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Academic Vocabulary4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |