C-D Flashcards
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- cachepot
- cacoëthes
- café noir
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- accent over e
- two words; accent over e
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- cahoots •
- cainotophobia •
- Calabrese
- calendrical
- calenture •
- callosity
- calypso, Calypso
- camarilla
- cameoing •
- Camorra, camorra
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- to share equally; become partners:; Origin: French cahute, cabin; Ex: They went cahoots in the establishment of the store.
- a fear of new things; Origin: Greek kainotes, newness; Greek kainos, new; Greek phobos, fear; Ex: cainotophobia or cainophobia is the fear of anything new, especially a persistent and abnormal fear
- Capitalization is required
- a violent fever with delirium, affecting persons in the tropics; Origin: Spanish calentar, to heat; Latin calere, to be warm; Ex: But who will judge a man’s constitution by the symptoms of calenture ?
- Capitalization is allowed
- the act of A single very brief appearance, especially by a prominent celebrity in a movie or song; Origin: 1375-1425;
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- campanile (singular)
- camphor •
- Cancún
- cannonry
- canorous
- cantata
- cantus firmus
- capitol, Capitol
- caponata
- capsaicin
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- a whitish, translucent, crystalline, pleasant-odored terpene ketone, C 10 H 16 O, obtained from the camphor tree, used chiefly in the manufacture of celluloid and in medicine as a counter-irritant for infections and in the treatment of pain and itching.; Origin: 1275-1325;
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- capstone
- capsulation
- Caracas •
- caravansary •
- carburetion
- carcinomatosis
- cardiology
- caret
- carping
- carrageen, carragheen
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221. 222. 223. a city in and the capital of Venezuela, in the N part.; Origin: "Caracas" in the language of the Indians meant "valley of birds singing,"; Ex:“It has not been clarified what happened to the flight from Los Roques to Caracas,” the children write. ; capitalization is required 224.(in the Near East) an inn, usually with a large courtyard, for the overnight accommodation of caravans. ; Origin: Persian karvan, caravan, Persian saray, camp, palace; Ex: Then he sat in some caravansary, and guarded the candle flame. 225. 226. 227. 228. 229. 230. two different ways to spell
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- Cartesian
- cartography
- cast-iron plant
- casus belli •
- catafalque
- catatonic •
- catch phrase
- cat-o’-nine-tails
- cauterize
- cautionary
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- capitalization is required
- three words; first two words are hyphened
- an act or situation provoking or justifying war.; Origin: Latin, from casus (see case1) and belli, genitive of bellum ‘war.’; Ex:if the two great German powers chose to make this violation of an agreement to which they had been parties a casus belli, Europe would have no right to interfere; two words
- having catatonia, a syndrome characterized by muscular rigidity and mental stupor; Origin: 1915-20; cata- + -tonia; Ex: Please, God, let him not say that in yet another address to a catatonic nation.
237. - four words; all hyphened; apostrophe after o
- 240.
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- cavalcade
- celadon
- celetrity
- celestial, Celestial
- celluloid •
- cenotaph
- censorious •
- cerebrovascular
- certifiable
- cession
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- capitalization is allowed
- a tough, highly flammable substance consisting essentially of cellulose nitrate and camphor, used in the manufacture of motion-picture and x-ray film and other products.; Origin: former trademark; cellul(ose) + -oid; Ex: “Everyone could see their love right there on celluloid,” added their son, Stephen Bogart.
- severely critical; faultfinding; carping.; Origin: 1530-40;
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- chaise longue
- chalcid •
- chalice
- chancel
- chaotic
- chaparral
- chapeau
- chary •
- chasmogamous •
- chauvinistic
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- two words
252.a minute parasitic wasp of a large group whose members lay eggs inside the eggs of other insects. They typically have bright metallic coloration.; Origin:late 19th century: from modern Latin Chalcis (genus name), from Greek khalkos ‘copper, brass,’ + -id3.; Ex: Parapsidal grooves: the grooves or furrows on each side of the chalcid scutellum, defining the parapsidae.
253. - cautious or careful; wary; Origin: before 1000; Middle English; Old English cearig sorrowful (c(e)ar(u) care + -ig -y1); cognate with Old Saxon karag, Old High German karag (German karg scanty, paltry); Ex: As a rule, I am chary about doling out diagnoses unless there is a clear indication to do so.
- pertaining to or having pollination occur in a fully opened flowe; Origin: 1955-60; Ex: Almost all these plants, as Darwin pointed out, have also chasmogamous flowers which render cross-fertilisation possible.
260.
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- chenopod
- cherubic
- chili con carne
- chirography
- chlorosis
- chondroma
- chorea
- chronically
- churlish
- cilice •
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- three words
- garment of haircloth formerly worn by monks; a hair shirt.; Origin: before 950;
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- cinephile
- circumnavigate
- circumstantiality
- cirriped
- citadel
- clair de lune
- clamminess
- claque
- class-conscious
- claustrophobic
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- two words; hyphened
280.
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- clerisy •
- clinquish
- cloven-footed •
- clubbable, clubable
- coaxial
- cockatoo
- cogent
- coiffeuse •
- cold-eyed
- coleslaw, cole slaw
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- learned persons as a class; literati; intelligentsia.; Origin: 1818;
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- collage
- colonelcy
- colonialism
- coloratura
- commingle •
- commissary
- commodore
- compatriot
- compensable
- complicacy •
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- to mix or mingle together; combine; Origin: 1620-30; com- + mingle; Ex: They commingle intimately, but each retains its original and intrinsic quality.
- the state of being complicated; complicatedness; Origin: 1820-30; complic(ate) + -acy, modeled on such pairs as confederacy, confederate; Ex: Among the earliest tools of any complicacy which a man, especially a man of letters, gets to handle, are his Class-books.
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- confiture
- congé •
- congregant
- conjuration
- conniption •
- conniver
- constabulary
- constitutionality
- construe
- contemporize
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311.
312. leave-taking; farewell; Origin:1695-1705;
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- contextual
- contrail
- contumacy
- contusion
- conveyance •
- convulsion
- coparcenary
- Coptic
- coquille
- cordillera
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321. 322. 323. 324. 325. the act of conveying; transmission; communication; Origin: 1495-1505; convey + -ance; Ex: I could not charter a steamer, and there was no conveyance on the other side of the Mississippi. 326. 327. 328. capitalization is required 329. 330.
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- coriander
- corneitis
- coronagraph, coronograph
- corpocracy
- corrigenda
- corroboree •
- coruscant
- corvine
- cosmogony
- costumier
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331. 332. 333. two different ways to spell 334. 335. 336. an assembly of Aborigines typified by singing and dancing, sometimes associated with traditional sacred rites.; Origin: 1793;
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- cotoneaster, Cotoneaster
- counterfeit
- countervail
- coup de théâtre
- coup d’état
- couturère
- coxcombry •
- cozenage
- crampon •
- crèche
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341. capitalization is allowed 342. 343. 344. three words; accents over e and a 345. 346. accent over e 347. a foppish trait; 1600-10; coxcomb + -ry; It may be doubted whether there is any more astounding monument of coxcombry in literature. 348. 349. a spiked iron plate worn on boots or shoes for aid in climbing or to prevent slipping on ice, snow, etc; 1275-1325; Middle English cra(u)mpon
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- crêpe de Chine
- crestfallen
- Cretaceous, cretaceous
- critique
- Croatian
- Croesus
- crucifixion, Crucifixion
- crudités
- cryonics •
- crptography
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- three words; accent over first e in first word; capitalization required on third word
- capitalization is allowed
353.
354. - capitalization required
- capitalization required
- capitalization allowed
- accent over e
- the deep-freezing of human bodies at death for preservation and possible revival in the future; 1965-70, Americanism; cryo- + -nics, on the model of bionics, electronics, etc; Ira Glass came to me over a year ago with a project first reported on This American Life about the first cryonics freezing.
360.
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- cryptozoology •
- cuadrilla •
- culpability
- culturati
- cumbersome
- Cushing’s disease
- cuspidor
- cuttlefish •
- cygnet
- cystic fibrosis
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- the study of evidence tending to substantiate the existence of, or the search for, creatures whose reported existence is unproved, as the Abominable Snowman or the Loch Ness monster.; crypto- + zoology
- the group of assistants serving a matador in a bullfight, consisting of three banderilleros and two picadors; the group of assistants serving a matador in a bullfight, consisting of three banderilleros and two picadors.
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364.
365.
366.
367. - any of several cephalopods, especially of the genus Sepia, having eight arms with suckers and two tentacles, and ejecting a black, inklike fluid when in danger; 1400-50; late Middle English codel, Old English cudele cuttlefish + fish
369. - two words
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- cytoplasm •
- Dacron (trademark)
- dactylogram
- dal segno
- danseuse
- dauphine
- De Bakey
- debasement
- decaffeinated
- declamatory
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- the cell substance between the cell membrane and the nucleus, containing the cytosol, organelles, cytoskeleton, and various particles; Origin: 1870-75; cyto- + -plasm
- capitalization is required
373. - two words
375.
376. - capitalization required; two words
378.
379.
380.
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- declination
- decongestive
- decussate
- dedicatee
- deep-six
- deferred
- deflagrate •
- deflationary
- defoliant
- deglutition
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381. 382. 383. 384. 385. 386. 387. to burn, especially suddenly and violently; 1720-30;
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- deign
- delirium tremens
- Delmonico steak
- delocalization
- démarche
- demonstrator •
- demurrer
- dendrochronology
- Deng Xiaoping •
- dentigerous
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391.
392. two words
393. two words; capitalization for the first word required
394.
395. accent over e
396. a person or thing that demonstrates; 1605-15;
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- deodar
- deoxygenate
- depersonalize
- depredation
- Depression glass
- dermabrasion
- derogation
- desiccant •
- designee •
- despoliation
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401. 402. 403. 404. 405. two words; capitalization for first word required 406. 407. 408. desiccating or drying, as a medicine; 1670-80;
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- deterrence •
- detrition
- deuteragonist •
- devolution
- dewlap
- dexterity •
- diable
- dialogue, dialog
- diaphoresis
- dictatorial
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- the act of deterring, especially deterring a nuclear attack by the capacity or threat of retaliating; 1860-65; deterr(ent) + -ence
- (in ancient Greece) the actor next in importance to the protagonist; 1850-55;
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- diffident
- digressive
- dipsomania •
- diptych
- disarmament
- discoid
- discretionary
- disenfranchise
- disparate
- dispossessed
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421.
422.
423. an irresistible, typically periodic craving for alcoholic drink; 1835-45;
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- disproportionate
- Disraeli
- dissertate •
- dissolvent
- distich
- dithyramb
- divagate
- diversionary
- divorcé (male)
- dodecaphonic
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431. 432. capitalization required 433. to discuss a subject fully and learnedly; discourse; 1760-70; probably back formation from dissertation 434. 435. 436. 437. 438. 439. accent over e 440.
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441. doohickeys
442. Doric order
443. dormouse •
444. dowager's hump
445. dramaturge
446. dreadnought
447. dreidel, dreidl
448. dromond
449. dryad
450. dundrearies •
441.
442. two words; capitalization for first word required
443. any small, furry-tailed, Old World rodent of the family Gliridae, resembling small squirrels in appearance and habits; 1400-50; late Middle English dormowse, dormoise; etymology obscure; perhaps AF derivative of Old French dormir to sleep (see dormant), with final syllable reanalyzed as mouse, but no such AF word is known
444. two words; possession/apostrophe on first word
445.
446.
447. two different ways of spelling
448.
449.
450. long, full sideburns or muttonchop whiskers; 1860-65; after the sideburns worn by actor Edward A. Sothern as Lord Dundreary, a character in the play Our American Cousin (1858) by Tom Taylor
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301. compote
302. conceptual
303. concertino
304. concessionaire
305. conchoidal •
306. concision
307. concordance •
308. concretion
309. condemnatory
310. condottiere
301.
302.
303.
304.
305. noting a shell-like fracture form produced on certain minerals by a blow; 1660-70; conchoid + -al1
306.
307. agreement; concord; harmony; 1350-1400; Middle English concordaunce
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451. duvet
452. dynamometer
453. dyscalculia
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