C Flashcards

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cacophony

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Harsh sounding mixture or words, voice or sounds

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cadence

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rythm

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cajole

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to persuade someone to do something

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callow

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immature

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5
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candor

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truthfulness

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capitalism

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free enterprise

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capitulate

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to surrender; to give up

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capricious

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unpredictable

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caricature

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a portrait or description that is purposely distorted or exaggerated

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castigate

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to criticize severely

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catalyst

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in chemistry; in anyone or anything that makes something happen withour being directly involved in it

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categorical

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unconditional

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13
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catharsis

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purification that brings emotional reliefs

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14
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catholic

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universal

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caustic

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like acid, corrosive

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celibacy

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abstince from sex

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censure

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to condemn severely from doing something bad (비난하다)

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cerebral

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brainy

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19
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chagrin

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humiliation

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charisma

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a magical-seeming ability to attract followers or inspire loyalty

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charlatan

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fraud

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chasm

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a deep, gaping hole

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chastise

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to inflict punishment on

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chicanery

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trickery

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chimera
an illusion
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choleric
hot tempered
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chronic
constant
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chronicle
record of events in order of time
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circuitous
roundabout
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circumlocution
an indirect expression
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circumscribe
to draw a line around
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circumspect
cautious
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circumvent
to frustrate as though by surrounding
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civil
polite
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clemency
mercy
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cliche
an overused saying or idea
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clique
an exclusive group bound togeher by some shared quality
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coalesce
to come together as one; to fuse; to unite
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coerce
to force someone to do or not to do something
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cogent
powerfully convincing
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cognitive
dealing with how we know the wold around us through our senses; MENTAL
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cognizant
aware
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coherent
holding together
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colloquial
conservational
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collusion
conspiracy
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commenstrate
equal
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compelling
forceful
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compendium
a summary
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complacent
self-satisfied
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complement
to complete or fill up
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complicity
participation in wrong doing
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comprehensive
covering or including everything
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comprise
to consist of
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concilliatory
making peace
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concise
brief and to the point
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concord
harmony
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concurrent
happening at the same time
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condescend
to stoop to someone elses level
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condone
to overlook
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conducive
promoting
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confluence
a flowing together
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congenial
agreeably suitable
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congenital
a trait of condition acquired between conception and birth
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conjecture
to guess
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conjure
to summon or bring into being as if magic
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connoisseur
an expert related to art or taste
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consecrate
to make or declare sacred
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consensus
unanimity or general agreement
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consonant
harmonious
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corollary
something that follows
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corroborate
to confirm
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cosmopolitan
home in many places or situations
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countenance
face
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coup
a brilliant victory
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covenant
a solemn agreement
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covert
secret
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covet
to wish enviously
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credulous
eager to believe
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criterion
standard
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cryptic
mysterious
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culinary
related to cooking or the kitchen
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culminate
climax
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culpable
deserving blame
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cursory
hasty
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curtail
to shorten
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cynic
one who deeply distrust human nature