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NS Vocab - C
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cache | stash, a hidden storage place |
| caddy | a can for storing tea |
| Cajun | a Lousianian descended from Acadian immigrants |
| canvass | a poll, to get the opinions of people by asking specific questions |
| caper | a joke; light-hearted activity; a crime; pickled flower buds |
| castigate | to reprimand harshly; inflict severe punishment on |
| caulk | to seal with caulking (a waterproof filler/sealant) |
| cellulite | lumpy deposits of body fat |
| centrifugal | tending to move away from center |
| charlatan | a flamboyant deceiver |
| cliche | an expression so overused it is predictable |
| clinch | confirm |
| clique | an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose |
| cobble | to repair or mend |
| cocooning | retreating to the seclusion of your home |
| codify | to arrange information into a logical order that others can follow |
| collate | to assemble in proper sequence; to put pages in correct order |
| collateral | what you promise to give someone if you don't pay a loan; something indirect / to the side |
| chronometer | very accurate clock |
| circumscribe | to limit / restrict; draw shape around another |
| class action | a lawsuit by a representative of a larger group |
| collossus | someone of huge importance, reputation, or influence |
| comely | according with custom or propriety |
| commingle | to mix / blend |
| commodity | articles of commerce |
| commutation | reduction of punishment for a crime |
| complicity | guilt as an accomplice in a crime / offense |
| concurrent | happening at the same time |
| conduit | passage for water or electrical wires |
| confiscatory | adj for characterized by confiscations |
| confute | prove to be false |
| congenial | suitable to your needs |
| congruous | similar in kind, compatible |
| connive | to plot to do something illegal or wrong |
| consort | keep company with |
| conspicuous | obvious, noticable |
| consternation | fear from awareness of danger |
| contentious | an issue people are likely to argue about or a person that likes to argue |
| contravention | dispute |
| cornice | the top point of a tower, a decorative molding in wall corners |
| corona | circles of light around a luminous object |
| corroborate | support, give evidence for |
| cosmology | study of origin/nature of the universe |
| credence | credibility |
| credulous | showing a lack of judgment or experience |
| cryptography | the science of decoding codes and ciphers |
| cul-de-sac | a dead-end street with a circle for turning at the end |
| cupidity | extreme desire for material wealth |
| cursory | hasty, without attention to detail |
| curtail | restrict, stop something |
| cybernetics | of or relating to processes of communication/control |
| czar | old Russian king |
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