Word List 2 Flashcards
Buckle
To crumple, to fasten
Cadge
To beg, or get by begging
Cajole
Coax, persude by flattery or deceit
Calumny
Slander, aspersion
Candidate
seeker of office
Canoodle
To cuddle and kiss amorously
Cant
Jargon, insincere talk
Canvass
To request votes from electors
Capital
Involving death
Capricious
Guided by whim, inconstant
Carapace
Shell, protective layer or attitude
Cardsharp
Professional cheater at cards
Caress
To stroke gently
Castigation
Severe punishment
Caustic
Sarcastic, biting
Censure
Expression of blame, a rebuke
Chary
Cautious, wary
Chastisement
Punishment
Chauvanist
a blindly devoted patriot
Chivalrous
Courteous
Churl
a bad-tempered person
Close
Intimate, confining
Coalescing
To come together, uniting a substance as one
Cog
a tooth on a gear wheel, one who plays a vital but minor role
Cohere
To hold together
Coif
Tight fitting cap, hairstyle
Col
short ridge connecting 2 mountains
Collusion
have an alliance
Compact
Formal agreement, a small case for carrying cosmetics
Complacent
Self-satisfied
Concierge
A hotel service person who assists people with special arrangements
Confound
Bewilder, confuse
Conjugal
Marital
Contemporaries
Alive at the same time
Contritely
Humbly, with remorse, regret
Corollary
Direct result, consiquence
Cos
Lettuce with large dark green leaves
Digmix
An unpleasant, uncomfortable, or dire occupation unwelcome duty
Kex
Dried hemlock
Kheda
An enclosure for capturing wild elephants
Mansuetude
Tameness; sweetness of temper
Meniscus
The curved upper surface of liquid in a tube
Mesothesis
That which is put in the middle to serve as a balance
Mulm
The organic sediment that settles at the bottom of an aquarium
Musnud
The cushioned throne of an Indian prince
Myocide
An agent that kills mould
Nigroglobulate
To blackball
Noria
An apparatus for raising water, made up of buckets attached to a wheel
Nummamorous
Money loving
Ogygian
Incomparably ancient,antediluvian