Barron GRE word list - C cabal small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests cache hiding place; V. cacophonous discordant; inharmonious; N. cacophony: unpleasant mixture of loud sounds cadaver corpse; dead human body cadaverous like a corpse; pale cadence rhythmic rise and fall ; beat; regular beat of sound; rhythm cadet student at a military school cajole persuade by praise or false promise; coax; wheedle calamity disaster; misery calculated deliberately planned; likely caldron large kettle caliber ability; quality; diameter of the inside of a round cylinder; Ex. work of very high caliber calligraphy beautiful writing; excellent penmanship callous hardened; unfeeling; without sympathy for the sufferings of others; unkind callow youthful; immature; inexperienced |