Vocab 26

cajole - verb: to persuade someone to do something by coaxing or flattery.

callow - adjective: inexperienced and immature.

capacious - adjective: having a lot of space or room; able to hold a large amount.

capitulate - verb: to surrender or give in; to stop resisting.

capricious - adjective: unpredictable and impulsive; subject to sudden changes in mood or behavior.

castigate - verb: to criticize or punish severely.

catharsis - noun: the process of releasing and thereby providing relief from strong or repressed emotions.

catholic - adjective: broad or wide-ranging in tastes, interests, or sympathies.

cavalier - adjective: showing a lack of proper concern; carefree and nonchalant.

centripetal - adjective: moving or directed toward a center or axis.

chagrin - noun: distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated.

charlatan - noun: a person who falsely claims to have special knowledge or skill; a fraud or impostor.

chicanery - noun: deception or trickery, especially in legal or political matters.

choleric - adjective: easily angered; hot-tempered.

circumlocution - noun: the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive.

circumscribe - verb: to limit or restrict something within certain boundaries.

circumspect - adjective: wary and unwilling to take risks; cautious.

clandestine - adjective: kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit.

clemency - noun: mercy or leniency shown to someone who is being punished or is facing a difficult situation.

coalesce - verb: to come together to form one mass or whole