| A | B |
|---|
| chastice | to criticize severly |
| chimerical | absurd; wildly fanciful |
| chronic | lasting a long time; constant |
| circumspect | careful |
| clairvoyant | having exceptional insight |
| clandestine | secret |
| clemency | mercy; mildness |
| coalesce | to grow together; to combine |
| colloquial | conversational; used in informal speech or writing |
| commiserate | to sympathize with; to feel sorrow for another's suffering |
| compatible | agreeing |
| composurw | clamness |
| conciliatory | tending to soothe or reconcile |
| concise | saying much in few words; brief but rull of meaning |
| condone | to forgive or overlook |
| conspicuous | clearly visible; remarkable |
| copious | abundant |
| corroborate | to confirm |
| crass | coarse; stupid |
| criterion | standard for judging; a test |
| cryptic | secret; having a hidden meaning |
| cursory | without attention to details |
| dearth | shortage |
| debilitate | to weaken |
| decadence | decay; decline |
| deference | great respect |
| deflate | to let the air out of; to reduce in size or importance |
| delineate | to decribe in words; to sketch |
| demeanor | behavior |
| denunciation | expression of strong desapproval made refreshingly unexpected |
| deprecate | to express strong disapproval of |
| derogatory | tending to lower in estimation; degrading |
| desecrate | to treat with disrespect |
| despot | monarch with unlimited power |
| deter | to discourage; to keep someone from doing something |
| devious | not straightforward; lying; roundabout |
| devoid | entirely without; lacking |
| diatribe | a denunciation; bitter verbal attack |
| didactic | intended to instruct |
| diffuse | spread out; wordy |
| diminution | a lessening |
| discerning | keenly perceptive; shrewd |
| disdain | a felling of contempt for anything that is regardd as unworthy; scorn |
| dismantle | to pull down; to take apart |
| disparage | to discredit; to belittle |
| disparity | lack of equality; difference |
| disperse | to send off in different directions |
| disposition | nature, tendency |
| dissipated | indulging excessively in sensual pleasures |
| distraught | in a state of mental conflict and confusion; distracted |
