Word Smart C

Question 1

cadence

Answer 1

rhythm; the rise and fall of sounds

Question 2

cajole

Answer 2

to persuade someone to do something he or she doesn’t want to do

Question 3

callow

Answer 3

immature

Question 4

candor

Answer 4

sincere honesty

Question 5

capitulate

Answer 5

to surrender; to give up or give in

Question 6

capricious

Answer 6

unpredictable; likely to change at any moment

Question 7

castigate

Answer 7

to criticize severely; to chastise

Question 8

caustic

Answer 8

like acid; corrosive

Question 9

catalyst

Answer 9

in chemistry, something that changes the rate of a chemical reaction without itself being changed; anyone or anything that makes something happen without being directly involved in it

Question 10

chagrin

Answer 10

humiliation; embarrassed disappointment

Question 11

charisma

Answer 11

a magical-seeming ability to attract followers or inspire loyalty

Question 12

chicanery

Answer 12

trickery; deceitfulness; artifice, especially legal or political

Question 13

circumlocution

Answer 13

an indirect expression; use of wordy or evasive language