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GRE baron 12

deadlock

n. stalemate, impasse, plight

eg. the negotiation is at a deadlock

debilitate

v. weaken, enfeeble, drain, (undermine, sap)

eg. the disease debilitate him too much

coup

n. sudden and successful action (often to replace the government)

eg. coup d'état

covenant

n. pact, promise, stipulation, commitent

eg. i will fulfill my covenant

covert

adj. secret, hidden, implied, surreptitious, clandestine

eg. covert military operations

covetous

adj. greedy, avid, avarice, cupid (often for wealth)

ant. benevolent, generous, giving

cow

v. browbeat, bully, intimidate

ant. encourage, hearten, inspirit

cower

v. be frightened, tremble, cringe, flinch

eg. A gun went off and people cowered behind walls and under tables

coy

adj. reticent, modest, demure, overmodest

eg. She was a little coy about how much her dress cost

crass

adj. insensitive, asinine, churlish, boorish

eg. the crass questions all disabled people get asked

craven

adj. cowardly, pusillanimous, timorous, chicken

eg. a craven proposal to raise the white flag

credence

n. trust, belief

eg. Alternative medicine has been gaining credence recently.

creed

n. religious or ethical belief, gospel

credulity

n. possibility to believe

eg. The plot of the novel stretches credulity to the limit

crescendo

n. intensify in loudness

eg. There was a tremendous crescendo of noise

crestfallen

adj. disappointed, dejected, deflated

ant. happy, inspirited

cringe

v. cower, fawn, crawl, creep, cower, grovel, flinch, funk, shrink, wince, recoil, quail

eg. a child cringing in terror

crone

n. ugly or old woman, hag

crotchety

adj. whimsical (due to high age), bad-temper (cantankerous, peevish)

eg. He was tired and crotchety.

crux

n. the most difficulty, main point

eg Now we come to the crux of the matter.

cryptic

adj. enigmatic, secret, obscure, inscrutable

eg. the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms

culinary

adj. related to cooking

eg. culinary art

culmination

n. highest point, eventual conclusion, climax

eg. their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development

culpable

adj. deserving blame, guilty

ant. blameless, inculpable, innocent

cumbersome

adj. -awkward, inapt, inept
-heavy and hard to carry

eg. cumbersome luggage

cupidity

n. greed, avidity for wealth, avarice, covetousness

curator

n. manager, caretaker of art collection

eg. curator of newly paintings

cursive

adj. flowing, coherent, letters joined together

eg. cursive writing

cursory

adj. hastily done not thoroughly, headlong

ant. deep, careful

curtail

v. shorten, reduce, curb, terminate

eg. curtail a speech

cynical

adj. non-believing, skeptical

ant. optimistic, trusting

cynosure

v. attraction, specular spot, center

eg. she was the cynosure of all eyes

dabble

v. play at, tinker, take part in an activity/sport

eg. children like to dabble in water

dally

v. - waste time, delay
- behave carelessly and not seriously

eg. My husband never dawdles with other women

dapper

adj. neat, stylist, rakish, raffish, natty

eg. What a dapper little man

damp

v. lessen in intensity, diminish
adj. wet

eg. damp one's enthusiasm

dappled

adj. brindled, flecked, motley, piebald, pied, variegated

eg. a dappled horse

daub

v. put on carelessly, spread

eg. trousers daubed with mud

daunt

v. frighten, intimidate, pall, scare

eg. mere words cannot daunt me

dauntless

adj. bold, courageous, audacious, intrepid, valiant

eg. dauntless soldiers

dawdle

v. procrastinate, be slow, dally, tarry

eg. stop dawdle and do sth useful

deadpan

adj. impassive, blank, expressionless, stolid

eg. deadpan expression

debacle

n. sudden and complete failure, crash, fiasco

eg. airplane debacle

debase

v. lower the value or status, degrade, adulterate, sully

eg. Do school counselors debase young children?

debauch

v. corrupt, make sb immorally
n. orgy, bacchanalia, saturnalia

eg. he debauched many innocent girls

debonair

adj. affable, cheerful , elegant, cordial, having sophisticated charm, suave

eg. a debonair gentleman

debris

n. scattered fragment, rubble, wreckage

eg. debris after the plane crash

debunk

v. disapprove, ridicule

eg. The physicist debunked the psychic's claims

crabbed

adj. ill-tempered, crotchety, peevish, crabby

dank

adj. unpleasantly damp and cold, musty

credo

n. a set of belief, creed

culvert

n. artificial tunnel for water, conduit
(co^ng')

decelerate

v. slow down

decapitate

v. behead, cut the head off

decant

v. pour off gently (to a container)

decadence

n. decay, deterioration of morality

debutante

n. 1st coming of a woman to the society

dais

eg. raised platform (stage, podium)

curmudgeon

n. bad-tempered person, complainer

cumulative

adj. growing by addition

cuisine

n. food (in restaurant)

cubicle

n. small compartment for sleeping or dressing, alcove

crypt

n. secret vault or grave

criteria

n. standards used in judging

crevice

n. crack, fissure, chasm

cozen

v. cheat, swindle

courier

n. messenger, tour guide

couple

v. join, unite

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