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NM_Week_6
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Question | Answer |
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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 |