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Word List 12
Counterpart - Decelerate
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Counterpart | one that closely resembles another; one that serves as a complement |
| Coup | highly successful action or sudden attack; coup d'etat |
| Couple | to join; to unite |
| Courier | a messenger |
| Covenant | an agreement |
| Covert | secret; hidden; implied |
| Covetous | avaricious; eagerly desirous of |
| Cow | to terrorize; intimidate |
| Cower | to shrink away, as from fear |
| Coy | shy; modest; coquettish |
| Cozen | to cheat; to hoodwink; to swindle |
| Crabbed | sour; peevish |
| Crass | very unrefined; grossly insensible |
| Craven | cowardly |
| Credence | belief |
| Credo | creed |
| Credulity | belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivete |
| Creed | system of religious or ethical belief |
| Crescendo | increase in the volume or intensity, as in a musical passage; climax |
| Crestfallen | dejected; dispirited |
| Crevice | crack; fissure |
| Cringe | to shrink back, as if in fear |
| Criteria | standards used in judging |
| Crone | hag |
| Crotchety | eccentric; whimsical |
| Crux | secret recess or vault usually used for burial |
| Cryptic | mysterious; hidden; secret |
| Cubicle | small chamber used for sleeping |
| Cuisine | style of cooking |
| Culinary | relating to cooking |
| Cull | to pick out; to reject |
| Culmination | attainment of highest point |
| Culpable | deserving blame |
| Culvert | a drain or channel crossing under a road, sidewalk, etc.; sewer; conduit |
| Cumbersome | heavy; hard to manage |
| Cumulative | growing by addition |
| Cupidity | greed |
| Curator | superintendent; manager |
| Curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| Cursive | flowing, running |
| Cursory | casual; hastily done |
| Curtail | to shorten; to reduce |
| Cynical | skeptical or distrustful of human motives |
| Cynosure | center of attraction or attention |
| Dabble | to work at in a nonserious fashion; to plash around |
| Dais | a raised platform |
| Dally | to trifle with; to procrastinate |
| Dank | damp |
| Dapper | neat and trim |
| Dappled | spotted |
| Daub | to smear (as with paint) |
| Daunt | to overcome with fear: intimidate; to lessen the courage of: dishearten |
| Dauntless | bold |
| Dawdle | to loiter; to waste time |
| Deadlock | standstill; stalemate |
| Deadpan | wooden; impassive or expressionless |
| Dearth | scarcity |
| Debacle | a sudden downfall; a complete disaster |
| Debilitate | to weaken; to enfeeble |
| Debonair | friendly; aiming to please |
| Debris | remains of anything broken down: rubble |
| Debunk | to expose as false |
| Debutante | young woman making formal entrance into society |
| Decadence | decay |
| Decant | to pour off gently; to transfer from container to another |
| Decapitate | to behead |
| Decelerate | to slow down |
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