Vocab 26

Cajole

V. to persuade someone to do something based on coaxing or flattery

Callow

Adj. Inexperienced or immature

Capacious

Adj. Having a lot of Space or room; able to hold a large amount

Capitulate

V. To surrender or give in; to stop resisting

Capricious

Adj. unpredictable or impulsive; subject to quick changes in behavior

Castigate

V. to criticize or punish severly

Catharsis

N. the process of releasing and thereby providing relief for strong or repressed emotions

Catholic

adj. broad or wide ranging in tastes, interests, or sympathies

Cavalier

Adj. showing a lack of proper concern; carefree

Centripetal

Adj. moving or directed toward a center axis

Chagrin

N. Distress or embarrassment at having failed or being humiliated

Charlatan

N. a person who falsely claims to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud or imposter

Chicanery

N. Deception or trickery; especially in a legal or political matters

Choleric

Easily angered or hot tempered

circumlocution

N. the use of many words when fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or abrasive

Circumscribe

V. to limit or restrict something within certain boundries

Circumspect

Adj. Wary and unwilling to take risks; cautious

Clandestine

Adj. kept secret or done secretly, especially because illicit

Clemency

N. Mercy or leniency shown to someone who is being punished or facing a difficult time

Coalesce

to come together to form one mass or whole