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Question 1

Cosset

Answer 1

to pamper; to treat with great care

-cater to, pet, spoil

Question 2

Craven

Answer 2

lacking courage

-timid, spineless

Question 3

Contrite

Answer 3

deeply sorrowful and repentant for a wrong

-apologetic, regretful, remorseful

Question 4

Corroborate

Answer 4

to support with evidence

-authenticate, back, confirm, validate, verify, substantiate

Question 5

Crescendo

Answer 5

steady increase in volume or force

-acme, capstone, climax, peak, culmination

Question 6

Cupidity

Answer 6

greed; strong desire

-covetousness, rapacity, avarice

Question 7

Convoluted

Answer 7

intricate and complicated

-complex, elaborate, perplexing, labyrinthine

Question 8

Coterie

Answer 8

an intimate group of persons with a similar purpose

-clique, set

Question 9

Curmudgeon

Answer 9

a cranky person, usually an old one

-crab, grouch

Question 10

Credulous

Answer 10

too trusting; gullible

-naive, susceptible

Question 11

Contumacious

Answer 11

rebellious

-factious, insurgent, insubordinate

Question 12

Circumspect

Answer 12

cautious; aware of potential consequences

-alert, mindful, prudent, solicitous,vigilant

Question 13

Coalesce

Answer 13

to grow together to form a single whole

-amalgamate, blend, condense, fuse, unite

Question 14

Coffer

Answer 14

a strongbox; a large chest of money

-treasury, exchequer

Question 15

Chaos

Answer 15

great disorder; a confused situation

- disarray, turmoil, disorganization

Question 16

Chicanery

Answer 16

deception by means of craft or guile

-conniving, artifice, shadiness, sophistry

Question 17

Condone

Answer 17

to overlook, pardon, or disregard

-excuse, exculpate, remit

Question 18

Cloying

Answer 18

sickly sweet; excessive

-fulsome, mushy, sappy, sentimental

Question 19

Cogent

Answer 19

convincing and well-reasoned

-persuasive, solid, valid, sound

Question 20

Collusion

Answer 20

a collaboration; complicity; conspiracy

-intrigue, connivance, machination

Question 21

Chauvinist

Answer 21

someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs
-bigot, partisan, jingoist

Question 22

Connoisseur

Answer 22

a person with expert knowledge or discriminating taste

-epicure, expert, gastronome, gourmet

Question 23

Catalyst

Answer 23

something that brings about a change in something else

-accelerator, goad, impetus, motivation, stimulant

Question 24

Castigate

Answer 24

to punish or criticize harshly

-admonish, chastise, chide, reprimand, scold

Question 25

Capricious

Answer 25

changing one’s mind quickly and often

-arbitrary, changeable, erratic, fickle, random

Question 26

Cartography

Answer 26

the science or art of making maps

-topography, charting, surveying

Question 27

Catholic

Answer 27

universal; broad and comprehensive

-extensive, general

Question 28

Candid

Answer 28

impartial and honest in speech

-direct, forthright, frank, sincere, straightforward

Question 29

Cabal

Answer 29

a secret group seeking to overturn something

-clan, clique, coterie, mafia, mob

Question 30

Canard

Answer 30

a lie

-falsehood, misrepresentation, untruth, prevarication

Question 31

Cacophony

Answer 31

a harsh, jarring noise

-chaos, clamor, discord

Question 32

Caustic

Answer 32

biting in wit

-acerbic, mordant, trenchant

Question 33

Calumny

Answer 33

a false and malicious accusation; misrepresentation

-defamation, slander, libel