Vocab Week 8

Question 1

cagey

Answer 1

(adj.) careful not to get caught or fooled; crafty; shrewd

Question 2

cahoots

Answer 2

(n.) a secret partnership; a questionable association

Question 3

caitiff

Answer 3

(n.) a despicable, cowardly person

Question 4

callow

Answer 4

(adj.) lacking maturity; inexperienced

Question 5

cambist

Answer 5

(n.) one who is shrewd with money

Question 6

canard

Answer 6

(n.) a false, deliberately misleading story

Question 7

capstone

Answer 7

(n.) the highest point of achievement

Question 8

cardinal

Answer 8

(adj.) most important; chief

Question 9

caricature

Answer 9

(n.) a picture or description in which the person’s features, are deliberately exaggerated to produce a humorous or distorted effect; an absurdly poor imitation

Question 10

carouse

Answer 10

(v.) to partake in noisy drunken merrymaking

Question 11

carte blanche

Answer 11

(n.) unlimited authority

Question 12

catch-22

Answer 12

(n.) a situation characterized by absurdity a self defeating course of action

Question 13

categorical

Answer 13

(adj.) absolute; unconditional

Question 14

catharsis

Answer 14

(n.) a release of emotional tension that refreshes or restores the spirit

Question 15

catty

Answer 15

(adj.) mean; spiteful; malicious