02-02-2024 Flashcards
(25 cards)
circuitous
roundabout
circumlocution
indirect and wordy language
circumscribed
marked off, bounded
circumspect
cautious
circumvent
to get around
clairvoyant
able to perceive things that normal people cannot
clamor
loud noise
clandestine
secret
cleave
to divide into parts
clemency
mercy
clergy
members of Christian holy orders
cloying
sickeningly sweet
coagulate
to thicken, clot
coalesce
to fuse into a whole
cobbler
a person who makes or repairs shoes
coerce
to make somebody do something by force or threat
cogent
intellectually convincing
cognizant
aware, mindful
coherent
logically consistent, intelligible
collateral
(adj.) secondary
(n) security for a debt
colloquial
characteristic of informal conversation
collusion
secret agreement, conspiracy
colossus
a gigantic statue or thing
combustion
the act or process of burning