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cc101definitions
CC 101 Final Lesson Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| DESULTORY | INCONSISTENT; RANDOM |
| CONSIGNMENT | act of delivering formally; act of entrusting; relegation; agreement |
| DISSERTATION | lengthy, formal treatise; thesis |
| PERCUSSIVE | relating to the striking together of two bodies |
| PEREMPTORY | leaving no opportunity for refusal, imperious; positive or assertive in tone, speech, etc. |
| ENDOWMENT | funds or property donated to an institution, individual, or group |
| SEPARATION | act of dividing or disconnecting |
| TRIBUNAL | committee or board appointed to adjudicate in a particular matter |
| ENCHANTMENT | state of being bewitched or highly delighted; magic |
| ESCALATION | act of increasing, enlarging, or intensifying |
| together + to shake + IVE __________ | CONCUSSIVE (pertaining to shock caused by impact of a blow or collision) |
| out + to join together + ION __________ | EXERTION (vigourous action or effort; exercise) |
| across + to climb + ENTAL __________ | TRANSCENDENTAL (going beyond ordinary limits; absolute or metaphysical) |
| not + back, again + to prepare + ABLE __________ | IRREPARABLE (incapable of being rectified, remedied or made good) |
| out + to leap __________ | EXULT (to rejoice) |
| not + to sign + I + to make + ANT __________ | INSIGNIFICANT (unimportant; trifling; petty; meaningless) |
| apart + to allot + OR __________ | DISTRIBUTOR (one who gives out or sells items, especially in specific region) |
| out + to take + ARY __________ | EXEMPLARY (worthy of imitation; commendable; serving as a model) |
| through + to give + ION __________ | PERDITION (final spiritual ruin; damnation; utter destruction) |
| to, at + to sing + UATE __________ | ACCENTUATE (to emphasize; to give prominence to) |
| EXTRADITION | surrender of a fugitive or prisoner by one state to another |
| SEVERANCE | act of breaking off or dissolving, as of ties, relations, etc. |
| DESERTION | act of leaving without intention of returning, especially in violation of duty |
| SALIENT | prominent; striking; leaping |
| ATTRIBUTE | something seen as belonging to someone/something; a quality |
| SCALE | graduated series; succession of steps or degrees |
| CONSIGN | to deliver formally; to entrust; to relegate; to agree |
| ENCHANT | state of being bewitched or highly delighted; magic |
| PEREMPTORY | leaving no opportunity for refusal, imperious; positive or assertive in tone, speech, etc. |
| RESCUE | to free from confinement or danger; to save |
| PREDATOR | one preying on others |
| INCALCULABLE | indeterminable; unable to be computed |
| FLORID | ruddy; redish; rosy |
| GRANULE | small grain or pellet |
| AQUEDUCT | artificial channel for conducting water over a distance |
| CONTEMPORANEOUS | originating, existing, or happening during the same period of time |
| UNDULATE | to move sinuously |
| LUMINARY | eminence |
| TERRA FIRMA | solid ground; dry land |
| MILLENNIUM | period of one thousand years |
| ELUCIDATE | to make clear or plain |
| RADICAL | extremist |
| IMPECUNIOUS | having no money; poor; indigent |
| SUPERNUMERARY | being in excess of usual or proper number; extra |
| out + number + ATION __________ | ENNUMERATION (act of naming one by one, as in a list) |
| through + year + IAL __________ | PERENNIAL (enduring; continuing; everlasting) |
| out + time + E __________ | EXTEMPORE (on the spur of the moment; without preparation) |
| to, at + day + MENT __________ | ADJOURNMENT (act of suspending or postponing proceedings until a future meeting) |
| in + light + ATE __________ | ILLUMINATE (to enlighten; to clarify; to light up) |
| back, again + wave + ANT __________ | REDUNDANT (being more than is required; superfluous; repetitious) |
| under + earth + ANEAN __________ | SUBTERRANEAN (underground; hidden or secret) |
| out + root + ATE __________ | ERADICATE (to destroy utterly; to erase; to root out) |
| water + E + to lead __________ | AQUEDUCT (artificial channel for conducting water over a distance) |
| down + flower + ATION __________ | DEFLORATION ( act of stripping of flowers; act of depriving a woman of virginity; act of despoiling something of beauty or sanctity) |
| grain + I + to eat + OUS __________ | GRANIVOROUS (feeding chiefly on grain or seeds) |
| not + money + OUS __________ | IMPECUNIOUS (having no money; poor; indigent) |
| prey + ACIOUS __________ | PREDACIOUS (living by preying on others) |
| forward + to make + ION __________ | PROCREATION (act of begetting or generating offspring) |
| DETRITUS | debris |
| COMPUNCTION | qualms; misgivings; scruples |
| INTERLUDE | intervening period or episode |
| FERVOR | earnestness of feeling; intensity; passion |
| MISCONSTRUE | to misunderstand; to misjudge |
| INTRACTABLE | stubborn; obstinate |
| OBSEQUIOSU | servilely compliant; fawning; submissive |
| EFFUSIVE | unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve |
| AFFLUENT | wealthy |
| SUBJUGATION | servitude |
| over + to flow + OUS __________ | SUPERFLUOUS (beyond what is required or necessary) |
| against + to build + ION __________ | OBSTRUCTION (hindrance; impediment; delay) |
| out + to point + E __________ | EXPUNGE (to erase; to destroy; to efface) |
| before + to play + E __________ | PRELUDE (introductory part or performance) |
| forward + to pour + ION __________ | PROFUSION (lavish supply; prodigality; copiousness; bounty) |
| out + to bubble + ESCENCE __________ | EFFERVESCENCE (sparkling vivacity; state of bubbling up) |
| back, again + to draw + ION __________ | RETRACTION (withdrawal; act of recanting) |
| to, at + to join __________ | ADJUNCT(something or someone joined to another; supplement; aide) |
| out + to follow + IVE __________ | EXECUTIVE (administrator; manager; chief officer or supervisor) |
| to, at + to rub + ION __________ | ATTRITION (gradual wearing away; weakening of resistance; natural or expected decrease in number or size) |
| SUFFUSE | to spread over, as with vapor, fluid or color |
| CONFLUENCE | flowing together of streams; concourse; assemblage |
| CONTRITE | penitent; overcome by a sense of guilt; showing remorse |
| DETRACT | to divert; to take away a part of, as from quality or reputation |
| LUDICROUS | laughable; ridiculous; farcical |
| INSTRUCTIVE | serving to inform; conveying information |
| PERSECUTE | court order of prohibition; order; admonition |
| PUNGENT | acrid; keen; penetrating; piercing |
| FERVENT | ardent; showing warmth or intensity; enthusiastic |
| INJUNCTION | to harass with cruel treatment; to maltreat or oppress |
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