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IRRITATE
Annoy
Peeve
Vex /
  1. to annoy or irritate
  2. distress: a feeling of great worry or unhappiness; great suffering
/ Bantering: friendly remarks and joke
Exasperate
Fret /
  1. be annoyed or irritated
  2. be worried or unhappy and not able to relax
  3. narrow ridges in guitar
  4. to decorate with interlaced designs, fret work
/ Badinage: friendly joking between people, teasing conversation
Badger /
  1. to annoy persistently
  2. a type of animal living in underground holes

Pester
Nettle
Rile / to annoy sb or make them angry
Rankle / to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness for a long time
Pique /
  1. irritation; resentment; annoyed or bitter feelings you have usually because of pride been hurt
  2. provoke or arouse; annoy: to arouse anger or resentment, to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff, irritate, to make sb annoyed or upset
/ Importune: beg persistently, to ask/ beg sb for sth many times and in a way that is annoying
Fester / to annoy, Rankle; produce irritation or resentment
Gadfly /
  1. animal-biting fly
  2. an irritating person
/ Baffle: frustrate, confuse, perplex, annoy due to frustration
Irksome / annoying; tedious
Irk / to make irritated, or bored
Gall /
  1. to annoy, irritate
  2. bitterness, nerve: feelings of worry or anxiety

Chafe /
  1. to irritate, vex
  2. warm by rubbing

Chagrin / irritation, vexation caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
Frustrate / to make sb feel annoyed or impatient because they cannot do or achieve what they want
Nuisance / annoyance
PERSON WHO COULD BE EASILY IRRITATED
Irascible / irritable; easily angered
Petulant
Peevish
Touchy / sensitive, irascible
Bad-tempered
Ill-tempered
Hot-tempered
Grouchy / bad-tempered and often complaining
Choleric / hot-tempered
Splenetic / peevish
Bilious /
  1. suffering from a liver complaint
  2. peevishly ill humored

Crabbed / Sour; peevish (often due to old age)
Cantankerous / ill-humored; irritable
Cranky
Fractious / unruly; disobedient; irritable
Tantrum /
  1. a fit of bad temper, petulance
  2. caprice

GHOST
Phantom
Spectral / ghostly, connected with a ghost
Vampire / ghost that sucks the blood of the living
Apparition
Spook
Specter
Wraith
Poltergeist / noisy and mischievous ghost held to be responsible for mysterious noises / Ghastly: horrible
Jabberwocky / meaningless speech or writing: related to ghosts
Incorporeal / lacking physical form or material body
HINT, CLUE
Insinuate
Inkling
Implication
Innuendo
Intimate /
  1. hint, clue
  2. having a very close relation or sth very close

Intuition
Hunch /
  1. hint, clue
  2. hump, bend forward

Adumbration
FUTURE TELLING/ FUTURE RELATED
Foreshadow / give an indication beforehand / Forestall: prevent by taking action in advance
Foresight /
  1. ability to see future
  2. prudence, cautious, careful

Foretell
Foresee
Portend
Portent / sign; omen; forewarning: a sign or warning of sth that will happen in future, esp. when it is sth unpleasant
Presage
Forewarning / to warn in advance
Prefigure
Prescience / ability to foretell or foresee the future
Presentiment / feeling sth will happen esp. sth unpleasant; anticipatory fear; premonition
Prescient / ability to foretell or foresee the future
Forewarning / warn in advance
Premonition / forewarning; esp. sth unpleasant
Apocalyptic / prophetic; pertaining to revelations; describing very serious damage and destruction in future
Augury
Omen / signs relating to future events: usually bad
Prophecy / a statement that sth will happen in the future
Foresight
Prophetic
Soothsayer
Bode
Foreboding / premonition of evil or sth bad
Divination
Precognition
Divine /
  1. related to GOD or coming from GOD
  2. perceive intuitively: to discover by intuition
  3. foresee the future
  4. pure (religiously)
/ Dowse: search for a source of under-ground mineral or water
Forecast
Oracular /
  1. prophetic
  2. mysterious or ambiguous
  3. uttered as if with divine authority or when deity of GOD speaks
  4. dictatorial
/ Prognosis: forecasted course of a disease or illness; prediction, foretell or forecast
Cassandra / one who predicts misfortune or disaster
Clairvoyant
Sibylline / future teller
Prognosticate
DISORDER/ DISEASE
Amnesia / Loss of memory
Aphasia / loss of speech due to injury (brain) or illness
Anorexia / Loss of appetite
Dyslexia / inability to read, write and spell
Insomnia / wakefulness; inability to sleep
Anosmia / loss of sense of smell
Alopecia / loss of hair or wool
Astigmatism / eye defect that prevents proper focus
Stupor /
  1. state of apathy;
  2. daze; dormancy, lethargy
  3. lack of awareness or consciousness

Myopia /
  1. nearsighted (cant see far objects or things)
  2. lacking foresight: a narrow view of something

Dyspepsia / indigestion
Anemia / condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles
Cataract /
  1. large waterfall
  2. eye abnormality

Chronic / long established, as a disease; lasting for a long time; difficult to cure or get rid of
PEOPLE WHO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY/ EXPENSIVE THINGS
Lavish / liberal, wasteful in terms of money or resources
Sumptuous / lavish, rich, expensive
Sportive / playful, also playful in terms of joyous, festive
Prodigal / wasteful; reckless with money
Extravagant / spending lot of money
Improvident / thriftless: spending money in a careless way
Thriftless / careless, wasteful in handling money or resources
Profligate /
  1. dissipated; wasteful in terms of money
  2. wildly immoral

Profusion /
  1. overabundance
  2. lavish expenditure

Splurge / to spend lot of money on sth
Exorbitant / excessive: much too high: exorbitant costs/fares/fees/prices/rents
Spendthrift / someone who wastes money
Squander / waste
Fritter /
  1. waste: to waste time or money
  2. a piece of fruit, meat or vegetable that is covered with batter and fried

Wastrel / one who spends resources foolishly and waste them
Luxurious / very comfortable; containing expensive and enjoyable things or spending a lot
PEOPLE WHO SPEND MONEY ECONOMICALLY
Economical
Frugal
Thrifty / Careful about money, economical
Husbandry /
  1. frugality, thrift
  2. agriculture

Husband / Use sparingly, conserve, save
Provident /
  1. saving money, thrifty
  2. displaying foresight; preparing for emergencies (future)

Skimp / provide scantily; live very economically
Scrimp / Limit expenses
Retrench / Cut down (cost, man power etc), economize
Stint /
  1. be thrifty; save, frugal
  2. set limits on sb/ sth or stop sth, to put an end to sth
  3. supply; allotted amount; assigned portion of work

Attrition /
  1. gradual decrease in numbers
  2. reduction in the work force without firing employees
  3. wearing out or weakening your enemies by repeated attacks or by harassment

PEOPLE WHO HAVE MONEY BUT DON’T SPEND
Stingy
Miser
Mean /
  1. stingy, miser
  2. selfish etc
/ Grudging: (1) unwilling, (2) reluctant; (3) stingy
Niggardly / meanly stingy; not generous with money, time, etc
Scrooge / a miserly person
Skinflint / stingy person; miser
Curmudgeon /
  1. Rude or arrogant, ill-tempered
  2. miserly individual

Tightwad / excessively frugal person; miser
Parsimony / stinginess; excessive frugality
Close-fisted / stingy: reluctant to spend money
Cheese-paring / stingy: reluctant to spend money
Penurious (penury) /
  1. severe poverty
  2. stinginess

Penny-pincher / Stingy person
PEOPLE WHO DON’T HAVE MONEY (POOR)
Penurious (penury) /
  1. severe poverty
  2. stinginess
/ Threadbare: worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor
Indigent / Very poor
Destitute / extremely poor, lacking necessities of life
Impoverished / very poor; without money
Impecunious / having little or no money
Penniless / Having no money
Pauper / A very poor person
Poverty-stricken / in a state of extreme poverty
Tatterdemalion / a person dressed in old and torn clothing: Ragamuffin
Ragamuffin / person wearing tattered clothes; (a poor person)
Mendicant / Beggar
Cadger / Beggar
Cadge / beg sth from sb
Panhandler / Beggar
Mangy / dirty and in bad condition: shabby, miserable or poor
Adversity / poverty; misfortune; a difficult or unpleasant situation
Miserable / very unhappy or uncomfortable, poor, very unpleasant, inadequate, dirty and lacking any comfort
PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO PAY DEBTS
Bankrupt
Insolvent / bankrupt; lacking money to pay
Deadbeat /
  1. somebody who does not pay debts
  2. somebody regarded as irresponsible, lazy
/ Amortize: to pay debt by making small regular payments
Defaulter
Arrears / Being in debt; money that sb owes that they have not paid at the right time
BEGINNER/ IMMATURE
Tyro
Novice
Neophyte / beginner, novice, recent convert
Nascent / just beginning or came to existence
Rookie
Incipient / just beginning or came to existence
Inchoate /
  1. recently begun; rudimentary; elementary
  2. not clear

Rudimentary / not developed; elementary; crude
Half-baked /
  1. not well planned or considered
  2. lacking in judgment, intelligence, or common sense
/ Fledge: to grow feathers: immature, young, inexperienced
Infantile / childish; infant like: immature
Embryonic / undeveloped; rudimentary: in an early stage of development
Green / fresh, new, immature and youthful
Puerile / childish, juvenile: immature
Juvenile / youth, childish, silly: immature and youthful
Recruit /
  1. To find new people to join a company, an organization, the armed forces, etc.
  2. novice, beginner
  3. new or young soldier
/ Debutante: young woman making first formal entrance into society
Callow / youthful; immature: inexperienced
Fledgling /
  1. inexperienced, immature or beginner
  2. young bird that just learnt to fly
/ Debut: a formal entrance into society
Sophomoric / immature; half-baked, like a sophomore / Sophomore
Apprentice /
  1. inexperienced person
  2. intern: one who works for someone to learns sth

Dilettante /
  1. aimless follower or admirer of the arts
  2. amateur; dabbler: non professional

Dabbler / immature, non professional, inexperienced
Amateur / lacking experience, beginner, inexperienced, non professional
Unfledged / Immature
PHOBIA (ABNORMAL FEAR OF STH.)
Acrophobia / fear of heights
Claustrophobia / fear of being locked or confined in or close space (esp. small place)
Hydrophobia /
  1. fear of water
  2. rabies disease

Xenophobia / fear of strangers or foreigners or anything strange
Agoraphobia / fear of open space or public space having many people
Phobia / abnormal fear of sth
Cynophobia / fear of dogs
Triskaidekaphobia / fear of number 13
Thanatophobia / fear of death
SMALL (INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT)
Iota
Minuscule
Minute
Modicum
Mote / small particle, sth so small it is almost impossible to see
Speck / tiny bit, dust particle, sth very small
Whit
Scintilla
Least bit / in the slightest degree or in any respect (to very small or negligible amount or least interested) / Shard: fragment, generally of pottery
Speck / a very small spot; a small piece of dirt, etc.: very small amount / Shred: fragment, generally of pottery
Infinitesimal
Mite / very small object or creature; small coin or sum of money, small amount of sth / Pittance: a small allowance or wage usually very low
Exiguous / small; minute: excessively scanty, hardly enough
Paltry / insignificant; petty; trifling, too small to be considered as important or useful, having no value or useful qualities / Shaving: very thin piece of sth, usually of wood
Petty /
  1. trivial; unimportant
  2. very small
  3. caring too much about small and unimportant matters: small minded
/ Splinter: (1) a small thin piece of wood, bone broken of a large piece,(2) small group,(3) to break sth into small thin sharp pieces
Trifle / small and unimportant; trivial
Scarcity
Paucity
Dearth
Shred /
  1. a very small amount of sth
  2. waste or fragments of sth
/ Crumb: small amount of sth, esp. food (fallen apart food)
Fragments / small part of sth that has broken off from sth larger
Fleck /
  1. spot: a very small area of a particular color
  2. very small piece of sth
/ Minutiae: small or trivial details
Bauble / sth of little importance, esp. cheap jewellery
Trinket / sth of little importance, esp. cheap jewellery
Knickknack / sth of little importance, esp. cheap jewellery
Meager / small in quantity and poor in quality
Inconsequential / insignificant; unimportant
Negligible / So small, trifling, or unimportant which can be easily disregarded / Sparse: not thick; thinly scattered; scanty
Nominal / In name only, trifling
LARGE QUANTITY
Abundance
Replete / abundantly supplied
Plethora / excess; overabundance
Astronomical / very large amount of sth
Copious
Plentiful
Ample / abundant
Plenitude /
  1. abundance
  2. state of being full or complete: completeness
/ Rampant: growing in profusion; unrestrained
Plenary / complete; full
Opulence / abundance, extreme wealth; luxuriousness;
Bountiful /
  1. abundant;
  2. graciously generous

Affluence / abundance; having an abundance of material wealth
Teeming / present in large numbers
Profusion /
  1. overabundance; excess
  2. lavish expenditure

Luxuriant /
  1. abundant
  2. rich and splendid
  3. fertile

Great/ Large in number
Scads/ Scad / a great quantity
Myriad / very large number
Slew / large quantity or number
Umpteen / a large but unspecified number of
Rife /
  1. abundant
  2. current: frequent occurring

More than needed
Supererogatory / superfluous; more than needed or demanded
Supernumerary / person or thing in excess of what is necessary; extra
Superfluous / excessive; overabundant, unnecessary
MAGIC/ BLACK MAGIC
Voodoo
Sorcery
Witchcraft
Wizardry
Necromancy / black magic; dealings with the dead
Conjure /
  1. summon a devil
  2. practice magic
  3. imagine or invent
/ Incantation: singing or chanting of magic spells; magical formula
Exorcise / drive out evil spirits
Legerdemain / Sleight or skill of hand, dexterity or skill of hand
Thaumaturgy / performance of miracles: the performance of miracles or magic / Sleight: dexterity or skill in doing something, trick-shift of hand
Levitate / float in the air (especially by magical means)
SHORT PEOPLE
Dwarf
Lilliputian
Goblin / a small ugly creature that likes to trick people or cause trouble
Gnome / Dwarf, underground spirit or ghost
Pygmy / Dwarf
Elf / a small person with pointed ears, who has magic powers
ANIMAL LIKE
Vulpine / fox like, cunning, crafty
Bovine / Cow like, calm and dull
Ursine / Like a bear, pertaining to bear
Canine / Related to dog, dog like
Piscine / Fishlike
Simian / Monkeylike
Anthropoid / Man like
Equine / Horse like or resembling like a horse
Leonine / Like a lion
MOIST OR WET
Humid
Damp /
  1. Slightly wet or humid
  2. check or reduce, lessen in intensity; diminish; mute

Dank / Slightly wet or humid
Muggy / Warm and damp
Sodden /
  1. extremely wet, soaked
  2. dull: from alcoholic drink, lethargic or sluggish

Soggy / saturated or heavy with water or moisture
Bedraggle / to wet thoroughly, made wet, dirty or untidy by rain, mud, etc
HUGE IN SIZE
Colossal
Colossus / Gigantic statue
Mammoth
Gigantic
Titanic
Enormous
Monumental / massive
Gargantuan
Cataract /
  1. large waterfall
  2. eye abnormality

Behemoth /
  1. huge creature, company or organization
  2. something of monstrous size or power

Monstrous
Elephantine
Leviathan / Huge sea monster
Prodigious / marvelous, enormous
Herculean / Large and powerful
Stupendous /
  1. Awesome, wonder, astounding
  2. extremely large

Astronomical / Enormously large or extensive
Cosmic / Pertaining to the universe; vast.
STATUE
Colossus / Gigantic statue
Figurine / small ornamental statue used for decorative purpose
Pedestal / the base that a column, statue, etc. rests on
Torso /
  1. trunk or body of statue with head and limbs missing
  2. human body,

Centaur / mythical figure, creature, (statue), half man and half horse
Sphinx / ancient Egyptian stone statue of a creature with a human head and the body of a lion
RULE/ RULER
Anarchy /
  1. absence of governing body
  2. state of disorder

Monarchy / government under a single ruler
Matriarch / woman who rules a family or larger social group
Patriarch / father and ruler of a family, ruled by father
Aristocracy /
  1. government by privileged class or royal class
  2. privileged class

Autocracy / Ruled by dictator
Bureaucracy / government in which there are a large number of state officials who are not elected and also overregulated administrative system
Plutocracy / society ruled by the wealthy people
Theocracy / government run by religious leaders
Gerontocracy / government ruled by old people
Oligarchy / government by a privileged few people
MEDICINE RELATED
Antidote / Substance that counteracts poison or disease
Analgesic / Causing insensitivity to pain, pain reliever
Anodyne / Drug that relieves pain; Painkiller / Ointment: cream
Anesthetic / Sth that removes sensation with orwithout loss of consciousness / Unguent: ointment
Antiseptic / Substance that prevents infection
Aseptic /
  1. preventing infection
  2. having a cleansing effect, i.e. free from harmful bacteria

Placebo / harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
Elixir /
  1. cure-all medicine
  2. sthhighly energizing or filling with life: invigorating

Panacea / cure-all medicine; remedy for all diseases or problems
Cure-all / Sth that can cure any problem or any disease
Nostrum / Questionable medicine or ineffective medicine
Prophylactic / Sth done or used in order to prevent a disease
Prophylaxis / action that is taken in order to prevent disease
Opiate /
  1. a drug containing opium
  2. medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain
  3. something that relieves emotions or causes inaction

Cathartic / purgative: a medicine that causes emptying of the bowels
Purgative / a medicine, that causes your bowels to empty
Laxative / a medicine, food or drink that makes sb empty their bowels
FOOD AND FOOD RELATED
Viand / Food
Victuals / Food and drink
Venison / Meat of deer
Fodder / Dry food, for animals
Provender / Dry food, for animals
Ambrosia / Food of the GOD
Bouillon / Clear beef soup
Collation / Light meal
Gruel / Thin liquid meal
Porridge / Thin liquid meal
Tureen / Deep bowl for serving soup
Condiment / Food seasoning; spice
Seasoning / spice
Banquet / Feast; a large impressive meal
Repast / A meal, feast, banquet
Refection / A light meal or refreshment esp. in form of food or drink
Buffet /
  1. meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set out usually on a table
  2. slap, batter: hit repeatedly; knock about (beat sb), blow

Caldron / A large kettle or metal pot for boiling or cooking sth
Regale /
  1. a royal feast
  2. to entertain with royal feast, stories etc.

Comestible / Sth eatable
Edible / Sth eatable
Potable / Drinkable
Potion / a dose (some liquid of medicine or poison)
Culinary / relating to cooking: relating to food or cooking
Gastronomy / Science of preparing and serving good food
Cuisine / Style of cooking
Larder / pantry; place where food is kept
Refectory / dining hall
Purveyor / furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer
People having rich or fine taste/ lovers or experts of food
Connoisseur / an expert on matters involving the judgment of beauty, quality or skill in art, food or music
Cognoscente / a person who has expert knowledge in a subject: connoisseur
Cognoscenti / a person who has expert knowledge in a subject: connoisseur
Gastronome / A connoisseur of good food