Word List 33

Question 1

cruet

Answer 1

n. small glass bottle for vinegar, oil, etc

Question 2

crypt

Answer 2

n. secret recess or vault, usually used for burial

Question 3

cul-de-sac

Answer 3

n. blind alley; trap

Question 4

culvert

Answer 4

n. artificial channel for water

Question 5

curator

Answer 5

n. superintendent; manager

Question 6

curmudgeon

Answer 6

n. churlish, miserly individual

Question 7

cynosure

Answer 7

n. the object of general attention

Question 8

debacle

Answer 8

n. breaking up; downfall

Question 9

deventure

Answer 9

n. bond issued to secure a loan

Question 10

decimate

Answer 10

v. kill, usually one out of 10

Question 11

decollete

Answer 11

adj. having a low-necked dress

Question 12

decrepitude

Answer 12

n. state of collapse caused by illness or old age

Question 13

degraded

Answer 13

adj. lowered in rank; debased

Question 14

deliquescent

Answer 14

adj. capable of absorbing moisture from the air and becoming liquid

Question 15

demese

Answer 15

n. domain; land over which a person has full soverignity

Question 16

demotic

Answer 16

adj. pertaining to the people

Question 17

denigrate

Answer 17

v. blacken

Question 18

denotation

Answer 18

n. meaning; distinguishing by name

Question 19

denouement

Answer 19

n. outcome; final development of the plot of a play

Question 20

desideratum

Answer 20

n. that which is desired

Question 21

determinate

Answer 21

adj. having a fixed order of procedure; invariable

Question 22

diatribe

Answer 22

n. bitter scolding; invective

Question 23

didactic

Answer 23

adj. teaching; instructional

Question 24

disabuse

Answer 24

v. correct a false impression; undeceive

Question 25

dishabill

Answer 25

n. in a state of undress

Question 26

distaff

Answer 26

adj. female

Question 27

doddering

Answer 27

adj. shaky; infirm from old age

Question 28

duenna

Answer 28

n. attendant of young female; chaperone

Question 29

dulcet

Answer 29

adj. sweet sounding

Question 30

dynamic

Answer 30

adj. active; efficient

Question 31

eclat

Answer 31

n. brilliance; glory

Question 32

eclecticism

Answer 32

n. selection of elements from various sets of opinions or systems

Question 33

ecologist

Answer 33

n. a person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their new invironment

Question 34

effluvium

Answer 34

n. noxious smell

Question 35

embryonic

Answer 35

undeveloped; rudimentary

Question 36

emendation

Answer 36

n. correction of errors; improvement

Question 37

emeritus

Answer 37

adj. retired but still keeps the title (eg dean emeritus of the graduate school)

Question 38

amollient

Answer 38

n. soothing or softening remedy

Question 39

empirical

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adj. based on experience

Question 40

empyreal

Answer 40

adj. celestial; fiery

Question 41

encomium

Answer 41

n. praise; eulogy

Question 42

endemic

Answer 42

adj. prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific are or country

Question 43

enigmatic

Answer 43

adj. obscure; puzzling

Question 44

enjoin

Answer 44

v. command; order; forbid

Question 45

ensue

Answer 45

v. follow

Question 46

entomology

Answer 46

n. study of insects

Question 47

equipoise

Answer 47

n. balance; balancing force; equilibrium

Question 48

equitable

Answer 48

adj. fair; impartial

Question 49

erudition

Answer 49

n. high degree of knowledge and learning

Question 50

enthology

Answer 50

n. study of man

Question 51

eugenic

Answer 51

adj. pertaining to the improvement of race

Question 52

eviscerate

Answer 52

v. disembowel; remove entrails

Question 53

exacerbate

Answer 53

v. worsen; embitter