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Contrite-Denizen
Question | Answer |
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contrite | regretful, penitent; seeking forgiveness; apologetic |
convention | a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude; custom |
corrigible | capable of being set right; correctable; reformable |
cosset | to coddle; pamper |
countenance | to approve of or tolerate; sanction |
cozen | to deceive, beguile, or hoodwink; mislead |
craven | contemptibly fainthearted; lacking any courage; cowardly |
credulous | tending to believe too readily; gullible |
crestfallen | dejected; disappointed; discouraged |
curmudgeon | an irritable, ill-tempered person; complainer |
cursory | hasty; done with little attention; hurried |
cynicism | an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness; distrust, pessimism |
daunt | to cow or dismay; discourage |
dearth | smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack; deficiency |
debacle | rout; fiasco; complete failure; breakdown |
decorous | correct; formal; marked by decorum; proper |
decorum | polite or appropriate conduct or behavior; propriety |
demur | to question or oppose; object |
denigrate | to belittle; to defame; disparage |
denizen | inhabitant; one who frequents a place; resident |