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Vocab Final

Ch 8-13

TermDefinition
Bungle Botch, butcher, mangle
Bureaucracy disorganization, maze-like, red tape
Buttress Prop, brace, pillar
Callous Indifferent, unresponsive, unsympathetic
Calumny Lie, slander, libel
Candid Forthright, unreserved, straightforward
Cantankerous Irritable, grouchy, cranky
Captious Hypercritical, carping, picky
Catholic Comprehensive, liberal, global
Caustic Cutting, stinging, sarcastic
Censor Excise, delete, expunge
Censure Rebuke, reprimand, chastise
Charlatan Impostor, fraud, faker
Chronic Prolonged, constant, habitual
Circuitous Winding, meandering, rambling
Circumspect Careful, guarded, wary
Circumvent Bypass, evade, sidestep
Clandestine Covert stealthy, underhanded
Coerce Compel, pressure, browbeat
Cogent Effective, persuasive, compelling
Cohere Coalesce, combine, gel
Compatible Harmonious, agreeable, like-minded
Complacent Content, self-content, smug
Concise Brief, compact, succinct
Condone Ignore, countenance, stomach
Confrontation Showdown, face-off, shoot-out
Conjecture Surmise, presumption, speculation
Connoisseur Expert, authority, specialist
Consensus Unanimity, harmony, accord
Construe Deduce, infer, take to mean
Consummate Superlative, masterful, virtuoso
Copious Abundant, plentiful, ample
Corpulent Chubby, plump, portly
Corroborate Verify, substantiate, support
Counsel Guidance, direction, recommendation
Credibility Reliability, believability, trustworthiness
Criterion Yardstick, guideline, gauge
Curtail Abridge, abbreviate, trim
Culpable Guilty, delinquent, blamable
Cursory Perfunctory, careless, casual
Cynical Skeptical, suspicious, doubtful
Dapper Natty, smart, stylish, chic
Defect Blemish, fault, imperfection
Dejected Sad, despondent, disheartened
Delete Cancel, expunge, omit
Delineate Picture, depict, sketch
Delinquent Remiss, derelict, negligent
Delude Dupe, hoodwink, trick
Demure Sedate, prim, staid
Denouement Unraveling, disentanglement, climax
Desultory Erratic, aimless, rambling
Deviate Diverge, veer, stray
Devoid Bereft, deficient, barren
Devout Faithful, reverent, ardent
Dexterous Adroit, deft, adept
Dilatory Late, tardy, slow, dillydallying, procrastinating
Diligent Indefatigable, hardworking
Dire Pressing, desperate, extreme
Discomfit Rout, trounce, drub
Discourse Dissertation, sermon, lecture
Discriminate Bias, bigotry
Disparage Belittle, depreciate, minimize
Disparity Disproportion, unbalanced
Distraught Frantic, anguished, overwrought
Divulge Reveal, disclose, impart
Docile Submissive, obedient, compliant
Dormant Latent, passive, inert
Drastic Powerful, rigorous, potent
Duplicity Deceit, trickery, chicanery
Created by: Lxalba4792
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