Barron's SAT 3500 Word list 8
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 canto | N. division of a long poem |
| canvass | V. to determine votes, etc., to conduct a survey |
| capacious | ADJ. spacious |
| capacity | N. mental or physical ability; role; ability to accomodate |
| capitulate | V. to surrender |
| caprice | N. sudden, unexpected fancy; whim |
| capricious | ADJ. unpredictable; fickle |
| caption | N. title; chapter heading |
| captivate | V. to charm or enthrall |
| carat | N. unit of weight for precious stones |
| cardinal | ADJ. chief |
| cardiologist | N. doctor specializing in the heart |
| careen | V. to lurch; sway from side to side |
| caricature | N. exaggerated picture or description; distortion |
| carnage | N. destruction of life, great slaughter, massacre |
| carnal | ADJ. fleshly, having to do with bodily pleasures |
| carnivorous | ADJ. meat eating, flesh-eating |
| carping | ADJ. finding fault |
| cartographer | N. map-maker |
| cascade | N. small waterfall |
| castigate | V. to criticize severely; punish |
| casualty | N. serious or fatal accident ; a person killed or injured in a war or accident. |
| cataclysm | N. violent upheaval; deluge |
| catalyst | N. an agent of change |
| catapult | N. slingshot; a hurling machine |
| cataract | N. great waterfall; eye abnormality |
| catastrophe | N. calamity; disaster |
| catcall | N. shout of disapproval; boo |
| catechism | N. book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer |
| categorical | ADJ. without exceptions; unqualified; absolute |
| cater | V. to supply sth desired (whether good or bad) |
| catharsis | N. purging or cleansing of any passage of the body |
| catholic | ADJ. broadly sympathetic; liberal, broad-minded, universal |
| caucus | N. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy |
| caulk | V. to make watertight by filling in cracks |
| causal | ADJ. implying a cause and effect relationship |
| caustic | ADJ. burning; sarcastically biting |
| cavalcade | N. procession; parade |
| cavalier | ADJ. offhand or casual; haughty |
| cavil | V. to make frivolous objections, to find fault in a petty way, carp; N. a trivial objection or criticism |
| cede | V. to yield (title, territory) to; surrender formally |
| celebrated | ADJ. famous; well known |
| celerity | N. speed; rapidity |
| celestial | ADJ. heavenly; relating to the sky |
| celibate | ADJ. unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse |
| censor | N. overseer of morals; person who reads to eliminate inappropriate remarks |
| censorious | ADJ. critical |
| censure | V. to blame; criticize |
| centigrade | N. measure of temperature used widely in Europe |
| centrifugal | ADJ. radiating; departing from the center |
| centripetal | ADJ. tending toward the center |
| centurion | N. Roman army officer |
| cerebral | ADJ. pertaining to the brain or intellect |
| cerebration | N. thought |
| ceremonious | ADJ. marked by formality |
| certitude | N. certainty |
| cessation | N. stoppage |
| cession | N. yielding to another; ceding |
| chafe | V. to warm by rubbing; make sore |
| chaff | N. worthless products of an endeavor |
| chaffing | N. bantering; joking |
| chagrin | N. vexation; disappointment |
| chalice | N. goblet; consecrated cup |
| chameleon | N. lizard that changes color in different situations |
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