C! Flashcards
Calamity
An event resulting in great loss; disaster
Callous
Insensitive
Calm
Undisturbed
Candid
Completely honest
Candor
Quality of being honest and open in expression
Capitulate
To surrender, give in
Cacophony
Bad noise
Capricious
Doing something based on sudden changes of mood
Capture
To catch/take by force
Catalyst
Something that causes an important event to happen
Cater
To satisfy the needs of, try to make things easy and happy, to give food and service
Cautious
Careful
Cease
Stop
Censor
Examining materials that is to going be released and taking out unacceptable parts of it
Chaff
Worthless matter and things
Chagrin
Strong feelings of embarrassment
Chaperone
An adult who supervises a group of younger peole
Chicanery
The use of tricks to get political, financial or legal power
Chide
To scold (잔소리)
Chronic
Long in duration (time)
Circumvent
To go around an obstacle, overcome a problem
Citation
A quoting of a trustable source
Civilian
A nonmilitary, ordinary person
Clandestine
Something kept or is done secretly
Classification
Grouping according to shared qualities
Climax
Point of the greatest intensity
Clumsy
Awkwardness
Clutch
To hold tightly
Coddle
To treat like a baby
Collaborate
To work together on
Colloquial
Informal, used in ordinary conversation
Combination
Result of putting two or more substances together
Compassion
Deep understanding of the suffering of another, suffering together
Competent
Capable, qualified
Compile
To make something by puting together materials gathred from several sources
Complacent
Self happiness, unconcerned of actual dangers