C1
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- catcall
- shout of disapproval/displeasure
- caricature
- distortion;burlesque
- captious
- faultfinding;too critical
- carrion
- rotting flesh of dead body
- cavil
- quibble;make frivolous objections;find fault unnecessarily
- caucus
- private meeting of group of people in political party to select officers or determine policy
- caliber
- ability;quality
- cauterize
- burn with hot iron/caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent infection
- cession
- yielding to another;ceding
- hereafter
- life after death
- catechism
- book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form
- centripetal
- tending toward center
- champion
- support militantly
- capitulate
- surrender;give up all resistance
- cantata
- story set to music to be sung by a chorus
- careen
- lurch;sway from side to side;move with irregular swings
- carafe
- glass water bottle
- canvass
- determine or seek opinions/votes
- cathartic
- purgative;medicine that causes the bowels to empty
- calumny
- malicious misrepresentation
- carapace
- animal shell
- celibate
- abstaining from sex;unmarried
- chary
- cautious;unwilling to take risks
- catholic
- universal;general;broad
- castigation
- punishment
- carousal
- drunken revel
- chaff
- worthless products of an endeavor
- cadence
- rhythm of sounds/words
- cabal
- small group of people united to promote own interests
- cataclysm
- upheaval;earthquake;violent/sudden change
- chaffing
- joking
- carillon
- set of tower bells
- canker
- ulcer;evil
- celerity
- speed;rapidity
- censure
- blame;criticize
- cerebral
- pertaining to brain/intellect
- chalice
- goblet
- cantankerous
- ill-humored;irritable
- cavalcade
- procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages
- charisma
- divine gift;great appeal/charm;magnetism
- cache
- hiding place
- cavalier
- casual and offhand;arrogant
- caulk
- make watertight
- cameo
- shell or jewel carved in relief;star's special appearance in minor role in film
- canto
- division of a long poem
- catharsis
- purging or cleansing of any passage of the body
- ceremonious
- marked by formality
- cant
- insincere speech;jargon of thieves;special words used by group
- canter
- slow gallop