Word List 12 2
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- coup
- highly successful action or sudden attack
- couple
- unite
- courier
- messenger
- covenant
- agreement
- covert
- secret, hidden, implied
- covetous
- avaricious, eagerly desirous of
- cow
- terrorize, intimidate
- cozen
- cheat, hoodwink, swindle
- crabbed
- sour, peevish
- crass
- very unrefined, grossly insensible
- craven
- cowardly
- credence
- belief
- credo
- creed
- credulity
- belief on slight evidence, gullibility, naivete
- creed
- system of religious or ethical belief
- crest
- highest point of a hill, foamy top of a wave
- criterion
- standard used in judging
- crop
- cut off unwanted parts of a photograph, graze
- crotchety
- eccentric, whimsical
- crypt
- secret recess or vault, usually used for burial
- cubicle
- small chamber used for sleeping
- cull
- pick out, reject
- culminate
- attain the highest point, climax
- culpable
- deserving blame
- culvert
- artificial channel for water
- cumbersome
- heavy, hard to manage
- cumulative
- growing by addition
- cupidity
- greed
- curator
- superintendent, manager
- curmudgeon
- churlish, miserly individual
- cursive
- flowing, running
- cursory
- casual, hastily done
- curtail
- shorten, reduce
- cynical
- skeptical or distrustful of human motives
- cynosure
- the object of general attention
- dais
- raised platform for guests of honor
- dank
- damp
- dapper
- neat and trim
- dappled
- spotted
- daub
- smear (as with paint)
- dauntless
- bold
- deadlock
- standstill, stalemate
- deadpan
- wooden, impersonal
- dearth
- scarcity
- debacle
- sudden downfall, complete disaster
- debauch
- corrupt, seduce from virtue
- debonair
- friendly, aiming to please
- debunk
- expose as false, exaggerated, worthless; ridicule
- debutante
- young woman making formal entrance into society
- decadence
- decay
- decapitate
- behead
- decelerate
- slow down