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cabal

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small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests (Eg: The cabal was defeated when its scheme was discovered. )

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cache

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hiding place (Eg: The detectives followed the suspects until he led them to the cache where he had stored his loot. )

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cacophony

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discord (Eg: Some people seem to enjoy the cacophony of an orchestra that is tuning up. )

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cadaver

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corpse (Eg: In some states- it is illegal to dissect cadavers. )

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cadaverous

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like a corpse; pale (Eg: From his cadaverous appearance- we could see how the disease had ravaged him. )

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cadence

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rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat (Eg: Marching down the road- the troops sang out- following the cadence set by the sergeant. )

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cajole

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coax; wheedle (Eg: I will not be cajoled into granting your wish. )

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calamity

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disaster; misery (Eg: As news of the calamity spread- offers of relief poured in to the stricken community. )

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caliber

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ability; capacity (Eg: A man of such caliber should not be assigned such menial tasks. )

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calligraphy

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beautiful writing; excellent penmanship (Eg: As we examine ancient manuscripts- we became impressed with the calligraphy of the scribes. )

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callous

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hardened; unfeeling (Eg: He had worked in the hospital for so many years that he was callous to the suffering in the wards. )

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callow

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youthful; immature (Eg: In that youthful movement- the leaders were only a little less callow than their immature followers. )

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calorific

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heat-producing (Eg: Coal is much more calorific than green wood. )

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calumny

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malicious misrepresentation (Eg: He could endure his financial failure- but he could not bear the calumny that his foes heaped upon him. )

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camaraderie

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good-fellowship (Eg: What he loved best about his job was the sense of camaraderie he and his co-workers shared. )

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cameo

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shell or jewel carved in relief (Eg: Tourists are advised not to purchase cameos from the street peddlers of Rome who sell poor specimens of )

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canard

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unfounded rumor (Eg: It is almost impossible to protect oneself from such a base canard. )

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candor

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frankness (Eg: The candor and simplicity of his speech impressed all- it was all clear he held nothing back. )

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canine

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related to dogs; doglike (Eg: Some days the canine population of Berkeley seems almost to outnumber the human population. )

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canker

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any ulcerous sore; any evil (Eg: Poverty is a canker in the body politic; it must be cured. )

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canny

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shrewd; thrifty (Eg: The canny Scotsman was more than a match for the swindlers. )

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cant

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pious phraseology; jargon of criminals (Eg: Angry that the president had slashed the education budget- we dismissed his speech on the importance of )

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cantankerous

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ill-humored; irritable (Eg: Constantly complaining about his treatment and refusing to cooperate with the hospital staff- he was a )

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cantata

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story set to music- to be sung by a chorus (Eg: The choral society sang the new cantata composed by its leader. )

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canter

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slow gallop (Eg: Because the racehorse had outdistanced its competition so easily- the reporter wrote that the race was won )

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canto

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division of a long poem (Eg: Dante’s poetic masterpiece The Divine Comedy is divided into cantos. )

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canvass

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determine or seek opinions- votes- etc. (Eg: After canvassing the sentiments of his constituents- the congressman was confident that he represented the )

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capacious

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spacious (Eg: In the capacious areas of the railroad terminal- thousands of travelers lingered while waiting for their train. )

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capillary

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having a very fine bore (Eg: The changes in surface tension of liquids in capillary vessels is of special interest to physicists. )

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capitulate

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surrender (Eg: The enemy was warned to capitulate or face annihilation. )

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caprice

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whim (Eg: She was an unpredictable creature- acting on caprice- never taking thought of the consequences. )

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capricious

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fickle; incalculable (Eg: The storm was capricious and changed course constantly. )

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caption

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title; chapter heading; text under illustration (Eg: I find the captions that accompany these cartoons very clever and humorous. )

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captious

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faultfinding (Eg: His criticisms were always captious and frivolous- never offering constructive suggestions. )

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carafe

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glass water bottle (Eg: With each dinner- the patron receives a carafe of red or white wine. )

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carapace

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shell covering the back (of a turtle- crab- etc) (Eg: At the children’s zoo- Richard perched on top of the giant turtle’s hard carapace as it slowly made its way )

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carat

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unit of weight for precious stones; measure of fineness of gold (Eg: He gave her a diamond that weighed three carats and was mounted in an eighteen-carat gold band. )

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carcinogenic

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causing cancer (Eg: Many supposedly harmless substances have been revealed to be carcinogenic. )

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cardinal

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chief (Eg: If you want to increase your word power- the cardinal rule of vocabulary-building is to read. )

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careen

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lurch; sway from side to side (Eg: The taxicab careened wildly as it rounded the corner. )

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caricature

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distortion; burlesque (Eg: The caricatures he drew always emphasized personal weaknesses of the people he burlesqued. )

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carillon

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set of bells capable of being played (Eg: The carillon in the bell tower of the Coca-Cola pavilion at the New York World’s Fair provided musical )

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carnage

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destruction of life (Eg: The carnage that can be caused by atomic warfare adds to the responsibilities of our statesmen. )

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carnal

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fleshly (Eg: The public was more interested in carnal pleasures than in spiritual matters. )

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carnivorous

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meat-eating (Eg: The lion is a carnivorous animal. )

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carousal

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drunken revel (Eg: The party degenerated into an ugly carousal. )

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carping

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petty criticism; fault-finding (Eg: Welcoming constructive criticism- Lexy appreciated her editor’s comments- finding them free of carping. )

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carrion

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rotting flesh of a dead body (Eg: Buzzards are nature’s scavengers; they eat the carrion left behind by other predators. )

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cartographer

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map-maker (Eg: Though not a professional cartographer- Tolkien was able to construct a map of the fictional world. )

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cascade

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small waterfall (Eg: )

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caste

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one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society- social stratification; prestige (Eg: The differences created by caste in India must be wiped out if true democracy is to prevail in that country. )

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castigation

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punishment; severe criticism (Eg: Sensitive even to mild criticism- Woolf could not bear castigation that she found in certain reviews. )

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casualty

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serious or fatal accident (Eg: The number of automotive casualties on this holiday weekend was high. )

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cataclysm

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deluge; upheaval (Eg: A cataclysm such as the French Revolution affects all countries. )

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catalyst

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agent that brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged (Eg: Many chemical reactions cannot take place without the presence of a catalyst. )

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catapult

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slingshot; hurling machine (Eg: Airplanes are sometimes launched from battleships by catapults. )

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cataract

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great waterfall; eye abnormality (Eg: She gazed with awe at the mighty cataract known as Niagara Falls. )

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catastrophe

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calamity (Eg: The Johnstown flood was a catastrophe. )

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catechism

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book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer (Eg: He taught by engaging his pupils in a catechism until they gave him the correct answer. )

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categorical

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without exceptions; unqualified; absolute (Eg: Though the captain claimed he was never- never sick at sea- he finally qualified his categorical denial; he )

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catharsis

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purging or cleansing of any passage of the body (Eg: Aristotle maintained that tragedy created a catharsis by purging the soul of base concepts. )

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cathartic

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purgative (Eg: Some drugs act as laxatives when taken in small doses but act as cathartics when taken in much larger )

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catholic

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universal; wide-ranging liberal (Eg: He was extremely catholic in his taste and read everything he could find in the library. )

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caucus

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private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy (Eg: At the opening of Congress the members of the Democratic Party held a caucus to elect the majority )

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caulk

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to make watertight (by plugging seams) (Eg: )

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causal

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implying a cause-and-effect relationship (Eg: The psychologist maintained there was a causal relationship between the nature of one’s early childhood )

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caustic

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burning; sarcastically biting (Eg: The critic’s caustic remarks angered the hapless actors who were the subjects of his sarcasm. )

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cauterize

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burn with hot iron or caustic (Eg: In order to prevent infection- the doctor cauterized the wound. )

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cavalcade

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procession; parade (Eg: As described by Chaucer- the cavalcade of Canterbury pilgrims was motley group. )

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cavalier

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casual and offhand; arrogant (Eg: Sensitive about having her ideas taken lightly- Marcia felt insulted by Mark’s cavalier dismissal of her )

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cavil

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make frivolous objections (Eg: I respect your sensible criticisms- but I dislike the way you cavil about unimportant details. )

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cede

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transfer; yield title to (Eg: I intend to cede this property to the city. )

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celerity

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speed; rapidity (Eg: Hamlet resented his mother’s celerity in remarrying within a month after his father’s death. )

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celestial

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heavenly (Eg: She spoke of the celestial joys that awaited virtuous souls in the hereafter. )

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celibate

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abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried (Eg: Though the late Havelock Ellis wrote extensively about sexual customs and was considered an expert in )

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censor

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overseer of morals; person who eliminates inappropriate matter (Eg: Soldiers dislike having their mail read by a censor but understand the need for this precaution. )

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censorious

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critical (Eg: censorious people delight in casting blame. )

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censure

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blame; criticize (Eg: He was censured for his inappropriate behavior. )

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centaur

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mythical figure- half man and half horse (Eg: I was particularly impressed by the statue of the centaur in the Roman Hall of the museum. )

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centigrade

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denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius) (Eg: )

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centrifugal

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radiating; departing from the center (Eg: Many automatic drying machines remove excess moisture from clothing by centrifugal force. )

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centrifuge

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machine that separates substances by whirling them (Eg: At the dairy- we employ a centrifuge to separate cream from milk. )

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centripetal

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tending toward the center (Eg: Does centripetal force or the force of gravity bring orbiting bodies to the earth’s surface? )

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centurion

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Roman army officer (Eg: Because he was in command of a company of one hundred soldiers- he was called a centurion. )

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cerebral

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pertaining to the brain or intellect (Eg: The content of philosophical works is cerebral in nature and requires much thought. )

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cerebration

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thought (Eg: Mathematics problems sometimes require much cerebration. )

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ceremonious

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marked by formality (Eg: Ordinary dress would be in appropriate at so ceremonious an affair. )

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cessation

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stopping (Eg: The workers threatened a cessation of all activities if their demands were not met. )

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cession

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yielding to another; ceding (Eg: The cession of Alaska to the United States is discussed in this chapter. )

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chafe

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warm by rubbing (Eg: The collar chafed his neck. )

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chaff

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worthless products of an endeavor (Eg: When you separate the wheat from the chaff- be sure you throw out the chaff. )

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chaffing

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bantering; joking (Eg: Sometimes his flippant and chaffing remarks annoy us. )

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chagrin

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vexation; disappointment (Eg: Her refusal to go with us filled us with chagrin. )

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chalice

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goblet; consecrated cup (Eg: In a small room adjoining the cathedral- many ornately decorated chalices made by the most famous )

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chameleon

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lizard that changes color in different situations (Eg: Like the chameleon- he assumed the political coloration of every group he met. )

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champion

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support militantly (Eg: )

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chaotic

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in utter disorder (Eg: He tried to bring order into the chaotic state of affairs. )

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charisma

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divine gift; great popular charm or appeal (Eg: Political commentators have deplored the importance of a candidate’s charisma in these days of television )

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charlatan

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quack; pretender to knowledge (Eg: When they realized that the Wizard didn’t know how to get them back to Kansas- Dorothy and her friends )

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chary

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cautious; sparing or restrained about giving (Eg: A prudent- thrifty New Englander- DeWitt was as chary of investing money in junk bonds as he was chary )

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chase

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ornament a metal surface by indenting (Eg: With his hammer- he carefully chased an intricate design onto the surface of the chalice. )

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chasm

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abyss (Eg: They could not see the bottom of the chasm. )

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chassis

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framework and working parts of an automobile (Eg: Examining the car after the accident- the owner discovered that the body had been ruined but that the )

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chaste

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pure (Eg: Her chaste and decorous garb was appropriately selected for the solemnity of the occasion. )

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chasten

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discipline; punish in order to correct (Eg: Whom God loves- God chastens. )

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chastise

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punish (Eg: I must chastise you for this offense. )

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chauvinist

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blindly devoted patriot (Eg: A chauvinist cannot recognize any faults in his country- no matter how flagrant they may be. )

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check

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stop motion; curb or restrain (Eg: Thrusting out her arm- Grandma checked Bobby’s lunge at his sister. Young man- she said- `you’d better )

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checkered

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marked by changes in fortune (Eg: During his checkered career he had lived in palatial mansions and in dreary boardinghouses. )

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cherubic

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angelic; innocent-looking (Eg: With her cheerful smile and rosy cheeks- she was a particularly cherubic child. )

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chicanery

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trickery (Eg: Your deceitful tactics in this case are indications of chicanery. )

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chide

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scold (Eg: Grandma began to chide Steven for his lying. )

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chimerical

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fantastic; highly imaginative (Eg: Poe’s chimerical stories are sometimes too morbid for reading in bed. )

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chivalrous

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courteous; faithful; brave (Eg: chivalrous behavior involves noble words and good deeds. )

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choleric

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hot-tempered (Eg: His flushed- angry face indicated a choleric nature. )

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choreography

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art of dancing (Eg: Martha Graham introduced a form of choreography that seemed awkward and alien to those who had )

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chronic

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long established- as a disease (Eg: The doctors were finally able to attribute his chronic headaches and nausea to traces of formaldehyde gas )

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chronicle

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report; record (in chronological order) (Eg: The gossip columnist was paid to chronicle the latest escapades of the socially prominent celebrities. )

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churlish

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boorish; rude (Eg: Dismayed by his churlish manners at the party- the girls vowed never to invite him again. )

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ciliated

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having minute hairs (Eg: The paramecium is a ciliated- one-celled animal. )

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cipher

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nonentity; worthless person or thing (Eg: She claimed her ex-husband was a total cipher and wondered why she had ever married him. )

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cipher

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secret code (Eg: Lacking his code book- the spy was unable to decode the message sent to him in cipher. )

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circlet

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small ring; band (Eg: This tiny circlet is very costly because it is set with precious stones. )

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circuitous

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roundabout (Eg: Because of the traffic congestion on the main highways- she took a circuitous route. )

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circumlocution

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indirect or roundabout expression (Eg: He was afraid to call spade a spade and resorted to circumlocutions to avoid direct reference to his subject. )

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circumscribe

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limit; confine (Eg: )

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circumspect

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prudent; cautious (Eg: Investigating before acting- she tried always to be circumspect. )

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circumvent

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outwit; baffle (Eg: In order to circumvent the enemy- we will make two preliminary attacks in other sections before starting )

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citadel

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fortress (Eg: The citadel overlooked the city like a protecting angel. )

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cite

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quote; commend (Eg: She could cite passages in the Bible from memory. )

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civil

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having to do with citizens or the state; courteous and polite (Eg: Although internal Revenue Service agents are civil servants- they are not always civil to suspected tax )

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clairvoyant

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having foresight; fortuneteller (Eg: Cassandra’s clairvoyant warning was not heeded by the Trojans. )

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clamber

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climb by crawling (Eg: She clambered over the wall. )

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clamor

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noise (Eg: The clamor of the children at play outside made it impossible for her to take a nap. )

135
Q

clandestine

A

secret (Eg: After avoiding their chaperon- the lovers had a clandestine meeting. )

136
Q

clangor

A

loud- resounding noise (Eg: The blacksmith was accustomed to the clangor of hammers on steel. )

137
Q

clapper

A

striker (tongue) of a bell (Eg: Wishing to be undisturbed by the bell- Dale wound his scarf around the clapper to muffle its striking. )

138
Q

clarion

A

shrill- trumpetlike sound (Eg: We woke to the clarion to muffle its striking. )

139
Q

claustrophobia

A

fear of being locked in (Eg: His fellow classmates laughed at his claustrophobia and often threatened to lock him in his room. )

140
Q

clavicle

A

collarbone (Eg: Even though he wore shoulder pads- the football player broke his clavicle during a practice scrimmage. )

141
Q

cleave

A

split asunder (Eg: The lightening cleaves the tree in two. )

142
Q

cleft

A

split (Eg: Erosion caused a cleft in the huge boulder. )

143
Q

clemency

A

disposition ot be lenient; mildness- as of the weather (Eg: The lawyer was pleased when the case was sent to Judge Smith’s chambers because Smith was noted for )

144
Q

cliche

A

phrase culled in meaning by repetition (Eg: High school compositions are often marred by such cliches as strong as an ox. )

145
Q

clientele

A

body of customers (Eg: The rock club attracted a young- stylish clientele. )

146
Q

climactic

A

relating to the highest point (Eg: When he reached the climactic portions of the book- he could not stop reading. )

147
Q

clime

A

region; climate (Eg: His doctors advised him to move to a milder clime. )

148
Q

clique

A

small- exclusive group (Eg: She charged that a clique had assumed control of school affairs. )

149
Q

cloister

A

monastery or convent (Eg: The nuns lived in the cloister. )

150
Q

clout

A

great influence (especially political or social) (Eg: Gatsby wondered whether he had enough clout to be admitted to the exclusive club. )

151
Q

cloying

A

distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental (Eg: Disliking the cloying sweetness of standard wedding cakes- Jody and Tom chose a homemade carrot cake )

152
Q

coagulate

A

thicken; congeal; clot (Eg: Even after you remove the pudding from the burner- it will continue to coagulate as it stands. )

153
Q

coalesce

A

combine; fuse (Eg: The brooks coalesce into one large river. )

154
Q

coda

A

concluding section of a musical or literary composition (Eg: The piece concluded with a distinctive coda that strikingly brought together various motifs. )

155
Q

coddle

A

treat gently; pamper (Eg: Don’t coddle the children to much; they need a taste of discipline. )

156
Q

codicil

A

supplement to the body of a will (Eg: This codicil was drawn up five years after the writing of the original will. )

157
Q

codify

A

arrange (laws- rules) as a code; classify (Eg: )

158
Q

coercion

A

use of force (Eg: They forced him to obey- but only by great coercion. )

159
Q

coeval

A

living at the same time as; contemporary (Eg: coeval with the dinosaur- the pterodactyl flourished during the Mesozoic era. )

160
Q

cog

A

tooth projecting from a wheel (Eg: A bicycle chain moves through a series of cogs in order to propel the bike. )

161
Q

cogent

A

convincing (Eg: She presented cogent arguments to the jury. )

162
Q

cogitate

A

think over (Eg: cogitate on this problem; the solution will come. )

163
Q

cognate

A

related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature (Eg: The English word mother cognate to the Latin word mater- whose influence is visible in the words )

164
Q

cognitive

A

having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental precesses (Eg: Though Jack was emotionally immature- his cognitive development was admirable; he was very advanced )

165
Q

cognizance

A

knowledge (Eg: During the election campaign- the two candidates were kept in full cognizance of the international )

166
Q

cohere

A

stick together (Eg: Solids have a greater tendency to cohere than liquids. )

167
Q

cohesion

A

tendency to keep together (Eg: A firm believer in the maxim Divide and conquer- the emperor- by lies and trickery- sought to disrupt the )

168
Q

cohorts

A

armed band (Eg: Caesar and his Roman cohorts conquered almost all of the known world. )

169
Q

coiffure

A

hairstyle (Eg: You can make a statement with your choice of coiffure: in the 60’s many African-Americans affirmed their )

170
Q

coincident

A

occurring at the same time (Eg: Some people find the coincident events in Hardy’s novels annoyingly improbable. )

171
Q

colander

A

utensil with perforated bottom used for straining (Eg: Before serving the spaghetti- place it in a colander to drain it. )

172
Q

collaborate

A

work together (Eg: Two writers collaborated in preparing this book. )

173
Q

collage

A

work of art put together from fragments (Eg: Scraps of cloth- paper doilies- and old photographs all went into her collage. )

174
Q

collate

A

examine in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order (Eg: They collated the newly found manuscripts to determine their age. )

175
Q

collateral

A

security given for loan (Eg: The sum you wish to borrow is so large that it must be secured by collateral. )

176
Q

collation

A

a light meal (Eg: Tea sandwiches and cookies were offered at the collation. )

177
Q

colloquial

A

pertaining to conversational or common speech (Eg: Your use of colloquial expressions in a formal essay such as the one you have presented spoils the effect )

178
Q

colloquy

A

informal discussion (Eg: I enjoy our colloquies but I sometimes wish that they could be made more formal and more searching. )

179
Q

collusion

A

conspiring in a fraudulent scheme (Eg: The swindlers were found guilty of collusion. )

180
Q

colossal

A

huge (Eg: Radio City Music Hall has a colossal stage. )

181
Q

colossus

A

gigantic statue (Eg: The legendary Colossus of Rhodes- bronze statue of the sun god that dominated the harbor of the Greek )

182
Q

comatose

A

in a coma; extremely sleepy (Eg: The long-winded orator soon had his audience in a comatose state. )

183
Q

combustible

A

easily burned (Eg: After the recent outbreak of fires in private homes- the fire commissioner ordered that all combustible )

184
Q

comely

A

attractive; agreeable (Eg: I would rather have a poor and comely wife than a rich and homely one. )

185
Q

comestible

A

something fit to be eaten (Eg: The roast turkey and other comestibles- the wines- and the excellent service made this Thanksgiving dinner )

186
Q

comeuppance

A

rebuke; deserts (Eg: After his earlier rudeness- we were delighted to see him get his comeuppance. )

187
Q

comity

A

courtesy; civility (Eg: A spirit of comity should exist among nations. )

GRE Vocab - 1 (5 decks)

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