Vocab Words 5 Flashcards
Convergence
The point at which lines, objects., meet
An intersection is the convergence of two roads
Conundrum
A riddle,
He had a conundrum as to which party to go
Convivial
Friendly, agreeable
It was hard to frown around the convivial person
Corpulent
Fat
The corpulent man loved donuts
Curtail
To cut short To reduce To diminish
The teacher curtailed the students speec at 10 minutes
Debacle
complete collapse or failure
The caterer got lost on the way to the wedding so none of the guests got any cakes Was a debacle
Debunk
to expose a claim as being false. Pretentious, etc
Debaters try to debunk each others arguments
Demagogue
A political leader, who gains power by arousing emotions
Hilter is a demagogue
Deplore
To regret deeply or strongly; lament
I deplore dating Jesenia for 2 years
Depravity
The state or act of being corrupt wicked or perverted
Dexter showed depravity when he killed the trinity killer
Deprecate
To express earnest disapproval of
He deprecated he cooking at the dinner party
Deride
To laugh at in scorn or comtempt
Bullies deride other people
Desecrate
To treat with sacrilege
She desecrated his memory after he died.
Despondent
Feeling or showing profound hopelessnes
The dying man felt despondent
Dichotomy
Division into two parts, kinds, ect. ; subdividing into two halves
The bible is filled with the dichotomy of good and evil
