• Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/95

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

95 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back

Confluence

A gathering together

Conformist

One who behaves the same as others

Confound

To frustrate, confuse

Congenial

Pleasantly agreeable

Congregation

A gathering of people especially for religious services

Congruity

The quality of being in agreement

Connive

To plot, scheme

Consecrate

To dedicate something to a holy purpose

Consensus

An agreement of opinion

Conspicuous

Obvious, noticeable, attracting attention

Constituent

An essential part

Constrain

To forcibly restrict

Construe

To interpret

Consummate

To complete

Contentious

Having a tendency to quarrel or dispute

Contrite

Penitent, eager to be forgiven

Conundrum

Puzzle, problem

Convene

To call together

Convoluted

Intricate, complicated, involved

Copious

Profuse, abundant

Corroborate

To support with evidence

Corrosive

Having the tendency to erode or eat away

Cosmopolitan

Sophisticated, worldly

Counteract

To neutralize, make ineffective

Coup

(N)- a brilliant unexpected act



(N)- the overthrow of a government & assumption of authority

Covet

To desire enviously

Covert

Secretly engaged in

Credulity

Readiness to believe

Criteria

Standards by which something is judged

Culmination

The climax toward which something progresses

Culpable

Deserving blame

Cultivate

To nurture, improve, refine

Cumulative

Increasing, building upon itself

Cunning

Sly, clever at being deceitful

Cursory

Brief to the point of being superficial

Curt

Abrupt, short

Curtail

To lessen, reduce

Daunting

Intimidating, causing one to lose courage

Dearth

A lack, scarcity

Debacle

A disastrous failure, disruption

Debase

To lower the quality or esteem of something

Debunk

To expose the falseness of something

Decry

To criticize openly

Deface

To ruin or injure something's appearance

Defamatory

Harmful toward another's reputation

Defer

To postpone something;


To yield to another's wisdom

Deferential

Showing respect for another's authority

Defile

To make unclean, impure

Deft

Skillful, capable

Defunct

No longer used or existing

Delegate

To hand over responsibility for something

Deleterious

Harmful

Deliberate

Intentional, reflecting careful consideration

Delineate

To describe, outline, shed light on

Demagogue

A leader who appeals to a people's prejudices

Demarcation

The marking of boundaries or categories

Demean

To lower the status or stature of something

Demure

Quiet, modest, reserved

Denigrate

To belittle, diminish the opinion of

Denounce

To criticize publicly

Deplore

To feel or express sorrow, disapprove

Depravity

Wickedness

Deprecate

To belittle, depreciate

Derelict

Abandoned, run-down

Deride

To laugh at mockingly, scorn

Desecrate

To violate the sacredness of a thing or place

Desiccated

Dried up, dehydrated

Desolate

Deserted, dreary, lifeless

Despondent

Feeling depressed, discouraged, hopeless

Despot

One who has total power and rules brutally

Destitute

Impoverished, utterly lacking

Deter

To discourage, prevent from doing

Devious

Not straightforward; deceitful

Diaphanous

Light, airy, transparent

Diffident

Shy, quiet, modest

Diffuse

(V)- to scatter, thin out, break up


(Adj)- not concentrated, scattered, disorganized

Diligent

Showing care in doing one's work

Diminutive

Small or miniature

Dirge

A mournful song, especially for a funeral

Disaffected

Rebellious, resentful of authority

Disavow

To deny knowledge of or responsibility for

Discern

To perceive, detect

Disclose

To reveal, make public

Discrepancy

Difference, failure of things to correspond

Discretion

The quality of being reserved in speech or action; good judgment

Discursive

Rambling, lacking order

Disdain

(V)- to scorn, hold in low esteem


(N)- scorn, low esteem

Disgruntled

Upset, not content

Disheartened

Feeling a loss of spirit or morale

Disparage

To criticize or speak ill of

Disparate

Sharply differing, containing sharply contrasting elements

Dispatch

To send off to accomplish a duty

Dispel

To drive away, scatter

Disperse

To scatter, cause to scatter

Disrepute

A state of being held in low regard