GRE Vocabulary Week 2

Candid

Straightforward, open and sincere.

Canonical

According to recognized or orthodox rules.

Capitulate

To surrender; to end all resistance, to give up; to go along with or comply.

Capricious

Impulsive and unpredictable.

Cardinal

Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal

Cartography

The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography; an illustrative discussion of a topic.

Castigate

To execrate or condemn something in a harsh manner, especially by public criticism.

Cataclysm

A sudden, violent event.

Catalyst

An event that encourages progress or change

Catholic

Pertaining to all kinds of people and their range of tastes, proclivities etc.; liberal.

Caustic

Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way

Censure

To criticize harshly.

Cerebral

Intellectual rather than emotional or physical.

Chagrin

Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc.

Chastise

To castigate; to severely scold or censure (someone).

Chauvinism

Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea.

Chicanery

Deception by use of trickery.

Chimera

Anything composed of very disparate parts.

Chivalrous

(of a man) Honorable, especially to women; gallant.

Choleric

Showing or expressing anger.

Chortle

To laugh with a chortle or chortles.

Chronological

In order of time from the earliest to the latest.

Churlish

Rude, surly, ungracious.