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Vocabulary-Third Nine Weeks
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| chastise | scold, punish, castigate |
| choler | anger |
| circumscribe | draw a line around, define limits |
| circumspect | cautious |
| clemency | mercy |
| castigate | scold, punish |
| caustic | burning, either with chemicals or sarcasm |
| celerity | speed |
| censure | to criticize |
| chasten | to punish, discipline |
| cajole | to fool with flattery or false promises |
| candor | honesty |
| capacious | large, roomy, spacious |
| capitulate | surrender, yield |
| capricious | unpredictable |
| bolster | to support, to reinforce |
| bombast | speech or writing intended to impress the audience |
| brevity | briefness |
| bumptious | pushy, obnoxiously self assertive |
| cacophany | harshness of sound |
| benediction | good wishes, blessing |
| benevolent | kindhearted, generous |
| benign | gentle, mild |
| bequeath | to leave behind or hand down through a will |
| blight | decay, disease, widespread death |
| banal | boring, trite |
| beguile | to cheat or deceive through charm |
| belie | to give an impression that is the opposite of the way things really are |
| belligerent | having a strong tendency to fight or argue |
| auspicious | taking place under promising conditions |
| austere | stern, plain |
| avarice | greed |
| averse | wanting to avoid, feeling repelled |
| baleful | harmful |
| assuage | relieve, ease pacify |
| astute | wise, clever, shrewd |
| atrophy | waste away, wither |
| audacious | brazen, brash, nervy |
| augment | make larger, increase |
| cloister | secluded or isolated from the outside world |
| coalesce | unite; grow together |
| coerce | to force someone by threatening of physically overpowering them |
| complacent | self-satisfied, unconcerned |
| compliant | following someone else's demands, obeying |
| composure | calmness, equanimity |
| concede | admit reluctantly; yield |
| concise | short and to the point |
| concur | agree |
| condone | to overlook, excuse, or pardon |
| confound | to mix up, to confuse |
| consonance | a blending of sounds or opinions; harmony |
| consummate | to complete or make whole |
| contend | to argue a point or position; to struggle for |
| contingent | dependent upon other circumstances; conditional |
| contract | squeeze together, shrink |
| contrite | sorry; penitent |
| conundrum | riddle; mystery |
| converge | move together to meet a common point |
| conviction | an opinion that is strongly held |
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Washington Township High School |
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