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CUML -5-11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| clause | A provision in a contract |
| phobia | An irrational fear |
| reclusive | living in seclusion |
| convene | To come together |
| converge | To meet in a point or line |
| confluence | a flowing together of bodies of water |
| concatenate | to link together |
| counteract | to act in opposition to |
| contravene | To deny or oppose |
| contrapuntal | two independent melodies sounded together |
| credo | a doctrine |
| credible | belivable |
| credence | faith |
| credential | entitled with credit or authority |
| credulity | gullibility |
| incredulous | skeptical |
| prokaryotic | single cell organism |
| eukaryotic | multi cellular |
| taxonomy | science of classification |
| dichotomous | divided int two pairs |
| cyclical | recurring in cycles |
| deploy | to spread out troops in order to form a front |
| derange | disarrange |
| devoid | lacking |
| deflate | to release the air from |
| degenerate | deteriorate |
| deice | to free of ice |
| divine | godlike |
| deity | a god or goddess |
| divination | instinctive foresight |
| deify | to make a god of |
| democracy | government by the people |
| demagogue | a political leader who feeds on the emotions of people |
| epidemic | widespread |
| predict | to declare in advance |
| verdict | the finding of a jury in a trial |
| malediction | a curse |
| dictum | a judicial assertion |
| diction | style of speaking dependent on choice of words |
| indict | to bring a formal accusation against |
| disperse | to scatter |
| dissuade | to persuade not to do |
| dysfunction | malfunctioning |
| disproportion | lack of proper relation in size or number |
| distemper | a deranged condition of the body or mind |
| dyslexia | a learning disorder of the inability to recognize written words |
| transducer | a device which changes one form of energy into another |
| viaduct | a bridge for carrying a road |
| aqueduct | a channel for conduction water from a distance |
| induct | to place in office |
| induce | to persuade or influence |