aback (adv) - by surprise [prin surprindere]
abase (v) - lower; humiliate [a 'injosi]
abash (v) - embarrass ['incurca]
abate (v) - decrease [a descre'ste]
abet (v) - assist; usu. in doing smth. wrong; encourage
abettor (n) - encourager
abeyance (n) - [expectativ'a]
abhor (v) - hate; detest
abide (v) - wait for; stay; dwell; withstand; bear [a r'am'ine; a locui; a a'stepta]
abide by (v) - [a r'am'ine; a z'abovi]
abjure (v) - renounce upon oath [a se lep'ada; a abjura]
ablution (n) - wash up [sp'alare]
abominate (v) - hate; detest [a ur'i]
aboriginal (adj) - being the first of its kind in a region; primitive [primul; primitiv]
abortive (adj) - unsuccessful; fruitless [nereu'sit; f'ar'a roade]
aboveboard (adj) - free from all traces of deceit or duplicity
abrade (v) - erode [a eroda]
abridge (v) - to condense or shorten [a condensa; a scurta]
abscond (v) - depart secretly and hide [a se ascunde]
abstain (v) - refrain; withhold from participation
abstemious (adj) - sparing in food and drink [cump'atat]
abstruse (adj) - obscure; difficult; profound [obscur]
abusive (adj) - coarsely insulting; physically harmful [insult'a grosolan'a; care r'ane'ste]
abut (v) - border upon; adjoin; touch [a se 'invecina]
abysmal (adj) - profound; abyssal
accede (v) - agree
acclimate (v) - to adjust to climate [a se aclimatiza]
acclivity (n) - sharp upward slope [pant'a 'in sus]
accolade (n) - reward [premiu; recompens'a]
accost (v) - approach for the first time [a acosta]
accoutre (v) - equip [a echipa]
accretion (n) - growth; increase
accrue (v) - increase [a cre'ste]
acerbity (n) - bitterness of speech and temper [acreal'a; asprime]
acetic (adj) - vinegary [ca o'tetul; acetic]
acidulous (adj) - slightly sour, sharp, caustic [u'sor acru; caustic]
acme (n) - top; pinnacle [culme]
acquiesce (v) - assent; agree passively [a consim'ti; a consim'ti pasiv]
acrid (adj) - sharp; bitterly pungent
acrimonious (adj) - stinging; caustic
actuarial (adj) - pertaining to statistics
actuate (v) - put into movement; motivate [a activa]
acumen (n) - mental keenness
ad (n) - [anun't]
adage (n) - wise saying; proverb [zical'a; proverb]
adamant (adj) - hard; inflexible
adapt (v) - to alter; to modify [a altera; a modifica]
addiction (n) - habitual need
addle (adj) - rotten; muddled; crazy
address (n) - a formal spoken or written communication; courteous attention esp. in courtship (pl.); a person manner or bearing, esp. in a conversation; adroit handling of a situation
adduce (v) - present as evidence
adept (n) - expert
adjoin (v) - to border upon [a se 'invecina]
adjourn (v) - [a 'inm'ina; a suspenda; a se retrage (altundeva)]
adjuration (n) - solemn urging [implorare; conjurare; jur'am'int]
adjure (v) - request solemnly [a conjura]
admonish (v) - warn; reprove [a aten'tiona; a repro'sa]
adobe (n) - building material from earth and straw [chirpici]
adorn (v) - decorate [a 'impodobi]
adroit (adj) - dexterous; skillful ['indem'inatic; iscusit (at, in)]
adulterate (v) - make impure by mixing with base substances
adulterated (adj) - made impure or spoiled by the addition of inferior materials [contraf'acut]
advent (n) - arrival
adventitious (adj) - accidental; casual ['int'implator]
adversity (n) - poverty; misfortune [s'ar'acie; nenoroc]
advert (v) - speak about
aegis (n) - protection [egid'a]
aeon (n) - long period of time; an age [o perioad'a lung'a de timp]
aery (adj) - [aerian; vaporos]
affidavit (n) - written statement under oath
affix (v) - attach or add on; fasten
afflict (v) - [a m'ihni; a 'indurera]
affliction (n) - [m'ihnire; nenorocire]
affluence (n) - wealth
affluent (adj) - wealthy
affray (n) - public brawl
aftermath (n) - [otav'a; consecin't'a]
agape (adj) - openmouthed
agglomeration (n) - collection; heap [colec'tie; gr'amad'a]
aggrandize (v) - increase; intensify
aggregate (adj) - sum; total [sum'a; total]
aggrieve (v) - distress; injure; wrong; give pain
aghast (adj) - horrified
aglow (adj) - [arz'ind; aprins]
agnostic (adj) - skeptical of knowability or existence of god
agog (adj) - highly excited; intensely curious ['infrigurat; 'in a'steptare]
agreeable (adv) - easy to speak to
ail (v) - [a durea; a face s'a doar'a]
ailment (n) - a bodily disorder or chronic disease; unrest; uneasiness
aimless (adj) - without aim
air (v) - ventilate; express
akin (adj) - ['inrudit]
alacrity (n) - cheerful promptness
alate (n) - a winged insect of a kind having winged and wingless forms
alcove (n) - nook; recess
ale (n) - a fermented malt liquor; beer
alehouse (n) - [c'ircium'a]
alienate (v) - make hostile; separate [a aliena; a 'instr'aina]
alight (v) - [a cobor'i]
alight (adj) - [aprins; luminat]
alimony (n) - [pensie alimentar'a]
allay (v) - calm; pacify
allege (v) - state without proof
allegiance (n) - [credin't'a; supunere]
alleviate (v) - calm; soothe
allot (v) - distribute by lot; allocate
allowance (n) - [aloca'tie; plat'a]
alloy (n) - mixture of metals [aliaj]
allude (v) - refer indirectly [a face aluzie]
allure (v) - attract; entice [a momi]
allusion (n) - indirect reference [aluzie]
alms (n) - [poman'a]
aloft (adj) - upward
aloof (adj) - apart; reserved
amass (v) - collect
amble (n) - moving (esp. of a horse) at an easy pace
ambush (n) - [ambuscad'a; curs'a; p'ind'a]
ameliorate (v) - to improve [a 'imbun'at'a'ti]
amenable (adj) - readily managed; willing to be led
amend (v) - to correct; to change, generally for the better [a 'imbun'at'a'ti]
amenities (n) - agreeable manners; courtesies
amid (prep) - [printre; 'intre]
amiss (adj) - wrong; faulty
amity (n) - friendship [amici'tie]
ample (adj) - abundant [amplu]
amuck (n) - state of rage [amoc]
anachronism (n) - an error involving time in a story [eroare de timp 'intr-o povestire]
ancillary (adj) - auxiliary
anesthetic (adj) - producing anesthesia [anestezic]
anguish (n) - acute pain; extreme suffering
angular (adj) - sharp-cornered; stiff in manner [rigid; b'a'tos]
animadversion (n) - critical remark
animus (n) - hostile feeling or intent
annals (n) - records; history [anale]
anneal (v) - reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling
annihilate (v) - destroy [a distruge]
annuity (n) - yearly allowance
annul (v) - make null [a anula]
anodyne (n) - drug relieving pain; opiate
anoint (v) - consecrate; dub [a unge]
anteater (n) - echidna; aardvark [furnicar (animalul)]
anticlimax (n) - letdown in thought or emotion [sc'adere a efectului/tensiunii]
antiseptic (adj) - preventing infection [antiseptic]
antler (n) - [corn de cerb]
anvil (n) - iron block used in hammering out metals [nicoval'a]
ape (v) - imitate [a maimu't'ari]
aperture (v) - opening; hole [deschidere; gaur'a]
apex (n) - climax
aphasia (n) - loss of speech [afazie]
aphid (n) - a kind of insect feeding on plant juice
apiary (n) - a place where bees are kept [stup]
apish (adj) - resembling an ape
aplomb (n) - poise [echilibru; siguran't'a]
apostate (adj) - abandoning his beliefs [apostat]
apothecary (n) - druggist [farmacist; droghist]
apothegm (n) - pithy, compact saying [maxim'a]
apotheosis (n) - deification; glorification [zeificare; glorificare]
appall (v) - dismay; shock
apparel (n) - clothing
apparition (n) - ghost; phantom [fantom'a]
appease (v) - pacify; soothe
appellation (n) - name; title [nume; titlu]
application (n) - diligent attention
apposite (adj) - appropriate; fitting
appraise (v) - estimate the value of
apprehend (v) - arrest a criminal; dread; perceive
apprehensive (adj) - fearful; discerning
apprise (v) - inform
appropriate (v) - acquire; take possession of for one's own use [a lua 'in posesie]
appurtenances (n) - subordinate possessions
apron (n) - ['sor't; avanscen'a]
arable (adj) - that can be ploughed [arabil]
arbitrary (adj) - fixed by individual discretion [arbitrar]
arboretum (n) - place where different varieties of trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited
arcade (n) - covered passageway, usu. lined with shops
arcane (adj) - secret; mysterious
ardor (n) - zeal; passion [ardoare]
arduous (adj) - hard; strenuous
argot (n) - slang [argou]
arouse (v) - awaken from or as from sleep
aroused (adj) - excited; stirred; awaken
arraign (v) - charge in court; indict
array (v) - clothe; adorn; draw in order
arrears (n) - debts
arroyo (n) - gully [rigol'a]
arson (n) - [incendiere]
arsonist (n) - incendiary
artichokes (n) - [anghinare]
articulate (adj) - effective; distinct [unic; distinct; efectiv]
artifacts (n) - products of a primitive culture [artefacte]
artifice (n) - trick; art
artless (adj) - without guile; open and honest
ascendancy (n) - controlling influence [influen't'a]
ascertain (v) - make certain; discover [a certifica]
ascribe (v) - attribute; assign
ashen (adj) - having the color of ash [cenu'siu]
aside (n) - a line spoken by a character in a play that others actors on stage are supposed by dramatic convention not to hear; a parenthetical digression
asinine (adj) - stupid
askance (adv) - with a sideways or indirect look [piezi's]
askew (adv) - crookedly; slanted; at an angle
asperity (n) - sharpness (of temper) [ascu'time a temperamentului]
aspersion (n) - slanderous remark
assail (v) - assault
assay (v) - analyze; evaluate
assent (v) - agree; accept [a 'incuviin'ta]
assess (v) - judge; appraise or evaluate
assessment (n) - estimation [estimare; impozit]
asset (n) - useful or valuable quantity
assuage (v) - ease; lessen (pain)
aster (n) - a kind of plant
astigmatism (n) - bad focalization of the eye [astigmatism]
astray (adv) - away from the correct path or direction
astride (adv) - astray
astringent (adj) - binding; causing contraction
astute (adj) - wise; shrewd ['in'telept; ager]
asunder (adv) - into parts; apart [r'azle't]
atavism (n) - resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents [atavism]
atone (v) - make amends for; pay for [a isp'a'si]
attend (v) - pay attention; follow courses [a asista la; a 'ingriji (un bolnav); a urma]
attend on smb. (v) - [a servi pe cineva]
attire (n) - clothing
attribute (v) - to ascribe; to explain [a atribui; a explica]
attrition (n) - wear [erodare]
audacity (n) - boldness ['indr'azneal'a; cutezan't'a]
audit (v) - examination of accounts
auger (n) - a tool used to bore holes
aught (n) - a cipher; nothing
aught (adv) - at all
aught (pron) - anything whatever; any least part
augment (v) - increase [a spori]
august (adj) - impressive; majestic [impresionant; majestuos]
auroral (adj) - pertaining to the aurora borealis [care 'tine de aurora boreal'a]
auspicious (adj) - favoring success
authoritarian (adj) - favoring or exercising total control [care exercit'a un control total]
authoritative (adj) - having the weight of authority; dictatorial [care are autoritate; dictatorial]
autocrat (n) - monarch with supreme power
avarice (n) - greediness for wealth [avari'tie; l'acomie de putere]
avatar (n) - incarnation ['incarnare]
avenge (v) - [a r'azbuna]
aver (v) - state confidently
averse (adj) - reluctant
avert (v) - prevent; turn away
aviary (n) - bird cage
avocation (n) - second occupation; hobby [hobby]
avouch (v) - affirm; corroborate; confess; avow; vouch for
avow (v) - declare openly [a m'arturisi]
avuncular (adj) - pertaining to uncle
awe (n) - solemn wonder
awesome (adj) - fearsome [cople'sitor]
awkward (adj) - [st'ingaci; stingher; penibil]
awl (n) - pointed tool used for piercing
awning (n) - tent [cort; marchiz'a; tend'a]
awry (adj) - distorted; crooked
axe (n) - [topor]
axle (n) - [osie]
babble (v) - chatter idly
backbone (n) - [coloan'a vertebral'a]
backpack (n) - [rucsac]
backslider (n) - recidivist; habitual offender
badge (n) - [insign'a; blazon]
badger (v) - pester; annoy
badinage (n) - teasing conversation
baffle (v) - frustrate; perplex
bail out (n) - a rescue from financial difficulties
bait (n) - [momeal'a]
bait (v) - harass; tease
bake (v) - [a coace]
balance (n) - equilibrium
baleful (adj) - deadly; destructive
balk (v) - foil [a se opune; a p'agubi; a evita]
balm (n) - [balsam]
balmy (adj) - mild; fragrant [bl'ind; aromat]
ban (v) - prohibit; forbid
bandanna (n) - large, bright-colored handkerchief
bandy (v) - discuss lightly; exchange blows or words
bane (n) - cause of ruin
baneful (adj) - ruinous; poisonous
banish (v) - [a exila]
bantering (adj) - good-natured ridiculing
barb (n) - sharp projection on a fishing hook
barefaced (adj) - lacking scruples [f'ar'a ru'sine]
bargain (n) - smth. offered (acquired) at a price advantageous to the buyer [chilipir]
bark (n) - [barc'a; scoar't'a de copac; l'atrat de c'iine]
barley (n) - [orz]
barrage (n) - barrier laid down by artillery fire [barier'a de focuri de arme]
barren (adj) - [sterp; steril; searb'ad]
barrister (n) - counselor at law
barrow (n) - [roab'a]
barterer (n) - trader [comerciant]
bashful (adj) - shy [ru'sinos; timid]
bask (v) - luxuriate; enjoy warmth
bassoon (n) - reed instrument of the woodwind family [fagot]
bate (v) - let down; restrain
batten (v) - grow fat
batter (n) - [aluat; past'a]
batter (v) - hit heavily and repeatedly; to damage, as by heavy wear
bauble (n) - trinket; trifle
bawdy (adj) - indecent; obscene
bay (n) - the laurel tree; a deep-toned bark of a dog
bayou (n) - a marshy, sluggish body of water tributary to a lake or river
be hard on smth. (v) - [a fi greu de suportat pentru ceva]
be overrun (v) - be troubled (with vermin, etc.)
beacon (n) - [semnal luminos; far]
bead (n) - [m'argea]
beadle (n) - minor parish official in an English church [paracliser]
beady (adj) - [ca m'argeaua; plin de m'argele/broboane]
beak (n) - bill [cioc]
bear (v) - [a purta; a suporta]
bearing (n) - the manner one bears; crop; relation; connection; demeanor; mean; manner; carriage
bearish (adj) - [greoi; st'ingaci]
beatific (adj) - giving bliss; blissful [care d'a beatitudine/fericire]
beaver (n) - [castor]
beckon (v) - [a face semn; a chema printr-un gest]
bedaub (v) - smear over
bedevil (v) - torment devilishly; worry; bewitch
bedizen (v) - dress with vulgar finery
bedraggle (v) - wet thoroughly
bedspread (n) - [cuvertur'a de pat]
beech (n) - [fag]
beetle (n) - [g'indac]
befall (v) - [a se 'int'impl'a]
befuddle (v) - perplex; confuse
beget (v) - father; produce; give rise to
begrudge (v) - resent
beguile (v) - amuse; delude; cheat
behead (v) - decapitate
behemoth (n) - huge creature; monstrous animal [creatur'a mare/monstruoas'a]
behest (n) - [porunc'a]
behold (v) - [a z'ari; a vedea]
beholden (adj) - indebted ['indatorat]
behoove (adj) - be suited to; be incumbent upon
belabor (v) - beat soundly; assail verbally
belated (adj) - delayed ['int'irziat]
belch (v) - [a r'ig'ii; a arunca fl'ac'ari (d. un vulcan)]
beleaguer (v) - siege [a asedia]
belie (v) - contradict; give a false impression
belittle (v) - depreciate [deprecia]
bellows (n) - [foale]
belly (n) - [p'intec; burt'a]
bemused (adj) - confused; lost in thought; preoccupied
bench (n) - [banc'a; scaun judec'atoresc; mas'a de t'impl'arie]
benediction (n) - [binecuv'intare; blagoslovire]
benefactor (n) - [binef'ac'ator]
benevolent (adj) - generous; charitable [bine-inten'tionat]
benighted (adj) - darkened ['intunecat]
benign (adj) - favorable; not threatening; gracious [benign]
benison (n) - blessing
bent (n) - natural talent or inclination
bent (adj) - determinate
bequeath (v) - leave to smb. by means of a will; hand down [a l'asa mo'stenire]
berate (v) - scold strongly
bereave (v) - [a priva de]
bereavement (n) - state of being deprived of smth. valuable or beloved
bereft (adj) - deprived of; lacking
berserk (adj) - frenzied; frantic; out of mind ['innebunit]
beseech (v) - urge
beset (v) - assail; harass; surround
besiege (v) - siege [a asedia]
besmirch (v) - soil; stain [a unge; a murd'ari]
bestow (v) - confer [a conferi]
betake (v) - [a recurge la]
betake to one's heels (v) - [a o lua la s'an'atoasa]
betide (v) - [a se 'int'impla]
betimes (adv) - [devreme; la timpul potrivit; cur'ind]
betroth (v) - engage in marriage
beverage (n) - [b'autur'a]
bevy (n) - large group
bewilder (v) - befuddle or confuse, esp. with a variety of conflicting situations/statements [a z'ap'aci]
bibulous (adj) - inclined to drink; affected by alcohol
bicker (v) - quarrel
bid (v) - [a porunci; a invita; a pofti; a dori]
bier (n) - [catafalc]
bigotry (n) - intolerant devotion to own opinions and prejudices [bigotism]
bilious (adj) - suffering from indigestion; irritable
bilk (v) - swindle; cheat
bill (n) - [cioc de pas'are]
billion (n) - [miliard]
billow (n) - [talaz]
birch (n) - [mesteac'an]
bivouac (n) - temporary encampment
blackguard (n) - an unprincipled person; scoundrel; a foul-mouthed person
blacksmith (n) - [fierar]
bladder (n) - [vezic'a; om 'increzut 'si lipsit de valoare]
blanch (v) - bleach [a albi]
bland (adj) - soothing; mild [bl'ind]
blandishment (n) - flattery
blase (adj) - bored with pleasure or dissipation [blazat; plictisit de pl'acere sau orgii]
blast (n) - [rafal'a; suflare de v'int]
blast (v) - [a dinamita (o st'inc'a); a distruge]
blatant (adj) - loudly offensive
bleach (v) - remove color or stains
bleak (adj) - cold; cheerless
bleat (v) - [a beh'ai]
blighted (adj) - suffering from a disease; destroyed
blind alley (n) - trap
blink (v) - glimpse; glance; sparkle [a clipi]
bliss (n) - (spiritual) joy
blithe (adj) - gay; joyous
bloat (v) - [a r'abufni; a izbucni; a (se) umfla]
bloated (adj) - swollen or puffed as with water or air
blockhead (adj) - [n'at'ing]
bloom (v) - blossom; produce a flower [a 'inflori]
blossom (v) - [a 'inflori]
blot (n) - [pat'a]
blowhard (n) - talkative boaster
bludgeon (n) - club; heavy-headed weapon
blueprint (n) - a photographic reproduction, as of architectural plans
bluff (n) - pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff [cacealma]
blunder (n) - error
blunt (v) - [a toci]
blunt (adj) - having a dull edge or end [tocit]
blur (v) - [a p'ata; a m'inji; a umbri]
blurt (v) - utter impulsively [a sc'apa o vorb'a]
bluster (n) - [muget; fanfaronad'a]
boar (n) - [mistre't]
boast (v) - speak with excessive pride about one own's self
boastful (adj) - [l'audaros; fanfaron]
bob (v) - [a s'alta; a s'ari]
bobcat (n) - [linx]
bode (v) - portend; foreshadow
bog (n) - [mla'stin'a]
boggle (v) - be overwhelmed; bungle; hesitate
bogus (adj) - false; counterfeit [fals]
boil over (v) - [a da 'in foc]
boisterous (adj) - noisy [zgomotos]
bolster (v) - prop up; support
bolt (n) - a large roll of cloth [s'ageat'a; fulger; z'avor]
bonanza (n) - abundance of good things
bondage (n) - [vasalitate; sclavie; obliga'tie]
bonfire (n) - [rug]
boon (n) - blessing; benefit
boorish (adj) - rude; clownish
booth (n) - small enclosed compartment, usu. for only one person (e.g. phone ~)
booty (n) - [prad'a]
bore (v) - [a g'auri]
bothersome (adj) - smth. that bothers
boulder (n) - [bolovan]
bounce (v) - [a s'ari; a rico'sa]
bouncer (n) - [l'aud'aros; minciun'a sfruntat'a; matahal'a]
bountiful (adj) - generous; showing bounty
bounty (n) - generosity; gratuity [generozitate]
bout (n) - a spell of activity; attack; outbreak
bow (v) - [a se 'indoi; a se apleca]
bowdlerize (v) - expurgate; remove erroneous or obscene material from
bowsprit (n) - [bompres]
brace (v) - [a fixa; a lega; a 'intinde; a consolida; a fortifica]
brackish (adj) - somewhat saline [s'arat]
brag (v) - [a se l'auda]
braggadocio (n) - boasting person
braggart (n) - boaster
bran (n) - [t'ar'i'te]
brand (n) - [marc'a; stigmat]
brandish (v) - wave threateningly, as a weapon [a roti 'in aer]
brash (adj) - impetuous; rash; bumptious; tactless; harsh; impudent
brass (adj) - [de alam'a]
bravado (n) - assumed air of defiance [bravad'a]
brawl (n) - [inc'aierare]
brawn (n) - muscular strength; sturdiness
brawny (adj) - solid; muscular
brazen (adj) - insolent
brazier (n) - open pan in which live coals are burned
breach (v) - breaking of contract or duty; fissure; gap
breakthrough (n) - major accomplishment
breast (n) - [piept; s'in]
breast-beating (n) - a noisy demonstration, esp. of self accusation
breastplate (n) - [plato's'a; scut]
breeches (n) - [pantaloni bufan'ti prin'si sub genunchi]
breed (n) - [soi; neam; ras'a; specie]
breed (v) - [a cre'ste; a educa]
breeder (n) - [cresc'ator]
brethren (n) - [fra'ti]
brevity (n) - conciseness [conciziune]
brew (v) - [a fabrica (bere); a face (ceai); a urzi]
bricklayer (n) - [zidar]
bridle (n) - the part of harness with which the horse is governed [fr'iu; c'ap'astru]
brief (n) - [rezumat]
brindled (adj) - tawny or grayish with streaks or spots
brink (n) - rim; edge; crest; ridge
brisk (adj) - lively; vigorous
briskly (adv) - quickly
bristle (adj) - short stiff coarse hair or filament
brittle (adj) - fragile [casant]
broach (v) - open up
brocade (n) - rich figured fabric [brocart]
brochure (n) - pamphlet
brooch (n) - ornamental clasp
brood (n) - [pui ie'si'ti odat'a din ou'a]
brood (v) - sit on or hatch (eggs); dwell on moodily and at length
brook (v) - tolerate
brothel (n) - [bordel]
brow (n) - [frunte; spr'incean'a]
browbeat (v) - bully; intimidate
bruise (n) - [v'in'ataie]
brunt (n) - the principal force, shock or stress; the greater part; burden
brush up on smth. (v) - [a revizui]
buccaneer (n) - freebooter; pirate [jefuitor]
buck (n) - ['tap]
bucket (n) - [g'aleat'a]
buckle (n) - fastening on a belt
bud (n) - [mugure]
budge (v) - [a (se) mi'sca]
buffet (n) - meal; article of furniture used for serving food
bugaboo (n) - bugbear; object of baseless terror
bugbear (n) - bugaboo [sperietoare]
bugle (n) - [goarn'a]
bulk (n) - [m'arime; volum]
bullion (n) - [lingou]
bully (v) - [a intimida; a teroriza]
bulwark (n) - earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
bump (n) - a forceful blow, collision or shot; natural protuberance on skull [cucui]
bumpkin (n) - yokel; simple country person
bumptious (adj) - self assertive
bungle (v) - spoil by clumsy behaviour
buoy (n) - a float, often having a bell or light, moored in water as a warning [colac]
buoyancy (n) - tendency or capacity to remain afloat in a liquid or to rise in air or gas; ability to recover rapidly after setbacks; cheerfulness
buoyant (adj) - [plutitor; energic; optimist]
burden (n) - [povar'a]
burgeon (v) - grow forth; send out buds
burglar (n) - a man who breaks into a building at night
burgonet (n) - [coif]
burlesque (v) - give an imitation that ridicules
burly (adj) - husky; muscular
burnish (v) - polish [a lustrui]
burrow (n) - [vizuin'a]
busybody (n) - [persoan'a care 'i'si bag'a nasul 'in toate]
butt (n) - [cap'at gros al unui b'a't; 'tint'a; lovitur'a cu capul]
butt in (v) - meddle in other people's affairs
butt shaft (n) - a blunt, unbarbed arrow
buttress (n) - [suport]
buttress (v) - support; prop up
buxom (adj) - full-bosomed; plump; jolly
buzzard (n) - [uliu]
byline (n) - a line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article with the author's name
cabal (n) - group of persons secretly united to promote their interests
cache (n) - hiding place [loc de ascunz'atoare]
cafeteria (n) - [restaurant cu autoservire]
cajole (v) - coax; wheedle
caldron (n) - [cazan]
calf (n) - [vi'tel; pui de mamifer]
caliber (n) - capacity
call off (v) - cancel or postpone
callous (adj) - hardened; unfeeling
callow (adj) - youthful; immature
callus (n) - insensitivity
cameo (n) - shell or jewel carved in relief
canard (n) - false rumor
canary (n) - 16th century court dance; informer
canary (v) - dance canary
candlewick (n) - the wick of a candle
cane (n) - [trestie de zah'ar]
canker (n) - any ulcerous sore; any evil [corupere; r'au]
canny (adj) - shrewd; thrifty ['smecher; econom]
canorous (adj) - [melodios; sonor; rezonant]
cant (n) - jargon of thiefs; pious terminology
cantankerous (adj) - ill humored; irritable
cantata (n) - a story set to music [cantat'a]
canteen (n) - a flask for drinking water of the kind carried by soldiers and hikers [cantin'a; bidon]
canter (n) - slow gallop
canto (n) - part of a poem
canvass (v) - determine votes
capacious (adj) - spacious [spa'tios]
caper (v) - to spring [a s'ari]
capillary (adj) - having a very fine bore [capilar]
capon (n) - [clapon]
caption (n) - title; accompanying text
captious (adj) - fault-finding
carcinogenic (adj) - causing cancer [cancerigen]
cardinal (adj) - of great importance
careen (v) - lurch [a se 'inclina 'in caren'a]
caret (n) - a proof reading symbol (^) used to indicate where material is to be inserted in a written or printed line
carillon (n) - a set of bells capable of being played
carnage (n) - destruction of life [carnaj]
carnation (n) - [garoaf'a]
carom (n) - billiard shot in which the cue ball successively strikes two other balls; collision followed by a rebound
carom (v) - collide with and rebound
carousal (n) - drunken revel [chiolhan; be'tie]
carp (v) - whine; find fault; complain habitually
carping (n) - petty criticism; fault-finding
carping (adj) - finding fault
carrion (n) - rotten flesh [carne putrezit'a]
cart (n) - [c'aru't'a]
cart horse (n) - [cal de ham]
carte blanche (n) - unlimited authority or freedom [autoritate/libertate nelimitat'a]
carton (n) - [cutie de carton; carton]
cartwheel (n) - [figur'a de acroba'tie]
cast (v) - throw
castigate (v) - punish
casual (adj) - accidental; adventitious
casualty (n) - serious or fatal accident
casuistry (n) - subtle reasoning resulting in minute distinctions [cazuistic'a; sofism]
catechism (n) - book with questions and answers for religious instruction
cater (v) - supply
caterer (n) - the one that procures or buys provisions, food
caterpillar (n) - [omid'a]
catharsis (n) - elimination of the presence of the body [catharsis]
cathartic (n) - purgative
catholic (adj) - liberal; broadly sympathetic
caucus (n) - private meeting of members of a party
cauldron (n) - [cazan; c'aldare]
caulk (v) - make watertight (by plugging seams)
causeway (n) - [drum pietruit; trotuar]
cavil (v) - make frivolous objections
cede (v) - transfer
celerity (n) - speed
censorious (adj) - critical
censure (v) - blame; criticise
census (n) - [recens'am'int]
cerebration (n) - thought
cessation (n) - stopping
cession (n) - yielding to another; ceding
chafe (v) - warm hands by rubbing
chaff (n) - worthless products of an endeavor [neghin'a]
chaffing (n) - bantering; joking [glum'a; u'soar'a b'ataie de joc]
chagrin (n) - vexation; disappointment [sup'arare; dezam'agire]
chalice (n) - cup [caliciu; potir]
challenge (n) - call to engage in a contest or fight [provocare]
champ (v) - chew noisily
champion (n) - supporter
chaperon (n) - an older or married woman, who accompanies a young woman
chaperone (n) - a married lady who attends a young lady to public places ['inso'titoare]
char (n) - a chore, esp. a household task; charwoman
char (v) - scorch; reduce to charcoal by incomplete combustion
charter (n) - [document; privilegiu; cart'a]
charter (v) - [a acorda un privilegiu]
charwoman (n) - a woman hired usu. to do cleaning in a large building
chary (adj) - cautiously watchful
chase (v) - ornament a metal surface by indenting
chasm (n) - abyss; gulf
chassis (n) - framework and working parts of an automobile ['sasiu; tabl'a]
chasten (v) - discipline; punish in order to correct
chastise (n) - punish
chattel (n) - personal property
chauvinist (n) - blindly devoted patriot
check (v) - stop motion; curb or restrain
checkered (adj) - checkboarded; marked by changes in fortune
checkup (n) - examination
cherubic (adj) - angelic
chide (v) - scold
chink (n) - [z'ang'anit; cr'ap'atur'a; r'is cu hohote]
chiropodist (n) - treating feet disorders
chisel (n) - a cutting tool [dalt'a]
chivalrous (adj) - brave; courteous [cavaleresc]
choke (v) - smother [a (se) sufoca]
chop (n) - [lovitur'a; cotlet; schimbare]
choppy (adj) - [schimb'ator; agitat]
chore (n) - a routine or minor duty; daily or routine domestic task (esp. of a farmer); unpleasant task [corvoad'a]
chortle (n) - a snorting, joyful chuckle
chortle (v) - express or utter with a chortle
chowder (n) - tick soup or stew containing esp. fish or clams
chubby (adj) - round or full-cheeked; having a large fat face [cu fa'ta mare 'si gras'a]
chuckle (v) - [a chicoti; a cotcod'aci]
chum (n) - an intimate friend
churlish (adj) - boorish; rude
ciliated (adj) - having minute hairs [av'ind peri foarte mici]
cinder (n) - [zgur'a; cenu's'a]
cinnamon (n) - [scor'ti'soar'a]
cipher (n) - nonentity; worthless person or thing
circlet (n) - small ring
circuitous (adj) - roundabout
circumlocution (n) - indirect expression
circumscribe (v) - limit; confine
circumvent (v) - outwit; baffle
clad (adj) - [acoperit; 'imbr'acat]
clam (n) - [scoic'a de r'iu]
clamber (v) - climb by crawling [a se c'a't'ara prin t'ir'ire]
clammy (adj) - [moale 'si lipicios; umed 'si rece]
clamor (n) - noise
clamorous (adj) - [g'al'agios; zgomotos; urgent]
clangor (n) - loud noise
clap (n) - [aplauze]
clapper (n) - striker (tongue) of a bell
claret (n) - [vin ro'su]
clarion (n) - shrill, trumpet-like sound
clarion (adj) - brilliantly clear
clash (v) - [a z'ang'ani; a ciocni; a izbi]
clasp (n) - ['incuietoare; 'incheietoare]
clatter (v) - make a rattle sound; move with a rattle sound; chatter
claw (n) - [ghear'a; cle'ste]
cleave (v) - split asunder
cleft (adj) - split [despicat]
clepe (v) - (arch.) call by the name of
cliff (n) - [st'inc'a]
climactic (adj) - related to climax
clime (n) - region; climate [regiune; climat]
clinch (v) - [a nitui; a 'incheia (o problem'a)]
cling (v) - [a se 'tine de; a se lipi de; a se ata'sa de]
clip (v) - [a tunde; a inghi'ti (silabe); a decupa]
clique (n) - small exclusive group [clic'a]
clod (n) - [bulg'are; cocolo's; bo't]
clodhopper (n) - a clumsy and uncouth rustic; a large heavy shoe
clog (n) - obstacle; hindrance [obstacol]
clog (v) - block up; obstruct; impede; encumber with a cog
cloister (n) - covent; monastery
clot (n) - [cheag]
clothesline (n) - [umera's pentru haine]
clothespin (n) - a clip for holding clothes on a clothesline [c'irlig de rufe]
clout (n) - great influence (esp. political or social)
cloven (adj) - split [despicat]
cloy (v) - satiate; to surfeit with an excess [a s'atura]
cloying (adj) - distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental
club (n) - [m'aciuc'a]
clump (n) - a group of things clustered together
clumsy (adj) - awkward; ungainly
clutter (n) - [dezordine; harababur'a]
coadjutor (n) - assistant; colleague
coalesce (v) - combine; fuse [a combina; a topi 'si amesteca]
coarse (adj) - of low quality
coax (v) - wheedle; cajole
cobbler (n) - [c'irpaci]
cobweb (n) - [p'inza de p'aianjen]
cockade (n) - [cocard'a]
cockle (v) - [a se 'incre'ti; a se umfla]
coddle (v) - treat gently; pamper
codicil (n) - add to the end of the will [codicil]
coercion (n) - use of force
coeval (n) - contemporary [contemporan]
coeval (adj) - contemporary [contemporan]
cog (n) - tooth projecting from a wheel [dinte; zim't]
cogent (adj) - convincing
cogitate (v) - think over
cognate (adj) - allied by blood
cognizance (n) - knowledge
cognizant (adj) - fully informed; aware
cognomen (n) - family name [nume de familie]
cohere (v) - stick together
cohesion (n) - force which keeps parts together [coeziune]
coil (v) - [a se 'incovriga; a se 'incol'aci]
colander (n) - [strecur'atoare]
collarbone (n) - clavicle [clavicul'a]
collate (v) - examine in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order
collateral (n) - security given for a loan
collation (n) - light meal
collier (n) - worker in a coal mine; ship carrying coal
colloquial (adj) - pertaining to common speech [colocvial]
colloquy (n) - informal discussion
collusion (n) - conspiring in fraudulent scheme
colt (n) - [m'inz; novice; t'in'ar]
comatose (adj) - in a coma; extremely sleepy
comeliness (n) - good looks
comely (adj) - attractive; entertaining
comeuppance (n) - rebuke; deserts
comfit (n) - [bomboan'a]
comity (n) - civility; courtesy
commandeer (v) - draft for military purposes; take for public use [a rechizi'tiona]
commend (v) - [a 'incredin'ta cuiva ceva spre p'astrare; a l'auda; a atrage]
commendable (adj) - that can be recommended [recomandabil]
commensurate (adj) - equal in extent
commiserate (v) - feel or express pity or sympathy for
commit (v) - do or perform; entrust [a 'incredin'ta; a s'av'ir'si]
commodious (adj) - roomy; spacious
commotion (n) - noisy confusion; agitation [mi'scare; tulburare]
commuter (n) - [navetist]
compact (n) - agreement; contract ['in'telegere]
compel (v) - force
compelling (adj) - overpowering; irresistible in effect
compendium (n) - brief comprehensive presentation; abridgment
compilation (n) - listing of statistical information in tabular or book form
complacent (adj) - self satisfied
complaisant (adj) - trying to please; obliging [care 'incearc'a s'a fac'a pe plac; 'indatoritor]
compliance (n) - readiness to yield; conformity in fulfilling requirements
compliant (adj) - yielding
comport (v) - bear one's self; behave [a se comporta]
composure (n) - mental calmness
comprehensive (adj) - thorough; inclusive
compromise (v) - adjust; endanger the interests or reputation of [a face un compromis; a compromite]
compulsion (n) - constraint [for'tare; constr'ingere]
compulsive (adj) - having the capacity to compel
compunction (n) - remorse [remu'scare]
con (n) - ['incredere]
conceal (v) - hide; keep secret [a ascunde]
conceal from (v) - to hide from [a ascunde de]
concede (v) - admit; yield [a admite]
conceit (n) - whimsical idea; extravagant metaphor ['ing'imfare; pre'tiozitate]
conceited (adj) - ['ing'imfat; 'increzut]
concerted (adj) - mutually agreed on; done together
conch (n) - large seashell
conclave (n) - private meeting
conclusive (adj) - decisive; ending all debate [decisiv; care 'incheie o dezbatere]
concoct (v) - prepare by combining; invent [a (pre)g'ati (m'incare); a pl'asmui; a scorni]
concomitant (n) - that which accompanies [care acompaniaz'a]
concordat (n) - agreement, usually between the papal authority and the secular
concur (v) - agree
condign (adj) - adequate; deservedly severe
condole (v) - express sympathetic sorrow
condone (v) - overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
conducive (adj) - contributive; tending to [care contribuie la; care favorizeaz'a]
conduit (n) - aqueduct; passageway for fluids
confidant (n) - trusted friend [confident]
confide (v) - tell smth. confidentially; entrust
confine (v) - [a obliga; a re'tine]
conflagration (n) - great fire
confound (v) - confuse; puzzle
confute (v) - [a combate cu dovezi]
congeal (v) - freeze; coagulate
congenial (adj) - pleasant; friendly
congenital (adj) - existing at birth [congenital]
conjecture (n) - guess
conjure (v) - summon a devil; practice magic; imagine; invent
connivance (n) - pretense of ignorance of smth. wrong; assistance
connive (v) - feign ignorance or fail to take measures against smth. wrong [a 'ing'adui; a 'inchide ochii la (at)]
connoisseur (n) - person competent to act as a judge of art [persoana competent'a 'in art'a]
connubial (adj) - pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state
conscientious (adj) - [con'stiincios; scrupulos]
conscript (n) - draftee; person forced into military service
consecrate (v) - dedicate; sanctify
consequential (adj) - pompous; self-important
considerate (adj) - [atent; politicos; amabil]
consign (v) - deliver officially; entrust; set apart [a remite; a 'incredin'ta; a dedica]
consort (v) - associate with
conspicuous (adj) - easily seen; noticeable; striking
constable (n) - peace officer; policeman
constituent (n) - supporter
constituent (adj) - supporter
constrict (v) - constrain [a str'inge; a comprima]
construe (v) - explain; interpret
consummate (adj) - complete
contempt (n) - scorn; disdain
contemptible (adj) - [vrednic de dispre't]
contemptuous (adj) - disdainful [dispre'tuitor; plin de dispre't]
contend (v) - struggle; compete; assert earnestly [a concura; a lupta pentru]
contention (n) - [ceart'a]
contentious (adj) - quarrelsome [cert'are't]
contest (n) - dispute
continence (n) - self restraint; sexual chastity
contingent (adj) - conditional [condi'tionat]
contrite (adj) - penitent
contrivance (n) - scheme; invention; artifice [inven'tie; artificiu]
contrive (v) - [a inventa; a pune la cale]
contrived (adj) - forced; artificial; not spontaneous
controvert (v) - oppose with arguments; contradict
contumacious (adj) - disobedient; resisting authority
conundrum (n) - riddle [mister]
convene (v) - assemble
convent (n) - a body of monks or nuns; a monastery/nunnery [m'in'astire; schit de maici]
conversant (adj) - familiar with
converse (n) - opposite [opus]
conveyance (n) - vehicle; transfer
conviction (n) - [condamnare; convingere]
convivial (adj) - festive; gay
convoluted (adj) - coiled around; involved; intricate
cope (v) - [a 'tine piept; a face fa't'a]
copious (adj) - plentiful [o mul'time de]
coppice (n) - [cr'ing]
coquette (n) - flirt
cord (n) - a unit of wood of 128 cubic feet [funie; coard'a; leg'atur'a; unitate de m'asur'a pentru lemnele de foc]
cordon (n) - [cordon (de oameni); panglic'a]
cormorant (n) - [cormoran]
cornice (n) - [corni's'a]
cornucopia (n) - [cornul abunden'tei]
coroner (n) - [procuror]
corporal (n) - [caporal]
corral (n) - ['tarc de vite]
corroborate (v) - confirm
corrugated (adj) - wrinkled; ridged
coruscate (v) - glitter; scintillate
cote (n) - [cu'sc'a de porumbei]
cote (v) - come up with; pass on the way
coterie (n) - group that meets socially; select circle
couch (n) - sofa
couch (v) - express into words
counsel (n) - exchange of ideas in order to achieve a decision; advice
countenance (n) - face
countenance (v) - approve; tolerate
counter (n) - [tejghea]
countermand (v) - cancel; revoke [a anula; a revoca]
coup (n) - highly successful action or sudden attack
course (v) - [a goni; a alunga]
courteous (adj) - with lovely manners
coven (n) - an assembly or band of usu. 13 witches; collection of individuals with similar interests or activities
covenant (n) - agreement
covert (adj) - hidden; secret
covet (v) - [a r'ivni]
covetous (adj) - avaricious; eagerly desirous of
cow (v) - terrorize; intimidate
cower (v) - shrink quivering, as from fear [a se face mic, tremur'ind de fric'a]
coxcomb (n) - [fes de bufon; fanfaron]
coy (adj) - shy; modest
cozen (v) - cheat; hoodwink; swindle
cozy (adj) - comfortable
crab (n) - [m'ar p'adure't; persoana acr'a]
crab (v) - [a irita; a nec'aji]
crabbed (adj) - sour; peevish [acru; ursuz]
crack (n) - sharp sound [cr'ap'atur'a]
cradle (n) - [leag'an]
craft (n) - ['indem'inare; me'ste'sug]
crag (n) - [col't de st'inc'a]
cram (v) - [a umple cu v'irf; a 'indopa; a 'ingr'am'adi; a prepara; a medita]
crank (n) - a contrivance for producing a horizontal or perpendicular motion by means of a rotary motion [manivel'a]
crape (n) - [crep (de doliu); voal]
crass (adj) - very unrefined; grossly unsensible
crate (n) - [co's mare; lad'a]
crave (v) - urge; covet [a implora; a r'ivni]
craven (adj) - [la's]
crease (n) - [cut'a; 'incre'titur'a; dung'a (la pantaloni)]
crease (v) - pucker; wrinkle [a (se) 'incre'ti; a se 'sifona]
credence (n) - belief
credo (n) - belief; creed [crez]
creed (n) - system of religious or ethical belief [dogm'a]
creek (n) - brook [p'ir'iu]
creep (v) - [a se t'ir'i; a se furi'sa; a se 'infiora]
cresset (n) - [lampadar]
crestfallen (adj) - dejected; dispirited
crevice (n) - splits, cracks in the rock
crew (n) - a group of people working/gathered together [echipaj]
cringe (v) - shrink back, as in fear [a se face mic de fric'a]
cripple (v) - [a schilodi; a paraliza; a z'ad'arnici]
croak (v) - [a cronc'ani; a or'ac'ai]
crockery (n) - earthenware
crocus (n) - ['sofran]
crone (n) - hag
crook (n) - [c'irj'a episcopal'a; toiag; c'irlig]
crook (v) - [a 'indoi; a 'incovoia]
crooked (adj) - dishonest [coco'sat; adus de spate]
crop (n) - harvest; handle; collection [recolt'a]
cross (adj) - [sup'arat; iritat (fam.)]
crossfire (n) - [schimb de focuri]
crotchety (adj) - eccentric; whimsical
crouch (v) - [a se ghemui; a se 'indoi]
crow (v) - [a c'inta cucurigu]
crowbar (n) - [rang'a; drug de fier]
crude (n) - unrefined petroleum
cruet (n) - small glass bottle for vinegar, oil, etc. [olivier'a]
cruise (n) - [croazier'a]
crumb (n) - [f'ar'im'a]
crumple (v) - [a (se) 'incre'ti; a (se) mototoli]
crush (v) - [a zdrobi; a strivi; a mototoli]
crust (n) - [coaj'a; crust'a]
crutch (n) - [c'irj'a]
crux (n) - crucial point
crypt (n) - [cript'a]
cubicle (n) - small room for sleeping
cuff (n) - [man'set'a]
cuisine (n) - style of cooking
cul-de-sac (n) - blind alley; trap [alee oarb'a; curs'a]
cull (v) - pick up; reject [a alege]
culprit (n) - [acuzat; vinovat]
culvert (n) - [canal de scurgere]
cumbersome (adj) - heavy; hard to manage [greu; greu de m'inuit]
cunning (adj) - ['siret; iste't; viclean]
cupidity (n) - greed [cupiditate; l'acomie]
cur (n) - [javr'a; potaie]
curator (n) - [director; custode]
curb (v) - control
curd (n) - coagulated part of milk used for cheese; a coagulation resembling curd [cheag]
curdle (v) - change into or cause to change into curd; coagulate [a se 'inchega]
curfew (n) - [dang'at de clopot; semnal care interzice circula'tia oamenilor]
curmudgeon (n) - churlish, miserly individual [zg'ircit; b'ad'aran]
curry (v) - [a 'tes'ala; a bate; a cotonogi]
curse (n) - imprecation ['injur'atur'a; blestem]
cursory (adj) - casual; hastily done [pripit; superficial]
curt (adj) - [scurt; t'aios]
curtail (v) - [a t'aia; a reduce]
curvet (n) - a leap of a horse, in which he raises his fore-legs together
cushion (n) - [pern'a (de divan)]
custard (n) - [crem'a din lapte, ou'a, zah'ar, arome]
cut back (v) - [a reduce]
cut off (adv) - eliminated completely
cute (adj) - delightfully pretty or dainty; precious; shrewd; clever
cuticle (n) - the thin exterior coat of the skin [piele]
cutlery (n) - set of knives [cu'tit'arie]
cygnet (n) - young swan
cynosure (n) - a focal point of attention and admiration
dabble (v) - spatter or splash, as with liquid; undertake smth. superficially
dainty (adj) - delicately beautiful; exquisite [delicat; 'ingrijit]
dais (n) - a raised platform, as in a lecture hall, for honored speakers
dalliance (n) - [amuzament; r'agaz]
dally (v) - flirt; trifle; waste time
dam (n) - a female parent, usu. of a quatruped; mother
damp (v) - moisten; deaden; depress [a umezi; a 'in'abu'si; a stinge; a sl'abi; a mic'sora]
dangle (v) - hang
dank (adj) - uncomfortably damp and chilly [ud]
dapper (adj) - neat and trim
dapple (v) - to variegate with spots [a acoperi cu pic'a'tele]
dappled (adj) - spotted
daredevil (n) - one who is recklessly bold
dart (n) - [suli't'a]
dash (n) - [lovitur'a; izbitur'a; clipocit]
dastard (n) - coward
daub (v) - smear (as with paint) [a unge; a picta prost]
daunt (v) - intimidate
dauntless (adj) - bold [curajos]
dawdle (v) - loiter; waste time
dazzle (v) - [a orbi; a uimi; a ului]
deadbeat (n) - (slang) one who does not pay one's debts; a lazy person; loafer
deadbeat (adj) - having an indicator that stops without oscillation
deaden (v) - [a se stinge]
deadpan (adj) - wooden; impersonal [fa't'a lipsit'a de expresie]
dearth (n) - scarcity
debacle (n) - breaking up; down fall [f'ar'imi'tare]
debase (v) - reduce to lower state
debauch (v) - corrupt; make intemperate
debauchery (n) - habitual lewdness; gluttony [depravare; la pl. orgii]
debilitate (v) - weaken; enfeeble [a sl'abi; a face mai slab]
debonair (adj) - friendly
debris (n) - rubble [epav'a; r'am'a'si't'a]
debunk (v) - expose or ridicule the fallacy or fraudulence of
decant (v) - pour off gently
decay (v) - to waste; to pass from a prosperous state [a dec'adea]
deceitful (adj) - inclined to cheat or mislead
deciduous (adj) - falling off as of leaves
deck (v) - adorn
declivity (n) - downward slope
decollete (n) - [decolteu]
decorous (adj) - proper
decorum (n) - propriety; seemliness
decoy (v) - lure or bait
decry (v) - disparage; belittle [a def'aima]
deed (n) - [fapt'a]
deer (n) - [cerb; c'aprioar'a]
deface (v) - mar; disfigure
defalcate (v) - misuse money held in trust
default (n) - failure to do
defeatist (n) - one who accepts defeat as a natural outcome
defection (n) - desertion [dezertare]
defer (v) - postpone; procrastinate; comply with or submit to the wishes of another
deference (n) - honor
deferential (adj) - showing attention
defiant (adj) - [dispre'tuitor]
defile (v) - soil; to make impure or unclean [a p'ata]
deflate (v) - [a dezumfla; a opri (o infla'tie); a reduce (pre'turile)]
deflect (v) - turn aside
defray (v) - pay the costs of
defrock (v) - strip a priest or minister of church authority
deft (adj) - neat; skillful
defy (v) - dare; disregard; withstand
deify (v) - turn into god [zeifica]
deign (v) - condescend
dejection (n) - [descurajare; fecale]
deleterious (adj) - harmful
delineate (v) - portray
deliquescent (adj) - which can absorb moisture from the air and become liquid
dell (n) - [v'ilcea]
delude (v) - deceive
deluge (n) - a flood; a sweeping or overwhelming calamity [inunda'tie; calamitate foarte mare]
delusive (adj) - deceptive; raising vain hopes ['in'sel'ator; care d'a speran'te vane]
delve (v) - search carefully and laboriously
demagogue (n) - person who appeals to people's prejudices
demean (v) - degrade; humiliate
demeanor (n) - demeanour
demeanour (n) - behaviour; bearing [atitudine; purtare; comportare]
demented (adj) - insane
demise (n) - death
demotic (adj) - pertaining to the people
demur (v) - delay; object; protest
demure (adj) - grave; serious; coy [grav; serios; timid]
den (n) - [vizuin'a]
denizen (n) - inhabitant of
denotation (n) - meaning; distinguishing by name
denouement (n) - [deznod'am'int]
denounce (v) - condemn; criticize
dent (n) - depression in surface made by pressure or blow [ad'incitur'a]
depict (v) - portray
depilate (v) - remove hair
deplete (v) - reduce; exhaust [a reduce; a epuiza]
deplore (v) - regret
deploy (v) - move troops such that the battle line gets extended and less deep [a desf'a'sura]
depose (v) - dethrone; remove from office
depravity (n) - corruption; wickedness [corup'tie; depravare]
deprecate (v) - disapprove regretfully
deprecatory (adj) - disapproving [care dezaprob'a]
depredation (n) - plundering [pr'adare]
depute (v) - to appoint as a substitute [a investi ca substitut]
deputize (v) - appoint as or serve as a deputy
deputy (n) - one  designated or empowered to act for another
deranged (adj) - insane [nes'an'atos; nebun]
derelict (adj) - abandoned
deride (v) - scoff at
derision (n) - ridicule
derivative (adj) - unoriginal; derived from another source [neoriginal; luat de la alta surs'a]
derogatory (adj) - expressing a low opinion
descant (v) - discourse; sing melodiously
descry (v) - catch sight of
desecrate (v) - profane; violate the sanctity of
desertion (n) - [p'ar'asire; abandonare; dezertare]
desiccate (v) - dry up
desist (v) - stop
desolate (v) - rob of joy; lay waste to; forsake
desperado (n) - reckless outlaw
despicable (adj) - deserving scorn or contempt; vile
despise (v) - scorn
despoil (v) - deprive of possessions or property by force; plunder
despond (v) - [a pierde speran'ta]
despondent (adj) - in low spirits; disheartened; gloomy
destitute (adj) - extremely poor
desultory (adj) - aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
determinate (adj) - having a fixed order of procedure; invariable [av'ind o ordine fixa; invariabil]
deterrent (n) - smth. that discourages; hindrance
detonation (n) - explosion
detraction (n) - slandering; aspersion
detrimental (adj) - harmful; damaging [d'aun'ator; care r'ane'ste]
detritus (n) - loose fragments, particles or grains that have been formed by the disintegration of rocks; debris
deuce (adj) - [(la c'ar'ti) doi; (la tenis) egal]
devious (adj) - going astray; erratic
devoid (adj) - lacking
devolve (v) - deputize; pass to others
devout (adj) - pious
dew (n) - [rou'a]
dexterous (adj) - skillful
diamond (n) - play field of baseball
diatribe (n) - bitter scolding; invective
dichotomy (n) - branching into two parts
dictum (n) - authoritative and weighty statement [dicton]
die (n) - device for stamping or impressing; mold
diehard (n) - one who stubbornly resists changes or refuses to abandon a position
diffidence (n) - shyness
diffusion (n) - wordiness; spreading in all directions of a gas
dilapidated (adj) - ruined because of neglect
dilatory (adj) - delaying
diligence (n) - steadiness of effort; persistent hard work
diligent (adj) - [harnic; silitor]
dim (adj) - lacking brightness; faint; dull; obscure
din (n) - continued loud noise
dinghy (n) - small boat (usu. ship's boat)
dingy (adj) - dull; not fresh; cheerless [murdar; dubios (reputa'tie); uzat]
dint (n) - force or effort
diorama (n) - life-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history
dip (v) - wash; plunge into some liquid [a se sp'ala; a plonja]
dipsomania (n) - an often periodic, insatiable craving for alcohol
dipsomaniac (n) - one who has a strong craving for intoxicating liquor
dire (adj) - disastrous
dirge (n) - lament with music
disabuse (v) - correct a false impression; undeceive
disaffected (adj) - rebellious
disarray (n) - a disorderly or untidy state
disavowal (n) - denial; disclaiming
disband (v) - dissolve; disperse
disburse (v) - pay out
discerning (adj) - mentally quick and observant
disclose (v) - reveal
discombobulated (adj) - confused; discomposed
discomfit (adj) - put to rout; defeated; disconcerted [deconcertat; frustrat]
discomposure (n) - agitation
disconcert (v) - confuse; upset; embarrass
disconsolate (adj) - sad
discount (v) - disregard
discursive (adj) - digressing; rambling
disdain (v) - treat with scorn or contempt
disembark (v) - [a debarca]
disenfranchise (v) - deprive of a civil right
disengage (v) - uncouple; separate
disfigure (v) - mar the appearance of; spoil
disgorge (v) - surrender smth.; eject; vomit
disgruntle (v) - make discontented
disgruntled (adj) - uncontent (at/with smth) [nemul'tumit de]
dishearten (v) - discourage
disheartened (adj) - lacking courage and hope [f'ar'a curaj sau speran't'a]
disheveled (adj) - untidy [nepiept'anat; ciufulit]
disinclination (n) - unwillingness
disingenuous (adj) - not naive; sophisticated
disinter (v) - dig up; unearth
disinterested (adj) - unprejudiced
disjointed (adj) - disconnected
dislodge (v) - remove (forcibly)
dismal (adj) - ['intunecat; sumbru; posomor'it]
dismantle (v) - take apart [a demonta]
dismay (n) - appall; apprehension; dread
dismember (v) - cut into small parts [a ciop'ir'ti]
dismiss (v) - eliminate from consideration; reject
disparage (v) - belittle
disparity (n) - difference; condition of inequality
dispatch (n) - prompt execution; message sent with all due speed [dispecer]
dispel (v) - scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
dispirited (adj) - lacking in spirit
disport (v) - amuse
dispose (v) - [a aranja; a dispune; a 'invinge]
disputatious (adj) - argumentative; fond of argument
disquisition (n) - a formal systematic inquiry or an explanation of its results
disrupt (v) - [a rupe; a sf'ar'ima]
disruption (n) - [ruptur'a]
dissemble (v) - disguise; pretend [a disimula]
disseminate (v) - scatter (like seeds)
dissent (v) - disagree
dissolute (adj) - loose in behaviour and morals; licentious; debauchee [dezm'a'tat; desfr'inat]
dissolution (n) - disintegration; looseness in morals
dissuade (v) - advise against
distaff (n) - [furc'a de tors; ocupa'tie de femeie]
distasteful (adj) - unpleasant; objectionable or offensive; expressing distaste [dezgust'ator]
distend (v) - expand; swell out
distrait (adj) - absentminded [distrat]
distraught (adj) - upset; distracted by anxiety
distress (v) - worry
distrust (v) - not trust
ditch (n) - ['san't; canal]
dive (v) - [a plonja; a s'ari 'in ap'a]
divers (adj) - several; differing
diversion (n) - act of turning aside; pastime [deviere; abatere]
divert (v) - deflect
diverted (adj) - turned from its course [ab'atut de la cursul s'au]
divest (v) - strip; deprive [a dezbr'aca; a lipsi de]
divination (n) - foreseeing the future with aid of magic
divine (v) - foresee the future; perceive intuitively
docket (n) - program as for trial; book where such entries are made
doctrinaire (adj) - dogmatic; unyielding
doddering (adj) - shaky; infirm from old age
dodge (v) - to evade a responsibility; make a sudden movement
doff (v) - take off
dogged (adj) - determined; stubborn
doggerel (n) - poor verse [vers slab]
doily (n) - [mileu; 'serve'tel de dantel'a din p'inz'a]
doldrums (n) - blues; listlessness; slack period
doleful (adj) - [lugubru; trist]
dolorous (adj) - sorrowful [plin de sup'arare]
dolt (n) - stupid person
domineer (v) - rule over tyrannically
domineering (adj) - imperious; tending to domineer
don (v) - put on
doom (n) - [destin; ruin'a; moarte; sentin't'a]
dormer (n) - window projecting from roof
dotage (n) - senility
dote (v) - be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
dote on (v) - [a iubi nebune'ste]
doth (v) - does [de la "do" ('inv.)]
dough (n) - [coc'a; aluat; bani]
doughty (adj) - marked by valour; courageous
dour (adj) - sullen; stubborn [ne'induplecat; 'intunecat]
douse (v) - plunge into water; drench; extinguish
dowdy (adj) - slovenly; untidy
dower (n) - [zestre]
down payment (n) - [avans; plat'a direct'a]
drab (n) - [femeie murdar'a; prostituat'a]
drab (adj) - [cafeniu deschis; bej; monoton]
draftee (n) - [recrut]
draggled (adj) - [t'ir'it prin noroi; murd'arit]
drain (v) - [a drena; a asana; a usca]
drake (n) - [r'a'toi]
draught (n) - [trac'tiune]
draughts (n) - [joc de dame]
dread (n) - [groaz'a]
dreary (adj) - gloomy; dull or boring
dredge (v) - [a draga; a cur'a'ta]
dregs (n) - sediment; worthless residue
drench (v) - wet thoroughly; soak
dribble (v) - [a picura; a l'asa bale]
drill (n) - a tool for drilling  holes
drill (v) - [a sfredeli; a fora]
drip (v) - fall in drops; shed drops
drive (n) - urgent, basic or instinctual need
drivel (v) - [a saliva; a spune prostii]
drizzle (n) - [burni't'a; bur'a]
droll (adj) - queer and amusing
drone (n) - [tr'intor]
drone (v) - make a continuous low dull sound; speak in a monotonous manner; act in a monotonous way
droop (v) - [a pleca (capul)]
drop by (v) - stop for a short visit
dross (n) - waste matter; worthless impurities [zgur'a; impurit'a'ti]
drought (n) - [secet'a]
drown (v) - [a 'ineca]
drowse (v) - to be almost asleep [a mo't'ai]
drowsy (adj) - sleepy
drub (v) - [a lovi; a bate]
drudge (n) - one who is obliged to do menial work
drudgery (n) - menial work
dub (v) - anoint
ductility (n) - maleability; flexibility; ability to be drawn out
duenna (n) - chaperon
dug (n) - pap [sf'irc]
dulcet (adj) - sweet sounding
dumbfound (v) - puzzle
dummy (n) - [imita'tie; manechin; om prost]
dump (n) - [bufnitur'a]
dungeon (n) - dark, underground cell for confining prisoners [donjon]
dupe (n) - someone easily fooled [persoan'a u'sor de p'ac'alit]
durance (n) - imprisonment, esp. for a long time
duress (n) - forcible restraint, esp. unlawfully
dusk (n) - [amurg; crepuscul]
dusky (adj) - ['intunecat; crepuscular]
dutiful (adj) - respectful; obedient
dwarf (n) - [pitic]
dwell (v) - speak or write inconsistently [a tr'ai; a locui]
dwindle (v) - reduce; shrink
dye (n) - [vopsea; colorant]
dyslexia (n) - impairment of the ability to read
dyspeptic (n) - suffering from indigestion
eager (adj) - impatiently expectant
eagle-eyed (adj) - having keen eyesight
earldom (n) - title or rank of earl; the territory of an earl
earnest (adj) - grave; serious
earthenware (n) - [ceramic'a]
earthwork (n) - [terasament]
earthy (adj) - unrefined; coarse
easel (n) - ['sevalet]
ebb (n) - [reflux]
ebb (v) - recede; lessen [a mic'sora; a 'impu'tina]
ebon (n) - [abanos]
ebullient (adj) - showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
eclat (n) - brilliance; glory [str'alucire; glorie]
eclectic (adj) - selective; composed from elements drawn from disparate sources
eclecticism (n) - selection of opinions from various systems
eddy (n) - swirling current of water, air, etc.
edible (adj) - [comestibil]
edify (v) - instruct; correct morally
educe (v) - elicit; deduce [a da la iveal'a; a deduce]
eel (n) - [cot (m'as. de lungime)]
eerie (adj) - weird [straniu]
efface (v) - rub out [a fi 'sters]
effectual (adj) - efficient
effete (adj) - worn out; exhausted; barren
effigy (n) - dummy; painted or sculptured representation, esp. of a person
effluvium (n) - noxious smell
effrontery (n) - shameless boldness [afront]
effulgent (adj) - radiant
effusion (n) - pouring forth
effusive (adj) - pouring forth; gushing [plin de efuziune]
egotism (adj) - conceit; vanity
egregious (adj) - notorious; conspicuously bad; shocking
egress (n) - exit
ejaculation (n) - exclamation
eke (v) - [a completa; a 'inn'adi; a face rost de]
eke out (v) - to add to; to prolong [a ad'auga la; a prelungi]
elaboration (n) - addition of details; intricacy [ad'augare de detalii]
elate (v) - [a 'incuraja; a stimula; a face s'a se m'indreasc'a]
elated (adj) - overjoyed; in high spirits [entuziasmat]
elicit (v) - draw out by discussion
elliptical (adj) - oval; ambiguous
elm (n) - [ulm]
elope (v) - run away with a lover, esp. with the intention of getting married
elude (v) - escape from or evade; escape the understanding or grasp of
elusive (adj) - evasive; baffling; hard to grasp
elysian (adj) - related to paradise; blissful
emaciate (v) - to let smth fade; to lessen [a face s'a se ofileasc'a; a vl'agui]
emaciated (adj) - thin and wasted
embankment (n) - ['indiguire; terasament]
embark (v) - commence; go on board a boat; begin a journey [a se 'imbarca]
embed (v) - enclose; place in smth.
embezzlement (n) - stealing [delapidare]
emblazon (v) - deck in brilliant colors [a 'impodobi cu un blazon]
embroider (v) - [a broda; a fabula]
embroil (v) - throw into confusion; involve in strife; entangle
emend (v) - correct, usu. a text
emeritus (adj) - retired, but retaining an honorary title
emetic (n) - substance causing vomiting [vomitiv]
emollient (n) - soothing or softening remedy
emollient (adj) - soothing or softening remedy
emolument (n) - salary; compensation
empathy (n) - ability to identify with another's feelings, ideas, etc.
empirical (adj) - based on experience
emulate (v) - rival; imitate
enactment (n) - [decret; lege; ordonan't'a]
enamel (v) - [a sm'al'tui]
enclave (n) - territory enclosed within an alien land
encomiastic (adj) - praising; eulogistic
encomium (n) - high praise; eulogy
encompass (v) - surround
encroach (v) - trespass; gradually possess from other
encroachment (n) - gradual intrusion ['inc'alcare]
encumber (v) - burden
encumbrance (n) - ['incurc'atur'a; povar'a; obstacol]
endearment (n) - fond word or act
endeavor (n) - attempt; enterprise; concerted effort [str'adanie]
endemic (adj) - prevailing or in a specific area or country
endorse (v) - acknowledge receipt of payment by signing; approve; support
endow (v) - supply with property, income [a 'inzestra]
endue (v) - provide with some quality; endow
endue with (v) - [a 'inzestra]
enduring (adj) - lasting; surviving
enervate (v) - weaken
enervation (n) - lack of vigor; weakness
enfranchise (v) - admit to the rights of citizenship
engage (v) - attract; hire; pledge oneself; confront
engaging (adj) - charming; attractive
engender (v) - cause; produce
engross (v) - occupy fully
enjoin (v) - command; order; forbid
enmity (n) - ill will; hatred
ennui (n) - dullness of spirit; weariness [plictiseal'a]
enrapture (v) - please intensely
ensconce (v) - settle comfortably
ensue (v) - follow [a urma]
entangle (v) - make tangled; snarl; complicate; confuse
entanglement (n) - intricate situation ['incurc'atur'a]
enthrall (v) - capture; enslave
entice (v) - lure; attract; tempt
entice from (v) - [a distrage de la]
entrails (n) - internal organs, esp. the intestines
entrance (v) - put under a spell; carry away with emotion
entreat (v) - plead; ask earnestly
entree (n) - entrance; a way in
entree (v) - entrance; a way in
entrench (v) - [a 'int'ari; a 'inconjura cu tran'see]
entrust (v) - confer trust [a se 'increde]
enunciate (v) - speak distinctively
environ (v) - enclose; surround
epaulet (n) - [epolet]
epic (n) - long heroic poem
epic (adj) - narrative
epicure (n) - connoisseur of food and drinks
epigraph (n) - engraved inscription; quotation at the beginning of a literary work
episodic (adj) - loosely connected
epitome (n) - perfect example or embodiment; summary; abstract
equable (n) - tranquil; steady; uniform
equable (adj) - tranquil; steady; uniform
equanimity (n) - calmness of temperament
equine (adj) - resembling a horse
equipage (n) - horse drawn carriage
equipoise (n) - balance; balancing force; equilibrium
equity (n) - fairness; justice
equivocate (v) - lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
errant (adj) - wandering
erratic (adj) - odd; unpredictable
escapade (n) - prank; flighty conduct
eschew (v) - avoid [a eschiva]
escutcheon (n) - shield; protective plate, as for a keyhole
esoteric (adj) - known only by the chosen few [ezoteric]
espouse (v) - adopt; support
esprit de corps (n) - common spirit of enthusiasm and devotion in a group; comradery
estate (n) - a landed, usu. extensive property; all of one's possessions; rank
estranged (adj) - separated; alienated ['instr'ainat]
etch (v) - [a grava]
etcher (n) - [gravor]
ethereal (adj) - light; heavenly; fine
ethnic (adj) - relating to races [etnic]
ethnology (n) - study of humankind
ethos (n) - underlying character of a culture, group, etc.
eugenic (adj) - pertaining to the improvement of race
eulogistic (adj) - praising
eulogy (n) - praise
euphony (n) - sweet sound
evanescent (adj) - fleeting; vanishing
evenhanded (adj) - impartial; fair
eventual (adj) - [final; definitiv; posibil]
evince (v) - show clearly
evoke (v) - call forth
ewe (n) - female sheep [oaie]
exact (v) - demand
exacting (adj) - extremely demanding
exaction (n) - exorbitant demand [cerin't'a exagerat'a]
exalt (n) - raise in rank or dignity; praise
excerpt (n) - selected passage (written or musical)
exchequer (n) - treasury
excise (v) - cut away; cut out
excoriate (v) - flay; abrade
exculpate (v) - clear from blame
execrate (v) - curse; express abhorrence for
exempt (adj) - [scutit de; ferit de]
exemption (n) - [eliberare de; scutire de]
exertion (n) - effort; expenditure of much physical work
exhort (v) - urge
exigency (n) - urgent situation
exiguous (adj) - small; minute
exonerate (v) - acquit; exculpate
expatiate (v) - talk at length
expedient (adj) - suitable; practical; politic
expedite (v) - hasten
expeditiously (adv) - in a speed [rapid 'si eficient]
expel (v) - force or drive out; discharge from a receptacle; to dismiss
expiate (v) - make amends for (a sin)
expletive (n) - interjection; profane oath
exploit (n) - deed or action; particularly a brave deed
exploit (v) - make use of, sometimes unjustly
expository (adj) - explanatory; serving to explain
expostulation (n) - protest; remonstrance
exposure (n) - [expunere]
expunge (v) - cancel; remove
expurgate (v) - clean; remove offensive parts of a book
extant (adj) - still in existence
extemporaneous (adj) - not planned; impromptu
extemporize (v) - improvise
extinguish (v) - [a stinge; a nimici]
extirpate (v) - pull up by the root; exterminate; wipe out
extol (v) - praise; glorify
extort (v) - wring from; get money by threats, etc. [a extorca]
extradition (n) - surrender of prisoner by one state to another [extr'adare]
extraneous (adj) - not essential; external
extricate (v) - free; disentangle
extrude (v) - force or push out
exude (v) - discharge; give forth
fable (v) - [a improviza; a am'agi; a fabula]
fabric (n) - structure; building; cloth; texture
fabricate (v) - build; lie [a n'ascoci; a falsifica]
facade (n) - [fa'tad'a]
facet (n) - small plane surface of a gem; side [fa'tet'a]
facetious (adj) - humorous; jocular
facsimile (n) - copy
faction (n) - party; clique; dissension [fac'tiune]
factious (adj) - inclined to form factions; causing dissension
factitious (adj) - artificial; sham
factotum (n) - handyman; person who does all kind of work
faculty (n) - mental or bodily powers; teaching staff
fade (v) - [a se ve'steji; a se ofili; a p'ali; a decolora]
fain (adv) - gladly
fainthearted (adj) - pusillanimous [la's; fricos]
fake (adj) - phony; not genuine or real
fallacious (adj) - misleading
fallacy (n) - error [gre'seal'a]
fallible (adj) - liable to error
fallout (n) - particles of radiation; an incidental side effect [emana'tie]
fallow (adj) - plowed but not sowed; uncultivated [arat dar necultivat]
falter (v) - hesitate
fan (n) - [evantai]
fancied (adj) - imagined; unreal
fancier (n) - breeder or dealer of animals
fang (n) - [dinte protuberant]
fangled (adj) - (arch.) fond of novelties
farthingale (n) - [crinolin'a]
fastidious (adj) - difficult to please; squeamish
fathom (v) - comprehend; investigate
fatuous (adj) - foolish; inane
faucet (n) - [robinet]
fawn (v) - display obsequious affection; seek favor supporting slavishly anything from a superior [a face pui (m. ales despre ciute)]
fawning (adj) - courting favor by cringing and flattering
faze (v) - disconcert; dismay
fealty (n) - loyalty; faithfulness [loialitate; credin't'a]
feasible (adj) - practical
featherbrain (n) - a silly, flighty person
feckless (adj) - weak; ineffective; worthless; irresponsible [f'ar'a valoare; slab]
feeble (adj) - weak
feed (n) - food for animals or birds; fodder
feign (v) - pretend
feint (n) - [fent'a]
felicitous (adj) - apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
felicity (n) - happiness; appropriateness
fell (adj) - cruel; deadly
felon (n) - person convicted of a grave crime
felony (n) - crime
fender (n) - [ap'ar'atoare de foc (la gura sobei)]
feral (adj) - savage; wild
ferment (n) - agitation; commotion
fern (n) - [ferig'a]
ferret (v) - drive or hunt out of hiding [a scoate din ascunz'atoare]
ferret about (v) - [a scotoci]
ferret for (v) - [a c'auta]
ferret out (v) - [a c'auta sa afle]
ferry (n) - [bac]
ferryman (n) - [v'isla's; barcagiu]
fervid (adj) - fervent; ardent
fervor (n) - [fervoare]
fester (v) - generate pus; rankle; produce irritation or resentment
fetch (n) - ['siretlic; tertip]
fetch (v) - derive; deduce; realize; interest; accomplish; draw; reach; circle; veer; deal [a se duce dup'a; a aduce]
fete (v) - honor at a festival [a s'arb'atori]
fetid (adj) - malodorous
fetter (v) - shackle [a pune 'in lan'turi sau fiare]
feud (n) - a bitter prolonged quarrel or state of enmity, as between two clans or individuals
fiat (n) - command
fib (n) - a trivial or childish lie
fickle (adj) - changeable; faithless
fiddle (n) - [scripc'a; vioar'a]
fiddle (v) - play the fiddle; move one's fingers or hands nervously
fidget (v) - behave or move nervously or restlessly; fiddle
fiduciary (adj) - pertaining to a position of trust [demn de 'incredere]
fiend (n) - [duh; spirit; spiridu's]
fiendish (adj) - demonical; perversely diabolical
fierce (adj) - [feroce]
fiery (adj) - [de foc; ca flac'ar'a]
figment (n) - invention; imaginary thing
filch (v) - steal
file (v) - [a clasa; a pune 'in ordine; a pili; a cizela; a merge 'in r'ind]
filibuster (v) - block legislation by making long speeches
filigree (n) - [filigran]
filth (n) - foul matter; repellent refuse; corrupt condition
fin (n) - [aripioar'a (de pe'ste)]
finale (n) - conclusion
finery (n) - [podoabe; g'ateli]
finesse (n) - delicate skill
finicky (adj) - too particular; fussy
fir (n) - [brad]
firebrand (n) - hothead; troublemaker
fissure (n) - crevice [fisur'a]
fitful (adj) - spasmodic; intermittent
flabby (adj) - flaccid; soft, yielding to the touch [sl'abit; flacid; moale]
flaccid (adj) - flabby [flasc]
flag (v) - [a at'irna moale, flasc; a sl'abi; a se mole'si]
flagellate (v) - flog; whip [a flagela]
flagging (adj) - weak; drooping
flagrant (adj) - conspicuously wicked [flagrant]
flail (v) - thresh grain by hand; strike or slap
flair (n) - talent
flake (n) - a small loose mass of bit; chip [fulg]
flaky (adj) - consisting of flakes [cu fulgi; care se coje'ste]
flamboyant (adj) - ornate
flash (n) - [sclipire; fulgerare; curent de ap'a]
flash attachment (n) - [blitz]
flashy (adj) - tawdry; cheap; insipid; bright; gaudy
flask (n) - [bidon]
flaunt (v) - display ostentatiously
flaw (n) - [cr'ap'atur'a; cusur; defect]
flaw (v) - [a cr'apa; a sparge]
flay (v) - strip off skin; plunder; skin; lash; criticize harshly; excoriate
fleck (v) - spot
fledge (v) - [a acoperi; a captu'si cu pene]
fledgling (adj) - immature
flee (n) - runaway; flight
fleece (n) - wool coat of a sheep
fleece (v) - rob; plunder
fleet (v) - [a trece; a se scurge; a zbura]
fleeting (adj) - transitory
flick (n) - light stroke as with a whip
flimsy (adj) - ['subred; ne'insemnat; frivol]
flinch (v) - hesitate; shrink
fling (v) - [a arunca; a azv'irli]
flint (n) - [cremene]
flip (v) - [a lovi u'sor; a da un bob'irnac]
flip over (v) - turn over
flippancy (n) - trifling gaiety
flippant (adj) - lacking proper respect or seriousness
flock (n) - herd
floe (n) - mass of floating ice
flood (n) - deluge [inunda'tie; potop]
florid (adj) - flowery; ruddy
flossy (adj) - [pufos]
flotilla (n) - small fleet
flotsam (n) - drifting wreckage
flotsam and jetsam (n) - [m'arun'ti'suri; resturi; r'am'a'si'te]
flounce (v) - flounder; struggle; move with exaggerated jerkish motion
flounder (n) - flatfish [pe'ste plat; pl'atic'a]
flounder (v) - struggle; act clumsy or ineffectually [a se fle'sc'ai; a mo'smondi]
flour (n) - [f'ain'a]
flout (v) - reject; mock
flowerbed (n) - [strat de flori]
fluctuate (v) - waver [a fluctua]
fluke (n) - unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune
flurry (n) - shower of snow
flush (n) - excitement; surge of emotion
flushed (adj) - ['imbujorat]
fluster (v) - confuse
fluted (adj) - having vertical parallel grooves
flutter (n) - nervous confusion or excitement
foam (n) - [spum'a de mare; a asuda]
fodder (n) - [nutre't]
foible (n) - weakness; slight fault
foil (n) - contrast
foil (v) - defeat; frustrate
foist (v) - insert improperly; palm off
fold (n) - ['tarc]
fold (v) - [a (se) 'indoi]
foliage (n) - [frunzi's]
foment (v) - stir up; investigate
fondle (v) - to treat with fondness [a m'ing'iia; a dezmierda]
foolhardy (adj) - rash
footlights (n) - lights placed in a row along the front of a stage floor; the theater as a profession
foppish (adj) - vain about dress and appearance
forage (n) - [furaj]
forage (v) - [a pr'ada; a devasta; a c'auta; a scotoci]
foray (n) - raid [incursiune; digresiune]
forbearance (n) - patience
forceful (adj) - vigorous
ford (n) - [vad]
forebear (n) - ancestor
foreboding (n) - premonition of evil
foreclose (v) - [a dezmo'steni]
forego (v) - [a preceda]
forensic (adj) - suitable to debate or courts of law
forerunner (n) - ancestor
foreshadow (v) - give an indication beforehand; portend; prefigure; to shadow or typify beforehand [a umbri; a prevesti]
foresight (n) - the ability to foresee future happenings [prevedere]
forestall (v) - anticipate; prevent
forethought (n) - [prevedere; cump'anire]
forethought (adj) - carefully planned
forfeit (n) - [confiscare; penalizare; amend'a]
forge (v) - [a forja; a contraface]
forgo (v) - give up; do without
forlorn (adj) - [singuratic; nenorocit]
forsake (v) - abandon
forsooth (adv) - (arch.) in truth; indeed
forswear (v) - renounce; abandon
forthright (adj) - straightforward; direct; frank
fortitude (n) - bravery; courage
fortnight (n) - two weeks
fortuitous (adj) - accidental; by chance
foster (v) - rear; encourage [a hr'ani; a cre'ste]
fosterage (n) - [adop'tie]
foul (adj) - abhorrent; loathsome [murdar; sc'irbos; josnic]
founder (v) - fail completely; sink
fowl (n) - [or'atanie; pas'are de curte]
fracas (n) - brawl; melee
fractious (adj) - unruly
fragrant (adj) - perfumed; odorous
frail (adj) - [firav; debil; frivol]
frailty (n) - weakness
franchise (n) - right or privilege
frantic (adj) - wild [frenetic]
fraught (adj) - filled ['inc'arcat cu; bogat 'in]
fray (n) - brawl
fray (v) - [a 'insp'aim'inta; a uza (o stof'a)]
frazzle (n) - [epuizare; sf'ir'seal'a]
freebooter (n) - buccaneer
freight (n) - [transport (de marf'a) pe ap'a; 'inc'arc'atur'a]
frenetic (adj) - frenzied; frantic [frenetic]
frenzied (adj) - out of mind; madly excited
fresco (n) - painting on plaster
freshman (n) - student in the first year
fret (v) - be annoyed or vexed [a freca; a toci; a agita; a nec'aji]
fretful (adj) - querulous
frigid (adj) - intensely cold
fringe (n) - [ciucure; franjure; margine]
frisky (adj) - [zburdalnic; vesel]
fritter (v) - waste
frolicsome (adj) - prankish; gay
frond (n) - fern leaf; palm or banana leaf
frost (n) - the process of freezing; failure
frown (n) - ['incruntare]
fructify (v) - bear fruit
frugal (adj) - sparing [frugal]
fruition (n) - bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization
frustrate (v) - thwart; defeat; to bring to nothing; to balk [a z'ad'arnici; a 'incurca planuri]
fudge (n) - a rich soft candy of sugar, milk, butter and chocolate; a nonsense
fulcrum (n) - support on which a lever rests
fulmination (n) - thunderous verbal attack; explosion
fulsome (adj) - disgustingly excessive
fume (v) - experience or exhibit anger or irritation [a afuma]
functionary (n) - official
funereal (adj) - sad; solemn
furnish (v) - [a aproviziona; a mobila]
furrow (n) - ['san't]
furtive (adj) - stealthy; sneaky [furtiv]
fuse (v) - melt; blend
fusion (n) - union; coalition [fuziune]
fuss (n) - [agita'tie; mofturi]
fuss (v) - worry; agitate; upset; complain [a fi pedant]
fussy (adj) - irritable; fastidious; ornate
fustian (adj) - pompous; bombastic
futile (adj) - frivolous; vain [futil]
gadfly (n) - animal-biting fly; an irritating person
gaff (n) - hook
gaffe (n) - [gaf'a]
gaggle (n) - [c'ird de g'i'ste]
gaggle (v) - [a face ca g'isca; a g'ig'ii]
gainsay (v) - deny
gait (n) - manner of walking or running; speed [umblet; mers]
gale (n) - storm [furtun'a]
gall (n) - bitterness; nerve [fiere]
gall (v) - annoy; chafe
galleon (n) - [galion]
galvanize (v) - stimulate by shock; stir up
gambit (n) - opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed [gambit]
gambol (v) - skip; leap playfully
game (n) - [v'inat]
game (adj) - crippled; lame ['schiop]
game fowl (n) - domestic fowl raised esp. for cock fighting
gamely (v) - [sportiv]
gamely (adv) - in a spirited manner, with courage [sportiv]
gamester (n) - gambler
gamut (n) - entire range
gander (n) - [g'iscan]
gang (n) - [band'a; ceat'a]
gape (v) - open widely
gar (interj) - used as a mild oath
garb (n) - clothing; manner [ve'stm'int; fel caracteristic de 'imbr'ac'aminte]
garble (v) - to falsify by leaving out parts [a trunchia; a deforma]
garbled (adj) - mixed up; based on false or unfair selection
gargoyle (n) - waterspout carved in grotesque figures on building
garish (adj) - gaudy
garment (n) - garb; article of clothing
garner (v) - gather; store up
garnish (v) - decorate
garrulity (n) - talkativeness [locvacitate]
garrulous (adj) - loquacious; wordy [vorb'are't]
garter (n) - [jartier'a]
gash (n) - [cicatrice]
gauche (adj) - clumsy; boorish
gaudy (adj) - flashy; showy
gaunt (adj) - lean and angular; barren [usc'a'tiv; de'sirat; nenorocit]
gauntlet (n) - leather glove
gawk (v) - stare foolishly; look in an open-mouthed awe
gazebo (n) - a freestanding, roofed, usu. open-sided structure providing a shady resting place; a belvedere
gear (v) - [a 'inh'ama; a pune 'in mi'scare; a cupla]
geld (v) - [a castra]
generality (n) - vague statement
generic (adj) - characteristic of a class or species
geniality (n) - cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy
genre (n) - style of art illustrating scenes of common life
genteel (adj) - well-bred; elegant
gentility (n) - those of gentle birth; refinement
gentry (n) - people of standing; class of people just below nobility
genuflect (v) - [a face o genuflexiune]
germane (adj) - pertinent; bearing upon the case at hand ['inrudit; legat de o problem'a]
germinal (adj) - pertaining to a germ; creative
germinate (v) - cause to sprout; sprout
gerrymander (v) - change voting district lines in order to favor a political party
gestate (v) - evolve, as in prenatal growth [a purta sarcin'a]
get a ticket (v) - [a ob'tine o amend'a (m. ales la circula'tie)]
ghastly (adj) - horrible
gibber (v) - speak foolishly
gibberish (n) - nonsense; babbling
gibbet (n) - gallows [sp'inzur'atoare]
gibe (v) - mock
giddy (adj) - light-hearted; dizzy [ame'tit]
gig (n) - two-wheeled carriage [cabriolet'a; iol'a; harpon]
giggle (v) - [a chicoti]
gild (v) - [a 'infrumuse'ta; a auri]
gilt (n) - [scroaf'a t'in'ar'a; aurire]
gimmick (n) - [mecanism; dispozitiv (mic)]
gingerly (adv) - very carefully [cu mare grij'a; cu bini'sorul]
gird (v) - [a lega la mijloc; a 'incinge]
girth (n) - distance around smth.; circumference
gist (n) - [fond; miez al lucrurilor; esen't'a]
glacier (n) - a huge mass of laterally limited, moving ice, originated from compacted snow [ghe'tar]
glare (n) - [lumin'a puternic'a, obositoare]
glaring (adj) - uncomfortably bright; highly conspicuous
glaze (n) - [luciu; smal't]
glaze (v) - cover with a thin and shiny surface [a pune geamuri; a proteja; a sm'al'tui; a c'ap'ata luciu]
glean (v) - gather leavings [a spicui]
glee (n) - joy [bucurie]
gleeful (adj) - merry; full of glee
glib (adj) - fluent
glide (v) - slide; flow [a se scurge; a luneca u'sor]
glimpse (n) - [lic'arire; arunc'atur'a de ochi; str'afulgerare]
glint (n) - glimmer; a brief or faint manifestation
glisten (v) - [a str'aluci; a sc'inteia]
glitter (v) - [a str'aluci; a sc'inteia]
gloaming (n) - twilight
gloat (v) - express evil satisfaction; view malevolently
gloom (n) - partial or complete darkness; dimness; melancholy
gloss (v) - [a glosa; a interpreta gre'sit]
gloss over (v) - explain away
glossy (adj) - smooth and shining
glow (v) - [a fi incandescent; a arde]
glow-worm (n) - [licurici]
glower (v) - scowl
glum (adj) - dreary; gloomy [trist; posac]
glut (v) - overstock; fill to excess
glutinous (adj) - sticky; viscous
glutton (n) - someone who eats too much
gluttonous (adj) - greedy for food
gnarled (adj) - twisted
gnat (n) - [o specie de musc'a mu'sc'atoare]
gnaw (v) - [a roade; a fr'am'inta]
gneiss (n) - a foliated metamorphic rock
gnome (n) - dwarf
go over (v) - succeed
goad (v) - urge on
goblet (n) - a kind of cup or drinking-vessel without a handle [pocal]
goldsmith (n) - [aurar]
gorge (n) - narrow canyon; steep, rocky cleft
gorge (v) - stuff oneself
gory (adj) - bloody
gossamer (n) - something light, delicate, insubstantial or tenuous
gossamer (adj) - sheer; like cobwebs
gossip (n) - companion; crony; rumor; report
gouge (v) - tear out
gourmet (n) - connoisseur of food and drink
gown (n) - a woman's dress [capot]
grab (n) - ['inh'a'tare; apucare]
granary (n) - storehouse for grain [gr'inar]
grandstand (n) - [tribun'a]
granulate (v) - form into grains
grapple (n) - [c'irlig; 'inc'aierare]
grapple (v) - wrestle; come to grips with [a ag'a'ta]
grasp (v) - seize
grate (v) - [a freca; a scr'i'sni din din'ti; a rade; a h'ir's'ii]
gratify (v) - please
grating (adj) - a frame or partition of bars or lattice-work [gr'atar; sc'ir't'iitor]
gratuitous (adj) - given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for
gratuity (n) - tip [bac'sis]
graze (v) - [a pa'ste]
gregarious (adj) - sociable
gridiron (n) - play field in (american) football
gridlock (n) - a massive, city-wide traffic jam in which streets are so clogged with vehicles that all intersections become blocked and traffic in all directions is stopped
grievance (n) - complaint; injustice
grill (v) - question severely
grim (adj) - savage; somber; gloomy [sever; necru't'ator; groaznic]
grin (n) - smile [r'injet]
grind (v) - [a sf'ar'ima; a pisa; a sporov'ai; a r'i'sni]
grinder (n) - [r'i'sni't'a]
grisly (adj) - ghastly
grizzle (n) - gray color
grizzled (adj) - gray
groan (v) - [a geme; a morm'ai; a sc'ir't'ii]
groin (v) - [a cl'adi ('in bol'ti 'si nervuri)]
groove (n) - a long, narrow furrow or channel
grope (v) - to search blindly [a b'ijb'ii]
gross (n) - one hundred and forty four pieces
grotto (n) - [grot'a]
grouch (n) - sulky or grumbling mood; a complaint; an irritable and complaining person
grouch (v) - sulk or grumble
grouse (v) - complain; grumble
grove (n) - [cr'ing]
grovel (v) - crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate; behave in a demeaning or servile way; cringe
grub (n) - [larv'a; ou de insect'a; omid'a]
grubby (adj) - unkempt; dirty; infested with grubs; contemptible
grudge (v) - [a purta pic'a; a invidia; a se pl'inge]
grudging (adj) - unwilling; reluctant; stingy
grudgingly (adj) - in an unwilling or envious manner ['in sil'a; cu invidie]
gruel (n) - liquid food made by boiling oatmeal in milk or water
grueling (adj) - exhausting [istovitor; extenuant]
gruesome (adj) - grisly; macabre
gruff (adj) - rough-mannered
grumble (v) - mutter in discontent
guerdon (n) - reward; requital
guffaw (n) - boisterous laughter
guile (n) - deceit; duplicity [tertip; 'siretlic]
guileless (adj) - without deceit [nevinovat; f'ar'a 'siretlicuri]
guise (n) - appearance; costume [ve'stm'int; 'inf'a'ti'sare; form'a]
gulf (n) - [abis; golf]
gullible (adj) - easily deceived [credul]
gully (n) - [rigol'a; 'san't]
gulp (v) - swallow rapidly or greedily in large amounts; stifle by or as if by swallowing
gush (v) - issue copiously or violently; make an exaggerated display of enthusiasm or sentiment [a 't'i'sni; a izbucni]
gust (n) - violent, abrupt rush of wind; a sudden outburst; relish; liking
gusto (n) - enjoyment; enthusiasm
gusty (adj) - windy
gut (n) - [intestin; ma't]
guts (n) - (pl. of gut) [p'intece; curaj; fond; con'tinut]
gutter (n) - ['san't; rigol'a]
guttural (adj) - pertaining to the throat
guzzle (v) - drink greedily
hackles (n) - hairs on back and neck of a dog
hackneyed (adj) - trite [banal]
hag (n) - crone [vr'ajitoare]
haggard (adj) - wasted away; gaunt [cu 'inf'a'ti'sare s'albatic'a; tras la fa't'a]
haggle (v) - argue about prices [a se tocmi]
haggler (n) - a person who argues over prices
hail (v) - salute or greet; welcome [a saluta; a striga; a chema; a ploua cu grindin'a]
halcyon (adj) - calm; peaceful; tranquil; prosperous; golden
hale (adj) - healthy
halfback (n) - [mijloca's]
hallow (v) - venerate; devote
hallowed (adj) - blessed; consecrated
hamper (v) - obstruct
handcuff (n) - (pl. usu.) a device consisting of a pair of strong, connected hoops that can be locked about one or both wrists of a prisoner in custody [c'atu'se]
handmaiden (n) - [slujnic'a]
handout (n) - [dare de m'in'a]
hanker (v) - crave [a implora]
hap (n) - chance; luck
haphazard (adj) - random; by chance ['int'impl'ator]
hapless (adj) - without luck; unfortunate
harangue (n) - noisy speech
harass (v) - to annoy by repeated attacks
harbinger (n) - forerunner [prevestitor]
harbor (v) - provide a refuge for; hide
hardhanded (adj) - having hands made hard by work; oppressive; strict
harness (v) - yoke; utilize [a 'inh'ama]
harp (v) - to dwell on tediously [a st'arui asupra]
harping (n) - tiresome dwelling on a subject [dezbaterea prea mult a unui subiect]
harrow (v) - break up ground after plowing; torture [a discui]
harry (v) - raid; assault; worry; torment; annoy; harass
harsh (adj) - severe; crude
haste (v) - hurry [a (se) gr'abi]
hasten (v) - to haste [a gr'abi]
hatch (n) - deck opening; lid covering the deck opening [clocire; cuibar; serie de pui ie'si'ti odat'a din ou]
hatred (n) - [ur'a]
haughtiness (n) - pride; arrogance
haughty (adj) - proud; arrogant
haul (v) - [a trage; a t'ir'i; a c'ara; a transporta]
haunt (n) - [loc des frecventat; vizuin'a; cuib de ho'ti]
haunt (v) - [a b'intui]
hauteur (n) - haughtiness
havoc (n) - [pagub'a; pr'ap'ad; devastare]
hawk (n) - ['soim]
hazardous (adj) - dangerous
hazy (adj) - slightly obscure
headlong (adj) - rash; without thought
headlong (adv) - headfirst; impetuously; rashly
heal (v) - [a vindeca]
hearken (v) - [a asculta; a lua 'in seam'a]
hearse (n) - [car funebru]
hearth (n) - [c'amin; 'semineu]
heartrending (n) - heartbreaking; severely distressing
heath (n) - weed
heave (v) - [a (se) 'in'al'ta; a (se) ridica]
heckler (n) - person who harasses others
hectic (adj) - consumptive, habitual; fluctuating but persistent; flushed [agitat]
hedge (n) - [gard viu]
hedge (v) - [a 'ingr'adi; a se eschiva; a se furi'sa]
hedonism (n) - belief that pleasure is the sole aim in life
heed (v) - pay attention for; consider
hegira (n) - flight, especially Mohammed's flight from Mecca to Medina
heinous (adj) - [hain; atroce]
heir (v) - inherit
helmsman (n) - a person who steers a ship [timonier]
hem (v) - [a tivi]
hemlock (n) - [cucut'a]
henchman (n) - loyal and trusted follower or subordinate
herd (n) - flock [turm'a; ciread'a]
hermitage (n) - home of a hermit
herpetologist (n) - one who studies reptiles
heterodox (adj) - unorthodox; unconventional
hew (v) - cut to pieces with axe or sword [a t'aia; a despica (cu securea)]
heyday (n) - time of greatest success; prime
hiatus (n) - gap; pause
hide (n) - [piele de animal]
hidebound (adj) - having an inflexible and ultraconservative character
hie (v) - go quickly; hurry
highboy (n) - [scrin (pe picioare 'inalte)]
highbrow (n) - a person possessing or having pretensions to superior learning or culture
highhanded (adj) - arbitrary; overbearing
hike (v) - [a face o excursie pe jos]
hilt (n) - handle of an weapon or of a tool [m'inerul unei arme/scule]
hind leg (n) - hinder leg [piciorul din spate]
hinder (v) - obstruct; impede; block
hindmost (adj) - furthest behind
hindrance (n) - block; obstacle
hinge (n) - [balama]
hinterlands (n) - back country
hireling (n) - one who serves for hire (usu. used contemptuously)
hirsute (adj) - hairy
hiss (n) - ['suierat; s'is'iit]
histrionic (adj) - theatrical
hither (adv) - [aproape; aici; 'incoace]
hitherto (adv) - [p'in'a acum]
hive (n) - [stup]
hoard (n) - cache; billboard [panou; loc de ascunz'atoare]
hoard (v) - stockpile [a str'inge; a pune deoparte; a p'astra cu grij'a]
hoarse (adj) - [r'agu'sit]
hoary (adj) - white with age
hoax (n) - trick; practical joke
hobble (v) - walk or move along haltingly or with difficulty; limp
hog (n) - [purcel]
hog (v) - [a curba; a arcui; a tunde scurt]
hogshead (n) - large barrel
hoist (v) - [a 'in'al'ta; a c'a't'ara]
hollow (adj) - concave [g'aunos]
holocaust (n) - destruction by fire
holster (n) - pistol case [teac'a de pistol]
homely (adj) - simple; unaffected natural
homeostasis (n) - tendency of a system to maintain relative stability
homespun (adj) - domestic; made at home
homily (n) - sermon; serious warning
hone (v) - sharpen [a ascu'ti]
honeysuckle (n) - [azalee]
hoodlum (n) - thug; young ruffian [huligan]
hoodwink (v) - deceive; delude
hoof (n) - [copit'a]
hoop (n) - [cerc; drug]
hooping cough (n) - [tuse convulsiv'a]
hoot (n) - [siren'a (care url'a)]
horde (n) - crowd [hoard'a]
horn (n) - [corn]
horrendous (adj) - [cumplit; groaznic]
hortatory (adj) - encouraging; exhortive
hose (n) - stocking; sock [ciorapi; furtun; str'imtoare]
hostelry (n) - inn [han]
hound (v) - [a v'ina cu copoi; a alunga; a urm'ari]
hovel (n) - shack; small, wretched house
hover (v) - hang about; wait nearby
hubbub (n) - confused uproar
hubris (n) - arrogance; excessive self-conceit
huddle (v) - crowd together; crouch [a se 'ingr'am'adi; a se ghemui]
hue (n) - color; aspect
hue and cry (n) - outcry
huff (n) - [acces de furie, de ner'abdare, de enervare]
hug (v) - embrace; hold in one's arms
hulk (n) - the body of an old vessel; anything bulky or unwieldy [om greoi]
hull (n) - [coaj'a (de fruct)]
humble (adj) - [umil]
humdrum (adj) - dull; monotonous
humidor (n) - container for cigars that keeps humidity constant
hummock (n) - small hill
humor (n) - disposition; mood; caprice [dispozi'tie sufleteasc'a; chef; umor]
hump (n) - [cocoa's'a]
humus (n) - substance formed by decaying vegetable matter
hunch (n) - intuitive feeling or guess; a hump; a chunk or a lump
hunchback (n) - [coco'sat; ghebos]
hurdle (n) - ['ingr'aditur'a; gard; obstacol]
hurl (v) - throw violently
hurricane (n) - [uragan]
hurtle (v) - crash; rush
husbandry (n) - frugality; thrift; agriculture
husk (n) - [coaj'a]
husky (adj) - burly; robust; large
hussy (adj) - a worthless women; a pert, frolicsome wench [femeie u'soar'a; f'i'snea't'a]
hustle (v) - to push or crowd [a 'imbr'inci; a 'inghionti]
hut (n) - [colib'a]
hydrophobia (n) - rabies; fear of water [turbare]
hyperborean (adj) - in extreme north; arctic; cold
hypocritical (adj) - pertaining to or characterized by hypocrisy [ipocrit]
ichthyology (n) - study of fish
iconoclastic (adj) - attacking cherished traditions
idiom (n) - special use in language
idiosyncrasy (n) - peculiarity; eccentricity
idiosyncratic (adj) - of peculiar temper or disposition [particular unui anumit individ]
idolatry (n) - worship of idols; excessive admiration
igneous (adj) - produced by fire; volcanic
ignoble (adj) - of lowly origin; unworthy
ignominious (adj) - disgraceful; dishonorable; despicable; degrading
illusive (adj) - deceiving
illustrious (adj) - renowned; shining brightly [ilustru]
imbibe (v) - drink in [a 'imbiba]
imbroglio (n) - a complicated situation; perplexity; entanglement
imbue (v) - saturate; fill
immolate (v) - offer as a sacrifice
immure (v) - imprison; shut up in confinement
immured (adj) - ['inchis; captiv]
imp (n) - [dr'acu'sor; spiridu's]
impair (v) - worsen; diminish in value
impale (v) - pierce
impanel (v) - enroll a jury upon a panel or list
impassive (adj) - without feeling [impasibil]
impeach (v) - charge with crime in office; indict
impecunious (adj) - without money
imped (v) - hinder; prevent; block
impede (v) - hinder; block; delay
impel (v) - urge to action; compel
impending (adj) - nearing; approaching
impenitent (adj) - not repentant
impervious (adj) - not penetrable; not permitting passage through
impetus (n) - moving force
impiety (n) - irreverence; wickedness
impinge (v) - infringe; touch; collide with
impious (adj) - irreverent
implacable (adj) - incapable of being pacified
implement (v) - supply what is needed; furnish with tools
impolitic (adj) - not wise
import (n) - significance
importunate (adj) - urging; demanding
importune (v) - beg earnestly; beg persistently [a deranja cu o problem'a]
impregnable (adj) - invulnerable
impressment (n) - ['inrolare for'tat'a; rechizi'tie]
imprimatur (n) - permission to print or publish a book
impromptu (adj) - without previous preparation
impropriety (adj) - state of being inappropriate
improvident (adj) - thriftless
impugn (v) - doubt; challenge; gainsay
impunity (n) - freedom from punishment
impute (v) - attribute; ascribe
inadvertently (adj) - carelessly; unintentionally [neglijent; neinten'tionat]
inadvertently (adv) - carelessly; unintentionally; by oversight
inane (adj) - silly; senseless
incapacitate (v) - disable
incendiary (n) - arsonist
incense (n) - [t'am'iie]
incense (v) - enrage; infuriate [a t'am'iia; a irita; a m'inia]
incentive (n) - spur; motive
inception (n) - start; beginning
incessant (adj) - uninterrupted
inchoate (adj) - recently begun; rudimentary; elementary
incidence (n) - falling of a body; a casual occurrence
incidental (adj) - not essential; minor
inclement (adj) - stormy; unkind
incommodious (adj) - not spacious
inconsequential (adj) - of trifling significance
incontinent (adj) - lacking self-restraint; licentious
incorporeal (adj) - immaterial
incredulous (adj) - withholding belief; skeptical
incubate (v) - hatch; scheme
incubus (n) - burden; mental care; nightmare
inculcate (v) - to teach; to press or urge forcibly and repeatedly [a 'inv'a'ta; a 'indemna st'aruitor]
incumbent (n) - officeholder
incumbent (adj) - [obligatoriu; 'inclinat]
incur (v) - bring upon oneself [a atrage asupra sa un pericol]
indefatigable (adj) - tireless
indemnify (v) - make secure against loss; compensate for loss [a se asigura 'in caz de pierdere]
indent (v) - [a cresta; a angaja; a alinia]
indenture (v) - bind as servant or apprentice to master
indeterminate (adj) - [nedeterminat]
indict (v) - charge; arraign
indicted (adj) - accused
indigent (adj) - poor
indignity (n) - offensive or insulting treatment
indissoluble (adj) - permanent
indite (v) - write; compose
indomitable (adj) - unconquerable
indulge (v) - accede to the desires and whims of, esp. to an excessive degree; humor
industrious (adj) - hardworking
inebriety (n) - habitual intoxication [be'tie cronic'a]
ineffable (adj) - not utterable; which cannot be expressed in speech
ineluctable (adj) - irresistible; not to be escaped [de ne'inl'aturat]
inept (adj) - lacking skill; inadequate; inappropriate
inerrant (adj) - free from errors
inexorable (adj) - relentless; unyielding; implacable
inexpiable (adj) - [de neiertat]
infallible (adj) - unerring
infamous (adj) - notoriously bad [infam]
infatuate (v) - [a scoate din min'ti; a suci capul]
infidel (n) - unbeliever
inflict (v) - cause or carry out by aggressive action
influx (n) - flowing into
influx (adv) - flowing into [care se (re)vars'a 'in]
infraction (n) - violation [infrac'tiune]
infringe (v) - violate; encroach
ingrained (adj) - deeply established; firmly rooted
ingratiate (v) - become popular with
inherent (adj) - firmly established by nature or habit
inimical (adj) - unfriendly; hostile [inamic]
iniquitous (adj) - unjust; wicked [nedrept; inechitabil]
injurious (adj) - harmful
inkle (n) - coarse tape
inkling (n) - hint
inlaid (adj) - set into a surface in a decorative design
inmate (n) - [chiria's]
innate (adj) - inborn
inner tube (n) - [camer'a (de bicicleta, de ex.)]
innocuous (adj) - harmless; insipid
innuendo (n) - hint; insinuation
inordinate (adj) - unrestrained; excessive
inquisitively (adj) - [iscoditor; curios]
inscrutable (adj) - impenetrable; mysterious
insensate (adj) - without feeling
inship (v) - [a 'imbarca]
insolvent (adj) - bankrupt [insolvabil]
insouciant (adj) - indifferent; without concern or care [indiferent; c'aruia nu-i pas'a]
insular (adj) - [insular; m'arginit; str'imt la minte; izolat]
insularity (n) - narrow-mindedness; isolation
insuperable (adj) - insurmountable; invincible
insurgent (adj) - rebellious
inter (v) - bury
intercede (v) - mediate; interpose
intercourse (n) - exchange or communication between persons
interim (n) - meantime
interloper (n) - intruder
interment (n) - burial
internecine (adj) - mutually destructive
interregnum (n) - period between two reigns
intersperse (v) - place at intervals
intertwine (v) - [a 'ingem'ana]
intimate (v) - hint [a da de 'in'teles; a sugera; a anun'ta]
intractable (adj) - unruly; refractory [de necondus; refractar]
intrepid (adj) - fearless, brave
intricate (adj) - complicate
intrinsically (adv) - essentially; inherently; naturally
intrude (v) - to trespass; enter as an uninvited person [a 'inc'alca legea; a veni ca neinvitat]
inure (v) - to accustom; to harden by use [a obi'snui cu; a deprinde cu]
inured (adj) - accustomed; hardened [obi'snuit cu; deprins cu]
inveigh (v) - denounce; utter censure or invective
inveigle (v) - win over by guile or persuasion; obtain by cajolery
invoice (n) - [factur'a]
inward (adj) - internal; being within; intimate [interior; l'auntric]
iota (n) - very small quantity
irate (adj) - angry
ireful (adj) - full of ire; wrathful [m'inios]
iridescent (adj) - exhibiting rainbowlike colors
irk (v) - annoy
irksome (adj) - tedious; annoying
iron (v) - [a c'alca cu fierul]
irrelevant (adj) - not applicable; unrelated [neaplicabil; care nu este legat de]
irrepressible (adj) - unable to be restrained or held back [care nu poate fi oprit]
itch (n) - [m'inc'arime; dorint'a; poft'a]
jab (v) - stab; thrust
jabber (v) - talk rapidly, indistinctly or unintelligibly
jade (n) - [gloab'a; femeie u'soar'a; jad]
jade (v) - [a surmena]
jaded (adj) - fatigued; surfeited
jag (v) - [a zim'ta; a cresta; a 'stirbi; a f'ar'imi'ta]
jam (n) - ['imbulzeal'a; blocaj de circula'tie; pan'a; stric'aciune]
jam (v) - [a ap'asa; a comprima; a strivi; a bloca; a 'inghesui]
jar (n) - a shock; broil; brawl [ceart'a]
jaundice (n) - a disease characterized by the yellowness of the eyes and skin [g'albinare; invidie]
jaundiced (adj) - yellowed; prejudiced; envious
jaunt (n) - trip; short journey
jaunty (adj) - stylish; perky; carefree; lighthearted; animated
javelin (n) - [lance; suli't'a]
jaw (n) - [maxilar]
jeer (n) - a taunting remark or shout [batjocur'a; sarcasm]
jejune (adj) - lacking interest; barren; meager
jeopardy (n) - exposure to death or danger
jerk (n) - sudden spasmodic action
jest (n) - [glum'a; vorb'a de duh]
jetsam (n) - ['inc'arc'atur'a aruncat'a 'in mare; r'am'a'si'te 'in urma unui naufragiu]
jettison (v) - throw overboard [a arunca; a se debarasa]
jig (n) - [gig'a]
jig off (v) - [a dansa s'altat; a 'top'ai]
jigsaw (n) - [fier'astr'au cu p'inz'a 'ingust'a]
jingoism (n) - extremely aggressive and militant patriotism
jockey (v) - [a 'in'sela; a manevra; a tri'sa]
jocose (adj) - giving to joking
jocular (adj) - given to jesting; humorous [comic; spus 'in glum'a]
jocund (adj) - merry
jog (n) - [zdruncin'atur'a; hurduc'atur'a; semn f'acut cu cotul; obstacol; mers domol/greoi]
jog (v) - [a zdruncina; a 'inghionti; a 'impinge]
jollity (n) - gaiety; cheerfulness
jolly (adj) - very; joyous
jostle (v) - shove; bump [a 'inghionti; a 'imbr'inci]
jot (n) - [iot'a; fir; pic]
judicious (adj) - sound in judgment; wise
jug (n) - [can'a]
juggernaut (n) - irresistible crushing force
juggling (n) - [jonglerie]
jumble (v) - move or mingle in a confused, disordered manner; muddle; confuse [a amesteca; a 'incurca]
juncture (n) - crisis; joining point
junket (n) - a merry feast or picnic; trip, esp. one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense
junta (n) - cabal
juror (n) - [jurat]
jut (n) - projection
kale (n) - cabbage [varz'a]
keel (n) - [chil'a]
ken (n) - range of knowledge
kennel (n) - [cote't; cu'sc'a (de c'iine)]
kerb (n) - [bordura de trotuar]
kestrel (n) - ['soim]
killjoy (n) - grouch; spoilsport
kiln (n) - [cuptor]
kin (n) - [rud'a]
kindle (v) - start a fire [a incendia; a aprinde; a 'insufle'ti]
kindred (adj) - related
kinship (n) - [rudenie]
kismet (n) - fate; fortune
kith (n) - familiar friends [prieteni de familie]
kith and kin (n) - [prieteni 'si rude]
knack (n) - [abilitate; dexteritate; truc]
knapsack (n) - [rani't'a]
knavery (n) - rascality
knead (v) - mix; work dough
knell (n) - [dang'at (de clopot)]
knickknack (n) - trinket; bauble
knit (v) - [a tricota; a urzi; a 'impreuna]
knob (n) - a rounded protuberance
knoll (n) - little round hill
knot (n) - ['impletitur'a; nod; legatur'a]
knot (v) - [a 'innoda; a uni; a se 'incrunta]
kudos (n) - honor; glory; praise
lace (n) - ['siret; 'snur; dantel'a]
laced mutton (n) - [curtezan'a]
lacerate (v) - to tear; to torture [a rupe; a sf'i'sia]
lachrymose (adj) - [lacrimogen]
lackadaisical (adj) - affectedly languid
lackluster (adj) - dull
ladder (n) - [scar'a]
laden (adj) - heavy; burdened; oppressed
ladle (n) - [polonic]
lag (n) - interval; one that lasts
laggard (n) - one that lags; straggler
laggard (adj) - slow; sluggish
lair (n) - den; a refuge or hideaway; couch
laity (n) - laymen [laici]
lambent (adj) - flickering; softly radiant [care p'ilp'iie; u'sor radiant]
lame (adj) - having a disabled body part (esp. foot or leg)
lampoon (v) - ridicule
lance (n) - [lance; cange; bisturiu]
landlady (n) - [propriet'areas'a (de cas'a)]
landmark (n) - [monument; inscrip'tie]
languid (adj) - wanting energy; sluggish; weary; sluggish; listless [moale; f'ar'a vlag'a; pasiv; indiferent]
languish (v) - waste away; exist in a miserable condition; remain unattended or neglected; pine; lose animation; lose strength
languor (n) - lassitude; depression
lank (adj) - long and thin
lapidary (n) - worker in precious stones
larceny (n) - theft
largess (n) - generous gift
lascivious (adj) - lustful
lash (n) - [lovitur'a cu biciul]
lassitude (n) - languor; weariness
last (n) - [calapod]
latch (n) - [balama]
latitude (n) - freedom from narrow limitations
lattice (n) - [z'abrea]
laud (v) - praise [a l'auda]
laughingstock (n) - an object of ridicule; butt
lave (v) - wash
lavish (adj) - wasteful; prodigal; expensive
lax (adj) - careless
layperson (n) - layman or laywoman [laic]
league (n) - [pact; alian't'a]
leak (n) - [scurgere]
lean (adj) - slim; slender [sub'tire]
leap (v) - [a s'ari]
lease (n) - [contract de 'inchiriere]
lecherous (adj) - impure in thought and act
lechery (n) - gross lewdness; lustfulness
lectern (n) - reading desk
ledge (n) - a ridge or shelf of rocks [ie'situr'a; proeminen't'a; margine]
ledger (n) - [registru; stinghie]
leeway (n) - room to move; margin [libertate de ac'tiune]
legacy (n) - a gift made by will
legerdemain (n) - sleight of hand
leniency (n) - mildness; permissiveness
lenient (adj) - indulgent
lethal (adj) - deadly
lethargic (adj) - drowsy; dull
levee (n) - [dig]
levelheaded (adj) - having sound judgment; sensible
lever (n) - [p'irghie]
leverage (n) - the action of a lever; power to act effectively
levity (n) - lightness
levy (v) - impose or collect by legal authority
lewd (adj) - lustful [neru'sinat; lubric; libidinos]
lexicon (n) - dictionary
liability (n) - smth. that works to one disadvantage; drawback; debts
liaison (n) - [parlamentar ('intre doua armate)]
libation (n) - drink
libelous (adj) - defamatory
libidinous (adj) - lustful
libido (n) - emotional urges behind human activity
lice (n) - plural of louse [p'aduchi]
licentious (adj) - wanton; lewd; dissolute
lick (v) - [a linge]
liege (n) - [senior ('intr-o rela'tie de vasalitate)]
lieu (n) - instead of
likability (n) - ability to inspire regard or liking
lilylivered (adj) - timid; cowardly
limb (n) - [membru; m'adular]
limber (adj) - flexible
limbo (n) - [purgatoriu]
lime (n) - [lam'iie mic'a]
limp (v) - [a 'schiop'ata]
limpet (n) - [o specie de molusc'a]
lineage (n) - [genealogie]
lineaments (n) - features of the face [tr'as'aturi]
linger (v) - [a zace; a 'int'irzia]
lionhearted (adj) - extremely courageous
lionize (v) - treat as a celebrity
lissom (adj) - agile; lithe
list (v) - [a se apleca; a fi 'inclinat]
listless (adj) - lacking in energy or spirit
listlessness (n) - lethargy; lack of energy
litany (n) - supplicatory prayer
lithe (adj) - flexible; supple
litigation (n) - lawsuit [litigiu]
litotes (n) - understatement for emphasis
litter (v) - dirt [a murd'ari]
liver (n) - one who has a specified lifestyle [ficat]
livery (n) - [livrea]
livestock (n) - ['septel]
loaf (adj) - idle
loafer (n) - one who is idle
loath (adj) - averse; reluctant
loathe (v) - detest [a ur'i]
lode (n) - metal bearing vein
lodge (n) - inn; rude shelter
loft (n) - [pod de cas'a]
lofty (adj) - noble; superior; very high
logger (n) - a lumberjack; machine for loading or hauling logs
loggerhead (n) - a marine turtle; a disproportionately large head
loin (n) - ['sale; spate]
loiter (v) - delay; hang around; linger
loll (v) - lounge about
longing (n) - strong persistent craving or desire, esp. unfulfillable
look up to (v) - respect; admire smth.
loom (v) - come up into view as a massive, indistinct or distorted image
loot (v) - plunder; steal; to take as spoils [a pr'ada; a jefui]
lope (v) - gallop slowly
lore (n) - [doctrin'a; 'inv'a't'atur'a]
lorry (n) - [c'amin; vagon-platform'a]
lot (n) - [sor'ti; tragere la sor'ti; soart'a; destin]
lounge (v) - pass time idly
lout (n) - clumsy person
lovelorn (n) - forsaken by one's love ['indr'agostit dezn'ad'ajduit; p'ar'asit de iubit('a)]
lozenge (n) - diamondlike shaped figure; a lozenge-shaped medicated candy [romb; tablet'a]
lucent (adj) - shining
lucid (adj) - bright; easily understood
lucrative (adj) - profitable
lucre (n) - money
ludicrous (adj) - so obviously absurd or incongruous as to be laughable
lukewarm (n) - [c'aldu't; lipsit de entuziasm]
lull (n) - calm interval
lumber (n) - [vechituri; cherestea; talme's-balme's]
lumberjack (n) - [t'aietor de lemne]
luminary (n) - an object giving light
lump (n) - an irregularly shaped piece or mass [bucat'a]
lumpish (adj) - awkward; dull
lung (n) - [pl'am'in]
lunge (n) - [lovitur'a]
lupine (adj) - like a wolf
lurch (v) - stagger; cheat [a se cl'atina; a recurge la subterfugii]
lure (n) - smth. tempting or attracting; enticement; appeal
lurid (adj) - wild; sensational
lurk (v) - [a ascunde; a sta la p'ind'a]
luscious (adj) - pleasing to taste or smell
lush (n) - (slang) drunkard; intoxicating liquor
lush (adj) - having or marked by luxuriant vegetation; plentiful; thriving; opulent; savory; sensual; extravagant
luster (n) - shine; gloss
lustful (adj) - [senzual; desfr'inat]
lustre (n) - [candelabru; glorie; lustru]
lustrous (adj) - shining
maelstrom (n) - whirlpool
magnanimous (adj) - generous
magniloquent (adj) - boastful; pompous
maidenhood (n) - [feciorie]
maim (v) - mutilate; injure
mainspring (n) - [for't'a cauzatoare]
makeshift (n) - a temporary or expedient substitute
malaise (n) - uneasiness, distress [indispozi'tie]
malapert (adj) - brazen [insolent]
malapropism (n) - comic misuse of a word
malcontent (adj) - [nemul'tumit]
malediction (n) - curse [blestem]
malicious (adj) - dictated by hatred or spite
malign (v) - speak evil of; defame
malignant (adj) - having an evil influence; virulent
malingerer (n) - [simulant]
mall (n) - public walk [alee; ciocan de crichet]
mallet (n) - [mai; ciocan]
malmsey (n) - the sweetest variety of Madeira wine [vin t'am'ios de Malvoisie]
malodorous (adj) - [r'au mirositor]
mammoth (adj) - gigantic
manacle (v) - restrain; handcuff
mandate (n) - order; charge [ordin; dispozi'tie]
mandrake (n) - mandragora [m'atr'agun'a]
mane (n) - [coam'a (de leu, cal, etc.)]
mangle (v) - tear; rend [a rupe 'in buc'a'ti; a mutila]
mangy (adj) - shabby; wretched [uzat; nenorocit (despre haine, mobile)]
manifest (adj) - understandable; clear
manifold (adj) - numerous; varied
manned (adj) - conveying or operated by a human being
mantelpiece (n) - [construc'tie de lemn/marmur'a 'in jurul c'aminului]
manumit (v) - emancipate; free from bondage
manure (n) - ['ingr'a's'am'int natural; b'alegar]
maple (n) - [o anumit'a specie de pom]
mar (v) - destroy; injure; deface; damage
marauder (n) - raider; intruder
marina (n) - a boat basin with facilities for small boats
marred (adj) - damaged; disfigured
marrow (n) - [m'aduv'a]
marsh (n) - swamp
martial (adj) - warlike
martinet (n) - strict disciplinarian
mash (v) - smash [a zdrobi; a f'ar'imi'ta]
masthead (n) - the top of a ship's mast; the listing in a publication, as a newspaper or magazine, of information about its stuff and publication
mastiff (n) - [dul'au]
mat (n) - [jaluzea]
matrix (n) - mold or die
mattress (n) - [saltea]
maudlin (adj) - effusively sentimental
maul (v) - handle roughly
maunder (v) - talk incoherently; utter drivel [a vorbi 'in barb'a; a vorbi prostii]
maverick (adj) - a person not conforming to his/her group [liber independent; hoinar]
mawkish (adj) - sickening; insipid [searb'ad; insipid]
mayhem (n) - injury to body
meadow (n) - [p'a'sune; paji'ste]
meager (adj) - [slab]
meagre (adj) - thin; lean; poor; scanty [slab; costeliv; pu'tin; s'arac]
meal (n) - [mas'a; gr'aun't'a]
mealymouthed (adj) - not straight; devious
meander (v) - [a face meandre]
meaty (n) - full of meat; substantial
meddle (v) - interfere
meddlesome (adj) - interfering
medley (n) - mixture
meed (n) - [plat'a; recompens'a]
meek (adj) - [bl'ind; pa'snic]
meet (adj) - fitting; proper
melee (n) - fight [discu'tie aprins'a; ceart'a]
mellifluous (adj) - flowing smoothly; smooth
memento (n) - token; reminder
menace (n) - threat; indication of probable evil [amenin'tare; semn r'au]
mend (v) - [a repara]
mendacious (adj) - lying; false
mendicant (n) - beggar
menial (adj) - humble; servile
mentor (n) - teacher
mercenary (adj) - interested in money or gain
mercurial (adj) - fickle; changing [schimb'ator; iute; abil]
meretricious (adj) - flashy; tawdry; cheap
meringue (n) - a pastry decoration made of whites of eggs [mereng('a)]
mesa (n) - high, flat topped hill [podi's 'inalt; platou 'inalt]
messy (adj) - cluttered; untidy [murdar]
mete (n) - [hotar; limit'a]
mete (v) - measure; distribute [a m'asura]
mettle (n) - [ardoare; curaj; constitu'tie fizic'a; temperament]
mews (n) - group of stables around a courtyard [grajduri]
midst (n) - [mijloc]
midwife (n) - [moa's'a]
mien (n) - demeanor; bearing ['inf'a'ti'sare; mod de comportare]
milieu (n) - environment; means of expression
militate (v) - work against
millinery (n) - womens' apparel for the head
mimicry (n) - imitation
minatory (adj) - threatening
mincing (adj) - affectedly dainty [delicate'te exagerat'a sau afectat'a]
mingle (v) - combine; merge [a combina; a aduce 'impreun'a]
minion (n) - a servile dependent
minnow (n) - [plevu'sc'a]
minute (adj) - extremely small [minu'tios]
minutiae (n) - petty details
mire (n) - mud [noroi; mocirl'a]
mire (v) - entangle; stick in swampy ground
mirth (n) - [veselie]
misanthrope (n) - one who hates mankind
misapprehension (n) - error; misunderstanding
miscarry (v) - [(d. scrisori) a nu ajunge la destina'tie; a avorta]
miscegenation (n) - intermarriage between races
mischief (n) - cause or source of harm
mischievous (adj) - harmful; injurious; irresponsibly playful
miscreant (n) - wretch; villain
misdeed (n) - illegal or wrong deed; offense
misdemeanor (n) - minor crime
miser (n) - one who deprives oneself of all but in order to hoard money [avar]
miserly (adj) - stingy; relating to misery
misgiving (n) - [presim'tire rea; team'a; ne'incredere]
misgivings (n) - doubts
mishap (n) - accident
misnomer (n) - wrong name; incorrect designation
misogamy (n) - hatred of marriage
misty (adj) - foggy
mite (n) - very small object or creature; small coin
mitigate (v) - moderate; make less severe or intense; alleviate
mnemonic (adj) - pertaining to memory
moat (n) - deep and wide trench ['san't cu ap'a 'in jurul unui castel]
mob (n) - masses; gang [mul'time; gloat'a]
modicum (n) - limited quantity
modish (adj) - fashionable
mogul (n) - powerful person
moiety (n) - half; part
moist (adj) - [umed]
mold (v) - shape or form
molding (n) - decorative recessed and relieved surface
moll (n) - prostitute; doll
mollify (v) - allay the anger of; placate
mollycoddle (v) - baby
molt (v) - shed or cast off hair or feathers [a n'ap'irli]
molten (adj) - melted
momentous (adj) - very important
monger (n) - [v'inz'ator; negustor]
mongrel (n) - [corcitur'a]
moodiness (n) - fits of depression or gloom
moon (v) - spend time in reverie
moor (n) - marshy wasteland [m'ar'acini's; teren de v'in'atoare]
moor (v) - [a ancora (un vas)]
moot (adj) - debatable; open to question
mop (n) - [perie cu coad'a; c'irp'a pentru podea]
mope (v) - to be dejected or gloomy; sulk or brood; dawdle
moratorium (n) - legal delay of payment
mores (n) - customs
morrow (n) - [(lit.) diminea't'a; ziua urm'atoare]
morsel (n) - [bucat'a; buc'a'tic'a; 'imbuc'atur'a]
mortician (n) - undertaker [lucr'ator la pompe funebre]
mote (n) - small speck [fir de praf]
moth (n) - [molie; fluture de noapte]
motley (adj) - of incongruous and varied elements; heterogeneous; with many colors
mottled (adj) - spotted
mound (n) - an artificial elevation of earth; a bulwark [ridic'atur'a artificial'a de p'am'int; gr'amad'a; colin'a]
mount (v) - [a urca; a 'inc'aleca; a aproviziona; a monta]
mountebank (n) - charlatan
mousse (n) - [spum'a]
mow (v) - [a tunde iarba]
muddle (v) - make turbid; muddy [a tulbura]
muffin (n) - [tart'a]
muffle (n) - [bot (de porc); m'anu's'a f'ar'a degete; scripete]
muffle (v) - [a obloji; a 'infofoli]
muffler (n) - [fular]
mug (n) - a person's face
mug (v) - to photograph (a person's face) for police files; to waylay and assault, usu. with intent to rob;  to grimace, esp. to make distorted facial expression
muggy (adj) - warm and damp
mugwump (n) - defector from a party
mulberry (n) - [dud'a]
mulct (v) - defraud a person of smth.
mulish (adj) - stubborn (from mule)
multifarious (adj) - varied; in great diversity
mumble (v) - speak words unclearly
mundane (adj) - worldly as opposed to spiritual
munificence (n) - [generozitate]
munificent (adj) - very generous
murkiness (n) - darkness; gloom
murky (adj) - [sumbru; 'intunecos]
muse (n) - [visare; reverie]
muse (v) - ponder [a visa; a medita]
muse on (v) - [a medita; a cugeta]
mushroom (n) - [ciuperc'a comestibil'a; parvenit]
musky (adj) - having the odor of musk [de mosc]
muster (v) - gather; assemble [a str'inge; a reuni; a aduna]
musty (adj) - stale; spoiled by age [statut; 'invechit de v'irst'a]
mute (n) - one incapable of speech; a device for softening or muffling the tone of a musical instrument
muted (adj) - silent; muffled; toned down ['in surdin'a]
mutiny (n) - sedition [r'ascoal'a]
mutter (v) - [a 'sopti; a murmura]
muzzle (n) - [bot]
nadir (n) - lowest point
nascent (adj) - incipient
natal ward (n) - [maternitate]
natty (adj) - neatly or smartly dressed [spilcuit; 'ingrijit]
nauseous (adj) - causing nausea
nave (n) - main body of the church
navel (n) - [ombilic]
neat (adj) - [ordonat]
necromancy (n) - black magic; dealings with the dead
nefarious (adj) - very wicked [josnic]
neigh (v) - [a necheza]
nemesis (n) - revenging agent
nether (adj) - lower
nettle (v) - annoy; vex [a irita; a ofensa]
newsprint (n) - [h'irtie de ziar]
nexus (n) - connection; link
nib (n) - beak; pen point
nibble (v) - [a roade; a ciuguli]
nicety (n) - precision; minute distinction
nick (v) - [a cresta (un baston, etc.); a ghici; a aresta]
niggardly (adj) - meanly stingy; parsimonious
niggle (v) - spend too much time on minor points; carp [a se ocupa de m'arun'ti'suri]
nimbleness (n) - agility [agilitate]
nip (n) - [ciupitur'a; sarcasm; pic'atur'a; strop]
nipper (n) - [cle'ste; forceps; penset'a]
nit (n) - [ou de p'aduche sau orice alt parazit]
noddy (adj) - stupid [neghiob]
noisome (adj) - offensive to the point of arousing disgust; foul; harmful or dangerous; foul smelling; unwholesome [r'au mirositor; nociv]
nominal (adj) - in name only; trifling
non sequitur (n) - a conclusion that does not follow from the stated facts
nonage (n) - immaturity
noncommittal (adj) - neutral; unpledged; undecided
nondescript (adj) - dull; lacking interesting qualities [lipsit de aspect precis]
nonentity (n) - nonexistence; person of no importance
nonplus (n) - bafflement or perplexity [situa'tie grea; perplexitate]
nonplus (v) - bring to a halt by confusion [a l'asa perplex]
nonplussed (adj) - totally at loss
nook (n) - [ungher]
nosegay (n) - fragrant bouquet [buchet frumos mirositor]
nostril (n) - [nar'a]
nostrum (n) - questionable medicine
notch (v) - indent; nick [a cresta; a 'stirbi]
noxious (adj) - distasteful; pernicious; injurious; harmful [nociv]
nubile (adj) - marriageable
nuisance (n) - [pagub'a; nepl'acere]
numb (adj) - devoid of emotion; lacking the power to feel or move normally
nurture (v) - foster; educate [a nutri]
oaf (n) - stupid, awkward person
oafish (adj) - stupid person
oat (n) - [ov'az]
oath (n) - [jur'am'int]
oats (n) - [ov'az]
obdurate (adj) - persistent in wrong doing; hardhearted; stubborn
obedient (adj) - docile [obedient]
obeisance (n) - bow
obfuscate (v) - confuse; muddle
objurgation (n) - severe rebuke; scolding
oblation (n) - the Eucharist; pious donation
obliquity (n) - departure from right principles; perversity
obliterate (v) - destroy completely
oblivion (n) - forgetfulness
oblong (n) - rectangle
obloquy (n) - slander; disgrace; infamy
obnoxious (adj) - offensive [nesuferit; nepl'acut]
obsequious (adj) - slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic
obstinate (adj) - ['inc'ap'a't'inat]
obstreperous (adj) - boisterous; noisy
obtrude (v) - push into prominence
obtrusive (v) - pushing forward
obtrusive (adj) - protruding; projecting [inoportun]
obviate (v) - prevent or counteract by anticipation; make unnecessary; get rid of [a preveni; a sc'apa de]
occlude (v) - shut; close [a astupa; a 'inchide]
odium (n) - repugnance; dislike
odoriferous (adj) - giving off an odor
odorous (adj) - having an odor
off-key (adj) - pitched higher/lower than the normal notes of a melody; irregular
offal (n) - waste; garbage
offcolor (adj) - dubious; not having the right colour
offhand (adj) - in an offhand way
offhand (adv) - without premeditation or preparation; extemporaneously
officious (adj) - meddlesome; excessively trying to please
offspring (n) - young; child; product; result
ogle (v) - stare at; to stare at impertinently; eye amorously
ointment (n) - [unguent; alifie; crem'a]
oligarchy (n) - government by a few
omen (n) - augury
ominous (adj) - threatening [de r'au augur]
onerous (adj) - troublesome; burdensome
onset (n) - [declarare]
onslaught (n) - vicious assault [atac s'albatic; n'aval'a]
onus (n) - burden; responsibility
ooze (n) - [noroi; n'amol]
ooze (v) - [a se scurge 'incet; a musti; a pieri]
opalescent (adj) - iridescent
openwork (n) - work intended to have open spaces as parts of its design
opiate (n) - anodyne; any sedative or narcotic drug
opinionated (adj) - adhering to one's opinions
opprobrious (adj) - disgraceful
opprobrium (n) - infamy; vilification
optometrist (n) - one who fits glasses to remedy visual defects
orb (n) - [orbit'a]
ordain (v) - command; arrange; consecrate
ordinance (n) - decree
ore (n) - [minereu]
ornate (adj) - [bogat 'impodobit]
ornithology (n) - study of birds
orotund (adj) - having a round, resonant quality; inflated speech
orthodox (adj) - traditional; conservative in belief
osier (n) - [r'achit'a; salcie]
ostensible (adj) - apparent; professed; pretended
ostracize (v) - exclude from public favor; ban
oust (v) - expel; drive out
out of conceit (adj) - [dezgustat]
outbid (v) - bid over
outcast (n) - [exilat; proscris]
outdo (v) - to do in a better way
outfit (n) - [echipament; costum; utilaj]
outlandish (adj) - [str'ain; straniu; bizar]
outlast (v) - live, exist or remain longer than; outwear; outlive; survive
outline (v) - summarize
outset (n) - start
outspoken (adj) - frank
outstretch (v) - stretch [a 'intinde]
outwit (v) - circumvent; get the better of by cleverness or cunning
over-the-counter (adj) - not available on an officially recognized stock but traded in direct negotiation between buyers and sellers
overawed (adj) - restrained or subdued by awe
overcome (v) - conquer; surmount; affect deeply
overdraw (v) - [a elibera un cec f'ar'a acoperire; a supra'inc'arca]
overdue (adj) - being late, not on time ['int'irziat; dep'a'sit ca termen]
overhaul (v) - examine; repair; overtake
overhear (v) - hear something without the speaker's intention
overlook (v) - ignore; excuse; supervise
overly (adj) - to an excessive degree
overrate (v) - exaggerate
overshoot (v) - shoot over; exaggerate
overt (adj) - open to view
overtake (v) - catch up with [a ajunge]
overturn (v) - turn over
overweening (adj) - presumptuous; arrogant
pachyderm (n) - thick skinned animal
pad (n) - [pern'a; tampon]
paddock (n) - saddling enclosure at race track; lot for exercising horses
paean (n) - song of praise or joy
pageant (n) - elaborate public dramatic presentation [spectacol m'are't]
painstaking (adj) - showing hard work; taking great care
palatable (adj) - [gustos]
palatial (adj) - magnificent
palaver (n) - [palavre]
pall (v) - grow tiresome
pallet (n) - small, poor bed
palliate (v) - calm; soothe; alleviate
palliation (n) - making seem less serious; act of making less severe or violent
pallid (adj) - pale; wan
palm off (v) - [a duce cu pre'sul]
palomino (n) - [cal g'albui]
paltry (adj) - insignificant; petty [f'ar'a valoare; de nimic]
pamper (v) - [a r'asf'a'ta; a r'azg'iia]
pan (n) - [tingire; tigaie]
pandemic (adj) - widespread; affecting the majority
pandemonium (n) - wild tumult
pander (v) - cater to the low desires of others [a fi intermediar 'in materie de (ex. vicii)]
pane (n) - [ochi de geam; carou (pe 'tes'aturi)]
panegyric (n) - formal praise
paneled (adj) - [lambrisat]
pang (n) - [junghi; suferin't'a; chin]
panoply (n) - full set of armor
pant (v) - [a g'if'ii; a palpita]
pantry (n) - [c'amar'a]
pap (n) - dug [sf'irc]
parable (n) - [parabol'a]
paradigm (n) - model; example; pattern
paragon (n) - model of perfection
paramour (n) - illicit lover [iubit('a); dragoste]
paraphernalia (n) - equipment; odds and ends
parch (v) - [a se scoroji; a se usca]
parched (adj) - extremely dry; very thirsty
parchment (n) - [pergament]
pare (v) - remove the outer covering or skin of by peeling
paregoric (n) - medicine that eases pain
pariah (n) - social outcast [paria]
parish (n) - [parohie]
parlance (n) - language; idiom
parley (n) - conference [parlament'ari; discu'tii]
parochial (adj) - narrow in outlook; provincial; related to parish
parry (v) - ward off; deflect; avoid skillfully; evade [a para]
parsimonious (adj) - stingy; excessively frugal
parturition (n) - delivery; childbirth
passe (n) - group of people
passe (adj) - old-fashioned; past the prime
pastime (n) - recreation [recreere]
pastry (n) - eatables made of paste [m'inc'aruri f'acute din past'a]
patch (n) - [petic]
patent (adj) - open for the public to read; obvious
pathological (adj) - pertaining to disease
patois (n) - local or provincial dialect
patricide (n) - murder of a father
patrimony (n) - inheritance from father
patter (v) - [a trop'ai; a alerga; a spune rug'aciuni repede 'si mecanic]
paucity (n) - scarcity [s'ar'acie; lips'a]
paunch (n) - a potbelly; the belly and its contents
paw (n) - [lab'a]
pawnbroker (n) - [persoan'a care ia 'in amanet]
pea (n) - [maz'are]
peal (n) - [dang'at de clopot; zgomot; alarm'a]
peat (n) - [turb'a; c'arbune]
pebble (n) - [pietricic'a; cristal de st'inc'a; agat'a]
peccadillo (n) - slight offense
peck (v) - [a ciuguli; a lovi cu ciocul]
peculiar (adj) - unusual; eccentric; odd; distinct from others
pedant (n) - [persoan'a pedant'a]
pedant (adj) - scholar overemphasizing book learning or technicalities
peddler (n) - padler [v'inz'ator ambulant]
pedestrian (adj) - ordinary; unimaginative
pediatrician (n) - expert in children's diseases
pediment (n) - the part above the columns in a Greek temple
peek (n) - a brief look; glance
peel (v) - [a decoji]
peep (v) - [a ap'area; a se uita pe furi's]
peer (v) - [a scruta; a se ivi; a ap'area]
peeve (n) - grievance; resentful mood
peeve (v) - annoy or make resentful; vex
peevish (adj) - marked by ill temper
pellucid (adj) - transparent; limpid; easy to understand
pelt (n) - [blan'a jupuit'a]
penance (n) - self-imposed punishment for sin [peniten't'a]
penchant (n) - strong inclination
pendant (adj) - hanging down from something
penitent (adj) - repentant
penthouse (n) - ['sopron; strea'sin'a; marchiz'a]
peon (n) - unskilled laborer; drudge
perch (n) - [stinghie; pr'ajin'a 'inalt'a]
perch (v) - [a (se) coco'ta; a se a'seza pe o pr'ajin'a]
perdition (n) - damnation; complete ruin
peremptory (adj) - haughty; masterful; imperative; urgent; terminating all debate or action
perforce (adv) - of necessity
perfunctory (adj) - superficial; listless; not thorough
perigee (n) - point of orbit nearest to the earth
peripatetic (adj) - walking about; moving
perjury (n) - false testimony under oath
perky (adj) - trim; spruce; pert [plin de via't'a; vioi; curat; 'tan'to's; cu nasul pe sus]
permissive (adj) - ['ing'aduitor]
pernicious (adj) - highly destructive [pernicios]
peroration (n) - conclusion of an oration
perpetrate (v) - be guilty of; commit an offense
perquisite (n) - any gain above stipulated salary
personable (adj) - attractive
perspicuity (n) - clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity
perspicuous (adj) - plainly expressed
perspire (v) - sweat
persuade (v) - move by argument; urge
pert (adj) - impertinent; forward
pertain (v) - relate to
pertinacious (adj) - stubborn; persistent
perusal (n) - reading
peruse (v) - read or examine, esp. very carefully
pervade (v) - spread throughout [a p'atrunde; a se infiltra]
pervasive (adj) - spread throughout; permeating
perverse (adj) - stubborn; intractable
perversion (n) - corruption; turning from right to wrong
perversity (n) - stubborn maintenance of a wrong cause
pervious (adj) - [permeabil; accesibil]
pest (n) - [d'aun'ator; parazit; plag'a; molim'a]
pester (v) - annoy [a cic'ali; a pisa]
pestilential (adj) - causing plague; baneful
petticoat (n) - [fust'a]
petty (adj) - trivial; unimportant; very small
petulant (adj) - insolent or rude in speech or behaviour
pew (n) - an enclosed seat in a church [stran'a]
pewter (n) - an alloy mainly of tin and lead [cositor]
pharisaical (adj) - self-righteous; hypocritical
phial (n) - small bottle [fiol'a]
philander (v) - make love lightly; flirt
philistine (n) - narrow minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain
phony (adj) - counterfeited; false; hypocritical; specious
physiognomy (n) - face
physiological (adj) - pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms
picaresque (adj) - pertaining to rogues in literature
pick out (v) - discern; make out
picker (n) - a worker who picks [culeg'ator]
picket (n) - [pichet; 't'aru's]
picketing (n) - stay as a picket
pickle (n) - [saramur'a; mur'aturi]
pickpocket (n) - [ho't de buzunare]
piebald (adj) - mottled; spotted
piecemeal (n) - [bucat'a; fragment]
piecemeal (adv) - [bucat'a cu bucat'a]
pied (adj) - variegated; multicolored
pierce (v) - perforate; discern
pigheaded (adj) - stubborn
pile (n) - [gr'amad'a; stiv'a]
pilfer (v) - rob; steal
pillage (n) - spoils [prad'a]
pillory (v) - punish by placing in a wooden frame and subjecting to ridicule
pine (v) - long or yearn strongly; wither from longing or grief [a a'stepta mult; a se ofili de a'steptare]
pinion (v) - restrain
pinnace (n) - [barca de serviciu]
pinnacle (n) - top; acme; peak [v'irf]
pious (adj) - devout
pique (n) - irritation; resentment [pic'a; necaz]
pitch (v) - throw in a specific direction; toss; establish; implant
pith (n) - [maduv'a]
pithy (adj) - concise; meaty
pittance (n) - small allowance or wage
placate (v) - pacify; appease the anger of, esp. by yielding concessions
placket (n) - slit in a dress/blouse/skirt to make the garment easy to put on or take off; a pocket, esp. in a skirt
plain (adj) - absolutely
plait (n) - pleat; fold [tiv]
plant (n) - factory; works; mill [fabric'a]
plaster (n) - [plasture; cataplasm'a; ghips; mortar]
plauditory (adj) - approving; applauding
plea (n) - an excuse; an appeal; a defense
pleat (n) - fold; plait
pledge (n) - a formal promise to do or not to do smth.
plethora (n) - excess; overabundance
pliant (adj) - pliable; easy influenced
plight (n) - predicament [condi'tie; stare; promisiune]
plod (v) - [a 'inainta cu greu; a trudi]
plodder (n) - [truditor]
plough (n) - [plug]
plow (v) - plough
pluck (v) - [a ciupi; a culege]
plug (v) - [a astupa]
plumb (adj) - checking perpendicularity; vertical [vertical]
plummet (n) - [sond'a; jen'a]
plummet (v) - drop straight down; plunge
plump (v) - drop abruptly or heavily
plump (adj) - well rounded and full in form; abundant; ample
plunder (n) - pillage; sack; robbery [furt]
plundering (n) - pillage
plunge (v) - thrust or throw forcefully into a place or substance
poach (v) - [(into) a v'ir'i; a c'alca; a 'inc'alca]
podiatrist (n) - doctor treating ailments of the feet
point-devise (adj) - precise; finical
poise (n) - balance; equilibrium
poised (adj) - balanced
poke (v) - prod; jab; pierce; stab; hit; punch; rummage; meddle; protrude
poleax (n) - [secure de lupt'a]
poleax (v) - [a t'aia capul pe butuc]
politic (adj) - expedient; prudent; well devised
polity (n) - form of government of a nation or state
pollution (n) - [p'ing'arire; profanare]
poltergeist (n) - noisy, mischievous spirit [spiridu's]
pond (n) - [lac mic (artificial)]
ponder (v) - muse; ruminate; meditate; think about
ponderous (adj) - weighty; unwieldy
pore (v) - [a se uita atent la; a medita]
porpoise (n) - [specie de balen'a; delfin]
portend (v) - indicate; signify; serve as a sign of [a prevesti; a fi semn de]
portent (n) - sign; omen; forewarning [prevestire; semn (ex. de r'au)]
portentous (adj) - prodigious; pompous; ominous
portly (adj) - stately; stout
posse (n) - a group of person deputized by a sheriff to aid in law enforcement; a search party [patrul'a]
post (n) - [vestitor]
postern (adj) - [din spate]
postprandial (adj) - after dinner
potbelly (n) - a protruding abdominal region
potboiler (n) - an usu. inferior work (of art) produced chiefly for profit
potentate (n) - monarch; one who dominates or leads a group or endeavour
potion (n) - dose (of liquid) [po'tiune]
pottery (n) - [ol'arit]
pouch (n) - a small bag [traist'a; desag'a]
poultice (n) - soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body [cataplasm'a; pri'sni't'a]
pound (v) - [a pisa; a bate cu pumnul; a snopi 'in b'ataie]
pout (v) - mope; sulk
prance (v) - to spring, leap, or caper, as a horse
prank (n) - trick
prank (v) - dress or decorate gaudily or ostentatiously
prankish (adj) - [glume't; juc'au's]
prate (n) - empty or meaningless talk; chatter [flec'areal'a]
pratfall (n) - a fall on the buttocks; a humiliating mishap
prattle (v) - talk idly or meaninglessly; babble
precinct (n) - a district or subdivision of a city patrolled by a unit of its police; the police station in such a district; an enclosure marked by certain limits; a boundary; a province of thought or action
precipitous (adj) - steep
preclude (v) - make impossible; eliminate
predatory (adj) - plundering [r'apitor]
predicament (n) - condition; category; an embarrassing or troublesome situation
preeminent (adj) - [proeminent]
preempt (v) - appropriate beforehand
preen (v) - dress or smooth oneself up; primp; gloat; swell
prefatory (adj) - introductory
prehensile (adj) - capable of grasping or holding
preponderate (v) - be superior in power; outweigh [a fi preponderent]
preposterous (adj) - contrary to nature, reason or common sense [absurd; ira'tional]
presage (v) - foretell [a prevesti]
presumptuous (adj) - arrogant; taking liberties
preternatural (adj) - [supernatural]
prevail (v) - induce; triumph over [a prevala]
prevalent (adj) - widespread; generally accepted [prevalent]
prevaricate (v) - lie
prey (adj) - [de prad'a]
prick (n) - sting
pricket (n) - small point/spike for holding a candle upright; a buck in its second year, prior to the branching of its horns [cerb de un an; v'irf 'in care se fixeaz'a lum'inarea]
pride (n) - mettle or spirit in horses; a group of lions
prig (n) - [persoan'a pedant'a]
prim (adj) - very precise and formal; exceedingly proper [formal; impecabil]
prime (n) - dawn; spring; the years of one's physical perfection and spiritual vigor
primeval (adj) - ancient; primitive
primp (v) - dress up [a se 'impodobi; a se g'ati]
primrose (n) - [br'indu's'a]
pristine (adj) - uncorrupted by civilization
privation (n) - hardship; want
privy (adj) - secret; hidden; not public
probe (v) - explore with tools
probity (n) - uprightness; incorruptibility [probitate]
proboscis (n) - long snout; nose
proclivity (n) - inclination; natural tendency
procrastinate (v) - delay; annoy
proctor (n) - dormitory and examination supervisor in a school [supraveghetor]
prod (v) - poke; stir up; urge [a 'indemna; a a't'i'ta]
prodigal (adj) - wasteful; reckless with money
prodigious (adj) - huge
prodigy (n) - [minune; miracol; talent excep'tional]
profane (v) - [a profana]
profiteer (n) - [speculant]
profligate (adj) - [libertin; risipitor]
profuse (adj) - liberal; extravagant; abundant [cheltuitor; risipitor]
profusion (n) - [bel'sug; fast]
progenitor (n) - ancestor
progeny (n) - children; offspring [progenitur'a]
promiscuous (adj) - mixed indiscriminately; haphazard
prone (adj) - inclined to; prostrate
proof (adj) - of standard alcoholic strength
proofread (v) - read over to find the error
prop (n) - a body that supports weight; a support [suport]
prop up (v) - to support by a prop; to sustain [a sus'tine]
propellants (n) - substances which propel or drive forward
propensity (n) - natural inclination ['inclina'tie (pentru); tendin't'a (spre)]
propinquity (n) - nearness; kinship
propitiate (v) - appease
propitious (adj) - [propice]
propound (v) - put forth for analysis
propriety (n) - fitness; correct conduct
prosody (n) - the art of versification [arta versific'arii]
prostrate (v) - bow or kneel in adoration or humility; throw down flat; overcome [a se prosterna]
prostrate (adj) - lying face down, as in adoration or humility; incapacitated
protean (adj) - versatile; able to take many shapes
protract (v) - prolong
protrude (v) - stick out
provender (n) - dry food; fodder
provident (adj) - displaying foresight; thrifty; preparing for emergencies [prev'az'ator]
provision (n) - [m'asur'a; dispozi'tie; luare de m'asuri]
provisional (adj) - tentative [provizoriu]
proviso (n) - stipulation [stipulare]
proxy (n) - authorized agent
prude (n) - excessively modest person
prune (v) - cut away; trim
prurient (adj) - based on lascivious thoughts [lasciv; desfr'inat]
pry (v) - [a for'ta (ceva) cu o rang'a; a fi curios; a se uita pe furi's]
psyche (n) - soul; mind
pterodactyl (n) - extinct flying reptile [pterodactil]
pucker (v) - [a (se) 'imp'aturi; a (se) 'incre'ti]
puff (v) - breathe rapidly and forcefully [a puf'ai; a g'if'ii; a buh'ai; a se umfla]
pugnacious (adj) - combative; belligerent
puissant (adj) - [puternic]
pulchritude (n) - beauty; comeliness
pulpit (n) - a preaching position [amvon]
pummel (v) - beat
pump (v) - [a pompa]
punch (v) - [a lovi; a g'auri]
punctilious (adj) - laying stress on niceties of conduct, form; precise
puncture (n) - [pan'a; stric'aciune]
pundit (n) - learned Hindu; authority on a subject
pungent (adj) - with sharp, acrid taste or odour
puny (adj) - insignificant; tiny; weak
purblind (adj) - partly or nearly blind; slow in comprehension; obtuse
purge (v) - [a cur'a'ta]
purloin (v) - steal
purport (n) - intention; meaning
purse (n) - [pung'a; portmoneu; geant'a; po'set'a]
pursue (v) - chase; try to catch
purveyor (n) - furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer [furnizor de alimente]
purview (n) - scope [sfer'a; domeniu; limite]
pus (n) - [puroi]
pusillanimous (adj) - lacking courage and resolution; coward
put back (v) - replace
put off (v) - postpone
putative (adj) - supposed; reputed [presupus]
putrid (adj) - [putred]
pyre (n) - combustible for funeral rite
quack (n) - charlatan ['sarlatan]
quaff (v) - drink with relish
quagmire (n) - bog; marsh
quail (v) - cower; lose heart
quaint (adj) - odd; old-fashioned; picturesque
qualified (adj) - limited; restricted
qualify (v) - reduce from general to particular; modify; describe; certify
qualm (n) - misgiving [presentiment nepl'acut]
quandary (n) - a perplexing situation or state; dilemma
quarry (n) - victim; object of a hunt [prad'a; urm'arire; goan'a]
quarry (v) - dig into
quarterdeck (n) - the stern portion of the upper deck of a sailing ship [puntea din spate]
quash (v) - extinguish summarily and completely
queasy (adj) - easily nauseated; squeamish
queer (adj) - eccentric [ciudat; straniu]
quell (v) - put down; quiet [a calma; a 'in'abu'si (o r'ascoal'a, etc.)]
quench (v) - pull out; extinguish; eliminate; subside [a stinge (o flac'ar'a); a 'in'abu'si; a potoli]
querulous (adj) - [cert'are't]
quibble (v) - equivocate; play on words
quiescent (adj) - at rest; dormant
quill (n) - [pan'a de pas'are (de scris); ghimpe de arici]
quilt (n) - [plapum'a]
quilt (v) - [a v'atui; a compila]
quip (n) - a witty, offhand remark; a cleverly sarcastic remark; taunt
quirk (n) - startling twist; caprice ['intoarcere nea'steptat'a; capriciu]
quiver (v) - shake with rapid slight motion; tremble
quixotic (adj) - idealistic but impractical
quiz (n) - ['intrebare]
quizzical (adj) - bantering; comical; humorously serious
quorum (n) - number of members necessary to conduct a meeting [cvorum]
quoth (v) - (arch, only used in first and third persons with the subject after the verb) uttered, said
rabble (n) - a crowd of vulgar, noisy people
rabid (adj) - like a fanatic; furious [turbat]
rabies (n) - hydrophobia
rack (n) - [umera's; instrument de tortur'a; chin]
rack (v) - drain (cider or wine) from the dregs
racketeers (n) - [scandalagiu; escroc]
raconteur (n) - story-teller [povestitor]
rag (n) - [c'irp'a]
ragamuffin (n) - person with tattered clothes
raid (v) - take part in a raid [a face o incursiune; a face o razie]
rail (v) - scold; rant
raiment (n) - clothing
raise (v) - [a ridica; a 'in'al'ta]
rake (n) - [grebl'a; desfr'inat; crai]
rake (v) - [a grebla; a  aduna; a scormoni]
rakish (adj) - stylish; sporty
ramble (v) - [a se plimba; a hoin'ari]
rambling (adj) - wandering
ramp (n) - slope; inclined plane [pant'a; plan 'inclinat]
rampant (adj) - widespread; rearing up on hind legs; unrestrained
rampart (n) - defensive mound of earth [meterez]
ramshackle (adj) - rickety; falling apart
rancid (adj) - having the odor of stale fat [r'inced]
rancor (n) - bitterness; hatred [ranchiun'a]
rancour (n) - [ranchiun'a]
ranger (n) - [p'adurar; copoi; haimana; t'ilhar]
rank (adj) - growing profusely or unmanageable; strong or offensive in odor or taste; disgusting; indecent; absolute; utter
rankle (v) - cause anger, irritation or bitterness
ransack (v) - plunder; to search thoroughly [a scotoci]
ransom (n) - [r'ascump'arare]
rant (v) - rave; speak bombastically
rap (n) - [lovitur'a u'soar'a; lucru f'ar'a valoare]
rapier (n) - a kind of sword [floret'a]
rapprochement (n) - reconciliation [reconciliere]
rapt (adj) - [r'apit; extaziat]
rapture (n) - ecstasy [extaz]
rapturous (adj) - [r'apitor; fermec'ator]
rascal (n) - [tic'alos; punga's]
rash (n) - [eczem'a]
rash (adj) - adventurous; imprudent [gr'abit; impetuos]
raspy (adj) - grating; harsh
rate (v) - [a aprecia; a evalua; a certa; a mustra]
ratify (v) - approve formally [a ratifica]
ratiocinate (v) - think
ratiocination (n) - reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises
rattlesnake (n) - ['sarpe cu clopo'tei]
raucous (adj) - harsh and shrill [r'agu'sit]
ravage (v) - plunder; despoil [a pr'ada; a spolia]
rave (v) - talk irrationally; storm; declam wildly
ravel (n) - [ciucure; complica'tie; 'incurc'atur'a]
ravenous (adj) - extremely hungry
ravish (v) - seize and carry off by force; rape; overwhelm with emotion
raze (v) - destroy completely
readily (adv) - easily [cu u'surin't'a]
realm (n) - kingdom [regat]
ream (n) - a quantity of paper (516 sheets); a great amount
reap (v) - [a secera; a culege; a recolta]
rear (n) - [spate; coad'a]
rear (v) - [a construi; a cre'ste (copii)]
rebate (n) - discount [rabat]
rebound (v) - bounce or spring back after collision with smth.
rebuff (v) - snub; beat back
rebuke (v) - scold; berate
rebuttal (n) - refutation; response with contrary evidence
recant (v) - repudiate; withdraw previous statement
recession (n) - retreat
reciprocate (v) - repay in kind [a pl'ati la fel]
reckless (adj) - negligent; adventurous
reckon (v) - compute; count; think; judge
recluse (n) - hermit [sihastru]
recluse (adj) - [singuratic; retras]
recoil (v) - flinch [a da 'inapoi; a se feri; a se 'intinde]
recondite (adj) - abstruse; not easily understood; hidden
reconnaissance (n) - [recunoa'stere (militar'a)]
reconnoitering (n) - reconnaissance
recourse (n) - resorting to help when in trouble [recurs]
recreant (n) - coward; betrayer of faith
recrimination (n) - countercharges
rectitude (n) - uprightness
recumbent (adj) - reclining; lying down completely or in part
recur (v) - happen again
redolent (adj) - aromatic
redoubtable (adj) - formidable; worthy of awe or reverence
reed (n) - [trestie]
reef (n) - [recif; banc de nisip]
reek (v) - smoke, steam or fume; be permeated by smth. disagreeable; emit (odor)
reel (n) - [mosor; bobin'a]
reel (v) - [a bobina; a dep'ana; a tremura; a ame'ti]
refection (n) - slight refreshment ['improsp'atare]
refectory (n) - dining hall
refractory (n) - stubborn [refractar]
refurbish (v) - renovate; make bright by polishing
refute (v) - prove wrong
regale (v) - entertain
regatta (n) - boat or yacht race
regime (n) - method or system of government
regimen (n) - prescribed diet and habits [regim]
reification (n) - [concretizare]
reimburse (v) - repay
rein (n) - [fr'in'a]
reinforce (v) - strengthen
rejoice (v) - show delight
relapse (v) - fall back in a worse state
relay (n) - ['stafet'a; releu]
relay (v) - pass or send along by or as if by relay [a transmite de la unul la altul]
relegate (v) - banish; consign to inferior position [a exila; a degrada]
relent (v) - to soothe [a se domoli; a se 'indupleca]
relic (n) - [moa'ste; relicv'a]
relieve (v) - free from pain, discomfort or anxiety
relinquish (v) - abandon; renounce; withdraw from; let go of
relish (n) - [gust; poft'a]
relish (v) - savor [a da gust; a savura; a pofti]
reluctant (adj) - disinclined
remiss (adj) - negligent
remnant (n) - trace; remainder [fantom'a]
remonstrate (v) - protest; to present a strong reason against an act [a protesta]
rend (v) - tear [a rupe; a sf'i'sia]
rendition (n) - translation [redare]
renege on (v) - to fail to carry smth out
repartee (n) - clever reply
repast (n) - meal; the food eaten at a meal
repasture (n) - repast
repellent (adj) - driving away; unattractive
repent (v) - [a regreta]
repine (v) - express dejection or discontentment
replenish (v) - fill up again
replete (adj) - filled to capacity
repository (n) - storehouse
reprehensible (adj) - deserving blame
reprieve (n) - temporary stay
reprimand (v) - [a reprima]
reprisal (n) - retaliation
reprove (v) - blame; rebuke; reprimand
repute (v) - [a fi considerat; a fi socotit]
reputed (adj) - supposed
requite (v) - [a r'aspl'ati]
rescind (v) - take back; make void; cancel
rescission (n) - abrogation; annulment
rescue (v) - [a elibera; a sc'apa de]
resent (v) - feel indignantly aggrieved at
resign (v) - [a demisiona; a renun'ta la; a se resemna]
resigned (adj) - [resemnat]
resilient (adj) - elastic; having the power of springing back
resolution (n) - [hot'ar'ire]
resolve (v) - [a se hot'ar'i]
respite (n) - delay in punishment; interval of relief; rest
resplendent (adj) - brilliant; lustrous
responsiveness (n) - state of reacting readily to appeals, orders
restitution (n) - reparation; indemnification
restive (adj) - unmanageable; fretting under control; contrary; balky; fidgety [care rezist'a]
restrain (v) - prevent from doing; moderate; check; bridle; curb
restraint (n) - controlling force
resurgent (adj) - rising again after defeat
resurrect (v) - [a 'invia]
retainer (n) - a fee paid to a lawyer
retaliate (v) - repay in kind
retaliation (n) - revenge; reciprocation
retentive (adj) - holding; having a good memory
reticulated (adj) - covered with a network; having the appearance of a mesh
retinue (n) - following; attendants [suit'a]
retort (n) - quick sharp reply [replic'a]
retraction (n) - withdrawal [retractare]
retrench (v) - cut down; economize
retribution (n) - vengeance; compensation; punishment for offenses
retrieve (v) - recover; find and bring in
revel (n) - wild party; vivid satisfaction
revelry (n) - boisterous merrymaking
revere (v) - venerate; worship
revered (adv) - loved [iubit]
reverence (n) - awe combined with respect [venera'tie; adora'tie; respect]
reverent (adj) - respectful
revile (v) - slander; vilify
revulsion (n) - sudden violent change of feeling; reaction
rhapsodize (v) - speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner
rhetoric (n) - insincere language; art of effective communication
rheumy (adj) - pertaining to a discharge from nose and eyes
rib (n) - [coast'a]
ribald (adj) - wanton; profane; coarse; crude; offensive
ribaldry (n) - ribald language or humor
rickety (adj) - feeble in the joins; shaky; unsound [fragil; rahitic; slab]
ricochet (v) - rebound from  a surface
rid (v) - [a elibera; a sc'apa de; a suprima]
riddle (v) - find solution; puzzle
rider (n) - an addition to a document
ridge (n) - [creast'a]
ridged (adj) - having ridges
rife (adj) - abundant; current
rifle (v) - [a trage cu pu'sca; a jefui]
rift (n) - opening; break
rim (n) - [margine; creast'a]
rind (n) - outer layer; crust; peel
rinse (v) - [a cl'ati]
riot (n) - [dezordine; t'ar'aboi; r'ascoal'a]
riots (n) - [desfr'iu]
ripple (v) - to show a ruffled surface, as water [a se 'incre'ti; a se undui (apa)]
rise (v) - [a se ridica]
risque (adj) - verging upon the improper; offcolor
rivet (v) - [a nitui; a 'tintui cu privirea; a consolida (o p'arere)]
riveting (adj) - absorbing; engrossing
rivulet (n) - small river
roach (n) - [g'indac de buc'at'arie]
roam (v) - stroll; ramble
roan (adj) - brown mixed with gray or white
roar (v) - [a rage; a 'tipa]
rob (v) - [a jefui, folosind for'ta]
rocker (n) - [balansoar]
rodent (n) - [roz'ator]
rogue (n) - dishonest or worthless person; vagrant; tramp; scamp
roil (v) - make liquids murky by stirring up sediment [a tulbura]
rook (n) - [tur'a (la 'sah)]
roseate (adj) - rosy; optimistic
rosebud (n) - a rose bud
roster (n) - list
rostrum (n) - platform for speech making; pulpit
rot (v) - to decay
rot (adj) - decayed
rote (n) - repetition
rotunda (n) - circular hall or building covered with a dome
roue (n) - a man devoted to pleasure and sensuality [destr'ab'alat; b'arbat cu mare experien't'a la femei]
rough (adj) - [aspru; violent]
rout (n) - [derut'a; debandad'a]
rout (v) - to come up with; uncover; stampede; drive out; to put to wild flight or retreat; defeat decisively; root; rummage; uncover; eject
rove (v) - ramble [a cutreiera; a vagabonda]
row (n) - ['sir, r'ind; plimbare cu barca; t'ar'aboi]
rowdy (adj) - a disorderly person
rowing (n) - [canotaj]
rub (v) - to move one's hand over a surface [a freca; a roade]
rubble (n) - broken fragments [moloz; fleac]
rudder (n) - [c'irm'a]
ruddy (adj) - reddish
rueful (adj) - regretful; sorrowful; dejected
ruffian (n) - a rowdy fellow; a gangster or a thug
ruffle (v) - ripple; erect the feathers; disturb [a 'sifona; a zburli]
ruffling (adj) - trembling; vexing; shuffling
rule out (v) - reject; eliminate
rumble (v) - grumble
ruminate (v) - [a rumega]
rummage (v) - ransack; thoroughly search
run foul (v) - defile
rung (n) - [treapt'a la o scar'a de lemn]
ruse (n) - trick; stratagem
rush (v) - [a se precipita; a se repezi]
rust (n) - [rugin'a]
rusticate (v) - banish to the country; dwell in the country
rustle (v) - steal cattle [a fo'sni; a frem'ata]
ruth (n) - [comp'atimire; mil'a]
ruthless (adj) - merciless [necru't'ator]
sable (n) - [samur; zebelin'a]
sable (adj) - [negru; de doliu]
saccharine (adj) - cloyingly sweet
sack (n) - the pillaging of a captured town; plunder; loot
sadistic (adj) - inclined to cruelties
saffron (adj) - [de culoarea 'sofranului (galben)]
sag (v) - [a se 'indoi; a se 'incovoia; a ceda]
sagacious (adj) - quick of perception; shrewd [p'atrunz'ator; perspicace]
salacious (adj) - lascivious; lustful
salient (adj) - prominent
sallow (adj) - sickly yellow in hue or complexion [g'albui; palid; livid]
sally (n) - [ie'sire; excursie; escapad'a]
salubrious (adj) - healthful
salutary (adj) - tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome [salutar]
salvage (n) - rescue from loss
salvage (v) - rescue from loss
salve (n) - balm (for burns or sores)
sampler (n) - [broderie]
sanctimonious (adj) - displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness
sanction (v) - approve; ratify
sand (v) - polish
sandal (n) - [sanda]
sandbox (n) - a low box filled with sand for children to play in
sanguine (adj) - cheerful; hopeful
sap (n) - [sev'a]
sap (v) - diminish; undermine [a stoarce de puteri; a s'apa; a submina]
sardonic (adj) - disdainful; sarcastic
sartorial (adj) - pertaining to tailors
sate (v) - satisfy to the full; cloy [a s'atura; a potoli (foamea etc.)]
satiate (v) - surfeit; satisfy fully
saturate (v) - soak
saturnine (adj) - gloomy
saucer (n) - [farfurioar'a pentru cea'sc'a]
saucy (adj) - brazen [obraznic; cochet]
saunter (v) - stroll slowly
savor (v) - enjoy; have a distinct savor, smell , or quality
savory (adj) - appealing to the taste or smell; not sweet; tasty; pleasing; attractive or agreeable
saw (n) - [fier'astr'au]
scabbard (n) - [teac'a]
scad (n) - a great quantity
scaffold (n) - temporary platform for workers [schel'a]
scale (n) - [solz; gam'a; instrument de c'int'arit; balan't'a]
scale (v) - climb up; ascend
scaly (adj) - flaky [solzos]
scamp (n) - a rascal; a mischievous young person
scamp (v) - make or do in a careless, superficial way
scant (adj) - lacking in amplitude or quantity; barely sufficient
scanty (adj) - meager; insufficient
scapegoat (n) - ['tap isp'a'sitor]
scathe (v) - [a v'at'ama; a r'ani]
scatter (v) - to disperse [a 'impr'a'stia]
scavenge (v) - gather or remove dirt
scavenger (n) - animal feeding with dead matter; one who scavenges
scenario (n) - plot outline; screenplay; opera libretto
scenery (n) - [decor]
scent (n) - [parfum; arom'a; mireasm'a]
scent (v) - [a mirosi; a presim'ti; a parfuma]
school (n) - [banc de pe'sti]
scintilla (n) - shred; least bit
scintillate (v) - sparkle; flash
scion (n) - [descendent; ml'adi't'a]
scoff (v) - eat greedily; seize; mock
scold (v) - reproach angrily or abusively; rebuke [a certa]
scorch (v) - burn; change in color and texture by burning
score (n) - twenty pieces
scorn (n) - contempt
scotch (v) - stamp out; thwart; hinder
scoundrel (n) - ruffian
scourge (n) - lash; whip; severe punishment [bici]
scourge (v) - [a pedepsi; a biciui]
scout (n) - [iscoad'a]
scowl (n) - a facial expression of displeasure; frown [privire posomor'it'a, amenin't'atoare; 'incruntare]
scrap (n) - [buc'a'tic'a; fragment]
scrape (v) - [a freca; a r'azui; a face s'a sc'ir't'iie]
scratch (n) - thin or shallow cut [zg'irietur'a]
scrimmage (n) - minor battle; skirmish ['inv'alm'a'seal'a; 'inc'aierare]
scrimshaw (n) - the art of carving elaborate designs on whale bone or whale ivory
scrub (v) - rub hard in order to clean; cancel; drop
scruple (v) - [a avea scrupule]
scrutinize (v) - examine closely and critically
scud (v) - move or run swiftly as driven
scuffle (v) - struggle confusedly; move off in a confused hurry
scurrilous (adj) - vulgar and evil
scurry (v) - move briskly
scurvy (adj) - despicable; contemptible
scuttle (v) - sink
scythe (n) - [coas'a]
seam (n) - [cus'atur'a; tighel; cicatrice]
seamstress (n) - [croitoreas'a]
seamy (adj) - sordid; unpleasant
sear (v) - char or burn; brand
seasoned (adj) - experienced
secession (n) - withdrawal
seclude (v) - [a izola (o persoan'a); a interna]
seclusion (n) - isolation; solitude
sectarian (adj) - narrow-minded; limited in scope
secular (adj) - [laic; lumesc]
secure (v) - free from danger or risk; fasten; guarantee
sedan (n) - [lectic'a; automobil acoperit]
sedate (adj) - composed; grave
sedge (n) - [rogoz]
sedition (n) - mutiny
sedulous (adj) - diligent; exhibiting care
see about (v) - attend to; investigate
seedy (adj) - run-down; decrepit; disreputable
seemly (adj) - [potrivit; decent]
seep (v) - ooze; trickle
seethe (v) - be disturbed; boil
seine (n) - net for catching fish
seize (v) - capture; confiscate; apprehend; take
seminal (adj) - original; containing the seeds of future growth; germinal; influencing future developments
seminary (n) - school for training future ministers; secondary school, esp. for young women
sensible (adj) - having sound judgment
sensuous (adj) - pertaining to the physical senses
sententious (adj) - terse; concise; aphoristic
sentinel (n) - sentry; lookout
sentry (n) - guard; watch [santinel'a]
septic (adj) - putrid; producing putrefaction
sequel (n) - consequence; result
sequester (v) - retire from public life; segregate; seclude
sere (adj) - parched; dry
serendipity (n) - gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental fortune or luck
sermon (n) - religious discourse [predic'a]
serpent (n) - ['sarpe]
serrated (adj) - having a sawtoothed edge
serration (n) - [dinte de fier'astr'au]
setback (v) - to hinder; to stop [a 'impiedica; a opri; a re'tine]
settler (n) - [colonizator]
severance (n) - division; partition; separation
sewage (n) - waste liquid and solid material carried off with ground waters in sewers or drains [murd'arie de canalizare/scurgere]
sewer (n) - ['san't; canal de scurgere]
shack (n) - hut; shanty
shackle (n) - something preventing free action [catu's'a]
shad (n) - a kind of fish
shady (adj) - shaded; hidden; questionable; fishy; suspect
shaft (n) - pole [s'ageat'a; tij'a; pu't (de min'a); horn]
shaky (adj) - trembling; weak; precarious; questionable
shale (n) - an easily split sedimentary rock having laminated layers of fine claylike particles
shallow (adj) - superficial; weak
sham (v) - pretend
sham (adj) - not genuine; counterfeit
shamble (v) - walk in an uneasily or ungainly way, shuffling the feet
shambles (n) - slaughterhouse; scene of carnage
shanty (n) - a small crudely built dwelling or shelter
shard (n) - fragment, generally of pottery [ciob]
shatter (v) - [a sf'ar'ima; a sparge 'in buc'a'ti]
sheaf (n) - bundle of stalks of grains; any bundle of things tied together [c'api't'a (de f'in); leg'atur'a; snop]
shear (v) - [a tunde; a jumuli]
sheath (n) - [teac'a]
sheathe (v) - place into a case [a b'aga o sabie 'in teac'a]
shed (n) - ['sopron; barac'a]
shed (v) - segregate; scatter; discard [a v'arsa; a lep'ada]
sheen (n) - brightness; sheep skin
sheer (v) - to deviate from the proper course [a devia]
sheer (adj) - bright; unqualified; pure; steep; thin [sub'tire; diafan]
sheer (adv) - in a complete manner; altogether; perpendicularly
shibboleth (n) - [semn distinctiv]
shimmer (v) - glimmer intermittently
shin-bone (n) - [fluierul piciorului]
shingle (n) - ['sindril'a; tunsoare scurt'a]
shirk (v) - to avoid discharging; to avoid duty or work
shoal (n) - [banc de nisip; vad pu'tin ad'inc; pericol ascuns; mul'time; mas'a; teanc]
shoddy (adj) - cheaply imitative; inferior; shabby; sham; not genuine; inferior
shoe (v) - [a 'inc'al'ta; a potcovi]
shoot (n) - [l'astar; ml'adi't'a; vl'astar]
shore up (v) - give support
shorn (adj) - [tuns; jumulit]
shorthanded (adj) - working with fewer than necessary number of people
shotgun (n) - rifle [pu'sc'a]
shoulder (n) - [um'ar; parte lateral'a]
shove (v) - thrust; push [a 'imbr'inci]
shovel (n) - [polonic de zid'arie]
show-off (n) - [exhibi'tionist]
shower (n) - [ploaie; du's]
shred (n) - [f'i'sie; bucat'a; dram]
shred (v) - tear or cut into shreds
shrewd (adj) - sagacious; astute
shrewish (adj) - ill-natured; intractable
shriek (v) - [a striga; a 'tipa]
shrill (adj) - high pitched and piercing
shrimp (n) - [crevete; om mic de statur'a]
shrivel (v) - shrink and wrinkle, often in drying; wither
shroud (n) - [giulgiu]
shroud (v) - [a 'inv'alui]
shrub (n) - [arbust]
shudder (n) - [tremur; fior]
shuffle (v) - [a amesteca (c'ar'ti de joc)]
shun (v) - avoid deliberately and consistently [a se feri de]
shunt (v) - turn aside; divert; sidetrack
shyster (n) - lawyer using questionable methods
sickle (n) - [secer'a]
sidereal (adj) - [sideral]
silt (n) - sediment deposed by running water
simian (adj) - monkeylike
simile (n) - comparison of one word to another using the word "like" or "as"
simmer (v) - [a fierbe 'in'abu'sit; a mocni]
simper (v) - smirk; smile affectedly
sinecure (n) - well-paid position with little responsibility [sinecur'a]
sinew (n) - tendon; nerve; power [tendon; nerv; putere]
sinewy (adj) - tough; stringy; strong; full of sinews [musculos; puternic; nervos]
singe (v) - scorch [a p'irli]
singlehanded (adj) - alone; unassisted
sinister (adj) - evil
sinuous (adj) - bending; not morally firm [sinuos]
sip (v) - [a sorbi]
skid (v) - [a face s'a derapeze; a bloca (un drum)]
skiff (n) - small, light sailboat or rowboat
skim (v) - read quickly for main idea
skimp (v) - provide scantily; live very economically
skin (v) - strip or deprive of skin
skinflint (n) - miser
skirmish (n) - minor fight [cafteal'a]
skittish (adj) - lively;  frisky
skulduggery (n) - dishonest behaviour
skulk (v) - move furtively and secretly
skyscraper (n) - [zg'irie-nor]
slab (n) - [lespede; dal'a (de piatr'a, de marmur'a, etc.)]
slab (v) - [a pava cu dale; a t'aia 'in buc'a'ti sub'tiri; a cur'a'ti de coaj'a (un trunchi de copac)]
slack (adj) - negligent; moderate; weak; dull
slacken (v) - slow up; loosen
slag (n) - residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter
slake (v) - quench; sate; to extinguish [a 'in'abu'si/reprima (setea, ura)]
slander (n) - [b'irf'a; ponegreal'a]
slap (v) - [a p'almui; a bate cu palma]
slapdash (adj) - haphazard; careless; sloppy
slaughter (v) - [a m'acel'ari]
slay (v) - kill [a ucide]
sleazy (adj) - flimsy; unsubstantial
sledge (n) - sleigh; sledgehammer [sanie]
sledgehammer (n) - [baros]
sleek (adj) - smooth and glossy [neted 'si lucios]
sleeper (n) - smth. originally of little value or importance that in time becomes very valuable
sleet (n) - frozen rain
sleight (n) - [dexteritate]
sleight of hand (n) - [prestidigita'tie]
slender (adj) - [sub'tire; svelt; fragil]
slide (v) - [a aluneca]
slight (v) - treat with discourteous reserve or inattention
slim (adj) - [sub'tire]
slime (n) - [noroi]
sling (v) - [a arunca; a trage cu pra'stia]
slingshot (n) - [arunc'atur'a cu pra'stia]
slink (v) - [a se furi'sa]
slipshod (adj) - [sc'ilciat; neglijent; dezordonat]
slit (n) - [fant'a; cr'ap'atur'a]
slit (v) - [a (se) despica; a (se) cr'apa]
slither (v) - slip or slide [a aluneca; a 'serpui]
slop (n) - spilled or splashed liquid; soft slush or mud; unappetizing watery feed [b'altoac'a; l'aturi (pl.)]
sloppy (adj) - muddy; watery and unappetizing; of, like or covered with slop [desfundat; noroios]
sloth (n) - laziness; slow-moving tree-dwelling mammal
slouch (n) - a drooping posture [o postur'a plecat'a]
slouch (v) - sit, stand or walk with an awkward, drooping posture; droop or hang carelessly
slough (v) - [a n'ap'irli (d. reptile)]
sloven (n) - a man habitually negligent of neatness and order
slovenly (adj) - untidy
slug (n) - a musket ball; bullet; shot
sluggard (n) - lazy, indolent person
sluggish (adj) - indolent; torpid; slow to respond; slow; lazy [lene's; 'incet]
sluice (n) - artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water
slum (n) - squalid, heavily populated urban area
slum (adj) - densely populated
slumber (n) - sleep
slump (v) - go down
slur (n) - insult to one's character or reputation; slander
sly (adj) - ingenious ['siret; viclean; ascuns]
smart (v) - to cause or feel pain; to pay a heavy penalty
smash (v) - [a sparge; a zdrobi]
smattering (n) - slight knowledge
smear (v) - sully; besmirch [a unge; a m'izg'ali]
smelt (v) - [a topi (un minereu); a separa prin topire un metal]
smirk (n) - conceited smile
smite (v) - [a lovi; a bate; a fermeca]
smock (n) - a loose coatlike outer garment, often worn to protect clothes when working [halat]
smolder (v) - burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment [a mocni]
smother (v) - choke
smug (adj) - spruce; tidy; highly self-satisfied [fudul 'si prost]
smuggle (v) - [a face contraband'a]
smuggling (n) - contraband
snappish (adj) - [irascibil; cert'are't]
snapshot (n) - a picture taken with a small hand-held camera [instantaneu]
snare (n) - trap; something deceptively attractive [capcan'a]
snarl (v) - tangle; cause to become knotted
snatch (v) - [a apuca; a 'in'sf'aca]
sneak (v) - [a se furi'sa; a se fofila]
sneak (adj) - [tic'alos; punga's]
sneakers (n) - [pantofi de sport]
sneer (v) - scoff [a r'inji]
sneeze (v) - [a str'anuta; a trata cu dispre't]
snicker (n) - half-stifled laugh [chicotit]
sniff (v) - to use or inhale snuff
snip (v) - [a t'aia cu foarfecele]
sniper (n) - one who shoots at others from a concealed place
sniper (adj) - [sarcastic]
snivel (v) - run at the nose; snuffle; whine
snort (v) - breathe noisily and forcefully through the nostrils; make an abrupt noise expressing scorn, ridicule or contempt; (slang) inhale a drug
snout (n) - a long projecting nose
snub (v) - slight by behaving coldly toward or by ignoring; dismiss [a umili; a da peste nas]
snuff (n) - the charred part of a candlewick [tutun; priz'a; muc de lum'inare]
snuff (v) - inhale through the nose; sniff
snug (adj) - comfortable; neat
soak (v) - wet thoroughly; drench
soar (n) - [av'int; elan]
soar (v) - heave
sob (n) - [suspin; hohot de pl'ins]
sober (adj) - abstemious; not drunk; calm; serious [sobru; treaz]
sobriety (n) - moderation
sock (n) - short stockings
sod (n) - [gazon; brazd'a cu iarb'a]
sod (adj) - [verde; ierbos]
sodden (adj) - soaked; dull, as if from drink
soil (v) - to sully; to tarnish; to manure [a 'intina; a p'ata]
sojourn (v) - remain or stay temporarily, as in a place [a sejura]
solace (n) - [consolare; m'ing'iiere]
solder (v) - repair or make whole by using a metal alloy [a suda]
sole (n) - [talp'a]
solecism (n) - construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically
solicitous (adj) - worried; concerned
soliloquy (n) - talking to oneself
solvent (adj) - able to pay all debts
somatic (adj) - pertaining to the body; physical
somber (adj) - gloomy [sumbru; 'intunecat; mohor'it]
somersault (n) - [tumb'a; dare peste cap]
soot (n) - [funingine]
soothe (v) - appease
soothsayer (n) - [ghicitor]
sop (n) - a piece of food soaked in a liquid; smth. yielded to soothe or placate
sop (v) - dip, soak or drench in a liquid; saturate; take up by absorption
sophistry (n) - [sofistic'a]
sophomore (n) - student in the second year
sophomoric (adj) - immature; shallow
soporific (adj) - sleep producing
sordid (adj) - filthy; base; vile
sore (n) - (arch.) a buck of the third year
sore (adj) - painful to the touch, tender; experiencing physical pain; sorrowful; grievous [dureros; irascibil]
sorel (n) - (arch.) a buck of the fourth year
sound (adj) - [s'an'atos; teafar; solid]
sow (v) - [a sem'ana; a 'ins'am'in'ta]
sowing (n) - [sem'anat]
spade (n) - [sap'a; cazma; pic'a (la c'ar'ti)]
span (n) - [m'as. de lungime; timp; perioad'a]
spangle (n) - small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation [paiet'a]
sparing (adj) - [cump'atat]
spark (n) - [sc'inteie]
sparkle (v) - to emit sparks
spasmodic (adj) - fitful; periodic
spat (n) - squabble; minor dispute
spate (n) - sudden flood
spawn (v) - lay eggs
specious (adj) - seemingly reasonable but incorrect
speck (n) - a small spot, mark or discoloration; particle
speckle (n) - a small spot, esp. a natural dot of color on skin, plumage or foliage
speckle (v) - mark or cover with speckles
spectral (adj) - ghostly
spectrum (n) - colored band produced when a  beam of light passes through a prism
spendthrift (n) - someone who wastes money
spike (n) - [piron]
spill (v) - [a v'arsa; a r'asturna]
spin (v) - [a se 'inv'irti]
spindle (n) - a pin carrying a bobbin in a spinning machine; a small axis [fus]
spindly (adj) - long and slender [lung 'si sub'tire]
spine (n) - [coloan'a vertebral'a; spin]
spire (n) - top part tipping outward
spit (n) - [frigare; limb'a de p'am'int; saliv'a; scuipat]
spit (v) - [a scuipa]
spite (n) - [ciud'a; pic'a]
spittle (n) - spit [scuipat]
splenetic (adj) - given to melancholy
splice (v) - to unite, as two ropes, by intreweaving the strands
splinter (n) - fragment [a'schie]
spoil (v) - [a pr'ada; a jefui; a strica]
spoonerism (n) - accidental transposition of sounds in successive words
sport (n) - jest; a plant or animal that differs from the normal type
sportive (adj) - playful
spout (n) - ['teav'a; burlan; jgheab de strea'sin'a]
spree (n) - [chef; petrecere]
sprightly (adj) - [animat; vioi; zburdalnic]
sprinkle (v) - release or scatter in small particles; scatter drops or particles on
sprout (n) - a young shoot
sprout (v) - grow
spruce (n) - [conifere din familia pinului]
spruce (adj) - neat and trim
spry (adj) - vigorously active; nimble
spunk (n) - spirit; liveness; mettle; pluck
spur (n) - [pinten; 'indemn]
spurious (adj) - bastard; illegitimate; false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
spurn (n) - kick; contemptuous treatment
spurn (v) - contemptuous treatment; kick; stumble; reject; scorn [a arunca cu dispre't; a trata cu dispre't]
spy (v) - keep under surveillance with hostile intent; catch sight of [a spiona]
squabble (n) - minor quarrel; bickering
squadron (n) - military unit
squalid (adj) - dirty or wretched in appearance; sordid
squander (v) - dissipate [a risipi; a irosi]
squash (n) - [dovleac]
squat (v) - [a se ghemui]
squat (adj) - stocky; short and thick
squeal (v) - [a 'tipa; a gui'ta; a tr'ada]
squeamish (adj) - easily disgusted
squeeze (v) - [a str'inge; a comprima]
squirm (v) - twist about in a snakelike motion; writhe [a 'serpui]
stab (n) - effort; try; wound by weapon ['injunghiere]
staccato (adj) - played in an abrupt manner
staff (n) - a pole, rod or stick (with some special purposes); personnel [baston; personal; portativ]
stag (n) - [cerb; bou]
stagger (v) - move from side to side; hesitate; perplex
stagnant (adj) - motionless;  stale; dull
staid (adj) - sober; sedate
stain (v) - [a p'ata]
stake (n) - [miz'a; premiu; st'ilp; par]
stale (adj) - lacking freshness [st'atut]
stalemate (n) - deadlock [remiz'a; blocaj]
stalk (v) - track
stallion (n) - [arm'asar]
stalwart (adj) - strong, brawny; steadfast
stamina (n) - [vigoare; rezisten't'a]
stammer (v) - make involuntary stops or repetitions when talking
stanch (v) - check flow of blood
stand in line (v) - [a sta la coad'a]
staple (n) - [crampon; z'avor; agraf'a; fond]
staple (adj) - [de baz'a; regulat]
starch (n) - [amidon; scrobeal'a; formalism]
startle (v) - cause a move or jump by surprise; alarm or surprise
startling (adj) - causing momentary fright, astonishment or surprise
stasis (n) - situation marked by no change; stagnation
stately (adj) - unapproachable; impressive in size and proportion; grand
steadfast (adj) - fixed or unchanging; steady
stealth (n) - slyness; sneakiness; secretiveness [fapt'a ascuns'a]
steed (n) - horse
steep (v) - soak in liquid as to cleanse, soften, etc.; infuse or subject thoroughly to; saturate [a satura prin infuzie]
steep (adj) - [abrupt; st'incos]
steer (v) - guide by a device; direct the course of
stem (n) - [r'ad'acin'a; trunchi]
stem (v) - check the flow
stem from (v) - arise from
stench (n) - [duhoare]
stentorian (adj) - extremely loud
stern (n) - [pupa unui vapor]
stern (adj) - sturdy; stout; severe; austere; inexorable [sever]
stew (v) - [a fierbe 'in'abu'sit]
stick (v) - [a (se) lipi]
stick out (v) - [a scoate afar'a]
stickler (n) - perfectionist; person who insists things be exactly right; one who insists on smth. unyieldingly; smth. difficult or puzzling
stiff (adj) - ['teap'an; rigid]
stiffen (v) - [a 'in'tepeni; a amor'ti]
stifle (v) - choke; suppress; extinguish; inhibit [a sufoca; a asfixia]
stigma (n) - token of disgrace; brand
stilt (n) - pole [st'ilp]
stilted (adj) - bombastic; stiffly pompous
stilts (n) - [picioroange]
stink (v) - [a pu'ti]
stint (n) - supply; allotted amount; assigned portion of work
stint (v) - be thrifty; set limits
stipend (n) - pay for services
stipple (v) - paint or draw with dots
stipulate (v) - make express conditions; specify
stirabout (n) - [terci]
stitch (n) - pain [cus'atur'a]
stitch (v) - fasten or join with or as with stitches; to decorate with or as with stitches;  fasten with staples; to sew
stock (v) - buy; furnish
stodgy (adj) - stuffy; boringly conservative
stoke (v) - stir up a fire; feed plentifully
stolid (adj) - [indiferent; greoi; 'inc'ap'a't'inat]
stolidity (n) - dullness; impassiveness
stonewall (adj) - [rigid]
stool (n) - [sc'auna's; taburet; trunchi pe care cre'ste un l'astar]
stoop (v) - [a se pleca]
stout (adj) - bold; bulky [curajos; corpolent; masiv]
stove (n) - [sob'a; cuptor]
straggle (v) - fall behind; proceed or spread out in a scattered or irregular group
strain (n) - ['incordare; tensiune; ton; tendin't'a; ras'a]
strand (n) - [fir dintr-o funie]
strand (v) - [a e'sua; a suferi un e'sec]
stray (adj) - wandering [vagabond]
streak (n) - stripe [dung'a]
strenuous (adj) - vigorous; ardent; earnest [energic; activ; viguros]
stretcher (n) - [targ'a; stinghie; extensor; cadru; minciun'a]
strew (v) - scatter; spread randomly; sprinkle [a r'asp'indi; a 'impr'a'stia]
striated (adj) - [striat]
stricture (n) - critical comments; severe and adverse criticism
stride (v) - ramble
strife (v) - fight; battle
string (v) - [a lega cu sfoar'a; a 'incorda (arcul)]
stringent (adj) - binding; rigid
strip (v) - [a dezbr'aca]
strive (v) - [a se str'adui; a lupta; a 'intinde; a n'azui]
stroke (n) - an impact
stroll (v) - ramble [a cutreiera; a colinda]
stroller (n) - one who is walking [persoana care se plimba; pieton]
strove (v) - past tense of strive
strut (n) - supporting bar
strut (v) - [a merge 'tan'to's]
stubborn (adj) - ['inc'ap'a't'inat]
stud (n) - a group of animals
stuff (n) - [materie brut'a; stof'a]
stuff (v) - [a ticsi; a 'infunda; a 'indesa; a ghiftui]
stultify (v) - cause to appear stupid or inconsistent; frustrate or hinder
stumble (v) - [a se 'impiedica; a se poticni]
stun (v) - render senseless as by a blow or loud noise; stupefy
sturdiness (n) - [robuste'te; voinicie]
sturdy (adj) - stout; stable; strong
sty (n) - [cocin'a]
stygian (adj) - relating to Styx; dark; gloomy
stymie (v) - present an obstacle; stump
suavity (n) - urbanity; polish
subdue (v) - [a supune; a cuceri]
sublimate (v) - refine; purify
sublime (adj) - exalted; noble; uplifted [sublim]
subliminal (adj) - below the threshold
submerge (v) - suppress; overflow with water
submissive (adj) - yielding; timid
suborn (v) - persuade to act unlawfully (esp. to commit perjury)
subpoena (n) - writ summoning a witness to appear
subservient (adj) - behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious
subside (v) - abate; decrease; settle down; descend; grow quiet
subsidiary (adj) - secondary; subordinate
subsiding (adv) - ending [care se termina]
subsidy (n) - direct financial aid
substantiate (v) - verify; support
substantive (adj) - essential; pertaining to the substance
subsume (v) - include; encompass
subterfuge (n) - pretense; evasion
subtlety (n) - nicety; guile; cunning; delicacy [subtilitate]
succor (n) - aid; assistance; relief
succumb (v) - yield; give in; die
sue (v) - beseech; woo
suet (n) - [seu]
suffragist (n) - advocate of voting rights (for women)
suffuse (v) - spread over [a acoperi]
suit (n) - [proces; cerere; costum]
suitor (n) - one who petitions or requests; a man that courts a woman
sulk (v) - to be sullenly withdrawn or aloof, as in silent resentment or protest; mope; pout
sullen (adj) - silently ill humoured ['intunecat]
sullied (adj) - stained; vitiated; disgraced; tarnished
sully (v) - tarnish; soil [a mohor'i; a 'intina]
sultry (adj) - sweltering ['in'abu'sitor; arz'ator]
summation (n) - act of finding the total; summary ['insumare]
summon (v) - [a chema (un subaltern); a soma; a convoca; a invita]
sumptuous (adj) - lavish; rich
sunder (v) - take apart [a separa; a desp'ar'ti]
sundry (adj) - various
suntan (n) - [piele bronzat'a de soare]
superannuated (adj) - retired or disqualified because of age
supercilious (adj) - haughty; contemptuous
supererogatory (adj) - superfluous; more than needed or demanded
superfluous (adj) - excessive; overabundant; unnecessary
superimpose (v) - place over smth. else
supernumerary (n) - person or thing in excess; extra
supersede (v) - force out as inferior; cause to be set aside; replace
supine (adj) - lying on back
supplant (v) - replace; usurp
suppliant (adj) - entreating; beseeching
supplicate (v) - petition humbly; pray to grant a favor
supposititious (adj) - assumed; counterfeit; hypothetical
surf (n) - wave [val]
surfeit (n) - an overloading of the stomach; disgust caused by excess [supraabunden't'a; 'imbuibare]
surfeit (v) - satiate; stuff; indulge to excess in anything
surge (v) - [a cre'ste brusc; a se mi'sca violent]
surly (adj) - rude; sullen; cross
surmise (n) - conjecture
surmount (v) - overcome
surreptitious (adj) - secret
susceptible (adj) - impressionable; easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease
suspenseful (adj) - full of anxious uncertainty
sustenance (n) - means of support; food; nourishment
suture (n) - [sutur'a]
swagger (n) - boast; self-confident outlook
swagger (v) - boast [a se f'ali; a se l'auda]
swagger (adj) - marked by elegance or showiness [dichisit; ca scos din cutie]
swain (n) - [ciob'ana's; fl'ac'au de la 'tar'a; (ironic) 'indr'agostit]
swamp (n) - [mla'stin'a]
swarm (n) - [roi]
swarthy (adj) - [oache's]
swatch (n) - a sample piece; characteristic specimen; patch
swathe (v) - wrap around; bandage
sway (v) - swing; deflect; oscillate
sweat (v) - perspire [a asuda]
swell (v) - [a (se) umfla]
swell (adj) - protuberant; excellent
swelter (v) - be oppressed by heat
swerve (v) - deviate; veer; depart
swift (adj) - quick
swill (v) - drink greedily
swindle (v) - cheat
swindler (n) - cheat
swirl (n) - a whirling mass or motion; eddy
sybarite (n) - lover of luxury
sycophant (n) - servile flatterer; a servile hanger-on of great people [sicofant]
sycophantic (adj) - [parazit]
sylvan (adj) - pertaining to the woods; rustic
synopsis (n) - brief outline; summary
synoptic (adj) - providing a general overview; summary
tack (n) - ['tint'a; cui'sor; 'impuns'atur'a; cale; drum]
tackle (n) - [unealt'a; scul'a]
tackle (v) - [a inh'ama; a aborda; a ataca (o problem'a, etc.)]
taint (v) - [a 'intina; a p'ata; a vicia; a corupe]
talon (n) - claw of bird
tan (v) - [a arg'asi; a t'ab'aci; a bronza]
tanbark (n) - the bark of various trees, used as a source of tanin
tangle (v) - entrap; to hold in intricate confusion
tank (n) - [rezervor]
tankard (n) - a tall one-handed drinking vessel
tanker (n) - tank crew member [cistern'a; tanchist]
tanner (n) - [t'ab'acar]
tantalize (v) - tease; torture with disappointment
tantamount (adj) - equal
tantrum (n) - fit of petulance; caprice
tape (n) - [panglic'a; band'a]
taper (n) - candle
taper (v) - to diminish gradually (like a tape)
tar (n) - [gudron; p'acur'a]
tarantula (n) - venomous spider
tarnish (v) - [a scoate luciul de pe; a def'aima; a m'inji; a 'intuneca; a face s'a-'si piard'a lustrul; a 'intina]
tarnished (adj) - soiled; sullied
tarriance (n) - the act of tarrying; a temporary stay ['sedere temporar'a]
tarry (v) - linger; wait; sojourn [a z'abovi; a 'int'irzia]
tart (adj) - bitting; acrimonious; acid [mu'sc'ator; caustic]
tatter (n) - a rag or part torn and hanging in rags [zdrean't'a; buleandr'a]
tattered (adj) - [zdren't'aros]
taunt (v) - deride or reproach contemptuously; mock
taut (adj) - tight; ready ['intins (d. par'ime, cabluri)]
tawdry (adj) - ignoble
tawny (adj) - a light brown or brownish orange
tax (n) - heavy demand [tax'a]
tear (v) - rend [a rupe; a sf'i'sia]
tearjerker (n) - [prelucrare siropoas'a]
tease (v) - [a piept'ana; a tachina]
teat (n) - mammary gland
tedious (adj) - wearisome
tedium (n) - boredom; weariness
teem (v) - empty; pour
teetotaller (n) - abstinent [abstinent]
temper (n) - trend; tendency; courage; disposition; passion
temper (v) - moderate tone down or restrain; toughen (steel) [a tempera]
template (n) - [matri't'a; model]
tempo (n) - speed of music
temporal (adj) - not lasting for ever; limited by time; secular
temporize (v) - avoid committing oneself; gain time
tenacious (adj) - holding fast
tend (v) - listen; serve; cultivate; foster; mind
tendentious (adj) - having an aim; biased; designed to further a cause
tender (n) - [infirmier; p'azitor; ofert'a; propunere]
tender (v) - offer; extend
tender (adj) - [moale; fraged; afectuos; delicat]
tendril (n) - [c'ircel]
tenet (n) - doctrine; dogma
tensile (n) - capable of being stretched
tentative (adj) - provisional; experimental
tenuous (adj) - thin; rare; slim
tenure (n) - holding of an office; time during which such an office is held
tepid (adj) - lukewarm [c'aldu't]
terminus (n) - last stop of railroad
terse (adj) - concise; abrupt; pithy
tessellated (adj) - inlaid; mosaic
testator (n) - maker of a will
testy (adj) - [iritabil; susceptibil]
tether (v) - tie with a rope
thaw (v) - change from frozen solid  to a liquid by gradual warming; lose stiffness, numbness or impermeability by warming; relax
theft (n) - the act of stealing
thespian (adj) - pertaining to drama
thicket (n) - [desi's; tufi's]
thimble (n) - [degetar]
thistle (n) - [ciulin]
thither (adv) - ['incolo]
thong (n) - [curea; f'i'sie de piele]
thorn (n) - [spin]
thorny (adj) - with thorns [spinos]
thorough (adj) - absolute; complete
thoroughfare (n) - main road or public highway; place of passage from one location to another
thraldom (n) - ['serbie; iob'agie; sclavie]
thrall (n) - slave; bondage
thrasonical (adj) - boastful [fanfaron; l'aud'aros]
threaten (v) - [a amenin'ta; a prevesti]
thrift (n) - [economie]
thrifty (adj) - frugal; economical
thrill (v) - [a trezi; a 'infiora]
thrive (v) - prosper
throb (v) - pulsate [a bate puternic (d. inim'a); a palpita; a zv'icni]
throes (n) - violent anguish
throng (n) - [mul'time]
throttle (v) - strangle [a g'itui]
through (adj) - direct; finished
thrust (v) - shove; push [a 'imbr'inci]
thud (n) - [zgomot surd]
thug (n) - a brutal ruffian or gangster
thump (v) - beat with or as with a blunt instrument to produce thud; drub; pound
thwart (v) - prevent; hinder; forestall; baffle; frustrate
tick (n) - a bloodsucking arachnid
tickle (v) - [a g'idila; a lingu'si; a amuza]
tier (n) - one of a series of rows placed one above another
tightwad (n) - excessively frugal person; miser
tile (n) - ['tigl'a]
tiller (n) - handle used to move boat's rudder (to steer)
tilt (v) - [a (se) 'inclina; a (se) apleca]
tilted (adj) - inclined ['inclinat; 'intr-o parte]
timber (n) - [cherestea; bu'stean; grind'a]
timbre (n) - quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument
timorous (adj) - [timorat]
tin (n) - [cositor; tinichea; cutie de conserve]
tinder (n) - a very flammable substance
tinge (v) - tint; color with slight shade or stain
tinker (v) - fiddle [a me'steri]
tint (v) - lightly color [a colora; a nuan'ta]
tintinnabulous (adj) - of or relating with bells or the ringing of bells
tiny (adj) - very small; minute
tipple (v) - drink (alcoholic beverages) frequently
tirade (n) - extended scolding; denunciation
tithe (n) - tax of one-tenth
titillate (v) - tickle
titter (n) - nervous laugh
tittle (n) - small diacritical mark as an accent, vowel mark or dot over an "i"; the tinniest bit [am'anunt din cele mai nesemnificative]
titular (adj) - having the title of an office without the obligations
toad (n) - [broasc'a r'iioas'a]
toady (n) - servile flatterer; yes man
toddle (v) - take a stroll; saunter
toga (n) - [tog'a]
toil (n) - [munc'a; trud'a]
toil (v) - labor untiringly and continuously; advance with difficulty [a trudi]
toll (n) - fine [tax'a; impozit; dang'at de clopot]
toll (v) - [a trage clopotul; a suna]
tome (n) - large volume
tongs (n) - (pl.) [cle'ste]
tonsure (n) - shaving of the head, esp. by a person entering religious orders
topical (adj) - local; temporary
topography (n) - physical features of a region
torch (n) - [tor't'a]
torpor (n) - lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy
torque (n) - twisting force; force producing rotation
torso (n) - trunk of statue with head and limbs missing; human trunk
tortuous (adj) - winding; full of curves ['intortocheat; 'serpuit]
toss (v) - [a azv'irli; a agita]
totter (v) - stagger [a se cl'atina]
touchstone (n) - stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys; criterion
touchy (adj) - sensitive; irascible
tough (adj) - [tare; solid]
tout (v) - publicize; praise excessively
tow (v) - to drag, as a boat, by rope [a remorca; a trage la edec]
tract (n) - pamphlet; a region of indefinite size
tractable (adj) - [docil]
traduce (v) - expose to slander
trailer (n) - one that trails; a short filmed advertisement for a motion picture
trait (n) - stroke; touch; feature [tr'as'atur'a; linie; caracteristic'a]
trammel (n) - net for catching; restraint
tramp (v) - [a c'alca ap'asat; a se plimba pe jos; a vagabonda]
trample (v) - [a c'alca 'in picioare]
trance (n) - [extaz; trans'a]
transcribe (v) - copy
transgression (n) - infringement of law; violation of a law; sin
transitoriness (n) - impermanence
transmute (v) - change; convert to smth. different
transpire (v) - be revealed; happen
transport (n) - strong emotion (secondary meaning)
trappings (n) - outward decorations; ornaments
trash (v) - [a treiera; a trage o mam'a de b'ataie]
traumatic (adj) - pertaining to an injury caused by violence
travail (n) - painful labor
traverse (v) - go through or across
travesty (n) - comical parody aimed at making smth. appear ridiculous [imitare 'intr-o form'a ridicul'a]
treachery (n) - [tr'adare]
tread (v) - walk over; press beneath the foot; crush; copulate with (for male birds) [a p'a'si; a c'alca]
treadle (n) - a part of a loom or other machine moved by the foot [pedal'a la ma'sina de cusut]
treatise (n) - article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly [tratat]
trefoil (n) - [trifoi]
trek (n) - travel; journey
trellis (v) - [a 'intre'tese]
tremor (n) - trembling; slight quiver
tremulous (adj) - trembling; wavering
trench (n) - ['san't]
trenchant (adj) - cutting; keen [tran'sant]
trepidation (n) - fear; trembling agitation
trestle (n) - frame serving as support
tribulation (n) - distress; suffering [neaten'tie; suferin't'a]
trickle (v) - drip steadily
trickster (n) - one who tricks
trifle (v) - [a lua 'in r'is]
trigger (v) - initiate; set off
trim (v) - cut off of [a or'indui; a aranja]
trinket (n) - thing of little value; trifle [tinichea]
trite (adj) - hackneyed
trivia (n) - trifles; unimportant matters
trot (n) - [trap]
trot (v) - go or move at trot; hurry
troth (n) - pledge of good faith esp. in betrothal [logodn'a]
trough (n) - container for feeding farm animals; lowest point (of a waive, business, cycle, etc.)
trout (n) - [p'astr'av]
trowel (n) - [mistrie]
truant (adj) - lazy; indolent
truce (n) - armistice
truculence (n) - aggressiveness; ferocity
truculent (adj) - fierce; cruel; vitriolic; scathing; pugnacious
truism (n) - self-evident truth
truncate (v) - cut the top off
trundle (v) - tumble [a se rostogoli]
trustee (n) - ward; member of a board [administrator; curator; membru 'in consiliul de administra'tie]
tryst (n) - meeting
tuck (n) - [cut'a; 'incre'titur'a]
tuck (v) - [a cuta; a b'aga; a v'ir'i]
tuft (n) - [mo't; p'am'atuf; pampon; smoc]
tumble (v) - [a c'adea brusc; a se rostogoli]
tumid (adj) - swollen; pompous; bombastic
tumult (n) - commotion; riot; noise
turbid (adj) - being in turmoil; heavy, dark or dense
turbulence (n) - state of violent agitation
tureen (n) - deep dish for serving soup [supier'a]
turf (n) - ['t'ar'in'a; gazon]
turgid (adj) - swollen; distended
turmoil (n) - confusion
turn down (v) - [a respinge]
turncoat (n) - traitor
turntable (n) - [platan (la patefon)]
turpentine (n) - [terebentin'a]
turpitude (n) - depravity
turret (n) - [turl'a]
tutelage (n) - guardianship; training
twanging (n) - nasal speaking
twinkle (v) - shine with slight, intermittent gleams; glimmer
tycoon (n) - wealthy leader
tyro (n) - beginner; novice
ulterior (adj) - situated beyond; unstated and often questionable
ultimate (adj) - final; not susceptible to further analysis
umbrage (n) - resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult
umpire (n) - [arbitru]
unassuming (adj) - [modest; simplu; rezervat]
unbridled (adj) - violent
uncanny (adj) - weird; strange
uncommitted (adj) - neutral; impartial
unconscionable (adj) - unscrupulous; excessive
uncouth (adj) - outlandish; clumsy; boorish [st'ingaci; aspru; grosolan]
unction (n) - the act of anointing with oil [miruire?]
unctuous (adj) - oily; bland; insincerely suave
underbid (v) - bid to low
undergird (v) - strengthen; support; form basis of
undergo (v) - [a suferi; a se supune (unei opera'tii); a urma un tratament]
underhanded (adj) - [clandestin]
undermine (v) - weaken; sap [a submina]
underscore (v) - emphasize
undertake (v) - [a 'intreprinde; a garanta]
undertaker (n) - entrepreneur; mortician
underwrite (v) - guarantee
undulate (v) - move with a wavelike motion
unearth (v) - dig up; uncover
unerring (adj) - faultless
unerringly (adv) - infallibly
unfaltering (adj) - steadfast [ne'sov'aielnic]
unfeigned (adj) - genuine; real
unfettered (adj) - liberated; free from chains
unfledged (adj) - immature
unfold (v) - [a desf'a'sura]
unfrock (v) - defrock
ungainly (adj) - awkward
unimpeachable (adj) - blameless and exemplary
uninhibited (adj) - unrepressed
unison (n) - unity of pitch; complete accord
unkempt (adj) - disheveled; with uncared for appearance
unobtrusive (adj) - inconspicuous; not blatant
unprejudiced (adj) - not damaged
unprepossessing (adj) - unattractive
unravel (v) - to undo the knitted or woven fabric of; to separate; disentangle; solve [a desface; a de'sira]
unrelenting (adj) - not yielding; inexorable [ne'induplecat]
unrequited (adj) - non-reciprocated [care nu e reciproc]
unrestrained (adj) - [ne'infr'inat]
unruly (adj) - disobedient; lawless
unsavory (adj) - distasteful; morally offensive
unscathed (adj) - not injured; unharmed
unseemly (adj) - unbecoming; indecent [dizgra'tios; indecent]
unsheathe (v) - [a scoate (sabia) din teac'a]
unsightly (adj) - ugly
unsullied (adj) - untarnished
untenable (adj) - not able to be supported or defended
untidy (adj) - [dezordonat]
untoward (adj) - unfortunate; annoying; not favorable; inauspicious; refractory; improper
unwieldy (adj) - awkward; cumbersome; unmanageable
unwitting (adj) - unintentional; not knowing
unwonted (adj) - unaccustomed
upbraid (v) - criticize severely; scold
upheaval (n) - the process or an instance of being heaved upward; a profound and violent disruption or charge
upheave (v) - to heave or lift up from beneath
uphold (v) - support
upholster (v) - provide furniture with stuffing, springs, cushions and covering fabric [a tapi'ta]
upkeep (n) - expense of running a house
upright (adj) - perpendicular; vertical; honest; just
uproar (n) - a state of commotion, excitement or violent disturbance [strig'at; urlet]
uproarious (adj) - marked by commotion; extremely funny; very noisy
uproot (v) - pull up by the roots; exterminate [a dezr'ad'acina]
upset (v) - unsettle; knock over
upshot (n) - outcome
urbane (adj) - suave; refined; elegant
urchin (n) - a mischievous child (usu. a boy)
urge (v) - drive forward or onward forcefully; impel
ursine (adj) - bearlike; pertaining to a bear
usher (n) - [u'sier; plasator]
usher (v) - [a 'inso'ti; a introduce; a anun'ta]
usurp (v) - seize power; supplant
usury (n) - lending money at illegal rates of interest
utter (v) - pronounce; speak; express
utter (adj) - completely such, without qualification or exception
uxorious (adj) - excessively devoted to one's wife
vacillate (v) - waver; fluctuate [a se cl'atina din mers; a ezita]
vacuous (adj) - empty; lacking in ideas; stupid
vagary (n) - caprice; whim [capriciu; toan'a]
vagrant (n) - wanderer; tramp
vagrant (adj) - stray; random
vainglorious (adj) - boastful; excessively conceited
vale (n) - [vale; jgheab]
valediction (n) - farewell
valiant (adj) - brave; courageous [brav; curajos]
valor (n) - bravery
vampire (n) - [vampir]
vane (n) - [giruet'a; bra't; arip'a (la moara de v'int)]
vanguard (n) - forerunners; advance forces
vantage (n) - position giving an advantage
vapid (adj) - uninteresting; lacking in liveness; insipid; inane
variegate (v) - give variety to
variegated (adj) - many-colored
varnish (v) - [a l'acui]
vaunt (v) - brag; boast
vaunted (adj) - boasted; bragged; highly publicized
veer (v) - change in direction [a-'si schimba direc'tia (v'intul)]
vegetate (v) - live in a monotonous way
veil (n) - [voal]
veil (v) - conceal [a ascunde]
venal (adj) - capable of being bribed
vendor (n) - seller
veneer (n) - thin layer; cover
veneer (v) - [a sm'al'tui]
venial (adj) - forgivable; trivial
venison (n) - the meat of a deer
venomous (adj) - [veninos]
vent (n) - small opening; outlet [gaur'a; deschiz'atur'a]
vent (v) - express; utter
venturesome (adj) - bold
venue (n) - location [loc de adunare; 'int'ilnire]
veracious (adj) - truthful; honest
verbalize (v) - put into words
verbatim (adv) - word for word
verbiage (n) - pompous array of words
verbose (adj) - wordily
verdant (adj) - green; lush in vegetation
verdigris (n) - green coating on copper which has been exposed to weather
verge (n) - [margine; grani't'a; prag]
verisimilitude (n) - appearance of truth; likelihood [verosimilitate]
vermin (n) - [vermin'a; parazi'ti]
vernacular (n) - living language; natural style [dialect local; limb'a matern'a]
vernal (adj) - related to spring
versatile (adj) - having many talents
vertex (n) - summit
vertigo (n) - dizziness
verve (n) - [verv'a]
vessel (n) - [vas; cup'a; vapor]
vex (v) - harass; baffle; annoy [a vexa]
viable (adj) - capable of maintaining life; practicable [viabil]
viand (n) - food
vicarious (adj) - acting as a substitute; done by a deputy
victor (n) - winner
victuals (n) - food
vie (v) - rival; contend; compete
vignette (n) - picture; short literary sketch
vigor (n) - [vigoare]
vilify (v) - defame [a def'aima]
vindicate (v) - clear of charges [a dezvinov'a'ti; a reabilita]
vindictive (adj) - revengeful
vintner (n) - winemaker; seller of wine
vintner (v) - winemaker; seller of wine
viper (n) - [viper'a]
virtual (adj) - in essence; for practical purposes
virulent (adj) - extremely poisonous
visage (n) - face; appearance
viscid (adj) - adhesive; gluey
viscous (adj) - [v'iscos]
vise (n) - tool for holding work in place (in carpentry) [clam'a]
visionary (adj) - produced by imagination; fanciful; mystical
vitiate (v) - spoil the effect of; make inoperative
vitreous (adj) - pertaining to or resembling glass
vitriolic (adj) - corrosive; sarcastic
vituperative (adj) - abusive; scolding
vixen (n) - female fox; ill-tempered woman
vogue (n) - popular fashion [vog'a]
volatile (adj) - changeable
volition (n) - act of making a conscious choice
volley (n) - [o salv'a de (tun); rafal'a]
volley (v) - [a trage o salv'a de (tun); a da drumul la]
voracious (adj) - ravenous
vortex (n) - whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; predicament into which one is inexorably plunged
votary (n) - [adorator; adept; partizan]
votive (adj) - dedicated or given in fulfillment of pledge or vow; expressing a wish, desire or vow
vouch (v) - [a confirma; a garanta]
vouchsafe (v) - grant condescendingly; guarantee [a binevoi s'a acorde]
voussoir (n) - one of the wedged shapes forming an arch
vow (n) - [leg'am'int (m. ales religios)]
voyeur (n) - Peeping Tom; a prying observer who is usu. seeking the sordid or the scandalous
vulpine (adj) - like a fox; crafty
wad (n) - [tampon; dop de c'il'ti]
waddle (v) - [a merge leg'anat]
wade (v) - [a se b'al'aci; a merge cu greu prin apa]
waffle (v) - speak equivocally about smth.
waft (v) - move gently by wind or waves
wag (n) - a mischievous person [h'itru]
wag (v) - to swing; to be constantly active [a se mi'sca; a fi activ]
wager (n) - [pariu; r'am'a'sag]
waggish (adj) - mischievous; humorous; tricky [comic; 'streng'aresc]
waif (n) - homeless child or animal
wail (v) - [a boci; a jelui]
wait on smb. (v) - [a servi pe cineva]
waive (v) - give up temporarily; yield
waiver (n) - intentional relinquishment of one's rights
wallow (v) - roll in; indulge in; become helpless [a se b'al'aci]
wan (adj) - with a pale or sickly color; palid
wand (n) - a thin supple stick or twig; a musician/magician baton
wanderlust (n) - impulse for wandering
wane (n) - [declin]
wane (v) - [a descre'ste]
wangle (v) - wiggle out; fake [a izbuti; a-'si atinge 'telul; a ob'tine pe c'ai necinstite]
wanton (n) - one brought up in luxury; effeminate person
wanton (adj) - unrestrained; willfully malicious; unchaste [vioi; turbat; destr'ab'alat]
warble (v) - sing; babble
ward (n) - custody; protection; court of fortress
ware (n) - articles of the same kind
ware (v) - to beware of
warehouse (n) - [magazie]
warren (n) - tunnel in which rabbits live; crowded conditions in which people live
wart (n) - [neg]
wary (adj) - very cautious
wasp (n) - [viespe]
wastrel (n) - profligate [tr'indav]
wastrel (v) - profligate
waterfront (n) - [dig]
waterspout (n) - a column of water drawn up from the sea by a violent whirlwind [ploaie toren'tial'a; jgheab]
watertight (adj) - [etan's; 'inchis ermetic]
wattle (n) - poles intertwined with twigs, reeds or branches for use in construction, as of fences and walls; a fleshy, often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat, characteristic of certain birds and lizards [gu's'a]
waver (v) - [a 'sov'ai; a oscila; a tremura]
wax (v) - increase; grow
waylay (v) - ambush; lie in wait [a p'indi; a atrage 'in curs'a]
wayward (adj) - whimsical
weal (n) - affluence [bun'astare]
wean (v) - give up a cherished activity [a vindeca; a lecui; a 'in't'arca]
wearisome (adj) - causing weariness; tiresome [obositor]
weather (v) - endure the effects of weather or other forces
weathercock (n) - weather vane, esp. of the form of a rooster
web (n) - ['tes'atur'a; p'inza]
wedge (n) - [pan'a (de lemn)]
weed (n) - [buruian'a]
weed (v) - [a pr'a'si]
weep (v) - [a pl'inge; a jeli]
weird (n) - a destiny; fate; kismet; one of the Fates
weird (adj) - eerie; odd; strange; of or relating to fate
weld (v) - [a suda; a uni]
welkin (n) - [(arh.) cer; bolt'a]
well (n) - [f'int'in'a; pu't]
welt (n) - mark from a beating or whipping
welter (n) - turmoil; bewildering jumble
welter (v) - wallow [a se t'av'ali; a se sc'alda 'in]
wench (n) - [fat'a sau femeie t'in'ar'a (m. ales de la 'tar'a)]
wharf (n) - [chei; port]
wheedle (v) - coax; use soft words or flattery [a lingu'si]
whelp (n) - young wolf, dog, tiger, etc.
whet (v) - sharpen; simulate
whiff (v) - puff or gust (of air, scent); hint
whim (n) - fancy; caprice
whimper (v) - cry or sob with soft intermittent sounds; complain; whine
whimsical (adj) - characterized by whim
whine (v) - [a sc'inci; a se v'aita]
whiner (n) - one who whines
whining (adj) - querulous
whinny (v) - neigh like a horse [a necheza]
whirl (n) - ['inv'irtire; rotire]
whirlpool (n) - [v'irtej de ap'a]
whiskers (n) - [favori'ti (p'arul de pe fa't'a)]
whit (n) - smallest peck
whittle (v) - pare; cut off bits
wholesale (n) - [v'inzare en gros]
wholesome (adj) - promoting health; prudent; safe
whorl (n) - ring of leaves around stem; ring
whortleberry (n) - [afin'a]
wick (n) - [fitil]
widget (n) - gadget
wield (v) - [a st'ap'ini; a conduce]
wieldy (adj) - manageable [u'sor de umblat cu]
wiggle (v) - move or cause to move with short irregular twisting motions from side to side
wight (n) - [individ; fiin't'a]
willful (adj) - intentional; headstrong
wily (adj) - cunning; artful
wince (v) - [a (se) crispa; a tres'ari]
wind (v) - [a se r'asuci]
wind up (v) - finish
windfall (n) - fallen fruit; unexpected lucky event
wink (v) - [a clipi (din ochi) (at)]
winnow (v) - sift; separate goods from bad
wino (n) - one chronically addicted to drinking wine
winsome (adj) - agreeable; gracious; engaging
wipe (v) - [a 'sterge]
wispy (adj) - thin; slight; barely discernible
wistful (adj) - vaguely longing; sadly pensive
wit (n) - mind; memory; sanity; ingenuity; thinker; satire
wit (v) - be/become aware of; learn
withal (adv) - besides; nevertheless
withdraw (v) - retreat
withdrawn (adj) - introverted; remote
wither (v) - become dry and shapeless; stun; shrivel; decay [a se usca; a dec'adea]
witless (n) - without wit
witless (adj) - without wit
witticism (n) - witty saying; facetious remark
witty (adj) - intelligent; jocular
wizened (adj) - withered; shriveled
wobble (v) - waver; vacillate
woe (n) - [sup'arare; nenorocire]
womb (n) - [p'intec]
wont (n) - custom; habitual procedure
woo (v) - [a curta o fat'a; a solicita ceva]
woodcock (n) - a game bird
worship (v) - venerate [a venera]
woven (n) - ['tesut]
wrack (n) - [distrugere; nimicire]
wrangle (v) - quarrel; obtain through arguing; herd cattle
wrap (v) - [a 'inveli]
wrath (n) - strong vengeful anger
wreak (v) - inflict [a-'si v'arsa (m'inia)]
wreath (n) - [cunun'a]
wreathe (v) - [a 'impleti 'in cunun'a]
wreck (n) - [epav'a; naufragiu]
wrench (v) - pull; strain; twist
wrest (v) - pull away; take by violence
wrestle (v) - fight [a se lupta cu; a se lua la tr'int'a]
wretch (adj) - a miserable person; poor [nenorocit; pr'ap'adit]
wriggle (v) - squirm [a viermui]
wring (v) - [a r'asuci; a chinui]
wrinkle (n) - imperfection; irregularity
wrinkle (v) - pucker; crease
writ (n) - written command issued by a court
writhe (v) - squirm; twist [a se crispa; a se zv'ircoli]
wrought (adj) - ornamented; manufactured; hammered
wry (adj) - twisted; with a humorous twist
xenophobia (n) - fear or hatred of foreigners
yarn (n) - [fir tors]
yawl (n) - [iol'a]
yawn (v) - [a c'asca]
yearn (n) - longing; strong desire for something not likely [a'steptare a ceva improbabil]
yeast (n) - [borhot]
yelp (v) - [a chel'al'ai; a scheuna]
yen (n) - longing; urge
yeoman (n) - man owning a small estate; middle-class farmer
yield (n) - amount produced; crop; income on investment
yield (v) - give in; surrender [a produce; a da; a oferi]
yoke (v) - harness; join together; unite [a 'injuga]
yokel (n) - country bumpkin ['t'aran]
yonder (adj) - being at an indicated distance, usu. within sight
yore (n) - time past [odinioar'a]
zany (adj) - crazy; comic [caraghios; z'ap'acit]
zeal (n) - eager enthusiasm
zealot (n) - fanatic
zenith (n) - point directly overhead in the sky; summit
zephyr (n) - gentle breeze; west wind
zest (n) - orange or lemon peel, used to flavour liquid [gust]
zinnia (n) - any of some tropical American herbs
