Words Starting With "C"

1. Cache – storehouse of weapons
2. Cadaver - corpse
3. Cadence – rise and fall of sound, tempo, rhythm, pace, intonation, modulation, tone
4. Cadge – steal, sneak, take, beg; get away with
5. Calibrate – fine-tune
6. Callous – rude, coldhearted, uncaring, unsympathetic, pitiless, thick-skinned
7. Calorific – causing heat, fattening, high energy, high in calories
8. Calvinism - The theological system of John Calvin and his followers emphasizing omnipotence of God and salvation by grace alone; Protestantism
9. Cameo – biography, character part, small part, cameo role
10. Canard – a false report, fiction, fable
11. Canker – deadening tissue, scourge, blight, pest, menace, bane
12. Cant – hypocrisy, insincerity, false piety, humbug,
13. Cantankerous – complaining, irritable, tetchy, belligerent, grouchy
14. Canter – gallop, run, trot, jog, sprint
15. Canvass – collect support, campaign, electioneer, solicit votes, survey, poll; test
16. Capitulate – surrender, give in, give up, cede, relent, yield; submit
17. Caprice – whim, impulse, quirk
18. Carafe – wine container, flask; decanter
19. Carapace – shell, case, exterior, sleeve, sheath
20. Careen – lurch, zigzag, stagger, wind, twist, crisscross, meander
21. Carillon – bells, doorbell, glockenspiel
22. Carnal - fleshy
23. Carousal – a merry drinking party
24. Carping – complaining, moaning, nit-picking, grousing, critical, discontented
25. Carrion – rotten after cadaver
26. Cataclysm – catastrophe, disaster, upheaval, calamity, debacle, tragedy, deluge
27. Catatonic – not able to react due to sickness
28. Catcall – shouting, jeer, hiss, boo, taunt, insult, mockery
29. Catechism – a religious book giving instruction, dialecticism
30. Caulk – adhesive
31. Cavalier – arrogant, offhand, inconsiderate, haughty, casual, careless
32. Cavil – quibble, complain, carp; niggle
33. Cede – give in territory, relinquish, abandon
34. Celerity – speed, alacrity, haste, briskness
35. Censure – criticize, fault, reprimand, condemn, reproach, denounce, deprecation, scorn, contempt
36. Centaur – mythical creature
37. Centrifugal – eccentric, tending to move away from the center
38. Centrifuge – machine that separates, extractor or separator
39. Centripetal – towards the center
40. Cerebration – thought
41. Certitude – certainty
42. Cession - cede
43. Chafe – rub, scrape, abrade, annoy
44. Chaff – dust of wheat (joke –v)
45. Chaffing – bantering
46. Chagrin – not grin, annoyed, vexation
47. Chalice – a drinking vessel, goblet, glass, cup
48. Chameleon – volatile, color changing lizard
49. Chary – wary, cautious, suspicious, mindful
50. Chase – run after, cut indentation, emboss
51. Chasten – discipline, punish, reprimand, censure, castigate
52. Checkered – past life, checkered career
53. Cherubic – angelic, divine, holy
54. Chisel – tool, carve
55. Chivalrous – gallant, mannerly,
56. Choleric – bad-tempered
57. Chortle – chuckle
58. Churlish – rude, boorish, coarse, truculent, grumpy
59. Cipher – unimportant person, code
60. Circumvent – avoid, evade, dodge, thwart, elude
61. Cistern – tanker, reservoir, boiler
62. Clairvoyant – fortuneteller, telepathist, mind reader
63. Clamber – climb by crawling; the mountaineers clambered for two hours and establish a bivouac on the top.
64. Clamor – loud noise
65. Clangor – long noise
66. Clapper – tongue of bell
67. Clarion – brass, clear sounding
68. Clavicle – collarbone
69. Cleave – cut, slash, slice, smite; chop
70. Clemency – mercy, mildness, leniency, pity, harshness (antonym)
71. Climactic – climax, very exciting, most important
72. Clime – climate of a particular region
73. Clique – group, circle, faction, set, gang, elite
74. Cloister – monastery, convent,
75. Clout – influence, power, authority, sway, political clout
76. Cloying – syrupy, over-sweet, sticky, sugary, clean (antonym)
77. Coalesce – amalgamate
78. Coddle – pamper, mollycoddle, indulge, overprotect, cosset, fuss over, spoil, cocoon
79. Codicil – addition, supplement, appendix, postscript, rider
80. Cog – tooth, component, part, gear, mechanism
81. Cognizance – knowledge, understanding
82. Coiffure – hairstyle
83. Colander - strainer, sieve
84. Collate – triangulate, collect, gather; assemble
85. Collateral – security, guarantee
86. Collation - a light meal, snacks, banquet, buffet, spread, feast
87. Colloquium – conference, seminar
88. Colloquy – informal conversation, interaction
89. Collusion – conspiracy, complicity, connivance
90. Comatose – in coma, deep sleep, unconscious
91. Comely – attractive
92. Commandeer (V) – take arbitrarily or by force; hijack; pirate
93. Commiserate - sympathize, pity, empathize, console
94. Communion – time to drink food in commemorating Christ, spiritual union
95. Complicity – collusion, connivance, participation, support
96. Comport – behave well or properly
97. Comport – to behave in a particular way
98. Compunction – remorse, regret, scruple, reluctance, qualm
99. Concatenate – combine two strings to form a single one
100. Concede – admit, confess, grant, give in, allow, give up, forfeit
101. Conceit – self-importance, pride, vanity, smugness, snobbery, arrogance, modest (antonym)
102. Concerted – collaborative, mutual, solitary (antonym)
103. Conclave – private meeting, assembly, council, caucus
104. Concoct – to make food by mixing food items
105. Concur – agree, correspond, coincide; harmonize
106. Condescend - to do something below one’s position, deign; we had to wait almost an hour before he condescended to see us; bestow courtesies with superior year; the king condescended to grant ordinance to the friends of the condemned man.
107. Condign – condign punishment is the one that is appropriate to the crime
108. Condiment – a sauce etc. that is used to give flavor to food
109. Conduit – aqueduct, passageway for fluids; a person or organization that is used to pass things or information to other people or places
110. Conflagration – great fire
111. Conflate – to put two or more things together to make new things.
112. Confluence – the place where two rivers meet
113. Confound – to confuse
114. Congeal – coagulate, thicken
115. Congenial – pleasant and likeminded friends
116. Congenital – existing since birth
117. Congregation (N) – a group pof people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
118. Conjure – practicing magic, summon devil, to perform magic tricks in order to entertain people, especially tricks using quick hand movements
119. Connivance – helping in doing something wrong, abet, accomplice; the crime was committed with the connivance of police officer
120. Connubial – related to marriage, the relationship between husband and wife; he extended a connubial bliss.
121. Conscript – to make somebody join the armed forces, conscription; he was conscripted in army in 1939.
122. Consecrate - to state officially in a religious ceremony that something is holy and can be used for religious purposes; to make bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ; to consecrate somebody means to state officially that somebody is now a priest
123. Conservatory – school of fine arts
124. Consort – the husband or wife of a ruler
125. Consternation – dismay; sudden amazement or dread that results in confusion
126. Construe – to understand the meaning of a word or sentence
127. Contempt – lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
128. Contend – to say that somebody is true in an argument
129. Contention – angry disagreement between people
130. Contiguous – adjoining, abutting, neighboring
131. Continence – the control of feeling especially of having sex
132. Contingent - a group of people representing a place or organization, contingent of peacekeepers; dependent on or conditional; acceptance of the course is contingent on your examination result.
133. Contortions - twisting or distortions, gnarled
134. Contraband – illegal trade, trafficking, racketing
135. Contravene – contradict, oppose, transgress, infringe (the company was found guilty of contravening safety regulations
136. Contrite – penitent, remorseful, rueful, ruthful (her contrite tears did not influence the judge when he imposed sentence.
137. Contrived – forced, artificial, not spontaneous, planned in advance and not genuine (a contrived situation)
138. Contumacious – lacking respect for authority (the contumacious mob shouted defiantly at the police)
139. Contusion – an injury to part of the body that doesn’t break the skin, bruise
140. Convalesce – to spend time getting your health and strength back after illness “She is convalescing at home after her operation.”
141. Convene – assemble
142. Conveyance – vehicle, transfer
143. Convoke – call together, convocation
144. Coquette – flirt, attracting sexually
145. Cornice – a decorative boarder around the top of the wall
146. Cornucopia – plethora of knowledge
147. Corrugated – shaped into a series of regular folds that look like waves
148. Cosign - deliver officially; to put somebody or something in order to get rid of it; what I didn’t want was to see mother consigned to an old peoples’ home
149. Countenance – face
150. Countermand – cancel earlier order or command
151. Cow – intimidate, to frighten somebody in order to make them obey
152. Cozen – cheat, swindle, hoodwink
153. Crabbed – sour, peevish, bad-tempered
154. Crass – insensitive, unrefined, grossly insensible; very stupid and showing no sympathy and understanding
155. Credo – creed, belief
156. Crestfallen – disappointed, annoyed
157. Cringe – shrink back, as if in fear
158. Crone – an ugly old woman
159. Crypt – secret, mysterious, hidden
160. Cubicle – small chamber used for sleeping
161. Cull – to kill a number of animals to reduce its quantity
162. Culminate – attainment of highest position
163. Culpable – deserving blame
164. Cummerbund (N) - a wide band of silk, etc. worn around the waist, especially under a dinner jacket; elastic of underwear
165. Cupidity – greed
166. Curmudgeon – churlish or miserly individual, bad tempered old man
167. Cynical – a person not caring that something might hurt other people, if their some advantage for him or her
168. Cynosure – object of general attention (he was a cynosure when he was at his teen).