Barrons 10

Question 1

Candor

Answer 1

Frankness; open honesty

Question 2

Cantankerous

Answer 2

ill humored; irritable

Question 3

Capacious

Answer 3

Spacious

Question 4

Capacity

Answer 4

Specified position

Question 5

Capricious

Answer 5

Unpredictable; fickle (changing loyalty, etc. frequently); fanciful (over dramatic and unrealistic)

Question 6

Carping

Answer 6

Finding fault

Adj.

Question 7

Castigate

Answer 7

To criticize severely; punish

Question 8

Cataclysm

Answer 8

Violent upheaval; deluge (great flood?)

Question 9

Categorical

Answer 9

Without exceptions; unqualified; absolute

Question 10

Catholic

Answer 10

Wide-ranging in interests

Question 11

Cavil

Answer 11

To make frivolous (no significant purpose) objections

Question 12

Cede

Answer 12

To yield (title, territory) to; surrender formally

Question 13

Censor

Answer 13

An overseer of morals; person who reads to eliminate inappropriate remarks

Question 14

Censorious

Answer 14

Critical

Question 15

Censure

Answer 15

To blame; criticize

Question 16

Centrifugal

Answer 16

Radiating; departing from the center

Question 17

Cerebral

Answer 17

Pertaining to the brain or intellect

Question 18

Ceremonious

Answer 18

Marked by formality

Question 19

Certitude

Answer 19

Certainty

Question 20

Cessation

Answer 20

Stoppage

Question 21

Caustic

Answer 21

Burning; sarcastically biting

Question 22

Caucus

Answer 22

Private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy