Gre Vocab C ADVANCED

Question 1

Calumny

Answer 1

The making of false and defamatory statements about someone to damage their reputation

Question 2

Canard

Answer 2

An unfounded romor or story, often fabricated with intent to deceive

Question 3

Cardinal

Answer 3

1. Of the greatest importance; fundamental.
2. A senior leader in the roman catholic church

Question 4

Catholic

Answer 4

Universal in extent; wide ranging and all encompassing
2. Relating to the Roman Catholic Church

Question 5

Chicanery

Answer 5

1. The use of trickery or deception to achieve a political, financial or legal goal

Question 6

Circumscribe

Answer 6

1. To restrict something within limits or boundaries
2. To draw a circle arpund something

Question 7

Circumspect

Answer 7

Wary and unwilling to take risks; careful to consider all circumstances

Question 8

Clamber

Answer 8

1. To climb or move awkwardly m, typically using both hands and feet

Ramper

Question 9

Cloying

Answer 9

1. Excessively sweet, rich, or sentimental to the point of bzing unpleasant

Question 10

Collude

Answer 10

To work together secretly, especially for illegal or deceirful purposes

Question 11

Convoke

Answer 11

Convoquer une assemblée ou un grpupe

Question 12

Cosset

Answer 12

To care for and protect in an.overindulgent way

Comme maman qui donne du thon aux chays

Question 13

Coterie

Answer 13

A small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive

Question 14

Cupidity

Answer 14

Greed for money or possessions

Question 15

Curmudgeon

Answer 15

A bad tempered or surly person, especially an older one

Question 16

Declaim

Answer 16

To speak in a loud, or rhetorical manner, often with passion and without regard for feedback