GRE Wordlist 8

Kunal S. (United States of America)
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  1. canto
    a major division of a long poem
  2. capitulate
    surrender under agreed conditions
  3. caprice
    a sudden desire
  4. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  5. captious
    tending to find and call attention to faults
  6. carafe
    a bottle with a stopper
  7. carapace
    hard outer covering or case of certain organisms
  8. careen
    move at high speed and in an uncontrolled way
  9. carillon
    set of bells hung in a bell tower
  10. carnage
    the savage and excessive killing of many people
  11. carnal
    of or relating to the body or flesh
  12. carousal
    revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
  13. carousel
    a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride
  14. carping
    persistent petty and unjustified criticism
  15. carrion
    the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food
  16. cascade
    a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
  17. cataract
    disease that involves the clouding of the lens of the eye
  18. castigation
    verbal punishment
  19. cataclysm
    a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
  20. catcall
    a cry expressing disapproval
  21. catechism
    an elementary book summarizing the principles of a religion
  22. categorical
    relating to or included in a class or classes
  23. catharsis
    purging the body to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
  24. cathartic
    emotionally purging
  25. purgative
    strongly laxative
  26. laxative
    stimulating evacuation of feces
  27. costive
    retarding evacuation of feces; binding; constipating
  28. caucus
    meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
  29. caulk
    a waterproof filler and sealant used in building and repair
  30. cauterize
    burn, sear, or freeze using a hot iron or electric current
  31. callous
    emotionally hardened
  32. cede
    give over
  33. celerity
    a rate that is rapid
  34. censorious
    harshly critical or expressing censure
  35. centaur
    a mythical being that is half man and half horse
  36. cerebration
    the process of using one's mind to consider something
  37. certitude
    complete assurance or confidence
  38. cession
    the act of surrendering possession or control
  39. chafe
    become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
  40. chaff
    material consisting of seed coverings and pieces of stem
Created on Sun Aug 10 11:29:10 EDT 2008

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