Vocabulary Words

adjective, noun, verb

(construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted. (+20 more)

adjective, noun

(grammar, of a verb) Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact. (+2 more)

adjective, noun, verb

(sometimes figurative) To sink or submerge oneself. (+11 more)

verb

(mixed martial arts) To win a fight against (an opponent) by submission. (+8 more)

noun, verb

A plot within a story, subsidiary to the main plot. (+2 more)

verb

To cease talking. (+11 more)

noun, verb

A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties. (+15 more)

adjective, noun

Anything having substance (+25 more)

noun, verb

(in the phrase "substitute X for Y") To use X in place of Y. (+9 more)

noun, verb

(authorship) A heading below or after a title. (+2 more)

adjective

(of a person or animal) Cunning, skillful. (+10 more)

verb

To remove or reduce (+1 more)

noun

(by extension) The outer part (+4 more)

noun, verb

A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way. (+5 more)

verb

To come after (+23 more)

noun

Financial profitability. (+5 more)

adjective

Resulting in success (+3 more)

adverb

In a successful manner (+2 more)

adjective

Coming one after the other in a series. (+2 more)

noun, pronoun

A person, a thing, people or things like the one or ones already mentioned. (+1 more)

noun, verb

A short drink, especially a dram of spirits. (+17 more)

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