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- cabal n
- A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose
- cabalism n
- Superstitious devotion to one's religion
- cabinet n
- The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a nation
- cacophony n
- A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones
- cadaverous adj
- Resembling a corpse
- cadence n
- Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops
- cadenza n
- An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument
- caitiff adj
- Cowardly
- cajole v
- To impose on or dupe by flattering speech
- cajolery n
- Delusive speech
- calculable adj
- That may be estimated by reckoning
- calculus n
- A concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness
- callosity n
- The state of being hard and insensible
- callow adj
- Without experience of the world
- calorie n
- Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade
- calumny n
- Slander
- Calvary n
- The place where Christ was crucified
- Calvinism n
- The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin
- Calvinize v
- To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism
- came n
- A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows
- cameo n
- Any small engraved or carved work in relief
- campaign n
- A complete series of connected military operations
- Canaanite n
- A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or western Palestine
- canary adj
- Of a bright but delicate yellow
- candid adj
- Straightforward
- candor n
- The quality of frankness or outspokenness
- canine adj
- Characteristic of a dog
- canon n
- Any rule or law
- cant v
- To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity
- cantata n
- A choral composition
- canto n
- One of the divisions of an extended poem
- cantonment n
- The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered
- capacious adj
- Roomy
- capillary n
- A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells
- capitulate v
- To surrender or stipulate terms
- caprice n
- A whim
- caption n
- A heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc
- captious adj
- Hypercritical
- captivate v
- To fascinate, as by excellence
- carcass n
- The dead body of an animal
- cardiac adj
- Pertaining to the heart
- cardinal adj
- Of prime or special importance
- caret n
- A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc
- caricature n
- a picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted
- carnage n
- Massacre
- carnal adj
- Sensual
- carnivorous adj
- Eating or living on flesh
- carouse v
- To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner
- carrion n
- Dead and putrefying flesh
- cartilage n
- An elastic animal tissue of firm consistence
- cartridge n
- A charge for a firearm, or for blasting
- caste n
- The division of society on artificial grounds
- castigate v
- To punish
- casual adj
- Accidental, by chance
- casualty n
- A fatal or serious accident or disaster
- cataclysm n
- Any overwhelming flood of water
- cataract n
- Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness
- catastrophe n
- Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity
- cathode n
- The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery
- Catholicism n
- The system, doctrine, and practice of the Roman Catholic Church
- catholicity n
- Universal prevalence or acceptance
- cat-o-nine-tails n
- An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy
- caucus n
- A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates
- causal adj
- Indicating or expressing a cause
- caustic adj
- Sarcastic and severe
- cauterize v
- To burn or sear as with a heated iron
- cede v
- To pass title to
- censor n
- An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication
- censorious adj
- Judging severely or harshly
- census n
- An official numbering of the people of a country or district
- centenary adj
- Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years
- centiliter n
- A hundredth of a liter
- centimeter n
- A length of one hundredth of a meter
- centurion n
- A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army
- cereal adj
- Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds
- ceremonial adj
- Characterized by outward form or ceremony
- ceremonious adj
- Observant of ritual
- cessation n
- Discontinuance, as of action or motion
- cession n
- Surrender, as of possessions or rights
- chagrin n
- Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors
- chameleon adj
- Changeable in appearance
- chancery n
- A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court
- chaos n
- Any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion
- characteristic n
- A distinctive feature
- characterize v
- To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities
- charlatan n
- A quack
- chasm n
- A yawning hollow, as in the earth's surface
- chasten v
- To purify by affliction
- chastise v
- To subject to punitive measures
- chastity n
- Sexual or moral purity
- chateau n
- A castle or manor-house
- chattel n
- Any article of personal property
- check v
- To hold back
- chiffon n
- A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc
- chivalry n
- The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices
- cholera n
- An acute epidemic disease
- choleric adj
- Easily provoked to anger
- choral adj
- Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir
- Christ n
- A title of Jesus
- christen v
- To name in baptism
- Christendom n
- That part of the world where Christianity is generally professed
- chromatic adj
- Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color
- chronology n
- The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and arrangement of events
- chronometer n
- A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision
- cipher v
- To calculate arithmetically
- circulate v
- To disseminate
- circumference n
- The boundary-line of a circle
- circumlocution n
- Indirect or roundabout expression
- circumnavigate v
- To sail quite around
- circumscribe v
- To confine within bounds
- circumspect adj
- Showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration
- citadel n
- Any strong fortress
- cite v
- To refer to specifically
- claimant n
- One who makes a claim or demand, as of right
- clairvoyance n
- Intuitive sagacity or perception
- clamorous adj
- Urgent in complaint or demand
- clan n
- A tribe
- clandestine adj
- Surreptitious
- clangor n
- Clanking or a ringing, as of arms, chains, or bells; clamor
- clarify v
- To render intelligible
- clarion n
- A small shrill trumpet or bugle
- classify v
- To arrange in a class or classes on the basis of observed resemblanceÂ’s and differences
- clearance n
- A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with the law and may sail
- clemency n
- Mercy
- clement adj
- Compassionate
- close-hauled adj
- Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible
- clothier n
- One who makes or sells cloth or clothing
- clumsy adj
- Awkward of movement
- coagulate v
- To change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical action, or by a ferment
- coagulant adj
- Producing coagulation
- coalescence n
- The act or process of coming together so as to form one body, combination, or product
- coalition n
- Combination in a body or mass
- coddle v
- To treat as a baby or an invalid
- codicil n
- A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will
- coerce v
- To force
- coercion n
- Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical
- coercive adj
- Serving or tending to force
- cogent adj
- Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience
- cognate adj
- Akin
- cognizant adj
- Taking notice
- cohere v
- To stick together
- cohesion n
- Consistency
- cohesive adj
- Having the property of consistency
- coincide v
- To correspond
- coincidence n
- A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident
- coincident adj
- Taking place at the same time
- collaborate v
- To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits
- collapse v
- To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail
- collapsible adj
- That may or can collapse
- colleague n
- An associate in professional employment
- collective adj
- Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into a mass, or sum
- collector n
- One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like
- collegian n
- A college student
- collide v
- To meet and strike violently
- collier n
- One who works in a coal-mine
- collision n
- Violent contact
- colloquial adj
- Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary
- colloquialism n
- Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation
- colloquy n
- Conversation
- collusion n
- A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose
- colossus n
- Any strikingly great person or object
- comely adj
- Handsome
- comestible adj
- Fit to be eaten
- comical adj
- Funny
- commemorate v
- To serve as a remembrance of
- commentary n
- A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work
- commingle v
- To blend
- commissariat n
- The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs
- commission v
- To empower
- commitment n
- The act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping
- committal n
- The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
- commodity n
- Something that is bought and sold
- commotion n
- A disturbance or violent agitation
- commute v
- To put something, especially something less severe, in place of
- comparable adj
- Fit to be compared
- comparative adj
- Relative
- comparison n
- Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness
- compensate v
- To remunerate
- competence n
- Adequate qualification or capacity
- competent adj
- Qualified
- competitive adj
- characterized by rivalry
- competitor n
- A rival
- complacence n
- Satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings
- complacent adj
- Pleased or satisfied with oneself
- complaisance n
- Politeness
- complaisant adj
- Agreeable
- complement v
- To make complete
- complex adj
- Complicated
- compliant adj
- Yielding
- complicate v
- To make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with
- complication n
- An intermingling or combination of things or parts, especially in a perplexing manner
- complicity n
- Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer
- compliment v
- To address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise
- component n
- A constituent element or part
- comport v
- To conduct or behave (oneself)
- composure n
- Calmness
- comprehensible adj
- Intelligible
- comprehension n
- Ability to know
- comprehensive adj
- Large in scope or content
- compress v
- To press together or into smaller space
- compressible adj
- Capable of being pressed into smaller compass
- compression n
- Constraint, as by force or authority
- comprise v
- To consist of
- compulsion n
- Coercion
- compulsory adj
- Forced
- compunction n
- Remorseful feeling
- compute v
- To ascertain by mathematical calculation
- concede v
- To surrender
- conceit n
- Self-flattering opinion
- conceive v
- To form an idea, mental image or thought of
- concerto n
- A musical composition
- concession n
- Anything granted or yielded, or admitted in response to a demand, petition, or claim
- conciliate v
- To obtain the friendship of
- conciliatory adj
- Tending to reconcile
- conclusive adj
- Sufficient to convince or decide
- concord n
- Harmony
- concordance n
- Harmony
- concur v
- To agree
- concurrence n
- Agreement
- concurrent adj
- Occurring or acting together
- concussion n
- A violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden blow
- condensation n
- The act or process of making dense or denser
- condense v
- To abridge
- condescend v
- To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors
- condolence n
- Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune
- conduce v
- To bring about
- conducive adj
- Contributing to an end
- conductible adj
- Capable of being conducted or transmitted
- conduit n
- A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid
- confectionery n
- The candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy
- confederacy n
- A number of states or persons in compact or league with each other, as for mutual aid
- confederate n
- One who is united with others in a league, compact, or agreement
- confer v
- To bestow
- conferee n
- A person with whom another confers
- confessor n
- A spiritual advisor
- confidant n
- One to whom secrets are entrusted
- confide v
- To reveal in trust or confidence
- confidence n
- The state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another
- confident adj
- Assured
- confinement n
- Restriction within limits or boundaries
- confiscate v
- To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury
- conflagration n
- A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like
- confluence n
- The place where streams meet
- confluent n
- A stream that unites with another
- conformance n
- The act or state or conforming
- conformable adj
- Harmonious
- conformation n
- General structure, form, or outline
- conformity n
- Correspondence in form, manner, or use
- confront v
- To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles
- congeal v
- To coagulate