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Basic SAT Vocabulary: C - F

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cache
a hiding place; stockpile.
cantankerous
having a difficult, uncooperative, or stubborn disposition.
cataclysmic
severely destructive.
catalyst
something that provokes or speeds up significant change, especially without being affected by the consequences.
caucus
a closed committee within a political party.
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cessation
a temporary or complete halt.
circumvent
to go around; avoid.
coagulate
to clot; to cause to thicken.
colloquial
characteristic of informal speech.
commute
to change a penalty to a less severe one.
complacent
self-satisfied, smug.
compliant
submissive, yielding.
condole
to grieve; to express sympathy.
consternation
an intense state of fear or dismay.
constituent
component, part; citizen, voter.
constraint
something that restricts or confines within prescribed bounds.
contemptuous
scornful.
convalesce
to gradually recover from an illness.
covert
secretive, not openly shown.
cumulative
increasing, collective.
curt
abrupt, short with words.
debacle
a sudden, disastrous collapse or defeat; a total, ridiculous failure.
defamatory
injurious to the reputation.
diffuse
to spread out widely, to scatter freely, to disseminate.
digress
to turn aside, especially from the main point; to stray from the subject.
discrete
individually distinct, separate.
elegy
a mournful poem, usually about the dead.
elude
to avoid cleverly, to escape the perception of.
euthanasia
the practice of ending the life of hopelessly ill individuals; assisted suicide.
expunge
to erase, eliminate completely.
feign
to pretend, to give a false appearance of.
feral
suggestive of a wild beast, not domesticated.
fitful
intermittent, lacking steadiness; characterized by irregular bursts of activity.
forgo
to do without, to abstain from.
formidable
causing fear, apprehension, or dread.

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