Word List 9 Flashcards
chasten
discipline, punish in order to correct
chastise
punish
chauvinist
blindly devoted patriot
check
stop motion, curb orr restrain
checkered
marked by changes in fortune
chicanery
trickery, deception
chide
scold
chimerical
fantastically improbable, highhly unrealistic
chisel
swindle or cheat, cut with a chhisel
chivalrous
courteous, faithful, brave
chronic
long establishhed as a disease
chronicle
report, record
cipher
secret code
cipher
nonentity, worthless person or thing
circuitous
roundabout
circumlocution
indirect or roundabout expression
circumscribe
limit, confine
circumspect
prudent, cautious
circumvent
outwit, baffle
cite
refer to a quote to justify a position, praise, summon someone in court
civil
having to do with citizens or the state, courteous or polite
clamor
noise
clemency
disposition to be lenient, mildness as of the weather
clench
close tightly, grasp
cliché
phrase dulled in meaning by repetition, trite theme
clientele
body of customers
climactic
relating to highest point
clip
section of a filmed material
clique
small exclusive group
clout
great influence (political or social)
coagulate
thicken, congeal, clot
coalesce
combine, use
coalition
partnership, league
coddle
to treat gently
codify
arrange (laws or rules) as a code, classify
coercion
use o force to get someone to obey
cogent
convincing
cogitate
thhink over
cognitive
having to do with knowingor perceiving
cognizance
knowledge
cohere
stick together
cohesion
tendency to stick together
coin
make coins, invented or fabricate
coincidence
two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
collaborate
work together
collate
examine in order to verify authenticity
collateral
security given ffor loan
colloquial
pertaining to conversational or common speech
collusion
conspiring in a fraudulent scheme
colossal
huge
comeuppance
rebuke, deserts