C words

Question 1

cad

Answer 1

a man who behaves dishonorably, esp. toward a woman

Question 2

caitiff

Answer 2

a contemptible or cowardly person.

Question 3

calorimeter

Answer 3

An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat involved in a chemical reaction or other process

Question 4

calypso

Answer 4

a kind of West Indian (originally Trinidadian) music in syncopated African rhythm, typically with words improvised on a topical theme.

Question 5

camaraderie

Answer 5

goodwill among friends, amity

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candor

Answer 6

openness, honest

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candy striper

Answer 7

a teenage girl who does volunteer nursing in a hospital.

Question 8

canker sore

Answer 8

an ulcerous condition or disease, in particular

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cantankerous

Answer 9

quarrelsome, ill-tempered, contentious, antagonistic, pugnacious

Question 10

cantle

Answer 10

the raised, curved part at the back of a horse’s saddle.

Question 11

caprice

Answer 11

a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior

Question 12

capricious

Answer 12

given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.

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captious

Answer 13

(of a person) tending to find fault or raise petty objections.

Question 14

carangid

Answer 14

a marine fish of the jack family (Carangidae), whose members typically have a sloping forehead and two dorsal fins.

Question 15

carny

Answer 15

a person who works in a carnival or amusement show.

Question 16

castigate

Answer 16

to criticize or punish severely

Question 17

caucus

Answer 17

A group of people with an organization with shared interests; or a meeting of the members of a legislative body who are members of a particular political party, to select candidates or decide policy.

Question 18

cenacle

Answer 18

The room in which the Last Supper was held; or group of people, such as a discussion group or literary clique.

Question 19

censor

Answer 19

to prevent publication of

Question 20

censure

Answer 20

to criticize, denounce, castigate, decry

Question 21

chad

Answer 21

a piece of waste material removed from card or tape by punching.

Question 22

chaste

Answer 22

abstaining from extramarital, or from all, sexual intercourse.

Question 23

chateau

Answer 23

a large French country house or castle often giving its name to wine made in its neighborhood.

Question 24

chirk

Answer 24

make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird

Question 25

chivvy

Answer 25

tell (someone) repeatedly to do something.

Question 26

chlamydia

Answer 26

a very small parasitic bacterium that, like a virus, requires the biochemical mechanisms of another cell in order to reproduce. Bacteria of this type cause various diseases including trachoma, psittacosis, and nonspecific urethritis.

Question 27

chromatography

Answer 27

The separation of a mixture by passing it in solution or suspension or as a vapor (as in gas chromatography) through a medium in which the components move at different rates.

Question 28

Chunnel

Answer 28

short for Channel Tunnel

Question 29

circumspection

Answer 29

caution

Question 30

circumvolute

Answer 30

Twisted around; rolled about; or to wind in an inward spiral

Question 31

civil

Answer 31

polite, courteous

Question 32

clef

Answer 32

any of several symbols placed at the left-hand end of a staff, indicating the pitch of the notes written on it.

Question 33

clemency

Answer 33

mercy; gentleness in punishment

Question 34

clerisy

Answer 34

a distinct class of learned or literary people.

Question 35

coalesce

Answer 35

to unite, come together

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cognizant

Answer 36

aware

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coherent

Answer 37

consistent; logically connected

Question 38

colorcast

Answer 38

A television program broadcast in color.

Question 39

commend

Answer 39

to praise, extol

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commodious

Answer 40

roomy

Question 41

compatible

Answer 41

capable of working in harmony

Question 42

competent

Answer 42

capable; sufficiently skilled, proficient

Question 43

comprehensible

Answer 43

capable of being understood

Question 44

comptroller

Answer 44

a controller (used in the title of some financial officers)

Question 45

conciliate

Answer 45

to calm, comfort, appease, mollify, placate

Question 46

conflate

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combine (two or more texts, ideas, etc.) into one.

Question 47

conform

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to fit in; to act in agreement with

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confound

Answer 48

to confuse

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congeal

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to solidify, freeze, jell

Question 50

consequence

Answer 50

result, outcome

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conservative

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traditional; opposed to change

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consolidate

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to join together, merge, coalesce

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conspicuous

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obvious, readily apparent, flagrant, obtrusive

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contemporary

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Belonging to the present or (of two things) living or occurring at the same time

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contempt

Answer 55

strong dislike, scorn, disdain

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contend

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to claim, argue

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contentious

Answer 57

quarrelsome, fond of arguing, cantankerous, pugnacious

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contract

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to make or become smaller, diminish, taper

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contralto

Answer 59

the lowest female singing voice.

Question 60

contrite

Answer 60

feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt.

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conventional

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traditional, ordinary, orthodox

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conviction

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a firm belief

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convoluted

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complex

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copious

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abundant in supply or quantity.

Question 65

cordial

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warm and friendly.

Question 66

corrugated

Answer 66

covered with grooves or ridges

Question 67

corrupt

Answer 67

Having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain; or (to make or to be) unreliable (typically of technology)

Question 68

countertenor

Answer 68

The highest adult male singing voice.

Question 69

cozy

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giving a feeling of comfort, warmth, and relaxation.

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cryptic

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secret, mysterious

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culpable

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guilty; blameworthy, reprehensible

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cultivate

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to grow; to improve

Question 73

cursory

Answer 73

hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.