Vocab 11-13

Question 1

connoisseur

Answer 1

someone w/ informed/discriminating judgement

Question 2

consensus

Answer 2

general agreement

Question 3

construe

Answer 3

to analyze/explain/interpret/ understand

adj: construable
n: mis/construction

Question 4

consummate

Answer 4

adj: complete/perfect to the highest degree
v: to bring to completion/perfection
n: consummation
adv: consummately

Question 5

copious

Answer 5

large in number/quantity, full

n: copiousness, copiosity
adv: copiously

Question 6

corpulent

Answer 6

adj: fat and bulky
n: corpulence, corpulency

Question 7

corroborate

Answer 7

v: to confirm the truth/accuracy of
n: corroboration, corroborator
adj: corroborative, corroboratory

Question 8

counsel

Answer 8

n: advice secured through consultation; an adviser
v: to advise/recommend
n: counselor

Question 9

credibility

Answer 9

the ability to inspire belief/trust

n: credibleness
adj: credible

Question 10

criterion

Answer 10

n: standard/principle on which to base a judgement/decision

Question 11

crucial

Answer 11

adj: of supreme importance
adv: crucially

Question 12

culpable

Answer 12

adj: at fault/blameworthy
n: culpability, culpableness, culprit

Question 13

cursory

Answer 13

adj: hasty/superficial
n: cursoriness
adv: cursorily

Question 14

curtail

Answer 14

v: to shorten/reduce
n: curtailment

Question 15

cynical

Answer 15

adj: inclined to doubt, bitter
n: cynic, cynicism
adv: cynically

Question 16

dapper

Answer 16

adj: neatly/stylishly dressed
adv: dapperly

Question 17

defect

Answer 17

n: flaw/shortcoming
v: to desert ones country/cause for another
n: defectiveness, defection, defector
adj: defective

Question 18

defer

Answer 18

v: to put off/postpone; to yield to the wishes/judgements of another
n: deferment, deferral, deference
adj: deferential, deferent

Question 19

dejected

Answer 19

adj: in very low spirits
n: dejection
v: deject
adv: dejectedly

Question 20

delete

Answer 20

v: to strike out/remove
n: deletion

Question 21

delineate

Answer 21

v: to portray/describe in detail
n: delineation/delineator

Question 22

delinquent

Answer 22

adj: neglectful of duty/obligation, overdue
n: person who fails to perform a duty/ an offender
n: delinquency

Question 23

delude

Answer 23

v: to mislead/decieve
n: deluder, delusion
adj: deluded, delusive, delusory

Question 24

demure

Answer 24

adj: modest and reserved
n: demureness
adv: demurely

Question 25

denouement

Answer 25

n: outcome/solution of complex sequence of events

Question 26

desultory

Answer 26

adj: haphazard/random/shifting from one thing to another n: desultoriness adv: desultorily

Question 27

deviate

Answer 27

v: to move away from, esp what is considered right n: a person who differs from what is accepted as normal/proper n: deviation, deviator adj: deviant

Question 28

devoid

Answer 28

adj: empty

Question 29

devout

Answer 29

adj: deeply religious/earnest/sincere v: devote n: devoutness, devotion, devotee adj: devoted, devotional adv: devoutly

Question 30

dexterous

Answer 30

adj: clever n: dexterity, dexterousness adv: dexterously

Question 31

dilapidated

Answer 31

adj: fallen into disrepair v: dilapidate n: dilapidation

Question 32

dilatory

Answer 32

adj: inclined to put things off n: dilatoriness adv: dilatorily

Question 33

diligent

Answer 33

adj: hardworking n: diligence adv: diligently

Question 34

dire

Answer 34

adj: dreadful/bleak/urgent adj: direful n: direness, direfulness adv: direly, direfully

Question 35

discomfit

Answer 35

v: to defeat/frustruate/confuse/perplex n: discomfiture

Question 36

discourse

Answer 36

n: lengthy discussion v: to talk about/discuss at length adj: discursive

Question 37

discriminate

Answer 37

v: to distinguish btwn two+ things; to behave unfairly toward a person/group bc of prejudice n: discrimination adj: discriminating, discriminatory, indiscriminate

Question 38

disparage

Answer 38

v: to speak slightingly of/undervalue n: disparagement adj: disparaging adv: disparagingly

Question 39

disparity

Answer 39

n: difference/inequality | adj: disparate

Question 40

distraught

Answer 40

adj: deeply distressed

Question 41

divulge

Answer 41

v: to make known n: divulgence

Question 42

docile

Answer 42

adj: easy to manage n: docility adv: dociley

Question 43

dormant

Answer 43

inactive | n: dormancy

Question 44

drastic

Answer 44

adj: violently forceful, extreme adv: drastically

Question 45

duplicity

Answer 45

n: deliberate deception adj: duplicitous