| Question |
Answer |
| COURIER |
n. a messenger |
| COVERT |
adj. secret; hidden; concealed |
| CRONY |
n. a close friend or companion |
| CRUX |
n. main point; the heart of the matter |
| CRYPTIC |
adj. having an ambiguous or hidden meaning |
| CUPIDITY |
n. excessive greed, especially for money |
| CURB |
v. to control or check |
| CURSORY |
adj. rapidand superficial; performed with haste and scant attention to detail |
| DEFUNCT |
adj. dead or inactive; having ceased to exist |
| DEMISE |
n. death; the end |
| DEPLOY |
v. to arrange strategically |
| DEPRAVITY |
n. extreme wickedness |
| DEPRECATE |
v. to express disapproval of |
| DESPOT |
n. an absolute ruler |
| DETER |
v. to discourage; to keep someone from doing something |
| DEVOID |
adj. entirely without; lacking |
| DIATRIBE |
n. a bitter verbal attack |
| DIFFIDENT |
adj. lacking self-confidence; timid |
| DIMINUTION |
n. the act or process of diminishing; reduction |
| DIRE |
adj. disastrous; desperate |
| DISCONCERT |
v. to disturb the composure of; upset; to frustrate (as a plan) by throwing into disorder |
| DISHEVEL |
v. to make untidy; to disarrange the hair or colthing of |
| DIURNAL |
adj. occurring every day; occurring during the daytime |
| DIVERSE |
adj. different; varied |
| DOFF |
v. to take off; to remove; to put aside |
| DOGMATIC |
adj. characterized by an authoritative, often arrogant, assertion of opinions or beliefs |
| DOLEFUL |
adj. sorrowful; melancholy |
| DOLT |
n. a stupid person |
| DON |
v. to put on |
| DOUR |
adj. severe; gloomy; stern |
| DWELL |
v. to remain for a time; to reside; to focus attention on; to speak or write about at length |
| EBULLIENCE |
n. enthusiastic; bubbling with excitement |
| EDIFICATION |
n. enlighten; instruct |
| EGG |
v. to encourage or incite to action |
| ELITE |
n. the best or most skilled members of group |
| ELOCUTION |
n. the art of public speaking |
| ELOQUENT |
adj. extremely expressive in speech, writing, or movement |
| ELUCIDATE |
v. to make clear and explain fully |
| EMBROIL |
v. to involve in argument or hostile action; to throw in disorder |
| EMINENT |
adj. standing out, renowned; distinguished; prominent |
| EMPHATIC |
adj. forcibly expressive |
| ENHANCE |
v. to improve; to intensify |
| ENMITY |
n. hostility; deep-seated hatred |
| ESCAPADE |
n. an adventurous unconventional act |
| ESCHEW |
v. to avoid or shum |
| ESPOUSE |
v. to adopt; to support |
| ESTRANGE |
v. to alienate; to treat as a stranger; to turn an affectionate attitude into an indifferent or unfriendly one |
| ETHEREAL |
adj. very light; airy; delicate; heavenly |
| EVINCE |
v. to show or demonstrate clearly |
| EXALT |
v. to raise high; glorify |
| EXEMPLAR |
n./adj. a model or original; an example exemplary |
| EXODUS |
n. a mass departure |
| EXONERATE |
v. to free from accusation or blame; to free from a responsibility or task |
| EXPATRIATE |
v. to exile, banish; leave one's country (either by force or by desire) |
| EXTRUDE |
v. to force out, as through a small opening |
| FETTER |
v./n. to restrain; to hamper; a shackle |
| FIASCO |
n. a complete or humiliating failure |
| FORBEARANCE |
n. a refraining from the enforcement of something; patience |
| FOREBODE |
v. to predict or foretell |
| FORTE |
n. something in which a person excels |
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