| A | B |
|---|
| circumscribe | (verb) to draw a line around; to limit |
| bumptious | (adj) pushy |
| bureaucracy | (noun) a government run by many departments of appointed officials |
| choleric | (adj) easily angered |
| chauvinism | (noun) fanatical patriotism; biased belief in the superiority of one's sex |
| cadaverous | (adj) corpselike; pale |
| calumny | (noun) a false statement made to injure someone's reputation; slander |
| castigate | (verb) to criticize severely; to punish |
| celerity | (noun) speed; swiftness in acting |
| caustic | (adj/n) a substance that burns, corrodes, or destroys; corrosive; sarcastic |
