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Vocabulary 1D
Boorish-cogent
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Boorish | Rude |
| Brevity | Briefness |
| Brusque | Curt; brief to the point of rude |
| Burnish | To make brilliant or shining |
| Cacophony | A disagreeable or discordant sound |
| Cajole | To convince by flattering speech |
| Calibrate | To standardize; to assess |
| Callow | Young and inexperienced |
| Capacious | Roomy |
| Capitulate | To surrender |
| Castigate | To punish |
| Caustic | Sarcastic and severe |
| Censure | To criticize severely |
| Chagrin | Embarrassment or dismay |
| Chicanery | The use of trickery to deceive |
| Circumscribe | To limit or restrict |
| Circumstantial | Based on inference rather than conclusive proof |
| Cloying | Excessively sweet |
| Coerce | To force |
| Cogent | Strongly persuasive |