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| 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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