3A

Question 1

culmination
culminate

Answer 1

(reach) a climax or point of highest development, especially after a long buildup

Question 2

cultivation
cultivate

Answer 2

1) acquire a skill
2) win someone’s friendship
3) raise or grow plants

Question 3

curiosity
curious

Answer 3

a strange or unusual object or fact; pecularity; oddity

Question 4

debunk

Answer 4

expose as false

Question 5

defect
defective

Answer 5

1) shortcoming; lack
2) desert your country for the enemy

Question 6

deference
defer
deferential

Answer 6

submit / yield to someone out of respect or seniority

Question 7

deficiency
deficient

Answer 7

1) lack, shortage
2) a failing / shortcoming

Question 8

defiance
defy
defiant

Answer 8

openly resist or refuse to obey; fight back, challenge

Question 9

delegate
delegation

Answer 9

a person authorized to represent others \
2) assign/entrust responsibility to another person

Question 10

demeanor

Answer 10

outward behavior/bearing

Question 11

derive
derivative

Answer 11

1) obtain something from a source
2) based a concept on another
3) originate from a source

Question 12

deterrent
deter

Answer 12

discourage or prevent someone from doing something

Question 13

discern

Answer 13

perceive or recognize something

Question 14

disdain
disdainful

Answer 14

feeling someone or something is unworthy of your respect; scorn, contempt

Question 15

discriminate

Answer 15

v. 1) recognize a distinction
2) unjust or prejudicial treatment towards categories of people (sex, race, age, etc._
n. 3) wisdom, good judgment, taste, discernment

Question 16

disparate

Answer 16

essentially different; unable to be compared

Question 17

disparity

Answer 17

a great difference; a great inequality

Question 18

dispel

Answer 18

remove (fears, doubts, false ideas, myths) by proving wrong/unnecessary

Question 19

disposition

Answer 19

a person’s inherent mind or character; temperament; personality

Question 20

dissent

Answer 20

disagree; argue against