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cabal |
small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests |
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cache |
hiding place; V. |
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cacophonous |
discordant; inharmonious; N. cacophony: unpleasant mixture of loud sounds |
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cadaver |
corpse; dead human body |
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cadaverous |
like a corpse; pale |
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cadence |
rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat; regular beat of sound; rhythm |
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cadet |
student at a military school |
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cajole |
persuade by praise or false promise; coax; wheedle |
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calamity |
disaster; misery |
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calculated |
deliberately planned; likely |
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caldron(cauldron) |
large kettle |
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caliber |
ability; quality; diameter of the inside of a round cylinder; Ex. work of very high caliber |
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calligraphy |
beautiful writing; excellent penmanship |
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callous |
hardened; unfeeling; without sympathy for the sufferings of others; unkind |
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callow |
youthful; immature; inexperienced |
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callus |
area of thick hard skin |
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calorific |
heat-producing; N. calorie |
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calumny |
malicious misrepresentation; slander |
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camaraderie |
good-fellowship; CF. comrade |
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cameo |
shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special appearance in a minor role in a film |
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camp |
group sharing a common cause or opinion |
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canard |
unfounded false rumor; exaggerated false report |
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candor |
frankness; open honesty; ADJ. candid |
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canine |
related to dogs; doglike |
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canker |
any ulcerous sore; ulcer; any evil; CF. cancer |
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canny |
shrewd in money matters; thrifty |
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cant |
insincere speech or expression of piety; jargon of thieves; special words used by a particular group of people |
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cantankerous |
ill-humored; irritable |
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cantata |
story set to music to be sung by a chorus (shorter than an oratorio) |
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canter |
slow gallop; V. CF. trot |
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canto |
division of a long poem |
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canvass |
determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.; go through (a region) to solicit votes or orders; conduct a survey; N. |
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capacious |
spacious |
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capacity |
mental or physical ability; role; position or duty; ability to accommodate; Ex. in my capacity as president |
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capillary |
having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity |
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capitulate |
surrender; give up all resistance |
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caprice |
whim; sudden change of mind without any real cause |
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capricious |
unpredictable; fickle |
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capsize |
(of a boat) turn over |
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caption |
title; chapter heading; text under illustration |
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captious |
faultfinding; too critical |
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carafe |
glass water bottle; decanter |
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carapace |
shell covering the back (of a turtle, tortoise, crab, etc.) |
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carat(karat) |
unit of weight for precious stones; measure of the purity of gold |
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carcinogenic |
causing cancer; N. carcinogen |
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cardinal |
chief; most important; N: priest; cardinal number: number that shows quantity rather thatn order |
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cardiologist |
doctor specializing in ailments of the heart |
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careen |
lurch; sway from side to side; move with irregular swinging movement; stagger |
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career |
rush wildly; go at full speed |
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carefree |
free from worries; having no problems |
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caricature |
distortion; burlesque |
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carillon |
a set of bells (often in a tower) capable of being played |
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carnage |
destruction of life; slaughter; killing of large numbers of people or animals |
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carnal |
fleshly; sensual; concerning the desires of the body |
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carnivorous |
meat-eating; N. carnivore; CF. herbivore |
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carousal |
drunken revel; V. carouse |
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carping |
petty criticism; fault-finding; fretful complaining; quibble |
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carrion |
rotting flesh of a dead body; CF. vulture |
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cartographer |
map-maker |
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cascade |
small waterfall |
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caste |
one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society; social stratification; prestige |
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castigation |
punishment; severe criticism or disapproval |
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castrate |
remove the sex organs (of a male animal or person) |
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casual |
happening by chance; irregular; occasional; informal; showing or feeling little interest; Ex. casual reader/labor/remark |
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casualty |
serious or fatal accident; person killed or wounded in an accident or battle |
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cataclysm |
deluge; upheaval; earthquake; violent and sudden event or change |
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catalyst |
agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged; CF. catalysis |
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catapult |
slingshot; hurling machine; V: fire from catapult |
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cataract |
great waterfall; eye abnormality (causing a gradual loss of eyesight) |
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catastrophe |
calamity ; disaster |
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catcall |
shout of disapproval or displeasure (made at the theater or a sports match); boo; V. |
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catechism |
book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form; religious instruction by question and answer; V. catechize |
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categorical |
without exceptions; made without any doubt in mind; unqualified; absolute |
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cater |
provide food and drink (for); cater to: try to satisfy (desires of a bad kind) |
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catharsis |
purging or cleansing of any passage of the body; purging and weakening of strong emotions as a result of experiencing a dramatic work of art |
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cathartic |
purgative; medicine that causes the bowels to empty; ADJ. |
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catholic |
(of likings and interests) universal; general; broad; including many different parts; wide-ranging liberal; Ex. catholic opinions/tastes |
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caucus |
private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy; CF. the Caucus club of Boston |
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caulk(calk) |
make watertight (by blocking up cracks as in a ship) |
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causal |
implying a cause-and-effect relationship; N. causality |
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caustic |
burning; corrosive; able to burn by chemical action; sarcastically biting; (of remarks) intended to hurt; bitter; harmful; OP. harmless |
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cauterize |
burn (a wound or snakebite, etc.) with hot iron or caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent infection |
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