chronic | a. lasting for long period; marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases |
circumspect | a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious |
clarion | n. a shrill, narrow-tubed war trumpet; a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone |
clemency | n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act |
clientele | n. clients of professional person; body of customers or patrons |
cognizant | a. having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception |
colleague | n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker |
collegiate | a. of or resembling or typical of a college or college students |
communicable | a. capable of being transmitted by infection, especially for disease; readily communicated |
complicity | n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing |
component | n. element; ingredient; abstract part of something |
compression | n. applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required |
concept | n. something formed in the mind; thought or notion |
conclusive | a. decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin |
concord | n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things |
concurrence | n. a state of cooperation; agreement of results or opinions; acting together |
concurrent | a. simultaneous; coincident; occurring or operating at the same time |
condone | v. excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with |
confound | v. cause to become confused or perplexed; fail to distinguish; mix up |
conjure | v. call on or summon by sacred name or in solemn manner; implore earnestly; practice magical arts |
consecrate | v. appoint to a clerical posts; dedicate to a deity by a vow; render holy by means of religious rites |
consul | n. a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country |
consultant | n. an expert who gives advice |
contemptuous | a. scornful; expressing contempt; showing a lack of respect |
contentious | a. quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy |
continuance | n. an activity without interruption; the period of time during which something continues |
contradictory | a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing |
conveyance | n. act of conveying; tools of conveying, especially vehicle for transportation |
convivial | a. festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company |
convulsion | n. unnatural and violent contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body; any violent and irregular motion or agitation; violent shaking; tumult |
cosmic | a. pertaining to the universe; vast |
covert | a. secretive; not openly acknowledged or displayed |
credentials | n. a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts |
creditor | n. a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists |
crucial | a. of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance |
crypt | n. a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber, especially beneath a church |
culminate | v. reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit |
cumulative | a. increasing by successive addition |
curtail | v. cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part |
curvature | n. the rate of change at a point of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve; a curving or bending, often abnormal |
cynic | n. a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honorable or unselfish reasons |
cynical | a. skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic |
daunt | v. frighten; abate the courage of; discourage |
dearth | n. scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops |
debit | n. an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing |
debutante | n. young woman making formal entrance into society |
decorous | a. according with propriety, dignity, good taste in manners and conduct |
default | n. failure to act; an option that is selected automatically |
deference | n. willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect |
deficient | a. inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element |
defile | v. pollute; make dirty or spotty |
definitive | a. final; complete; precisely defined or explicit |
deflation | n. a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices; the act of letting the air out of something |
deft | a. quick and skillful; neat in action or performance |
deity | n. god; divinity; supernatural things |
delineate | v. portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out |
delve | v. dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously |
demented | a. insane; mad; of unsound mind; mentally ill |
demolition | n. act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying |
demoralize | v. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; confuse or put into disorder |
demure | a. modest and reserved in manner or behavior |
denigrate | v. blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade |
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