cabal | a scheme or plot a group of plotters |
cadge | to beg to get by begging |
cajole | use flattery or deceit to persuade |
calipers | metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument |
calumny | slander aspersion |
candid | frank straight-forward |
cant | insincere talk/jargon |
cantankerous | bad-tempered/quarrelsome |
canvass | discuss thoroughly sort of touting |
castigate | to chastise correct by punishing |
castigation | severe punishment |
catalyst | substance that causes speeding up |
caustic | biting sarcastic |
censure | expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke |
centurion | leader of a unit of 100 soldiers |
chary | cautious wary |
chastened | corrected punished |
chastisement | punishment |
chauvinist | a blindly devoted patriot |
chicanery | legal trickery/false argument |
chisel | steel tool for shaping materials |
churl | bad-tempered person |
clamor | shout complain with a lot of noise |
clientele | customers |
clinch | come to grips/settle conclusively |
cling | to resist separation |
clot | half-solid lump formed from liquid |
cloture | closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting |
coagulation | change to a thick and solid state |
coalescing | coming together and uniting into one substance |
coax | get smb to do something by kindness |
coda | passage that completes a piece of music |
coddle | treat with care and tenderness |
coerce | compel to force to make obedient |
coeval | of the same period coexisting |
cogent | strong convincing |
cogitate | think deeply mediate |
cognizant | being fully aware of |
cohort | a group or band of people |
colander | bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water |
collusion | secret agreement for a deceitful purpose |
combustion | process of burning |
commemorate | keep the memory of |
commodious | having plenty of space for what is needed |
commuter | person who travels regularly |
complaisance | tending to comply obliging willingness to please |
compunction | feeling of regret for one's action |
conceal | hide keep secret |
conceit | over-high opinion of too much pride |
conciliatory | reconciling soothing comforting mollifying |
concord | agreement or harmony |
concur | agree in opinion happen together |
condense | increase in density strength make laconic |
Conduce | To bring about |
condone | forgive |
congeal | make or become stiff and solid |
conjoin | to join together |
connoisseur | a person with good judgement (e.g.. in art) |
connotation | suggestion in addition to |
consequential | pompous self important |
console | give comfort or sympathy to |
conspicuous | easily seen remarkable |
consternation | surprise and fear dismay |
constrain | compel |
constrict | make tight or smaller |
consume | get to the end of |
consummate | perfect/make perfect/complete |
contemn | to scorn or despise |
contentious | argumentative pugnacious combative quarrelsome |
contiguous | touching neighboring near |
contrite | filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing |
contumacious | insubordinate rebellious |
conundrum | a riddle dilemma enigma |
conviction | convincing firm belief |
convoke | call together summon |
convoluted | complicated coiled twisted |
cordial | warm and sincere |
cordon | line (of police acting as a guard) |
cornucopia | abundant supply |
corporeal | physical of or for the body |
correlate | have a mutual relation |
corroboration | additional strengthening evidence |
countenance | to favor or approve of |
counterfeit | forgery |
countervail | counterbalance |
covert | disguised |
covetous | eagerly desirous |
cower | crouch shrink back |
coy | shy/modest (esp of a girl) |
crass | very great (es. stupidity) |
cravat | piece of linen worn as a necktie |
craven | cowardly |
crease | line made by crushing white line on the ground in cricket |
credulity | too great a readiness to believe things |
credulous | ready to believe things |
crush | press lose shape subdue overwhelm |
cryptic | secret with a hidden meaning |
cumbersome | burdensome heavy and awkward to carry |
curmudgeon | bad-tempered person |
curriculum | course of study |
cursory | quick hurried |
curtail | make shorter then was planned |
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