Section 2 Flashcards
Conjugal
Relating to marriage
Confluence
The act or process of merging
Contentious
Likely to cause argument; controversial
Conundrum
A confusing or difficult problem or question
Copious
Abundant amount
Corpulence
The state of being fat
Coterie
An exclusive group with common interests or tastes
Credulous
Ready to believe anything
Cryptic
Having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure
Curmudgeon
A bad tempered person
Dearth
A scarcity or lack of something
Demagogue
A leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires of the public rather than logical arguement
Desecrate
To violently damage a a holy or sacred place
Diatribe
A forceful and bitter attack against someone or something
Diffidence
Modesty or shyness due to lack of confidence
Dilatory
Slow to act or intentional delay
Disaffected
Unsatisfied with authority and no longer willing to support them
Discursive
Discourse/digression from subject to subject
Dissemble
To hide ones true motives, feelings, or beliefs
Disparage
To regard something or swine as worthless
Dispassionate
Unaffected by emotions-able to be rational and impartial
Dissonant
Without harmony/bad combination
Dissuade
To persuade someone not to do something
Divination
The practice of seeking knowledge of the future through supernatural means
Dotard
An old person; especially weak and senile
Duplicity
Decietfullness
Egregious
Outstandingly bad/shocking
Elegiac
Having mournful quality
Elucidate
To make something clear or to explain
Emanate
To radiate or emit
