Units 16-20

Question 1

compliant

Answer 1

adj, yeilding

Question 2

compunction

Answer 2

n, uneasiness caused by guilt

Question 3

concave

Answer 3

adj, curving inward

Question 4

conciliatory

Answer 4

adj, overcoming distrust or hostility

Question 5

concoct

Answer 5

v, to invent

Question 6

concomitant

Answer 6

n, existing concurrently

Question 7

condone

Answer 7

v, to overlook voluntarily; forgive

Question 8

confound

Answer 8

v, to baffle; perplex; mix up

Question 9

congenial

Answer 9

adj, similar in tastes and habits; friendly; suited to

Question 10

conjugal

Answer 10

adj, pertaining to marriage agreement

Question 11

connoisseur

Answer 11

n, a person possessing expert knowledge or training; a person of informed and discriminating taste

Question 12

conscript, conscription

Answer 12

n, person compulsorily enrolled for military service v, to enroll a person for military service n

Question 13

consecrate

Answer 13

v, to declare sacred

Question 14

contend, contention

Answer 14

v, to assert n, an assertion

Question 15

contentious

Answer 15

adj, quarrelsome; causing quarrels

Question 16

contiguous

Answer 16

adj, touching; neighboring; connecting without a break

Question 17

continence

Answer 17

n, self-control; abstention from sexual activity

Question 18

contrite

Answer 18

adj, very sorrowful for a wrong

Question 19

contumacious

Answer 19

adj, disobedient; rebellious

Question 20

conundrum

Answer 20

n, riddle; puzzle with no solution

Question 21

convention, conventional

Answer 21

n, practice widely observed in a group; custom; accepted technique or device adj, customary or commonplace

Question 22

converge

Answer 22

v, to approach; come together; tend to meet

Question 23

convex

Answer 23

adj, curved outward

Question 24

convivial

Answer 24

adj, sociable

Question 25

convoluted

Answer 25

adj, twisted; complicated

Question 26

copious

Answer 26

adj, abundant; plentiful

Question 27

coquette

Answer 27

n, woman who flirts

Question 28

cornucopia

Answer 28

n, horn overflowing with fruit and gran; state of abundance

Question 29

cosmology, cosmos, cosmic

Answer 29

n, study of the universe as a totality; theory of the origin and structure of the universe n, the physical universe regarded as a totality adj, relating to the physical universe, especially as distinct from Earth, and suggests infinite vastness

Question 30

covert

Answer 30

adj, hidden; secret

Question 31

covetous, covet

Answer 31

adj, desiring something owned by another v

Question 32

cozen

Answer 32

v, to mislead by trick or fraud; deceive

Question 33

craven

Answer 33

adj, cowardly

Question 34

credence

Answer 34

n, acceptance of something as true

Question 35

credo

Answer 35

n, statement or belief of principle; creed

Question 36

daunt, daunting

Answer 36

v, to discourage; intimidate; dishearten adj, discouraging or disheartening

Question 37

dearth

Answer 37

n, scarcity

Question 38

debauchery

Answer 38

n, corruption

Question 39

decorum, decorous

Answer 39

n, proper behavior adj

Question 40

defame

Answer 40

v, to malign; harm someone’s reputation

Question 41

default

Answer 41

v, to fail to act

Question 42

deference, defer

Answer 42

n, respect; regard for another’s wish v, to submit to the wishes of another due to respect or recognition of the person’s authority or knowledge

Question 43

defunct

Answer 43

adj, no longer existing

Question 44

delineate

Answer 44

v, to represent or depict

Question 45

demographic, demography, demographer

Answer 45

adj, related to population balance n, the study of human population n, one who studies human population

Question 46

demotic

Answer 46

adj, pertaining to people

Question 47

demur

Answer 47

v, to express doubt

Question 48

denigrate

Answer 48

v, to slur someone’s reputation

Question 49

denizen

Answer 49

n, an inhabitant; a regular visitor

Question 50

denouement

Answer 50

n, outcome; unraveling of the plot of a play or work of literature