C-words

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Cache

Answer 1

Hiding place

Pronounced “cash”

Question 2

Cacophonous

Answer 2

Sounding discordant; terrible and generally unpleasant to listen to

Antonym: euphonious

Question 3

Cadaver

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Corpse

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Cajole

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To coaxe

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Callous

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Unfeeling; unsympathetic

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Calumniate

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To slander

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Calumny

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Slander; defamation

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Candor

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Frankness; candidness

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Cantankerous

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Ill-natured; quarrelsome

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Capacious

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Spacious

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Capitulate

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To surrender

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Capricious

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Unpredictable; following whim

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Captious

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Fault-finding

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Castigate

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To punish

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Cathartic

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Cleansing; allowing a release of tension or emotion

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Caustic

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Burning; characterized by a bitter whit

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Cauterize

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To burn tissue (usually because a wound isn’t clotting)

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Cavil

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To raise unnecessary or trivial objections

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Celerity

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Swiftness, speed

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Celibate

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Without sex; unmarried

Celibacy: condition of being celibate

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Censure

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To criticize; blame

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Cerebration

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Thought

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Chagrin

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Embarrassment

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Charlatan

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Quack; someone who pretend’s he’s someone he’s not

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Chaste

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Pure; unspoiled; virginal

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Chicanery

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Trickery

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Chimerical

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Far out; bizarre; heady

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Choleric

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Hot tempered

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Churlish

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Boorish; rude

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Ciliated

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Having tiny hairs

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Circumspect

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Prudent; cautious

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Clemency

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Mildness of temper--especially leniency towards an enemy or in sentencing a criminal

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Cogent

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Clear; logical; thought out; pertinent; to the point; relevant; convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.

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Cogitate

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To think about deeply and carefully (similar to ruminate)

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Cognizant

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Fully informed and aware; conscious

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Comely

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Attractive; agreeable

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Comestible

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Food (n) | Edible (adj)

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Commensurate

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Equal; proportionate

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Commiserate

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To sympathize; empathize with; pity (be miserable together)

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Comport

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To behave in a particular way; to be in agreement, harmony, or conformity (usually followed by with ): His statement does not comport with the facts.

Question 41

Compunction

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Strong uneasiness caused by guilt (similar to remorse, contrition)

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Concupiscence

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Sexual desire; lust; sensuality

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Concurrent

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At the same time

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Congenital

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Existing at birth

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Conjecture

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Statement made without adequate evidence

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Conjugal

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Pertaining to marriage

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Contort

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Twist; bend

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Contrition

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Remorse; repentance; bitter regret felt owing to wrongdoing

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Convoke

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To call together; to cause to assemble

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Corporal

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Of the body; bodily

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Corpulent

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Obese; having a fat body

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Corroborate

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To testify in agreement

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Countermand

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To cancel a command; issue another command, revoking the previous one

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Covert

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Secret; concealed (opposite of overt)

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Crass

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Uncultured

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Credulity

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Gullibility

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Crestfallen

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Dejected

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Crux

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Main point; central issue; heart of the manner

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Cull

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To select; weed out

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Cupidity

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Greed; avarice | Cupid is the god of desire

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Clandestine

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Kept secret; done secretively (esp. because illicit)