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Long's Vocab
Vocab 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| conducive | helpful; favorable |
| constituent | a necessary part or element; a voter represented by an elected official |
| condescend | to take on an air of superiority |
| consolidate | to unite; to combine |
| condole | to express sympathy |
| contemptuous | showing or feeling dislike |
| debase | to lower the character or worth of something |
| convene | to meet |
| crony | a close friend or companion; a buddy |
| delectable | pleasing; delicious |
| decimate | to destroy or kill a large part of |
| decrepit | worn out or broken down by old age, illness, or long use; feeble; weak |
| defunct | no longer in existence or functioning; dead |
| debut | a first public appearance; a formal entrance into society |
| deteriorate | to become worse; to diminish |
| destitute | poverty-stricten; penniless |
| devastation | destruction; desolation |
| detonate | to blow up; to cause to explode; to explode |
| demure | reserved; assumming an air of modesty or shyness |
| curtail | to shorten; to reduce |