Flashcards in Vocab 11-13 Deck (45):
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connoisseur
someone w/ informed/discriminating judgement
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consensus
general agreement
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construe
to analyze/explain/interpret/ understand
adj: construable
n: mis/construction
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consummate
adj: complete/perfect to the highest degree
v: to bring to completion/perfection
n: consummation
adv: consummately
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copious
large in number/quantity, full
n: copiousness, copiosity
adv: copiously
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corpulent
adj: fat and bulky
n: corpulence, corpulency
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corroborate
v: to confirm the truth/accuracy of
n: corroboration, corroborator
adj: corroborative, corroboratory
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counsel
n: advice secured through consultation; an adviser
v: to advise/recommend
n: counselor
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credibility
the ability to inspire belief/trust
n: credibleness
adj: credible
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criterion
n: standard/principle on which to base a judgement/decision
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crucial
adj: of supreme importance
adv: crucially
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culpable
adj: at fault/blameworthy
n: culpability, culpableness, culprit
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cursory
adj: hasty/superficial
n: cursoriness
adv: cursorily
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curtail
v: to shorten/reduce
n: curtailment
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cynical
adj: inclined to doubt, bitter
n: cynic, cynicism
adv: cynically
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dapper
adj: neatly/stylishly dressed
adv: dapperly
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defect
n: flaw/shortcoming
v: to desert ones country/cause for another
n: defectiveness, defection, defector
adj: defective
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defer
v: to put off/postpone; to yield to the wishes/judgements of another
n: deferment, deferral, deference
adj: deferential, deferent
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dejected
adj: in very low spirits
n: dejection
v: deject
adv: dejectedly
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delete
v: to strike out/remove
n: deletion
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delineate
v: to portray/describe in detail
n: delineation/delineator
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delinquent
adj: neglectful of duty/obligation, overdue
n: person who fails to perform a duty/ an offender
n: delinquency
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delude
v: to mislead/decieve
n: deluder, delusion
adj: deluded, delusive, delusory
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demure
adj: modest and reserved
n: demureness
adv: demurely
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denouement
n: outcome/solution of complex sequence of events
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desultory
adj: haphazard/random/shifting from one thing to another
n: desultoriness
adv: desultorily
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deviate
v: to move away from, esp what is considered right
n: a person who differs from what is accepted as normal/proper
n: deviation, deviator
adj: deviant
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devoid
adj: empty
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devout
adj: deeply religious/earnest/sincere
v: devote
n: devoutness, devotion, devotee
adj: devoted, devotional
adv: devoutly
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dexterous
adj: clever
n: dexterity, dexterousness
adv: dexterously
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dilapidated
adj: fallen into disrepair
v: dilapidate
n: dilapidation
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dilatory
adj: inclined to put things off
n: dilatoriness
adv: dilatorily
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diligent
adj: hardworking
n: diligence
adv: diligently
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dire
adj: dreadful/bleak/urgent
adj: direful
n: direness, direfulness
adv: direly, direfully
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discomfit
v: to defeat/frustruate/confuse/perplex
n: discomfiture
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discourse
n: lengthy discussion
v: to talk about/discuss at length
adj: discursive
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discriminate
v: to distinguish btwn two+ things; to behave unfairly toward a person/group bc of prejudice
n: discrimination
adj: discriminating, discriminatory, indiscriminate
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disparage
v: to speak slightingly of/undervalue
n: disparagement
adj: disparaging
adv: disparagingly
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disparity
n: difference/inequality
adj: disparate
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distraught
adj: deeply distressed
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divulge
v: to make known
n: divulgence
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docile
adj: easy to manage
n: docility
adv: dociley
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dormant
inactive
n: dormancy
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drastic
adj: violently forceful, extreme
adv: drastically
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