Units 16-20

Question 1

compliant, adj.

Answer 1

yielding

Question 2

compunction, n.

Answer 2

uneasiness caused by guilt

Question 3

concave, adj.

Answer 3

curving inward

Question 4

*conciliatory, adj.

Answer 4

overcoming distrust or hostility

Question 5

concoct, v.

Answer 5

to invent

Question 6

*concomitant, n.

Answer 6

existing concurrently

Question 7

condone, v.

Answer 7

to overlook voluntarily; forgive

Question 8

*confound, v.

Answer 8

to baffle; perplex; mix up

Question 9

congenial, adj.

Answer 9

similar in tastes and habits; friendly; suited to

Question 10

conjugal, adj.

Answer 10

pertaining to marriage agreement

Question 11

connoisseur, n.

Answer 11

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

Question 12

conscript, n.

Answer 12

a person compulsorily enrolled for military service

Question 13

consecrate, v.

Answer 13

to declare sacred

Question 14

contend, v.

Answer 14

to assert

Question 15

*contentious, adj.

Answer 15

quarrelsome; causing quarrels

Question 16

contiguous, adj.

Answer 16

touching; neighboring; connecting without a break

Question 17

continence, n.

Answer 17

self-control; abstention from sexual activity

Question 18

contrite, adj.

Answer 18

very sorrowful for a wrong

Question 19

contumacious, adj.

Answer 19

disobedient; rebellious

Question 20

conundrum, n.

Answer 20

riddle; puzzle with no solution

Question 21

convention, n.

Answer 21

practice widely observed in a group; custom; accepted technique or device

Question 22

converge, v.

Answer 22

to approach; come together; tend to meet

Question 23

convex, adj.

Answer 23

curved outward

Question 24

convivial, adj.

Answer 24

sociable

Question 25

*convoluted, adj.

Answer 25

twisted; complicated

Question 26

copious, adj.

Answer 26

abundant; plentiful

Question 27

coquette, n.

Answer 27

a woman who flirts

Question 28

cornucopia, n.

Answer 28

horn overflowing with fruit and grain; state of abundance

Question 29

*cosmology, n.

Answer 29

study of the universe as a totality; theory of the origin and structure of the universe

Question 30

covert, adj.

Answer 30

hidden; secret

Question 31

covetous, adj.

Answer 31

desiring something owned by another

Question 32

cozen, v.

Answer 32

to mislead by trick or fraud; deceive

Question 33

*craven, adj.

Answer 33

cowardly

Question 34

*credence, n.

Answer 34

acceptance of something as true

Question 35

credo, n.

Answer 35

statement of belief or principle; creed

Question 36

daunt, v.

Answer 36

to discourage; intimidate; dishearten

Question 37

dearth, n.

Answer 37

scarcity

Question 38

debauchery, n.

Answer 38

corruption

Question 39

*decorum, n.

Answer 39

proper behavior

Question 40

defame, v.

Answer 40

to malign; harm someone's reputation

Question 41

default, v.

Answer 41

to fail to act

Question 42

*deference, n.

Answer 42

respect; regard for another's wish

Question 43

defunct, adj.

Answer 43

no longer existing

Question 44

*delineate, v.

Answer 44

to represent or depict

Question 45

demographic, adj.

Answer 45

related to population balance

Question 46

*demotic, adj.

Answer 46

pertaining to people

Question 47

*demur, v.

Answer 47

to express doubt

Question 48

*denigrate, v.

Answer 48

to slur someone's reputation

Question 49

denizen, n.

Answer 49

an inhabitant; a regular visitor

Question 50

*denouement, n.

Answer 50

outcome; unraveling of the plot of play or work of literature