Vocab 61-80 Flashcards
Bovine
Like a cow in nature and shape; sluggish, stupid, fat
Bourgeois
Middle class; conventional; of narrow, materialistic interest
Bravado
Boldness intended to impress or intimidate
Burgeon
To expand, flourish, blossom
Cabal
A small group joined in a secret intrigue; a conspiracy
Cajole
To persuade, wheedle, coax
Camaraderie
Comradeship; good fellowship
Canon
A code of laws; a basis for judgement
Careen
To lurch or toss from side to side; to lean over to one side
Celibacy
Abstinence from sex
Censure
To condemn severely, judge, punish
Cerebral
Relating to the brain; intellectual, brainy
Chagrin
Embarrassment, humiliation, dissapointment
Choleric
Hot-tempered, easily angered; irritable
Circuitous
Indirect, roundabout