GREWORDS Flashcards
cabal
small secret group
cadaverous
Pale. Ghastly. Corpselike
cadence
rhythm, beat
caesura
Pause
Jacole
to coax, pursuade
cache
hiding place
calumnny
a false accusation, slander
callow
young and inexperienced
canard
a false story
cant
insincere statement
canter
smooth, easy pace
capricious
erratic, impulsive
capacious
spacious, roomy
captious
hard to please
careen
to swerve
carouse
to engage in a noisy, drunken party
carnal
sensual
carp
to complain
carrion
decaying flesh
castigate
to punish
catholic
universale, wide-ranging
cavalcade
a procession, sequence of events
cavil
to argue
cavort
to leap, frolic
celerity
speed
centrifugal
moving away from center
certitude
certain
chafe
to irritate
charlatan
a fake
charnel
cemetery
chattel
slave
cherub
angel, innocent person
chicanery
trickery
chimerical
imaginary
choleric
easily angered
churlish
rude
cipher
thing of no value
circuitous
roundabout
cloistered
secluded
clout
power, influence
cloven
divided
cogent
convincing
cogitate
to think
cognate
related
compendium
brief summary
compunction
remorse
concilate
to soothe the anger of
concomitant
accompanying, attending
concord
agreement
condign
deserved
conflagration
large destructive fire
confluent
merging, flowing together
congeal
to freeze solid
congenital
existing at birth
connivance
conspiracy
convalesce
to recover from an illness
contumely
rudeness
contumacious
disobedient
contrite
sorrowful
carapace
shell
contretemps
an embarrasing occurrence
contemptuous
scornful
consternation
sudden confusion, panic
connote
to suggest or imply
connubial
pertaining to marriage
consanquinity
close relationship, usually by blood
conversant
being familiar with
conveyance
a vehicle
convivial
sociable, friendly
coquetry
flirtation
corporeal
pertaining to the body
corrugate
wrinkled, ridged
cortege
funeral procession
coterie
close circle of friends
countenace
to permit, tolerate
countermand
to cancel an order
craven
cowardly
credulity
gullibility
crestfallen
dejected, humbled
crotchety
grouchy, eccentric
crony
close friend
crucible
severe test
crux
the essential part
cudgel
club, thick stick
cull
to select
culpable
blameworthy
cozen
to trick
cursory
superficial, hasty
cynosure
center of attention
dais
platform
dale
valley
dank
chilly and wet
dappled
spotted
daub
to smear, cover over with paint
daunt
to discourage
dearth
a scarcity
debauch
to corrupt
debonair
pleasant, courteous
decadence
moral deterioration
decant
to pour off (a liquid)
deciduous
not permanent
declaim
to speak dramatically
deference
respect
deft
skillful
delineate
to describe
deluge
a flood, rush
deem
to think, judge
defalcate
to misuse funds
demur
to object
demure
shy
denouement
outcome, result
deplore
to regret
deprecate
to disapprove of
deride
to ridicule
derision
ridicule
descry
to discover
dialectic
logical discussion
diaphanous
transparent
diatribe
bitter criticism
dicker
to bargain
dictum
positive statement
diffident
shy, modest
dilatory
slow or late in doing things
dint
power, force
dipsomaniac
drunkard
discomfiture
frustration, confusion
disconsolate
without hope
discountenance
to disapprove of
disinter
to uncover, dig up
dissolute
immoral, unrestrained
distend
to expand, swell
dither
nervously eccited or confused
divers
several
divest
to deprive
docile
obedient
doff
to throw off or away
doggedly
stubbornly
dogmatic
having a definite opinion , authoritative
dolorous
mournful, sad
dolt
a dull, stupid person
domicile
home, residence
donnybrook
rough, rowdy fight
dissemble
to conceal, pretend
dour
gloomy
doughty
courageous, worthy
dossier
complete group of documents containing detailed information
doyen
senior or eldest member
dregs
leftover
drivel
childish nonsense, stupid talk
droll
amusing in an odd way
dudgeon
anger, resentment
dyspepsia
poor digestion
ebullient
enthusiastic
eclat
brilliance, fame
edify
to improve someone morally, to instruct
educe
to draw or bring out
effectual
effective
effervescent
bubbly, spirited
effete
worn out, barren
effigy
a likeness, an image
effrontery
shameful boldness
effulgent
shining forth brilliantly
effusion
a pouring out, uncontrolled display of emotion
egress
exit (noun and verb)
elucidate
to make clear
elysian
bissful, heavenly
embroil
to complicate
emendation
correction
emetic
causing vomiting
emissary
one sent on a special mission
emolient
something that soothes or softens
emolument
profit, gain
emulous
jealous, envious
encomium
an expression of high praise
enigmatic
mysterious, muzzling
enmity
histility, hatred
ennui
boredom
enormity
outragous and immoral act
enrapture
to delight beyong measure
ensaconce
to hide, conceal
entreaty
a request, plea
environs
surroundings
envisage
to imagine, form mental picture
ephemeral
temporary, short lived
enervate
to weaken
ersatz
artificial, inferior substitute
escarpment
steep cliff
espouse
to support
essay
to try, attempt
estival
pertaining to summer
ethereal
spiritual, airy
evanescent
temporary, fleeting
eventuate
to result, happen finally
evince
to show clearly
exacerbate
to aggravate, make more violent
exasperate
to irritate, annoy extremely
excise
a tax OR to cut out or off
excoriate
to scrape the skin off OR to criticize sharply
exculpate
to free from blame