C Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

calculate

A

assess

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

call (name)

A

refer to as

dub

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

call together

A

convene

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

calls himself

A

is a self-described

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

calm

A

placid

serene

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

calm behavior

A

poised
self-possessed
composed

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

calm down

A

compose oneself

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

calm your fears

A

dispel your fears

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

calmness

A

tranquility

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

came before

A

precursor

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

came from

A

issued from

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

came on her own

A

on her own volition

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

came up

A

arose

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

campaign

A

barrage

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

cancel

A

abrogate the contract

rescind

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

cannot be stopped

A

is inexorable

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

cannot have

A

deprived of

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

cannot see it

A

is indiscernable

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

carefree

A

capricious

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

careful

A

prudential

assiduous

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

carry

A

shoulder

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

cartoon

A

caricature

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

casual

A

cavalier

perfunctory

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

caught up in

A

enmeshed

entangled

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

cause (to cause)

A

engender
foster
induce

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

cause problems for

A

hamper

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

cautious

A

prudent

mindful

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

challenge the truth of

A

impugn

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

championed

A

hailed

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

change (a change)

A

gradation of

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

change courses

A

deviate from the prescribed heading

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

charitable

A

altruistic

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

check out

A

case

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

cheerfully self-confident

A

jaunty

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

childish

A

infantile

petulant

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

church related

A

ecclesiatical

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
37
Q

claim (a claim)

A

contention

assertion

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
38
Q

clear

A
incisive
unequivocal
explicit
well defined
abundantly clear
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
39
Q

clearly

A

patently

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
40
Q

cliche

A

truism

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
41
Q

cliff

A

precipice

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
42
Q

climb

A

ascend

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
43
Q

clueless

A

feckless

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
44
Q

cold and damp

A

dank

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
45
Q

coldhearted

A

callous

dispassionate

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
46
Q

collection

A

assemblage

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
47
Q

colors of fall

A

autumnal colors

48
Q

combination

A

composite

synthesis

49
Q

combine

A

coalesce

50
Q

come before

A

precede

51
Q

came together

A

consolidate

coalesce

52
Q

come up with

A

muster

53
Q

comfort (take comfort in)

A

take solace in

54
Q

coming together of

A

a confluence of

55
Q

commendable

A

laudable

deserving of praise

56
Q

common

A

customary

57
Q

compared to

A

by comparison

vis a vis

58
Q

compensating

A

compensatory

59
Q

complainer

A

a malcontent

60
Q

complaining

A

bemoaning

61
Q

complete nonsense

A

arrant nonsense

62
Q

completely absorbed

A

rapt

63
Q

complicated

A

abstruse

64
Q

concerns (doubts)

A

having reservations

65
Q

concise

A

terse

succinct

66
Q

conclude (to deduce)

A

presume

67
Q

condemn

A

denounce

68
Q

condescend

A

deign to

69
Q

connecting

A

adjoining

70
Q

conflict

A

dissention

71
Q

conflict with

A

run counter to

72
Q

confuse

A

confound

obfuscate

73
Q

confused

A

convoluted

muddled

74
Q

confused language

A

turbid language

75
Q

connection between

A

correlation

76
Q

connive

A

inveigle one’s way into

77
Q

connoisseur

A

epicure

78
Q

consulation

A

compensatory factors

79
Q

conspiring

A

colluding

80
Q

constant

A

invariable

continual

81
Q

constant changing

A

mutability

82
Q

continual

A

unremitting

83
Q

continue

A

perpetuate

84
Q

continuously

A

incessantly

unabated

85
Q

contributing

A

contributory

86
Q

control (to control)

A

restrain

87
Q

controversial

A

polarizing
contentious
polemical

88
Q

conventional behavior

A

propriety

89
Q

cool

A

unflappable

90
Q

cooperation

A

compliance

91
Q

cooperative

A

forthcoming

92
Q

correct (to correct)

A

remedy

93
Q

corrupt (to corrupt)

A

bastardize

94
Q

counter accusations

A

recriminations

95
Q

courage

A

valor

96
Q

cover your eyes

A

avert your eyes

97
Q

covered in

A

enveloped in

98
Q

covered with

A

adorned with

99
Q

coward

A

invertebrate

100
Q

cowardly

A

craven

101
Q

create

A

render

form

102
Q

criminal behavior

A

illicit

nefarious

103
Q

cringe

A

wince

104
Q

critical

A

pejorative

105
Q

criticize

A

chastise

rebuke

106
Q

criticize severely

A

assail

lampoon (comically)

107
Q

critics

A

detractors

108
Q

cross

A

traverse

109
Q

crude

A

coarse

110
Q

cruel

A

depraved

inhuman

111
Q

curious

A

inquisitive

112
Q

curse

A

maldiction

113
Q

custom

A

convention

114
Q

cut into pieces

A

eviscerate

115
Q

cutting edge

A

vanguard

116
Q

cynical

A

sardonic