Week 11

(A Room with a View)

Monday

1. cabin cruiser : large motorboat with accommodation

2. cable television : television transmission by cable to subscribers

3. cack-handed : clumsy

4. cadaverous : corpselike; very pale and thin

5. cajole : persuade by flattery, deceit, etc.

Tuesday

1. calculated : (of an action) done deliberately or with foreknowledge

2. calf-love : romantic adolescent love

3. callous : unfeeling, insensitive

4. call-up : summons to do military service

5. calumny : slander; malicious representation

Wednesday

1. camp : affected, effeminate, theatrically, exaggerated

2. campsite : place for camping

3. canard : unfounded rumor or story

4. candid : frank; open

5. candyfloss : fluffy mass of spun sugar round a stick

Thursday

1. canon : general law, rule, principle, or criterion

2. cant : insincere pious or moral talk

3. caper : jump or run playfully

4. capital levy : tax on wealth or property

5. capital punishment : the punishment of a crime by death

Friday

1. caprice : whim/tendency to this

2. caption : wording appended to an illustration, cartoon, etc.

3. captious : fault-finding

4. cardinal virtues : justice, prudence, temperance, and fortitude

5. caress : touch or stroke gently or lovingly