List 2C

Question 1

catastrophe

Answer 1

Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity.

Question 2

catholicity

Answer 2

Universal prevalence or acceptance.

Question 3

caucus

Answer 3

A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates.

Question 4

causal

Answer 4

Indicating or expressing a cause.

Question 5

cauterize

Answer 5

To burn or sear as with a heated iron.

Question 6

cede

Answer 6

To pass title to.

Question 7

censor

Answer 7

An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication.

Question 8

censorious

Answer 8

Judging severely or harshly.

Question 9

census

Answer 9

An official numbering of the people of a country or district.

Question 10

ceremonial

Answer 10

Characterized by outward form or ceremony.

Question 11

cessation

Answer 11

Discontinuance, as of action or motion.

Question 12

cession

Answer 12

Surrender, as of possessions or rights.

Question 13

chagrin

Answer 13

Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one’s failures or errors.

Question 14

chameleon

Answer 14

Changeable in appearance.

Question 15

chaos

Answer 15

Condition where the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion.

Question 16

characterize

Answer 16

To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities.

Question 17

charlatan

Answer 17

A quack.

Question 18

chasm

Answer 18

A yawning hollow, as in the earth’s surface.

Question 19

chasten

Answer 19

To purify by affliction.

Question 20

chastise

Answer 20

To subject to punitive measures.

Question 21

chastity

Answer 21

Sexual or moral purity.

Question 22

chattel

Answer 22

Any article of personal property.

Question 23

choleric

Answer 23

Easily provoked to anger.

Question 24

chromatic

Answer 24

Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.

Question 25

cipher

Answer 25

To calculate arithmetically. (also a noun meaning zero or nothing)

Question 26

circumlocution

Answer 26

Indirect or roundabout expression.

Question 27

circumnavigate

Answer 27

To sail quite around.

Question 28

dauntless

Answer 28

Fearless.

Question 29

debase

Answer 29

To lower in character or virtue.

Question 30

debonair

Answer 30

Having gentle or courteous bearing or manner.

Question 31

deceitful

Answer 31

Fraudulent.

Question 32

decency

Answer 32

Moral fitness.

Question 33

decimate

Answer 33

To destroy a measurable or large proportion of.

Question 34

decipher

Answer 34

To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible.

Question 35

decisive

Answer 35

Conclusive.

Question 36

declamation

Answer 36

A speech recited or intended for recitation from memory in public.

Question 37

decorous

Answer 37

Suitable for the occasion or circumstances.

Question 38

decrepit

Answer 38

Enfeebled, as by old age or some chronic infirmity.

Question 39

deduce

Answer 39

To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises.

Question 40

deface

Answer 40

To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of.

Question 41

defamation

Answer 41

Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation of another.

Question 42

deference

Answer 42

Respectful submission or yielding, as to another’s opinion, wishes, or judgment.

Question 43

defiant

Answer 43

Characterized by bold or insolent opposition.

Question 44

deformity

Answer 44

A disfigurement.

Question 45

defraud

Answer 45

To deprive of something dishonestly.

Question 46

defray

Answer 46

To make payment for.

Question 47

degenerate

Answer 47

To become worse or inferior.

Question 48

degradation

Answer 48

Diminution, as of strength or magnitude.

Question 49

degrade

Answer 49

To take away honors or position from.

Question 50

dehydrate

Answer 50

To deprive of water.