List 2C Flashcards
catastrophe
Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity.
catholicity
Universal prevalence or acceptance.
caucus
A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates.
causal
Indicating or expressing a cause.
cauterize
To burn or sear as with a heated iron.
cede
To pass title to.
censor
An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication.
censorious
Judging severely or harshly.
census
An official numbering of the people of a country or district.
ceremonial
Characterized by outward form or ceremony.
cessation
Discontinuance, as of action or motion.
cession
Surrender, as of possessions or rights.
chagrin
Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one’s failures or errors.
chameleon
Changeable in appearance.
chaos
Condition where the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion.
characterize
To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities.
charlatan
A quack.
chasm
A yawning hollow, as in the earth’s surface.
chasten
To purify by affliction.
chastise
To subject to punitive measures.
chastity
Sexual or moral purity.
chattel
Any article of personal property.
choleric
Easily provoked to anger.
chromatic
Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.
cipher
To calculate arithmetically. (also a noun meaning zero or nothing)
circumlocution
Indirect or roundabout expression.
circumnavigate
To sail quite around.
dauntless
Fearless.
debase
To lower in character or virtue.
debonair
Having gentle or courteous bearing or manner.
deceitful
Fraudulent.
decency
Moral fitness.
decimate
To destroy a measurable or large proportion of.
decipher
To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible.
decisive
Conclusive.
declamation
A speech recited or intended for recitation from memory in public.
decorous
Suitable for the occasion or circumstances.
decrepit
Enfeebled, as by old age or some chronic infirmity.
deduce
To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises.
deface
To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of.
defamation
Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation of another.
deference
Respectful submission or yielding, as to another’s opinion, wishes, or judgment.
defiant
Characterized by bold or insolent opposition.
deformity
A disfigurement.
defraud
To deprive of something dishonestly.
defray
To make payment for.
degenerate
To become worse or inferior.
degradation
Diminution, as of strength or magnitude.
degrade
To take away honors or position from.
dehydrate
To deprive of water.
