Deck 13

Question 1

curmudgeon

Answer 1

a difficult, bad tempered person

Question 2

cursory

Answer 2

• hasty, superficial

- cursory attempt to learn something: memorize a couple of things then give up

Question 3

curtail

Answer 3

to shorten, to cut short

Question 4

debacle

Answer 4

a sudden and ignominious (humiliating and embarrassing) failure; a fiasco

Question 5

debauchery

Answer 5

wild living, excessive intemperance (lack of moderation or restraint)

Question 6

debilitate

Answer 6

to weaken, to cripple

Question 7

decadent

Answer 7

decaying or decayed, esp. in terms of morals

Question 8

decorous

Answer 8

proper, in good taste, orderly

Question 9

decree

Answer 9

an official order, usually having the force of law

Question 10

deem

Answer 10

to judge, to consider

Question 11

defame

Answer 11

to ruin the good name of, to slander

Question 12

deference

Answer 12

submission to another’s will, respect, courtesy

Question 13

defile

Answer 13

to make filthy or foul, to desecrate

Question 14

defunct

Answer 14

no longer in effect, no longer in existence

Question 15

degenerate

Answer 15

to break down, to deteriorate

Question 16

deign

Answer 16

do something that one considers to be beneath one’s dignity

Question 17

delectable

Answer 17

delightful, delicious

Question 18

delineate

Answer 18

to describe accurately, to draw in outline

Question 19

delinquent

Answer 19

late in payment

Question 20

delude

Answer 20

to deceive

Question 21

demagogue

Answer 21

a leader who uses prejudice to get more power

Question 22

demise

Answer 22

death

Question 23

demur

Answer 23

to object, to take exception

Question 24

demure

Answer 24

shy, reserved, sedate

Question 25

denizen

Answer 25

inhabitant