CAT Verbal Ability | Vocabulary List #13

1. corporation - a company recognized by law as a single body;

• corpse - a dead body;
• corporal - pertaining to the body

2. cosmonaut - a Russian astronaut;

• cosmos - the universe;
• microcosm - a miniature universe

3. counteract - to oppose the effects of an action;

• countermand - to cancel a previous order;
• counteroffensive - attack against an attack

3. craniology - the study of skull characteristics;

• cranium - the skull of vertebrates;
• cranial - pertaining to the skull

4. credence - belief that something is true or valid;

• credulous - believing things too easily,
• gullible; incredible - unbelievable

5. crucial-characteristic of or having the form of a cross;

• crucifix- the cross itself as a Christian emblem;
• excruciating-  so intense as to cause great pain or anguish