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 |