Word List 7

Question 1

burlesque

Answer 1

give an imitation that ridicules

Question 2

burnish

Answer 2

make shiny by rubbing; polish

Question 3

buttress

Answer 3

support; prop up

Question 4

buxom

Answer 4

full-bosomed; plump; jolly

Question 5

cabal

Answer 5

small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

Question 6

cache

Answer 6

hiding place

Question 7

cacophonous

Answer 7

discordant; inharmonious

Question 8

cadge

Answer 8

beg; mooch; panhandle

Question 9

cajole

Answer 9

coax; wheedle

Question 10

caliber

Answer 10

ability; quality

Question 11

callow

Answer 11

youthful; immature; inexperienced

Question 12

calumny

Answer 12

malicious misrepresentation; slander

Question 13

camaraderie

Answer 13

good fellowship

Question 14

candor

Answer 14

frankness; open honesty

Question 15

canny

Answer 15

shrewd; thrifty

Question 16

canon

Answer 16

collection or authoritative list of books; rule or principle, frequently religious

Question 17

cant

Answer 17

insincere expressions of piety; jargon of thieves

Question 18

cantankerous

Answer 18

ill-humored; irritable

Question 19

canvass

Answer 19

determine or seek opinions, votes, etc

Question 20

capacious

Answer 20

spacious

Question 21

capitulate

Answer 21

surrender

Question 22

capricious

Answer 22

unpredictable; fickle

Question 23

captious

Answer 23

faultfinding

Question 24

cardinal

Answer 24

chief

Question 25

caricature

Answer 25

distortion; burlesque

Question 26

carnage

Answer 26

destruction of life

Question 27

carnal

Answer 27

fleshy

Question 28

carping

Answer 28

petty criticism; fault finding

Question 29

caste

Answer 29

one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society, social stratification; prestige

Question 30

castigation

Answer 30

punishment; severe criticism

Question 31

cataclysm

Answer 31

deluge; upheaval

Question 32

catechism

Answer 32

book for religious instruction; instruction y question and answer

Question 33

catharsis

Answer 33

purging or cleansing of any passage of teh body

Question 34

cathartic

Answer 34

purgative

Question 35

caucus

Answer 35

private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy

Question 36

caustic

Answer 36

burning; sarcastically biting

Question 37

cauterize

Answer 37

burn with hot iron or caustic

Question 38

cavalcade

Answer 38

procession; parade

Question 39

cavalier

Answer 39

casual and offhand; arrogant

Question 40

cavil

Answer 40

make frivolous objections

Question 41

cede

Answer 41

yield to; surrender formally

Question 42

celerity

Answer 42

speed; rapidity

Question 43

celestial

Answer 43

heavenly