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carnivorous

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meat-eating (Eg: The lion is a carnivorous animal. )

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carousal

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drunken revel (Eg: The party degenerated into an ugly carousal. )

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carping

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petty criticism; fault-finding (Eg: Welcoming constructive criticism, Lexy appreciated her editor’s comments, finding them free of carping. )

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carrion

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rotting flesh of a dead body (Eg: Buzzards are nature’s scavengers; they eat the carrion left behind by other predators. )

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cartographer

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map-maker (Eg: Though not a professional cartographer, Tolkien was able to construct a map of the fictional world. )

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cascade

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small waterfall (Eg: )

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caste

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one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society, social stratification; prestige (Eg: The differences created by caste in India must be wiped out if true democracy is to prevail in that country. )

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castigation

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punishment; severe criticism (Eg: Sensitive even to mild criticism, Woolf could not bear castigation that she found in certain reviews. )

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casualty

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serious or fatal accident (Eg: The number of automotive casualties on this holiday weekend was high. )

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cataclysm

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deluge; upheaval (Eg: A cataclysm such as the French Revolution affects all countries. )

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catalyst

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agent that brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged (Eg: Many chemical reactions cannot take place without the presence of a catalyst. )

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catapult

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slingshot; hurling machine (Eg: Airplanes are sometimes launched from battleships by catapults. )

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cataract

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great waterfall; eye abnormality (Eg: She gazed with awe at the mighty cataract known as Niagara Falls. )

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catastrophe

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calamity (Eg: The Johnstown flood was a catastrophe. )

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catechism

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book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer (Eg: He taught by engaging his pupils in a catechism until they gave him the correct answer. )

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<p>categorical</p>

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<p>without exceptions; unqualified; absolute (Eg: Though the captain claimed he was never, never sick at sea, he finally qualified his categorical denial; he )</p>

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catharsis

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purging or cleansing of any passage of the body (Eg: Aristotle maintained that tragedy created a catharsis by purging the soul of base concepts. )

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cathartic

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purgative (Eg: Some drugs act as laxatives when taken in small doses but act as cathartics when taken in much larger )

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catholic

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universal; wide-ranging liberal (Eg: He was extremely catholic in his taste and read everything he could find in the library. )

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<p>caucus</p>

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<p>private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy (Eg: At the opening of Congress the members of the Democratic Party held a caucus to elect the majority )</p>

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caulk

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to make watertight (by plugging seams) (Eg: )

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causal

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implying a cause-and-effect relationship (Eg: The psychologist maintained there was a causal relationship between the nature of one’s early childhood )

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caustic

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burning; sarcastically biting (Eg: The critic’s caustic remarks angered the hapless actors who were the subjects of his sarcasm. )

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cauterize

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burn with hot iron or caustic (Eg: In order to prevent infection, the doctor cauterized the wound. )

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<p>cavalcade</p>

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<p>procession; parade (Eg: As described by Chaucer, the cavalcade of Canterbury pilgrims was motley group. )</p>

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cavalier

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casual and offhand; arrogant (Eg: Sensitive about having her ideas taken lightly, Marcia felt insulted by Mark’s cavalier dismissal of her )

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cavil

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make frivolous objections (Eg: I respect your sensible criticisms, but I dislike the way you cavil about unimportant details. )

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cede

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transfer; yield title to (Eg: I intend to cede this property to the city. )

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celerity

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speed; rapidity (Eg: Hamlet resented his mother’s celerity in remarrying within a month after his father’s death. )

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<p>celestial</p>

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<p>heavenly (Eg: She spoke of the celestial joys that awaited virtuous souls in the hereafter. )</p>

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celibate

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abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried (Eg: Though the late Havelock Ellis wrote extensively about sexual customs and was considered an expert in )

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censor

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overseer of morals; person who eliminates inappropriate matter (Eg: Soldiers dislike having their mail read by a censor but understand the need for this precaution. )

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censorious

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critical (Eg: censorious people delight in casting blame. )

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censure

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blame; criticize (Eg: He was censured for his inappropriate behavior. )

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centaur

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mythical figure, half man and half horse (Eg: I was particularly impressed by the statue of the centaur in the Roman Hall of the museum. )

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centigrade

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denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius) (Eg: )

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centrifugal

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radiating; departing from the center (Eg: Many automatic drying machines remove excess moisture from clothing by centrifugal force. )

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<p>centrifuge</p>

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<p>machine that separates substances by whirling them (Eg: At the dairy, we employ a centrifuge to separate cream from milk. )</p>

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centripetal

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tending toward the center (Eg: Does centripetal force or the force of gravity bring orbiting bodies to the earth’s surface? )

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centurion

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Roman army officer (Eg: Because he was in command of a company of one hundred soldiers, he was called a centurion. )

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cerebral

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pertaining to the brain or intellect (Eg: The content of philosophical works is cerebral in nature and requires much thought. )

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cerebration

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thought (Eg: Mathematics problems sometimes require much cerebration. )

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ceremonious

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marked by formality (Eg: Ordinary dress would be in appropriate at so ceremonious an affair. )

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<p>cessation</p>

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<p>stopping (Eg: The workers threatened a cessation of all activities if their demands were not met. )</p>

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cession

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yielding to another; ceding (Eg: The cession of Alaska to the United States is discussed in this chapter. )

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chafe

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warm by rubbing (Eg: The collar chafed his neck. )

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chaff

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worthless products of an endeavor (Eg: When you separate the wheat from the chaff, be sure you throw out the chaff. )

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chaffing

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bantering; joking (Eg: Sometimes his flippant and chaffing remarks annoy us. )

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chagrin

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vexation; disappointment (Eg: Her refusal to go with us filled us with chagrin. )

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<p>chalice</p>

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<p>goblet; consecrated cup (Eg: In a small room adjoining the cathedral, many ornately decorated chalices made by the most famous )</p>

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chameleon

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lizard that changes color in different situations (Eg: Like the chameleon, he assumed the political coloration of every group he met. )

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champion

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support militantly (Eg: )

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chaotic

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in utter disorder (Eg: He tried to bring order into the chaotic state of affairs. )

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charisma

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divine gift; great popular charm or appeal (Eg: Political commentators have deplored the importance of a candidate’s charisma in these days of television )

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charlatan

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quack; pretender to knowledge (Eg: When they realized that the Wizard didn’t know how to get them back to Kansas, Dorothy and her friends )

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chary

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cautious; sparing or restrained about giving (Eg: A prudent, thrifty New Englander, DeWitt was as chary of investing money in junk bonds as he was chary )

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chase

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ornament a metal surface by indenting (Eg: With his hammer, he carefully chased an intricate design onto the surface of the chalice. )

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<p>chasm</p>

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<p>abyss (Eg: They could not see the bottom of the chasm. )</p>

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chassis

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framework and working parts of an automobile (Eg: Examining the car after the accident, the owner discovered that the body had been ruined but that the )

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chaste

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pure (Eg: Her chaste and decorous garb was appropriately selected for the solemnity of the occasion. )

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chasten

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discipline; punish in order to correct (Eg: Whom God loves, God chastens. )

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chastise

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punish (Eg: I must chastise you for this offense. )

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chauvinist

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blindly devoted patriot (Eg: A chauvinist cannot recognize any faults in his country, no matter how flagrant they may be. )

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check

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stop motion; curb or restrain (Eg: Thrusting out her arm, Grandma checked Bobby’s lunge at his sister. “Young man,” she said, “you’d better )

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checkered

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marked by changes in fortune (Eg: During his checkered career he had lived in palatial mansions and in dreary boardinghouses. )

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cherubic

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angelic; innocent-looking (Eg: With her cheerful smile and rosy cheeks, she was a particularly cherubic child. )

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<p>chicanery</p>

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<p>trickery (Eg: Your deceitful tactics in this case are indications of chicanery. )</p>

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chide

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scold (Eg: Grandma began to chide Steven for his lying. )

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chimerical

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fantastic; highly imaginative (Eg: Poe’s chimerical stories are sometimes too morbid for reading in bed. )

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chivalrous

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courteous; faithful; brave (Eg: chivalrous behavior involves noble words and good deeds. )

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choleric

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hot-tempered (Eg: His flushed, angry face indicated a choleric nature. )

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choreography

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art of dancing (Eg: Martha Graham introduced a form of choreography that seemed awkward and alien to those who had )

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chronic

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long established, as a disease (Eg: The doctors were finally able to attribute his chronic headaches and nausea to traces of formaldehyde gas )

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chronicle

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report; record (in chronological order) (Eg: The gossip columnist was paid to chronicle the latest escapades of the socially prominent celebrities. )

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churlish

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boorish; rude (Eg: Dismayed by his churlish manners at the party, the girls vowed never to invite him again. )

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ciliated

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having minute hairs (Eg: The paramecium is a ciliated, one-celled animal. )

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cipher

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nonentity; worthless person or thing (Eg: She claimed her ex-husband was a total cipher and wondered why she had ever married him. )

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cipher

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secret code (Eg: Lacking his code book, the spy was unable to decode the message sent to him in cipher. )

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circlet

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small ring; band (Eg: This tiny circlet is very costly because it is set with precious stones. )

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circuitous

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roundabout (Eg: Because of the traffic congestion on the main highways, she took a circuitous route. )

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circumlocution

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indirect or roundabout expression (Eg: He was afraid to call spade a spade and resorted to circumlocutions to avoid direct reference to his subject. )

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circumscribe

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limit; confine (Eg: )

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<p>circumspect</p>

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<p>prudent; cautious (Eg: Investigating before acting, she tried always to be circumspect. )</p>

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circumvent

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outwit; baffle (Eg: In order to circumvent the enemy, we will make two preliminary attacks in other sections before starting )

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citadel

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fortress (Eg: The citadel overlooked the city like a protecting angel. )

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cite

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quote; commend (Eg: She could cite passages in the Bible from memory. )

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civil

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having to do with citizens or the state; courteous and polite (Eg: Although internal Revenue Service agents are civil servants, they are not always civil to suspected tax )

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clairvoyant

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having foresight; fortuneteller (Eg: Cassandra’s clairvoyant warning was not heeded by the Trojans. )

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clamber

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climb by crawling (Eg: She clambered over the wall. )

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clamor

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noise (Eg: The clamor of the children at play outside made it impossible for her to take a nap. )

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clandestine

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secret (Eg: After avoiding their chaperon, the lovers had a clandestine meeting. )

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clangor

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loud, resounding noise (Eg: The blacksmith was accustomed to the clangor of hammers on steel. )

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clapper

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striker (tongue) of a bell (Eg: Wishing to be undisturbed by the bell, Dale wound his scarf around the clapper to muffle its striking. )

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clarion

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shrill, trumpetlike sound (Eg: We woke to the clarion to muffle its striking. )

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claustrophobia

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fear of being locked in (Eg: His fellow classmates laughed at his claustrophobia and often threatened to lock him in his room. )

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clavicle

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collarbone (Eg: Even though he wore shoulder pads, the football player broke his clavicle during a practice scrimmage. )

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cleave

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split asunder (Eg: The lightening cleaves the tree in two. )

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cleft

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split (Eg: Erosion caused a cleft in the huge boulder. )

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clemency

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disposition ot be lenient; mildness, as of the weather (Eg: The lawyer was pleased when the case was sent to Judge Smith’s chambers because Smith was noted for )

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cliche

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phrase culled in meaning by repetition (Eg: High school compositions are often marred by such cliches as “strong as an ox.” )

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clientele

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body of customers (Eg: The rock club attracted a young, stylish clientele. )

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climactic

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relating to the highest point (Eg: When he reached the climactic portions of the book, he could not stop reading. )

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clime

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region; climate (Eg: His doctors advised him to move to a milder clime. )

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clique

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small, exclusive group (Eg: She charged that a clique had assumed control of school affairs. )

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cloister

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monastery or convent (Eg: The nuns lived in the cloister. )

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clout

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great influence (especially political or social) (Eg: Gatsby wondered whether he had enough clout to be admitted to the exclusive club. )

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cloying

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distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental (Eg: Disliking the cloying sweetness of standard wedding cakes, Jody and Tom chose a homemade carrot cake )

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coagulate

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thicken; congeal; clot (Eg: Even after you remove the pudding from the burner, it will continue to coagulate as it stands. )

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coalesce

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combine; fuse (Eg: The brooks coalesce into one large river. )

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coda

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concluding section of a musical or literary composition (Eg: The piece concluded with a distinctive coda that strikingly brought together various motifs. )

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coddle

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treat gently; pamper (Eg: Don’t coddle the children to much; they need a taste of discipline. )

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codicil

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supplement to the body of a will (Eg: This codicil was drawn up five years after the writing of the original will. )

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codify

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arrange (laws, rules) as a code; classify (Eg: )

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coercion

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use of force (Eg: They forced him to obey, but only by great coercion. )

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coeval

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living at the same time as; contemporary (Eg: coeval with the dinosaur, the pterodactyl flourished during the Mesozoic era. )

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cog

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tooth projecting from a wheel (Eg: A bicycle chain moves through a series of cogs in order to propel the bike. )

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cogent

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convincing (Eg: She presented cogent arguments to the jury. )

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cogitate

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think over (Eg: cogitate on this problem; the solution will come. )

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cognate

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related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature (Eg: The English word “mother” cognate to the Latin word “mater,” whose influence is visible in the words )

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cognitive

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having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental precesses (Eg: Though Jack was emotionally immature, his cognitive development was admirable; he was very advanced )

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cognizance

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knowledge (Eg: During the election campaign, the two candidates were kept in full cognizance of the international )

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cohere

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stick together (Eg: Solids have a greater tendency to cohere than liquids. )

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cohesion

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tendency to keep together (Eg: A firm believer in the maxim “Divide and conquer,” the emperor, by lies and trickery, sought to disrupt the )

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cohorts

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armed band (Eg: Caesar and his Roman cohorts conquered almost all of the known world. )

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coiffure

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hairstyle (Eg: You can make a statement with your choice of coiffure: in the 60’s many African-Americans affirmed their )

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coincident

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occurring at the same time (Eg: Some people find the coincident events in Hardy’s novels annoyingly improbable. )

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colander

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utensil with perforated bottom used for straining (Eg: Before serving the spaghetti, place it in a colander to drain it. )

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collaborate

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work together (Eg: Two writers collaborated in preparing this book. )

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collage

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work of art put together from fragments (Eg: Scraps of cloth, paper doilies, and old photographs all went into her collage. )

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collate

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examine in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order (Eg: They collated the newly found manuscripts to determine their age. )

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collateral

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security given for loan (Eg: The sum you wish to borrow is so large that it must be secured by collateral. )

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collation

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a light meal (Eg: Tea sandwiches and cookies were offered at the collation. )

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colloquial

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pertaining to conversational or common speech (Eg: Your use of colloquial expressions in a formal essay such as the one you have presented spoils the effect )

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colloquy

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informal discussion (Eg: I enjoy our colloquies but I sometimes wish that they could be made more formal and more searching. )

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collusion

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conspiring in a fraudulent scheme (Eg: The swindlers were found guilty of collusion. )

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colossal

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huge (Eg: Radio City Music Hall has a colossal stage. )

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colossus

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gigantic statue (Eg: The legendary Colossus of Rhodes, bronze statue of the sun god that dominated the harbor of the Greek )

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comatose

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in a coma; extremely sleepy (Eg: The long-winded orator soon had his audience in a comatose state. )

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combustible

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easily burned (Eg: After the recent outbreak of fires in private homes, the fire commissioner ordered that all combustible )

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comely

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attractive; agreeable (Eg: I would rather have a poor and comely wife than a rich and homely one. )

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comestible

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something fit to be eaten (Eg: The roast turkey and other comestibles, the wines, and the excellent service made this Thanksgiving dinner )

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comeuppance

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rebuke; deserts (Eg: After his earlier rudeness, we were delighted to see him get his comeuppance. )

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comity

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courtesy; civility (Eg: A spirit of comity should exist among nations. )

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commandeer

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to draft for military purposes; to take for public use (Eg: The policeman commandeered the first car that approached and ordered the driver to go to the nearest )

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commemorative

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remembering; honoring (Eg: The new commemorative stamp honors the late Martin Luther King, Jr. )

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commensurate

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equal in extent (Eg: Your reward will be commensurate with your effort. )

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commiserate

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feel or express pity or sympathy for (Eg: Her friends commiserated with the widow. )

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commodious

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spacious and comfortable (Eg: After sleeping in a small roadside cabins, they found their hotel suite commodious. )

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communal

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held in common; of a group of people (Eg: When they were divorced, they had trouble dividing their communal property. )

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compact

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agreement; contract (Eg: The signers of the Mayflower Compact were establishing a form of government. )

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compact

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tightly packed; firm; brief (Eg: His short, compact body was better suited to wrestling than to basketball. )

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compatible

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harmonious; in harmony with (Eg: They were compatible neighbors, never quarreling over unimportant matters. )

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compelling

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overpowering; irresistible in effect (Eg: The prosecutor presented a well-reasoned case, but the defense attorney’s compelling arguments for )

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compendium

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brief, comprehensive summary (Eg: This text can serve as a compendium of the tremendous amount of new material being developed in this )

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compensatory

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making up for; repaying (Eg: Can a compensatory education program make up for the inadequate schooling he received in earlier years? )

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compilation

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listing of statistical information in tabular or book form (Eg: The compilation of available scholarships serves a very valuable purpose. )

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complacent

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self-satisfied (Eg: There was a complacent look on his face as he examined his paintings. )

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complaisant

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trying to please; obliging (Eg: The courtier obeyed the king’s orders in a complaisant manner. )

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complement

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complete; consummate; make perfect (Eg: The waiter recommended a glass of port to complement the cheese. )

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compliance

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conformity in fulfilling requirements; readiness to yield (Eg: The design for the new school had to be in compliance with the local building code. )

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compliant

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yielding (Eg: He was compliant and ready to go along with his friends’ desires. )

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complicity

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participation; involvement (Eg: You cannot keep your complicity in this affair secret very long; you would be wise to admit your )

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component

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element; ingredient (Eg: I wish all the components of my stereo system were working at the same time. )

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comport

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bear one’s self; behave (Eg: He comported himself with great dignity. )

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composure

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mental calmness (Eg: Even the latest work crisis failed to shake her composure. )

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compound

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combine; constitute; pay interest; increase (Eg: The makers of the popular cold remedy compounded a nasal decongestant with an antihistamine. )

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comprehensive

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thorough; inclusive (Eg: This book provides a comprehensive review of verbal and math skills for the SAT. )

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compress

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close; squeeze; contract (Eg: She compressed the package under her arm. )

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comprise

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include; consist of (Eg: If the District of Columbia were to be granted a statehood, the United States of America would comprise )

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compromise

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adjust; endanger the interests or reputation of (Eg: Your presence at the scene of the dispute compromises our claim to neutrality in this matter. )

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compunction

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remorse (Eg: The judge was especially severe in this sentencing because he felt that the criminal had shown no )

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compute

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reckon; calculate (Eg: He failed to compute the interest, so his bank balance was not accurate. )

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concatenate

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link as in a chain (Eg: )

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concave

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hollow (Eg: The back-packers found partial shelter from the storm by huddling against the concave wall of the cliff. )

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concede

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admit; hield (Eg: Despite all the evidence Monica had assembled, Mark refused to concede that she was right. )

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conceit

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whimsical idea; extravagant metaphor (Eg: He was an entertaining companion, always expressing himself in amusing conceits and witty turns of )

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concentric

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having a common center (Eg: The target was made of concentric circles. )

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conception

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beginning; forming of a idea (Eg: At the first conception of the work, he was consulted. )

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concerted

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mutually agreed on; done together (Eg: The girl scouts in the troop made a concerted effort to raise funds for their annual outing, and emitted a )

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concession

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an act of yielding (Eg: Before they could reach an agreement, both sides had to make certain concessions. )

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conciliatory

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reconciling; soothing (Eg: She was still angry despite his conciliatory words. )

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concise

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brief and compact (Eg: When you define a new word, be concise; the shorter the definition, the easier it is to remember. )

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conclave

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private meeting (Eg: He was present at all their conclaves as an unofficial observer. )

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conclusive

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decisive; ending all debate (Eg: When the stolen books turned up in John’s locker, we finally had conclusive evidence of the identity of the )

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concoct

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prepare by combining; make up in concert (Eg: How did the inventive chef ever concoct such strange dish? )

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concomitant

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that which accompanies (Eg: Culture is not always a concomitant of wealth. )

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concord

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harmony (Eg: Watching Tweediedum and Tweedledee battle, Alice wondered why the two brothers could not manage to )

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concur

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agree (Eg: )

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concurrent

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happening at the same time (Eg: In America, the colonists were resisting the demands of the mother contry; at the concurrent moment in )

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condescend

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bestow courtesies with a superior air (Eg: The king condescended to grant an audience to the friends of the condemned man. )

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condign

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adequate; deservedly severe (Eg: The public approved the condign punishment for the crime. )

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condiments

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seasonings; spices (Eg: Spanish food is full of condiments. )

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condole

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express sympathetic sorrow (Eg: His friends gathered to condole with him over his loss. )

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condone

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overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse (Eg: Unlike Widow Douglass, who condoned Huck’s minor offenses, Miss Watson did nothing but scold. )

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conducive

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helpful; contributive (Eg: Rest and proper diet are conducive to good health. )

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conduit

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aqueduct; passageway for fluids (Eg: Water was brought to the army in the desert by an improvised conduit from the adjoining mountain. )

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confidant

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trusted friend (Eg: He had no confidants with whom he could discuss his problems at home. )

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confiscate

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seize; commandeer (Eg: The army confiscated all available supplies of uranium. )

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conflagration

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great fire (Eg: In the conflagration that followed the 1906 earthquake, much of San Francisco was destroyed. )

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confluence

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flowing together; crowd (Eg: They built the city at the confluence of two rivers. )

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conformity

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harmony; agreement (Eg: In conformity with our rules and regulations, I am calling a meeting of our organization. )

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confound

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confuse; puzzle (Eg: No mystery could confound Sherlock Holmes for long. )

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congeal

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freeze; coagulate (Eg: His blood congealed in his veins as he saw the dread monster rush toward him. )

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congenial

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pleasant; friendly (Eg: )

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congenital

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existing at birth (Eg: His congenital deformity disturbed his parents. )

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conglomeration

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mass of material sticking together (Eg: In such a conglomeration of miscellaneous statistics, it was impossible to find a single area of analysis. )

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congruence

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correspondence of parts; harmonious relationship (Eg: The student demonstrated the congruence of the two triangles by using the hypotenuse-arm theorem. )

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conifer

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pine tree; cone-bearing tree (Eg: According to geologists, the conifers were the first plants to bear flowers. )

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conjecture

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surmise; guess (Eg: I will end all your conjectures; I admit I am guilty as charged. )

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conjugal

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pertaining to marriage (Eg: Their dreams of conjugal bliss were shattered as soon as their temperaments clashed. )

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conjure

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summon a devil; proactive magic; imagine; invent (Eg: He conjured up an image of a reformed city and had the voters completely under his spell. )

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connivance

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pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend (Eg: With the connivance of his friends, he plotted to embarrass the teacher. )

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connoisseur

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person competent to act as judge of art, ect.; a lover of an art (Eg: She had developed into a connoisseur of fine china. )

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connotation

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suggested or implied meaning of an expression (Eg: Foreigners frequently are unaware of the connotations of the words they use. )

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connubial

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pertaining to maffige or the matrimonial state (Eg: In his telegram, he wished the newlyweds a lifetime of connubial bliss. )

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consanguinity

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kinship (Eg: The lawsuit developed into a test of the consanguinity of the claimant to the estate. )

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conscientious

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scrupulous; careful (Eg: A conscientious editor checked every definition for its accuracy. )

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conscript

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draftee; person forced into military service (Eg: Did Rambo volunteer to fight in Vietnam, or was he a conscript, drafted against his will? )

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consecrate

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dedicate; sanctify (Eg: We shall consecrate our lives to this noble purpose. )

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consensus

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general agreement (Eg: The consensus indicates that we are opposed to entering into this pact. )

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consequential

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pompous; self-important (Eg: Convinced of his own importance, the actor strutted about the dressing room with a consequential air. )

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conservatory

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school of the fine arts (especiallymusic or drama) (Eg: A gifted violinist, Marya was selected to study at the conservatory. )

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consign

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deliver officially; entrust; set apart (Eg: The court consigned the child to her paternal grandmother’s care. )

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consistency

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absence of contradictions; dependability; uniformity; degree of thickness (Eg: Holmes judged puddings and explanations on their consistency; he liked his puddings without lumps and )

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console

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lessen sadness or disappointment; give comfort (Eg: When her father died, Marius did his best to console Cosette. )

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consonance

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harmony; agreement (Eg: Her agitation seemed out of consonance with her usual calm. )

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consort

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associate with (Eg: We frequently judge people by the company with whom they consort. )

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consort

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husband or wife (Eg: The search for a consort for the young Queen Victoria ended happily. )

229
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conspiracy

A

treacherous plot (Eg: Brutus and Cassius joined in the conspiracy to kill Julius Caesar. )

230
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constituent

A

supporter (Eg: The congressman received hundreds of letters from angry constituents after the Equal Rights Amendment )

231
Q

constraint

A

compulsion; repression of feelings (Eg: There was a feeling of constraint in the room because no one dared to criticize the speaker. )

232
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construe

A

explain; interpret (Eg: If I construe your remarks correctly, you disagree with the theory already advanced. )

233
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consummate

A

complete (Eg: I have never seem anyone who makes as many stupid errors as you do; you must be a consummate idiot. )

234
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contagion

A

infection (Eg: Fearing contagion, they took drastic steps to prevent the spread of the disease. )

235
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contaminate

A

pollute (Eg: The sewage system of the city so contaminated the water that swimming was forbidden. )

236
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contempt

A

scorn; disdain (Eg: )

237
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contend

A

struggle; compete; assert earnestly (Eg: In Revolt of the Black Athlete, sociologist Harry Edwards contends that young black athletes have been )

238
Q

contentious

A

quarrelsome (Eg: We heard loud and contentious noises in the next room. )

239
Q

contest

A

dispute (Eg: The defeated candidate attempted to contest the election results. )

240
Q

context

A

writings preceding and following the passage quoted (Eg: Because these lines are taken out of context, they do not convey the message the author intended. )

241
Q

contiguous

A

adjacent to; touching upon (Eg: The two countries are contiguous for a few miles; then they are separated by the gulf. )

242
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continence

A

self-restraint; sexual chastity (Eg: She vowed to lead a life of continence. )

243
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contingent

A

conditional (Eg: The continuation of this contract is contingent on the quality of your first output. )

244
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contortions

A

twistings; distortions (Eg: As the effects of the opiate wore away, the contortions of the patient became more violent and )

245
Q

contraband

A

illegal trade; smuggling; smuggled goods (Eg: The coast guard tries to prevent contraband in U.S. waters. )

246
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contravene

A

contradict; oppose: infringe on or transgress (Eg: Mr. Barrett did not expect his frail daughter Elizabeth to contravene his will by eloping with Robert )

247
Q

contrite

A

penitent (Eg: Her contrite tears did not influence the judge when he imposed sentence. )

248
Q

contrived

A

forced; artificial; not spontaneous (Eg: Feeling ill at ease with his new in-laws; James made a few contrived attempts at conversation and then )

249
Q

controvert

A

oppose with arguments; contradict (Eg: To controvert your theory will require much time but it is essential that we disprove it. )

250
Q

contumacious

A

disobedient; resisting authority (Eg: The contumacious mob shouted defiantly at the police. )

251
Q

contusion

A

bruise (Eg: )

252
Q

conundrum

A

riddle; difficult problem (Eg: During the long car ride, she invented conundrums to entertain the children. )

253
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convene

A

assemble (Eg: Because much is needed legislation had to be enacted, the governor ordered the legislature to convene in )

254
Q

convention

A

social or moral custom; established practice (Eg: Flying in the face of convention, George Sand (Amandine Dudevant) shocked her contemporaries by )

255
Q

conventional

A

ordinary; typical (Eg: His conventional upbringing left him wholly unprepared for his wife’s eccentric family. )

256
Q

converge

A

come together (Eg: Marchers converged on Washington for the great Save Our Cities-Save Our Children March. )

257
Q

conversant

A

familiar with (Eg: The lawyer is conversant with all the evidence. )

258
Q

converse

A

opposite (Eg: The inevitable converse of peace is not war but annihilation. )

259
Q

convert

A

one who has adopted a different religion or opinion (Eg: On his trip to Japan, though the President spoke at length about the merits of American automobiles, he )

260
Q

convex

A

curving outward (Eg: He polished the convex lens of his telescope. )

261
Q

conveyance

A

vehicle; transfer (Eg: During the transit strike, commuters used various kinds of conveyances. )

262
Q

conviction

A

strongly held belief (Eg: Nothing could shake his conviction that she was innocent. )

263
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convivial

A

festive; gay; characterized by joviality (Eg: The convivial celebrators of the victory sang their college songs. )

264
Q

convoke

A

call together (Eg: Congress was convoked at the outbreak of the emergency. )

265
Q

convoluted

A

coiled around; involved; intricate (Eg: His argument was so convoluted that few of us could follow a it intelligently. )

266
Q

copious

A

plentiful (Eg: She had copious reasons for rejecting the proposal. )

267
Q

coquette

A

flirt (Eg: Because she refused to give him an answer to his proposal of marriage, he called her a coquette. )

268
Q

cordial

A

gracious; heartfelt (Eg: Our hosts greeted us at the airport with a cordial welcome and a hearty hug. )

269
Q

cordon

A

extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress (Eg: The police cordon was so tight that the criminals could not leave the area. )

270
Q

cornice

A

projecting molding on building (usually above columns) (Eg: Because the stones forming the cornice had been loosened by the storms, the police closed the building )

271
Q

cornucopia

A

horn overflowing wiht fruit and grain; symbol of abundance (Eg: The encyclopedia salesman claimed the new edition was a veritable cornucopia of information, an )

272
Q

corollary

A

consequence; accompaniment (Eg: Brotherly love is a complex emotion, with a sibling rivalry its natural corollary. )

273
Q

corporeal

A

bodily; material (Eg: He was not a churchgoer; he was interested only in corporeal matters. )

274
Q

corpulent

A

very fat (Eg: The corpulent man resolved to reduce. )

275
Q

correlation

A

mutual relationship (Eg: He sought to determine the correlation that existed between ability in algebra and ability to interpret )

276
Q

corroborate

A

confirm (Eg: Unless we find a witness to corroborate your evidence, it will not stand up in court. )

277
Q

corrosive

A

eating away by chemicals or disease (Eg: Stainless steel is able to withstand the effects of corrosive chemicals. )

278
Q

corrugated

A

wrinkled; ridged (Eg: She wished she could smooth away the wrinkles from his corrugated brow. )

279
Q

cosmic

A

pertaining to the universe; vast (Eg: cosmic rays derive their name from the fact that they bombard the earth’s atmosphere from outer space. )

280
Q

coterie

A

group that meets socially; select circle (Eg: After his book had been published, he was invited to join the literary coteri that lunched daily at the hotel. )

281
Q

countenance

A

approve; tolerate (Eg: He refused to countenance such rude behavior on their part. )

282
Q

countenance

A

face (Eg: Whe Jose saw his newborn daughter, a proud smile spread across his countenance. )

283
Q

countermand

A

cancel; revoke (Eg: The general countermand the orders issued in his absence. )

284
Q

counterpart

A

a thing that completes another; things very much alike (Eg: Night and day are counterparts. )

285
Q

coup

A

highly successful action or sudden attack (Eg: As the news of his coup spread throughout Wall Street, his fellow brokers dropped by to congratulate him. )

286
Q

couple

A

join; unite (Eg: The Flying Karamazovs couple expert juggling and amateur joking in their nightclub act. )

287
Q

courier

A

messenger (Eg: The publisher sent a special courier to pick up the manuscript. )

288
Q

covenant

A

agreement (Eg: We must comply with the terms of the covenant. )

289
Q

covert

A

secret; hidden; implied (Eg: She could understand the covert threat in the letter. )

290
Q

covetous

A

avaricious; eagerly desirous of (Eg: The child was covetous by nature and wanted to take the toys belonging to his classmates. )

291
Q

cow

A

terrorize; intimidate (Eg: The little boy was so cowed by the hulking bully that he gave up his lunch money without a word of )

292
Q

cower

A

shrink quivering, as from fear (Eg: The frightened child cowered in the corner of the room. )

293
Q

coy

A

shy; modest; coquettish (Eg: She was coy in her answers to his offer. )

294
Q

cozen

A

cheat; hoodwink; swindle (Eg: He was the kind of individual who would cozen his friends in a cheap card game but remain eminently )

295
Q

crabbed

A

sour; peevish (Eg: The children avoided the crabbed old man because he scolded them when they made noise. )

296
Q

crass

A

very unrefined; grossly insensible (Eg: The philosophers deplored the crass commercialism. )

297
Q

craven

A

cowardly (Eg: When he saw the enemy troops advancing, he had a craven impulse to run for his life. )

298
Q

credence

A

belief (Eg: Do not place any credence in his promises. )

299
Q

credo

A

creed (Eg: I believe we may best describe his credo by saying that it approximates the Goldren Rule. )

300
Q

credulity

A

belief on slight evidence (Eg: The witch doctor took advantage of the credulity of the superstitious natives. )

301
Q

creed

A

system of religious or ethical belief (Eg: In any loyal American’s creed, love of democracy must be emphasized. )

302
Q

crescendo

A

increase in the volume or intensity, as in a musical passage; climax (Eg: The overture suddenly changed from a quiet pastoral theme to a crescendo featuring blaring trumpets and )

303
Q

crestfallen

A

dejected; dispirited (Eg: We were surprised at his reaction to the failure of his project; instead of being crestfallen, he was busily )

304
Q

crevice

A

crack; fissure (Eg: The mountain climbers found footholds in the tiny crevices in the mountainside. )

305
Q

cringe

A

shrink back, as if in fear (Eg: The dog cringed, expecting a blow. )

306
Q

criteria

A

standards used in judging (Eg: What criteria did you use when you selected this essay as the prize winner? )

307
Q

crone

A

hag (Eg: The toothless crone frightened us when she smiled. )

308
Q

crotchety

A

eccentric; whimsical (Eg: Although he was reputed to be a crochety old gentleman, I found his ideas substantially sound and )

309
Q

crux

A

crucial point (Eg: This is the crux of the entire problem. )

310
Q

crypt

A

secret recess or vault usually used for burial (Eg: Until recently only bodies of rulers and leading statesmen were interred in this crypt. )

311
Q

cryptic

A

mysterious; hidden; secret (Eg: His cryptic remarks could not be interpreted. )

312
Q

cubicle

A

small chamberused for sleeping (Eg: After his many hours of intensive study in the library he retired to his cubicle. )

313
Q

cuisine

A

style of cooking (Eg: French cuisine is noted for its use of sauces and wines. )

314
Q

culinary

A

relating to cooking (Eg: Many chefs attribute their culinary skill to the wise use of spices. )

315
Q

cull

A

pick out; reject (Eg: Every month the farmer culls the nonplaying hens from his flock and sells them to the local butcher. )

316
Q

culmination

A

attainment of highest point (Eg: His inauguration as President of the United States marked the culmination of his political career. )

317
Q

culpable

A

deserving blame (Eg: Corrupt politicians who condone the activities of the gamblers are equally culpable. )

318
Q

culvert

A

artificial channel for water (Eg: If we build a culvert under the road at this point, we will reduce the possibility of the road at this point, we )

319
Q

cumbersome

A

heavy; hard to manage (Eg: He was burdened down with cumbersome parcels. )

320
Q

cumulative

A

growing by addition (Eg: Vocabulary building is a cumulative process: as you go through your flash cards, you will add new words to )

321
Q

cupidity

A

greed (Eg: The defeated people could not satisfy the cupidity of the conquerors, who demanded excessive tribute. )

322
Q

curator

A

superintendent; manager (Eg: The members of the board of trustees of the museum expected the new curator to plan events and )

323
Q

curmudgeon

A

churlish, miserly individual (Eg: Although he was regarded by many as a curmudgeon, a few of us were aware of the many kindnesses and )

324
Q

cursive

A

flowing, running (Eg: In normal writing we run our letters together in cursive form; in printing, we separate the letters. )

325
Q

cursory

A

casual; hastily done (Eg: A cursory examination of the ruins indicates the possibility of arson; a more extensive study should be )

326
Q

curtail

A

shorten; reduce (Eg: During the coal shortage, we must curtail our use of this vital commodity. )

327
Q

cynical

A

skeptical or distrustful of human motives (Eg: cynical at all times, he was suspicious of all altruistic actions of others. )

328
Q

cynosure

A

object of general attention (Eg: As soon as the movie star entered the room, she became the cynosure of all eyes. )

329
Q

consternation

A

anxiety, dismay (Eg: Lincoln is famous for saying that the consternations during the civil war had left him decrepit. )

330
Q

casual

A

accidental; not regular or permanent; careless; informal (Eg: It can be argued that physical laws can be casual as well as inveterate, since it is based on an induction. )

331
Q

dais

A

raised platform for guests of honor (Eg: When he approached the dais, he was greeted by cheers from the people who had come to honor him. )

332
Q

dally

A

trifle with; procrastinate (Eg: Laertes told Ophelia that Hamlet could only dally with her affections. )

333
Q

dank

A

damp (Eg: The walls of the dungeon were dank and slimy. )

334
Q

dapper

A

neat and trim (Eg: In “The Odd Couple,” Tony Randall played Felix Unger, an excessively dapper soul who could not stand )

335
Q

dappled

A

spotted (Eg: The sunlight filtering though the screens created a dappled effect on the wall. )

336
Q

daub

A

smear (as with paint) (Eg: From the way he daubed his paint on the canvas, I could tell he knew nothing of oils. )

337
Q

daunt

A

intimidate (Eg: Your threats cannot daunt me. )

338
Q

dauntless

A

bold (Eg: Despite the dangerous nature of the undertaking, the dauntless soldier volunteered for the assignment. )

339
Q

dawdle

A

loiter; waste time (Eg: Inasmuch as we must meet a deadline, do not dawdle over this work. )

340
Q

deadlock

A

standstill; stalemate (Eg: The negotiations had reached a deadlock. )

341
Q

deadpan

A

wooden; impassive (Eg: We wanted to see how long he could maintain his deadpan expression. )

342
Q

dearth

A

scarcity (Eg: The dearth of skilled labor compelled the employers to open trade schools. )

343
Q

debacle

A

breaking up; downfall (Eg: )

344
Q

debase

A

reduce to lower state (Eg: Do not debase youself by becoming maudlin. )

345
Q

debauch

A

corrupt; make intemperate (Eg: A vicious newspaper can debauch public ideals. )

346
Q

debilitate

A

weaken; enfeeble (Eg: Overindulgence debilitates character as well as physical stamina. )

347
Q

debonair

A

friendly; aiming to please (Eg: The debonair youth was liked by all who met him, because of his cheerful and obliging manner. )

348
Q

debris

A

rubble (Eg: A full year after the earthquake in Mexico City, workers were still carting away the debris. )

349
Q

debunk

A

expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc.; ridicule (Eg: Pointing out that he conhsistently had voted afainst strenghtening antipollution legislation, reporters )

350
Q

debutante

A

yound woman making formal entrance into society (Eg: As a debutante, she was often mentioned in the society columns of the newspapers. )

351
Q

decadence

A

decay (Eg: The moral decadence of the people was reflected in the lewd literature of the period. )

352
Q

decant

A

pour off gently (Eg: Be sure to decant this wine before serving it. )

353
Q

decapitate

A

behead (Eg: They did not hang Lady Jane Grey; they decapitated her. )

354
Q

decelerate

A

slow down (Eg: Seeing the emergency blinkers in the road ahead, he decelerated quickly. )

355
Q

deciduous

A

falling off, as of leaves (Eg: The oak is a deciduous tree. )

356
Q

decimate

A

kill, usually one out of ten (Eg: We do more to decimate our population in automobile accidents than we do in war. )

357
Q

decipher

A

decode (Eg: I could not decipher the doctor’s handwriting. )

358
Q

declivity

A

downward slope (Eg: The children loved to ski down the declivity. )

359
Q

decollete

A

having a low-cut neckline (Eg: )

360
Q

decomposition

A

decay (Eg: Despite the body’s advanced state of decomposition, the police were able to identify the murdered man. )

361
Q

decorum

A

propriety; seemliness (Eg: Shocked by the unruly behavior, the teacher criticized the class for its lack of decorum. )

362
Q

decoy

A

lure or bait (Eg: The wild ducks were not fooled by the decoy. )

363
Q

decrepitude

A

state of collagse caused by illness or old age (Eg: I was unprepared for the state of decrepitude in which I had found my old friend; he seemed to have aged )

364
Q

decry

A

express strong disapproval of ; disparage (Eg: The founder of the Children’s Defense Fund, Marian Wright Edelman, strongly decries the lack of )

365
Q

deducible

A

derived byreasoning (Eg: If we accept your premise, your conclusions are easily deducible. )

366
Q

deface

A

mar; disfigure (Eg: If you deface a library book, you will have to pay a hefty fine. )

367
Q

defamation

A

harming a person’s reputation (Eg: Such defamation of character may result in a slander suit. )

368
Q

default

A

failure to do (Eg: As a result of her husband’s failure to appear in court, she was granted a divorce by default. )

369
Q

defeatist

A

resigned to defeat; accepting defeat as a natural outcome (Eg: If you maintain your defeatist attitude, you will never succeed. )

370
Q

defection

A

desertion (Eg: The children, who had made him an idol, were hurt most by his defection from our cause. )

371
Q

deference

A

courteous regard for another’s wish (Eg: In deference to his desires, the employers granted him a holiday. )

372
Q

defile

A

pollute; profane (Eg: The hoodlums defiled the church with their scurrilous writing. )

373
Q

definitive

A

most reliable or complee (Eg: Carl Sandburg’s Abraham Lincoln may be regarded as the definitive work on the life of the Great )

374
Q

deflect

A

turn aside (Eg: His life was saved when his cigarette case deflected the bullet. )

375
Q

defoliate

A

destroy leaves (Eg: In Vietnam the army made extensive use of chemical agents to defoliate the woodlands. )

376
Q

defray

A

provide ofr the payment of (Eg: Her employer offered to defray the costs of her postgraduate education. )

377
Q

defrock

A

to strip a priest or minister of church authority (Eg: We knew the minister had violated church regulations, but we had not realized his offense was serious )

378
Q

deft

A

neat; skillful (Eg: The deft waiter uncorked the champagne without spilling a drop. )

379
Q

defunct

A

dead; no longer in use or existence (Eg: The lawyers sought to examine the books of the defunct corporation. )

380
Q

degenerate

A

become worse; deteriorate (Eg: As the fight dragged on, the champion’s style degenerated until he could barely keep on his feet. )

381
Q

degraded

A

lowered in rank; debased (Eg: The degraded wretch spoke only of his past glories and honors. )

382
Q

dehydrate

A

remove water from; dry out (Eg: Vigorous dancing quickly dehydrates the body; between dances, be sure to drink more water than normal. )

383
Q

deify

A

turn into a god; idolize (Eg: Admire the rock star all you want; just don’t deify him. )

384
Q

deign

A

condescend (Eg: He felt that he would debase himself if he deigned to answer his critics. )

385
Q

delete

A

erase; strike out (Eg: If you delete this paragraph, the composition will have more appeal. )

386
Q

deleterious

A

harmful (Eg: Workers in nuclear research must avoid the deleterious effects of radioactive substances. )

387
Q

deliberate

A

consider; ponder; unhurried (Eg: Offered the new job, she asked for time to deliberate before she made her decision. )

388
Q

delineate

A

portray (Eg: He is weakest when he attempts to delineate character. )

389
Q

delirium

A

mental disorder marked by confusion (Eg: The drunkard in his delirium saw strange animals. )

390
Q

delta

A

flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river (Eg: His dissertation discussed the effect of intermittent flooding on the fertility of the Nile delta. )

391
Q

delude

A

deceive (Eg: Do not delude yourself into believing that he will relent. )

392
Q

deluge

A

flood; rush (Eg: When we advertised the position, we received a deluge of applications. )

393
Q

delusion

A

false belief; hallucination (Eg: This scheme is a snare and a delusion. )

394
Q

delusive

A

deceptive; raising vain hopes (Eg: Do not raise your hopes on the basis of his delusive promises. )

395
Q

delve

A

dig; investigate (Eg: delving into old books and manuscripts is part of a researcher’s job. )

396
Q

demagogue

A

person who appeals to people’s prejudice; false leader (Eg: He was accused of being a demogogue because he made promises that aroused futile hopes in his listeners. )

397
Q

demean

A

degrade; humiliate (Eg: He felt that he would demean himself if he replied to the scurrilous letter. )

398
Q

demeanor

A

behavior; bearing (Eg: His sober demeanor quieted the noisy revelers. )

399
Q

demented

A

insane (Eg: She became increasingly demented and had to be hospitalized. )

400
Q

demise

A

death (Eg: Upon the demise of the dictator, a bitter dispute about succession to power developed. )

401
Q

demographic

A

related to population balance (Eg: In conducting a survey, one should take into account demographic trends in the region. )

402
Q

demolition

A

destruction (Eg: One of the major aims of the air force was the complete demolition of all means of transportation by the )

403
Q

demoniac

A

fiendish (Eg: The Spanish Inquisition devised many demoniac means of torture. )

404
Q

demotic

A

pertaining to the people (Eg: He lamented the passing of aristocratic society and maintained that a demotic society would lower the )

405
Q

demur

A

delay; object (Eg: To demur at this time will only worsen the already serious situation; now is the time for action. )

406
Q

demure

A

grave; serius; coy (Eg: )

407
Q

denigrate

A

blacken (Eg: All attempts to denigrate the character of our late President have failed; the people still love him and )

408
Q

denizen

A

inhabitant of (Eg: Ghosts are denizens of the land of the dead who return to earth. )

409
Q

denotation

A

meaning; distinguishing by name (Eg: A dictionary will always give us the denotation of a word; frequently, it will always give us its connotation. )

410
Q

denouement

A

outcome; final development of the plot of a play or other literary work (Eg: The play was childishly written; the denouement was obvious to sophisticated theatergoers as early as the )

411
Q

denounce

A

condemn; critcize (Eg: The reform candidate denounced the corrupt city officers for having betrayed the public’s trust. )

412
Q

depict

A

portray (Eg: In this book, the author depicts the slave owners as kind and benevolent masters. )

413
Q

deplete

A

reduce; exhaust (Eg: We must wait until we deplete our present inventory before we order replacements. )

414
Q

deplore

A

regret (Eg: Although I deplore the vulgarity of your language, I defend your right to express yourself freely. )

415
Q

deploy

A

move troops so that the battle line is extended at the expense of depth (Eg: The general ordered the battalion to deploy in order to meet the offensive of the enemy. )

416
Q

depose

A

dethrone; remove form office (Eg: The army attempted to depose the king and set up a military government. )

417
Q

deposition

A

testimony under oath (Eg: He made his deposition in the judge’s chamber. )

418
Q

depravity

A

corruption; wickedness (Eg: The depravity of the tyrant’s behavior shocked us all. )

419
Q

deprecate

A

express disapproval of; protest against; belittle (Eg: A firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy, Miss Post deprecated the modern tendency to address new )

420
Q

depreciate

A

lessen in value (Eg: If you neglect this properly, it will depreciate. )

421
Q

depredation

A

plundering (Eg: After the depredations of the invaders, the people were penniless. )

422
Q

deranged

A

insane (Eg: He had to be institutionalized because he was deranged. )

423
Q

derelict

A

neglectful of duty; abandoned (Eg: The corporal who fell asleep while on watch was thrown into the guardhouse for being derelic in his duty. )

424
Q

deride

A

scoff at (Eg: The people derided his grandiose schemes. )

425
Q

derision

A

ridicule (Eg: They greeted his proposal with derision and refused to consider it seriously. )

426
Q

derivative

A

unoriginal; obtained from another source (Eg: Although her early poetry was clearly derivative in nature, the critics thought she had promise and )

427
Q

dermatologist

A

one who studies the skin and its diseases (Eg: I advise you to consult a dermatologist about your acne. )

428
Q

derogatory

A

expressing a low opinion (Eg: I resent your derogatory remarks. )

429
Q

descry

A

catch sight of (Eg: In the distance, we could barely descry the enemy vessels. )

430
Q

desecrate

A

profane; violate the sanctity of (Eg: The soldiers desecrated the temple. )

431
Q

desiccate

A

dry up (Eg: A tour of this smokehouse will give you an idea of how the pioneers used to desiccate food in order to )

432
Q

desolate

A

rob of joy; lay waste to; forsake (Eg: The bandits desolated the countryside, burning farms and carrying off the harvest. )

433
Q

desperado

A

reckless outlaw (Eg: Butch Cassidy was a bold desperado with a price on his head. )

434
Q

despicable

A

contemptible (Eg: Your despicable remarks call for no reply. )

435
Q

despise

A

scorn (Eg: I despise your attempts at a reconciliation at this time and refuse to meet you. )

436
Q

despoil

A

plunder (Eg: If you do not yield, I am afraid the enemy will despoil the countryside. )

437
Q

despondent

A

depressed; gloomy (Eg: )

438
Q

despotism

A

tyranny (Eg: The people rebelled against the despotism of the king. )

439
Q

destitute

A

extremely poor (Eg: The costs of the father’s illness left the family destitute. )

440
Q

desultory

A

aimless; haphazard; digressing at random (Eg: In prison Malcolm X set himself the task of reading straight through the dictionary; to him reading was )

441
Q

detached

A

emotionally removed; calm and objective; indifferent (Eg: A psychoanalyst must maintain a detached point of view and stay uninvolved with her patients’ perssonal )

442
Q

determinate

A

having a fixed order of procedure; invariable (Eg: At the royal wedding, the procession of the nobles followed a determinate order of precedence. )

443
Q

deterrent

A

something that discourages; hindrance (Eg: Does the threat of capital punishment serve as a deterrent to potential killers? )

444
Q

detonation

A

explosion (Eg: The detonation of the bomb could be heard miles away. )

445
Q

detraction

A

slandering; aspersion (Eg: He is offended by your frequent detractions of his ability as a leader. )

446
Q

detrimental

A

harmful; damaging (Eg: Your acceptance of her support will ultimately prove detrimental rather than helpful to your cause. )

447
Q

deviate

A

turn away from (Eg: Do not deviate from the truth; you must face the facts. )

448
Q

devious

A

going astray; erratic (Eg: Your devious behavior in this matter puzzles me since you are usually direct and straightforward. )

449
Q

devoid

A

lacking (Eg: He was devoid of any personal desire for gain in his endeavor to secure improvement in the community. )

450
Q

devolve

A

deputize; pass to others (Eg: It devolved upon us, the survivors, to arrange peace terms with the enemy. )

451
Q

devotee

A

enthusiastic follower (Eg: A devotee of the opera, he bought season tickets every year. )

452
Q

devout

A

pious (Eg: The devout man prayed daily. )

453
Q

dexterous

A

skillful (Eg: The magician was so dexterous that we could not follow his movements as he performed his tricks. )

454
Q

diabolical

A

devilish (Eg: This scheme is so diabolical that I must reject it. )

455
Q

diadem

A

crown (Eg: The king’s diadem was on display at the museum. )

456
Q

dialectic

A

art of debate (Eg: I am not skilled in dialectic and therefore, cannot answer your arguments as forcefully as I wish. )

457
Q

diaphanous

A

sheer; transparent (Eg: They saw the burglar clearly through the diaphanous curtain. )

458
Q

diatribe

A

bitter scolding; invective (Eg: During the lengthy diatribe delivered by his opponent he remained calm and self-controlled. )

459
Q

dichotomy

A

branching into two parts (Eg: The dichotomy of our legislative system provides us with many safeguards. )

460
Q

dictum

A

arthoritative and weighty statement (Eg: She repeated the statement as though it were the dictum of the most expert worker in the group. )

461
Q

didactic

A

teaching; instructional; preaching or moralizing (Eg: The didactic qualities of his poetry overshadow its literary qualities; the lesson he teaches is more )

462
Q

die

A

device for stamping or impressing; mold (Eg: In coining pennies, workers at the old mint squeezed sheets of softened copper between two dies. )

463
Q

diffidence

A

shyness (Eg: You must overcome your diffidence if you intend to become a salesperson. )

464
Q

diffusion

A

wordiness; spreading in all directions like a gas (Eg: Your composition suffers from a diffusion of ideas; try to be more compact. )

465
Q

digression

A

wandering away from the subject (Eg: Nobody minded when Professor Renoir’s lectures wandered away from their offical theme; his digressions )

466
Q

dilapidated

A

ruined because of neglect (Eg: We felt that the dilapidated building needed several coats of paint. )

467
Q

dilate

A

expand (Eg: In the dark, the pupils of your eyes dilate. )

468
Q

dilatory

A

delaying (Eg: Your dilatory tactics may compel me to cancel the contract. )

469
Q

dilemma

A

problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives (Eg: In this dilemma, he knew no one to whom he could turn for advice. )

470
Q

dilettante

A

aimless follower of the arts; amateur; dabbler (Eg: He was not serious in his painting; he was rather a dilettante. )

471
Q

diligence

A

steadiness of effort; persisten hard work (Eg: Her employers were greatly impressed by her diligence and offered her a partnership in the firm. )

472
Q

dilute

A

make less concentrated; reduce in strength (Eg: She preferred her coffee diluted with milk. )

473
Q

diminution

A

lessening; reduction in size (Eg: The blockaders hoped to achieve victory as soon as the diminution of the enemy’s supplies became serious. )

474
Q

din

A

continued loud noise (Eg: The din of the jackhammers outside the classroom window drowned out the lecturer’s voice. )

475
Q

dinghy

A

small boat (often ship’s boat) (Eg: In the film Lifeboat, an ill-assorted group of passengers from a sunken ocean liner are marooned at sea in a )

476
Q

dingy

A

dull; not fresh; cheerless (Eg: Refusing to be depressed by her dingy studio apartment, Bea spent the weekend polishing the floors and )

477
Q

dint

A

means; effort (Eg: By dint of much hard work, the volunteers were able to control the raging forest fire. )

478
Q

diorama

A

like-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history (Eg: Because they dramatically pose actual stuffed animals against realistic painted landscapes, the dioramas at )

479
Q

dire

A

disastrous (Eg: People ignored her dire predictions of an approaching depression. )

480
Q

dirge

A

lament with music (Eg: The funeral dirge stirred us to tears. )

481
Q

disabuse

A

correct a false impression; undeceive (Eg: I will attempt to diabuse you of your impression of my client’s guilt; I know he is innocent. )

482
Q

disaffected

A

disloyal (Eg: Once the most loyal of Gorbachev’s supporters, Shverdnaze found himself becoming increasingly )

483
Q

disapprobation

A

disapproval; condemnation (Eg: The conservative father viewed his daughter’s radical boyfriend with disapprobation. )

484
Q

disarray

A

a disorderly or untidy state (Eg: After the New Year’s party, the once orderly house was in total disarray. )

485
Q

disavowal

A

denial; disclaiming (Eg: His disavowal of his part in the conspiracy was not believed by the jury. )

486
Q

disband

A

dissolve; disperse (Eg: The chess club disbanded after its disastrous initial season. )

487
Q

disburse

A

pay out (Eg: When you disburse money on the company’s behalf, be sure to get a receipt. )

488
Q

discernible

A

distinguishable; perceivable (Eg: The ships in the harbor were not discernible in the fog. )

489
Q

discerning

A

mentally quick and observant; having insight (Eg: Because he was considered the most discerning member of the firm, he was assigned the most difficult )

490
Q

disclaim

A

disown; renounce claim to (Eg: If I grant you this previlege, will you disclaim all other rights? )

491
Q

disclose

A

reveal (Eg: Although competitors offered him bribes, he refused to disclose any information about his company’s )

492
Q

discombobulated

A

confused; discomposed (Eg: The novice square dancer became so discombobulated that he wandered into wrong set. )

493
Q

discomfit

A

put to rout; defeat; disconcert (Eg: This ruse will discomfit the enemy. )

494
Q

disconcert

A

confuse; upset; embarrass (Eg: The lawyer was disconcerted by the evidence produced by her adversary. )

495
Q

disconcolate

A

sad (Eg: The death of his wife left him disconsolate. )

496
Q

discordant

A

inharmonious; conflicting (Eg: She tried to unite the discordant factions. )

497
Q

discount

A

disregard (Eg: Be prepared to discount what he has to say about his ex-wife. )

498
Q

discourse

A

formal disscussion; conversation (Eg: The young Plato was drawn to the Agora to hear the philosophical discourse of Socrates and his followers. )

499
Q

discredit

A

defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve (Eg: )

500
Q

discrepancy

A

lack of consistency; difference (Eg: The police noticed some discrepancies in his description of the crime and did not believe him. )

Barron's GRE (8 decks)

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