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CUML -5-11
Question | Answer |
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clause | A provision in a contract |
phobia | An irrational fear |
reclusive | living in seclusion |
convene | To come together |
converge | To meet in a point or line |
confluence | a flowing together of bodies of water |
concatenate | to link together |
counteract | to act in opposition to |
contravene | To deny or oppose |
contrapuntal | two independent melodies sounded together |
credo | a doctrine |
credible | belivable |
credence | faith |
credential | entitled with credit or authority |
credulity | gullibility |
incredulous | skeptical |
prokaryotic | single cell organism |
eukaryotic | multi cellular |
taxonomy | science of classification |
dichotomous | divided int two pairs |
cyclical | recurring in cycles |
deploy | to spread out troops in order to form a front |
derange | disarrange |
devoid | lacking |
deflate | to release the air from |
degenerate | deteriorate |
deice | to free of ice |
divine | godlike |
deity | a god or goddess |
divination | instinctive foresight |
deify | to make a god of |
democracy | government by the people |
demagogue | a political leader who feeds on the emotions of people |
epidemic | widespread |
predict | to declare in advance |
verdict | the finding of a jury in a trial |
malediction | a curse |
dictum | a judicial assertion |
diction | style of speaking dependent on choice of words |
indict | to bring a formal accusation against |
disperse | to scatter |
dissuade | to persuade not to do |
dysfunction | malfunctioning |
disproportion | lack of proper relation in size or number |
distemper | a deranged condition of the body or mind |
dyslexia | a learning disorder of the inability to recognize written words |
transducer | a device which changes one form of energy into another |
viaduct | a bridge for carrying a road |
aqueduct | a channel for conduction water from a distance |
induct | to place in office |
induce | to persuade or influence |