Week 4

Question 1

conciliate

Answer 1

to reconcile, placate, appease, win over

e.g. He tried to conciliate his angry neighbor by offering to help with the yard work.

Question 2

concise

Answer 2

brief and clear

Question 3

conclave

Answer 3

a private or secret meeting

Question 4

concur

Answer 4

to agree

Question 5

condescend

Answer 5

to act while conscious of having to descend from one’s rank or position

Question 6

condign (adj.)

Answer 6

well-deserved, fitting adequate (usually of a punishment)

Question 7

condiment

Answer 7

seasoning

Question 8

condolence

Answer 8

expression of sympathy to someone experiencing sorrow, pain, etc.

Question 9

condone

Answer 9

to allow by overlooking (usually just means ‘allow’ or ‘tolerate’)

Question 10

conducive

Answer 10

tending to produce a certain result, favorable, helpful to an end

Question 11

congenital

Answer 11

existent at birth

Question 12

conglomeration

Answer 12

a mass of various elements; a conglomeration of usually unrelated companies

Question 13

conjecture

Answer 13

guess

Question 14

connive

Answer 14

to plot to do something bad

Question 15

connoisseur

Answer 15

an expert, someone especially discerning in an area of expertise

Question 16

consecrate

Answer 16

to make holy

Question 17

conspicuous

Answer 17

easily seen, obvious, attracting attention

Question 18

constellation

Answer 18

assemblage of stars

Question 19

construe

Answer 19

to interpret

Question 20

consummate (‘adj./v.)

Answer 20

‘perfect, highly skilled; ‘to complete, fulfill (usually to consummate marriage)

Question 21

contemporary (‘adj.P.)

Answer 21

‘modern; someone of the same time period as another

Question 22

contentious

Answer 22

quarrelsome

Question 23

contiguity (a)

Answer 23

closeness, proximity, the state of being adjacent

Question 24

contrite (adj.)

Answer 24

sorry for sin and showing remorse

Question 25

conventional (adj.)

Answer 25

customary, adhering to standards

Question 26

convivial

Answer 26

joyous, sociable

Question 27

copious

Answer 27

abundant, plentiful

Question 28

corroborate

Answer 28

to confirm legally

Question 29

coruscate (v.)

Answer 29

to sparkle, gleam

Question 30

coterie (n.)

Answer 30

group of people, followers, clique, camaraderie

Question 31

covert

Answer 31

hidden, secret

Question 32

covetous (adj.)

Answer 32

greedy, grasping of money or wealth (that which covets, NOT that which is coveted)

Question 33

crass

Answer 33

crude, coarse, obtuse

Question 34

craven

Answer 34

cowardly

Question 35

credence (n.)

Answer 35

belief of the truth of something

Question 36

credulous

Answer 36

believing (sometimes with connotation of being gullible)

Question 37

cryptic

Answer 37

mysterious, obscure, ambiguous, unclear

Question 38

culinary

Answer 38

pertaining to the kitchen

Question 39

culmination

Answer 39

highest point, end, climax

Question 40

culpable

Answer 40

guilty

Question 41

cumbrous (adj.)

Answer 41

burdensome, cumbersome

Question 42

cupidity (n.)

Answer 42

greed, avarice

Question 43

cursory

Answer 43

hasty, superficial

Question 44

curtail (v.)

Answer 44

to cut short

Question 45

cynical (adj.)

Answer 45

distrustful of others' motives, having contempt for the norm, suspicious

Question 46

cynosure (n.)

Answer 46

center of attention, something that attracts attention

Question 47

daunt

Answer 47

to dismay, lessen the courage of, intimidate

Question 48

dearth (n.)

Answer 48

scarcity

Question 49

debacle

Answer 49

a disaster, a complete failure, sudden downfall

Question 50

decorum

Answer 50

proper behavior

Question 51

decrepit

Answer 51

old, feeble, worn out

Question 52

defection

Answer 52

a desertion of someone from loyalty to a state or religion, etc.

Question 53

deference

Answer 53

respect to someone else's will, opinion, wishes, etc.

Question 54

defunct (adj.)

Answer 54

not in use, not in existence, dead

Question 55

delectable (adj.)

Answer 55

pleasant, delicious, enjoyable to taste most of the time

Question 56

delete

Answer 56

to remove or erase

Question 57

deleterious (adj.)

Answer 57

harmful, injurious to health

Question 58

delineate

Answer 58

sketch, outline, portray, explain

Question 59

deluge (n.)

Answer 59

flood

Question 60

demagogue

Answer 60

leader who appeals to people's emotions, prejudices (very unflattering connotation e.g. Hitler)