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Day2
500 Manhattan
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Clamor | Noisy uproar or protest, as from a crowd; a loud noise, continue noise |
| Coalesce | Come together, unite; fuse together |
| Cogent | very convincing, logical |
| Commensurate | the same in size, extent, etc., equivalent; proportional |
| Complacent | self-studied, smug; overly content(and therefore lazy, neglectful, or some other bad quality) |
| Concede | give in, admit, yield; acknowledge reluctantly; grant or give up (such as giving land after losing a war) |
| Conciliatory | reconciling, appeasing, attempting to make the peace |
| Concur | approve, agree |
| Condone | Overlook, tolerate, regard as harmless |
| Confer | consult, compare views; bestow or give |
| Connoisseur | expert, especially in the fine arts; person educated, redefined tastes |
| Console | Lesson the suffering or grief of (v); a control panel, small table or cabinet |
| Construe | interpret or translate |
| Contentious | controversial; prone to causing arguments, especially gratuitous or petty ones |
| Conundrum | a confusing and difficult problem or question |
| Conversant | knowledge about or experienced with |
| Convoluted | twisted; very complicated |
| Copious | plentiful, bountiful |
| Countenance | facial expression or face (n); approve or tolerate |
| Craven | very cowardly, lacking courage |
| Credulous | gullible; prone to believing or trusting too easily or w/out enough evidence |
| Crescendo | steady increase in force, intensity, or the loudness of a musical passage; a climatic moment of peak |
| Culminate | reach to highest point or final stage |
| Daunt | discourage, dishearten, lesson the courage of |
| Debase | degrade, lower in quality, value, rank etc.,; lower in morality |
| Debunk | expose, ridicule, or disprove false or exaggerated claims |
| Decorous | behaving w/propriety and good taste; polite |
| Deem | judge or regard or consider in a specified way. |
| Deface | vandalize, mar the appearance of |
| Deference | respectful submission; yielding to the authority or opinions of another |
| Deflect | cause to curve; turn aside, especially from a straight course; avoid |
| Denigrate | belittle, attack the reputation of |
| Deleterious | harmful, unhealthy |
| Delineate | v. describe or portray (something) precisely: the law should _________ and prohibit behavior that is socially abhorrent. mark the outline of; sketch; describe in details |
| Deride | mock, scoff at laugh at contemptuously |
| Desiccate | throughly dried up, dehydrated |
| Deterrent | something that restrains or discourages |
| Diatribe | bitter, abusive, attack or criticism; rant |
| Didactic | intended to instruct; teaching, or teaching a moral lesson |
| Digress | go off-topic when speaking or writing |
| Din | loud, confused noise, esp. for a long period of time |
| Disabuse | free someone from a mistake in thinking |
| Discerning | having good judgement or insight; able to distinguish mentally |
| Discrepancy | difference or inconsistency |
| disingenuous | insincere, not genuine |
| Disinterested | unbiased, impartial; not interested |
| Disjoined | disconnected, not coherent, jerky; having the joints separated |
| Disposition | a person's general or natural mood; tendency |
| Disquieting | disturbing, causing anxiety |
| Dispassionate | unbiased, not having a self or personal motivation; calm, lacking emotion |
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