Book 3 & 4 GRE Vocabulary PDF

Book3 STUDY DECK Preview (200) Browse (200) 1 Q barrister A counselor-at-law or lawyer in...

Book3 STUDY DECK Preview (200) Browse (200) 1 Q barrister A counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law; CF. bar -- 2 Q solicitor A lawyer in the lower court of law -- 3 Q barterer A trader; V. barter: trade; exchange good for other goods rather than money -- 4 Q bask A luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth -- 5 Q luxuriate A take pleasure in great comfort -- 6 Q bastion A stronghold; something seen as a source of protection; Ex. the last bastion of male chauvinism -- 7 Q  bate A let down; lessen the force of; moderate; restrain; Ex. with bated breath; CF. abate -- 8 Q bauble A trinket; cheap jewel; trifle -- 9 Q bawdy A indecent; obscene; about sex in a rude funny way; CF. bawd -- 10 Q beatific A giving or showing bliss; blissful -- 11 Q bliss A complete happiness; ADJ. blissful -- 12 Q beatitude A blessedness; state of great happiness -- 13 Q mystic A of hidden meaning and spiritual power; Ex. mystic ceremonies; N. CF. mysticism -- 14 Q bedizen A dress with vulgar finery -- 15 Q finery A beautiful clothes for a special occasion -- 16 Q bedraggle A wet thoroughly; ADJ. bedraggled: draggled -- 17 Q beeline A direct quick route -- 18 Q befuddle A confuse thoroughly -- 19 Q fuddle A make stupid or confused as with alcholic drink; N. in a fuddle: confused -- 20 Q beget A father; become the father of; produce; give rise to -- 21 Q begrudge A envy; give or allow unwillingly; grudge; Ex. We shouldn’t begrudge him his success. -- 22 Q grudge A deep feeling of dislike; Ex. grudge fight; V. -- 23 Q beguile A deceive; mislead or delude; cheat; pass time pleasantly; charm or attract; Ex. beguiling smile -- 24 Q behemoth A huge creature; something of monstrous size or power -- 25 Q beholden A obligated; indebted; owing thanks; obliged or indebted from gratitude -- 26 Q behoove(behove) A be suited to; be incumbent upon; be right and necessary; Ex. It behooves one to do. -- 27 Q belabor A harp on; dwell on tediously; explain or go over excessively or to a ridiculous degree; assail verbally; beat severely; attack physically -- 28 Q belated A delayed -- 29 Q beleaguer A besiege or attack (with an army); harass; beset -- 30 Q belie A contradict; give a false impression; disguise; Ex. The poor sales belied our high hopes; Ex. Her smile belies her true feeling of displeasure. -- 31 Q belittle A disparage; depreciate --  32 Q bellicose A warlike -- 33 Q belligerent A quarrelsome -- 34 Q bemoan A lament; moan for; express sorrow or disapproval of -- 35 Q bemused A confused; lost in thought; preoccupied -- 36 Q benediction A blessing -- 37 Q benefactor A gift giver; patron; person who does good or who gives money for a good purpose -- 38 Q beneficent A kindly; doing good -- 39 Q beneficial A helpful; useful; advantageous -- 40 Q beneficiary A person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will -- 41 Q benefit A advantage; anything that brings helpl, advantage, or profit; money provided by the government to the people; fund-raising public entertainment; Ex. unemployment benefit; V: receive benefits; be beneficial to; give benefits -- 42 Q benevolent A generous; charitable; having a wish to do good -- 43 Q benign A kindly; favorable; not malignant (disease); Ex. benign tumor -- 44 Q benison A blessing -- 45 Q bent A determined; Ex. bent on advancing in the business; N: natural talent or inclination -- 46 Q bequeath A leave to someone by means of a will; hand down in his will; N. bequest -- 47 Q berate A scold strongly -- 48 Q bereavement A state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved; state of being bereaved or bereft -- 49 Q bereaved A deprived of (someone beloved through death) -- 50 Q bereft A deprived of (something valuable); lacking -- 51 Q berserk A mad with violent anger; frenzied; madly excited -- 52 Q beseech A beg; plead with -- 53 Q beset A harass or trouble from all directions; hem in -- 54 Q hem A surround tightly so that movement is impossible; Ex. hem in; N. -- 55 Q besiege A surround with armed forces; harass (with requests); annoy continually -- 56 Q besmirch A  soil; defile; make dirty -- 57 Q bestial A beastlike; brutal; inhuman; very cruel -- 58 Q bestow A confer -- 59 Q betoken A signify; indicate; be a sign of -- 60 Q  token A outward sign; Ex. a token of our gratitude -- 61 Q betray A be unfaithful; reveal (unconsciously or unwillingly); Ex. Her trembling hands betray her anxiety. -- 62 Q betroth A become engaged to marry -- 63 Q bevy A  large group; Ex. a bevy of starlets -- 64 Q bicameral A two-chambered as a legislative body -- 65 Q bicker A quarrel -- 66 Q biennial A every two years -- 67 Q  bifurcated A divided into two branches; forked -- 68 Q bigotry A stubborn intolerance -- 69 Q bigot A one who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics) -- 70 Q intolerant A not willing to accept ways of thinking different from one’s own; CF. tolerant; CF. tolerate -- 71 Q bilious A suffering from indigestion; sick from having too much bile; irritable; easily irritated -- 72 Q bilk A swindle; cheat -- 73 Q billowing A swelling out in waves; surging -- 74 Q  billow A large wave of water; a great swell or surge (of smoke); V: surge, swell, roll in billows -- 75 Q swell A long wave of water that moves continuously without breaking; V. -- 76 Q surge A powerful movement of or like a wave; V. -- 77 Q bivouac A temporary encampment; camp without tents; V. -- 78 Q bizarre A fantastic; violently contrasting; noticeably odd; strikingly unconventional -- 79 Q blanch A bleach; whiten; make white or pale -- 80 Q bland A soothing or mild (food); agreeable; causing no trouble or offence -- 81 Q blandishment A flattery -- 82 Q blare A loud or harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light -- 83 Q screech A unpleasant high sharp sound; shriek; V. -- 84 Q dazzle A make blind with a sudden intense light; amaze; fill with wonder -- 85 Q blasé A bored with pleasure or dissipation; uninterested or bored -- 86 Q blasphemy A irreverence; sacrilege; cursing; bad language about God or holy things; V. blasphem; ADJ. blasphemous; CF. sacrilege -- 87 Q blatant A extremely (offensively) obvious; loudly offensive; Ex. blatant lie; N. blatancy -- 88 Q bleak A cold or cheerless; frigid; unlikely to be favorable; depressing -- 89 Q blighted A suffering from a disease; destroyed -- 90 Q blight A plant disease; V: infect with blight; ruin; destroy -- 91 Q blithe(blithesome) A gay; joyous -- 92 Q bloated A (unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air -- 93 Q blowhard A talkative boaster; braggart -- 94 Q bludgeon A club; heavy-headed weapon; V. -- 95 Q bluff A pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff; ADJ: rough but good-natured -- 96 Q blunder A error; stupid mistake -- 97 Q blurt A utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement -- 98 Q bluster A blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully; speak in a noisy or bullying manner; CF. breeze, gust, gale -- 99 Q bully A one who is habitually cruel to weaker people; V. -- 100 Q bode A foreshadow; portend -- 101 Q bogus A counterfeit; not authentic; intentionally false; Ex. bogus interview -- 102 Q bohemian A  unconventional (in an artistic way) -- 103 Q boisterous A violent; rough; noisy -- 104 Q bolster A support; reinforce -- 105 Q bolt A door bar; fastening pin or screw; length of fabric; large roll of cloth; V: dash or dart off; fasten (a door); gobble down -- 106 Q  dart A move or throw suddenly and quickly -- 107 Q gobble A eat very quickly -- 108 Q bombardment A attack (as with missiles or bombs); V. bombard -- 109 Q bombastic A pompous; using inflated language -- 110 Q bombast A grandiloquent, pompous speech -- 111 Q boon A blessing; benefit; something very helpful -- 112 Q boorish A rude; insensitive -- 113 Q boor A rude, insensitive person -- 114 Q bouillon A clear beef (or meat) soup -- 115 Q bountiful A generous; graciously generous; showing bounty -- 116 Q gracious A kind in a generous way (to someone less important) -- 117 Q bourgeois A middle class; selfishly materialistic; too interested in material possessions -- 118 Q bovine A cowlike; placid and dull; slow-thinking; calm -- 119 Q bowdlerize A expurgate; CF. Thomas Bowdler -- 120 Q brackish A  somewhat saline -- 121 Q braggadocio A boasting -- 122 Q brag A boast -- 123 Q braggart A boaster; bragger -- 124 Q  brandish A wave around (a weapon); flourish -- 125 Q bravado A swagger; assumed air of defiance; false show of bravery -- 126 Q swagger A walk or behave with an over-confident manner -- 127 Q brawn A human muscle; muscular strength; sturdiness -- 128 Q brawny A muscular; having well-developed muscles -- 129 Q sturdy A strong and firm (in the body) -- 130 Q brazen A insolent; without shame; bold; Ex. brazen lie; V: face with bold self-assurance or with unshamed confidence -- 131 Q  brawl A noisy quarrel -- 132 Q breach A breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap; opening; V. -- 133 Q breadth A width; extent -- 134 Q brevity A conciseness; shortness of duration --  135 Q brindled A tawny or grayish with streaks or spots (of animals) -- 136 Q tawny A brownish yellow -- 137 Q bristling A rising like bristles; showing irritation -- 138 Q bristle A short stiff hair; V: (hair or fur) stand up stiffly -- 139 Q brittle A hard but easily broken; difficult; unstable; Ex. brittle situation -- 140 Q broach A introduce as a subject; moot; open up -- 141 Q brocade A rich, figured(patterned) fabric -- 142 Q brochure A pamphlet -- 143 Q brooch A ornamental clasp; pin -- 144 Q clasp A hold firmly within arms -- 145 Q brook A  tolerate; endure; Ex. brook no interference; N: small stream -- 146 Q browbeat A bully; intimidate -- 147 Q browse A graze; feed on growing grass; skim or glance at casually -- 148 Q graze A (of an animal) feed on growing grass; cause (an animal) to feed on grass; scrape (esp. the skin) or touch lightly in passing; brush; Ex. We can’t graze the cattle till summer; N: surface wound -- 149 Q skim A read or glance through quickly; touch lightly in passing; brush; remove from the surface of a liquid -- 150 Q brunt A main impact or shock (of an attack or blow); Ex. brunt of the argument -- 151 Q brusque A blunt; abrupt; curt; not wanting to waste time being nice -- 152 Q buccaneer A pirate -- 153 Q bucolic A rustic; pastoral -- 154 Q buffet A strike forcefully; slap; batter; knock out; N: table with food set out for people to server themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that’s been set -- 155 Q slap A hit quickly with the flat part of the hand; N. CF. smack --  156 Q buffoonery A clowning -- 157 Q buffoon A stupid person; clown -- 158 Q clown A act stupidly; play the fool; N. -- 159 Q bugaboo A bugbear; object of baseless terror -- 160 Q bullion A gold and silver in the form of bars -- 161 Q bulwark A strong wall built for defense; earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends -- 162 Q bungle A mismanage; blunder; botch; blow; spoil by clumsy behavior -- 163 Q botch A mismanage; blow -- 164 Q buoyant A able to float; cheerful and optimistic; N. buoyancy; Ex. buoyancy of wood/water/American market -- 165 Q bureaucracy A overregulated administrative system marked by red tape; ADJ. bureaucratic -- 166 Q burgeon A grow rapidly; grow forth; send out buds; Ex. burgeoning computer industry; CF. bludgeon -- 167 Q burlesque A give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly -- 168 Q burnish A make shiny by rubbing; polish -- 169 Q buttress A support; prop up; N. stationary structure to support wall; Ex. flying buttress -- 170 Q prop A support placed under or against something; V. -- 171 Q buxom A full-bosomed; plump; jolly -- 172 Q plump A pleasantly fat; nicely rounded -- 173 Q cabal A small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests -- 174 Q cache A hiding place; V. -- 175 Q cacophonous A discordant; inharmonious; N. cacophony: unpleasant mixture of loud sounds -- 176 Q cadaver A corpse; dead human body -- 177 Q cadaverous A like a corpse; pale -- 178 Q cadence A rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat; regular beat of sound; rhythm -- 179 Q cajole A persuade by praise or false promise; coax; wheedle -- 180 Q coax A  persuade by flattery -- 181 Q calamity A disaster; misery -- 182 Q calculated A deliberately planned; likely -- 183 Q caldron(cauldron) A large kettle -- 184 Q  caliber A ability; quality; diameter of the inside of a round cylinder; Ex. work of very high caliber -- 185 Q calligraphy A beautiful writing; excellent penmanship -- 186 Q callous A hardened; unfeeling; without sympathy for the sufferings of others; unkind -- 187 Q callus A area of thick hard skin -- 188 Q callow A youthful; immature; inexperienced -- 189 Q calorific A heat-producing; N. calorie -- 190 Q calumny A malicious misrepresentation; slander -- 191 Q camaraderie A good-fellowship; CF. comrade -- 192 Q cameo A shell or jewel carved in relief; star’s special appearance in a minor role in a film -- 193 Q canard A unfounded false rumor; exaggerated false report -- 194 Q candor A frankness; open honesty; ADJ. candid -- 195 Q canine A related to dogs; doglike -- 196 Q canker A any ulcerous sore; ulcer; any evil; CF. cancer -- 197 Q ulcer A sore place appearing on the skin inside or outside the body; Ex. stomach ulcer; ADJ. ulcerous; V. ulcerate -- 198 Q canny A shrewd in money matters; thrifty -- 199 Q cant A insincere speech or expression of piety; jargon of thieves; special words used by a particular group of people -- 200 Q cantankerous A ill-humored; irritable cantata A story set to music to be sung by a chorus (shorter than an oratorio) 2 Q canter A slow gallop; V. CF. trot 3 Q canto A division of a long poem 4 Q canvass A determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.; go through (a region) to solicit votes or orders; conduct a survey; N. 5 Q capacious A spacious 6 Q  capacity A mental or physical ability; role; position or duty; ability to accommodate; Ex. in my capacity as president 7 Q capillary A having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity 8 Q capitulate A surrender; give up all resistance 9 Q caprice A whim; sudden change of mind without any real cause 10 Q capricious A unpredictable; fickle 11 Q caption A title; chapter heading; text under illustration 12 Q captious A faultfinding; too critical 13 Q carafe A glass water bottle; decanter 14 Q carapace A shell covering the back (of a turtle, tortoise, crab, etc.) 15 Q carat(karat) A unit of weight for precious stones; measure of the purity of gold 16 Q carcinogenic A causing cancer; N. carcinogen 17 Q cardinal A chief; most important; N: priest; cardinal number: number that shows quantity rather thatn order 18 Q cardiologist A doctor specializing in ailments of the heart 19 Q careen A lurch; sway from side to side; move with irregular swinging movement; stagger 20 Q career A rush wildly; go at full speed 21 Q sway A swing from side to side; influence (someone) to change one’s opinion; N. 22 Q caricature A distortion; burlesque 23 Q carillon A a set of bells (often in a tower) capable of being played 24 Q carnage A destruction of life; slaughter; killing of large numbers of people or animals 25 Q carnal A fleshly; sensual; concerning the desires of the body 26 Q carnivorous A meat-eating; N. carnivore; CF. herbivore 27 Q carousal A drunken revel; V. carouse 28 Q carping A petty criticism; fault-finding; fretful complaining; quibble 29 Q carrion A rotting flesh of a dead body; CF. vulture 30 Q cartographer A map-maker 31 Q cascade A small waterfall 32 Q caste A one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society; social stratification; prestige 33 Q castigation A punishment; severe criticism or disapproval 34 Q casualty A serious or fatal accident; person killed or wounded in an accident or battle 35 Q casual A happening by chance; irregular; occasional; informal; showing or feeling little interest; Ex. casual reader/labor/remark 36 Q cataclysm A deluge; upheaval; earthquake; violent and sudden event or change 37 Q catalyst A agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged; CF. catalysis 38 Q catapult A slingshot; hurling machine; V: fire from catapult 39 Q hurl A throw forcefully; shout out violently 40 Q cataract A great waterfall; eye abnormality (causing a gradual loss of eyesight) 41 Q catastrophe A  calamity ; disaster 42 Q catcall A shout of disapproval or displeasure (made at the theater or a sports match); boo; V. 43 Q catechism A book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form; religious instruction by question and answer; V. catechize 44 Q categorical A without exceptions; made without any doubt in mind; unqualified; absolute 45 Q qualify A  reach a necessary standard; limit the meaning of something stated 46 Q catharsis A purging or cleansing of any passage of the body; purging and weakening of strong emotions as a result of experiencing a dramatic work of art 47 Q cathartic A purgative; medicine that causes the bowels to empty; ADJ. 48 Q catholic A (of likings and interests) universal; general; broad; including many different parts; wide-ranging liberal; Ex. catholic opinions/tastes 49 Q caucus A private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy; CF. the Caucus club of Boston 50 Q caulk(calk) A make watertight (by blocking up cracks as in a ship) 51 Q causal A implying a cause-and-effect relationship; N. causality 52 Q caustic A burning; corrosive; able to burn by chemical action; sarcastically biting; (of remarks) intended to hurt; bitter; harmful; OP. harmless 53 Q  cauterize A burn (a wound or snakebite, etc.) with hot iron or caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent infection 54 Q cavalcade A procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages; parade; CF. cavalry 55 Q cavalier A casual and offhand; arrogant; N: knight 56 Q cavil A quibble; make frivolous objections; find fault unnecessarily 57 Q  cede A yield (title or territory) to (esp. after losing a war); surrender formally; N. cession 58 Q celerity A speed; rapidity 59 Q celestial A heavenly 60 Q hereafter A life after death 61 Q afterlife A life after death; later part of one’s life 62 Q celibate A abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried; N. celibacy 63 Q censor A (in ancient Rome) overseer of morals (also taking the census); person who eliminates inappropriate matter; V. 64 Q censorious A severely critical 65 Q  censure A blame; criticize; express strong disapproval; N: severe criticism; strong disapproval 66 Q centaur A mythical figure, half man and half horse 67 Q centigrade A denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius) 68 Q centrifugal A radiating; departing from the center 69 Q  centrifuge A machine that separates substances by whirling them 70 Q centripetal A tending toward the center 71 Q centurion A Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers) 72 Q cerebral A pertaining to the brain or intellect; intellectual rather than emotional; CF. cerebrum 73 Q  cerebration A thought; working of the brain 74 Q ceremonious A marked by formality; extremely formal and polite; CF. ceremony: conventional social courtesy 75 Q unceremonious A not done politely without due formalities 76 Q certitude A certainty 77 Q  cessation A stoppage 78 Q cession A yielding to another; ceding 79 Q chafe A warm by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; N. 80 Q chaff A worthless products of an endeavor; husk(outer seed cover) separated from grain; Ex. separate the wheat from the chaff 81 Q  chaffing A bantering; joking 82 Q chagrin A annoyance and disappointment; vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride) 83 Q chalice A goblet; consecrated cup 84 Q chameleon A lizard that changes color in different situations 85 Q  champion A support militantly; fight for; N: person who fights for or supports strongly (a principle, movement, person, etc.) 86 Q championship A position of champion; defense or support; competition held to determine a champion 87 Q chaotic A in utter disorder 88 Q charisma A divine gift; great popular charm or appeal; magnetism 89 Q  charlatan A quack; pretender to knowledge (esp. in medicine) 90 Q chary A cautious; unwilling to take risks; sparing or restrained about giving; OP. bold 91 Q chase A ornament a metal surface by indenting; follow rapidly to catch 92 Q chasm A abyss; very deep crack 93 Q  chassis A framework and working parts of an automobile; framework to which components are attached 94 Q chaste A morally pure; virginal; abstaining from illicit sexual acts; modest; simple (of a style of writing); not highly decorated; austere 95 Q chasten A discipline; punish in order to correct; CF. castigate 96 Q chastise A punish as by beating; criticize severely 97 Q  chauvinist A blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group, cause, or sex; ADJ. chauvinistic; CF. chauvinism; Nicolas Chauvin 98 Q check A stop motion; curb or restrain 99 Q checkered (chequered) A marked by great changes in fortune; with many changes of fortuene; CF. checked: having a pattern of squares 100 Q cherubic A angelic; innocent-looking; N. cherub; CF. seraph: winged angel of the highest order 101 Q chicanery A trickery; deception 102 Q chide A scold; rebuke (someone who has done wrong) 103 Q chimerical A fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; N. chimera: unreal fancy; fire-breathing female creature 104 Q chisel A swindle or cheat; N: wedgelike tool for cutting  105 Q chip A lose a small piece from the surface or edge; N: small piece broken off something; CF. French fry; Potato chip/crisp 106 Q chivalrous A courteous; faithful; brave; N. chivalry 107 Q choleric A hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily angered; CF. cholera 108 Q choreography A  art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances 109 Q chore A daily domestic task (such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping); unpleasant task 110 Q chortle A chuckle with delight; N. 111 Q chuckle A laugh quietly 112 Q chronic A  long established as a disease 113 Q chronicle A report; record (in chronological order) 114 Q churlish A boorish; rude; N. churl: boor; yahoo 115 Q ciliated A having minute hairs; CF. cilium; CF. cilia: eyelash 116 Q cipher A  nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero; secret code; V. 117 Q circlet A small ring; band of gold, silver, jewel, etc. (worn on the head, arms, or neck as decoration) 118 Q circuitous A roundabout 119 Q circuit A closed circular line around an area; circumference; regularly repeated journey from place to place 120 Q circumlocution A indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly) 121 Q circumscribe A limit; confine; draw a line around 122 Q circumspect A prudent; cautious; acting after careful thought 123 Q circumvent A outwit; defeat by behaving more cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get around 124 Q cistern A  reservoir or water tank 125 Q citadel A fortress 126 Q cite A quote; commend; Ex. cited for bravery in an official record 127 Q civil A having to do with citizens; not military or religious; courteous and polite; Ex. married in a civil ceremony; Ex. civil strife/disorder/law; N. civility; CF. civic 128 Q clairvoyant A  having foresight; fortuneteller; N. clairvoyance 129 Q hindsight A understanding the nature of an event after it has actually happened 130 Q clamber A climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble 131 Q clamor A loud continous noise; continuous demand or complaint made by a large number of people; V: make a clamor; express (a demand) continually and loudly; ADJ. clamorous 132 Q clandestine A  secret 133 Q chaperon A older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman 134 Q clangor A loud resounding noise; sound of repeated clanging 135 Q clapper A striker (tongue) of a bell 136 Q clap A strike the palms of the hands together with a sudden explosive sound; come together suddenly with a sharp sound; put or send promptly; Ex. clap the thief in jail; N: clapping; loud or explosive sound; CF. applause 137 Q clarion A shrill, trumpetlike sound; kind of trumpet used in former times 138 Q claustrophobia A fear of being locked in 139 Q clavicle A collarbone 140 Q scrimmage A disorderly fight between two or more people 141 Q cleave A split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to; N. cleavage; ADJ. cloven 142 Q cleft A N: split 143 Q clemency A disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments; mildness as of the weather; ADJ. clement 144 Q cliché A phrase dulled in meaning by repetition; platitude; ADJ. clichéd 145 Q bromide A platitude; chemical compound used to calm excitement 146 Q clientele A body of customers 147 Q climactic A relating to the highest point; N. climax; CF. climatic 148 Q clime A climate 149 Q clique A small exclusive group of people 150 Q cloister A monastery or convent 151 Q clout A great influence (especially political or social); hard blow with fist 152 Q cloying A distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental; V. cloy: become unpleasant through too much sweetness or excess 153 Q coagulate A congeal; thicken; clot; N. coagulant 154 Q clot A half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or blood); V. 155 Q pudding A hot sweet dish 156 Q  coalesce A combine; fuse; N. coalescence 157 Q coalition A partnership; league; union of separate political parties 158 Q coda A concluding section of a musical or literary composition 159 Q coddle A treat gently; indulge excessively; pamper; mollycoddle; baby; cook in water just below boiling point; Ex. coddled eggs 160 Q  codicil A supplement to the body of a will; later addition to a will 161 Q codify A arrange (laws or rules) as a code; classify; N. code: system of words used instead of ordinary writing; collection of laws, rules, established social customs 162 Q coercion A use of force to get someone to object; compelling; V. coerce 163 Q coeval A living at the same time as; existing during the same period of time; contemporary; of the same age 164 Q  cog A tooth projecting from a wheel 165 Q cogent A convincing 166 Q cogitate A think over; ponder 167 Q cognate A having a common origin; related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature; Ex. cognate languages; N. 168 Q  cognitive A having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes; N. cognition: the mental process of knowing 169 Q cognizance A knowledge; ADJ. cognizant; having knowledge; aware 170 Q cohabit A live together 171 Q cohere A stick together 172 Q  cohesion A tendency to keep together 173 Q cohorts A group of people who share some common quality; armed band; a group of between 300 and 600 soldiers under one commander (in the ancient Rome) 174 Q coiffure A hairstyle 175 Q coin A make coins; invent or fabricate (a word or phrase); N. coinage: word or phrase recently invented 176 Q  coincidence A the chance occurrence, at the same time, of two or more seemingly connected events; V. coincide: happen at the same time; be in agreement; CF. coincident; CF. coincidental 177 Q colander A utensil with perforated bottom used for straining 178 Q collaborate A work together; cooperate treasonably with the enemy 179 Q collage A work of art put together from fragments 180 Q  scrap A small bit or fragment; discarded waste material; fight; Ex. a scrap of paper/cloth; V: break into parts for disposal; discard as worthless; fight; quarrel 181 Q scraps A leftover food 182 Q scrappy A quarrelsome 183 Q collate A examine and compare in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order (the sheets of a book before they are bound) 184 Q collateral A security given for loan; ADJ: secondary; descended from the same person but through different sons or daughters 185 Q collation A a light meal; collating 186 Q colloquial A pertaining to conversational or common speech; informal; N. colloquialism: colloquial expression 187 Q colloquy A informal discussion; conversation  188 Q collusion A conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others; V. collude 189 Q colossal A huge 190 Q colossus A gigantic statue; person or thing of great size or importance 191 Q comatose A in a coma; extremely sleepy  192 Q coma A deep prolonged unconsciousness caused by disease, poison, or a severe blow 193 Q combustible A easily burned; N. CF. combustion 194 Q comely A attractive; agreeable; having a pleasing appearance 195 Q homely A not good-looking; unattractive  196 Q comestible A something fit to be eaten 197 Q comeuppance A deserts; well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke 198 Q deserts A what someone deserves 199 Q comity A courtesy; civility; Ex. comity of nations  200 Q commandeer A take (private property) for military use without needing permission or giving payment; draft for military purposes