Vocabulary Lists

depression

economic crisis

recession

economic condition

status

president

business executive

corporate executive

chief of state

economy

thriftiness

saving

foreclosure

legal proceeding

dust bowl

job

business

business sector

banking

money box

savings bank

Fertile Crescent

Tigris River

Euphrates River

ziggurat

diaspora

domesticate

Sumer

city-state

social class

Hammurabi

cuneiform

polytheism

monotheism

dike

Mesopotamia

Tigris

Canaan

Babylonia

Judah

Assyria

Euphrates

scribe

crescent

famine

fertile

covenant

agricultural

river

revolution

social

class

city

state

shylock

ducat

tubal

Shylock

sand-blind

gormandise

bechance

accoutre

torchbearer

outbrave

usance

Jacob’s staff

enrobe

outstare

signior

currish

cerecloth

wive

morocco

misbeliever

Jew

high-top

fledge

sir

Belmont

argosy

casket

county palatine

antipode

bond

ewe

forfeiture

gelt

solemnize

Dardanian

magnifico

besmear

mountain pine

thou

rheum

play false

outface

vendible

gaberdine

Alcides

immure

miscarry

tucket

gaoler

beshrew

forfeit

knap

Venice

blear

viand

honest woman

enthrone

cornet

famish

unseal

Tripoli

count palatine

humbleness

bagpipe

strumpet

lord

Budge

trafficker

bate

throstle

fiend

masque

scape

swear

vilely

Padua

misconstrue

ill luck

sceptred

exit

ergo

gape

cuckold

forswear

fourscore

Balthasar

rasher

posy

shrive

pray

hazard

lie with

undervalue

wooer

corruptly

gudgeon

ring

choose

disable

mannerly

dobbin

aweary

afeard

fang

enter

Sweet

confiscate

sirrah

deserve

green-eyed

lineament

younker

‘tween

impeach

rib

wether

surfeit

line of life

bated

entrap

mocker

gratis

dong

bedfellow

torturer

Lie

carrion

sufferance

Laban

fly by

beseech

prodigal

lade

Palatine

fledged

intercessor

gambol

tricksy

pennyworth

impugn

presage

unburden

wren

bid

ding

withal

gild

unquiet

seal

icicle

bragging

deface

pound

tediousness

infuse

bondman

spurn

prolixity

singe

enchant

precious stone

flesh

neighbourly

devil

clerk

tarry

accoutred

bethink

unpractised

lend

commend

bear down

entreat

scrubbed

merchant

bootless

exaction

hie

deny

duke

creditor

Charybdis

advisedly

mesh

mastership

madam

enfold

heaven

excrement

riddance

unmannerly

break of day

snaky

curtsy

thrift

recant

dulcet

adieu

happy hour

livery

wrinkle

thrice

let

disabling

jaundice

christen

grieve

moiety

fleece

Christian

Genoa

sunder

snapper

creep in

oath

scroll

fortune

unlock

woo

bleed

fair

build in

scimitar

specify

full stop

lady

breed

acquit

follower

friend

spit

cur

loathe

bleat

slink

piper

brag

abridge

flourish

fulsome

be well

e’er

Scylla

dote

thankfully

ceremoniously

lodge

ne’er

acquaint

jewel

Argus

surety

Neapolitan

nominate

whet

look to

doctor

new-made

signify

brassy

braggart

mortify

worthiness

part with

servitor

commendable

homepage

Erebus

amity

chance on

old master

cozen

prop

cackle

coffer

have in mind

justice

will

herein

lose

halter

vesture

colt

love

Morocco

welcome

Moor

Venetian

cobweb

eye

allay

fare

gaping

grace

usurer

teach

take heed

veiling

prate

crosse

bespeak

breeder

lose it

gnat

give

cater

ram

grossness

discontinue

pertain

fool

bellow

come

casement

deed

imposition

III

squealing

lock up

budge

neigh

feeder

lading

steal

superfluity

Here

synagogue

damn

rivet

antipodes

treble

have

falling out

squander

master

pluck

competency

aught

Janus

repent

enforce

feed upon

congregate

conceit

merry

relent

mincing

good

come before

uttermost

virgin

fawning

concord

hear

suit

tainted

clamber

sooth

grossly

stand

indie

mine

bastard

bless

mercy

outlive

judge

chaff

wit

pied

waft

scant

Jewess

nay

lieu

scene

nightingale

taint

deserving

blest

sworn

shrew

sweet

courtesy

lottery

rack

drudge

night

jack

Midas

infidel

red wine

requite

penalty

speak

Hercules

slavish

evermore

eater

squeal

snore

gentle

wilful

hedged

dross

farewell

certify

naughty

suitor

Dido

mar

smug

twill

cudgel

lodging

commiseration

praising

man

peruse

pardon

huddle

estimation

prepare

incision

jacks

court

here

caper

leaden

offend

with child

conspire

o’er

undeserved

importunity

smith

eyed

plea

mortifying

marry

wilt

conscience

go with

merchandise

starve

say

lewd

rehearse

turquoise

therefore

raise up

knell

quaintly

father

pent

thief

notary

christening

countryman

sum

lie

burgher

feign

poor boy

dram

contrive

bankrupt

displease

owe

Phoebus

daughter

mince

paleness

nuptial

honest

skip

scarf

heinous

go in

reverend

Cupid

fee

treason

well

damned

goodly

pierce

thrive

complexion

anon

abridged

good word

lamb

Medea

visage

draw back

creep

publican

come by

ratify

Pythagoras

the devil

tell

comer

make

garnish

pork

wise

hovel

acquitted

gallows

serve

Daniel

parrot

honour

feed

diver

wager

watery

candle

courteous

hellish

frown

beget

laughable

preferment

waver

obdurate

exceed

alabaster

not

tickle

moan

unwearied

venture

knave

forerunner

thank

enforced

rat

wedlock

music

curb

amaze

scrub

gondola

brew

fetching

Barbary

heaviness

court of justice

twelvemonth

servant

unfeeling

warranty

ravenous

draw

good part

casualty

devise

worship

thousand

mistress

jot

void

graze

wrest

mitigate

estimable

ague

catch it

viands

richly

demurely

blink

lawfully

strand

squandered

dwell

leave

husbandry

keenness

grieving

talker

wanton

learn

hate

why

messenger

take

enact

commodity

wroth

oft

wont to

haste

manna

wont

grazed

vow

pry

breathe

affection

bound

peevish

sweat

judgment

fooling

mean

render

sober

ornament

word

bar

snail

frowning

nourish

Orpheus

please

god

Nestor

dimension

fife

shine

villain

bellowing

intermission

discontinued

fall out

revenge

godlike

deserts

desire

burthen

counsel

drown

ply

doublet

husband

fall

Mark

famished

good fortune

grow

aloof

maid

stand for

go about

decease

reed

grant

wearer

wear

cutler

woolly

prince

deceive

upright

cast away

take leave

for all the world

imputation

blessing

Tartar

portly

thousand times

quicken

wry

embrace

assure

hoop

proverb

but

abate

Tell

fray

feast

know

font

furnish

linger

wife

perjury

VIII

sad

refuse

show

drone

indirectly

puny

live

starved

confuse

clime

marvellously

inlaid

curtain

sleep with

vantage

praise

bait

losses

renowned

stays

orb

gentile

Jacob

rend

at sea

impediment

in love

and so

betimes

wag

blood

bear

nominated

soul

sealed

letter

faith

wrong

true

hip

woven

exhortation

gentleman

turn

contain

decree

gold

no more

quietness

hark

loser

begotten

pronounce

aside

thaw

mistrust

neighbour

borrow

flint

this night

ear

liver

stead

prick

wring

run away

cheer

dagger

commendation

law

give away

VII

accord

writ

sand

think

sin

troth

conjure

yon

come about

can

run

certified

bereft

sweating

damnation

loathing

dinner

smack

mercenary

dowry

mart

gift

seek

deserved

appear

musician

hang on

answer

nought

cub

vein

Frankfort

attribute

confess

torch

forth

loath

bring down

thoroughfare

dumb

thwart

tear

urine

stay

trumpet

inquire

wooing

tongue

hell

brewing

house

thrifty

palate

expire

advise

stratagem

pains

visitation

tedious

unwillingly

parted

trifle

gear

carcass

predicament

wolf

wench

much

faithless

yea

lead

bushel

counterfeit

part

sucking

blinking

bargain

angel

converse

commit

twenty

fear

yet

blind

fail

purse

debtor

dog

follow

presently

epitaph

pageant

suck

cite

gage

kiss

deliver

forgive

oration

none

thwarted

offer

hope

mock

wealth

mending

fawn

debt

finger

flatly

cat

honourable

bring

see

wondrous

are

attend

convert

obscure

peril

turn to

gross

self

compulsion

Leonardo

dam

much as

news

dove

gust

then

break

heel

bestow

slander

heart

clothe

crow

buy it

more

day

nourished

boy

buzzing

depend on

tribe

beauteous

purchase

promise

reverence

silver

merciful

feasting

unfold

behold

uphold

money

come forth

month

Jason

ado

fraught

buy

courtship

weigh

hold

amorous

look

destiny

spice

abide

inhuman

sway

sail

modesty

wish

inscription

insert

raise

leisure

moth

suffice

Saxony

crave

prayer

lock

wind

Friend

stillness

repute

rebel

speed

award

hue

sup

silks

gaudy

even so

wed

sepulchre

beggar

sceptre

spirit

outward

transform

there

golden

hive

assured

drop

shedding

mirth

moon

paltry

wand

bounty

wealthy

goat

neither

woollen

offender

hence

malice

shadow

yield

hang

cripple

exceeding

God

coward

vile

fairness

cuckoo

forbid

call

ship

bag

blot

prove

appropriation

bosom

chin

such

shuddering

do good

monkey

seasoned

Troy

look on

satisfy

rightful

outcry

sadness

advised

scorned

shame

rigorous

truth

bliss

flats

breathing

exclaim

have on

fill up

find

stone

peasantry

come to

better

hog

hose

content

come near

badge

knife

gaze

conveniently

son

herb

shun

come in

broth

alter

lung

ingratitude

meagre

young

at hand

Lisbon

Carthage

civility

dice

commonwealth

multitude

supper

abject

go to

alas

shrug

Hebrew

cut

rich

stale

dismay

talk

possessor

pause

go forth

set forth

redeem

be born

hide

gain

manly

gossip

value

giddy

beard

urge

sing

scruple

impertinent

envious

to the contrary

play

assume

scatter

youth

e’en

Lord

glitter

awhile

Fall

chaste

Diana

same

waters

break up

bad

variable

must

to wit

quarrel

virtue

gem

estate

three

stamp

cut off

hand

noble

vehement

highway

good faith

injunction

pigeon

too

qualify

luck

state

all

forbear

disgraced

impenetrable

twinkle

Frenchman

outrageous

pig

oppose

bold

alight

key

soften

death

beholding

scarce

thing

rite

waste

do in

hood

gone

mingle

endeavour

ten thousand

runaway

speak for

turn up

depending on

observance

go along

passion

sponge

never

detain

morrow

in haste

nothing

amiss

bed

worth

choice

flood

sit

now

pay

kinsman

sound

dare

rag

Grecian

commandment

petty

die

dull

hold out

behavior

many an

holy

term

kneel

exploit

sentence

engage

shed

grudge

farthest

pleased

shallow

straight

weep

cooling

princely

times

bearer

semblance

art

ginger

lark

fast

follies

in store

plain

dread

heed

rightly

Brutus

look upon

indeed

defendant

lover

fall upon

speechless

defend

joy

ratified

penance

may

wreck

stride

glad

fault

train

impart

make good

cover

limp

suited

fearfully

oddly

prosper

worthy

dear

kind

mates

stoop

four o’clock

confound

mantle

madness

wisdom

soft

come with

merriment

leap

Turk

healed

rest

peep

loving

meet

digest

tribute

lack

lip

discharge

excess

rings

huddled

for certain

tempt

notwithstanding

sick

unkind

matched

envy

sigh

learned

brook

swearing

cruelty

heresy

overtake

substance

like

ambitious

indirect

hour

earthly

undone

precedent

freely

gratify

greedy

glove

privy

oracle

twentieth

bell

misery

stair

half

mind

habitation

hard

dispatch

flatter

rail

lordship

valour

parts

acquainted

toss

conceive

mutton

answer for

fading

defy

doubly

apparel

frost

displeased

heal

go away

prepare for

willow

fade

away

sake

persuade

bring to

Scripture

mad

keep

issuing

therein

rein

aforesaid

dismiss

bars

twinkling

eyes

courageous

beset

wrinkled

continuance

fly

hither

keen

make it

tail

grievous

spider

rails

liberal

mend

proceed

street

buzz

do it

crisp

time

go by

scorn

beg

edifice

ruin

extend

pier

heartily

infection

dealings

wake

disabled

vinegar

laugh

assuage

apothecary

stricture

dictum

chattel

taciturn

unsullied

dispatch

imprudent

cowlick

teem

vapid

morbid

predilection

profane

nebulous

gouge

concession

foray

condescend

apprehensive

wallow

sentimentality

entail

vexation

mortification

sojourn

dispensation

expound

erratic

iniquity

contemptuous

truant

contentious

fractious

amiable

populace

begrudge

disapprobation

discernible

auspicious

arbitrate

aloof

foolhardy

benign

tacit

arbor

magisterial

hitherto

placidly

asinine

edification

quibble

ensuing

respective

ramshackle

cleave

render

vigil

aberration

accost

plait

quell

hearten

inordinate

lineament

ingenuous

changeling

relativity

innate

catwalk

don

trousseau

deportment

ambrosia

tentatively

tarry

obstreperous

invective

contemporary

passe

bedeck

philippic

umbrage

rectitude

interdict

skulk

reconnaissance

nether

undulate

viscous

escapade

cantankerous

altercation

bode

denote

ecclesiastical

garish

qualm

austere

heady

primer

prerogative

flighty

oblique

myopic

lop

inflection

pensive

rankle

resilient

manacle

venerable

buttress

detractor

privy

succinct

overture

uncouth

impassive

fey

akimbo

countenance

formidable

subpoena

elucidate

affluent

vista

sundry

assessor

probate

unobtrusive

eccentricity

connivance

litigant

terse

corroborate

congenital

corrugated

glean

deign

acrimonious

dogged

earnest

genial

ruddy

complacently

ambidextrous

elements

mollify

brash

grudging

rile

browbeat

rove

volition

subtlety

expunge

candid

impudent

iota

circumstantial

unmitigated

temerity

idealist

acquit

indignant

demur

becoming

fatalistic

ruefully

wry

furtive

adamant

stolid

sordid

impertinence

duress

squalor

bellows

sibilant

bovine

dainty

brevity

spurious

undue

florid

livery

purloin

incantation

irascible

gait

billow

rout

exploit

flounder

pinion

untrammeled

telltale

shrewd

abomination

agglutination

agnation

alienation

alternation

assassination

assignation

bombination

cachinnation

calcination

carbonation

carnation

chlorination

cognation

combination

commination

concatenation

condemnation

condonation

conglutination

consternation

contamination

coordination

coronation

crenation

culmination

cybernation

damnation

deamination

declination

decontamination

demyelination

denomination

deracination

desalination

designation

destination

determination

detonation

discrimination

disinclination

dissemination

divination

domination

donation

eburnation

elimination

emanation

enation

examination

explanation

extermination

fascination

festination

foreordination

fractionation

fulmination

gemination

germination

haemagglutination

hallucination

hemagglutination

hibernation

hydrogenation

hyphenation

illumination

imagination

impersonation

impregnation

incarnation

inclination

incoordination

incrimination

indetermination

indignation

indoctrination

insemination

insubordination

intonation

invagination

iodination

isoagglutination

lamination

lunation

machination

miscegenation

nation

nomination

ordination

origination

oxygenation

pagination

peregrination

perennation

personation

phonation

planation

plastination

pollenation

pollination

prechlorination

predestination

predetermination

predomination

preordination

procrastination

profanation

pronation

pseudohallucination

ratiocination

recombination

recrimination

redetermination

reexamination

reincarnation

rejuvenation

resignation

ruination

rumination

stagnation

subordination

subornation

superordination

supination

termination

transamination

trephination

urination

vaccination

vaticination

venation

vernation

inveigle

palaver

maunder

Aesop’s fables

Africa

Alexander the Great

Ancient Greek

ancient history

Aramaic

Archimedes

Assyria

Athens

Babylon

Celt

Chaldean

culture

cuneiform

Daniel

David

Egypt

Euclid

fable

Hellenistic

Herodotus

Hittite

Homer

Iliad

invention

Israel

Jerusalem

language

Mesopotamia

Nebuchadnezzar

Nineveh

Odyssey

Olympics

Persian Empire

Pharaoh

Plato

poetry

religion

Saul

science

Socrates

Solomon

Sparta

Thucydides

trade

Trojan horse

hack

hadj

haem

haft

haik

hail

hair

haji

hajj

hake

hale

half

hall

halm

halo

halt

hame

hand

hang

hank

hard

hare

hark

harm

harp

hart

hash

hasp

hate

haul

have

hawk

haze

hazy

head

heal

heap

hear

heat

heed

heel

heft

heir

held

hell

helm

help

heme

hemp

herb

herd

here

herm

hero

heth

hewn

hick

hide

high

hike

hill

hilt

hind

hint

hire

hiss

hive

hoar

hoax

hobo

hock

hogg

hold

hole

holy

home

homo

homy

hone

honk

hood

hoof

hook

hoop

hoot

hope

hops

horn

hose

host

hour

howl

hoya

huck

huff

huge

hula

hulk

hull

hump

hunk

hunt

hurl

hurt

hush

husk

hymn

hype

hypo

abandon

abduct

abolish

abscond

abuse

accelerate

accuse

achieve

acquire

act

adapt

add

address

adjust

administer

advance

advise

aim

allocate

analyze

answer

anticipate

apprehend

approach

appropriate

arbitrate

arrange

arrest

ascertain

assault

assemble

assess

attack

attain

audit

avert

bang

bar

beat

berate

bite

blast

block

blow

brighten

broke

buck

budget

built

bump

bury

bushwhack

calculate

catch

charge

chart

chase

check

choke

clap

clash

classify

climb

clip

clutch

coach

collapse

collar

collect

collide

command

commandeer

communicate

compile

complete

compose

compute

conduct

conserve

consolidate

construct

consult

control

coordinate

counsel

count

cram

crash

crawl

create

creep

cripple

crouch

cut

dance

dart

dash

deal

decide

deck

deduct

define

delegate

delineate

deliver

descend

describe

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