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- Cabal – conspiracy, small group of persons secretly
- Cache – hiding place
- Cacophony – discord
- Cadaver – corpse
- Cadence – rhythm
- Caduceus – symbol
- Cairn – heap of stones
- Caitiff – scoundrels
- Cajole – coax
- Callow – immature, youthful
- Calumniate – to slander
- Camaraderie – good fellowship
- Canaille – mob
- Canker – any ulcerous sore, any evil
- Cant – slang: pretence
- Cantankerous – ill- humored, irritable
- Capacious – spacious
- Capitulate – surrender
- Capricious – spacious, unpredictable , fickle
- Capitulate – surrender
- Capricious – whimsical
- Captious – fault finding
- Caricature – distortion
- Carnal – of the body
- Carnivorous – flesh eating
- Carousal – booze up , a noisy or drunken feast or social gathering
- Carping – petty criticism
- Carrion – decaying flesh
- Carte Blanche – unrestricted authority
- Castigate – criticize
- Cataclysm – violent change
- Catalyst – substance causing change
- Catastrophe – calamity
- Catechism – elementary religious book
- Catharsis – purging or cleansing of any passage of the
- Cathartic – cleansing
- Catholic – universal, liberal
- Causerie – a chat
- Caveat – warning, caution
- Cavil – to find fault
- Celibacy – unmarried state
- Celerity – speed, rapidly
- Cenotaph- monument for the dead
- Censure – blame, criticize
- Centaur – mythical figure, half man and half horse
- Cerebration – process of thought
- Chaff – rubbish
- Chagrin – disappointment
- Chalice – a special cup for holding wine
- Challis – soft cotton fabric
- Charlatan – imposter, pretender to knowledge
- Charnel – burial place
- Chary – careful
- Chastisement – punishment
- Chauvinism – zealous patriotism, exaggerated or aggressive patriotism
- Cherubic – angelic , innocent looking
- Chicanery – fraud, trickery, deception
- Chide – rebuke, scold
- Chimerical – imaginary
- Choleric – hot tempered
- Chortle – chuckle with delight
- Churlish – rude
- Circlet – small ring, band
- Circuitous – roundabout
- Circumlocution – the use of many word where fewer would do
- Circumspect – watchful
- Circumvent – find a way around(an obstacle) , find a way round
- Citadel – a fortress
- Cite – to quote
- Clairvoyant – foretelling future
- Clamor – noise
- Clandestine – secret
- Cleave – adhere
- Clemency – mildness, disposition to be lenient
- Cliché – overworked expression
- Climacteric – critical
- Clout – great influence
- Coadjutor – helper
- Coagulate – thicken, congeal
- Coalesce – combine, fuse
- Coerce – compel
- Cogent – convincing
- Cogitate – think
- Cognate – related
- Cohabit – live together
- Cohesion – sticking together
- Cohort – a group of people with a shared characteristic
- Collate – collect, gather, accumulate, assemble
- Colligate – arrange
- Colloquial – informal conversation
- Colloquy – conference, conversation
- Collusion – secret agreement
- Colossal – huge, gigantic
- Comatose – lethargic, agreeable
- Combat – to fight
- Comely – attract
- Comestible – something fir to be eaten
- Comeuppance – rebuke, retribution
- Comity – courtesy, civility
- Commensurate – equal to
- Commiseration – sympathy
- Commiserate – feel or express pity or sympathy
- Commodious – comfortably or conveniently spacious, roomy, ample or adequate for particular purpose.
- Commutation – substitution
- Complacent – self satisfied
- Comport – behave specially in a manner which is right, proper or expected.
- Compunction – remorse
- Conceit – excessive pride in oneself, an extravagant and fanciful construction or structure, fanciful idea
- Conclave – private meeting
- Concomitant – accompanying
- Concur – agree
- Concurrent – running together
- Condign – well deserved, appropriate
- Condiment – a substance such as salt, mustard or pickle that is used to add flavor to food.
- Condole – express sympathy
- Condone – to pardon , to overlook
- Conduce – lead to, contribute to a result
- Confidant – friend, close associate, intimate, a person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others.
- Conflagration – big fire
- Confute – overwhelm with arguments
- Congeal – change from fluid to solid
- Congenital – present from birth ( disease or physical abnormality )
- Conglomerate – a company that owns several smaller business whose products or services are usually very different, a thing consisting of a number of different and distinct parts or items that are grouped together.
- Congruent – in agreement
- Conjecture – guess
- Conjugal – pertaining to marriage
- Conjure – produce with magic
- Connive – help in wrong doing
- Connubial – pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state
- Consecrate – make or declare sacred, dedicate formally to a religious purpose.
- Consign – transfer
- Consonance – agreement
- Consort – wife
- Construe – explain, interpret
- Consummate – complete
- Contentious – quarrelsome
- Contingent – conditional
- Contraband – illegal trade, smuggling
- Contravene – oppose
- Contrite – penitent
- Contrition – repentance
- Controvert – to dispute
- Contumacious – disobedient, resisting authority
- Contumely – contempt
- Conundrum – riddle, difficult problem
- Conversant – familiar
- Convivial – friendly, lively, enjoyable ( atmosphere, event or person)
- Convoke – to call together
- Copious – plentiful
- Coquette – flirt
- Corporeal – relating to person’s body, especially as opposed to their spirit, bodily, fleshly
- Corpulent – very fat, obese, overweight
- Corroborate – to confirm
- Cortege – procession
- Coterie – a small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other people, fraternity
- Cosmopolitan – worldly- wise, well travelled, sophisticated, found all over world ( of a plant and animal )
- Coterie – small group
- Countenance – approve, tolerate
- Countermand – to revoke an order
- Covenant – agreement
- Covert – hidden, secret
- Covetous – envious, greedy
- Cow – terrorize, intimidate
- Cower – shrink quivering, as from fear
- Cozen – to cheat
- Crag – rock, peak, cliff
- Crass – stupid
- Craven – cowardly
- Credence – belief
- Credulous – inclined to believe
- Crestfallen – dejected
- Crimp – make away
- Cringe – shrink back
- Crone – an ugly old woman
- Crotchety – eccentric, whimsical
- Crux – a particular point of difficulty, a decisive or most important point at issue.
- Cryptic – mysterious
- Cudgel – thick stick
- Culmination – climax, peak, top, zenith, summit
- Culpable – guilty
- Cupidity – greed
- Curmudgeon – churlish, miserly individual
- Cursory – superficial
- Curtail – shorten, reduce
- Cygnet – a young swan
- Cynosure – object of general attention
