Barron's Word List 8

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canto

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N. division of a long poem

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caprice

capricious

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N. a tendency to change one's mind (suddenly) without apparent or adequate motive; whimsicality

ADJ. unpredictable; fickle

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captious

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ADJ. apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please.

apt or designed to ensnare or perplex, esp. in argument: captious questions.

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carapace

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N. a bony or chitinous shield, test, or shell covering some or all of the dorsal part of an animal, as of a turtle.

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carillon

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N. a set of bells capable of being played

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carousal

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N. drunken revel

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carrion

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N. rotting flesh of a dead body

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carp

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V. to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing; cavil: to carp at minor errors.

N.a peevish complaint.

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cataclysm

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N. 1) any violent upheaval, esp. one of a social or political nature.
2) Physical Geography. a sudden and violent physical action producing changes in the earth's surface.
3) an extensive flood; deluge.

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cataract

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N. great waterfall; any furious rush or downpour of water; deluge.
eye abnormality

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catechism

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N. book for religious instruction; INSTRUCTION BY QUESTION AND ANSWER

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categorical

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ADJ. without exceptions; unqualified; absolute

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catharsis

cathartic

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N. the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, esp. through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music.

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catholic

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ADJ. UNIVERSAL; wide-ranging liberal

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caucus

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N. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy

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caulk

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V. to make watertight (by plugging seams/ leaks)

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cavalier

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ADJ. casual and offhand; arrogant; haughty, disdainful, or supercilious

N. a horseman, esp. a mounted soldier; knight.

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cavil

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V. make frivolous objections

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cession

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N. from cede; act of yielding to; surrender formally

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censorious

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ADJ. severely critical; faultfinding; carping; tending to censure - blame, criticise

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chafe

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V. warm by rubbing; MAKE SORE (by rubbing); to irritate; annoy

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chaffing

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ADJ. bantering; joking; To make fun of in a good-natured way; tease.

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chagrin

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V. a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.