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62 Cards in this Set
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Cacophony
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harsh-sounding mixture of words, voices, or sounds.
- The busy city street produced cacophony. |
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Cadence
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rhythm
- The speaker spoke with a pleasant cadence. |
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Cajole
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to persuade someone to do something he or she doesn't want to
- I didn't want to go to the event, but Bill cajoled me into going. |
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Callow
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immature
- The highschool class was very callow. |
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Candor
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truthfulness
- The political candidate exhibited candor when he told about his checkered past. |
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Capitulate
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to surrender
- On the tenth day of the strike, the workers capitulated. |
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Capricious
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unpredictable
- He was very capricious; no one ever knew what to expect from him. |
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Caricature
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a portrait or description that is purposely distorted or exaggerated
- The cartoonist drew a caricature of the political debate. |
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Castigate
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to criticize severely
- Kevin castigated me for not cleaning up after myself. |
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Catalyst
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chemistry
- The lanuching of Sputnik by the Russains provided the catalyst for the creation of America's space program. |
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Categorical
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unconditional; no exceptions
- He categorically refused to take the drug test. |
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Catharsis
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purification that brings emotional relief or renewal
- The boy's visit with the school counselor brought catharsis. |
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Chasm
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deep, gaping hole
- The boy fell into the chasm on his way to school. |
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Chastise
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to inflict punishment
- The mom chastised her kids for setting off fireworks in the front yard. |
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Chicanery
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trickery, especially legal or political
- The two men used chicanery to win the lawsuit. |
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Chimera
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an illusion
- My dream of winning the lotto was just a chimera. |
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Choleric
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hot-tempered
- Hillary is very choleric. |
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Circuitous
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roundabout
- The argument between the two girls was circuitous. |
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Circumlocution
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an indirect expression, use of wordy or evasive language
- The lawyer's circumlocution left everyone in the courtroom wondering what he said. |
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Circumscribe
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to draw a line around; to set limits
- The Constitution clearly circumscribes the resrictions that can be placed on our personal freedoms. |
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Circumspect
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cautious
- As a public speaker, Nick was very circumspect as to how he wanted to come across to an audience. |
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Circumvent
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to frusterate as though by surrounding
- The angry school board circumvented the students' effort to allow cell phones in class. |
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Clemency
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mercy, forgiveness
- The governor committed an act of clemency when he let the convicts out of prison early. |
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Coalesce
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to come together as one
- Our group coalesced and made a great presentation. |
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Coerce
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to force someone to do or not to do something
- She coerced me into going to the movie with her. |
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Cogent
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powerfully convincing
- He was cogent in explaining why we should donate money to his charity. |
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Cognizant
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aware
- I am very cognizant of what my responsibilities are. |
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Colloquial
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conversational
- The writer was easy to understand; she used a colloquial style. |
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Collusion
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conspiracy
- There was a collusion between the baseball owners. |
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Commensurate
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equal
- The number of touchdowns scored by each team was commensurate. |
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Compendium
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summary
- Her paper included an opening compendium. |
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Complacent
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self-satisfied; overly pleased with oneself
- The baseball team won so many games they became complacent. |
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Complement
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to complete or fill up
- The wine was a perfect complement to to the seafood dinner. |
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Complicity
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participation in wrongdoing; accomplice
- There was complicity between the bank robber and the dishonest teller. |
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Conciliatory
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making peace
- After months of an on-going feud, the two friends finally were conciliatory. |
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Condone
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to overlook
- "I usually do not condone that sort of behavior in my classroom." |
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Conducive
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promoting
- The bad weather was not conducive to having a picnic. |
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Confluence
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flowing together
- The two rivers confluenced together. |
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Congenial
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agreeably suitable
- The little cabin in the woods was congenial to the writer. |
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Congenital
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describing a trait or condition acquired between conception and birth
- The girl was a congenital liar. |
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Conjecture
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to guess
- I had to conjecture on part of the test. |
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Connoisser
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an expert in matters of art or taste
The food connoisser loved the dish at the new restaurant. |
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Consecrate
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to make or declare sacred
- The priest consecrated the house by sprinkling holy water on it. |
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Consonant
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harmonious; in agreement
- Our decision to take on the new project was consonant. |
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Consummate
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perfect; complete
- The artist consummated her work of art. |
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Conentious
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argumentative
- Andrea was in a very conentious mood - picking fights with everyone. |
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Coniguous
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side by side
- The two countries borders are coniguous. |
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Contingent
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dependent; possible
- Our agreement to buy the house is contingent upon the seller's ability to find a new house to move into. |
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Contrite
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admitting guilt
- Mira was contrite about her mistake. |
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Contrived
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artifical
- Sam's acting was contrived; no one believed him. |
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Convivial
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fond of partying; festive
- The gathering was convivial; everyone had a good time. |
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Copious
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abundent
- There was a copious supply of food at the party. |
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Corollary
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something that follows
- Higher prices were a corollary to the two companies deciding not to compete. |
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Corroborate
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to confirm
- There was no eye witness to the crime, therefore it could not be corroborated. |
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Counenance
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face; facial expression
- His father's confident counenance gave him the confidence to keep going. |
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Coup
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a brilliant victory or accomplishment
- Winning a a gold medal at the Olympics is a coup. |
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Covert
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secret; hidden
- They retreated to their covert hiding place. |
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Credulous
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eager to believe; gullible
- She is very credulous; she will believe anything. |
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Culminate
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to climax
- The party was a culmination of our fund-raising efforts. |
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Culpable
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deserving balme; guilty
- The accountant's faliure to spot the errors made him culpable for the tax fraud. |
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Cursory
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hasty; superficial
- She gave the book a cursory sweep and then headed to class to take the test. |
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Curtail
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to shorten
- She curtailed her route by ten minutes by taking the new road. |
