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NM_Week_6
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| concord | agreement |
| concourse | a crowd; a wide street |
| concur | to agree with |
| condescend | to talk down to someone |
| condign | deserved |
| condolence | expression of sorrow |
| condone | to excuse; to overlook; to forgive |
| conducive | leading to |
| conduit | pipe or tube |
| configuration | shape |
| confluent | flowing together |
| conformity | doing the same as others |
| confounded | confused or amazed |
| congeal | to thicken |
| congenial | friendly |
| congenital | existing at birth |
| conglomerate | mass; large corporation |
| congregate | to assemble |
| congruent | in agreement |
| conjecture | to guess or speculate |
| conjugal | pertaining to marriage |
| conjure | to call upon or to command a devil or spirit to practice magic; cast a spell |
| connivance | conspiracy |
| connoisseur | an expert |
| connote | imply |
| connubial | relating to marriage |
| consanguinity | close relationship by blood |
| consecrate | to make holy |
| consensus | general agreement |
| console | to comfort |
| consonant | in agreement or harmony |
| consort | a husband or wife; to associate or join |
| conspicuous | obvious |
| contentious | argumentative; quarrelsome |
| consternation | confusion or panic |
| constituents | supporters |
| constraints | limitations |
| constrict | to shrink |
| construe | to interpret |
| consummate | to complete or perfect |
| contagious | infectious |
| contemporary | current; modern |
| contemptuous | scornful; hateful; (to disdain) |
| contentious | ready to argue; quarrelsome |
| contingent | possible |
| contort | to distort |
| contrary | opposite to |
| contravene | to oppose |
| contrite | sorrowful; remorseful; apologetic |
| contumacious | disobedient; stubborn |
| contusion | a bruise |
| conundrum | a riddle or puzzle |
| convene | to assemble |
| conventional | ordinary; usual |
| converge | to cove together |
| conversant | being familiar with |
| converse | to talk; the opposite |
| convex | curving outward |
| conveyance | a vehicle |
| convivial | friendly |
| convoluted | twisted |
| cope | to deal with |
| copious | abundant |
| coquetry | flirtation |
| cordial | friendly |
| cornucopia | abundance |
| corollary | a deduction; a result of |
| corona | bright circle |
| corporeal | body or physical |
| corpulent | fatness |
| corroborate | to confirm |
| corrugated | wrinkled; ridged |
| cortege | funeral procession |
| cosmopolitan | worldly |
| coterie | close group of friends |
| countenance | the face; to permit |
| countermand | to cancel |
| counterpart | duplicate |
| coup | a brilliant move |
| covenant | an agreement |
| covert | secretive |
| covert | to desire |
| cower | to tremble |
| coy | shy |
| cozen | to trick |
| crafty | tricky |
| crass | unrefined |
| craven | cowardly |
| credence | belief |
| credible | believable |
| credulous | gullible; trusting |
| creed | a religious belief |
| crescendo | gradual increase in intensity |
| crestfallen | dejected |
| cringe | to shrink back |
| criterion | standard for judging |
| crony | close friend |
| crotchety | grouchy |
| crucible | a severe test |
| crux | the essential part |
| cryptic | mysterious |
| crystallize | to take on a definite form |
| cubicle | small compartment |
| cudgel | club; thick stick |
| cull | to pick out |
| culminate | to result in |
| culpable | worthy of blame |
| cumbersome | heavy or hard to handle |
| cumulative | accumulated |
| cupidity | greed |
| curb | to control |
| cursive | running or flowing |
| cursory | superficial |
| cynic | one who is critical |
| fabricate | to construct or to lie |
| façade | outward appearance |
| facet | aspect |
| facetious | sarcastic |
| facile | easy |
| facilitate | to make easy |
| facsimile | a duplicate |
| faction | a minority within a larger group |
| factious | causing disagreement |
| factitious | artificial |
| faculty | ability or skill |
| fallacious | misleading; false; untrue |
| fallible | capable of error |
| fallow | inactive |
| falter | to stumble |
| fanatic | a person with uncontrolled devotion |
| fanciful | imaginative |
| farcical | absurd |
| fastidious | hard to please |
| fatalistic | believing that all things in life are inevitable |
| fathom | nautical measure; to understand |
| fatuous | foolish |
| fauna | animals of a certain area |
| fawn | excessively flattering manner |
| faze | to disturb |
| fealty | loyalty; devotion |
| feasible | capable of being achieved |
| feat | accomplishment |
| fecundity | fertile; productive |
| feign | to pretend |
| feint | a false show or a pretended act |
| felicity | happiness |
| feline | pertaining to cats |
| fell | to knock down; cruel |
| felonious | harmful |
| ferment | a state of agitation |
| ferret | to search or drive out |
| fervent | eager |
| fervid | very emotional |
| fester | to rot |
| festive | joyous |
| fete | to entertain |
| fetid | foul-smelling |
| fetish | object that receives respect |
| fetter | to confine |
| fiasco | a total disaster |
| fiat | an official order |
| fickle | changeable or unfaithful |
| fictitious | false |
| fidelity | faithfulness |
| figment | something imagined |
| filch | to steal |
| filial | like a son or daughter |
| finesse | tact |
| finite | limited |
| firebrand | one who stirs up trouble |
| firmament | strength of pertaining to the heavens |
| fiscal | pertaining to finances |
| fissure | opening or split |
| fitful | irregular |
| flabbergasted | astonished |
| flaccid | flabby |
| flag | a banner; to slow down |
| flagellate | to whip |
| flagrant | shocking; bad |
| flail | to strike wildly |
| flair | a knack |
| flamboyant | showy; conspicuous |
| flaunt | to show off |
| flay | to strip off; to criticize sharply |
| fledgling | a young, inexperienced person |
| fleece | to swindle |
| flinch | to cringe |
| flippant | treating serious matters lightly |
| flora | plant life in a certain area |
| florid | flowery; ornate |
| flotilla | fleet of ships |
| flotsam | floating wreckage |
| flourish | a dramatic display |
| flout | to ridicule |
| fluctuate | to vary |
| fluent | able to speak and-or write clearly |
| fluster | to confuse |
| fluvial | pertaining to a river |
| flux | state of continual change |
| foible | minor fault |
| foil | to prevent the success of a plan |
| foist | to pass off something which is inferior |
| foment | to stir up |
| fop | excessively vain; foolish |
| foray | a sudden attack |
| forbearance | patience |
| foreboding | a warning |
| forensic | pertaining to a formal debate |
| forerunner | ancestor |
| foreshadow | to hint |
| forestall | to prevent by acting in advance |
| forgo | to give up |
| forte | strong point |
| forthright | direct |
| fortnight | two weeks |
| fortuitous | lucky; happening by chance |
| foster | to encourage |
| fracas | brawl; uproar |
| fractious | quarrelsome |
| franchise | special privilege |
| fraternal | brotherly |
| fraught | filled with |
| fray | quarrel; unravel |
| frenetic | frantic |
| frenzy | fury |
| freshet | a fresh water stream |
| fretful | worried |
| friction | a rubbing together; conflict or disagreement |
| frivolous | silly or unimportant |
| frowzy | unkempt |
| frugal | thrifty |
| fruition | fulfillment |
| fruitless | having no results |
| frustrate | to prevent; to discourage |
| fulminate | to explode; to denounce |
| fulsome | disgusting |
| fundamental | essential; basic |
| furor | rage |
| furtive | stealthy; secretive |
| fusion | merging |
| futile | hopeless; useless; worthless |