Word List 8

Question 1

censorious

Answer 1

critical

Question 2

censure

Answer 2

blame; criticize

Question 3

cerebration

Answer 3

thought

Question 4

certitude

Answer 4

certainty

Question 5

cessation

Answer 5

stoppage

Question 6

cession

Answer 6

yielding (something) to another; ceding

Question 7

chagrin

Answer 7

vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride); disappointment

Question 8

champion

Answer 8

support militantly

Question 9

charlatan

Answer 9

quack; pretender to knowledge

Question 10

chary

Answer 10

cautious; sparing or restrained about giving

Question 11

chasm

Answer 11

abyss

Question 12

chaste

Answer 12

pure; virginal; modest

Question 13

chasten

Answer 13

correct by punishment or scolding; restrain; rebuke

Question 14

chastise

Answer 14

punish or scold; reprimand

Question 15

chauvinist

Answer 15

blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group or cause

Question 16

check

Answer 16

stop motion; curb or restrain

Question 17

checkered

Answer 17

marked by changes in fortune

Question 18

cherubic

Answer 18

angelic; innocent-looking

Question 19

chicancery

Answer 19

trickery; deception

Question 20

chide

Answer 20

scold

Question 21

chimerical

Answer 21

fantastically improbably; highly unrealistic

Question 22

choleric

Answer 22

hot-tempered

Question 23

chortle

Answer 23

chuckle with delight

Question 24

churlish

Answer 24

boorish; rude

Question 25

cipher

Answer 25

nonentity; worthless person or thing

secret code

Question 26

circuitous

Answer 26

roundabout

Question 27

circumlocution

Answer 27

unnecessarily wordy and indirect speech; evasive language

Question 28

circumscribe

Answer 28

limit narrowly; confine or restrict; define

Question 29

circumspect

Answer 29

prudent; cautious

Question 30

circumvent

Answer 30

outwit; battle

Question 31

citadel

Answer 31

fortress

Question 32

clairvoyant

Answer 32

having foresight; fortuneteller

Question 33

clamber

Answer 33

climb by crawling

Question 34

clamor

Answer 34

noise

Question 35

clandestine

Answer 35

secret

Question 36

clangor

Answer 36

loud, resounding noise

Question 37

cleave

Answer 37

split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to

Question 38

clemency

Answer 38

disposition to be lenient; mindless, as of the weather

Question 39

clime

Answer 39

region; climate

Question 40

clout

Answer 40

great influence (especially political or social)

Question 41

cloying

Answer 41

distasteful (because excessive; excessively sweet or sentimental

Question 42

coagulate

Answer 42

thicken; congeal; clot

Question 43

coalesce

Answer 43

combine; fuse