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1.CACOPHONY: harsh , jarring noise

similar meanings: DISCORD      CLAMOR      CHAOS      DISHARMONY     DIN

2.CANDID: impartial and honest in speech

similar meanings: DIRECT      FORTHRIGHT       SINCERE        UNDISGUISED
                              STRAIGHTFORWARD       FRANK      OPEN

3.CAPRICIOUS: changing one's mind quickly and often

similar meanings:  ARBITRARY       MERCURIAL      WHIMSICAL       INCONSTANT
                               WILLFUL             FICKLE               ERRATIC              RANDOM

4.CASTIGATE: to punish or criticize harshly

similar meanings:  ADMONISH       REPRIMAND       REPROACH      REPROVE  
                               CHASTISE         UPBRAID              SCOLD              TAX

5.CATALYST: something that brings about a change in something else

6.CAUSTIC: biting in wit

similar meanings:  ACERBIC      BITING     TRENCHANT     MORDANT

7.CHAOS: great disorder  or confusion

similar meanings:  MUDDLE      DISARRAY      SCRAMBLE      MESS       SNARL
                               TOPSY-TURVINESS              TURMOIL         JUMBLE
                               DISARRANGEMENT

8.CHAUVINIST: someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs

similar meanings: PARTISAN

9.CHICANERY: deception by means of craft or guile

similar meanings:  ARTIFICE      CONNIVING      SHADINESS       SNEAKINESS  
                               SOPHISTRY       PETTIOGGERY        SUBTERFUGE
                               DEVIOUSNESS           MISREPRESENTATION

10.COGENT: convincing  and  well reasoned

similar meanings: CONVINCING       PERSUASIVE       SOUND      TELLING    VALID

11.CONDONE: to overlook , pardon , disregard

similar meanings:  EXCULPATE       EXCUSE     PARDON     REMIT

12.CONVOLUTED: intricate , complicated

similar meanings:  BYZANTINE     COMPLEX       ELABORATE      PERPLEXING  
                               TANGLED          KNOTTY         LABYRINTHINE

13.CORROBORATE: to provide supporting evidence

similar meanings:  AUTHENTICATE      SUBSTANTIATE       BEAR OUT    BUTTRESS
                               VALIDATE                 VERIFY

14.CREDULOUS: too trusting , gullible

similar meanings:  NAIVE       SUSCEPTIBLE      TRUSTING

15.CRESCENDO: steadily increasing volume or force