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GRE Vocab - C
Essential words for the GRE beginning with C
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02/02/2010

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cacophonous
Definition
unpleasant or harsh-sounding (adj.)
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cadge
Definition
to beg (v.)
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callous
Definition
thick-skinned; insensitive
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calumny
Definition
false and malicious accusation; slander (n.)
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canard
Definition
false, deliberatly misleading story (n.)
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canon
Definition
established principle; a basis or standard for judgment (n.)

 

or (adj.) meaning essential

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cant
Definition
insincere talk; language of a certain group (n.)
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cantankerous
Definition
irritiable; ill-humored (adj.)
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capricious
Definition
fickle; casually changeable (adj.)
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captious
Definition
fault-finding (adj.)
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cardinal
Definition
of foremost importance (adj.)
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carnal
Definition
of the flesh or body; related to physical appetite (adj.)
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carping
Definition
to find fault or complain (v.)
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cartography
Definition
science of making maps (n.)
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caste
Definition
social stratification (n.)
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castigation
Definition
punishment; chastisement; criticism (n.)
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cataclysm
Definition
a violent upheaval that causes great change (n.)
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catalyst
Definition
something causing change (n.)
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categorical
Definition
absolute; without exception (adj.)
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caucus
Definition
a smaller group within an organization (n.)
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causal
Definition
involving a cause (adj.)
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caustic
Definition
sarcastically biting; burning (adj.)
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celestial
Definition
pertaining to the sky or heavens (adj.)
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centrifugal
Definition
moving away from a center (adj.)
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centripetal
Definition
moving toward a center (adj.)
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champion
Definition
to defend or support (v.)
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chasten
Definition
to correct by punishment; to restrain or subdue (v.)
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chicanery
Definition
trickery; fraud (n.)
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chivarly
Definition
qualities idealized by knighthood (bravery, gallantry) (adj.)
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churlish
Definition
rude; boorish (adj.)
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circuitous
Definition
roundabout (adj.)
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clairvoyant
Definition
psychic (n.)
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clamor
Definition
noisy outcry (n.)
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clique
Definition
small, exclusive group (n.)
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cloister
Definition
to confine; seclude (v.)
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coagulate
Definition
thicken; congeal (v.)
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coalesce
Definition
to cause to become one (v.)
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coda
Definition
something that summarizes (n.)
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codify
Definition
to systemize (v.)
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cognizant
Definition
aware; informed; conscious (adj.)
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collage
Definition
an assemblage of diverse elements (n.)
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commensurate
Definition
proportional (adj.)
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compendium
Definition
brief, comprehensive summary (n.)
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complacent
Definition
self-satisified (adj.)
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complasaint
Definition
overly polite; obliging
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complement
Definition
something that completes or makes up a whole (n.) could be v.
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compliant
Definition
yielding (adj.)
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compunction
Definition
uneasiness caused by guilt (n.)
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concave
Definition
curved inwards (adj.)
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conciliatory
Definition
overcoming of hostility
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concoct
Definition
to invent (v.)
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concominant
Definition
existing concurrently (n.)
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condone
Definition
to overlook; forgive (v.)
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confound
Definition
to baffle; confuse (v.)
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congenial
Definition
having similar tastes; friendly (adj.)
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conjugal
Definition
pertaining to marriage (adj.)
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connoisseur
Definition
a person possessing expert knowledge or training; a person of informed and discriminating taste (n.)
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conscript
Definition
person forcably enrolled into the military (n.)
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consecrate
Definition
to declare sacred (v.)
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contend
Definition
to assert (v.)
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contentious
Definition
quarrelsome (adj.)
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contiguous
Definition
touching; neighboring (adj.)
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continence
Definition
self control; abstention from sexual activity
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contrite
Definition
very sorrowful for a wrong (adj.)
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contumacious
Definition
rebelious; disobedient
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conundrum
Definition
riddle; puzzle with no solution (n.)
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convention
Definition
custom; practice widely observed in a group (n.)
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converge
Definition
to come together; tend to meet (v.)
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convex
Definition
curved outward (adj.)
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convivial
Definition
sociable (adj.)
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convoluted
Definition
twisted; complicated (adj.)
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copious
Definition
abundant; plentiful (adj.)
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coquette
Definition
woman who flirts (n.)
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cornucopia
Definition
state of abundance (n.)
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cosmology
Definition
study of the universe (n.)
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covert
Definition
hidden; secret (adj.)
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covetous
Definition
desiring something owned by another (adj.)
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cozen
Definition
to deceive (v.)
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craven
Definition
cowardly (adj.)
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credence
Definition
acceptance of something as true (n.)
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credo
Definition
statement of belief or principle (n.)
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