| cabal | a scheme or plot a group of plotters |
| cadge | to beg to get by begging |
| cajole | use flattery or deceit to persuade |
| calipers | metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument |
| calumny | slander aspersion |
| candid | frank straight-forward |
| cant | insincere talk/jargon |
| cantankerous | bad-tempered/quarrelsome |
| canvass | discuss thoroughly sort of touting |
| castigate | to chastise correct by punishing |
| castigation | severe punishment |
| catalyst | substance that causes speeding up |
| caustic | biting sarcastic |
| censure | expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke |
| centurion | leader of a unit of 100 soldiers |
| chary | cautious wary |
| chastened | corrected punished |
| chastisement | punishment |
| chauvinist | a blindly devoted patriot |
| chicanery | legal trickery/false argument |
| chisel | steel tool for shaping materials |
| churl | bad-tempered person |
| clamor | shout complain with a lot of noise |
| clientele | customers |
| clinch | come to grips/settle conclusively |
| cling | to resist separation |
| clot | half-solid lump formed from liquid |
| cloture | closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting |
| coagulation | change to a thick and solid state |
| coalescing | coming together and uniting into one substance |
| coax | get smb to do something by kindness |
| coda | passage that completes a piece of music |
| coddle | treat with care and tenderness |
| coerce | compel to force to make obedient |
| coeval | of the same period coexisting |
| cogent | strong convincing |
| cogitate | think deeply mediate |
| cognizant | being fully aware of |
| cohort | a group or band of people |
| colander | bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water |
| collusion | secret agreement for a deceitful purpose |
| combustion | process of burning |
| commemorate | keep the memory of |
| commodious | having plenty of space for what is needed |
| commuter | person who travels regularly |
| complaisance | tending to comply obliging willingness to please |
| compunction | feeling of regret for one's action |
| conceal | hide keep secret |
| conceit | over-high opinion of too much pride |
| conciliatory | reconciling soothing comforting mollifying |
| concord | agreement or harmony |
| concur | agree in opinion happen together |
| condense | increase in density strength make laconic |
| Conduce | To bring about |
| condone | forgive |
| congeal | make or become stiff and solid |
| conjoin | to join together |
| connoisseur | a person with good judgement (e.g.. in art) |
| connotation | suggestion in addition to |
| consequential | pompous self important |
| console | give comfort or sympathy to |
| conspicuous | easily seen remarkable |
| consternation | surprise and fear dismay |
| constrain | compel |
| constrict | make tight or smaller |
| consume | get to the end of |
| consummate | perfect/make perfect/complete |
| contemn | to scorn or despise |
| contentious | argumentative pugnacious combative quarrelsome |
| contiguous | touching neighboring near |
| contrite | filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing |
| contumacious | insubordinate rebellious |
| conundrum | a riddle dilemma enigma |
| conviction | convincing firm belief |
| convoke | call together summon |
| convoluted | complicated coiled twisted |
| cordial | warm and sincere |
| cordon | line (of police acting as a guard) |
| cornucopia | abundant supply |
| corporeal | physical of or for the body |
| correlate | have a mutual relation |
| corroboration | additional strengthening evidence |
| countenance | to favor or approve of |
| counterfeit | forgery |
| countervail | counterbalance |
| covert |
