act of jumping
Gruffness - A throaty harshness; an abrupt discourteous manner
Mortar - A vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle; a machine in which materials are ground and blended or crushed; an ancient field weapon that fires a projectile in a high arch to reach an impact point; plastic material to bond stones and bricks together
Deleterious - Having a harmful effect; injurious
License - To give or yield permission to or for; official or legal permission to do or own a specified thing
Ragged - Tattered, frayed, or torn; worn-out; in shreds
. Leviathan - One that is extraordinarily large and powerful; any large animal, as a whale; a monstrous sea creature mentioned in the Bible; something unusually large of its kind, especially a ship
Repletion - The condition of being fully supplied or completely filled; a state of excessive fullness
. Orc - A mythical monster of varying descriptions; any of several cetaceans especialy the grampus of the dolphin family

Maroon - To put ashore on a deserted island or coast and intentionally abandon; to abandon or isolate with little hope of ready rescue or escape; a fugitive Black slave in the West Indies in the 17th and 18th centuries; a dark reddish brown to dark purplish red

Sham - A fraudulent imitation; a display of insincere behavior; to behave affectedly or insincerely or take on a false or misleading appearance of; to assume a false appearance or character; dissemble; a decorative cover made to simulate an article of household linen and used over or in place of it16. Modicum - A small, moderate, or token amount

Fiesta - A festival or religious holiday, especially a saint’s day celebrated in Spanish-speaking countries
Gaily - In a joyful, cheerful, or happy manner; merrily; with bright colors or trimmings; showily

Fealty - The fidelity owed by a vassal to his feudal lord. The oath of such fidelity

Laryngitis - Inflammation of the larynx; laryngitis is caused by inflammation of the larynx, often resulting in a temporary loss of voice
Ensconce - To settle (oneself) securely or comfortably; to place or conceal in a secure place; hide; tuck away; fix firmly
Votary - A person bound by vows to live a life of religious worship or service; a faithful follower; an enthusiast
Decrepitude - The quality or condition of being weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use
Hortatory - Marked by exhortation or strong urging; giving strong encouragement
Exponent - One that speaks for, represents, or advocates; one that expounds or interprets; expository; explanatory; advocate
Banister - A handrail, especially on a staircase; a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling
Skittish - Feeling or exhibiting nervous tension; very nervous; lively; shy
Hiatus - An interval during which continuity is suspended; pause, interruption; a separation, aperture, fissure, or short passage in an organ or body part
Fathom - A unit of length equal to 6 feet (1.83 meters), used principally in the measurement and specification of marine depths; to perceive and recognize the meaning of; discern, understand
Awry - In a position that is turned or twisted toward one side; askew; away from the correct course; amiss
Convivial - Fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable; fun-loving; merry; festive
Debater - One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist; one who participates in a structured discussion
Pedestrian - A person traveling on foot; a walker; lacking liveliness, charm, or surprise
Gratuitous - Costing nothing; not required, necessary, or warranted by the circumstances of the case; not necessary; free
Demurral - The act of demurring, especially a mild, polite, or considered expression of opposition; a formal objection to an opponent’s leadings
Vouchsafe - To condescend to grant or bestow (a privilege, for example); deign; to let have as a favor, prerogative, or privilege; to descend to a level considered inappropriate to one’s dignity; ose; grant
Paroles - Key words or signals used to establish mutual identification
Shun - To avoid deliberately; keep away from; avoid; ignore
Dapper - Neatly dressed; trim; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
Seraph - A celestial being having three pairs of wings; the first of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology
Asunder - Into separate parts or pieces; apart from each other either in position or in direction; widely separated especially in space
Ballon - To curve outward past the normal or usual limit; stand out, stick out; increase rapidly; swell; a rounded or irregularly shaped outline containing the words that a character in a cartoon is represented to be saying; a flexible bag designed to be inflated with hot air or with a gas, such as helium, that is lighter than the surrounding air, causing it to rise and float in the atmosphere
Fabric - A distinctive, complex underlying pattern or structure; a material made from fibers or threads by weaving or knitting; the basic elements making up a building; the carcass without finishings or decoration
Bolt - A large roll of cloth of a definite length, especially as it comes from the loom; a bar made of wood or metal that slides into a socket and is used to fasten doors and gates; sudden and involuntary movement; lock; part of lock; eat very fast; run quickly away
Suppliant - Asking humbly and earnestly; beseeching; one praying humbly for something
Jarring - Disagreeable to the sense of hearing; making or causing a harsh and irritating sound; characterized by rough motion
Symphony - Pleasing agreement, as of musical sounds; harmony, especially of sound or color

JULY WORDS

1. Overture - An introductory section or part, as of a poem; a prelude; to present as an introduction or proposal; introduction, approach
2. Sanctimonious - Feigning piety or righteousness; of or practicing hypocrisy; self-righteous, hypocritical about ones own holiness
3. Inanity - Something empty of meaning or sense; total lack of ideas, meaning, or substance
4. Vulgarian - A vulgar person, especially one who makes a conspicuous display of wealth; an unrefined, rude person; a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth)
5. Miscreant - An evildoer; a villain; an infidel; a heretic; evil, immoral; a villain
6. Wretched - So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation; terrible, very bad; of very inferior quality; miserable
7. Epic - An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero; a literary or dramatic composition that resembles an extended narrative poem celebrating heroic feats
8. Mendacious - Lying; untruthful; false; untrue; dishonest; given to or marked by deliberate concealment or misrepresentation of the truth
9. Narrative - A narrated account; a story; the art, technique, or process of narrating; a recounting of past events
10. Appease - To bring peace, quiet, or calm to; soothe; satisfy, pacify
11. Defiant - Marked by defiance; disobedient, disregardful
12. Raucous - Rough-sounding and harsh; boisterous and disorderly; rowdy; noisy; harsh and unpleasant
13. Meager - Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty. Deficient in richness, fertility, or vigor; feeble14. Flirtatious - Full of playful allure; provocative, teasing; given to flirting
15. Bumptious - Crudely or loudly assertive; pushy; self-assertive offensively self-assertive
16. Assertive - Inclined to bold or confident assertion; aggressively self-assured
17. Trite - Lacking power to evoke interest through overuse or repetition; hackneyed
16. Panegyric - A formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment. Elaborate praise or laudation; an encomium
17. Impecunious - Lacking money; penniless
18. Armageddon - The scene of a final battle between the forces of good and evil, prophesied to occur at the end of the world; a decisive or catastrophic conflict
19. Intrigue - A secret or underhand scheme; a plot; arouse curiosity
20. Gullible - Easily deceived or duped; easily imposed on or tricked; naive, trusting
21. Daguerreotype - An early photographic process with the image made on a light-sensitive silver-coated metallic plate
22. Musket - A smoothbore shoulder gun used from the late 16th through the 18th century
22. Hieroglyphic - Of or relating to representation by drawings or pictures
23. Papyrus - The writing paper of the ancient Egyptians, and later of the Romans
24. Pastiche - A mixture of materials, forms, motifs, and/or styles; often incongruous; dramatic, literary, or musical piece openly imitating the previous works of other artists, often with satirical intent; an artistic effort that imitates or caricatures the work of another artist
25. Bust - A sculpture representing a persons head, shoulders, and upper chest
26. Sacrilege - Desecration, profanation, misuse, or theft of something sacred; irreverence
27. Conscientious - Guided by or in accordance with the dictates of conscience; principled; thorough and assiduous; moral, upright; thorough, careful
28. Daft - Mad; crazy; foolish; stupid; scots; frolicsome
29. Reagent - A substance used in a chemical reaction to detect, measure, examine, or produce other substances
30. Temerity - Foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness; nerve, audacity; rash or presumptuous daring
31. Menial - Work pertaining to servants; work that is demeaning or insulting to the person performing it; lowly, low-status
32. Miscreant - A wicked or evil person; a scoundrel; something said to be the cause of particular trouble or an evil; a mean, worthless character in a story or play
33. Stultify - To render useless or ineffectual; cripple; to cause to appear stupid, inconsistent, or ridiculous; to allege or prove insane and so not legally responsible
34. Lambast - Censure severely or angrily; beat with a cane
35. Pique - A state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity; a feeling of wounded pride
36. Vociferous - Making, given to, or marked by noisy and vehement outcry; loud, insistent
37. Pariah - An outcast; a member of a low caste or class
38. Raft - A flat structure, typically made of planks, logs, or barrels, that floats on water and is used for transport or as a platform for swimmers; a flat buoyant structure of timber or other materials fastened together, used as a boat or floating platform
39. Buoyant - Having the ability to float; light in weight; lighthearted; gay
40. Unrealizable - Impossible to achieve
41. Renegade - common vagabond; a worthless or wicked fellow; one who deserts from a military or naval post; a deserter; one faithless to principle or party; an apostate from Christianity or from any form of religious faith
42. Ferocious - Extremely savage; fierce; marked by unrelenting intensity; extreme
43. Prolixity - Words or the use of words in excess of those needed for clarity or precision; boring verboseness
44. Mortify - To deprive of esteem, self-worth, or effectiveness; to cause (a person) to be self-consciously distressed; embarrass
45. Pusillanimous - Lacking courage; cowardly; lacking courage and resolution; marked by contemptible timidity; without spirit or bravery
46. Percipient - Having the power of perceiving, especially perceiving keenly and readily; astute; characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving
47. Anachronistic - Something that is out of place and time; erroneous in date
48. Fervor - Great warmth and intensity of emotion; intense heat; excitement, enthusiasm
49. Disinfectant - An agent, such as heat, radiation, or a chemical, that destroys, neutralizes, or inhibits the growth of disease-carrying microorganisms 180. Terseness - Brief and to the point; effectively concise; brief, short
50. Hoarse - Rough or grating in sound; having or characterized by a husky, grating voice; raspy in voice
51. Effusive - Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy; profuse; overflowing
52. Obliterate - To destroy all traces of; to wipe out, rub off, or erase; to remove completely (a body organ or part), as by surgery, disease, or radiation
53. Index - An alphabetized list of names, places, and subjects treated in a printed work, giving the page or pages on which each item is mentioned; something that serves to guide, point out, or otherwise facilitate reference
54. Laconic - Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise; short, to the point
55. Nimble - Quick, light, or agile in movement or action; deft; dexterous, smart
56. Clumsyness - Lacking dexterity and grace in physical movement; not agile; awkward; clumsily lacking in the ability to do or perform
57. Partisan - A fervent, sometimes militant supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea; one who supports and adheres to another; exhibiting bias; interested, factional
58. Recuperation - A return to normal health; gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury; recovery
59. Doldrums - A period of stagnation or slump; period of depression or unhappy listlessness; region of the ocean near the equator, characterized by calms, light winds, or squalls; feeling or spell of dismally low spirits; depression
60. Cow - To frighten with threats or a show of force; browbeat, intimidate;any of various chiefly domesticated mammals of the genus Bos, including cows, steers, bulls, and oxen, often raised for meat and dairy products
61. Lop - To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising; to hang limply, loosely, and carelessly; cut off from a whole
62. Fluvial - Of, relating to, or inhabiting a river or stream. Produced by the action of a river or stream
63. Jejune - Not interesting; dull; lacking maturity; childish; lacking in nutrition
64. Indespensible - Not to be dispensed with; essential; obligatory; unavoidable; necessary
65. Hubris - Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance
66. Vigilance - Alert watchfulness; carefulness
67. Enfeeble - To deprive of strength; make feeble; make very weak
68. Ethereal - Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible; highly refined; delicate; of the celestial spheres; heavenly; spiritual; so light and insubstantial as to resemble air or a thin film
69. Laggard - One that lags; a straggler; hanging back or falling behind; dilatory; falling behind
70. Tarpaulin - Material, such as waterproofed canvas, used to cover and protect things from moisture; a waterproof cloth, esp. one used in large sheets for covering anything exposed to the weather
71. Mottled - Spotted or blotched with different shades or colors; speckled
72. Vault - A room or compartment, often built of steel, for the safekeeping of valuables; a burial place or receptacle for human remains; to move off the ground by a muscular effort of the legs and feet; act of jumping
73. Allay - To reduce the intensity of; relieve; to calm or pacify; set to rest
74. Stature - The natural height of a human or animal in an upright position; achieved level; status; importance
75. Infinitude - The state or quality of being infinite; an immeasurably large quantity, number, or extent; an infinite quantity
76. Hellion - A mischievous, troublesome, or unruly person
77. Lunge - A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword; a sudden forward movement or plunge; pounce; dive for
78. Garish - Marked by strident color or excessive ornamentation; gaudy. loud and flashy79. Piquant - Pleasantly pungent or tart in taste; spicy. appealingly provocative: a piquant wit. charming, interesting, or attractive

anachronism: anything that is out of place in time. It is formed by the combination of the Greek roots ana and chronos
anon: soon; shortly. Used as an abbreviation, anon.
antebellum: before the war; especially before the American Civil War. This word is formed from the Latin Prefix ante and the root bellum
antediluvian: old-fashioned; before the flood.
atavism: reversion to a primitive type; resemblance to a remote ancestor.
augury: the art of prophecy; an omen. The original Latin word augur means priest who presides at fertility rituals.
betimes: early; promptly; before it is too late.
biennial: happening every two years.
diurnal: daily; of the daytime. Diurnal is contrasted with nocturnal
eon: long, indefinite period of time; thousand years.
ephemeral: short-lived; transitory.
epoch: noteworthy period.
generation: the period of time between the birth of one group and that of its offspring. A generation is about 30 years.
score: twenty people or objects; twenty years.
tercentenary: a period of 300 years.