AP Vocab 5

circumspect

circumspect

(adj) careful to consider all circumstances and consequences; caution; wary; watchful; vigilant

circum- around specere- to look

circumspect others

circumvent

(verb) to avoid by artful maneuvering; to skirt; to evade; to elude; to circle around

circum- around venire- to come circumvention (noun)

circumvent others

cadaverous

(adj) like a cadaver; pale; ghastly or gaunt; haggard

from cadere- to fall (Italian?)

cadaverous others

calumny

(noun) a false and malicious statement meant to hurt someone's reputation; slander

calumnious (adj)

calumny others

castigate

(verb) to critisize severly; rebuke severly especially by harsh public critisism

caustic

(adj) corrosive; sarcastic; marked by sharp, biting wit; scathing

kaustos- burning

caustic others

celerity

(noun) swiftness in acting or moving

keles- fast horse or ship

celerity others

chuavinism

(noun) unreasoning devotion to one's own race, gender, country, etc; fanatical patriotism; jingoism; bias

chuavinistic (adj) after Nicolas Chuavin- a soldier of Napoleon

chuavinism others

choleric

(adj) having a quick temper; having an irascible nature; bilious; hot tempered; irritable

compunction

(noun) a feeling of hesitation, doubt, or uneasiness; anxiety arising from awareness of guilt; distress of mind over anticipated actions or results; a twinge of misgiving; scruple; qualm

com- with pungere- to prick

compunction others