Vocab C Flashcards
Cabal
A secret group seeking to overturn something
The boys on the street formed a CABAL to keep girls out of their tree house.
Synonyms:
CAMP. CIRCLE. CLAN. CLIQUE. COTERIE. IN-GROUP. MAFIA. MOB. RING.
Calumny
A false and malicious accusation; misrepresentation
The unscrupulous politician used CALUMNY to bring down his opponent in the senatorial race.
Synonyms:
DEFAMATION. LIBEL. SLANDER.
Canard
A lie
That tabloid’s feature story about a goat giving birth to a human child was clearly a CANARD.
Synonyms:
FALSEHOOD. FALSITY. FIB. MISREPRESENTATION. PREVARICATION. TALE. UNTRUTH.
Catholic
Universal; broad and comprehensive
Hot tea with honey is a CATHOLIC remedy for soar throat.
Synonyms:
EXTENSIVE. GENERAL.
Circumspect
Cautious; aware of potential consequences
She was very CIRCUMSPECT in her language and behavior when first introduced to her fiancee’s parents.
Synonyms:
ALERT. CAUTIOUS. HEEDFUL. MINDFUL. PRUDENT. SOLICITOUS. VIGILANT. WARY.
Coalesce
To grow together to form a single whole
The sun and planets eventually COALESCED out of a vast cloud of gas and dust.
Synonyms:
AMALGAMATE. BLEND. CONDENSE. CONSOLIDATE. FUSE. UNITE.
Cloying
Sickly sweet; excessive
When Enid and Jay first started dating, their CLOYING affection towards one another often made their friends ill.
Synonyms:
EXCESSIVE. FULSOME.
Collusion
Collaboration; complicity; conspiracy
It came to light that the police chief and the mafia had a COLLUSION in running the numbers racket.
Synonyms:
CONNIVANCE. INTRIGUE. MACHINATION.
Contrite
Deeply sorrowful and repentant for a wrong
After three residents were mugged in the lobby while the watchman was away from his post, he felt very CONTRITE.
Synonyms:
APOLOGETIC. REGRETFUL. REMORSEFUL.
Contumacious
Rebellious
The CONTUMACIOUS teenager ran away from home when her parents told her she was grounded.
Synonyms:
FACTIOUS. INSUBORDINATE. INSURGENT. MUTINOUS. SEDITIOUS.
Cosset
To pamper; treat with great care
Marta just loves to COSSET her first and only grandchild.
Synonyms:
CATER TO. CUDDLE. DANDLE. FONDLE. LOVE. PET. SPOIL.
Coterie
An intimate group of people with a similar purpose
Angel invited a COTERIE of fellow stamp enthusiasts to a stamp-trading party.
Synonyms:
CLIQUE. SET.
Cupidity
Greed; strong desire
The thief stared at the shining jewels with CUPIDITY in his gleaming eyes.
Synonyms:
AVARICE. COVETOUSNESS. RAPACITY.
Curmudgeon
Cranky person, usually old
Ernesto was a notorious CURMUDGEON who snapped at anyone who disturbed him for any reason.
Synonyms:
CRAB. COOT. GROUCH.
