C Flashcards by LU XING CHENG HCI

Cacophony (n)

A harsh discordant mixture of sounds

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Cadaverous (adj)

Thin and haggard, ghastly

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Caitiff (n)

A cowardly person

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Cajole (v)

Persuade someone into doing something by flattery

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Callous (adj)

Showing insensitivity towards others

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Callow (adj)

Of a young person being inexperienced and immature

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Calumniate (v)

To slander

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Candid (adj) candour (n)

Being frank

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Cant (v)

Talk hypocritically and sanctimoniously about sth

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Capacious (adj)

Spacious

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Capitulate (v)

To surrender

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Capricious (adj)

Sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behaviour

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Captious (adj)

Tending to find fault or raise petty objections

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Caret (n)

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Carnal (adj)

Sexual

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Carouse (v)

To drink alcohol and enjoy oneself in a noisy lively way

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Castigate (v)

To reprimand severely

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Causal (adj)

Caused by

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Caustic (adj)

Sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way

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Cede (v)

Give up power or territory

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Censorious (adj)

Severely critical of others

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Cessation (n)

To be brought to an end

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Chagrin (v)

Feel distressed or humiliated

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Chasten (v)

Of a misfortune or accident or wrongdoing causing someone to be restrained or more wary

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Choleric (adj)

Bad tempered or irritable

Circumlocute (v)

To use too many words to express an idea to attempt to be vague or evasive

Circumscribe (v)

To confine something

Circumspect (adj)

Wary and unwilling to take risks

Clamorous (adj)

To be protesting or demanding

Clandestine (adj)

Kept secret or done secretively, surreptitiously

Clement (adj)

Of a person or their actions to be merciful

Coalesce (v)

To come together to form one mass or whole

Coddle (v)

Treat someone in an overprotective way, cosseted

Cogent (adj)

Of an argument clear, logical and convincing

Cognate (adj)

Related, connected

Cognisant (adj)

Having knowledge or awareness, aware

Cohere (v)

To form into a unified whole

Colloquy (n)

A conversation

Collusion (n)

Secret or illegal cooperation to deceive others

Comely (adj)

Attractive

Comestible (adj)

Edible

Commingle (v)

Mix, blend

Complacent (adj)

Proud

Complaisant (adj)

Agreeable and polite

Compliant (adj)

Listen and follow instructions

Complicit (in) (adj)

Involved with others in an activity that is unlawful or morally wrong

Comport (v)

Behave

Compunction (n)

Remorse

Conceive (v)

Form an idea

Conciliate (v)

Placate, to pacify

Concord (n)

Harmony

Concur (v)

Agree

Conduce (v)

To bring about

Confer (v)

Grant a title degree benefit or right

Confluence (adj)

Act of merging

Congeal (v)

To coagulate

Conjoin (v)

Combine

Conjugal (adj)

Pertaining to marriage

Connive (adj)

Conspire to do something immoral illegal or harmful

Connote (v)

Signify

Connubial (adj)

Pertaining to marriage

Consign (v)

To entrust

Conspicuous (adj)

Clearly visible

Consternation (n)

Dismay

Consummate (v)

Showing great skill and flair

Contempt (n)

The feeling that someone is worthless

Contiguity (n)

Proximity

Continence (n)

Self restraint with respect to desires appetites and passion

Contingent (adj)

Subject to chance

Continuance (n)

Permanence

Continuation (n)

Prolongation

Contravene (v)

To break a law or rule

Contrite (adj)

Feeling remorse at recognition that one has done wrong

Contrive (v)

To manage or carry through by some device or scheme, bring about

Contumacious (adj)

Rebellious

Convalesce (v)

To recover after a sickness

Convene (v)

To assemble

Converge (v)

To cause to incline and approach nearer together

Conversant (with) (adj)

Thoroughly informed

Convertible (adj)

Interchangeable

Convivial (adj)

Amiable friendly lively enjoyable

Convolute (v)

Make a story or argument difficult to follow

Convulse (v)

To cause spasms in

Copious (adj)

Plentiful

Cornucopia (adj)

Abundant supply of a good thing

Corollary (n)

Consequence

Corporeal (adj)

Relating to a persons body

Corpulent (adj)

Fat

Correlate (v)

To put in some relation

Corrigible (adj)

Able to be reformed

Corroborate (v)

Confirm or give support to a statement, finding, theory

Cosmopolitan (adj)

Including many people from around the world

Countercharge (v)

To accuse in return

Counterfeit (adj)

Made to resemble sth else

Covert (adj)

Secret, for evil purpose

Crass (adj)

Showing no intelligence or sensitivity

Credence (n)

Belief

Credulous (adj)

Gullible

Culpable (adj)

Guilty

Cupidity (n)

Greed for money and possessions, avarice

Cursory (adj)

Hasty and therefore not thorough

Curt (adj)

Rudely brief

Curtail (v)

To impose a restriction on

Cynical (adj)

To be concerned with only one’s self interests and typically manipulate others to achieve them

Cynosure (n)

A person or thing that is the centre of attention

Conduit (n)

A person or organisation that acts as a channel for the transmission of sth