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Part 2 2023-2024
Hutchison Vocabulary 2023-2024
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| buttonhole | v. to attract the attention of and detain (someone) in conversation, typically against his or her will |
| cabal | n. a small group working in secret |
| cadence | n. the rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words |
| cajole | v. to coax; to persuade with false promises and flattery |
| caliber | n. ability; quality |
| calumny | n. a false and malicious accusation, misrepresentation, insult |
| candor | n. truthfulness; sincere honesty |
| canny | adj. shrewd, careful |
| capacious | adj. having a lot of space inside; roomy |
| caprice | n. a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior |
| carnage | n. large-scale slaughter or loss of life |
| cartographer | n. mapmaker |
| cataract | n. a clouding of the lens of the eye; a waterfall |
| categorical | adj. absolute; without exception |
| cattywampus | adj. in disarray or disorder; askew |
| caveat | n. a warning or caution |
| cede | v. to surrender |
| centrifugal | adj. moving away from a center |
| chafe | v. to warm or wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk |
| charisma | n. personal appeal or attraction; magnetism |
| chattel | n. an item of personal, movable property |
| chimerical | adj. absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible |
| chronic | adj. continuing for a long time |
| circumnavigate | v. to sail completely around the world |
| citation | n. a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work |
| clarion | adj. loud and clear |
| climactic | adj. of the highest point; of the most intense part of a story or event |
| clout | n. great influence (especially political or social); hard blow with fist |
| codger | n. an elderly man, especially one who is old-fashioned or eccentric |
| cogent | adj. convincing; reasonable |
| coiffure | n. a hairstyle |
| collude | v. to plot secretly for a deceitful or illegal purpose |
| comatose | adj. in a coma; extremely sleepy |
| commensurate | adj. proportional |
| commodious | adj. roomy, spacious |
| compelling | adj. forceful; urgently demanding attention |
| complement | n. something that completes or makes up a whole |
| compliment | n. praise |
| compound | v. to make worse, add to |
| comptroller | n. chief accounting officer |
| concede | v. to admit as true; to yield, submit |
| concise | adj. brief and to the point |
| concomitant | adj. accompanying |
| condone | v. to pardon or overlook |
| confine | v. to keep within limits; restrict; limit |
| confluence | n. a flowing together |
| congenial | adj. friendly |
| conjecture | n. an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information |
| connive | v. to cooperate secretly in wrongdoing |
| conscience | n. sense of right and wrong |
| conserve | v. to preserve; to keep from being damaged, lost, or wasted |
| conspicuous | adj. easily seen or noticed |
| constitute | v. to make up; to be the parts of |
| contagion | n. an infection that spreads rapidly |
| contemporary | adj. belonging to the same period of time as oneself; n. a person of the same time |
| contentious | adj. quarrelsome, inclined to argue |
| contraband | n. illegal traffic, smuggled goods; adj. illegal, prohibited |
| contrite | adj. extremely apologetic, sorry |
| contusion | n. bruise |
| conviction | n. a fixed or strong belief |
| coquette | n. a woman who flirts to get what she wants |
| cornucopia | n. a horn overflowing with fruit and grain; state of abundance |
| corps | n. a group of persons working together or related by a common association |
| correlation | n. a measure of the relationship between two variables |
| cosmology | n. the understanding of the nature of the universe |
| counterpoint | n. contrasting item, opposite; a complement; the use of contrast or interplay in a work of art |
| covenant | n. a binding agreement |
| coveted | adj. greedily desired or wished for |
| crass | adj. coarse, unfeeling; socially stupid |
| credible | adj. believable |
| criterion | n. a standard used in judging |
| crux | n. the most important or decisive point |
| culminate | v. to reach the highest point |
| cumbersome | adj. clumsy, hard to handle |
| cupola | n. a small dome, especially a small dome on top of a larger dome, adorning a roof or ceiling. |
| curt | adj. abruptly and rudely short |
| cycloid | adj. like a circle |
| daft | adj. silly, foolish |
| dank | adj. unpleasantly damp or wet |
| dawdle | adj. to waste time |
| debacle | n. a complete failure; a total collapse |
| debonair | adj. confident, stylish, and charming |
| deceive | v. to make someone believe something that is not true |
| decorous | adj. proper, tasteful, socially correct |
| decry | v. to criticize openly |
| defer | v. to put aside until later; to yield respectfully |
| defraud | v. to cheat; to gain something dishonestly |
| defunct | adj. no longer functioning |
| deja vu | n. that eerie sense of "I've experienced this before" |
| delineate | v. to describe accurately, to outline |
| delusion | n. a false belief or opinion |
| demeanor | n. behavior; manner of conducting oneself |
| dendroid | adj. branching like a tree |
| denominate | v. to give a name to |
| denude | v. to make bare |
| deposition | n. the process in which material is laid down |
| depredation | n. the act of preying upon or plundering |
| derisible | adj. open to ridicule |
| dermatology | n. the study of the skin and its diseases |
| desist | v. to stop, discontinue |
| despondent | adj. sad, without hope, discouraged |
| deter | v. to discourage |
| devious | adj. dishonest or deceptive; tricky |
| devout | adj. deeply religious |
| diametrically | adv. in complete opposition |
| dicta | n. statements of the court that are not necessary to decide the controversy before the court |
| diffident | adj. shy, lacking self-confidence |
| dilapidated | adj. falling apart or ruined, run-down |
| diminutive | adj. small |
| dire | adj. extremely serious or urgent |
| disallow | v. to withhold permission, to command against |
| discern | v. to differentiate between two or more things; to perceive or recognize |
| disconsolate | adj. deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation |
| discreet | adj. careful about what one says or does |
| discursive | adj. rambling, lacking order |
| disgruntled | adj. angry or dissatisfied |
| disingenuous | adj. insincere, not genuine |
| disjunctive | adj. lacking connection |
| dismember | v. to cut into small parts; to cut (a body) apart limb from limb |
| dispassionate | adj. impartial; calm, free from emotion |
| disperse | v. to scatter, spread far and wide |
| disquiet | n. a feeling of anxiety or worry |
| disseminate | v. to scatter or spread widely |
| dissimilar | adj. not alike; different |
| dissolution | n. the breaking up into parts; termination of a legal bond or contract; disintegration of morals |
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