Question | Answer |
chicanery | trickery |
chide | criticize |
chimerical | imaginary; fantastic; unreal |
chivalrous | courteous; courageous |
choleric | easily angered |
chronic | long-lasting |
churlish | rude |
cipher | a thing of no value |
circuitous | indirect |
circumlocution | roundabout way of speaking |
circumscribe | to encircle |
circumspect | cautious |
circumvent | to surround or entrap; to go around or by-pass |
citadel | a fortress |
cite | to quote a passage, book, author, etc.; to refer to an example |
civility | politeness |
clairvoyant | having great insight; keenly perceptive |
clamber | to climb with effort or difficulty |
clamor | noise |
clandestine | secretive; private |
clangor | harsh ringing sound |
clarify | to make clear |
clarion | clear and shrill |
claustrophobia | fear of enclosed spaces |
cleave | to split something apart; to stick or cling to something |
cleft | split; divided |
clemency | mercy; leniency |
cliché | a trite or worn-out expression |
clientele | customers |
clime | climate; region |
clique | a small, exclusive group |
cloistered | secluded; confined |
clout | (colloquial) power; influence |
cloven | divided; split |
coalesce | to blend; to merge; to fuse |
coddle | to treat tenderly |
coerce | to force |
coffer | a strongbox |
cogent | convincing |
cogitate | to think |
cognate | related; relevant |
cognizant | aware of |
coherent | logically connected; consistent |
cohesive | tending to stock |
cohort | colleague; associate; partner |
coincide | to occur simultaneously |
collaborate | to work together; to cooperate |
collage | collection of various bits and pieces |
collate | to put together in order |
collateral | security for payment |
colloquial | informal conversation or phrase |
collusion | conspiracy; agreement to commit a crime |
colossal | huge; enormous |
combative | argumentative |
combustible | capable of catching fire easily |
comely | attractive |
commemorate | honoring; remembering |
commence | to begin |
commendation | praise |
commensurate | proportionate |
commiserate | to express pity for |
commodious | spacious |
communal | shared |
compact | firmly packed; a treaty |
compatible | agreeable |
compel | to force |
compendium | brief summary |
compensatory | paying back |
complacent | satisfied; smug; overly competent |
complement | to make whole; to complete |
compliant | yielding; submissive |
complicity | partnership in wrongful act |
component | elements or parts |
composure | calmness of mind or manner |
comprehensive | all inclusive |
compromise | to agree; to settle by concession |
compulsory | required |
compunction | uneasiness; remorse |
concave | curved inward |
concede | to admit |
concentrate | to think deeply; to increase in strength or degree |
concentric | having a common center |
conception | a beginning; original plan |
concession | allowance; the act of yielding |
conciliate | to soothe the anger of to win over |
concise | to the point |
conclave | secrete meeting |
conclusive | end result |
concoct | to invent |
concomitant | accompanying |