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Week 4 vocab
ap lang
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| conciliate | win over, overcome distrust |
| concise | brief and clear |
| conclave | private meeting |
| concur | agree |
| condescend | talk down to |
| condign | well deserved |
| condiment | seasoning |
| condolence | sympathy |
| condone | excuse by overlooking |
| conducive | contributing to a result |
| congenital | existent at birth |
| conglomeration | mass of various elements |
| conjecture | guess |
| connive | plot to do something bad |
| connoisseur | expert |
| consecrate | make holy |
| conspicuous | easily seen, obvious |
| constellation | assemblage of stars |
| construe | interpret; explain |
| consummate | perfect adj. ; to complete v. |
| contemporary | modern |
| contentious | quarrelsome |
| contiguity | noun, closeness proximity |
| contrite | showing remorse |
| conventional | adhering to standards, customary |
| convivial | adj, joyous, sociable |
| copious | plentiful, abundant |
| corroborate | confirm |
| coruscate | sparkle, gleam |
| coterie | clique, group of people |
| covert | hidden |
| covetous | greedy, desirous |
| crass | rude |
| craven | cowardly |
| credence | belief as to the truth of something |
| credulous | believing accepting as truth, gullible |
| cryptic | ambiguous, short, obscure |
| culinary | pertaining to the kitchen |
| culmination | highest point |
| culpable | guilty |
| cumbrous | burdensome, cumbersome |
| cupidity | greed, avarice |
| cursory | hasty, superficial |
| curtail | cut short |
| cynical | contempt for the norm, distrustful |
| cynosure | center of attention, something that attracts others by brilliance |
| daunt | dismay, lessen courage of |
| dearth | scarcity |
| debacle | collapse, disaster |
| decorum | proper behavior |
| decrepit | worn out, old, feeble |
| defection | when a person deserts a state or religion |
| deference | respect;honor |
| defunct | dead, no longer in use |
| delectable | pleasant, delicious, enjoyable, food |
| delete | cancel remove |
| deleterious | harmful |
| delineate | sketch, outline |
| deluge | flood |
| demagogue | leader who appeals to popular prejudice |