Vocab 3

Question 1

congenial

Answer 1

similar in tastes and habits

Question 2

congruity

Answer 2

correspondence, harmony, agreement

Question 3

connive

Answer 3

to conspire, scheme

Question 4

consanguineous

Answer 4

of the same origin, related by blood

Question 5

consonant

Answer 5

consistent with, in agreement with

Question 6

construe

Answer 6

to explain or interpret

Question 7

contentious

Answer 7

quarrelsome, disagreeable, belligerent

Question 8

contrite

Answer 8

deeply sorrowful and repentant for a wrong

Question 9

contusion

Answer 9

bruise

Question 10

convalescence

Answer 10

gradual recovery after an illness

Question 11

convivial

Answer 11

sociable, fond of eating, drinking, and people

Question 12

coquette

Answer 12

woman who flirts

Question 13

corporeal

Answer 13

having to do with the body, tangible material

Question 14

corpulence

Answer 14

obesity, fatness, bulkiness

Question 15

corroborate

Answer 15

to confirm, verify

Question 16

cosmopolitan

Answer 16

sophisticated, free from local prejudices

Question 17

cosset

Answer 17

to pamper, treat with great care

Question 18

coterie

Answer 18

small group of persons, with a similar purpose

Question 19

countermand

Answer 19

to annul, cancel, make a contrary order

Question 20

countervail

Answer 20

to counteract, to exert force against

Question 21

crass

Answer 21

crude, unrefined

Question 22

craven

Answer 22

cowardly

Question 23

credence

Answer 23

acceptance of something true or unreal

Question 24

credulous

Answer 24

gullible, trusting

Question 25

criterion

Answer 25

standard for judging, rule for testing

Question 26

culpable

Answer 26

guilty, responsible for wrong

Question 27

cupidity

Answer 27

greed

Question 28

curmudgeon

Answer 28

cranky person

Question 29

cursory

Answer 29

hastily done, superficial

Question 30

cygnet

Answer 30

young swan

Question 31

dearth

Answer 31

lack, scarcity, insufficiency

Question 32

debauch

Answer 32

to corrupt, seduce from virtue, duty, indulge

Question 33

declivity

Answer 33

downward slope

Question 34

defamatory

Answer 34

slanderous, injurious, to the reputation

Question 35

deferential

Answer 35

respectful and polite in a submissive way

Question 36

deft

Answer 36

skillful, dexterous

Question 37

deleterious

Answer 37

harmful, destructive, detrimental

Question 38

delineation

Answer 38

depiction, representation

Question 39

deluge

Answer 39

flood

Question 40

demagogue

Answer 40

leader, rabble-rouser, usually using appeals to emotion or prejudice

Question 41

demarcation

Answer 41

borderline, act of defining or marking a boundary with distinction

Question 42

demur

Answer 42

to express doubts or objections

Question 43

denigrate

Answer 43

to slur or blacken someone’s reputation

Question 44

denude

Answer 44

to make bare, uncover, undress

Question 45

deplore

Answer 45

to express or feel disapproval of

Question 46

depose

Answer 46

to remove from a high position

Question 47

depravity

Answer 47

sinfulness, moral corruption

Question 48

derogate

Answer 48

to belittle, disparage

Question 49

desist

Answer 49

to stop doing something

Question 50

desultory

Answer 50

at random, rambling

Question 51

diaphanous

Answer 51

allowing light to shine through, delicate

Question 52

diatribe

Answer 52

bitter verbal attack

Question 53

didactic

Answer 53

excessively intrusive

Question 54

diffidence

Answer 54

shyness, lack of confidence

Question 55

dilatory

Answer 55

slow, tending to delay

Question 56

dirge

Answer 56

funeral hymn

Question 57

disbar

Answer 57

to expel from legal profession

Question 58

disconcerting

Answer 58

bewildering, perplexing, slightly disturbing

Question 59

discursive

Answer 59

wandering from topic to topic

Question 60

dissemble

Answer 60

to pretend, disguise ones motives