Vocab Words 3 Flashcards
Bombast
Pompous speech, pretentious words
The politicians bombast annoyed his apponents.
Bilk
To defraud, cheats
The bad banker bilked his clients out of his money.
Burgeon
To grow or develop
Plants burgeon in the spring.
Burnish
To polish by friction
My mom made me burnish the old silverware.
Cacophony
Harsh discordant sound, meaningless mixture of sounds
The children screaming on the play ground made a cacophony.
Camaraderie
Goodwill and lighthearted friendship
The football players showed camaraderie
Candid
Frank, outspoken, open and sincere
The candid thoughts revealed her personality
Capacious
Capable of holding much
Costco is capacious.
josh’s stomach is capacious
Castigate
To criticize or reprimand severely
The dean had a bad reputation for castigating students
Cerebral
Pertaining to the brain or mind
My brother suffered a cerebral injury.
Certitude
Freedom from doubt, certain
I have certitude that I will ace my test
Chastise
To discipline severely
When I broke cerfue for the third time in a week my parents chastised me and took my car.
Circuitous
Roundabout, indirect
Most students take a circuitous route when the leave to go to the bathroom
Clairvoyant
Having the power to see objects beyond natural vision.
The clairvoyant skill ran in her family
Coercion
The use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance
The man used coercion to get the girls lunch money.
The bully was accused of coercion to take the kids lunch money.
