correspondence
n. similarity or analogy; communication by the exchange of letters |
countercharge
n. a retaliatory charge; a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser |
countryman
n. a man from your own country; a man who lives in the country and has country ways |
courier
n. person who carries a message |
crevice
n. gap; a long narrow opening |
criticize
v. find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws |
crusader
n. a warrior who engages in a holy war; a disputant who advocates reform |
cryptic
a. having hidden meaning; mystifying; using code or cipher |
cull
v. pick out from others; weed out; remove rejected members or parts from |
culmination
n. a final climactic stage; the decisive moment in a novel or play; a concluding action |
culpable
a. deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious |
curiosity
n. a strong desire to know or learn something |
curriculum
n. the subjects comprising a course of study in a school or college; program |
decadence
n. process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline; falling off or away; decay |
deceptive
a. misleading, likely or attempting to deceive; fraudulent |
defer
v. delay till later; put off; hold back to a later time |
defiled
a. morally blemished; stained or impure |
definition
n. clarity of outline; concise explanation |
delegate
n. person authorized to act as representative for another; deputy |
depository
n. a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping |
derogatory
a. expressing low opinion; disparaging; belittling |
desolation
n. sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned; an event that results in total destruction; the state of being decayed or destroyed |
detestable
a. offensive to the mind; unequivocally detestable |
dilettante
a. showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish |
diligent
a. assiduous; industrious; hard working |
dire
a. fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; causing fear or dread or terror |
dirge
n. a piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; funeral hymn |
disastrous
a. extremely bad; terrible; dreadful |
disciple
n. follower; adherent; person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others |
disconcert
v. confuse; frustrate by throwing into disorder; embarrass |
disdainfully
ad. without respect; in a disdainful manner; in a proud and domineering manner |
disingenuous
a. giving a false appearance of frankness; not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating |
disparage
v. belittle; speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank |
disperse
v. move away from each other; cause to separate; cause to become widely known |
distinction
n. excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference |
distinguished
a. prominent; celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements |
dividend
n. sum of money to be divided and distributed; share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage |
dolefully
ad. with sadness; in a sorrowful manner |
dominant
a. major; most important, powerful, or influential; outweighing |
dormitory
n. a college or university building for student living; a large bedroom where several people sleep |
dragnet
n. a series of actions that are done by the police in order to catch criminals |
earnest
n. seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness |
echolocation
n. determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it |
ecstasy
n. intense joy or delight; any overpowering emotion |
egalitarian
n. a person who believes in the equality of all people |
eke
v. supplement with great effort; add to; augment |
electrify
v. excite suddenly and intensely; charge a conductor with electricity; equip for use with electricity |
eliminate
v. completely remove or get rid of; abolish; rule out |
embargo
n. ban on commerce or other activity |
embroidery
n. elaboration by the use of decorative detail; ornamentation of fabric with needlework |
embroil
v. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action |
emphatically
ad. without question and beyond doubt |
ennui
n. feeling of being bored by something tedious |
enormous
a. very great in size, extent, number, or degrees; huge; massive |
enrapture
v. please intensely; fill with great delight or joy |
enumerate
v. list each one; mention one by one |
enunciate
v. speak distinctly; state or set forth precisely or systematically; pronounce; articulate |
equitation
n. the sport of siting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements |
era
n. a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods |
essential
a. necessary; critical; vital; constituting or being part of the essence of something |
estimation
n. the respect with which a person is held; an approximate calculation of quantity; a judgment of the qualities |
etched
a. cut or impressed into a surface |