1. CABAL

cabal

  • Meaning – A Secret plot.
  • Synonyms – plot, scheme, intrigue, conspiracy, conclave, camarilla.
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  • Usage – The cabal is plotting to take over the world.

2. CACHE

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  • Meaning – A store of things that will be required in future, and can be retrieved rapidly.
  • Synonyms – store, reserve, treasury, accumulation, stockpile, hoard, stash.
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  • Usage – A cache of weapons and explosives was found by the police.

3. CACOPHONY

cacophony

  • Meaning – harsh discordant sound.
  • Synonyms – discord, dissonance, disharmony.
  • Antonyms - euphony , harmony.
  • Usage – The whole place erupted in a cacophony of sound.

4. CADAVER / CADAVEROUS

cadaver

  • Meaning – A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.
  • Synonyms – corpse, dead-body, carcass.
  • Antonyms – being, alive.
  • Usage – A cadaver is often used in medical school to study the human body.

5. CADENCE

cadence

  • Meaning – Balanced, rhythmic flow.
  • Synonyms – rhythm, pulse, tempo, meter.
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  • Usage - There was a sudden shift in the cadence of the music.

6. CAJOLE

cajole

  • Synonyms – coax, inveigle, sweet-talk, wheedle.
  • Antonyms – bully, force, repel.
  • Usage – She tried to cajole the toddler into the bathtub.

7. CALAMITY

calamity

  • Meaning – An event resulting in great loss.
  • Synonyms – disaster, tragedy, catastrophe, mishap, cataclysm.
  • Antonyms – benefit, advantage, blessing, good luck, boon, good fortune
  • Usage – This course of action could only end in calamity.

8. CALIBER

caliber

  • Meaning – Degree of worth; quality.
  • Synonyms - caliber, quality, gauge, stature, worth, value.
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  • Usage – The high caliber of Gary Kasparov.

9. CALLIGRAPHY

calligraphy

  • Synonyms – chirography, penmanship.
  • Antonyms – cacography. ( caco – bad, calli – good )
  • Usage – Calligraphy is an Art, it takes effort and hard-work to learn.

10. CALLOUS

callous

  • Meaning – Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering of others.
  • Synonyms - astorgous, heartless, cold, harsh, hardened, indifferent, insensitive, hard-boiled
  • Antonyms – understanding, caring, soft, sensitive, gentle, tender, sympathetic, compassionate, considerate
  • Usage – She was so callous that she could criticise a cancer patient for wearing a wig.