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Academic Vocabulary4
Term | Definition |
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Carte blanche (n) | Absolute authority |
Castigate (vt) | To punish; to reprove |
Catholic (adj) | Comprehensive; universe |
Cavil (vi) | To raise trivial objections |
Chicanery (n) | Trickery; deceit |
Chimera (n) | illusion; frightful fancy |
Clairvoyant (adj) | Perceptive; psychic |
Clandestine (adj) | Secret; surreptitious |
Coerce (vt) | To force; to compel |
Cogent (adj) | Convincing; valid |
Commiserate (vi) | To condole, sympathize |
Complacent (adj) | Self-satisfied |
Compunction (n) | Remorse; regret; qualm |
Concomitant (adj) | Accompanying |
Condone (vt) | To excuse; to pardon |
Consummate (adj) | Perfect; accomplished |
Contentious (adj) | Quarrelsome; perverse |
Contrite (adj) | Penitent; remorseful |
Convivial (adj) | Festive; social |
Corroborate (vt) | To confirm, make certain |