Friday, September 2, 2011

english 11 vocabulary

1) Callous  (adj) showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
Nick was callous tourds the basketball coach when he said he played like a drunken hobo, so the coach suspended him from the team.
2) Capricious(adj) given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior. Nick after geting back from his vacation had a vary capricious week from geting to fare behind on work.
3) Cajole (verb) persuade someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery. Nick having being behind in work he had to cojole his boss into giving him more time by .
4. Censure-(v)-express severe disapproval- nick  censured the fact that people could smok in family restaurants.
5. Catalyst-(n)-speeds up something with out changing itself- the army was catalyst on how Nick need to clean his room.
6. Caustic-(adj)-sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way- Mr. Feilding, after reading Nicks homework, was vary caustic about how bad Nick did.

7. Capitulate-(v)-surrender- Nick after holding out for five years final capitulate his reading strick.
8. Celestial-(adj)-positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in- nick when he was locking up in the sky so a celestial star moving at hight sped's.
9. Catharsis-(n)-the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.-nicks catharsis of running cross-country went down every day he ran.
10. Carping-(v)-complain or find fault continuallytypically about trivial matters - the carping of nicks thoughts to cross-country gave him a headache. 

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