Deck 9

Question 1

cerebal

Answer 1

brainy, intellectually refined

Question 2

chaff

Answer 2

worthless stuff

Question 3

channel

Answer 3

to direct, to cause to follow a certain path

Question 4

charlatan

Answer 4

fraud, quack, con man

Question 5

chaste

Answer 5

pure and unadorned

Question 6

chastise

Answer 6

to inflict punishment on, to discipline

Question 7

chicanery

Answer 7

trickery, deceitfulness, artifice

Question 8

chimera

Answer 8

an illusion, a foolish fancy

Question 9

choleric

Answer 9

hot-tempered, quick to anger

Question 10

chortle

Answer 10

to chuckle with glee

Question 11

chronic

Answer 11

constant, lasting for a long time, inveterate

Question 12

chronicle

Answer 12

a record of events in order of time, a history

Question 13

churl

Answer 13

a rude person, a boor

Question 14

chutzpah

Answer 14

brazenness, audacity

Question 15

cipher

Answer 15

zero, a nobody, a code

Question 16

encipher

Answer 16

to put a message into code

Question 17

circuitous

Answer 17

• roundabout, not following a direct path

- circuitous argument is one that rambles around for a while before making a point

Question 18

circumlocation

Answer 18

an indirect expression, use of wordy or evasive language

Question 19

circumvent

Answer 19

overcome (a problem, difficulty, obstacle), typically in a clever and surreptitious way

Question 20

clandestine

Answer 20

concealed or secret

Question 21

cleave

Answer 21

to cling, to split

Question 22

clemency

Answer 22

mercy, forgiveness, mildness

Question 23

cloister

Answer 23

• a covered walk with columns on one side that runs along the perimeter of a courtyard
• secluded place
• a convent or monastery

Question 24

clout

Answer 24

a blow, influence

Question 25

cloy

Answer 25

• disgust or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment
• saccharine