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Vocab Lesson 8
Juniors
| word | definition | synonyms | antonyms |
|---|---|---|---|
| bungle | v. to mismanage n. bungler | v. botch, mangle, n. butcher, klutz | n. expert, whiz, adm. competent, skilllful |
| bureaucracy | (blank) | (blank) | (blank) |
| buttress | n. a support v. to reinforce | n. prop, brace; v. prop up, brace | v. weaken, impair |
| cajole | v. to persuade | wheedle, inveigle, coax, | dissuade, deter, discourage |
| callous | adj. unfeeling or insensitive | indifferent, unresponsive, unsympathetic | compassionate, tenderhearted |
| calumnuy | n. a false statement made up to injure a person | lie, falsehood, slander, libel | flattery, adulation |
| candid | adj. fair and impartial | objective, disinterested, unbiased | partial, biased, prejudiced |
| cantankerous | adj. four-tempered and quarrelsome | peevish, contrary, irritable | good-natured, sweet tempered |
| captious | adj. quick to find petty faults; fussy | hypercritical, caviling, carping censorious | unexacting, uncritical |
| catholic | adj. broad, or widely inclusive, universal | adj. comprehensive, wide, liberal | narrow, provincial, parochial |