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Putnam's Word Book Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the Putnam's Word Book novel. A total of 265 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : Putnam's Word Book.by Louis A. Flemming.Preface The purpose of this book, as concei
Putnam's Word Book.by Louis A. Flemming.Preface The purpose of this book, as conceived by the author, is not to attempt to create or to influence usage by pointing out which words should or should not be used, nor to explain the meaning of terms, but
- 201 sedition, n. rebellion, revolt, insurrection, riot, mutiny, insubordination.seditious, a. rebellious, insubordinate, insurgent, mutinous.seduce, v. entice, tempt, betray, allure.seducement, n. seduction, enticement.seducer, n. Lothario. seduction, n. enti
- 202 self-possession, n. composure, equanimity, calmness, _aplomb_.Antonyms: discomposure, agitation.self-righteous, a. pharisaic, sanctimonious.self-sufficiency, n. self-complacency.self-taught person. autodidact, automath. self-wors.h.i.+p, n. autolatry, idi
- 203 serene, a. calm, placid, composed, tranquil, unruffled, unclouded.serenity, n. calmness, composure, tranquillity; cloudlessness, clearness.serf, n. bondman, thrall, slave, bond servant, villein.serfdom, n. thralldom, slavery, subjection, bondage, servitud
- 204 s.e.xual weakness. (male) impotency, s.e.xual debility, invirility, emasculation, eviration; (female) sterility, defemination, infecundity.shabby, a. seedy, threadbare, tacky (Colloq.); mean, despicable, scurvy, contemptible.shack, n. (Colloq.) vagabond,
- 205 sheen, n. s.h.i.+ne, l.u.s.ter, gloss, brightness, splendor.sheep, n. _Ovis_, _Ovis aries_; (male) ram, buck; (female) ewe; (young) lamb, eanling; (castrated ram) wether; (leader of the flock) bellwether; hoggerel, hogget. a.s.sociated Words: bleat, braxy
- 206 shock, v. dismay, horrify, appall, terrify, frighten; stook; astound, stun, paralyze, scandalize, outrage, offend.shock, n. impact, blow, collision, concussion, onset, brunt, clash, percussion; stroke, blow; stook, hattock.shocking, a. scandalous, appalli
- 207 shrill, a. piercing, acute, strident.shrink, v. contract, shrivel, decrease, dwindle; flinch, recoil, blench, wince, winch.shrinkage, n. contraction; (Colloq.) depreciation.shrinking, a. coy, shy, diffident, bashful, modest, retiring.shroud, n. winding-sh
- 208 significance, n. meaning, import; consequence, importance, force.significant, a. momentous, important; indicative, significative.Antonyms: insignificant, unimportant, meaningless.signification, n. meaning, import, acceptation, sense.signify, v. indicate,
- 209 site, n. location.sitting, n. a.s.sociated Words: sedentary, a.s.session, astasia.situation, n. position, place, post, employment, job, location, site, station, position; circ.u.mstance, condition, plight, predicament, exigency.sitz bath. hip bath.six, n.
- 210 slag, n. scoria, cinders, recrement, dross, refuse.slake, v. quench; slack; abate, decrease, allay.slam-bang, adv. (Collog.) violently, forcibly, noisily, loudly.slander, v. malign, defame, traduce, asperse, vilify, calumniate, backbite, scandalize, libel
- 211 slightly, adv. somewhat; superficially, cursorily, hastily.slim, a. thin, gaunt, poor, lank, spare, spindling, meager; slight, insufficient, inconsiderable, paltry.slime, n. mud, mire, ooze, liman.slimsy, a. (Colloq.) flimsy, frail, poor.slip, v. slide, g
- 212 smirk, n. simper, sneer.smite, v. strike, buffet; blast, destroy; afflict, chasten, visit.smithereens, n. pl. (Colloq.) atoms, fragments, smithers, splinters.smitten, p.p. of smite. stricken; blasted; afflicted, chastened; enamored, fascinated, infatuated
- 213 snowy, a. niveous, snowlike.snub, v. slight, ignore, disregard.snub, n. slight, check, rebuke.snuff, n. maccaboy, rappee; sniff.snug, a. cozy; concealed, close; comfortable, compact. snuggle, v. nestle, cuddle.soak, v. drench, saturate; absorb, imbibe; ma
- 214 solvent, n. menstruum, dissolvent, resolvent.somersault, n. somerset.sometimes, adv. at intervals, now and then, occasionally.son, n. a.s.sociated Words: filial, filiation, unfilial, filicide, mulier, mulierty.song, n. hymn, chant, lay, ditty, ballad, ono
- 215 souse, v. pickle; douse, immerse, plunge, submerge.soutane, n. ca.s.sock.southerner, n. southron.southern lights. aurora australis.south wind. Auster, Notus. souvenir, n. keepsake, reminder, memento; trophy.sovereign, a. supreme, chief, paramount, predomi
- 216 speculation, n. theory, supposition, conjecture; contemplation, thought.speculative, a. contemplative, meditative; theoretical, supposit.i.tious.speech, a. utterance, speaking; language, talk, conversation, parlance, words; tongue, dialect; patois; discou
- 217 splice, v. interweave, unite, braid together.splinter, n. sliver, flinder.split, v. rive, cleave, sunder, rend, divide, separate, rift, burst, rupture, disunite, disrupt.split, n. crack, rent, fissure, rift; (Colloq.) breach, separation, disunion, rupture
- 218 springy, a. elastic, resilient, rebounding, recoiling; spongy, yielding, queachy. sprinkle, v. scatter, strew; besprinkle, bedew, asperse. sprinkling, n. aspersion, besprinkling. sprinter, n. runner. sprite, n. elf, goblin, pixy, fay, specter, phantom, gh
- 219 staff, n. rod, stick, cane; truncheon; mace; crozier; support; bourdon.stag, n. hart.stage, n. platform, rostrum; scaffold, staging; theater, playhouse, arena, boards; degree, step, point; drama. a.s.sociated Words: histrionic, histrionism, histrionicism,
- 220 state, n. condition, plight, category, situation, pa.s.s, predicament, circ.u.mstances; rank, quality; pomp, grandeur, magnificence; commonwealth; canton. a.s.sociated Words: federal, federalist, federalism, federalize, confederate, confederation, gerryma
- 221 sticking out. projecting, protruding, prominent.--n. projection, protrusion, prominence.stickle, v. contend, altercate, dispute, quibble, scruple, haggle, higgle, chaffer; trim, prevaricate, s.h.i.+ft, palter, play fast and loose.stickler, n. haggler, hig
- 222 stony, a. rocky, flinty, adamantine, petrous; unrelenting, pitiless.stool, n. footstool, cricket, ha.s.sock, ottoman, tabouret, buffet; tripod, trivet; faldstool; excrement, faeces.stoop, v. bend; condescend, deign, descend.stoop, n. condescension, descen
- 223 street railway. tramway (England).strength, n. force, vigor, power, might, hardihood, potency, puissance, stamina; tenacity, toughness, durability; impregnability, invincibility; security, validity, conclusiveness, cogency, efficacy; support, stay; intens
- 224 stupefy, v. dull, benumb, hebetate, blunt, besot.stupid, a. dull, stolid, obtuse, sluggish, inept, bovine, beef-witted, beetle-headed, besotted, fat-witted, doltish, undiscerning; prosaic, vapid, prosy, humdrum, uninspiring tame; lethargic, comatose, stup
- 225 suffering, n. distress, agony, misery, pain, discomfort, torture, sufferance.sufficiency, n. enough, adequacy, competence. Antonyms: insufficiency, inadequacy.sufficient, a. adequate. Antonyms: insufficient, inadequate.suffocate, v. choke, stifle, smother
- 226 superiority, n. predominancy, preeminence, ascendency, supremacy.supernatural, a. miraculous, preternatural, hyperphysical.supersede, v. replace, displace, supplant.supine, a. negligent, heedless, listless, indolent, careless.supplant, v. remove, displace
- 227 swag, n. (Slang) booty, boodle, loot, plunder, spoil.swaggering, n. bl.u.s.tering, boasting, roistering.swallow, v. ingurgitate; gulp, bolt, engorge, englut; ingulf, suck in, absorb, submerge, engulf, overwhelm; accept, believe, credit; appropriate, arrog
- 228 a.s.sociated Words: scabbard, sheathe, unsheathe, forte, hilt, sheath, foible, foil, fence, fencer, gladiatorial, gladiatorism, gladiature.swordfight, n. fencing, swordplay.sword of mercy. curtana.sword player, n. fencer; gladiator.sword-shaped, a. ensifo
- 229 take the place of. supplant, supersede, displace, subst.i.tute.take upon one's self. a.s.sume, undertake; arrogate, usurp.taking, a. alluring, fascinating, winning, charming, captivating.taking, n. seizure, apprehension; reprisal; prehension.taking b
- 230 teach, v. instruct, inform, educate, discipline, train, indoctrinate, school, enlighten, drill, tutor, instill, inculcate, coach.teachable, a. docile, tractable, apt, bright.teacher, n. instructor, tutor, master, pedagogue, preceptor, preceptress, governe
- 231 tent, n. pavilion, tabernacle, marquee, tilt, wigwam, tepee; pl.tentage.tenth, n. t.i.the, t.i.thing; decimal.ten thousand. myriad. a.s.sociated Word: myriarch.ten years. decade, decennium, decennary. a.s.sociated Words: decennial, decennially. terms, n.
- 232 thinness, n. emaciation, slenderness, gauntness, spareness, meagerness; tenuity, delicacy, fineness; incompactness; rarity, subtilty, subtilization; inadequacy, spa.r.s.eness, scantiness.thinning, n. dilution, reduction, attenuation, rarefaction, subtiliz
- 233 throw, v. pitch, hurl, fling, cast, toss, sling, heave; overturn, prostrate, floor.throw away. squander; reject, decline, refuse.throw by. discard.throw in. inject; contribute.throwing, n. a.s.sociated Words: missile, putting. throwing out. ejection, expu
- 234 tiresome, a. irksome, wearisome, fatiguing, tedious; toilsome, arduous.tissue, n. fabric, stuff, cloth, texture; web, network, fabrication.toad-eater, n. toady.toads, n. pl. a.s.sociated Words: ranine, ranivorous.toadstool, n. fungus. See Fungi. toady, n.
- 235 touching, prep. respecting, concerning, regarding.touchstone, n. criterion, test; basanite, Lydian stone.touchwood, n. punk, tinder, agaric, s.p.u.n.k.touchy, a. irascible, irritable, petulant, testy, choleric, snappish.tough, a. tenacious, unyielding; co
- 236 traveler, n. wayfarer, itinerant, voyager, pilgrim, tourist, peregrinator, pa.s.senger.traveler's handbook. itinerary.traveling, a. wayfaring, itinerant, wandering, peripatetic.traveling man. drummer, agent, traveling salesman.traveling preacher. iti
- 237 trousers, n. pl. pants, pantaloons, breeches; trews; spatterdashes, garnashes; knickerbockers.trout, n. a.s.sociated Word: truttaceous.truce, n. armistice.truckle, v. cringe, knuckle, submit, yield.true, a. correct, exact, accurate, veritable, authentic,
- 238 turning inward. introversion.turning over or backward. inversion, reversal.turning point. crisis; pivot. a.s.sociated Words: pivotal, critical.turning upside down. inversion, reversal.turning wrong side out. extroversion, eversion. turnip-shaped, a. napif
- 239 typesetter, n. compositor; typograph (machine). typhoid fever. enteric fever. typical, a. emblematical, prefigurative, representative, indicative. Antonyms: atypical, abnormal, variant, unique. typify, v. represent, prefigure. typographer, n. printer. t
- 240 unattainable, a. unachievable, impracticable, impossible.unauthentic, a. spurious, supposit.i.tious, uncanonical, apocryphal, fict.i.tious.unavailing, a. futile, nugatory, ineffectual, abortive, vain, bootless.unavoidable, a. inevitable, unpreventable, in
- 241 uncomplimentary, a. unflattering, frank, derogatory, blunt.uncompromising, a. inflexible, irreconcilable, intransigent, firm.unconcern, n. indifference, nonchalance, apathy, disinterestedness.unconcerned, a. indifferent, nonchalant, cool, apathetic, disin
- 242 underwrite, v. insure; subscribe.undeserved, a. unmerited, unjust.undeserving, a. unworthy, unmeritorious, indign.undesigned, a. unpremeditated, unintentional, accidental.undesigning, a. artless, guileless, sincere. undesirable, a. inexpedient; objectiona
- 243 unfair, a. unjust, partial, unconscionable, inequitable, disingenuous.unfairness, n. injustice, inequity, partiality.unfaithful, a. disloyal, faithless, perfidious, undutiful, renegade, apostate, recreant, derelict, false, treacherous, traitorous, treason
- 244 unhealthfulness, n. insalubrity, unwholesomeness.unhealthy, a. unhealthful, unwholesome, insalubrious, noxious, noisome, pestiferous, pernicious, unsanitary, unhygienic, morbid, morbific, pestilent, insalutary; sickly, unsound, diseased, morbid, invalid.u
- 245 unmanning, n. emasculation, castration; debilitation; discouragement.unmarried, a. single, celibate.unmarried man. bachelor, celibate, agamist.unmarried woman. spinster.unmatchable, a. peerless, matchless, incomparable, inimitable, unique. unmatched, a. u
- 246 unquenchable, a. unslakable, insatiate, insatiable, quenchless.unquestionable, a. incontrovertible, irrefutable, incontestable, indubitable, obvious, indisputable.unquestioned, a. undoubted, implicit.unravel, v. disentangle, extricate, ravel; decipher, un
- 247 unselfishness, n. magnanimity, altruism, beneficence, liberality. unsentimental, a. matter-of-fact, prosaic, pragmatical, practical. unserviceableness, n. inutility. unsettle, v. disorder, derange, upset, unhinge, disconcert. unsettled, a. undetermined, d
- 248 unusual, a. uncommon, curious, rare, odd, unique, extraordinary, anomalous, irregular.unutterable, a. unspeakable, ineffable.unvarying, a. invariable, monotonous, uniform.unveil, v. expose, uncover, reveal, disclose.unviolated, a. inviolate, inviolated, i
- 249 useless, a. unserviceable, futile, worthless, unavailing, bootless, ineffectual, null, nugatory, abortive.uselessness, n. inutility, futility, unserviceableness.usher, v. show to a seat; introduce, forerun, precede, herald, escort.usual, a. ordinary, gene
- 250 valuation, n. apprais.e.m.e.nt, appraisal.value, n. worth, excellence.value, v. appraise; prize, esteem, appreciate.vamose, v. (Slang) decamp, depart quickly, go.vampire, n. extortioner, bloodsucker. vandal, n. destroyer, iconoclast, hun.vanish, v. See di
- 251 venereal disease. gonorrhea, clap; syphilis.venereal sore. chancre, chancroid (soft chancre).venery, n. amorousness, amativeness; s.e.xual intercourse, coition.vengeance, n. retribution, avengement, revenge; Nemesis, retaliation.a.s.sociated Word: wreak.
- 252 vice, n. sin, iniquity, licentiousness, immorality; defect, fault, blemish, imperfection.vicinity, n. neighborhood, vicinage; nearness, propinquity, proximity.vicious, a. immoral, evil; defective, faulty, imperfect; refractory, unruly, unmanageable; foul,
- 253 vision, n. sight; apparition, dream, phantasm, specter, phantom, hallucination, illusion.visionary, a. dreamy, imaginative, romantic, fanciful, illusory, chimerical, Utopian.visionary, n. castle-builder, dreamer, illusionist.visitor, n. guest. Antonym: ho
- 254 waggery, n. humor, facetiousness, pleasantry, drollery, jesting, jocularity.waggish, a. frolicsome, facetious, roguish, arch, sportive, prankish.wagon, n. vehicle, wain; caravan, van.wagon-maker, n. wainwright, wagonwright, wheelwright.waif, n. estray, st
- 255 warfare, n. war, hostilities; crusade, struggle, strife, militancy.war-horse, n. charger; Bucephalus.warlike, a. military, martial, belligerent, bellicose.warm, a. lukewarm, tepid, thermal; zealous, ardent, fervent, sanguine, fervid, glowing, eager, enthu
- 256 watchman, n. sentinel, guard, Argus, Cerberus. See watch.watch-pocket, n. fob.watch-tower, n. observatory.watchword, n. countersign, pa.s.sword, s.h.i.+bboleth, parole.water, v. irrigate. Water, n. a.s.sociated Words: aquatic, aquarium, aqueduct, alluvial
- 257 weak, a. feeble, infirm, debilitated, weakly, fragile, delicate, invalid, emasculated, enervated; vulnerable, a.s.sailable, unguarded, unprotected, exposed; frail, pliant, tender; peccable, fallible, errable, erring, indiscreet; impotent, ineffectual, ine
- 258 whale oil. train oil.wharf, n. pier, quay, dock; jetty.whatnot, a. etagere, cabinet.wheat, n. a.s.sociated Word: mattamore. See grain.wheedle, v. cajole, blandish, inveigle. wheedling, n. cajolery, blandishment, inveiglement.wheel, n. cycle; truckle, cast
- 259 wh.o.r.ehouse, n. brothel, bawdy-house.wh.o.r.emaster, n. lecher, fornicator, wh.o.r.emonger; pimp, procurer, pander.wh.o.r.emonger, n. wh.o.r.emaster, debauchee, rake, wencher.whorish, a. lewd, incontinent, licentious, meretricious, libidinous.wicked, a.
- 260 winning, n. achievement, gaining.winning, a. charming, captivating, winsome, engaging.winter, n. a.s.sociated Words: hibernation, hibernal, hibernacle, hyemation, hibernaculum, hyemal, brumal.winter, v. hibernate.wipe, v. swab; expunge, efface, obliterate
- 261 wonted, a. accustomed, customary, usual, habitual.wood, n. timber; duramen, heartwood; alburnum, sapwood; kindling, fuel. a.s.sociated Words: kyanize, fissile, fissility, lignification, lignify, ligniferous, lignescent, lignite, lignivorous, xylopyrograph
- 262 worthless, a. valueless, good-for-nothing, futile, trashy, unworthy, trumpery, scurvy, contemptible.worthy, a. meritorious, excellent, estimable, deserving, reputable, exemplary, upright.would-be, a. self-styled, _soi-disant_, presumptuous.wound, n. hurt,
- 263 yarn, n. worsted, warp, abb, spinel. a.s.sociated Word: skein.yawn, v. gape, oscitate.yawn, n. gape, gaping, yawning, oscitation, oscitancy.yawning, a. gaping, oscitant.yearbook, n. annual. yearly, a. annual, anniversary.--adv. annually.yearn, v. long, de
- 264 automobile, n. motor car, autocar, motor. a.s.sociated Words: garage, tonneau, carburetter, cha.s.sis, automobilist, chauffeur, mechanician.baby carriage. perambulator.balloon, n. Montgolfier (hot-air balloon). a.s.sociated words: parachute, inflate, infl
- 265 marriage rate. nuptiality. metals, n. pl. a.s.sociated Words: metallic, metallurgy, metallography, metalliferous, metalliform, metalline, metallist, metallurgical, metallurgist, alloy, lode, dross recrement, bimetallic, bimetallism, monometallic, monometa