SAT 1 Vocab: C (Cabal - Converse)
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- cabal
- a small, secret group
- cache
- a hiding place
- cacophony
- a harsh or unpleasant sound
- cadaverous
- corpse-like; ghastly; pale
- cadence
- rhythm; beat
- caesura
- pause
- cajole
- to coax; to persuade
- calamitous
- disastrous; causing trouble or misery
- caliber
- degree of worth
- calligraphy
- fancy handwriting
- callous
- unyielding; insensitive
- callow
- young and inexperienced
- calumny
- slander; a false accusation
- camaraderie
- friendship; loyalty
- canard
- a false story, report, or rumor
- candor
- honesty; openness; frankness
- canine
- pertaining to dogs
- canny
- shrewd
- canon
- rule; law; standard
- cant
- insincere statements usually made in a singsong tone
- cantankerous
- bad-tempered; quarrelsome
- canter
- a smooth, easy pace; gallop
- canvass
- to make a survey
- capacious
- spacious; roomy
- capitulate
- to surrender
- capricious
- impulsive; erratic
- captious
- hard to please; faultfinding
- captivate
- to capture; to charm; to fascinate
- carapace
- a shell; a hard, protective covering
- carcinogenic
- causing cancer
- cardinal
- chief; principal
- careen
- to swerve; to dip to one side
- caricature
- an exaggerated portrayal
- carnage
- slaughter; massacre
- carnal
- sensual; sexual
- carnivorous
- flesh-eating
- carouse
- to engage in a noisy, drunken party
- carp
- a type of fish (noun); to complain (verb)
- carrion
- decaying flesh
- carte blanche
- the freedom to use one's own judgment
- cartel
- association of business firms
- cartographer
- a map-maker
- cascade
- a waterfall
- caste
- social class
- castigate
- to punish
- casualty
- an accident; one who is hurt in an accident
- cataclysm
- a violent change
- catacomb
- an underground burial place
- catalyst
- a person or thing that speeds up a result
- cataract
- an abnormality of the eye; a large waterfall
- catastrophe
- disaster; calamity
- cathartic
- cleansing
- catholic
- universal; wide-ranging
- caucus
- a private meeting
- caustic
- sarcastic; severely critical; corrosive
- cauterize
- to burn
- cavalcade
- a procession; a sequence of events
- cavalier
- a haughty and casually indifferent person
- caveat
- a warning
- cavil
- to quibble; to argue
- cavort
- to leap about; to frolic
- celerity
- speed; swiftness
- celestial
- heavenly
- celibate
- unmarried
- censure
- to criticize sharply
- centrifugal
- moving away from the center
- cerebration
- thinking; using one's brain
- certitude
- sureness; certainty
- cessation
- a stopping; a discontinuance
- chafe
- to irritate; to annoy
- chaff
- worthless matter
- chagrin
- embarrassment; complete loss of courage
- chameleon
- a lizard able to change its skin color; a changeable or fickle person
- champ
- to bite impatiently (verb); to show impatience (to champ at the bit)
- chaos
- complete disorder
- charisma
- great appeal or attraction
- charlatan
- a fake; a quack
- charnel
- a cemetery; a tomb
- chary
- (of) cautious; careful
- chasm
- a wide gap
- chaste
- pure; virtuous
- chastise
- to punish; to purify
- chattel
- a slave; property
- chauvinism
- fanatical devotion to one's country, sex, religion, etc.
- cherub
- an angel; an innocent person
- chic
- stylish; fashionable
- chicanery
- trickery; deception
- chide
- to scold
- chimerical
- imaginary; fantastic; unreal
- chirography
- art of handwriting
- chivalrous
- courteous; courageous; loyal
- choleric
- easily angered
- chronic
- long-lasting
- churlish
- rude; ill-bred
- cipher
- a person or thing of no value; zero
- circuitous
- roundabout; indirect
- circumlocution
- a roundabout way of speaking
- circumscribe
- to encircle; to limit or confine
- circumspect
- cautious; careful
- circumvent
- to go around or bypass; to surround or entrap
- citadel
- a fortress
- cite
- to quote a passage, book, author, etc.; to refer to an example
- civility
- politeness
- clairvoyant
- having great insight; keenly perceptive
- clamber
- to climb with great effort or difficulty
- clamor
- noise
- clangor
- a harsh ringing sound
- clarify
- to make clear
- clarion
- clear and shrill
- claustrophobia
- fear of enclosed spaces
- cleave
- to cling or stick to; to split something apart
- cleft
- split or divided
- clemency
- mercy; leniency
- cliché
- a trite or worn out expression
- clientele
- customers
- climax
- the highest point
- clime
- climate; region
- clique
- a small, exclusive group
- cloistered
- secluded; confined
- clout
- (colloquial) power; influence
- cloven
- divided; split
- coadjutor
- assistant; helper
- coalesce
- to blend; to merge; to fuse
- coddle
- to treat tenderly
- coerce
- to force
- coffer
- a strongbox
- cog
- a gear tooth; a minor part
- cogent
- convincing
- cogitate
- to think; to consider carefully
- cognate
- related; relevant
- cognizant
- aware
- cognomen
- family name; last name
- coherent
- logically connected; consistent
- cohesive
- tending to stick
- cohort
- colleague; associate; partner
- coincide
- to occur simultaneously
- collaborate
- to work together; to cooperate
- collage
- a collection of various bits and pieces (usually artistic)
- collate
- to put together in order
- collateral
- security for payment of a loan
- colloquial
- informal
- colloquy
- conversation
- collusion
- conspiracy; agreement to commit a wrongful act
- colossal
- huge; enormous
- combative
- eager to fight; argumentative
- combustible
- capable of catching fire easily
- comely
- attractive
- commemorative
- honoring; remembering
- commence
- to begin
- commendation
- praise
- commensurate
- proportionate
- commiserate
- to express pity for
- commodious
- roomy; spacious
- communal
- shared; pertaining to a group of people
- compact
- firmly packed (adjective); a treaty (noun)
- compassion
- pity; sympathy
- compatible
- agreeable; harmonious
- compel
- to force
- compendium
- brief summary
- compensatory
- paying back; making up for
- complacent
- self-satisfied
- complement (note spelling)
- to make whole; to complete
- compliant
- yielding; submissive
- complicity
- partnership in a wrongful act
- components
- ingredients; elements
- composure
- calmness of mind or manner
- compulsory
- required
- compunction
- uneasiness; remorse
- compute
- to calculate; to estimate
- concave
- hollow; curved inward
- concede
- to admit; to grant
- concentrate
- to think deeply; to increase in strength or degree
- concentric
- having a common center
- conception
- a beginning; an original plan or idea
- concession
- the act of yielding; an allowance
- conciliate
- to sooth the anger of; to win over
- concise
- brief and to the point
- conclave
- a secret meeting
- concoct
- to invent; to devise
- concomitant
- accompanying; attending
- concord
- harmony; agreement
- concourse
- a crowd; a wide street
- concur
- to agree
- condescend
- to lower oneself to an inferior's level
- condign
- deserved; suitable
- condiment
- spices; seasoning
- condolence
- an expression of sorrow
- condone
- to excuse; to overlook
- conducive
- leading to or tending to
- conduit
- a pipe or tube through which fluid or electricity passes
- confidant
- a close, trusted friend
- configuration
- an arrangement; shape
- confiscate
- to seize by way of penalty
- conflagration
- a large and destructive fire
- confluent
- merging; flowing together
- conformity
- agreement; doing the same as others
- confounded
- confused; amazed
- congeal
- to thicken; to freeze solid
- congenial
- friendly; agreeable
- congenital
- existing at birth
- conglomerate
- a cluster; a mass; a corporation
- congregate
- to gather; to assemble
- congruent
- in agreement
- coniferous
- bearing cones (pertaining to trees)
- conjecture
- to guess
- conjugal
- pertaining to marriage
- conjure
- to call upon or to command a devil or spirit; to practice magic; to cast a spell on
- connivance
- to pretend ignorance of another's wrong-doing; conspiracy
- connoisseur
- an expert
- connote
- to suggest or imply
- connubial
- pertaining to marriage
- consanguinity
- a close relationship, usually by blood
- consecrate
- to make holy
- consensus
- general agreement, especially of opinion
- console
- a musical panel or unit (noun); to comfort (verb)
- consolidate
- to make or become solid; to combine
- consonant
- in harmony or agreement
- consort
- a husband or wife (noun); to associate or join (verb)
- consternation
- sudden confusion; panic
- constituents
- voters; supporters
- constraints
- restrictions; limits
- constrict
- to shrink; to bind
- construe
- to interpret; to analyze
- consummate
- to complete (verb); perfect (adjective)
- contagious
- likely to spread; infectious
- contaminant
- substance that pollutes or infects
- contemn
- to regard with scorn or contempt
- contemporary
- happening in the same time period; current
- contemptuous
- scornful
- contentious
- ready to argue; quarrelsome
- contest
- to compete (verb); to dispute (verb); a competitive game (noun)
- contiguous
- nearby; neighboring
- contingent
- possible
- contort
- to twist; to distort
- contraband
- smuggled or stolen goods
- contrary
- opposite
- contravene
- to oppose; to go against
- contretemps
- an embarrassing occurrence
- contrite
- sorrowful; penitent
- controversial
- debatable; questionable
- contumacious
- disobedient; obstinate
- contumely
- rudeness
- contusion
- a bruise
- conundrum
- a riddle
- convalesce
- to recover from an illness
- convene
- to come together; to assemble
- conventional
- usual; ordinary
- converge
- to come together; to meet in a point or line
- conversant
- being familiar with
- converse
- to talk to someone (verb); the opposite (noun)