#6 Flashcards
(40 cards)
1
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Charlatan
A
Fraud, con man
2
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Chasm
A
a deep gaping hole
3
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Chastise
A
to discipline
4
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Chicanery
A
trickery, especially legal or political
5
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Chimera
A
an illusion
6
Q
Choleric
A
hot tempered
7
Q
Chronic
A
constant
8
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Chronicle
A
record of events in order of time
9
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Circuitous
A
not following a direct path
10
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Circumlocution
A
an indirect expression
11
Q
Circumscribe
A
To set the limits
12
Q
Circumspect
A
cautious
13
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Circumvent
A
to frustrate as though by surrounding
14
Q
Civil
A
polite
15
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Clemency
A
mercy, forgiveness
16
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Cliché
A
Overused saying or idea
17
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Clique
A
Exclusive group bound together by a quality or interest
18
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Coalesce
A
to come together as one
19
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Coerce
A
to force someone to do or not to do something
20
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Cogent
A
Powerfully convincing
21
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Cognitive
A
mental
22
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Cognizant
A
aware, conscious
23
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Coherent
A
holding together, making sense
24
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Colloquial
A
conversational
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Collusion
conspiracy
26
Commensurate
equal, proportionate
27
Compelling
convincing
28
Compendium
a summary
29
Complacent
self satisfied
30
Complement
to complete or fill up, to be the perfect counter part
31
Complicity
Participation in wrong doing (accomplice)
32
Comprehensive
covering or including everything
33
Comprise
to consist of
34
Conciliatory
making peace
35
Concise
brief and to the point
36
Gn-/Gno-
to know
37
chron-
time
38
circu-
around, on all sides
39
cis-
to cut
40
co-/col-/com-/con-
with, together
