Vocab 4

Question 1

bulwark

Answer 1

a defensive wall or a person, institution, or principle that acts as a defense

Question 2

bumptious

Answer 2

self-assertive or proud to an irritating degree

Question 3

cabal

Answer 3

a certain political clique or faction

Question 4

cacophonous

Answer 4

involving or producing a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds

Question 5

callow

Answer 5

inexperienced and immature, especially a young person

Question 6

calumniate

Answer 6

make false and defamatory statements about

Question 7

cantankerous

Answer 7

bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative

Question 8

captious

Answer 8

tending to find fault or raise petty objections

Question 9

chauvinist

Answer 9

a person who displays excessive or prejudiced loyalty or patriotism to a particular cause, group, or gender

Question 10

chicanery

Answer 10

the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose

Question 11

circumspect

Answer 11

wary and unwilling to take risks

Question 12

clamorous

Answer 12

making a loud and confused noise or characterized by vehement protests or demands

Question 13

clandestine

Answer 13

kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit

Question 14

clement

Answer 14

mild weather; a merciful person or a person’s merciful action(s)

Question 15

bucolic

Answer 15

relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life