| Word |
Definition |
| Counterpart |
one that closely resembles another; one that serves as a complement |
| Coup |
highly successful action or sudden attack; coup d'etat |
| Couple |
to join; to unite |
| Courier |
a messenger |
| Covenant |
an agreement |
| Covert |
secret; hidden; implied |
| Covetous |
avaricious; eagerly desirous of |
| Cow |
to terrorize; intimidate |
| Cower |
to shrink away, as from fear |
| Coy |
shy; modest; coquettish |
| Cozen |
to cheat; to hoodwink; to swindle |
| Crabbed |
sour; peevish |
| Crass |
very unrefined; grossly insensible |
| Craven |
cowardly |
| Credence |
belief |
| Credo |
creed |
| Credulity |
belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivete |
| Creed |
system of religious or ethical belief |
| Crescendo |
increase in the volume or intensity, as in a musical passage; climax |
| Crestfallen |
dejected; dispirited |
| Crevice |
crack; fissure |
| Cringe |
to shrink back, as if in fear |
| Criteria |
standards used in judging |
| Crone |
hag |
| Crotchety |
eccentric; whimsical |
| Crux |
secret recess or vault usually used for burial |
| Cryptic |
mysterious; hidden; secret |
| Cubicle |
small chamber used for sleeping |
| Cuisine |
style of cooking |
| Culinary |
relating to cooking |
| Cull |
to pick out; to reject |
| Culmination |
attainment of highest point |
| Culpable |
deserving blame |
| Culvert |
a drain or channel crossing under a road, sidewalk, etc.; sewer; conduit |
| Cumbersome |
heavy; hard to manage |
| Cumulative |
growing by addition |
| Cupidity |
greed |
| Curator |
superintendent; manager |
| Curmudgeon |
a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| Cursive |
flowing, running |
| Cursory |
casual; hastily done |
| Curtail |
to shorten; to reduce |
| Cynical |
skeptical or distrustful of human motives |
| Cynosure |
center of attraction or attention |
| Dabble |
to work at in a nonserious fashion; to plash around |
| Dais |
a raised platform |
| Dally |
to trifle with; to procrastinate |
| Dank |
damp |
| Dapper |
neat and trim |
| Dappled |
spotted |
| Daub |
to smear (as with paint) |
| Daunt |
to overcome with fear: intimidate; to lessen the courage of: dishearten |
| Dauntless |
bold |
| Dawdle |
to loiter; to waste time |
| Deadlock |
standstill; stalemate |
| Deadpan |
wooden; impassive or expressionless |
| Dearth |
scarcity |
| Debacle |
a sudden downfall; a complete disaster |
| Debilitate |
to weaken; to enfeeble |
| Debonair |
friendly; aiming to please |
| Debris |
remains of anything broken down: rubble |
| Debunk |
to expose as false |
| Debutante |
young woman making formal entrance into society |
| Decadence |
decay |
| Decant |
to pour off gently; to transfer from container to another |
| Decapitate |
to behead |
| Decelerate |
to slow down |
