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"C" GRE Vocab
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Undergraduate 4
08/09/2010

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Cadge
Definition
Beg; mooch; panhandle
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Callow
Definition
Youthful; immature; inexperienced
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Calorific
Definition
Heat-producing
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Calumny
Definition
Malicious misrepresentation; slander
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Cameo
Definition
Shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special appearance in a minor role in a film
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Cant
Definition
insincere expressions of piety; jargon of thieves
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Cantata
Definition
Story set to music, to be sung by a chorus
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Capitulate
Definition
to surrender often after negotiation of terms b : to cease resisting : acquiesce
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Caption
Definition
Title; chapter heading; text under illustration
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Captious
Definition
Faultfinding
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Carapace
Definition
Shell covering the back (of a turtle, crab, etc)
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Carillon
Definition
a set of bells capable of being played (can be in bell tower)
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Carping
Definition
petty criticism; fault finding
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Caste
Definition
Prestige (also Indian sociall stratification)
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cauterize
Definition
burn with hot iron or caustic
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Cavalcade
Definition
procession; parade
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Cavil
Definition
Make frivolous objections
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Celerity
Definition
Speed; rapidity
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catholic
Definition
wide-ranging liberal
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Centrifugal
Definition
radiating; departing from the center
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cerebration
Definition
thought
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Cession
Definition
Yielding to another; ceding
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Chaff
Definition
worthless products of an endeavor
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Charlatan
Definition
Quack; pretender to knowledge
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Chary
Definition
Cautious; sparing or restrained about giving
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Chase
Definition
ornament a metal surface by indenting
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Chassis
Definition
framework and working parts of an automobile
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Chauvinist
Definition
Blindly devoted patriot
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Chimerical
Definition
Fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative
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Chisel
Definition
Swindle or cheat; cut with a chisel; wedge-like tool for cutting
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Ciliated
Definition
having minute hairs
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Cipher
Definition
Worthless person or thing; nonentity; secret code
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Circumscribe
Definition
Limit narrowly; confine or restrict; define
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Clangor
Definition
Loud, resounding noise
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Clarion
Definition
shrill, trumpet-like sound
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Cloying
Definition
Distasteful; excessively sweet or sentimental
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Codicil
Definition
Supplement to the body of a will
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Collation
Definition
a light meal
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Comeuppance
Definition
Rebuke; desserts
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Compendium
Definition
Brief; comprehensive summary
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Concatenate
Definition
link as in a chain
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Concerted
Definition
Mutually agreed on; done together
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Concomitant
Definition
that which accompanies
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Condign
Definition
appropriate; deserved (almost always in the sense of deservedly severe as in condign punishment)
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Conflagration
Definition
Great fire
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Conjugal
Definition
pertaining to marriage
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Connivance
Definition
Pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend
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Connubial
Definition
pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state
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Consanguinity
Definition
kinship
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Consummate
Definition
Wholly without flaw; supremely skilled; complete and utter
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Continence
Definition
Self-restraint; sexual chastity
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Contravene
Definition
Contradict; oppose; infringe on or transgress
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Contumacious
Definition
Disobedient; resisting authority
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Convivial
Definition
festive; gay; characterized by joviality
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Convoke
Definition
Call together
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Convoke
Definition
Call together
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Cordon
Definition
Extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress
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Cornice
Definition
Projecting molding on building (usually above columns)
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Corrugated
Definition
wrinkled; ridged
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Coterie
Definition
group that meets socially; select circle
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Countenance
Definition
approve; permit; tolerate; face
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Craven
Definition
Cowardly
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Crotchety
Definition
Given to odd notions, whims, grouchiness
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Cull
Definition
to gather the choice things or parts from.
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Culvert
Definition
Artificial channel for water
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Cynosure
Definition
Object of general attention
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