C Flashcards

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Cadet

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Military trainee

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Cadent

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Rhythmic

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Callow

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Young and inexperienced

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Calumny

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Defamation; making of false statements about someone with malicious intent

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Candid

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Honest

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Cantankerous

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Grouchy

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Capricious

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Tending to make sudden/unpredictable changes

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Captious

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Overly critical

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Carouse

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Drink and become noisy

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Cask

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Container like a barrel

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Castigate

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Criticize or punish someone

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Cathartic

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Purifying

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Cavalcade

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Series/procession of things or people

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Cavalier

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Careless; arrogant disregard

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Cerebral

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Intellectual

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Ceremonious

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Adhering to convention; careful to behave correctly

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Certitude

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Feeling of certainty

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Chagrin

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Anger at being let down

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Charlatan

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False expert

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Chasten

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Subdue/discipline someone

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Chauvinism

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Aggressive patriotism; excessive sense of superiority

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Chicanery

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Cheating or deception

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Chimerical

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Imaginary

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Churl

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Bad mannered person

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Circuitous
Indirect
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Circumlocution
Indirect way of saying something
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Circumscribe
Restrict
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Circumspect
Prudent; unwillingness to act before careful consideration
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Clandestine
Secret (usually illegal)
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Clemency
Leniency/mercy
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Clientele
Group of clients/customers
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Cloying
To weary/sicken with excess (sweetness)
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Coagulate
To curdle/thicken
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Coalesce
Merge or unite things
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Cogent
Rationally persuasive
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Cognizant
Knowing about something
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Colloquial
Informal; conversational language
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Collusion
Secret cooperation
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Commensurate
Properly in proportion
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Compatriot
Fellow citizen/subject
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Compendious
Full and concise
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Complacent
Self-satisfied
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Complicit
Involved in something illegal/wrong
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Complimentary
Admiring
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Compunction
Feeling of shame/regret
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Concede
Reluctantly accepting something to be true
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Concomitant
Happening at the same time
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Concord
Peaceful coexistence; a peace treaty
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Condone
Be willing to overlook something
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Conflagration
Large destructive fire
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Conflate
Combine things
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Confluence
Coming together of people/things
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Congenial
Agreeable
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Connive
Conspire; cooperate secretly
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Connoisseur
Expert
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Consecrate
Declare a place holy
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Consensus
Broad unanimity
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Consign
Entrust; get rid of
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Constancy
Loyalty
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Consternation
Shocked dismay
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Constituent
Person living in an electoral district
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Consummate
Supreme/ perfect
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Contemporaneous
Happening at the same time
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Contentious
Creating disagreement
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Contrite
Very sorry
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Conundrum
Something confusing
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Conversant
Having knowledge/experience
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Convivial
Pleasant; sociable
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Convoluted
Extremely intricate; too intricate to be understood easily
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Copious
Abundant
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Cordial
Warm & affectionate
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Corollary
Proposition that easily follows from the proof of another
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Corpulent
Obese/overweight
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Corroborate
Confirm
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Cosmopolitan
Diverse; knowledgable; refined
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Courier
Diplomat/official messenger
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Covet
Strong desire to possess something that belongs to someone else
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Crass
Thoughtless and vulgar
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Craven
Cowardly
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Credo
Statement of principles/beliefs
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Crony
Close friend/companion
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Culpable
Guilty
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Curmudgeon
Bad tempered, cantankerous person
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Cursory
Done in a quick/superficial way