"C" Word List Flashcards
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Cabal
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A small, secret group
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Cache
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A hiding place
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Cacophony
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Harsh or unpleasant sound
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Cadaverous
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Pale; ghastly;corpselike
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Cadence
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Rhythm
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Caesura
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Pause
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Cajole
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To coax; to persuade
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Calamitous
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Causing trouble or misery; disastrous
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Callow
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Young and inexperienced
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Calumny
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A false accusation
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Canard
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A false story, report, or rumor
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Canny
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Shrewd
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Cant
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Insincere statements usually made in a singsong tone
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Cantankerous
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Bad-tempered; quarrelsome
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Canter
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Smooth, easy pace; gallop
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Canvass
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To make a survey
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Capacious
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Spacious
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Capitulate
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To surrender
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Capricious
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Erratic; impulsive
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Captious
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Hard to please, faultfinding
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Carapace
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Shell
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Carcinogenic
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Causing cancer
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Cardinal
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Principal, chief
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Carren
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To swerve
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Carnage
Slaughter; massacre
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Carnal
Sensual; sexual
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Carnivorous
Flesh-eating
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Carouse
To engage in a noisy, drunken party
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Carrion
Decaying flesh
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Carte Blanche
Freedom to use one's own judgement
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Cartel
Association of business firms
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Cartographer
Map maker
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Caste
Social class
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Castigate
To punish
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Cataclysm
A violent change
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Catacomb
Underground burial place
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Cathartic
Cleansing
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Catholic
Universal; wide-ranging
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Caucus
A private meeting
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Caustic
Sarcastic; severely critical, corrosive
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Cavalcade
A procession; a sequence of events
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Cavalier
A haughty and casually indifferent person
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Caveat
A warning
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Cavil
To quibble
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Cavort
To leap about; to frolic
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Celerity
Speed; swiftness
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Celibate
Unmarried
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Centrifugal
Moving away from the center
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Cerebration
Thinking; using one's brain
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Certitude
Sureness; certainty
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Cessation
A stopping; a discontinuance
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Chafe
To irritate, to annoy
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Chagrin
Embarrassment; complete loss of courage
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Champ
To bite impatiently
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Charlatan
A fake, a quack
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Charnel
Cemetery; tomb
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Chary
Careful, cautious
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Chattel
Slave
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Chauvinism
Fanatical devotion to one's country, sex, religion, etc.
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Chicanery
Trickery; deception
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Chide
To scold
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Chimerical
Imaginary; fantastic; unreal
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Chirography
The art of handwriting
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Chivalrous
Courteous; courageous; loyal
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Choleric
Easily angered
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Chronic
Long-lasting
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Churlish
Rude; I'll-bred
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Cipher (sayh-fer)
Person or thing of no value; zero
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Circuitous
Roundabout; indirect
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Circumlocution
Roundabout way of speaking
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Circumscribe
To encircle; to limit or confine
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Circumspect
Cautious; careful
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Circumvent
To surround or entrap; to go around or bypass
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Clairvoyant
Having great insight;keenly perceptive
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Civility
Politeness
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Clamor
Noise
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Clandestine
Secretive; private
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Clarion
Clear
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Cleft
Split; divided
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Clemency
Mercy; leniency
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Clime
Climate; region
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Cloistered
Secluded; confined
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Cloven
Divided; split
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Coadjutor
Assistant; helper
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Coalesce
To blend; to merge; to fuse
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Coffer
A safe, strongbox
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Cogent
Convincing
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Cogitate
Related; relevant
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Cognizant
Aware
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Cognomen
Family name; last name
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Cohort
Colleague; associate; partner
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Collate
To put together
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Colloquial
Informal, like slang
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Colloquy
Conversation
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Collusion
Conspiracy; agreement to commit a wrongful act
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Comely
Attractive
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Commendation
Praise
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Commensurate
Proportionate
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Commiserate
To express pity for
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Compendium
Brief summary
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Complicity
Partnership in a wrongful act
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Compulsory
Required
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Compunction
Uneasiness; remorse
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Concentric
Having a common center
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Conciliate
To soothe the anger of; to win over
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Conclave
Secret meeting
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Concomitant
Accompanying; attending
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Concourse
A crowd; a wide street
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Condescend
To lower oneself to an inferior's level
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Condign
Deserved; suitable
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Condolence
Expression of sorrow
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Conduit
Pipe or tube through which fluid or electricity passes
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Conflagration
Shape; arrangement
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Confluent
Merging; flowing together
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Congeal
To freeze solid; to thicken
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Congenial
Friendly; agreement
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Conjugal
Pertaining to marriage
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Connivance
Pretended ignorance of another's wrong-doing; conspiracy
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Connoisseur
An expert
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Connote
To suggest or imply
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Connubial
Pertaining to marriage
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Consanguinity
Close relationship, usually by blood
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Consecrate
To make holy
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Consternation
Sudden confusing; panic
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Constraints
Restrictions; limits
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Construe
To analyze; to interpret
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Consummate
To complete (verb), perfect (adjective)
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Contemn
To regard with scorn or contempt
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Contemptuous
Scornful
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Contentious
Ready to argue, quarrelsome
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Contiguous
Nearby; nearby
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Contraband
Smuggled or stolen goods
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Contravene
To go against; to oppose
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Contretemps
An embarrassing occurrence
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Contrite
Sorrowful; penitent
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Contumacious
Disobedient; obstinate
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Contumely
Rudeness
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Contusion
A bruise
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Convalesce
To recover from an illness
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Conversant
Familiar with
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Conveyance
A vehicle
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Convivial
Sociable; friendly
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Convoke
To call together
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Coquetry
Flirtation
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Cornucopia
Horn of plenty; abundance
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Corollary
Inference; deduction; consequence
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Corpulent
Fat; fleshy
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Cortège
Funereal procession; group of followers
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Cosmopolitan
Worldly-wise; universal
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Coterie
Close circle of friends
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Countermand
To cancel an order
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Counterpart
Duplicate; copy
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Coup
A brilliant move; a successful and sudden attack
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Coy
Shy; modest
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Cozen
To trick
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Crass
Stupid; unrefined
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Craven
Cowardly
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Credence
Belief; trust
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Crestfallen
Dejected; humbled
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Crone
Hag; withered old woman
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Crotchety
Grouchy; eccentric
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Crux
The essential part
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Culpable
Blameworthy
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Cupidity
Greed
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Cursive
Running or flowing
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Cursory
Superficial; hasty
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Curtail
To cut short
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Cynosure
Center of attention
