Ex. When writing your research paper be original and do not use cliche's.
44. collusion (n.) - a conspiracy, a secret agreement
Ex. The collusion amongst the bankers was soon revealed during the senate hearing.
45. conspiracy (n) an agreement to do an unlawful or wrongful act.
Ex. There was a conspiracy to rob a bank that involved several participants.
46. comatose (adj.) lethargic (sluggish)
Ex. After going to school and then working a part-time job all week, Ethan enjoys being comatose all weekend.
47. commendable (adj) worthy of praise
Ex. The students were honored at the awards ceremony because their work was commendable.
48. compel (v) to force
Ex. Students should be motivated to take difficult classes and not be compelled to take them.
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50. concede (v) - to give in; to yield
Ex. After the SGA election results were revealed, Paul had to concede to Joan, the winner of the election.
51. conciliatory (adj) agreeable, friendly
Ex. On the first day of school the principal got on the PA and made some conciliatory remarks to the student body.
52. confound - (v) to frustrate, to confuse
Ex. What confounded the parent was that the school called to say that her son was absent after she had just driven him there herself.
53. contusion (n) a bruise or injury
Ex. Despite his contusions from the play, the football team's captain was happy because his touchdown had won the game.
54. convalescence (n) the gradual return to health after an illness or accident
Ex. The student finally returned to school after a long convalescence after the accident.
55. daft (adj) insane, foolish
Ex. Are you daft? You are wearing flip flops in the snow!
56. daunting (adj) - intimidating
Ex. It was a daunting experience because we had never expected a violent storm while sailing.
57. defame (v) - to destroy the reputation of
Ex. The Salem Trials defamed innocent women by accusing them of witchcraft.
58. decompose (v) to be slowly destroyed by a natural process.
Ex. The meat had begun to decompose after it had been on the counter for two days,
59. delude (v) - to deceive, to mislead
Ex. The class tried to delude the teacher into thinking that they had done all the work for the substitute teacher, but the truth came out when they failed the pop quiz.
60. deviate (v) to do something different from what has been planned or what is normal
Ex. You must not deviate from these instructions, or the plan will fail.
61. desolate (adj.) deserted, lifeless
Ex. Once all the students go home for summer vacation, the halls of Parkdale seem desolate.
62. destitute (adj) improvise; lacking something needed, of great want
Ex. Because of the recession, many people have become destitute because they have lost their jobs.
63. dictate (v) to pronounce, command, prescribe
Ex. The dress code dictates what students are allowed to wear.
64. differeniate (adj) to distinguish, to make a difference
Ex. Sometimes it is hard to differeniate one twin from the other, but if one looks closely there is a difference.
65. dilapidated (adj.) - in a state of disrepair
Ex. The house was so dilapidated that the contractor wanted to tear it down and build an entire new one.
66. diligent (adj.) - careful, showing care, working hard at something
Ex. If you want to keep your part-time job, you must be diligent in all that you do.
67. diminish (v.) - decrease or make smaller
Ex. A low GPA will diminish your chances of getting into a good university.
68. divengent (adj) - different, deviating, contrary
Ex. The student body at Parkdale is composed of people from divergent cultures.
69. divisive (adj) - causing conflict, opposition
Ex. Even though many people did not agree with the ideas, the atmosphere at the meeting was not divisive because people respected each other's opinion.
70. douse (v) - to dreach, saturate
Ex. In chemistry class there is emergency equipment which can be used to douse and unexpected fire.
71. dutiful (adj) - careful to fulfill obligations
Ex. During their senior year, students must be dutiful in all classes or they will not graduate.
72. empathetic (adj) {empathy} (n) - feeling another's pain as one's own.
Ex. Even though she had never lost all of her belongings in a house fire, Mary was so empathetic that she immediately began taking up a collection for the family.
73. entomology (n) the study of insects
Ex. Athough she enjohed her course in entomology, nonetheless she was afraid to touch the insects she found uner the rock.
74. envious (adj) - jealous
Ex. He was so envious of his friend's new sweater that he went out and bought one jusr like it.
75. engrossed
76. erroneous (adj) mistaken, incorrect
Ex. If you think that the grades on your reort card are erroneous, please see your guidance counselor
77. epidemic (n) - a large number of cases of a disease that happen at the same time.
Ex. Childhood obesity is rapidly becoming an epidemic in this country.
78. eradicate (v) - to destroy or remove something completely
Ex. We have eradicated the sisease, smallpox, from the world.
79. excursion (n) - a trip, an outing
Ex. During our summer vacation, we planned what turned out to be a major excursion to the Grand Canyon.
80. ethical (adj) - involving beliefs about what is right or wrong
Ex. Whether to use animals in scientific test is a difficult ethical question.
81. exorbitant (adj.) - excessive
Ex. Despite the exorbitant prices at the restaurant, the couple ordered many items from the menu.
82. extol (v) praise
Ex. The valedictorian extolled her teachers for all of the knowledge that they had given her so that she would be a life-long learner.
83. fabricate (v) to invent, make-up, concoct
Ex. Since he had no reason for missing the test, he knew that he had to fabricate a good excuse for his teacher if he wanted a chance to make it up.
