C vocab NSF

Question 1

cacophony

Answer 1

harsh or jarring sound

Question 2

caddy

Answer 2

a small storage container

Question 3

Caesarean

Answer 3

connected with Julius Caesar or the Caesars

Question 4

caldron

Answer 4

a large kettle or boiler

Question 5

caliber

Answer 5

degree of excellence or importance

Question 6

caliph

Answer 6

spiritual head of Islam

Question 7

candelabra

Answer 7

a branched candlestick or lamp with several lights

Question 8

candor

Answer 8

honesty and truthfulness

Question 9

cannibalize

Answer 9

eat a member of the same species

Question 10

cant

Answer 10

hypocrites

Question 11

capital gains

Answer 11

the increase in the value of an asset

Question 12

carcass

Answer 12

the dead body of an animal

Question 13

carcinogenic

Answer 13

producing or tending to produce cancer

Question 14

cardinal

Answer 14

a basic importance

Question 15

cardiologist

Answer 15

the study of the heart and its action and diseases

Question 16

career

Answer 16

profession and job

Question 17

caress

Answer 17

touch or stroke gently or lovingly.

Question 18

carom

Answer 18

to strike and rebound

Question 19

cartographer

Answer 19

one that makes maps

Question 20

cataract

Answer 20

steep rapids in a river

Question 21

centrifugal

Answer 21

moving or tending to move away from a center

Question 22

chagrin

Answer 22

distress or embarrassment

Question 23

charlatan

Answer 23

a person falsely claiming to have special knowledge or skill or a fraud

Question 24

chattel

Answer 24

personal property

Question 25

cherish

Answer 25

feel or show affection for

Question 26

chill

Answer 26

shivering or cold

Question 27

cold call

Answer 27

telephone call made by someone trying to sell goods

Question 28

commiserate

Answer 28

express or feel sympathy

Question 29

commute

Answer 29

travel some distance

Question 30

complement

Answer 30

a thing that completes or brings to perfection

Question 31

Complicity

Answer 31

wrongdoing.