Word List 9

Question 1

chasten

Answer 1

discipline, punish in order to correct

Question 2

chastise

Answer 2

punish

Question 3

chauvinist

Answer 3

blindly devoted patriot

Question 4

check

Answer 4

stop motion, curb orr restrain

Question 5

checkered

Answer 5

marked by changes in fortune

Question 6

chicanery

Answer 6

trickery, deception

Question 7

chide

Answer 7

scold

Question 8

chimerical

Answer 8

fantastically improbable, highhly unrealistic

Question 9

chisel

Answer 9

swindle or cheat, cut with a chhisel

Question 10

chivalrous

Answer 10

courteous, faithful, brave

Question 11

chronic

Answer 11

long establishhed as a disease

Question 12

chronicle

Answer 12

report, record

Question 13

cipher

Answer 13

secret code

Question 14

cipher

Answer 14

nonentity, worthless person or thing

Question 15

circuitous

Answer 15

roundabout

Question 16

circumlocution

Answer 16

indirect or roundabout expression

Question 17

circumscribe

Answer 17

limit, confine

Question 18

circumspect

Answer 18

prudent, cautious

Question 19

circumvent

Answer 19

outwit, baffle

Question 20

cite

Answer 20

refer to a quote to justify a position, praise, summon someone in court

Question 21

civil

Answer 21

having to do with citizens or the state, courteous or polite

Question 22

clamor

Answer 22

noise

Question 23

clemency

Answer 23

disposition to be lenient, mildness as of the weather

Question 24

clench

Answer 24

close tightly, grasp

Question 25

cliché

Answer 25

phrase dulled in meaning by repetition, trite theme

Question 26

clientele

Answer 26

body of customers

Question 27

climactic

Answer 27

relating to highest point

Question 28

clip

Answer 28

section of a filmed material

Question 29

clique

Answer 29

small exclusive group

Question 30

clout

Answer 30

great influence (political or social)

Question 31

coagulate

Answer 31

thicken, congeal, clot

Question 32

coalesce

Answer 32

combine, use

Question 33

coalition

Answer 33

partnership, league

Question 34

coddle

Answer 34

to treat gently

Question 35

codify

Answer 35

arrange (laws or rules) as a code, classify

Question 36

coercion

Answer 36

use o force to get someone to obey

Question 37

cogent

Answer 37

convincing

Question 38

cogitate

Answer 38

thhink over

Question 39

cognitive

Answer 39

having to do with knowingor perceiving

Question 40

cognizance

Answer 40

knowledge

Question 41

cohere

Answer 41

stick together

Question 42

cohesion

Answer 42

tendency to stick together

Question 43

coin

Answer 43

make coins, invented or fabricate

Question 44

coincidence

Answer 44

two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

Question 45

collaborate

Answer 45

work together

Question 46

collate

Answer 46

examine in order to verify authenticity

Question 47

collateral

Answer 47

security given ffor loan

Question 48

colloquial

Answer 48

pertaining to conversational or common speech

Question 49

collusion

Answer 49

conspiring in a fraudulent scheme

Question 50

colossal

Answer 50

huge

Question 51

comeuppance

Answer 51

rebuke, deserts