C Flashcards
cacophony
Harsh sounding mixture or words, voice or sounds
cadence
rythm
cajole
to persuade someone to do something
callow
immature
candor
truthfulness
capitalism
free enterprise
capitulate
to surrender; to give up
capricious
unpredictable
caricature
a portrait or description that is purposely distorted or exaggerated
castigate
to criticize severely
catalyst
in chemistry; in anyone or anything that makes something happen withour being directly involved in it
categorical
unconditional
catharsis
purification that brings emotional reliefs
catholic
universal
caustic
like acid, corrosive
celibacy
abstince from sex
censure
to condemn severely from doing something bad (비난하다)
cerebral
brainy
chagrin
humiliation
charisma
a magical-seeming ability to attract followers or inspire loyalty
charlatan
fraud
chasm
a deep, gaping hole
chastise
to inflict punishment on
chicanery
trickery
chimera
an illusion
choleric
hot tempered
chronic
constant
chronicle
record of events in order of time
circuitous
roundabout
circumlocution
an indirect expression
circumscribe
to draw a line around
circumspect
cautious
circumvent
to frustrate as though by surrounding
civil
polite
clemency
mercy
cliche
an overused saying or idea
clique
an exclusive group bound togeher by some shared quality
coalesce
to come together as one; to fuse; to unite
coerce
to force someone to do or not to do something
cogent
powerfully convincing
cognitive
dealing with how we know the wold around us through our senses; MENTAL
cognizant
aware
coherent
holding together
colloquial
conservational
collusion
conspiracy
commenstrate
equal
compelling
forceful
compendium
a summary
complacent
self-satisfied
complement
to complete or fill up
complicity
participation in wrong doing
comprehensive
covering or including everything
comprise
to consist of
concilliatory
making peace
concise
brief and to the point
concord
harmony
concurrent
happening at the same time
condescend
to stoop to someone elses level
condone
to overlook
conducive
promoting
confluence
a flowing together
congenial
agreeably suitable
congenital
a trait of condition acquired between conception and birth
conjecture
to guess
conjure
to summon or bring into being as if magic
connoisseur
an expert related to art or taste
consecrate
to make or declare sacred
consensus
unanimity or general agreement
consonant
harmonious
corollary
something that follows
corroborate
to confirm
cosmopolitan
home in many places or situations
countenance
face
coup
a brilliant victory
covenant
a solemn agreement
covert
secret
covet
to wish enviously
credulous
eager to believe
criterion
standard
cryptic
mysterious
culinary
related to cooking or the kitchen
culminate
climax
culpable
deserving blame
cursory
hasty
curtail
to shorten
cynic
one who deeply distrust human nature
