Chapter 7

Question 1

Credo

Answer 1

Creed or belief

Question 2

Crescendo

Answer 2

Increase in volume

Question 3

Curmudgeon

Answer 3

Churlish, Miserly individual

Question 4

Curtailed

Answer 4

To shorten, to reduce

Question 5

Cynosure

Answer 5

The object of general attention

Question 6

Debacle

Answer 6

Downfall, breaking up

Question 7

Debase

Answer 7

To lower the character or worth of something

Question 8

Decimate

Answer 8

To kill, usually one out of ten

Question 9

Decrepitude

Answer 9

State of collapse caused by old age or illness

Question 10

Deference

Answer 10

Courteous respect or regard

Question 11

Defunct

Answer 11

No longer in existence, extinct

Question 12

Deign

Answer 12

To grant with condescension

Question 13

Deleterious

Answer 13

Harmful

Question 14

Denigrate

Answer 14

To blacken

Question 15

Denizen

Answer 15

Inhabitant or resident

Question 16

Codicil

Answer 16

Supplement to the body of a will

Question 17

Cogent

Answer 17

Convincing

Question 18

Colloquial

Answer 18

Pertaining to conversation common speech

Question 19

Comatose

Answer 19

In a coma, extremely sleepy

Question 20

Commence

Answer 20

To begin or initiate

Question 21

Compendium

Answer 21

Brief comprehensive summary

Question 22

Compensatory

Answer 22

Making up for, repaying

Question 23

Complicity

Answer 23

Participation, involvement

Question 24

Congenital

Answer 24

Existing from birth

Question 25

Conjecture

Answer 25

Surmise, guess

Question 26

Contiguous

Answer 26

Adjacent to, touching upon

Question 27

Convoluted

Answer 27

Involved, intricate

Question 28

Cordon

Answer 28

Extended line or fortification to prevent access or egress

Question 29

Correlation

Answer 29

Mutual relationship, connection

Question 30

Cozen

Answer 30

To cheat or swindle

Question 31

Capricious

Answer 31

Unpredictable

Question 32

Careen

Answer 32

To lurch, to sway from side to side

Question 33

Catalyst

Answer 33

Agent which brings about change, while it remains unchanged or unaffected

Question 34

Carp

Answer 34

To find fault in a nagging way, to complain about something minor

Question 35

Catharsis

Answer 35

Purging or cleansing of any passage of the body

Question 36

Cauterize

Answer 36

To burn or sear a wound

Question 37

Caustic

Answer 37

Corrosive, sarcastic

Question 38

Celerity

Answer 38

Speed, rapidity

Question 39

Chagrin

Answer 39

Feeling of embarrassment or distress

Question 40

Charisma

Answer 40

Special charm that captures the public imagination

Question 41

Chimerical

Answer 41

Fantastically improbable, highly unrealistic, imaginary, mystical

Question 42

Circumlocution

Answer 42

Indirect or roundabout expression

Question 43

Circumspect

Answer 43

Prudent, cautious

Question 44

Clemency

Answer 44

Leniency or mercy, merciful act

Question 45

Climatic

Answer 45

Pertaining to the most intense part of the story