SAT 7 (c,d) Flashcards
Convene
To call together
Conundrum
Puzzle or problem
Convention
An assembly of people or a rule or custom
Convivial
Characterized by feasting, drinking and merriment
Convoluted
Intricate or complicated
Copious
Profuse or abundant
Cordial
Warm or affectionate
Coronation
The act of crowning
Corpulence
Extreme fatness
Corroborate
To support with evidence
Corrosive
Having the tendency to erode or eat away
Cosmopolitan
Sophisticated or worldly
Counteract
To neutralize or make ineffective
Coup
A brilliant, unexpected act or the overthrow of a government and the assumption of authority
Covet
To desire enviously
Covert
Secretly engaged in
Credulity
Readiness to believe
Crescendo
A steady increase in intensity or volume
Criteria
Standards by which something is judged
Culmination
The climax toward which something progresses
Culpable
Deserving blame
Cultivate
To nurture, improve or refine
Cumulative
Increasing or building on itself
Cunning
Sly, clever at being deceitful
Cupidity
Greed or sting desire
Cursory
Brief to the point of being superficial
Curt
Abruptly and rudely short
Curtail
To lessen or reduce
Daunting
Intimidating, causing one to lose courage
Dearth
A lack, scarcity
Debacle
A disastrous failure or disruption