Barron 11-20 Select
Terms
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- conjecture
- infer on basis of insufficent data
- conjugal
- pertaining marriage
- connivance
- pretense of ignorance or wrong
- connubial
- pertaining to marriage
- consanguinity
- kinship
- consequential
- pompous
- consign
- deliver officially
- consonance
- harmony
- consummate
- adj. wholly without flaw
- contagion
- infection
- contiguous
- adjacent to
- continence
- self-restraint
- contingent
- dependent on
- contravene
- v contradict
- controvort
- v. oppose with argument
- contumacious
- disobidient
- conversant
- familiar with
- convex
- curving outward
- convivial
- festive, gay
- copious
- plentiful
- coquette
- N. flirt
- cordon
- extended line of fortification
- cornice
- projected molding on building
- corporeal
- adj. bodily, material
- corpulent
- very fat
- corrugated
- ridged
- coterie
- group that meets socially
- contenance
-
V. approve, tolerate
N. face - cow
- V. terrorize
- coy
- shy, modest
- cozen
- V. cheat
- craven
- cowardly
- credulity
- N. belief on slight evidence, gullibility
- crone
- N. hag
- crotchy
- eccentric, whimsical
- crux
- N. essential point
- cull
- v. pick out
- culpable
- deserving blame
- culvert
- artificial channel for water
- cumbersome
- heavy
- cupidity
- N. greed
- curmudgeon
- N. churlism, miserly individual
- cynosure
- N. object of general attention
- deadpan
- adj impassive
- dearth
- scarcity
- debilitate
- weaken
- debonair
- suave, urban
- debutante
- N. young women formal entrence
- decadence
- deacy
- deciduous
- adj. falling of
- decollete
- having a low cut neckline
- defer
- give in respectifully
- deign
- condescend, stoop
- deliniate
- portray, scetch
- delve
- v. dig investigate
- demotic
- pertaining to people
- denouement
- N. outcome
- denigrate
- blacken
- deride
- V. redicule
- derivative
- adj. unoriginal
- descry
- v. catch sight of
- desiccate
- v. dry up
- desolate
- v. rob of joy
- desultory
- aimless, haphazard
- diadem
- n. crown
- diaphanous
- sheer, transparent
- diatribe
- bitter scolding
- dictum
- N. authorirative and weighty statement
- diffidence
- N shyness
- diffuse
- wordy
- dimuinution
- N. lessoning
- dinghy
- N. Small boat
- dint
- N. means, effort
- disabuse
- correct a false impression
- discursive
- digressing, rambling
- discerning
- mentally quick and observent
- discrete
- adj. seperate, unconnected
- disheveled
- adj. untidy
- disingeneous
- lacking candor, insincere
- disinter
- v. dig up
- disinterested
- unprejusticed
- dissemble
- V. disguise, pretend
- disparage
- v. belittle
- disparate
- adj unrelated
- disport
- v. amuse
- disputatious
- adj argumentative
- disquietude
- N uneasyness
- disquisition
- formal systematic inquiry
- dissolution
- disintegration, looseness in morals
- distend
- v.expand, swell out
- dissimulate
- v. pretend, conceal by feigning
- distill
- v. purify
- distrait
- inattentive
- diurnal
- daily
- divest
- v. strip deprive
- docket
- program as for trial
- doleful
- mournful
- dolt
- stupid person
- dormer
- window projecting from roof
- dowdy
- slovenly, untidy
- droll
- queer and amusing
- dross
- waste matter, worthless impurities
- dulcet
- sweet sounding
- duplicity
- N. double dealing
- dyspeptic
- adj suffering from indigestion
- eclectic
- selective
- ebullient
- showing excitement
- edify
- v. instruct, correct morally
- effervescence
- inner excitement of exuberance
- effete
- lacking vigor, worn out
- effigy
- N. dumby The mob showed its irritation by hanging the judge in effigy.
- effluvium
- noxious smell
- effrontry
- shameless boldness, inpudence
- egregious
- notroious, back
- eellipsis
- omission of words from text
- elucidate
- v. explain, enlightened
- elysian
- relating to paradise
- emaciated
- thin and wasted
- embed
- v enclose, place in something
- emollient
- soothing or softening remedy
- encomium
- high praise
- encomiastic
- prasing
- enervate
- v. weaken
- enjoin
- command, order, forbid
- ennui
- N. boredom
- ensconce
- v. settle confortabl
- entomology
- study of insects
- entree
- entrance
- epicure
- conoisseur of food and drink
- epigram
- witty throught or saying
- equable
- unifrom, steady
- equitable
- fair, impartial
- equivocate
- v. lie, mislead
- eschew
- v. avoid
- esoteric
- hard to understand
- estimable
- admirable
- etheral
- light, heavenly
- ethnology
- study of human kind
- etymology
- study of word parts
- eugenic
- improvement of race
- euphony
- sweet sound
- evocative
-
evoke
tending to call up (emotions, memories) - exculpate
-
v. clear from blaim
culprit - execrate
- v. curse, express adhorrence for
- exigency
- urgent situation
- exiguous
- small, minute
- exonerate
- exculpate, aquit
- expatiate
- talk at length
- expatriate
- N exile
- expiate
- make ammends for