• 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

• 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

• Meaning – harsh discordant sound.

• Synonyms – discord, dissonance, disharmony.

• Antonyms - euphony , harmony.

• Usage – The whole place erupted in a cacophony of sound.

4. CADAVER / CADAVEROUS

• 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

• 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

• Meaning – To encourage or persuade by effort; to coax.

• Synonyms – coax, inveigle, sweet-talk, wheedle.

• Antonyms – bully, force, repel.

• Usage – She tried to cajole the toddler into the bathtub.

7. 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

• 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

• Meaning – The art of writing letters and words with decorative strokes.

• Synonyms – chirography, penmanship.

• Antonyms – cacography. ( caco – bad, calli – good )

• Usage – Calligraphy is an Art, it takes effort and hard-work to learn.

10. 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.

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