Vocab C

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Cajole

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V to inveigle, coax, wheedle, sweet-talk

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Cadge

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V to sponge, beg or mooch

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Calumniate

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V to slander, make a false accusation

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Canon

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N an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature

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Capricious

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Adj inclined to change ones mind impulsively; erratic, inpredictable

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Cardinal

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Ask of basic importance or consequence; primary

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Caret

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N an insertion mark (^) used by editors and proofreaders

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Carnality

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N something relating to the body or flesh

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Castigation

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N severe criticism or punishment

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Catalyst

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N a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change

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Caustic

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Adj burning it stinging; causing corrosion

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Censure

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V to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

N a judgement involving condemnation; the act of blaming or condemning

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Chaos

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N a condition of confusion it unpredictability

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Chary

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Adj wary; cautious; sparing

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Chasten

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V to chastise or correct; subdue

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Chauvinist

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N one blindly devoted to a group of which one is a member

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Chicanery

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N trickery or subterfuge

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Chimera

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N an illusion

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Choleric

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Adj tending toward anger

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Churlish

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Adj boorish, vulgar, loutish; difficult and intractable

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Coalesce

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V to come together; to fuse or unite

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Coda

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N concluding section to a musical or literary piece, something that concludes or completes

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Cogent

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Adj appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing

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Color

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V to change as if by dyeing, influence, distort, or gloss over

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Commensurate

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Adj marching, corresponding, or proportionate in degree, size, amount, or other property

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Confound

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V to cause to be confused; to frustrate

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Connoisseur

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N an informed and astute judge in matters if taste; expert

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Consequential

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Adj pompous, self-important

Also logically following; important

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Contemn

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V to scorn or despise

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Contentious

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Adj argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement

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Contiguous

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Adj sharing a border; touching; adjacent

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Contrite

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Adj regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness

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Contrition

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Regret or remorse

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Convention

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N a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude

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Convoluted

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Ask complex or complicated

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Corrigible

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Adj capable of being set right, correctable, reparable

Opposite: incorrigible

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Countenance

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V to approve of or tolerate

N mien, face, composure

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Cozen

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V to deceive, beguile, hoodwink

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Craven

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Adj contemptibly faint hearted, pusillanimous, lacking any courage

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Credulous

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Adj tending to believe too result; gullible

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Culpable

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Adj deserving blame

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Cynicism

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N an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness