Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library
Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library
Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library
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The Words 21<br />
Quiz 5 (Matching)<br />
Match each word in the first column with its definition in the second column.<br />
Answers are on page 101.<br />
1. BESMIRCH A. unheeded prophet<br />
2. BICAMERAL B. peevish<br />
3. BILATERAL C. pertaining to dogs<br />
4. BOOTLESS D. plot<br />
5. BRANDISH E. farce<br />
6. BURLESQUE F. display menacingly<br />
7. CABAL G. unavailing<br />
8. CANINE H. two-sided<br />
9. CANTANKEROUS I. having two legislative branches<br />
10. CASSANDRA J. sully<br />
casuistry specious reasoning<br />
cataclysm catastrophe<br />
catastrophic disastrous<br />
categorical absolute, certain<br />
cathartic purgative, purifying<br />
catholic universal, worldly<br />
caucus meeting<br />
cause célèbre celebrated legal case<br />
caustic scathing (of speech)<br />
cauterize to sear<br />
cavalier disdainful, nonchalant<br />
caveat warning<br />
caveat emptor buyer beware<br />
cavil quibble<br />
cavort frolic<br />
cede transfer ownership, relinquish<br />
celestial heavenly<br />
celibate abstaining from sex<br />
cenotaph empty tomb, monument<br />
censorious condemning speech<br />
censure condemn<br />
ceramics pottery<br />
cerebral pertaining to the brain<br />
cessation a stoping<br />
chafe abrade<br />
chagrin embarrassment<br />
chalice goblet<br />
champion defend<br />
chaperon escort<br />
charade pantomime, sham<br />
charlatan quack, imposter<br />
chartreuse greenish yellow<br />
chary cautious<br />
chaste pure, virgin<br />
chasten castigate<br />
chateau castle<br />
cheeky brass, forward<br />
cherub cupid<br />
cherubic sweet, innocent<br />
chicanery trickery
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