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30 GRE - Tues
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chary | adj. wary/cautious |
| Churlishness | n. crude behahavior |
| Cloister | verb. to confine, seclude |
| Cloying | adj. disgust or sicken with excess sweetness/sentiment |
| Cogent | adj. clear/to the point |
| Cogitate | v. to think hard |
| Comeliness | n. beauty |
| Commodious | adj. spacious and roomy |
| Compunction | n. a feeling of guilt |
| Connotative | adj. containing associated meanings in addition to the primary |
| Coterie | n. a clique |
| Cozen | v. to trick or deceive |
| Craven | adj. lacking courage |
| Dearth | n. a scarcity/lack of something |
| Demur | v. to raise doubts/objections |
| Dessicate | v. to dry out |
| Desultory | adj. lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm |
| Diaphanous | adj. fineness of texture to promote seeing through |
| Diffident | adj. timid/lacking self-confidence |
| Dilettante | n. someone who engages in a field as an amateur |
| Dirge | n. a song of grief |
| Dissemble | v. to mislead/pretend |
| Distrait | adj. distracted |
| Effete | adj. decadent, self-indulgent, useless |
| Effrontery | n. boldness/insolent |
| Encomium | n. enthusiastic praise |
| Eschew | v. to avoid/abstain from |
| Evanescent | adj. vanishing |
| Contrite | adj. regretful/seeking forgiveness |
| Contumacious | adj. stubbornly disobedient to authority |