Vocabulary #6-7
Terms
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- clemency
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mercy; mildness
governor grants policy was to personally review all Death Row celmency appeals - Coalesce
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to grow together; combine
The two lake coalesced into one. - colloquial
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conversational; used in informal speech or wrting
Jeremy was chastised by his english teacher for his colloquial compositions she wanted him to write formally. - commiserate
- to sympathize with; to feel sorrow for another sufferings
- Chastise
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to criticize severely
they knew the coach was going to chastise them after they played horrably and lost the big game - Chimerical
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absurd; wildly fanciful
Childern are often fanciful and crazy while adults lose their chimerical ways. - Chronic
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lasting a long time; constant
When dads cough became chronic we cajoled him into getting a chest x-ray - Circumspect
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careful
you can tell anything to Louis because she is eceptionally circumspect. - clairvoyant
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having exceptional insight
Andy helped the police out in the murder case because she had clairvoyant power. - Clandestine
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secret
diplomats are fond of clandestine meetings, away from prying reporter. - cajole
- to persuade by pleastant words, or false promises
- callous
- unfeeling; insenstive
- capitulate
- to surrender; to cease resisting
- capricious
- changeable; fickle
- carping
- complaining
- catalyst
- someone or something that brings about a change
- catharsis
- an emotional purification pr releif
- caustic
- stinging; biting
- celestial
- having to do with the heavens; divine
- censure
- to blame; to criticize adversely