word smart list 18

Question 1

cacophony

Answer 1

n. harsh sounding mixture of words, voices, or sounds

Question 2

cadence

Answer 2

n. rhythm; the rise and fall of sounds

Question 3

cajole

Answer 3

v. to persuade someone to do something he or she does not want to do

Question 4

callow

Answer 4

adj. immature

Question 5

candor

Answer 5

n. truthfulness; sincere honesty

Question 6

capitalism

Answer 6

n. economic system in which businesses are by private citizens (not by government) and in which the resulting products are sold with relatively little government control

Question 7

capitulate

Answer 7

v. to surrender; to give up or give in

Question 8

capricious

Answer 8

adj. unpredictable; likely to change at any moment

Question 9

caricature

Answer 9

n. a portrait or description that is purposely distorted or exaggerated, often to prove some point about its subject

Question 10

castigate

Answer 10

v. to criticize severely; to chastise

Question 11

catalyst

Answer 11

n. in chemistry some thing 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