Barrons Wordlist 8

Front 1

Canto

Back 1

Division of poem

Front 2

Canvass

Back 2

Dtermine or seek opionion or votes

Front 3

Capacious

Back 3

Spacious

Front 4

Capitulate

Back 4

Surrender

Front 5

Caprice

Back 5

Whim, vagary, fancy, notion
(Sudden, unpredictable change of mind)

Front 6

CAPRICIOUS

Back 6

Unpredictable, fickle

Front 7

Captious

Back 7

Faultfinding, picky, carping, testy

Front 8

Carafe

Back 8

glass water bottle

Front 9

Carapace

Back 9

shell covering the back (turtle, crab)

Front 10

Cardinal

Back 10

Chief

Front 11

Careen

Back 11

Sway from side to side

Front 12

Carillon

Back 12

Set of bells that are able to be played

Front 13

Carnal

Back 13

Fleshly, bodily, lustful, lecherous, lascivious, libidinous, concupiscent

Front 14

Carousal

Back 14

Drunken Revel

Front 15

Carrion

Back 15

Rotting flesh of dead body

Front 16

CASTIGTAION

Back 16

Punishment, severe criticism

Front 17

Cataclysm

Back 17

Deluge (extensive flood), violent upheaval (political or social nature)

Front 18

CATALYST

Back 18

agent that influences pace of chemical reaction while being unaffected and unchanged

Front 19

Cataract

Back 19

Great waterfall

Front 20

Catcall

Back 20

Shout of disapproval

Front 21

Catechism

Back 21

Book of religious instruction by question and answer

Front 22

Categorical

Back 22

without exceptions, unqualified, absolute

Front 23

Catharsis

Back 23

Purging or cleansing of any passage of body

Front 24

Cathartic

Back 24

Purgative

Front 25

caucus

Back 25

meeting of private members of a party to select someone or determine a policy

Front 26

Caulk

Back 26

make watertight

Front 27

Causal

Back 27

Cause and effect relationship

Front 28

CAUSTIC

Back 28

burning or sarcastic remark

Front 29

Cauterize

Back 29

burn with red hot iron or caustic

Front 30

cavalcade

Back 30

procession or parade

Front 31

Cavalier

Back 31

casual and offhand, arrogant

Front 32

Cavil

Back 32

Make frivolous (silly, foolish, childish) objections

Front 33

celerity

Back 33

Speed, rapidity

Front 34

Censorious

Back 34

critical

Front 35

Censure

Back 35

blame, criticise

Front 36

Centaur

Back 36

Mythical figure - half man and half horse

Front 37

Centripetal

Back 37

Tending toward the center

Front 38

Cerebration

Back 38

thought

Front 39

Ceremonious

Back 39

Marked by formality

Front 40

Certitude

Back 40

Certainity

Front 41

Cessation

Back 41

stopage

Front 42

Cession

Back 42

Yielding to another, ceding

Front 43

Chafe

Back 43

warm by rubbing or make sore by rubbing

Front 44

Chaff

Back 44

Worthless products of an endeavor

Front 45

Chaffing

Back 45

Bantering, joking

Front 46

Chagrin

Back 46

Vexation, disappointment, humilation