Discourse by Revered Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Kali Sahashranam (Thousand Names of Kali) given at Kali Mandir Ramakrishna Ashram, with a discussion of names 1 through 7 from verse 1.

śmaśāna-kālikā kālī bhadra-kālī kapālinī | guhya-kālī mahā-kālī kuru-kullā-virodhinī |1|

Śmaśāna-Kālikā – She who is the Kali of the cremation ground 2. Kālī – She who is dark 3. Bhadra-Kālī – She who is the auspicious Kali 4. Kapālinī – She who holds a skull 5. Guhya-Kālī – She who is the hidden/secret Kali 6. Mahā-Kālī – She who is the great Kali 8. Kuru-kullā-virodhinī – She who confronts adversaries