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Gruber Vocab- C
Most of the Cs
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Graduate
04/03/2012
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cabal
 Definition
a small, secret group
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caesura
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pause
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callow
 Definition
young and inexperienced
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calumny
 Definition
a false accusation; slander
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canard
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a false story, report, rumor
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cant
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insincere statements usually made in a singsong tone
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canny
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shrewd
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clangor
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harsh ringing sound
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clarion
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clear and shrill
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coadjutor
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assistnat; helper
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coffer
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a storngbox
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cogent
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convincing
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cogitate
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to think; to condiser carefully
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cognomen
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family name; last name
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compendium
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breif summary
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commodious
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roomy; spacious
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commensurate
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proportionate
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colloquy
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coversation
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collate
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to put together in order
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capacious
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spacious. roomy
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capricious
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erratic; impulisve
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captious
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hard to please, faultfinding
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carouse
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to engage in noisy,drunken party
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carp
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fish, or to complain
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carte blache
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freedom to use one's own judgment
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caucus
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a private meeting
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cavil
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to quibble; to argue
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cavort
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to leap about to frolic
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circumlocution
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roundabout way of speaing
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cipher
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person or thing of no value; value
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churlish
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rude; ill bred
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choleric
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easily angered
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chimerical
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imaginary; fantasical; unreal
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chicanery
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trickery; deception
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chattel
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slave
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chary
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careful, cautious
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celerity
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speed, swiftness
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cerebration
 Definition
thinking, using one's brain
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chaff
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worthless matter
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champ
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to bite impatiently, to show impaitece
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chauvinism
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fanatial deotion to one's country, sex, religon, etc
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concomitant
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accompaniying, attending
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condign
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deserved; suitable
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congenial
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friendly; agreebale
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conjugal
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pertaining to marriage
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connivance
 Definition
pretended ignorance of another's wrongdoing; conspircay
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connubial
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pertaiing to marriage
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consanguinity
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close relationship, usually by blood
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consonant
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in agreement or harmony
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consummate
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to complete, perfect
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contemn
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to regard with scorn or contempt
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contingent
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possible
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contravene
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to go against; to oppose
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contretemps
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an embarassing occurrence
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contumacious
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disobedient; obstinate
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contumely
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rudeness
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convalesce
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to recover from an ilness
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conversant
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being familiar with
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convoke
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to call together
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coquetry
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flirtation
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corona
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crown, bright circle
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corpulent
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fat. fleshy
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cortege
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funeral procession; group of followers
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coterie
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close circle of friends
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countenance
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the face; to permit tolerate or approve
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cozen
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to trick
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cynosure
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center of attention
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cursory
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superfical; hasty
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curry
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to try to win favor by flattery
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cupidity
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greed
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crucible
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a servere test or trial
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credulity
 Definition
readiness to believe; gullibility
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