Vocabulary List 7 & 8: 41-78 & 1-20

Question 1

Contumacious

Answer 1

Adj.

Disobedient; resisting authority

Question 2

Contumely

Answer 2

N.

Scornful insolence; insult

Question 3

Contusion

Answer 3

N.

Bruise

Question 4

Convene

Answer 4

V.

Assemble

Question 5

Conversant

Answer 5

Adj.

Familiar with

Question 6

Conveyance

Answer 6

N.

Vehicle; transfer

Question 7

Convivial

Answer 7

Adj.

Festive; gay; characterized by joviality

Question 8

Convoke

Answer 8

V.

Call together

Question 9

Copious

Answer 9

Adj.

Plentiful

Question 10

Coquette

Answer 10

N. & V.

Flirt

Question 11

Cornice

Answer 11

N.

Projecting molding on building (usually above columns)

Question 12

Corporeal

Answer 12

Adj.

Bodily; material

Question 13

Corpulent

Answer 13

Adj.

Very fat

Question 14

Corroborate

Answer 14

V.

Confirm

Question 15

Corrosive

Answer 15

Adj.

Dating away by chemicals or disease

Question 16

Corsair

Answer 16

N.

Pirate; pirate ship

Question 17

Cortège

Answer 17

N.

Procession

Question 18

Cosmic

Answer 18

Adj.

Pertaining to the universe; vast

Question 19

Coterie

Answer 19

N.

Group that meet socially; select circle

Question 20

Countermand

Answer 20

V.

Cancel; revoke

Question 21

Counterpart

Answer 21

N.

A thing that completes another; things very much alike

Question 22

Covenant

Answer 22

N.

Agreement

Question 23

Covert

Answer 23

Adj.

Secret; hidden; implied

Question 24

Covetous

Answer 24

Adj.

Avaricious; eagerly desirous of

Question 25

Cower

Answer 25

V.

Shrink / quiver, as from fear

Question 26

Coy

Answer 26

Adj.

Shy; modest; coquettish

Question 27

Crabbed

Answer 27

Adj.

Sour; peevish

Question 28

Crass

Answer 28

Adj.

Very unrefined; grossly insensible

Question 29

Craven

Answer 29

Adj.

Cowardly

Question 30

Credence

Answer 30

N.

Belief

Question 31

Credulity

Answer 31

N.

Belief on slight evidence; [ability or willingness to believe]

Question 32

Creed

Answer 32

N.

System of religious or ethnically belief

Question 33

Crestfallen

Answer 33

Adj.

Dejected; dispirited

Question 34

Crevice

Answer 34

N.

Creak; fissure

Question 35

Criterion

Answer 35

N.

Standard used in judging

Question 36

Crone

Answer 36

N.

Hag

Question 37

Crux

Answer 37

N.

Crucial point

Question 38

Cryptic

Answer 38

Adj.

Mysterious; hidden; secret; [difficult to understand]

Question 39

Cuisine

Answer 39

N.

Style of cooking

Question 40

Culinary

Answer 40

Adj.

Relating to cooking

Question 41

Cull

Answer 41

V.

Pick out; reject

Question 42

Culmination

Answer 42

N.

Attainment of highest point; [peak]

Question 43

Culpable

Answer 43

Adj.

Deserving blame

Question 44

Cupidity

Answer 44

N.

Greed

Question 45

Curry

Answer 45

V.

Dress; treat leather; seek favor

Question 46

Cursory

Answer 46

Adj.

Casual; hastily done

Question 47

Curtail

Answer 47

V.

Shorten; reduce

Question 48

Cynic

Answer 48

N.

One who is skeptical or distrustful of human motives

Question 49

Dais

Answer 49

N.

Raised platform for guests of honor

Question 50

Dally

Answer 50

V.

Trifle with; procrastinate

Question 51

Dank

Answer 51

Adj.

Damp

Question 52

Dastard

Answer 52

N.

Coward

Question 53

Daunt

Answer 53

V.

Intimidate

Question 54

Dauntless

Answer 54

Adj.

Bold

Question 55

Dawdle

Answer 55

V.

Loiter; waste time

Question 56

Dearth

Answer 56

N.

Scarcity

Question 57

Debase

Answer 57

V.

Reduce to a lower state

Question 58

Controvert

Answer 58

V.

Oppose with arguments; contradict