SAT Vocab C-D

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diacritical: adj. Marking a difference.
decalogue: n. The ten commandments.
dilapidated: pa. Fallen into decay or partial ruin.
diplomatist: n. One remarkable for tact and shrewd management.
contemplate: v. To consider thoughtfully.
carouse: v. To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner.
coagulate: v. To change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical action, or by a ferment.
decisive: ad. Conclusive.
disinherit: v. To deprive of an inheritance.
deficiency: n. Lack or insufficiency.
callow: adj. Without experience of the world.
divertible: adj. Able to be turned from the accustomed course or a line of action already established.
cosmogony: n. A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe.
calculus: n. A concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness.
credible: adj. Believable.
dragoon: n. In the British army, a cavalryman.
continuous: adj. Connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
discernible: adj. Perceivable.
Christ: n. A title of Jesus
corpulent: adj. Obese.
contender: n. One who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry.
carcass: n. The dead body of an animal.
commission: v. To empower.
deflect: v. To cause to turn aside or downward.
disunion: n. Separation of relations or interests.
conservatism: n. Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things.
domineer: v. To rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance.
crevasse: n. A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier.
defiant: adj. Characterized by bold or insolent opposition.
diabolic: adj. Characteristic of the devil.
divination: n. The pretended forecast of future events or discovery of what is lost or hidden.
compliant: adj. Yielding.
coincidence: n. A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident.
circumspect: adj. Showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration.
defendant: n. A person against whom a suit is brought.
clangor: n. Clanking or a ringing, as of arms, chains, or bells; clamor.
descendent: adj. Proceeding downward.
codicil: n. A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will.
disrobe: v. To unclothe.
distention: n. Expansion.
concurrent: adj. Occurring or acting together.
conjugate: adj. Joined together in pairs.
datum: n. A premise, starting-point, or given fact.
distill: v. To extract or produce by vaporization and condensation.
culprit: n. A guilty person.
dimly: adv. Obscurely.
dissolve: v. To liquefy or soften, as by heat or moisture.
disconnect: v. To undo or dissolve the connection or association of.
curio: n. A piece of bric-a-brac.
conservatory: n. An institution for instruction and training in music and declamation.
collapse: v. To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail.
deist: n. One who believes in God, but denies supernatural revelation.
divest: v. To strip, specifically of clothes, ornaments, or accouterments or disinvestment.
deform: v. To disfigure.
desiccant: n. Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds.
crustaceous: adj. Having a crust-like shell.
disclaim: v. To disavow any claim to, connection with, or responsibility to.
cabinet: n. The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a nation.
conclusive: adj. Sufficient to convince or decide.
donor: n. One who makes a donation or present.
decameter: n. A length of ten meters.
centurion: n. A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army.
claimant: n. One who makes a claim or demand, as of right.
deficient: adj. Not having an adequate or proper supply or amount.
complacent: adj. Pleased or satisfied with oneself.
continuity: n. Uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation, or development.
decimate: v. To destroy a measurable or large proportion of.
cygnet: n. A young swan.
comparable: adj. Fit to be compared.
difference: n. Dissimilarity in any respect.
cite: v. To refer to specifically.
cranium: n. The skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the brain.
carnivorous: adj. Eating or living on flesh.
comely: adj. Handsome.
cadence: n. Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops.
collision: n. Violent contact.
disrupt: v. To burst or break asunder.
contrive: v. To manage or carry through by some device or scheme.
cipher: v. To calculate arithmetically. (also a noun meaning zero or nothing)
distrust: n. Lack of confidence in the power, wisdom, or good intent of any person.
diagnose: v. To distinguish, as a disease, by its characteristic phenomena.
contaminate: v. To pollute.
definite: adj. Having an exact signification or positive meaning.
cat-o-nine-tails: n. An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy.
convex: adj. Curving like the segment of the globe or of the surface of a circle.
cursory: adj. Rapid and superficial.
culvert: n. Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal.
deviltry: n. Wanton and malicious mischief.
complaisant: adj. Agreeable.
contrite: adj. Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
cycloid: adj. Like a circle.
decorous: adj. Suitable for the occasion or circumstances.
Darwinism: n. The doctrine that natural selection has been the prime cause of evolution of higher forms.
didactic: adj. Pertaining to teaching.
depress: v. To press down.
disputation: n. Verbal controversy.
dispel: v. To drive away by or as by scattering in different directions.
coronet: n. Inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various degrees of noble rank less than sovereign.
cornice: n. An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling.
contributor: n. One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
confront: v. To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles.
donator: n. One who makes a donation or present.
declension: n. The change of endings in nouns and adj. to express their different relations of gender.
disparity: n. Inequality.
choral: adj. Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
critique: n. A criticism or critical review.
cogent: adj. Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience.
distemper: n. A disease or malady.
dilettante: n. A superficial amateur.
comport: v. To conduct or behave (oneself).
chasten: v. To purify by affliction.
ceremonious: adj. Observant of ritual.
disseminate: v. To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown.
centiliter: n. A hundredth of a liter.
compulsory: adj. Forced.
consistency: n. A state of permanence.
demolish: v. To annihilate.
disobedient: adj. Neglecting or refusing to obey.
caustic: adj. Sarcastic and severe.
dramatist: n. One who writes plays.
deplete: v. To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste.
consulate: n. The place in which a consul transacts official business.
depression: n. A falling of the spirits.
discussion: n. Debate.
calorie: n. Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade.
decapitate: v. To behead.
diplomat: n. A representative of one sovereign state at the capital or court of another.
conscientious: adj. Governed by moral standard.
collusion: n. A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose.
disregard: v. To take no notice of.
disjunctive: adj. Helping or serving to disconnect or separate.
competent: adj. Qualified.
collective: adj. Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into a mass, or sum.
check: v. To hold back.
counterfeit: adj. Made to resemble something else.
dissipate: v. To disperse or disappear.
cosmology: n. The general science of the universe.
coronation: n. The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch.
dominate: v. To influence controllingly.
cohere: v. To stick together.
comprehensible: adj. Intelligible.
confidence: n. The state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another.
consolidate: v. To combine into one body or system.
dearth: n. Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable.
complicity: n. Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer.
confident: adj. Assured.
coincident: adj. Taking place at the same time.
component: n. A constituent element or part.
covey: n. A flock of quails or partridges.
diurnal: adj. Daily.
corrigible: adj. Capable of reformation.
decagram: n. A weight of 10 grams.
depth: n. Deepness.
cauterize: v. To burn or sear as with a heated iron.
convertible: adj. Interchangeable.
clarion: n. A small shrill trumpet or bugle.
criterion: n. A standard by which to determine the correctness of a judgment or conclusion.
drought: n. Dry weather, especially when so long continued as to cause vegetation to wither.
corruptible: adj. Open to bribery.
dissonance: n. Discord.
contingent: adj. Not predictable.
commissariat: n. The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.
countercharge: v. To accuse in return.
distinction: n. A note or designation of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies.
drainage: n. The means of draining collectively, as a system of conduits, trenches, pipes, etc.
disapprove: v. To regard with blame.
demonstrate: v. To prove indubitably.
confederacy: n. A number of states or persons in compact or league with each other, as for mutual aid.
compulsion: n. Coercion.
disinfect: v. To remove or destroy the poison of infectious or contagious diseases.
desultory: adj. Not connected with what precedes.
contradiction: n. The assertion of the opposite of that which has been said.
disavow: v. To disclaim responsibility for.
creed: n. A formal summary of fundamental points of religious belief.
dispossess: v. To deprive of actual occupancy, especially of real estate.
darkling: adv. Blindly.
covenant: n. An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties.
deport: v. To take or send away forcibly, as to a penal colony.
Catholicism: n. The system, doctrine, and practice of the Roman Catholic Church.
distort: v. To twist into an unnatural or irregular form.
coercive: adj. Serving or tending to force.
dignitary: n. One who holds high rank.
catastrophe: n. Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity.
contribution: n. The act of giving for a common purpose.
centenary: adj. Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years.
collector: n. One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
diligence: n. Careful and persevering effort to accomplish what is undertaken.
cower: v. To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame.
contemporaneous: adj. Living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
decent: adj. Characterized by propriety of conduct, speech, manners, or dress.
digress: v. To turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter.
derivation: n. That process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning.
canto: n. One of the divisions of an extended poem.
connote: v. To mean; signify.
cajole: v. To impose on or dupe by flattering speech.
deteriorate: v. To grow worse.
distensible: adj. Capable of being stretched out or expanded in every direction.
circumnavigate: v. To sail quite around.
deforest: v. To clear of forests.
characteristic: n. A distinctive feature.
confiscate: v. To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury.
caret: n. A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
disown: v. To refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as connected with oneself.
commute: v. To put something, especially something less severe, in place of.
dendrology: n. The natural history of trees.
derelict: adj. Neglectful of obligation.
concordance: n. Harmony.
comparison: n. Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
corporate: adj. Belonging to a corporation.
dissection: n. The act or operation of cutting in pieces, specifically of a plant or an animal.
concord: n. Harmony.
conquer: v. To overcome by force.
distiller: n. One occupied in the business of distilling alcoholic liquors.
cohesive: adj. Having the property of consistency.
disenfranchise: v. To deprive of any right privilege or power
divulge: v. To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret.
convalescent: adj. Recovering health after sickness.
disrepute: n. A bad name or character.
defalcate: v. To cut off or take away, as a part of something.
census: n. An official numbering of the people of a country or district.
captivate: v. To fascinate, as by excellence. eloquence, or beauty.
crystallize: v. To bring together or give fixed shape to.
disquiet: v. To deprive of peace or tranquillity.
cosmic: adj. Pertaining to the universe.
clamorous: adj. Urgent in complaint or demand.
capitulate: v. To surrender or stipulate terms.
condescend: v. To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors.
contiguity: n. Proximity.
crockery: n. Earthenware made from baked clay.
corpuscle: n. A minute particle of matter.
degrade: v. To take away honors or position from.
comparative: adj. Relative.
discreet: adj. Judicious.
discolor: v. To stain.
callosity: n. The state of being hard and insensible.
creak: n. A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound.
coalescence: n. The act or process of coming together so as to form one body, combination, or product.
depositor: n. One who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited.
crustacean: adj. Pertaining to a division of arthropods, containing lobsters, crabs, crawfish, etc.
cadenza: n. An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
conjunction: n. The state of being joined together, or the things so joined.
decamp: v. To leave suddenly or unexpectedly.
deride: v. To ridicule.
dehydrate: v. To deprive of water.
counterpart: n. Something taken with another for the completion of either.
converge: v. To cause to incline and approach nearer together.
decaliter: n. A liquid and dry measure of 10 liters.
creamery: n. A butter-making establishment.
demagogue: n. An unprincipled politician.
commingle: v. To blend.
crusade: n. Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in behalf of an idea or principle.
declamation: n. A speech recited or intended for recitation from memory in public.
courageous: adj. Brave.
denomination: n. A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline.
diversity: n. Dissimilitude.
cathode: n. The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
distrainor: n. One who subjects a person to distress.
docket: n. The registry of judgments of a court.
compressible: adj. Capable of being pressed into smaller compass.
diplomacy: n. Tact, shrewdness, or skill in conducting any kind of negotiations or in social matters.
drowsy: adj. Heavy with sleepiness.
coquette: n. A flirt.
curator: n. A person having charge as of a library or museum.
conformable: adj. Harmonious.
Calvinism: n. The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin.
convulsion: n. A violent and abnormal muscular contraction of the body.
cessation: n. Discontinuance, as of action or motion.
defensible: adj. Capable of being maintained or justified.
composure: n. Calmness.
doe: n. The female of the deer.
chameleon: adj. Changeable in appearance.
cataclysm: n. Any overwhelming flood of water.
corporal: adj. Belonging or relating to the body as opposed to the mind.
comestible: adj. Fit to be eaten.
clemency: n. Mercy.
dissemble: v. To hide by pretending something different.
cosmopolitan: adj. Common to all the world.
deference: n. Respectful submission or yielding, as to another's opinion, wishes, or judgment.
contagion: n. The communication of disease from person to person.
chivalry: n. The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices.
cursive: adj. Writing in which the letters are joined together.
denizen: n. Inhabitant.
despite: prep. In spite of.
cholera: n. An acute epidemic disease.
concurrence: n. Agreement.
clandestine: adj. Surreptitious.
constellation: n. An arbitrary assemblage or group of stars.
daring: adj. Brave.
decasyllable: n. A line of ten syllables.
convoy: n. A protecting force accompanying property in course of transportation.
dissatisfy: v. To displease.
dogma: n. A statement of religious faith or duty formulated by a body claiming authority.
dismissal: n. Displacement by authority from an office or an employment.
divert: v. To turn from the accustomed course or a line of action already established.
despicable: adj. Contemptible.
corrosion: n. Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
compute: v. To ascertain by mathematical calculation.
default: n. The neglect or omission of a legal requirement.
chastity: n. Sexual or moral purity.
doubly: adv. In twofold degree or extent.
diplomatic: adj. Characterized by special tact in negotiations.
deformity: n. A disfigurement.
despondent: adj. Disheartened.
dowry: n. The property which a wife brings to her husband in marriage.
derive: v. To deduce, as from a premise.
dogmatic: adj. Making statements without argument or evidence.
denude: v. To strip the covering from.
debut: n. A first appearance in society or on the stage.
disciple: n. One who believes the teaching of another, or who adopts and follows some doctrine.
divulgence: n. A divulging.
diffusible: adj. Spreading rapidly through the system and acting quickly.
corrode: v. To ruin or destroy little by little.
disreputable: adj. Dishonorable or disgraceful.
dentifrice: n. Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth.
consumption: n. Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out, etc.
deliquesce: v. To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air.
calumny: n. Slander.
contradictory: adj. Inconsistent with itself.
dilatory: adj. Tending to cause delay.
caucus: n. A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates.
commentary: n. A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work.
canine: adj. Characteristic of a dog.
deviate: v. To take a different course.
cognizant: adj. Taking notice.
demonstrator: n. One who proves in a convincing and conclusive manner.
crevice: n. A small fissure, as between two contiguous surfaces.
complex: adj. Complicated.
disfavor: n. Disregard.
docile: adj. Easy to manage.
deposition: n. Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court.
crass: adj. Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine.
clothier: n. One who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
confluent: n. A stream that unites with another.
culpable: adj. Guilty.
chromatic: adj. Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
drudgery: n. Hard and constant work in any menial or dull occupation.
disobedience: n. Neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative injunction.
doleful: adj. Melancholy.
colloquial: adj. Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary.
demeanor: n. Deportment.
curtsy: n. A downward movement of the body by bending the knees.
cosmography: n. The science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
compliment: v. To address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise.
diaphanous: adj. Transparent.
decagon: n. A figure with ten sides and ten angles.
distraught: adj. Bewildered.
complication: n. An intermingling or combination of things or parts, especially in a perplexing manner.
debase: v. To lower in character or virtue.
conservative: adj. Adhering to the existing order of things.
coagulant: adj. Producing coagulation.
discountenance: v. To look upon with disfavor.
connubial: adj. Pertaining to marriage or matrimony.
dissolute: adj. Lewd.
censorious: adj. Judging severely or harshly.
cabal: n. A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose.
coniferous: adj. Cone-bearing trees.
dormant: adj. Being in a state of or resembling sleep.
decimal: adj. Founded on the number 10.
constituent: n. One who has the right to vote at an election.
Decameron: n. A volume consisting of ten parts or books.
cull: v. To pick or sort out from the rest.
disagree: v. To be opposite in opinion.
donate: v. To bestow as a gift, especially for a worthy cause.
defraud: v. To deprive of something dishonestly.
disappoint: v. To fail to fulfill the expectation, hope, wish, or desire of.
duplicity: n. Double-dealing.
dislocate: v. To put out of proper place or order.
desperado: n. One without regard for law or life.
caricature: n. a picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted.
clarify: v. To render intelligible.
dissentient: n. One who disagrees.
chiffon: n. A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
dermatology: n. The branch of medical science which relates to the skin and its diseases.
conjecture: n. A guess.
confidant: n. One to whom secrets are entrusted.
complaisance: n. Politeness.
colossus: n. Any strikingly great person or object.
depreciate: v. To lessen the worth of.
crag: n. A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge.
clairvoyance: n. Intuitive sagacity or perception.
contraposition: n. A placing opposite.
deportment: n. Demeanor.
discipline: v. To train to obedience.
consecutive: adj. Following in uninterrupted succession.
choleric: adj. Easily provoked to anger.
drastic: adj. Acting vigorously.
delusion: n. Mistaken conviction, especially when more or less enduring.
commemorate: v. To serve as a remembrance of.
catholicity: n. Universal prevalence or acceptance.
disconsolate: adj. Grief-stricken.
culinary: adj. Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen.
differentia: n. Any essential characteristic of a species by reason of which it differs from other species.
demurrage: n. the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing.
discomfort: n. The state of being positively uncomfortable.
clearance: n. A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with the law and may sail.
clement: adj. Compassionate.
discord: n. Absence of harmoniousness.
dead-heat: n. A race in which two or more competitors come out even, and there is no winner.
classify: v. To arrange in a class or classes on the basis of observed resemblance's and differences.
deleterious: adj. Hurtful, morally or physically.
devise: v. To invent.
corruption: n. Loss of purity or integrity.
contagious: adj. Transmitting disease.
consort: n. A companion or associate.
displace: v. To put out of the proper or accustomed place.
contumacy: n. Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
dauntless: adj. Fearless.
diffusion: n. Dispersion.
contingency: n. Possibility of happening.
deplorable: adj. Contemptible.
disavowal: n. Denial.
diminution: n. Reduction.
dissect: v. To cut apart or to pieces.
contort: v. To twist into a misshapen form.
dejection: n. Melancholy.
distrain: v. To subject a person to distress.
disinfectant: n. A substance used to destroy the germs of infectious diseases.
deceitful: adj. Fraudulent.
captious: adj. Hypercritical.
coxswain: n. One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew under an officer.
confessor: n. A spiritual advisor.
discriminate: v. To draw a distinction.
close-hauled: adj. Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible.
coerce: v. To force.
cohesion: n. Consistency.
death's-head: n. A human skull as a symbol of death.
dramatize: v. To relate or represent in a dramatic or theatrical manner.
denounce: v. To point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium.
congeal: v. To coagulate.
convergent: adj. Tending to one point.
comprehension: n. Ability to know.
colloquy: n. Conversation.
defamation: n. Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another.
Calvary: n. The place where Christ was crucified.
detriment: n. Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss.
candor: n. The quality of frankness or outspokenness.
deciduous: adj. Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc.
derision: n. Ridicule.
dissuasion: n. The act of changing the purpose of or altering the plans of through persuasion, or pleading.
controller: n. One who or that which regulates or directs.
correlative: adj. Mutually involving or implying one another.
dubious: adj. Doubtful.
day-man: n. A day-laborer.
circumference: n. The boundary-line of a circle.
came: n. A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
disarrange: v. To throw out of order.
causal: adj. Indicating or expressing a cause.
consonant: adj. Being in agreement or harmony with.
delude: v. To mislead the mind or judgment of.
duplex: adj. Having two parts.
decoy: n. Anything that allures, or is intended to allures into danger or temptation.
Christendom: n. That part of the world where Christianity is generally professed.
delectation: n. Delight.
competitive: adj. characterized by rivalry.
collegian: n. A college student.
disqualify: v. To debar.
differential: adj. Distinctive.
conveyance: n. That by which anything is transported.
contrivance: n. The act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
coincide: v. To correspond.
conduit: n. A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.
capillary: n. A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells.
dissipation: n. The state of being dispersed or scattered.
deterrent: adj. Hindering from action through fear.
convivial: adj. Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking.
chattel: n. Any article of personal property.
circumscribe: v. To confine within bounds.
demulcent: n. Any application soothing to an irritable surface
dissentious: adj. Contentious.
deprecate: v. To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite.
control: v. To exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
depository: n. A place where anything is kept in safety.
disburden: v. To disencumber.
donee: n. A person to whom a donation is made.
cameo: n. Any small engraved or carved work in relief.
conceit: n. Self-flattering opinion.
divisor: n. That by which a number or quantity is divided.
constable: n. An officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
contemporary: adj. Living or existing at the same time.
dissension: n. Angry or violent difference of opinion.
digraph: n. A union of two characters representing a single sound.
diphthong: n. The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds.
desistance: n. Cessation.
consummate: v. To bring to completion.
cryptogram: n. Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning.
dialect: n. Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district.
consanguineous: adj. Descended from the same parent or ancestor.
commodity: n. Something that is bought and sold.
devious: adj. Out of the common or regular track.
contemptible: adj. Worthy of scorn or disdain.
decrepit: adj. Enfeebled, as by old age or some chronic infirmity.
casualty: n. A fatal or serious accident or disaster.
corps: n. A number or body of persons in some way associated or acting together.
cynicism: n. Contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value.
cataract: n. Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness.
disarm: v. To deprive of weapons.
conflagration: n. A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like.
calculable: adj. That may be estimated by reckoning.
corroboration: n. Confirmation.
doublet: n. One of a pair of like things.
conjoin: v. To unite.
despot: n. An absolute and irresponsible monarch.
descent: n. The act of moving or going downward.
declamatory: adj. A full and formal style of utterance.
degenerate: v. To become worse or inferior.
charlatan: n. A quack.
dilute: v. To make more fluid or less concentrated by admixture with something.
congest: v. To collect into a mass.
detract: v. To take away in such manner as to lessen value or estimation.
cosmopolitanism: n. A cosmopolitan character.
credence: n. Belief.
distend: v. To stretch out or expand in every direction.
corporeal: adj. Of a material nature; physical.
corpse: n. A dead body.
dissimilar: adj. Different.
contraband: n. Trade forbidden by law or treaty.
dialogue: n. A formal conversation in which two or more take part.
disbeliever: n. One who refuses to believe.
convolution: n. A winding motion.
concussion: n. A violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden blow.
desert: v. To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned
christen: v. To name in baptism.
characterize: v. To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities.
colleague: n. An associate in professional employment.
conceive: v. To form an idea, mental image or thought of.
campaign: n. A complete series of connected military operations.
cosmetic: adj. Pertaining to the art of beautifying, especially the complexion.
convolve: v. To move with a circling or winding motion.
conformity: n. Correspondence in form, manner, or use.
diverse: adj. Capable of various forms.
canary: adj. Of a bright but delicate yellow.
disallow: v. To withhold permission or sanction.
designate: v. To select or appoint, as by authority.
covert: adj. Concealed, especially for an evil purpose.
disciplinary: adj. Having the nature of systematic training or subjection to authority.
depopulate: v. To remove the inhabitants from.
collaborate: v. To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits.
complement: v. To make complete.
duet: n. A composition for two voices or instruments.
courser: n. A fleet and spirited horse.
competence: n. Adequate qualification or capacity.
candid: adj. Straightforward.
duteous: adj. Showing submission to natural superiors.
duration: n. The period of time during which anything lasts.
disillusion: v. To disenchant.
deprave: v. To render bad, especially morally bad.
devout: adj. Religious.
denouement: n. That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up.
conscious: adj. Aware that one lives, feels, and thinks.
comical: adj. Funny.
constrict: v. To bind.
diffident: adj. Affected or possessed with self-distrust.
crucible: n. A trying and purifying test or agency.
cudgel: n. A short thick stick used as a club.
constituency: n. The inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
Calvinize: v. To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism.
connoisseur: n. A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art.
curt: adj. Concise, compressed, and abrupt in act or expression.
collide: v. To meet and strike violently.
diffidence: n. Self-distrust.
delicacy: n. That which is agreeable to a fine taste.
discrepant: adj. Opposite.
demonstrable: adj. Capable of positive proof.
confer: v. To bestow.
connive: v. To be in collusion.
chancery: n. A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.
divagation: n. Digression.
derrick: n. An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights.
defer: v. To delay or put off to some other time.
deify: v. To regard or worship as a god.
convenience: n. Fitness, as of time or place.
diversion: n. Pastime.
denunciation: n. The act of declaring an action or person worthy of reprobation or punishment.
compress: v. To press together or into smaller space.
derivative: adj. Coming or acquired from some origin.
deter: v. To frighten away.
domicile: n. The place where one lives.
diatribe: n. A bitter or malicious criticism.
cajolery: n. Delusive speech.
commitment: n. The act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping.
convulse: v. To cause spasms in.
clumsy: adj. Awkward of movement.
disburse: v. To pay out or expend, as money from a fund. discard v. To reject.
collier: n. One who works in a coal-mine.
demerit: n. A mark for failure or bad conduct.
conscript: v. To force into military service.
deceit: n. Falsehood.
consensus: n. A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons.
copious: adj. Plenteous.
curtail: v. To cut off or cut short.
creamy: adj. Resembling or containing cream.
conspicuous: adj. Clearly visible.
desist: v. To cease from action.
discomfit: v. To put to confusion.
commotion: n. A disturbance or violent agitation.
contravene: v. To prevent or obstruct the operation of.
demobilize: v. To disband, as troops.
deduce: v. To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles.
decorate: v. To embellish.
dwindle: v. To diminish or become less.
dictum: n. A positive utterance.
comprehensive: adj. Large in scope or content.
concede: v. To surrender.
consecrate: v. To set apart as sacred.
countervail: v. To offset.
disengage: v. To become detached.
domination: n. Control by the exercise of power or constituted authority.
dispensation: n. That which is bestowed on or appointed to one from a higher power.
colloquialism: n. Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation.
detest: v. To dislike or hate with intensity.
despond: v. To lose spirit, courage, or hope.
cynosure: n. That to which general interest or attention is directed.
cynical: adj. Exhibiting moral skepticism.
continuation: n. Prolongation.
dun: v. To make a demand or repeated demands on for payment.
dissolution: n. A breaking up of a union of persons.
centimeter: n. A length of one hundredth of a meter.
dragnet: n. A net to be drawn along the bottom of the water.
degradation: n. Diminution, as of strength or magnitude.
diatomic: adj. Containing only two atoms.
descendant: n. One who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc.
dastard: n. A base coward.
dutiful: adj. Obedient.
dominant: adj. Conspicuously prominent.
cession: n. Surrender, as of possessions or rights.
contiguous: adj. Touching or joining at the edge or boundary.
conversant: adj. Thoroughly informed.
dissertation: n. Thesis.
discontinuance: n. Interruption or intermission.
dexterity: n. Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work.
defensive: adj. Carried on in resistance to aggression.
contuse: v. To bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
coercion: n. Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical.
duckling: n. A young duck.
competitor: n. A rival.
dishabille: n. Undress or negligent attire.
cornucopia: n. The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity.
chronometer: n. A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.
decipher: v. To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible.
delirious: adj. Raving.
consonance: n. The state or quality of being in accord with.
counter-claim: n. A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff.
concur: v. To agree.
diagnosis: n. Determination of the distinctive nature of a disease.
defame: v. To slander.
conductible: adj. Capable of being conducted or transmitted.
dutiable: adj. Subject to a duty, especially a customs duty.
disservice: n. An ill turn.
derisible: adj. Open to ridicule.
counterbalance: v. To oppose with an equal force.
chagrin: n. Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors.
cantonment: n. The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
cupidity: n. Avarice.
complicate: v. To make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.
carnage: n. Massacre.
capacious: adj. Roomy.
compensate: v. To remunerate.
deluge: v. To overwhelm with a flood of water.
denote: v. To designate by word or mark.
canon: n. Any rule or law.
debatable: adj. Subject to contention or dispute.
continuance: n. Permanence.
chronology: n. The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and arrangement of events.
dedication: n. The voluntary consecration or relinquishment of something to an end or cause.
disyllable: n. A word of two syllables.
courtesy: n. Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually.
desperate: adj. Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair.
convalesce: v. To recover after a sickness.
deject: v. To dishearten.
durance: n. Confinement.
consumptive: adj. Designed for gradual destruction.
demented: adj. Insane.
complacence: n. Satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings.
chastise: v. To subject to punitive measures.
carnal: adj. Sensual.
carrion: n. Dead and putrefying flesh.
committal: n. The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
deplore: v. To regard with grief or sorrow.
debonair: adj. Having gentle or courteous bearing or manner.
curable: adj. Capable of being remedied or corrected.
conciliate: v. To obtain the friendship of.
conjugal: adj. Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons.
delectable: adj. Delightful to the taste or to the senses.
depreciation: n. A lowering in value or an underrating in worth.
dogmatize: v. To make positive assertions without supporting them by argument or evidence.
cardiac: adj. Pertaining to the heart.
cosmos: n. The world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and arrangement.
crematory: adj. A place for cremating dead bodies.
conversion: n. Change from one state or position to another, or from one form to another.
conferee: n. A person with whom another confers.
condensation: n. The act or process of making dense or denser.
castigate: v. To punish.
disfigure: v. To impair or injure the beauty, symmetry, or appearance of.
cereal: adj. Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds.
course: n. Line of motion or direction.
caprice: n. A whim.
confide: v. To reveal in trust or confidence.
differentiate: v. To acquire a distinct and separate character.
dilemma: n. A situation in which a choice between opposing modes of conduct is necessary.
detrude: v. To push down forcibly.
continence: n. Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and passion.
dolor: n. Lamentation.
ductile: adj. Capable of being drawn out, as into wire or a thread.
divergent: adj. Tending in different directions.
contemptuous: adj. Disdainful.
contusion: n. A bruise.
citadel: n. Any strong fortress.
dyne: n. The force which, applied to a mass of one gram for 1 second, would give it a velocity of 1 cm/s.
descry: v. To discern.
confluence: n. The place where streams meet.
conducive: adj. Contributing to an end.
countryman: n. A rustic.
convalescence: n. The state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
conspirator: n. One who agrees with others to cooperate in accomplishing some unlawful purpose.
congregate: v. To bring together into a crowd.
denominate: v. To give a name or epithet to.
dissuade: v. To change the purpose or alter the plans of by persuasion, counsel, or pleading.
corroborate: v. To strengthen, as proof or conviction.
coalition: n. Combination in a body or mass.
domain: n. A sphere or field of action or interest.
concerto: n. A musical composition.
cardinal: adj. Of prime or special importance.
coddle: v. To treat as a baby or an invalid.
conformation: n. General structure, form, or outline.
demonstrative: adj. Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts.
correlate: v. To put in some relation of connection or correspondence.
circumlocution: n. Indirect or roundabout expression.
conspire: v. To plot.
decency: n. Moral fitness.
dismount: v. To throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a horse or the like.
concession: n. Anything granted or yielded, or admitted in response to a demand, petition, or claim.
chateau: n. A castle or manor-house.
discover: v. To get first sight or knowledge of, as something previously unknown or unperceived.
disappear: v. To cease to exist, either actually or for the time being.
conciliatory: adj. Tending to reconcile.
disinterested: adj. Impartial.
ceremonial: adj. Characterized by outward form or ceremony.
conjugation: n. The state or condition of being joined together.
deponent: adj. Laying down.
chaos: n. Any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion.
cognate: adj. Akin.
degeneracy: n. A becoming worse.
counteract: v. To act in opposition to.
compression: n. Constraint, as by force or authority.
dialectician: n. A logician.
conformance: n. The act or state or conforming.
corrosive: n. That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
dendroid: adj. Like a tree.
dominance: n. Ascendancy.
confederate: n. One who is united with others in a league, compact, or agreement.
consignor: n. One who entrusts.
console: v. To comfort.
compunction: n. Remorseful feeling.
despair: n. Utter hopelessness and despondency.
discursive: adj. Passing from one subject to another.
casual: adj. Accidental, by chance.
devilry: n. Malicious mischief.
consternation: n. Panic.
credulous: adj. Easily deceived.
caste: n. The division of society on artificial grounds.
craving: n. A vehement desire.
divisible: adj. Capable of being separated into parts.
censor: n. An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication.
congenial: adj. Having kindred character or tastes.
dissever: v. To divide.
drachma: n. A modern and an ancient Greek coin.
chasm: n. A yawning hollow, as in the earth's surface.
discredit: v. To injure the reputation of.
consignee: n. A person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
cartridge: n. A charge for a firearm, or for blasting.
despotism: n. Any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the governed has little or no part.
dolorous: adj. Expressing or causing sorrow or pain.
denominator: n. Part of a fraction which expresses the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided.
circulate: v. To disseminate.
determinate: adj. Definitely limited or fixed.
condolence: n. Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune.
condense: v. To abridge.
cadaverous: adj. Resembling a corpse.
Canaanite: n. A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or western Palestine.
counting-house: n. A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc.
demagnetize: v. To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism.
decapod: adj. Ten-footed or ten-armed.
distillation: n. Separation of the more volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile.
clan: n. A tribe.
cabalism: n. Superstitious devotion to one's religion.
convene: v. To summon or cause to assemble.
domesticity: n. Life in or fondness for one's home and family.
deceive: v. To mislead by or as by falsehood.
conduce: v. To bring about.
destitute: adj. Poverty-stricken.
disparage: v. To regard or speak of slightingly.
dissent: n. Disagreement.
confinement: n. Restriction within limits or boundaries.
cantata: n. A choral composition.
cede: v. To pass title to.
dilate: v. To enlarge in all directions.
dissonant: adj. Harsh or disagreeable in sound.
declarative: adj. Containing a formal, positive, or explicit statement or affirmation.
corollary: n. A proposition following so obviously from another that it requires little demonstration.
delineate: v. To represent by sketch or diagram.
deity: n. A god, goddess, or divine person.
cant: v. To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity.
collapsible: adj. That may or can collapse.
consign: v. To entrust.
divinity: n. The quality or character of being godlike.
defray: v. To make payment for.
confectionery: n. The candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
cacophony: n. A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.
deign: v. To deem worthy of notice or account.
dishonest: adj. Untrustworthy.
consul: n. An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
conscience: n. The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct.
demise: n. Death.
caption: n. A heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc.
deface: v. To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of.
comprise: v. To consist of.
cartilage: n. An elastic animal tissue of firm consistence.
caitiff: adj. Cowardly.
determination: n. The act of deciding.
dolesome: adj. Melancholy.
contumacious: adj. Rebellious.

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