Words that rhyme with garget

  • abrogate
    v 1: revoke formally
  • agate
    n 1: an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles
  • aggregate
    adj 1: formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole; "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of indebtedness" [syn: aggregate, aggregated, aggregative, mass] 2: composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets; "raspberries are aggregate fruits" n 1: the whole amount [syn: sum, total, totality, aggregate] 2: material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster 3: a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together [syn: aggregate, congeries, conglomeration] v 1: amount in the aggregate to 2: gather in a mass, sum, or whole [syn: aggregate, combine]
  • ate
    n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
  • bigot
    n 1: a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own
  • braggart
    adj 1: exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: boastful, braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self- aggrandising] n 1: a very boastful and talkative person [syn: bragger, braggart, boaster, blowhard, line-shooter, vaunter]
  • conjugate
    adj 1: joined together especially in a pair or pairs [syn: conjugate, conjugated, coupled] 2: (of a pinnate leaflet) having only one pair of leaflets 3: formed by the union of two compounds; "a conjugated protein" [syn: conjugate, conjugated] 4: of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond [syn: conjugate, conjugated] n 1: a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A [syn: conjugate solution, conjugate] v 1: unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds 2: add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.; "conjugate the verb" 3: undergo conjugation
  • delegate
    n 1: a person appointed or elected to represent others v 1: transfer power to someone [syn: delegate, depute] 2: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) [syn: delegate, designate, depute, assign]
  • ergot
    n 1: a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus 2: a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid [syn: ergot, Claviceps purpurea]
  • frigate
    n 1: a medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries 2: a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser
  • gigot
    n 1: lamb leg suitable for roasting [syn: leg of lamb, gigot]
  • ingot
    n 1: metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling [syn: ingot, metal bar, block of metal]
  • interrogate
    v 1: transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication 2: pose a series of questions to; "The suspect was questioned by the police"; "We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion" [syn: interrogate, question]
  • investigate
    v 1: investigate scientifically; "Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese" [syn: investigate, look into] 2: conduct an inquiry or investigation of; "The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities"; "inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady" [syn: investigate, inquire, enquire]
  • irrigate
    v 1: supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields" [syn: water, irrigate] 2: supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting; "irrigate the wound"
  • legate
    n 1: a member of a legation [syn: legate, official emissary]
  • litigate
    v 1: engage in legal proceedings 2: institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination" [syn: action, sue, litigate, process]
  • maggot
    n 1: the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
  • mitigate
    v 1: lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime" [syn: extenuate, palliate, mitigate] 2: make less severe or harsh; "mitigating circumstances"
  • navigate
    v 1: travel on water propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow" [syn: voyage, sail, navigate] 2: act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance; "Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?" [syn: navigate, pilot] 3: direct carefully and safely; "He navigated his way to the altar"
  • negate
    v 1: be in contradiction with [syn: contradict, belie, negate] 2: deny the truth of [syn: contradict, negate, contravene] 3: prove negative; show to be false [syn: negate, contradict] [ant: affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain] 4: make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts" [syn: neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negate]
  • nougat
    n 1: nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste
  • nugget
    n 1: a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth
  • objurgate
    v 1: express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" [syn: condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate] 2: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" [syn: chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct]
  • obligate
    adj 1: restricted to a particular condition of life; "an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen" [ant: facultative] v 1: force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form" [syn: compel, oblige, obligate] 2: commit in order to fulfill an obligation; "obligate money" 3: bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" [syn: oblige, bind, hold, obligate]
  • profligate
    adj 1: recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures" [syn: extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift] 2: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [syn: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast] n 1: a dissolute man in fashionable society [syn: rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue] 2: a recklessly extravagant consumer [syn: prodigal, profligate, squanderer]
  • propagate
    v 1: transmit from one generation to the next; "propagate these characteristics" 2: travel through the air; "sound and light propagate in this medium" 3: transmit; "propagate sound or light through air" 4: become distributed or widespread; "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population" [syn: spread, propagate] 5: transmit or cause to broaden or spread; "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land" 6: cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around] 7: cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering 8: multiply sexually or asexually
  • relegate
    v 1: refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues" [syn: relegate, pass on, submit] 2: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" [syn: demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs] [ant: advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade] 3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country" [syn: banish, relegate, bar] 4: assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms" [syn: relegate, classify]
  • segregate
    n 1: someone who is or has been segregated v 1: separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county" [ant: desegregate, integrate, mix] 2: divide from the main body or mass and collect; "Many towns segregated into new counties"; "Experiments show clearly that genes segregate" 3: separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun segregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"
  • surrogate
    adj 1: providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties; "foster parent"; "foster child"; "foster home"; "surrogate father" [syn: foster, surrogate] n 1: someone who takes the place of another person [syn: surrogate, alternate, replacement] 2: a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others [syn: deputy, surrogate]
  • vulgate
    n 1: the Latin edition of the Bible translated from Hebrew and Greek mainly by St. Jerome at the end of the 4th century; as revised in 1592 it was adopted as the official text for the Roman Catholic Church
  • ligate
    v 1: join letters in a ligature when writing 2: bind chemically; "The enzyme ligated" 3: bind with a bandage or ligature; "ligate the artery"
  • yogurt
    n 1: a custard-like food made from curdled milk [syn: yogurt, yoghurt, yoghourt]
  • margate
    n 1: a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil [syn: margate, Haemulon album]
  • newgate
    n 1: a former prison in London notorious for its unsanitary conditions and burnt down in riots in 1780; a new prison was built on the same spot but was torn down in 1902
  • drugget
    n 1: a rug made of a coarse fabric having a cotton warp and a wool filling
  • aydt
  • ait
  • swaggart
  • taggart
  • mctaggart
  • virgate
  • hoggart

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