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Cacophonous
unplesant or harsh-sounding
Cadge
to beg; sponge
Callous
thick-skinned; insenstivie
Calumny
false and malcious accusation; slander
Canard
True
False
false; deliberately misleading story
Canon
an established principle; a basis ot standar for judgement; a group of literary works
Cant
insincere talk; language of a particular group
Cantankerous
irritable; ill-humored
Carpicious
fickle
Captious
faultfinding; intending to entrap; as in an agrument
Cardinal
of foremost importance
Carnal
of the flesh or body; related to physical
Carping
to find fault; complain
Cartography
science of making maps
Caste
and of the hereditary social classes of Hindu society; social stratification
Castigation
punishment; chastisement; criticism
Cataclysm
a violent unheaveal that causes great destruction and change
Catalyst
something causing change
Categorial
absolute; without exception
Caucus
smaller group within an oganizatioin
Causal
involving a cause
Caustic
sarcastically biting; burning
Celestiral
concerning the sky or heavens; sublime
Centrifugal
moving away from the center
Centripetal
moving or directed towards a center
Champion
to defend or support
Chasten
to correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain to subdue
Chicanery
trickery; fraud
Churlish
rude; boorish
Circuitous
roundabout
Clairvoyant
one who can predict the future; psychic
Clamor
noisy outcry
Clique
a small, excusive group
Cloister
to confine; seclude
Coagulate
thicken; congeal
Coalesce
to cause to become one
Coda
concluding pare of a literary or musical composition; something that summerizes or concludes
Codify
to systematize
Cognizant
informed; conscious; aware
Commensurate
propotional
Compendium
brief. comprehensive summary
Complacent
self-satisfied
Complaissant
overly polite; willing to please; obliging
Complement
something that completes or makes up a whole
Complaint
yeilding
Compunction
uneasiness caused by guilt
Concave
curving inward
Conciliatory
overcoming distrust and hostility
Concoct
to invent
Concomitant
existing concurrently
Condone
to overlook voluntarily; forgive
Confound
to baffle; perplex; mix up
Congenial
similar in tastes and habits; friendly, suited to
Conjugal
pertaining to marriage agreement
Connoisseur
a person possessing expert knowledge or training; a person of informed and discriminating taste
Conscript
perosn compulsorily enrolled for military service
Consecrate
to declare sacred
Contend
to assert
Contentious
quarrelsome; causing quarrels
Contiguous
touching; neighboring; connecting without a break
Continence
self- control; abstention form sexual activity
Contrite
very sorrowful for a wrong
Contumacious
disobedient; rebellious
Conundrum
riddle; puzzle with no solution
Converge
to approach; come together; tend to meet
Convex
Curved outward
Convival
socialable
Convoluted
twisted; complicated
Copious
abundant; plentiful
Coquette
women who flirts
Cornucopia
horn overflowing with fruit and grain; state of abundance
Cosmology
study of the universe as a totality; theory of the origin and structure of the universe
Convert
hidden; secret
Covetous
desiring something ownd by another
Cozen
to mislead by trick or fraud; deceive
Craven
Cowardly
Credence
acceptance of something as true
Credo
statement fo belief or principle; creed
Author
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ID
134120
Card Set
GRE Essential Words C
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Updated
2012-02-11T05:54:43Z
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