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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 celerity | n. speed, alacrity |
| alacrity | n. eagerness, brisk and cheerful readiness |
| cachinnate | v. to laugh out loudly. LOL |
| boor | n. a rude or insensitive person |
| cajole | v. to persuade or coax |
| inveigle | v. persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery |
| cavil | v. to find fault without good reason |
| caret | n. insertion mark used by editors/proofreaders : ^ |
| chasten | v. to chastise or correct |
| chauvinist | n. a blindly devoted patriot |
| chimera | n. an illusion, originally an imaginary fire breathing she-monster |
| captious | adj. calculated to confuse or entrap in an argument, hypercritical, caviling |
| caparison | v. to adorn or bedizen |
| cabal | n. a scheme or plot, group of plotters |
| byzantine | adj. labyrinthine, complex |
| burnish | v. to polish, rub or shine |
| calumny | n. slander, aspersion |
| calumniate | v. to slander, to make false accusation |
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