B/c Flashcards
Boorish
rude; insensitive. His wife ignored his boorish behavior. she lost hope in teaching him manners.
burgeoning
Flourishing; growing quickly; putting out buds.they could barely keep up with the burgeoning demands of their business.
Burnish
Make shiny by rubbing; polish. The maid burnished the silver wear and made it bright.
Buttress
Support; prop up. Debaters buttress their arguments with facts.
Cacophonous
Discordant; inharmonious. Do the students in the symphony enjoy the cacophonous sound they make while tuning their instruments?
Capricious
Unpredictable; fickle. Jill was capricious, she changed her boyfriends as she changed her clothes.
Castigation
Punishment; severe criticism. Sensitive to criticism, Daniel could not bear the castigation that he found in certain reviews.
Catalyst
Person or thing that causes a reaction. She was his catalyst for change.
Caustic
Burning; sarcastically biting. The critics caustic remark hurt the actor greatly.
Chicanery
Trickery; deception. The sneaky lawyer depended on chicanery to win the case.
Cogent
Convincing. As Bob was overweight, he had several cogent reasons to diet.
Commensurate
Corresponding in extent, degree, amount etc; proportionate.
compendium
Brief, comprehensive summary. The text can serve as a compendium of the tremendous amount of new material being developed in the field.
contrite
Feeling or expressing remorse or affected by guilt; pertinence. Her contrite tears did not influence the judge.
convoluted
coiled around; involved; intricate. His argument was so convoluted that few of us could follow it intelligently.
