Barron's Word List 2 Flashcards
clamor
noisy outcry
clique
a small, exclusive group
cloister
to confine; seclude
coagulate
thicken; congeal
coalesce
to cause to become one
codify
to systematize
cognizant
informed; conscious; aware
ccommensurate
proportional
compendium
brief; comprehensive summary
complacent
self-satisfied
complaisant
overly polite; willingness to comply with the wish of others
complement
something that completes or makes up a whole
compliant
yielding
compunction
uneasiness caused by guilt
concave
curving inward
conciliatory
overcoming distrust or hostility
concoct
to invent
concomitant
existing concurrently
condone
to overlook voluntarily; forgive
confound
to baffle; perplex; mix up
congenial
similar in tastes and habits; friendly; suited to
conjugal
pertaining to marriage agreement
connoisseur
expert in matters of taste; expert knowledge or training
conscript
a person compulsorily enrolled for military service
consecrate
to declare sacred
contend
to assert
cotentious
quarrelsome; causing quarrels
contiguous
touching; neighboring; connecting without a break
continence
self-control; abstention from sexual activity
contrite
very sorrowful for a wrong; seeking forgiveness
contumacious
disobedient; rebellious
conundrum
riddle; puzzle with no solution
converge
to approach; come together; tend to meet
convex
curves outward
convival
sociable
convoluted
twisted; complicated
copious
abundant; plentiful
corquette
woman who flirts
covert
hidden; secret
covetous
desiring something owned by another
cozen
to mislead by trick or fraud; decieve
craven
cowardly
credence
acceptance of something as true
credo
statement of belief or principle; creed
daunt
to discourage; intimidate; dishearten
dearth
scarcity
debauchery
corruption
decorum
proper behavior
defame
to malign; harm someone’s reputation
default
to fail to act
deference
respect; regard for another’s wish
defunt
no longer existing
delineate
to represent or depict
demographic
related to population balance
demotic
pertaining to people
demur
to express doubt; question or oppose
denigrate
to slur someone’s reputation
denizen
an inhabitant; a regular visitor
denoument
outcome
deride
to mock
derivative
something derived; unoriginal
desiccate
to dry completely
desuetude
state of disuse
desultory
random; disconnecting; rambling
deterrent
something that discourages or hinders
detraction
the act of taking away
diaphanous
transparent; vague; insubstancial
diatribe
bitter verbal attack
dichotomy
division into two usually contradictory parts
diffidence
shyness; lack of confidence
diffuse
to spread out
digression
act of straying from the main point
dirge
funeral hymn
disabuse
free from a misconception
discerning
perspective; exhibiting keen insight and good judgement
discomfit
to make uneasy; disconcert
discordant
not in tune
discredit
to dishonor; disgrace
discrepancy
difference between
discrete
constituting a separate thing; distinc
discretion
quality of showing self-restraint in speech or actions
disingenuous
not candid
disinterested
unprejudiced; objective
disjointed
lacking order or coherence; dislocated
dismiss
put away from consideration; reject
disparage
to belittle
disparate
dissimilar
dissemble
to pretend; disguise one’s motives
disseminate
to spread; scatter; disperse
dissolution
disintegration; debuachery
dissonance
discord; lack of harmony
distend
to expand; swell out
distill
extract the essential elements
distrait
inattentive; preoccupied
diverge
to vary; go in different directions from the same point
divest
to strip; deprive; rid
divulge
to make known something that is secret
document
to provide with written evidence to support
doggerel
poor verse
dogmatic
stating opinions without proof
dormant
inactive
dross
waste; worthless matter
dupe
to deceive; trick
ebullient
exhilarated; overly enthusiastic
eclectic
selecting from various sources
effervescence
state of high spirits or liveliness
effete
deplete of vitality; overrefined; decadent
dissident
person who disagrees about beliefs
doctrinaire
dogmatic; unyielding
efficacy
effectiveness; efficiency
effrontery
shameless boldness; presumptuousness
egoism
the tendency to see thing in relation to oneself; self-centeredness
egotistical
excessively self-centered; conceited
elicit
to provoke; draw out
elysian
delightful; blissful
emaciated
thin and wasted
embellish
to adorn; enhance
emollient
soothing; mollifying
empirical
derived from observation or experiment
emulate
to imitate; copy
encomium
a formal expression of praise
endemic
inherent; belonging to an area
enervate
to weaken
engender
to cause; produce
enhance
to increase; improve
enunciate
to pronounce clearly
ephermeral
short-lived; fleeting
equable
stead; unvarying; serene
quanimity
composure; calmness
equivocate
intentionally use vague language
errant
mistaken; straying from proper course
erudite
learned; scholarly
