Words beginning with C Flashcards by Madison McElroy

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Cacophonous

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Sounding discordant; terrible and generally unpleasant to listen to; the opposite of euphonious

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Cadaver

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Corpse

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Cajole

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To coax

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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; defamination

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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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Carrion

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Rotting flesh

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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 wit

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Cauterize

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To burn tissue

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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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Celibacy

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Condition of being celibate

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Celibate

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Without sex; unmarried

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Censor

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To remove inappropriate stuff (v.)

Someone who censors things (n.)

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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

Embarrassment

Chaos

State of utter confusion

Charlatan

Quack; someone who pretends he's someone he's not

Chaste

Pure; unspoiled; virginal

Chicanery

Trickery

Chimerical

Far out; bizarre; really heady

Choleric

Hot-tempered; easily made "hot under the collar"

Churlish

Boorish; rude

Ciliated

Having tiny hairs

Circumspect

Prudent; cautious

Clemency

Mildness of temper—especially leniency toward an enemy of in sentencing a criminal

Cogent

Clear; logical; well-thought out

Cogitate

To think about deeply and carefully

Cognizant

Fully informed and aware; conscious

Comely

Attractive; agreeable

Comestible

Food

Commensurate

Equal; proportionate

Commiserate

To sympathize; be miserable together

Comport

To behave in a particular way

Compunction

Strong uneasiness caused by guilt

Concupiscence

Sexual desire; lust; sensuality

Concurrent

At the same time

Congenital

Existing at birth

Conjecture

Statement made without adequate evidence

Conjugal

Pertaining to marriage

Contort

Twist; bend

Contrition

Remorse; repentance; bitter regret

Controversial

Of, relating to, or causing dispute

Convoke

To call together; to cause assemble

Corporal

Of the body; bodily

Corpulent

Obese; having a fat body

Corroborate

To testify in agreement

Countermand

To cancel a command

Covert

Concealed; secret

Cower

To quiver; shrink from fear

Crass

Uncultured

Credulity

Gullibility

Crestfallen

Dejected

Crux

Main point; central issue; heart of the matter

Cull

To select; weed out

Cupidity

Greed; avarice

Cache

Hiding place