Day 6

Question 1

constrict

Answer 1

Squeeze, compress; restrict the freedom of

“chemicals that constrict the blood vessels”

Question 2

contrite

Answer 2

Remorseful; feeling sorry for one’s offenses
or sins

” Teddy was immediately contrite. “That was stupid of me. Forgive me.””

Question 3

crescendo

Answer 3

Steady increase in force, intensity, or
the loudness of a musical passage; a
climactic moment or peak

“the port engine’s sound rose to a crescendo”

Question 4

cosset

Answer 4

care for and protect in an overindulgent way.

“all her life she’d been cosseted by her family”

Question 5

convoke

Answer 5

Call together, as to a meeting

“she sent messages convoking a Council of Ministers”

Question 6

conversant

Answer 6

familiar with or knowledgeable about something.

“you need someone who is conversant with the new technology”

Question 7

contumacious

Answer 7

Rebellious; stubbornly disobedient

“his refusal to make child support payments was contumacious”

Question 8

conundrum

Answer 8

a question asked for amusement, typically one with a pun in its answer; a riddle.

Question 9

countenance

Answer 9

a person’s face or facial expression.

“his impenetrable eyes and inscrutable countenance give little away”

Question 10

counterintuitive

Answer 10

Against what one would intuitively

expect

Question 11

credulous

Answer 11

having or showing too great a readiness to believe things.

“a ceremony staged for credulous tourists”

Question 12

cynical

Answer 12

Thinking the worst of others’

motivations; bitterly pessimistic

Question 13

daunt

Answer 13

Discourage, dishearten, lessen the

courage of

Question 14

debase

Answer 14

Degrade; lower in quality, value, rank,

etc.; lower in moral quality

Question 15

contentious

Answer 15

Controversial; prone to causing arguments,

especially gratuitous or petty ones