page 262 vocab part 2

Question 1

caucus

Answer 1

private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy

Question 2

caulk (calk)

Answer 2

make watertight (by blocking up cracks as in a ship)

Question 3

causal

Answer 3

implying a cause and effect relationship

Question 4

caustic

Answer 4

burning; corrosive; able to burn by chemical action; bitter; harmful

Question 5

cauterize

Answer 5

burn ( a wound or snakebite)

Question 6

cavalcade

Answer 6

procession of riders or horse drawn carriages; parade

Question 7

cavalier

Answer 7

casual and offhand; arrogant

Question 8

cavil

Answer 8

quibble; make frivolous objections; find fault unnecessarily

Question 9

cede

Answer 9

yield ( title or territory ) to ( esp. After losing a war) ; surrender

Question 10

celerity

Answer 10

speed; rapidity

Question 11

celestial

Answer 11

heavenly

Question 12

celibate

Answer 12

abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried

Question 13

cemetery

Answer 13

place for burying the dead