Gre Vocabulary Set 2 (C-D)

Front 1

cacophony

Back 1

a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or tone

Front 2

callous

Back 2

insensitive; indifferent

Front 3

calumniate

Back 3

to make false and malicious statements about

Front 4

candor

Back 4

to be open and sincere

Front 5

chicanery

Back 5

use of trickery to deceive

Front 6

chicanery

Back 6

a rude, boorish, or surly person

Front 7

coda

Back 7

concluding section of a musical or literary piece; something that summarize

Front 8

cognizant

Back 8

aware; taking notice

Front 9

colloquial

Back 9

pertaining to common speech

Front 10

complacency

Back 10

a feeling of quiet security

Front 11

confidante

Back 11

pertaining to common speech

Front 12

congruous

Back 12

appropriate or fitting

Front 13

consternation

Back 13

panic

Front 14

contentious

Back 14

quarrelsome

Front 15

contrite

Back 15

penitent

Front 16

contumacious

Back 16

rebellious

Front 17

corroborate

Back 17

to make more certain; confirm

Front 18

countenance

Back 18

appearance, especially the look or expression of the face

Front 19

counterpart

Back 19

a person or thing resembling or complementing another

Front 20

craven

Back 20

cowardly

Front 21

credulity

Back 21

willingness to behave or trust too readily

Front 22

cronyism

Back 22

the practice of favoring one's friends, especially in political appointments

Front 23

cursory

Back 23

hasty, superficial, as of a review of something

Front 24

dearth

Back 24

in inadequate supply; scarcity; lack

Front 25

decorum

Back 25

orderliness and good taste in manners

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deleterious

Back 26

hurtful, morally bad or evil

Front 27

deride

Back 27

to ridicule; to make fun of

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derision

Back 28

ridicule

Front 29

derivative

Back 29

something obtained from a source

Front 30

desultory

Back 30

aimless; haphazard

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diatribe

Back 31

bitter of malicious criticism

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didactic

Back 32

pertaining to teaching

Front 33

dilatory

Back 33

causing delay

Front 34

disconcert

Back 34

to disturb the composure of

Front 35

discretion

Back 35

the power to act according to one's own judgment; the quality of being discreet

Front 36

disquiet

Back 36

lack of calm, peace, or ease

Front 37

dissemble

Back 37

to disguise or pretend

Front 38

dissolution

Back 38

breaking up of a union of persons

Front 39

divest

Back 39

to strip; to deprive

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divulge

Back 40

to tell or make known, generally of something secret or private

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doldrums

Back 41

a state of inactivity or low spirits

Front 42

dubious

Back 42

doubtful

Front 43

dupe

Back 43

someone easily fooled