Sungwoo's GRE Vocabulary (Barron's): C
Flashcard's for the wonderful GRE vocabulary set provided by Sungwoo Park at http://www.postech.ac.kr/~gla/gre/
I'll be adding more words as i find them mixed in the other letters! stay tuned...
I'll be adding more words as i find them mixed in the other letters! stay tuned...
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- cavalcade
- procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages; parade; CF. cavalry
- compromise
- adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of; put into danger, disrepute, or a dishonorable position; Ex. compromise one's principle; N.
- cosmic
- pertaining to the universe; vast
- cumbersome
- heavy and awkward to carry or wear; burdensome; Ex. cumbersome parcel/uniform
- charlatan
- quack; pretender to knowledge
- complement
- complete; consummate; make perfect; N.
- cursive
- flowing; running; having the successive letters joined
- criteria
- standards used in judging; CF. criterion
- capacious
- spacious
- chauvinist
- blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group, cause, or sex; ADJ. chauvinistic; CF. chauvinism; Nicolas Chauvin
- caulk
- make watertight
- consistency
- absence of contradictions; uniformity; degree of thickness or firmness; Ex. consistency of thick cream; CF. viscous
- clique
- small exclusive group of people
- complacency
- self-satisfaction; smugness; ADJ. complacent
- catechism
- book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form; religious instruction by question and answer; V. catechize
- confidant
- trusted friend
- conscientious
- scrupulous; through and careful; Ex. conscientious worker
- collusion
- conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others; V. collude
- carnivorous
- meat-eating; N. carnivore; CF. herbivore
- concomitant
- that which accompanies; Ex. Deafness is a frequent concomitant of old age; ADJ: existing or happening together with something else
- coroner
- public official who investigates any death thought to be of other than natural causes
- castigation
- punishment; severe criticism or disapproval
- centrifuge
- machine that separates substances by whirling them
- clientele
- body of customers
- connotation
- suggested or implied meaning of an expression; V. connote
- cognizance
- knowledge; ADJ. cognizant; having knowledge; aware
- comatose
- in a coma; extremely sleepy
- compact
- agreement; contract; ADJ: tightly packed; firm; brief; concise; Ex. compact statement
- collaborate
- work together; cooperate treasonably with the enemy
- carcinogenic
- causing cancer; N. carcinogen
- circlet
- small ring; band of gold, silver, jewel, etc.
- cordial
- warmly friendly; gracious; heartfelt; Ex. cordial welcome
- chapel
- small church (in a prison, college, or hospital)
- crone
- hag; ugly old woman
- cerebral
- pertaining to the brain or intellect; intellectual rather than emotional; CF. cerebrum
- comprise
- include; consist of
- cartographer
- map-maker
- cohabit
- live together
- corporeal
- bodily ; of a bodily form; material; tangible
- canny
- shrewd in money matters; thrifty
- circuitous
- roundabout
- coalesce
- combine; fuse; N. coalescence
- crescendo
- increase in the volume or intensity as in a musical passage; climax; CF. crescent
- convoke
- call together; Ex. convoke Parliament; N. convocation
- clangor
- loud resounding noise; sound of repeated clanging
- conservatory
- school of the fine arts ; glass-enclosed area; CF. conservancy
- compute
- reckon; calculate
- confluence
- flowing together; the place where two rivers flow together; crowd; gathering together
- canker
- any ulcerous sore; ulcer; any evil; CF. cancer
- circumvent
- outwit; defeat by behaving more cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get around
- coeval
- living at the same time as; existing during the same period of time; contemporary; of the same age
- couple
- join; unite; OP. uncouple
- civil
- having to do with citizens; not military or religious; courteous and polite; Ex. married in a civil ceremony; Ex. civil strife/disorder/law; N. civility; CF. civic
- chasten
- discipline; punish in order to correct; CF. castigate
- conscript
- draftee; person forced into military service; V.
- culinary
- relating to cooking or kitchen
- cower
- shrink quivering as from fear; cringe
- congenial
- pleasant; friendly; in agreement with one's tastes and nature; Ex. congenial weather
- contumacious
- stubborn and disobedient; resisting authority
- charisma
- divine gift; great popular charm or appeal; magnetism
- calculated
- deliberately planned; likely
- circumspect
- prudent; cautious; acting after careful thought
- consummate
- complete; V.
- conventional
- ordinary; typical; not nuclear; Ex. conventional weapons
- colossal
- huge
- countermand
- cancel; revoke
- cistern
- reservoir or water tank
- court
- attempt to gain; seek; woo; risk; behave so as to invite; attempt to gain the favor of by attention; Ex. court disaster
- canter
- slow gallop; V. CF. trot
- carrion
- rotting flesh of a dead body; CF. vulture
- cardiologist
- doctor specializing in ailments of the heart
- concession
- an act of yielding; conceding; something conceded; point, right, etc. given unwillingly; privilege of maintaining a business in a certain place; Ex. oil concessions in the North sea; CF. concessionaire
- cohere
- stick together
- catharsis
- purging or cleansing of any passage of the body; purging and weakening of strong emotions as a result of experiencing a dramatic work of art
- curator
- superintendent; manager
- catcall
- shout of disapproval or displeasure ; boo; V.
- cohesion
- tendency to keep together
- corrode
- destroy or wear away gradually by chemical action
- censure
- blame; criticize; express strong disapproval; N: severe criticism; strong disapproval
- concede
- admit; acknowledge as being true ; yield; grant; Ex. concede a goal
- cynical
- skeptical or distrustful of human motives; N. cynicism; CF. cynic: person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness
- champion
- support militantly; fight for; N: person who fights for or supports strongly
- crypt
- secret recess or vault usually used for burial; underground room
- cognitive
- having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes; N. cognition: the mental process of knowing
- conveyance
- vehicle; transfer; act of conveying; Ex. public conveyance
- clout
- great influence ; hard blow with fist
- choreography
- art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
- condescend
- bestow courtesies with a superior air; descend to the level of one considered inferior
- captious
- faultfinding; too critical
- cogent
- convincing
- crass
- very unrefined; grossly insensible; crude and undiscriminating; Ex. crass behavior
- coterie
- group that meets socially; select circle; close group of people with shared interests
- chide
- scold; rebuke
- cache
- hiding place; V.
- coquette
- flirt; flirtatious woman; woman who tries to attract the admiration of men without sincere feelings; V.
- convex
- curving outward
- correlation
- mutual relationship
- complicity
- participation; involvement
- convention
- social or moral custom; established practice; formal meeting; international agreement
- capacity
- mental or physical ability; role; position or duty; ability to accommodate; Ex. in my capacity as president
- caprice
- whim; sudden change of mind without any real cause
- cleave
- split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to; N. cleavage; ADJ. cloven
- cameo
- shell or jewel carved in relief; star"s special appearance in a minor role in a film
- claustrophobia
- fear of being locked in
- chisel
- swindle or cheat; N: wedgelike tool for cutting
- contrived
- unnatural and forced; artificial; not spontaneous; Ex. The ending was rather contrived.
- commensurate
- equal in extent; of the same size
- cubicle
- small chamber used for sleeping or work
- cathartic
- purgative; medicine that causes the bowels to empty; ADJ.
- calorific
- heat-producing; N. calorie
- confine
- shut in an enclosed space; restrict; keep within limits; N. confinement
- censorious
- severely critical
- cabal
- small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
- cadence
- rhythmic rise and fall ; beat; regular beat of sound; rhythm
- corrosive
- eating away by chemicals or disease; fierce
- conspiracy
- treacherous plot; secret plan against the law
- congenital
- existing at birth
- carefree
- free from worries; having no problems
- connoisseur
- person competent to act as a judge of art, etc. ; a lover of an art
- commiserate
- feel or express pity or sympathy for
- coincidence
- the chance occurrence, at the same time, of two or more seemingly connected events; V. coincide: happen at the same time; be in agreement; CF. coincident; CF. coincidental
- crux
- essential or main point; Ex. the crux of the problem; ADJ. crucial: of deciding importance
- comeuppance
- deserts; well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke
- corpulent
- very fat; N. corpulence
- catapult
- slingshot; hurling machine; V: fire from catapult
- circumlocution
- indirect or roundabout expression
- contention
- assertion; claim; thesis; struggling; competition
- countenance
- approve; support; tolerate; Ex. countenance his rude behavior; N: face; appearance
- condign
- adequate; severe and well deserved
- collateral
- security given for loan; ADJ: secondary; descended from the same person but through different sons or daughters
- copious
- plentiful
- contentious
- quarrelsome; controversial; likely to cause arguments
- compilation
- listing of information in tabular or book form; compiling
- caricature
- distortion; burlesque
- commodious
- spacious and comfortable
- cherubic
- angelic; innocent-looking; N. cherub; CF. seraph: winged angel of the highest order
- clandestine
- secret
- carnage
- destruction of life; slaughter; killing of large numbers of people or animals
- cede
- yield to ; surrender formally; N. cession
- check
- stop motion; curb or restrain
- chaffing
- bantering; joking
- clairvoyant
- having foresight; fortune teller; N. clairvoyance
- conflagration
- great fire
- cloister
- monastery or convent
- constituent
- supporter; voter; member of a constituency; component
- conformity
- harmony; agreement with established rules or customs; similarity; Ex. behave in conformity with; V. conform: be similar; act in agreement; comply; Ex. conform to the rule; CF. conformance
- composure
- mental calmness
- concord
- harmony; accord
- culpable
- deserving blame; blameworthy
- contortions
- twistings; distortions; V. contort: twist violently out of shape; CF. contortionist
- carping
- petty criticism; fault-finding; fretful complaining; quibble
- crevice
- crack; fissure
- capitulate
- surrender; give up all resistance
- corollary
- natural consequence
- crabbed
- sour; bad-tempered; peevish; difficult to read as handwriting
- combustible
- easily burned; N. CF. combustion
- curb
- chain or strap used with a bit to restrain a horse; something that checks; V: check; restrain
- concoct
- prepare by mixing or combining; make up in concert; devise so as to deceive; Ex. concoct an elaborate excuse for being late; N. concoction
- cadaverous
- like a corpse; pale
- chronic
- long established as a disease
- consequential
- self-important; significant; consequent; following as a result; Ex. consequential air; CF. subsequent
- complaisant
- trying to please; obliging; willing to please others
- courier
- messenger
- condiments
- seasonings; spices
- conjure
- cause to appear by magic; summon by magical power; practice magic ; evoke; conjure up: bring into the mind; Ex. The magician conjured a rabbit out of his hat.
- comprehensive
- broad; including a lot or everything; thorough; inclusive
- centurion
- Roman army officer
- condone
- overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
- conjecture
- surmise; guess; V.
- concave
- hollow; curved inwards; OP. convex
- comity
- courtesy; civility; Ex. comity of nations
- conviction
- judgment that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief
- convert
- one who has adopted a different religion or opinion; V: change into another form; adopt a particular religion or belief
- centigrade
- denoting a widely used temperature scale
- component
- element; ingredient
- communal
- held in common; public; of a group of people; of a commune
- cognate
- having a common origin; related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature; Ex. cognate languages; N.
- console
- lessen sadness or disappointment; give comfort; allay the sorrow of; N. consolation
- chasm
- abyss; very deep crack
- culvert
- artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road
- clarion
- shrill, trumpetlike sound; kind of trumpet used in former times
- centaur
- mythical figure, half man and half horse
- chimerical
- fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; N. chimera: unreal fancy; fire-breathing female creature
- covetous
- avaricious; desirous of ; V. covet: desire eagerly
- cryptic
- mysterious; hidden; secret
- canvass
- determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.; go through to solicit votes or orders; conduct a survey; N.
- contrite
- penitent; repentant; N. contrition
- conceit
- vanity or self-love; too high opinion of one's own value; extravagant metaphor
- coiffure
- hairstyle
- conifer
- pine tree ; cone-bearing tree; ADJ. coniferous; CF. deciduous; CF. evergreen
- casualty
- serious or fatal accident; person killed or wounded in an accident or battle
- chafe
- warm by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; N.
- compassion
- sympathy for the suffering of others; ADJ. compassionate
- cumulative
- growing by addition; accumulative
- colloquy
- informal discussion; conversation
- cozen
- cheat; hoodwink; swindle
- consolidation
- unification; process of becoming firmer or stronger; V. consolidate: merge; strengthen
- coup
- highly successful action or sudden attack; coup d"etat; CF. coup de grace: deathblow or shot which kills
- carousal
- drunken revel; V. carouse
- climactic
- relating to the highest point; N. climax; CF. climatic
- cajole
- persuade by praise or false promise; coax; wheedle
- ceremonious
- marked by formality; extremely formal and polite; CF. ceremony: conventional social courtesy
- carnal
- fleshly; sensual; concerning the desires of the body
- complementary
- serving to complete something
- convoluted
- coiled around; twisted; involved; complicated; intricate; complex; N. convolution: twist; one of the convex folds of the surface of the brain
- cantankerous
- ill-humored; irritable
- chaotic
- in utter disorder
- cataclysm
- deluge; upheaval; earthquake; violent and sudden event or change
- caucus
- private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy; CF. the Caucus club of Boston
- connivance
- pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend; V. connive: feign ignorance ; cooperate secretly in an illegal action; conspire
- candor
- frankness; open honesty; ADJ. candid
- conducive
- helpful; contributive; V. conduce; Ex. conduce to/towards
- concurrent
- happening at the same time; in agreement
- conciliatory
- reconciling; soothing; V. conciliate: reconcile; soothe; win the friendly feelings
- cordon
- extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress; V.
- construe
- explain; interpret; Ex. construe her silence as meaning that she agreed; CF. misconstrue
- canto
- division of a long poem
- cascade
- small waterfall
- clemency
- disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments; mildness as of the weather; ADJ. clement
- collation
- a light meal; collating
- cringe
- shrink back as if in fear; cower
- controvert
- oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict; ADJ. controversial; N. controversy
- converse
- opposite; ADJ.
- concentric
- having a common center
- centripetal
- tending toward the center
- concerted
- mutually agreed on; done together by agreement; Ex. concerted effort; CF. in concert: working together
- circumscribe
- limit; confine; draw a line around
- cerebration
- thought; working of the brain
- contingent
- dependent on something uncertain or in the future; conditional; happening by chance; accidental; N: a group of soldiers, ships to a larger force; CF. contingency: future event that may or may not occur; possibility; Ex. prepare for every contingency
- conundrum
- riddle; difficult problem
- commandeer
- take for military use without needing permission or giving payment; draft for military purposes
- choleric
- hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily angered; CF. cholera
- conduit
- aqueduct; passageway for fluids
- chameleon
- lizard that changes color in different situations
- comport
- bear one's self; behave; Ex. comport oneself; N. comportment
- cornucopia
- horn overflowing with fruit and grain; symbol of abundance; horn of plenty
- contusion
- bruise
- cloying
- distasteful ; excessively sweet or sentimental; V. cloy: become unpleasant through too much sweetness or excess
- corroborate
- confirm; support; strengthen
- caliber
- ability; quality; diameter of the inside of a round cylinder; Ex. work of very high caliber
- collage
- work of art put together from fragments
- centrifugal
- radiating; departing from the center
- compound
- combine; produce by combining; increase; make worse by adding to or increasing; exacerbate; Ex. compound an error; ADJ: consisting of two or more parts; N: combination of two or more parts; area enclosed by a wall containing a group of buildings; Ex. factory compound; CF. complex
- consonance
- harmony; agreement
- craven
- cowardly
- comestible
- something fit to be eaten
- converge
- approach; tend to meet; come together
- clime
- climate
- condole
- express condolences; N. condolence: sympathy for someone who has experienced great sorrow
- colander
- utensil with perforated bottom used for straining
- codify
- arrange as a code; classify; N. code: system of words used instead of ordinary writing; collection of laws, rules, established social customs
- consanguinity
- kinship; relationship by birth
- clamor
- loud continuous noise; continuous demand or complaint made by a large number of people; V: make a clamor; express continually and loudly; ADJ. clamorous
- contend
- struggle; compete; assert earnestly; state strongly
- cliche
- phrase dulled in meaning by repetition; platitude; ADJ. cliched
- corrugated
- wrinkled; ridged
- contravene
- contradict; oppose; violate ; N. contravention
- canine
- related to dogs; doglike
- catholic
- universal; general; broad; including many different parts; wide-ranging liberal; Ex. catholic opinions/tastes
- chary
- cautious; unwilling to take risks; sparing or restrained about giving; OP. bold
- contraband
- illegal trade; smuggling; smuggled goods; ADJ.
- credence
- belief
- coda
- concluding section of a musical or literary composition
- creed
- system of religious or ethical belief
- coin
- make coins; invent or fabricate ; N. coinage: word or phrase recently invented
- chase
- ornament a metal surface by indenting; follow rapidly to catch
- contaminate
- pollute
- coercion
- use of force to get someone to object; compelling; V. coerce
- caldron
- large kettle
- carapace
- shell covering the back
- carillon
- a set of bells capable of being played
- compunction
- remorse; strong uneasiness caused by guilt
- careen
- lurch; sway from side to side; move with irregular swinging movement; stagger
- crestfallen
- dejected; dispirited
- compelling
- overpowering; irresistible in effect; holding one's attention; that compels one to do something; Ex. a compelling adventure story; V. compel
- canard
- unfounded false rumor; exaggerated false report
- callow
- youthful; immature; inexperienced
- contiguous
- adjacent to; touching upon
- calumny
- malicious misrepresentation; slander
- codicil
- supplement to the body of a will; later addition to a will
- clapper
- striker of a bell
- comely
- attractive; agreeable; having a pleasing appearance
- cessation
- stoppage
- chagrin
- annoyance and disappointment; vexation
- chalice
- goblet; consecrated cup
- churlish
- boorish; rude; N. churl: boor; yahoo
- clamber
- climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble
- camaraderie
- good-fellowship; CF. comrade
- cuisine
- style of cooking; Ex. French cuisine
- coagulate
- congeal; thicken; clot; N. coagulant
- compatible
- harmonious; in harmony with; able to exist together
- chronicle
- report; record
- cohorts
- group of people who share some common quality; armed band; a group of between 300 and 600 soldiers under one commander
- cavil
- quibble; make frivolous objections; find fault unnecessarily
- celibate
- abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried; N. celibacy
- censor
- overseer of morals ; person who eliminates inappropriate matter; V.
- congruence
- correspondence of parts; harmonious relationship; CF. congruity
- cupidity
- greed ; CF. cupid; CF. Cupid
- covenant
- binding agreement between two groups or people; compact; V: enter into a covenant; promise
- coddle
- treat gently; indulge excessively; pamper; mollycoddle; baby; cook in water just below boiling point; Ex. coddled eggs
- cavalier
- casual and offhand; arrogant; N: knight
- conception
- beginning; forming of an idea; fertilization; V. conceive: form an idea in the mind; devise; become pregnant; CF. inception
- cynosure
- object of general attention; person or thing that is a center of attention; CF. Ursa Minor
- calligraphy
- beautiful writing; excellent penmanship
- contempt
- scorn; disdain; ADJ. contemptuous; CF. contemptible
- cog
- tooth projecting from a wheel
- convene
- come together; assemble; call to meet; Ex. convene the council
- cull
- pick out from others ; reject; select; collect ; N.
- conclave
- private secret meeting
- conversant
- familiar with; having knowledge of
- cardinal
- chief; most important; N: priest; cardinal number: number that shows quantity rather than order
- capricious
- unpredictable; fickle
- caste
- one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society; social stratification; prestige
- continence
- self-restraint; sexual chastity; sexual abstinence; voluntary control over bladder and bowel functions; ADJ. continent
- credulity
- belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivete; ADJ. credulous
- carafe
- glass water bottle; decanter
- compendium
- brief, comprehensive summary; ADJ. compendious
- culmination
- highest point; climax; V. culminate in: reach the highest point in; end in; Ex. a series of minor clashes culminating in war
- context
- writings preceding and following the passage quoted; circumstance in which an event occurs
- coalition
- partnership; league; union of separate political parties
- covert
- secret; hidden; implied; OP. overt
- compliant
- readily acting in accordance with a rule, order, or the wishes or others; yielding; conforming to requirements
- cow
- terrorize; intimidate
- celerity
- speed; rapidity
- cauterize
- burn with hot iron or caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent infection
- caustic
- burning; corrosive; able to burn by chemical action; sarcastically biting; intended to hurt; bitter; harmful; OP. harmless
- cantata
- story set to music to be sung by a chorus
- carat
- unit of weight for precious stones; measure of the purity of gold
- conjugal
- pertaining to marriage
- credo
- creed
- cursory
- casual; hastily done with little attention to detail
- chastise
- punish as by beating; criticize severely
- curmudgeon
- churlish, miserly individual; bad-tempered old person
- confiscate
- seize; take possession of by official order ; commandeer
- constraint
- restraint; compulsion; repression of feelings; reticence; V. constrain: hold back; restrain; compel; oblige; confine forcibly; imprison
- celestial
- heavenly
- consign
- send to a person or place for sale; deliver officially; entrust; put into the care of another; set apart ; N. consignment; CF. consignor, consignee
- cogitate
- think over; ponder
- crotchety
- eccentric; odd; whimsical; bad-tempered; N. crotchet: odd or whimsical notion
- cite
- quote; commend; Ex. cited for bravery in an official record
- conclusive
- decisive; ending all debate
- connubial
- pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state
- cession
- yielding to another; ceding
- conglomeration
- mass of material sticking together
- concatenate
- link as in a chain
- catalyst
- agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged; CF. catalysis
- consecrate
- dedicate; sanctify; declare as sacred; Ex. consecrate one's life to helping the poor
- compress
- force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words; N: thick mass of cloth pressed to part of the body to stop bleeding or swelling, reduce fever, etc.
- catastrophe
- calamity ; disaster
- congeal
- freeze; coagulate
- counterpart
- thing that completes another; things very much alike; thing that has the same purpose in a different system
- contagion
- infection ; ADJ. contagious; CF. infectious: that can be passed by infection in the air
- consort
- associate with; keep company; N: husband or wife
- concise
- brief and compact
- chivalrous
- courteous; faithful; brave; N. chivalry
- ciliated
- having minute hairs; CF. cilium; CF. cilia: eyelash
- causal
- implying a cause-and-effect relationship; N. causality
- colloquial
- pertaining to conversational or common speech; informal; N. colloquialism: colloquial expression
- chaplain
- clergyman attached to a chapel
- collate
- examine and compare in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order
- chortle
- chuckle with delight; N.
- compliance
- conformity in fulfilling requirements; readiness to yield; disposition to yield to others; V. comply
- certitude
- certainty
- cipher
- nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero; secret code; V.
- congruent
- in agreement; harmonious; corresponding; coinciding exactly; CF. congruous
- colossus
- gigantic statue; person or thing of great size or importance
- coy
- shy ; showing a lack of self-confidence; modest; coquettish; CF. job offer
- cataract
- great waterfall; eye abnormality
- cant
- insincere speech or expression of piety; jargon of thieves; special words used by a particular group of people
- compensatory
- making up for; repaying
- cacophonous
- discordant; inharmonious; N. cacophony: unpleasant mixture of loud sounds
- categorical
- without exceptions; made without any doubt in mind; unqualified; absolute
- chassis
- framework and working parts of an automobile; framework to which components are attached
- contest
- dispute; argue about the rightness of; compete for; try to win; Ex. contest the election results; Ex. contest a seat in Parliament; N.
- curtail
- shorten; reduce
- compile
- assemble; gather; accumulate; make from facts and information found in various places; Ex. compile a dictionary
- cadaver
- corpse; dead human body
- chaff
- worthless products of an endeavor; husk separated from grain; Ex. separate the wheat from the chaff
- clavicle
- collarbone
- consensus
- general agreement; opinion reached by a group
- commemorative
- remembering; honoring the memory of; Ex. commemorative stamp
- convivial
- pleasantly merry; festive; joyous; gay; characterized by joviality; jovial
- citadel
- fortress
- callous
- hardened; unfeeling; without sympathy for the sufferings of others; unkind
- concur
- agree; coincide; happen at the same time
- chicanery
- trickery; deception
- chaste
- morally pure; virginal; abstaining from illicit sexual acts; modest; simple ; not highly decorated; austere
- caption
- title; chapter heading; text under illustration
- calamity
- disaster; misery
- checkered
- marked by great changes in fortune; with many changes of fortune; CF. checked: having a pattern of squares
- cornice
- projecting molding on building
- cleft
- split
- capillary
- having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity
- confound
- confuse; puzzle