SAT "C" List Flashcards by Jennifer Fu

cache

a hiding place; stockpile

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cacophony

a jarring, unpleasant noise

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cadent

having rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words

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cajole

to urge with gentle and repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery

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callous

emotionally hardened; unfeeling

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calumny

a false and malicious accusation; misrepresentation

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candid

straightforward

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cantankerous

ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable

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capacious

roomy

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capricious

impulsive and unpredictable

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captious

hypercritical; tending to find fault or raise petty objections

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castigate

to inflict severe punishment on

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cataclysmic

severely desructive

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catalyst

something that provokes or speeds up significant change, especially without being affected by the consequences

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cathartic

causing relaxation after an emotional outburst

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caucus

a closed committee within a political party; a private committee meeting

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caustic

biting, sarcastic

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cavort

jump or dance around excitedly

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cede

to surrender possession of something

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celerity

speed, haste

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censorious

critical; tending to blame and condemn

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censure

to criticize severely; blame

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certitude

absolute certainty or conviction that something is the case

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cessation

a temporary or complete halt

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chary

watchful, cautious; extremely shy

chicanery

a trick; deception by trickery

chimerical

fanciful; imaginary, impossible

chronic

persisting for a long time or constantly recurring

circuitous

indirect, roundabout

circumscribe

to draw a circle around; to restrict

circumspect

showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration; prudent

circumvent

to go around; avoid

clandestine

done secretively, especially to deceive; surreptitious

cloying

sickly sweet; excessive

coagulate

to clot; to cause to thicken

coerce

to force

cogent

logically forceful; compelling, convincing

colloquial

characteristic of informal speech

commodity

something that is bought and sold

commute

to change a penalty to a less severe one

compendious

concise

complacent

self-satisfied, smug

complement

something that completes, makes up a whole, or brings to perfection

compliant

submissive, yielding

complicity

the state of being involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing

conciliatory

appeasing; soothing; pleasant

concomitant

existing concurrently

concord

aggreement

concur

to agree; to be of the same opinion

condole

to grieve; to express sympathy

condone

accept and allow to continue

confer

grant and bestow

conflagration

an extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property

confluence

the place where streams meet

congenial

pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one's own

conglomeration

a rounded spherical form

conjecture

a guess

conjure

make (something) appear unexpectedly or seemingly from nowhere as if by magic

consanguineous

having the same lineage or ancestry; related by blood

conscript

to force into military service

consonance

agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions

conspicuous

easy to notice; obvious

conscript

to force into military service

consonance

agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions

conspicuous

easy to notice; obvious

consternation

panic

constituent

component, part; citizen, voter

constraint

something that restricts or confines within prescribed bounds

contemptuous

scornful; expressing contempt

contentious

quarrelsome, disagreeable, belligerent

contiguous

sharing an edge or boundary; touching

continence

self-control, self-restraint

convalesce

to recover gradually from an illness

convergence

the state of separate elements joining or coming together

convivial

devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking

corollary

a proposition following so obviously from another that it requires little demonstration

copious

plentiful; having a large quantity

coquette

a flirtatious woman

cosmopolitan

common to all the world

corpulent

obese

corroborate

to strengthen, as proof or conviction

courtier

a small group of people with shared interests or tastes, esp. one that is exclusive of other people

coterie

an intimate group of persons with a similar purpose

countervail

to act or react with equal force

courtier

a small group of people with shared interests or tastes, esp. one that is exclusive of other people

covert

secretive, not openly shown

cull

to select, weed out

culpable

guilty

curtail

reduce in extent or quantity; restrict

curative

able to cure something, typically a disease

curt

abrupt, short with words

curative

something that cures; a remedy

curative

something that cures; a remedy

SAT "C" List Flashcards

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