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"C" Vocab Words Flashcards

1
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Define: cabal

A

A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose

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Define: cacophony

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A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones

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3
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Define: callow

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Without expression of the world

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4
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Define: calumny

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Slander

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5
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Define: candid

A

Straightforward

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6
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Define: cant

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To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity

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7
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Define: capacious

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Roomy

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8
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Define: capitulate

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To surrender or stipulate term

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9
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Define: captious

A

Hypercritical

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10
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Define: castigate

A

To punish

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11
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Define: cataract

A

Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness

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12
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Define: caustic

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Sarcastic and severe

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13
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Define: censure

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To criticize severely; also, an expression of disapproval

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14
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Define: centurion

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A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient roman army

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15
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Define: chargin

A

Keen vexation, annoyance, or motivation, as at one’s failure or error

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16
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Define: chary

A

Careful; wary; cautious

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17
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Define: chicanery

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The use of trickery to deceive

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18
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Define: circumlocution

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Indirect or puns about expression

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19
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Define: coddle

A

To treat as a baby or an invalid

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20
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Define: coerce

A

To force

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21
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Define: coeval

A

Existing during the same period of time; also, a contemporary

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22
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Define: cogitate

A

Consider carefully and deeply; ponder

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23
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Define: cognizant

A

Taking notice

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24
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Define: colloquial

A

Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary

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25
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Define: collusion

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A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose

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26
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Define: comestible

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Fit to be eaten

27
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Define: commemorate

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To serve as a remembrance of

28
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Define: complaisance

A

Politeness

29
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Define: complement

A

To make complete

30
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Define: comport

A

To conduct or behave (oneself)

31
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Define: compunction

A

Remorseful feeling

32
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Define: conceit

A

Self-flattering opinion

33
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Define: conciliatory

A

Tending to reconcile

34
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Define: concord

35
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Define: concur

36
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Define: condense

A

To abridge

37
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Define: conflagration

A

A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like

38
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Define: confluence

A

The place where streams meet

39
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Define: congeal

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To coagulate

40
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Define: conjoin

41
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Define: connoisseur

A

A critical judge of art, especially one with through knowledge and sound judgement of art

42
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Define: console

A

To comfort

43
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Define: conspicuous

A

Clearly visible

44
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Define: consternation

45
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Define: constrict

46
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Define: consummate

A

To bring to completion

47
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Define: contiguous

A

Touching or joining at the edge or boundary

48
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Define: contrite

A

Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin

49
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Define: contumacious

A

Rebellious

50
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Define: copious

51
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Define: cornucopia

A

The hot if plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity

52
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Define: corporeal

A

Of material nature; physical

53
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Define: correlate

A

To put in some relation of connection or correspondence

54
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Define: corroboration

A

Confirmation

55
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Define: counterfeit

A

Made to resemble something else

56
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Define: countervail

57
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Define: convert

A

Concealed, especially for an evil purpose

58
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Define: cower

A

Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine

59
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Define: credulous

A

Easily deceived

60
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Define: cupidity

61
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Define: cursory

A

Rapid and superficial

62
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Define: curtail

A

To cut off or cut short

63
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Define: cynosure

A

That to which general interest or attention is directed

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