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Question 1

counterpart

Answer 1

thing that completes another; things very much alike; thing that has the same purpose in a different system

Question 2

coup

Answer 2

highly successful action or sudden attack; coup(s) cf. Coup : deathblow or shot which kills

Question 3

couple

Answer 3

join; unite; op. Uncouple

Question 4

courier

Answer 4

messenger

Question 5

court

Answer 5

attempt to gain; seek; woo ; risk; behave so as to invite; attempt to gain the favour of by attention; ex. Court disaster

Question 6

covenant

Answer 6

binding agreement between two groups of people ; compact; v: enter into a covenant ; promise

Question 7

covert

Answer 7

secret; hidden; implies; op . overt

Question 8

covetous

Answer 8

avaricious; desirous of ( someone else’s possessions): covet: desire eagerly (someone else’s possessions)

Question 9

cow

Answer 9

terrorise; intimidate

Question 10

cower

Answer 10

shrink quivering as from fear; cringe

Question 11

coy

Answer 11

shy (flirtatiously) ; showing a (pretended) lack of self confidence ; modest ; coquettish; cf. Job offer

Question 12

cozen

Answer 12

cheat ; hoodwink; swindle

Question 13

crabbed

Answer 13

sour; bad-tempered ; peevish; difficult to read as handwriting

Question 14

craft

Answer 14

skill (esp. With one’s hands) ; skill in deceiving people; guile ; adj. Crafty : cleverly deceitful ; cunning

Question 15

crass

Answer 15

very unrefined; grossly insensible ; crude and undiscriminating ; ex. Crass behaviour

Question 16

crave

Answer 16

desire; want intensely

Question 17

craven

Answer 17

cowardly

Question 18

credence

Answer 18

belief

Question 19

credential

Answer 19

evidence concerning one’s authority; written proof of a person’s position; ex. The new ambassador presented his credentials to the court

Question 20

credo

Answer 20

creed

Question 21

credulity

Answer 21

belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naïve; adj. Credulous

Question 22

creed

Answer 22

system of religious or ethical belief

Question 23

creep

Answer 23

move with body close to the ground ; move stealthily or slowly ; n.

Question 24

cremate

Answer 24

incinerate ( a corpse) ; n. Crematory, crematorium

Question 25

crescendo

Answer 25

increase in the volume or intensity as in a musical passage; climax; cf. Crescent

Question 26

crest

Answer 26

top ( as of a hill or wave) ; showy feathers on the head of a bird

Question 27

crestfallen

Answer 27

dejected; dispirited