| 2001 | essence | The essence of the argument was that both sides felt they had lost money. |
| 2002 | extract | The dentist extracted the woman’s damaged tooth and put in a fake one. |
| 2003 | fabulous | This strawberry is the best I’ve ever had. It’s fabulous. |
| 2004 | haste | In order to get to the meeting in time, he proceeded with haste. |
| 2005 | impulse | Because of the scary noise, she had an impulse to run somewhere and hide. |
| 2006 | inhibit | Poor reading skills will inhibit learning in a wide range of subject areas. |
| 2007 | latter | In the latter minutes of the game, the visitors scored the winning goal. |
| 2008 | molecule | A tiny drop of water is made up of many billions of molecules of water. |
| 2009 | ongoing | The development of plants is ongoing because it takes time for them to mature. |
| 2010 | precise | The builder was very precise about where he placed the nails. |
| 2011 | proximity | All the trees in the proximity of the beach had been cut down. |
| 2012 | publicity | She received a lot of publicity after her performance in the film. |
| 2013 | remedy | A good remedy for a headache is an aspirin and a glass of water. |
| 2014 | significance | The significance of the snowy weather was that we didn’t have to go to school. |
| 2015 | subsequent | The flood and the subsequent rescue of those caught in the flood were on TV. |
| 2016 | synthetic | Clothing made out of synthetic fabrics is very effective at keeping people warm. |
| 2017 | terminal | Since his condition was not terminal, he felt a great sense of relief. |
| 2018 | acute | When she fell out of the tree, the girl felt an acute pain in her arm. |
| 2019 | aggression | The problem was only made worse by Mark’s aggression. |
| 2020 | biography | We read a biography about Charles Darwin in science class. |
| 2021 | boost | Lowering prices boosts customers’ interest in shopping. |
| 2022 | clap | After the speech, everyone in the crowd clapped their hands for the speaker. |
| 2023 | classical | Beethoven is a composer of classical music. |
| 2024 | compel | Traffic signs compel drivers to drive safely. |
| 2025 | creation | We saw the creation of a new political party. |
| 2026 | dominance | Large gorillas hit their chests to express their dominance over others. |
| 2027 | gorgeous | The girl picked out a gorgeous dress to wear to the dance. |
| 2028 | inevitable | It is inevitable that the days will get longer in the summer. |
| 2029 | legacy | The legacy of the ancient Egyptians can be seen in their monuments. |
| 2030 | masterpiece | The Arc de Triomphe is considered a masterpiece in the world of architecture. |
| 2031 | multiple | When the stunt went wrong, the man suffered multiple injuries. |
| 2032 | narrate | This story was written by John, but Aaron is narrating it to the crowd. |
| 2033 | notorious | This area of town is notorious for gang activity. |
| 2034 | overall | Overall, the party was a huge success. |
| 2035 | partiality | She has a partiality for walking to school instead of driving. |
| 2036 | spontaneous | My wife made a spontaneous decision to buy a new sofa while I was at work. |
| 2037 | virtue | My best virtue is forgiveness. |
| 2038 | aspect | I thought about the different aspects of owning two dogs. |
| 2039 | asset | The coach realized the boy’s speed was an asset to the team. |
| 2040 | assignment | He was given a difficult assignment but he felt he could succeed in doing it. |
| 2041 | awareness | She has little awareness of what needs to be done. |
| 2042 | bud | Two weeks after planting the seed, a small bud appeared. |
| 2043 | coordinate | Each skating team had to coordinate their movements for the show. |
| 2044 | credit | His bank account is in credit, so he has money he can spend. |
| 2045 | disprove | The scientist disproved the theory that the sun moved around the Earth. |
| 2046 | humanitarian | After the flood, several humanitarian organizations offered help. |
| 2047 | hypothesis | The teacher did an experiment to prove whether his hypothesis was right. |
| 2048 | informative | The travel guide had a lot of informative facts about the region. |
| 2049 | optic | Her blindness was caused by a problem with her optic nerve. |
| 2050 | premise | The premise of the movie that Bobbi and I watched was unrealistic. |
| 2051 | rack | He stored his tools on a rack. |
| 2052 | Renaissance | Leonardo da Vinci was a popular artist of the Renaissance. |
| 2053 | spatial | He was asked where the books were located to test his spatial awareness. |
| 2054 | specify | The poster didn’t specify where the concert was taking place. |
| 2055 | tie | The dog is used to being tied up. |
| 2056 | undertake | We undertook to make sure everybody was well informed of current progress. |
| 2057 | wax | The candles are made of wax. |
| 2058 | addict | She was a coffee addict. She had more than three cups each day. |
| 2059 | archeological | They found archeological evidence of an ancient species of man. |
| 2060 | archeology | He studied archeology to learn more about ancient Egyptian culture. |
| 2061 | brainstorm | The students met after school to brainstorm ideas for their assignments. |
| 2062 | budget | His budget for food was very tight. |
| 2063 | chaotic | The first day of school can be chaotic for a new student. |
| 2064 | cite | She cited six reasons that the school needed to build new classrooms. |
| 2065 | correspond | The boy’s story didn’t correspond with his mother’s version. |
| 2066 | courtyard | During the summer, the courtyard is a nice place to have lunch. |
| 2067 | estate | He lived on his father’s estate in the country. |
| 2068 | fraud | Experts say that credit card fraud increases around the holidays. |
| 2069 | hydrogen | Airships used to be filled with hydrogen, but it exploded easily. |
| 2070 | integrity | The principal had a lot of integrity. |
| 2071 | outlook | He changed his outlook about rats after he read a book about them. |
| 2072 | parachute | They used parachutes dropped from airplanes to send supplies to the civilians. |
| 2073 | prehistoric | The scientists found prehistoric pots used by the people in the area. |
| 2074 | proponent | He was a proponent of using environmentally-friendly products. |
| 2075 | refine | The principal refined his method of controlling students over the years. |
| 2076 | restrict | The club restricted the amount of members. |
| 2077 | team | The All Blacks are my favorite sports team. |
| 2078 | aggregate | The company totaled its aggregate sales for the entire year. |
| 2079 | antibiotic | The doctor gave me a shot of an antibiotic when I got the flu. |
| 2080 | circuit | Be very careful not to shock yourself when fixing an electrical circuit. |
| 2081 | complement | The wool scarf complemented her lovely eyes. |
| 2082 | compress | I compressed my clothes to fit into a single suitcase. |
| 2083 | database | The company has a database of all the names and accounts of their customers. |
| 2084 | equivalent | I worked the equivalent of sixty hours this week. |
| 2085 | immune | Children usually get shots to make them immune to certain diseases. |
| 2086 | input | Type the input into the computer program. |
| 2087 | intimate | I only tell my secrets to my most intimate friends. |
| 2088 | magnet | I used a magnet to pick up the nails that were scattered on the floor. |
| 2089 | metabolism | If you exercise every day, your metabolism speeds up. |
| 2090 | microchip | I can put more data on my computer if I buy a more powerful microchip. |
| 2091 | phase | The first phase in the recycling project involves finding volunteers to help out. |
| 2092 | pinch | I pinched my nose so I couldn’t smell the odor from the garbage. |
| 2093 | prevalent | Growing a beard is more prevalent in some countries than in others. |
| 2094 | quantum | The physics student studied quantum mechanics. |
| 2095 | ratio | The boy-to-girl ratio is one to three. |
| 2096 | spiral | A strand of DNA looks like two interlocking spirals. |
| 2097 | viral | The girl was in bed for a week when she had a viral infection. |
| 2098 | acid | In chemistry class, we mixed two acids together and watched the reaction. |
| 2099 | administration | She hoped she could be promoted to a job in administration. |
| 2100 | administrative | I work as an administrative assistant to the owner of the company. |
| 2101 | biotechnology | Researchers at the biotechnology company use bacteria to make medicine. |
| 2102 | cholesterol | When people have too much cholesterol, they are at a high risk for heart problems. |
| 2103 | coalition | The companies formed a coalition to make trade less expensive. |
| 2104 | deceptive | The scary-looking man’s appearance is deceptive; he is actually very nice. |
| 2105 | diabetes | Overweight people are more likely to suffer from diabetes than slimmer ones. |
| 2106 | eliminate | Wearing a seatbelt eliminates some of the dangers of driving a car. |
| 2107 | erosion | Canyons are formed because rivers of fast-moving water caused erosion. |
| 2108 | ethics | The act of stealing certainly doesn’t go against some people’s ethics. |
| 2109 | explicit | The man gave a very explicit account of the car accident. |
| 2110 | framework | His ideas fit into the framework of a successful business plan. |
| 2111 | manufacture | My father’s company manufactures steel building materials. |
| 2112 | mechanism | I can’t open my car door because the locking mechanism is broke. |
| 2113 | minimize | I checked my homework twice to minimize errors I might have made. |
| 2114 | nectar | Bees use nectar to make their honey. |
| 2115 | notion | I had a notion that this route would get us to the beach. |
| 2116 | regime | He was a member of the old regime that had been overthrown in the election. |
| 2117 | straightforward | The teacher’s grading system was straightforward and fair. |
| 2118 | bankrupt | The store had few customers and soon went bankrupt. |
| 2119 | conform | The new student had to conform to the school’s dress code. |
| 2120 | employ | The bookstore employed two full-time clerks. |
| 2121 | expel | Since he would not follow the rules, the principal had to expel the student. |
| 2122 | extension | My parents decided to add an extension to our house for the new baby. |
| 2123 | forthcoming | Some economists predicted that the forthcoming world economy would be severe. |
| 2124 | furnish | Most homes are furnished with tables, chairs, and beds. |
| 2125 | hygiene | People who brush their teeth at least twice a day are practicing good hygiene. |
| 2126 | hygienic | My sister works very hard to keep her entire home as hygienic as possible. |
| 2127 | landlord | The landlord collected everyone’s rent money on the first day of every month. |
| 2128 | lease | When the family first leased the apartment, the rent was very low. |
| 2129 | mandatory | It’s mandatory that everyone be at least 16 to drive a car in the US. |
| 2130 | mend | Mother mended the rip in my pants with a piece of cloth. |
| 2131 | mortgage | When they bought their new home, the married couple had to sign a mortgage. |
| 2132 | personnel | When business increased, we had to hire more personnel. |
| 2133 | plumbing | When the plumbing stopped working, no one was allowed to use the toilets. |
| 2134 | quote | His writing was full of quotes from Shakespeare. |
| 2135 | tenant | The new tenants moved into the house across the street. |
| 2136 | utility | If you don’t pay the utilities, you may have your electricity turned off. |
| 2137 | whereby | The mayor had a new bridge built whereby the citizens could cross the river. |
| 2138 | adapt | When he went to the new town, he had to adapt to all the weather changes. |
| 2139 | biological | In science class, we learned about the biological process of bacterial growth. |
| 2140 | cellular | She used a microscope to see the activity at a cellular level. |
| 2141 | dynamic | The new, dynamic employee came up with a good way to juggle his workload. |
| 2142 | fantasy | Becoming an astronaut is a fantasy shared by many children. |
| 2143 | heredity | The boy’s face is similar to his father’s because of heredity. |
| 2144 | internal | We removed the outer case to reveal the computer’s internal wires. |
| 2145 | minimal | My lazy husband does a minimal amount of work around the house. |
| 2146 | pioneer | He was a pioneer of computer programming. |
| 2147 | prescribe | When I was sick, the doctor prescribed me flu medicine for me to take. |
| 2148 | respective | The boxers were told to return to their respective corners. |
| 2149 | rigid | Societies often have rigid rules about the way that people are supposed to act. |
| 2150 | sequence | The dominos fell in a sequence of one after another. |
| 2151 | similar | I have had a similar experience to the one you described. |
| 2152 | substitute | When I ran out of juice, I had to substitute water to drink in the morning. |
| 2153 | surgeon | The surgeon operated on the old man’s heart. |
| 2154 | therapy | After she broke her legs, she used physical therapy to learn how to walk again. |
| 2155 | transfer | The family transferred the groceries from the shopping cart to the car. |
| 2156 | transition | The weather gets colder during the transition from summer to autumn. |
| 2157 | transplant | The sick child needed a heart transplant to live. |
| 2158 | astrology | Jack, who studies astrology, believes that the stars can predict the future. |
| 2159 | couple | There were a couple of problems I had to solve. |
| 2160 | deviate | Very few deviate much from the average. |
| 2161 | differentiate | It was hard to differentiate between the identical twins. |
| 2162 | disrupt | The loud crash disrupted the class lecture. |
| 2163 | equation | I used the Pythagorean theorem to solve the equation. |
| 2164 | err | The pilot erred in his estimate of the time it would take to make the trip. |
| 2165 | erroneous | The child held the erroneous belief that time machines were real. |
| 2166 | frantic | The cat became frantic when I tried to give it a bath. |
| 2167 | inadvertent | She made an inadvertent error when she knocked over the nail polish. |
| 2168 | improvise | There was no meat for the pizza, so we improvised with what was in the fridge. |
| 2169 | latitude | The device was able to tell the traveler his exact latitude. |
| 2170 | mariner | The old mariner used his telescope to find the shore. |
| 2171 | multitude | A multitude of people were waiting at the airport. |
| 2172 | nuisance | The teenager considered her noisy little brothers to be quite a nuisance. |
| 2173 | permanence | Poor results threaten the permanence of the new system. |
| 2174 | revolve | My life revolves around sports. |
| 2175 | soothe | The mother soothed her crying baby by rocking him in her arms. |
| 2176 | stranded | When the plane left, my sister and I were stranded in China. |
| 2177 | technique | There are a lot of teaching techniques that are well supported by research. |
| 2178 | absurd | That group of people making animal noises sounds completely absurd. |
| 2179 | aristocracy | Most members of the aristocracy were very well fed. |
| 2180 | aristocrat | The aristocrat did not need a job because his family was wealthy. |
| 2181 | attire | Everyone wore their best attire to the president’s daughter’s wedding. |
| 2182 | craze | Wearing bright red socks was a craze when I was in high school. |
| 2183 | denote | Quotation marks are used to denote speech. |
| 2184 | enlarge | The classrooms were enlarged over the summer to make room for more students. |
| 2185 | excess | Because it never got cold that winter, many stores had an excess of coats. |
| 2186 | feminine | Many of the older people thought his long hair made him look too feminine. |
| 2187 | hierarchy | Everyone knows where they fit in the hierarchy. |
| 2188 | pad | Football players wear shoulder pads to keep them safe. |
| 2189 | partner | Ladies and gentlemen, take your partners for the next dance. |
| 2190 | predominant | Before cars were invented, horses were the predominant method of travel. |
| 2191 | protocol | The introduction of the guests followed the normal protocol. |
| 2192 | reputable | The service from the less-than-reputable company made her angry. |
| 2193 | signify | A red octagon is used to signify a place to stop. |
| 2194 | strap | She put the strap of her purse over her shoulder and walked out the door. |
| 2195 | style | Her clothes were all in the latest style. |
| 2196 | tangle | The laces of his shoes were in such a tangle that he could not untie them. |
| 2197 | vanity | Her vanity won’t allow her to pass a mirror without looking at herself. |
| 2198 | ashore | After a long day of fishing, Glen pulled his boat ashore, so it wouldn’t float away. |
| 2199 | contradict | Ken was always fighting with his little sister because she kept contradicting him. |
| 2200 | counterpart | Our manager will meet our rival company’s counterpart later today. |