Sparknotes Sat Vocab-C

Front 1

to urge, coax

Back 1

cajole

Front 2

to set, standardize

Back 2

calibrate

Front 3

shrewd, careful

Back 3

canny

Front 4

1. (n.) a piece of cloth on which an artist paints
2. (v.) to cover, inspect

Back 4

canvas

Front 5

capacious

Back 5

commodious

Front 6

to surrender

Back 6

capitulate

Front 7

whimsical, arbitrary

Back 7

capricious

Front 8

to party, celebrate

Back 8

carouse

Front 9

to annoy, pester

Back 9

carp

Front 10

to charge, inspire

Back 10

catalyze

Front 11

a meeting usually held by people working toward the same goal

Back 11

caucus

Front 12

acerbic

Back 12

caustic

Front 13

to leap about, behave boisterously

Back 13

cavort

Front 14

1. (n.) harsh criticism
2. (v.) to rebuke formally

Back 14

censure

Front 15

to voice disapproval

Back 15

chide

Front 16

roundabout

Back 16

circuitous

Front 17

indirect and wordy language

Back 17

circumlocution

Front 18

marked off, bounded

Back 18

circumscribed

Front 19

cautious

Back 19

circumspect

Front 20

to get around

Back 20

circumvent

Front 21

loud noise

Back 21

clamor

Front 22

1. (v.) to divide into parts
2. (v.) to stick together firmly

Back 22

cleave

Front 23

sickeningly sweet

Back 23

cloying

Front 24

to thicken, clot

Back 24

coagulate

Front 25

to fuse into a whole

Back 25

coalesce

Front 26

a person who makes or repairs shoes

Back 26

cobbler

Front 27

to make somebody do something by force or threat

Back 27

coerce

Front 28

intellectually convincing

Back 28

cogent

Front 29

aware, mindful

Back 29

cognizant

Front 30

secondary

Back 30

collateral

Front 31

secret agreement, conspiracy

Back 31

collusion

Front 32

a gigantic statue or thing

Back 32

colossus

Front 33

self-satisfied ignorance of danger

Back 33

complacency

Front 34

being an accomplice in a wrongful act

Back 34

complicit

Front 35

contrition

Back 35

compunction

Front 36

to accept as valid

Back 36

concede

Front 37

friendly, agreeable

Back 37

conciliatory

Front 38

accompanying in a subordinate fashion

Back 38

concomitant

Front 39

a pipe or channel through which something pa

Back 39

conduit

Front 40

a sweet, fancy food

Back 40

confection

Front 41

a gathering together

Back 41

confluence

Front 42

to frustrate, confuse

Back 42

confound

Front 43

to thicken into a solid

Back 43

congeal

Front 44

the quality of being in agreement

Back 44

congruity

Front 45

to give something over to another’s care

Back 45

consign

Front 46

in harmony

Back 46

consonant

Front 47

an essential part

Back 47

constituent

Front 48

to interpret

Back 48

construe

Front 49

existing during the same time

Back 49

contemporaneous

Front 50

having a tendency to quarrel or dispute

Back 50

contentious

Front 51

to contradict, oppose, violate

Back 51

contravene

Front 52

penitent, eager to be forgiven

Back 52

contrite

Front 53

bruise, injury

Back 53

contusion

Front 54

puzzle, problem

Back 54

conundrum

Front 55

to call together

Back 55

convene

Front 56

intricate, complicated

Back 56

convoluted

Front 57

profuse, abundant

Back 57

copious

Front 58

warm, affectionate

Back 58

cordial

Front 59

the act of crowning

Back 59

coronation

Front 60

to support with evidence

Back 60

corroborate

Front 61

secretly engaged in

Back 61

covert

Front 62

readiness to believe

Back 62

credulity

Front 63

the climax toward which something progresses

Back 63

culmination

Front 64

abruptly and rudely short

Back 64

curt

Front 65

to reduce, lessen

Back 65

curtail