C Flashcards
cacophony (ca CAH fo nee)
n. Strident or harsh jarring sound
cadge (kaj)
Dog in cage begs
v. to mooch or bum off of
V. To beg
cajole (kuh JOL)
v. to coax, wheedie, sweet-talk, inveigle
calumniate (kuh LUM nee ayt)
calumny
News columns slander
v. to slander or make false accusations
n. slander, aspersion
canon (Kuh nahn)
canonical
Canon xeroxes a set of books
n. established set of principles or laws, often religious
adj. following accepted standards
capricious (kuh PRI/PREE shuhs)
caprice (kuh preece)
adj. erratic, unpredicatable, changing one’s mind impulsively
n. Whim, impulse
N. Disposition to do things impulsively
cardinal
adj. of basic importance or consequence;
primary
caret (KAR uht)
n. ^ (insertion mark used when editing or proofreading)
carnality (kahr NAL uh tee)
carnal
n. something related to the body/flesh
adj. related to bodily or sexual appetite
ex. carnal desires
castigation (KAS tuh GAY shun)
n. severe criticism or punishment
catalyst (KAT uh list)
catalyze
n. substance that accelerates rate of chemical reaction without changing itself;
person or thing that causes a change
v. to bring about/ to act as a catalyst
causality (kaw ZAL uh tee)
n. relationship between cause and effect
caustic (KAW stik)
adj. burning or stinging;
causing corrosion –> look up
censure (SEN shur)
If you’re very sure of yourself, you criticize others.
censorious
v. to criticize severely or judge (negatively)
n. a judgment involving condemnation;
adj. tending to or expressing censure
chaos (KAY ahs)
chaotic
n. condition of confusion or unpredictability. disorder
adj.
chary (CHAR ee)
adj. wary; cautious; sparing
chasten (CHAY sun)
chastened
v. to chastise or correct;
to subdue
adj. corrected, punished, humbled
chauvinist (SHOH vuh nist)
chauvinisim
n. person who is blindly devoted to a group he’s part of
Ex. male chauvinist believes in the inferiority of women
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chic (sheek)
adj. stylish and fashionable;
sophistication in regards to the way one’s dressed
chicanery (shi KAYN uh ree)
n. trickery, subterfuge
chimera (kye MEER uh)
Originally the name of an imaginary, fire-breathing Greek myth monster
chimerical
n. an illusion
adj. illusory, improbable
choleric (KAHL er ik)
adj. Easily anger
churlish
churl
adj. boorish, volgar, loutish;
difficult yo work w ( intractable )
n. someone who is “
coalesce (ko uh LES)
v. to come together or fuse;
to unite or come together
coda (KO duh)
n. concluding section of musical or literary piece;
something that concludes or completes something
cogent (KO junt)
adj. appealing forcibly to the mind, convincing
color
v. to change by dyeing;
to influence negatively or distort;
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commensurate
adj. matching or proportionate
complaisance
complaisant
n. willingness to comply w/ others’ wishes
adj. showing “
confound
confounding
v. to cause to be confused;
to frustrate
adj. confusing
connoiseur
n. expert in taste or art;
exptert
consequential
adj. pompous, self-important
contemn
Note: don’t confuse w/ condemn (to pronounce judgement against)
v. to scorn or despise
contentious
adj. argumentative or quarrelsome;
causing controversy or disagreement
contiguous
adj. sharing a border;
touching;
adjacent
contrite
contrition
adj. regretful
n. regret, remorse
convention
n. generally agreed- upon practice or attitude
convoluted
adj. complex or complicated
corrigible (KOR uh juh bul)
corrigibility
incorrigible
adj. correctable, reparable
n. capacity to be set right
adj. uncontrollable, not reformable
countenance
v. to approve of or tolerate
n. comosure; face
cozen (KUH zun)
v. to deceive ot trick
craven
adj. contemptibly fainthearted, lacking courage
credulous
adj. gullible or tending to believe too easily
crescendo
n. gradual increase in intensity (esp. music)
culpable
culpability
adj. deserving blame
n. blameworthiness, fault
cynicism
cynic
n. attitude that people are motivated by selfishness
n. person who displays “
