Study GRE Master Word List 8 Flash Cards

 
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GRE Master Word List 8

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chalice
goblet
chagrin
disappointment
chaffing
joking
chaff
worthless product of an endeavor
cession
yielding something to another
cessation
stoppage
certitude
certainty
cerebration
thought
centripetal
tending toward the center
centrifuge
machine that separates substances by whirling them
centrifugal
departing from the center
censure
blame
censorious
critical
celerity
speed
cede
yield
cavil
make frivolous objections
cavalier
arrogant
cauterize
burn with hot iron
caustic
sarcastic
caucus
meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
catholic
universal
catharsis
purging or cleansing any passage of the body
categorical
absolute
catechism
instructions by questions and answers
catcall
shout of disapproval; boo
cataract
great waterfall, eye abnormality
catalyst
person or thing that causes an action
cataclysm
upheaval
castigation
punishment
cascade
small waterfall
cartographer
map-maker
carrion
rotting flesh of a dead body
carping
petty criticism
carousal
drunken pleasure
carnal
fleshy
carillon
set of bells capable of being played
caricature
a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things.
careen
sway from side to side
cardinal
chief
carapace
shell covering the back of an animal
captious
faultfinding
capricious
unpredictable
caprice
odd desire
capitulate
surrender
capacious
spacious
Canvass
determine or seek opinions/votes
canto
division of a long poem
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