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A4 Vocab

TermDefinition
Bucolic Of or relating to sheperds or open areas Syn/Ant: Rural, AGRARIAN/ urban, metropolitan bucolical, bucolically
Bumptious Presumptuously, obtusely and often noisily self-assertive Syn/Ant: arrogant, obtrusive/humble, modest bumptiousness, bumptiously
Cadaverous Of or relating to a corpse; lacking a healthy skin color Syn/Ant: pallid, guant/rosy, healthy cadaverousness, cadaverously
Cajole To persuade with flattery, or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance Syn/Ant:coax, wheedle, entice/harass, intimidate cajolery, cajolement, cajoler, cajolingly
Callous Being hardened & thickened; feeling or showing no sympathy no sympathy for others Syn/Ant: ruthless, merciless/ sympathetic, compassionate callousness, callously
Calumny A misrepresentation intended to harm another person's reputation Syn/Ant: libel, defamation/ praise, ADULATION calumniate, caluminious, calumnies
Cantankerous Difficult or irritating to deal with Syn/Ant: disagreeable, irritable/amiable, pleasant cantankerously, cantankerousness
Capricious Governed or characterized by a sudden, impulsive, & seemingly unmotived notion or action Syn/Ant: volatile, unpredictable, whimsical/constant, unchanging capriciousness, capriciously, caprice
Captious Marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults & raise objections, entrap Syn/Ant: critical, judgemental/uncritical, undiscriminating captiously, captiousness
Castigate To subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism Syn/Ant: scold, reprimand, CHASTISE/endorse, sanction castigative, castagation, castagator
Cataclysm A momentuous & violent event marked by overwhelming upheaval and demolition Syn/Ant: torrent, calamity/ godsend cataclysmic, cataclysmal, cataclysmically
Caustic Capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action, marked by incisive sarcasm Syn/Ant: sarcastic, corrosive/ mild, playful causticly, causticity
Charlatan One making unusualy showy pretenses to knowledge or ability Syn/Ant: fraud, deciever/ expert, master charlatanism, charlatanry
Chastise To express severe disapproval Syn/Ant: scold, reprimand, CASTIGATE/ approve, sanction chastisable, chastiser, chastisement
Chauvinism Undue partiality or attachment to a group or place to which one belongs; excessive or blind patriotism Syn/Ant: nationalism, superpatriotism/ internationalism chauvinist, chauvinistic
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