C's Flashcards
Cadge
Beg; sponge
Cacophonous
Unpleasant or harsh sounding
Callous
Thick skinned; insensitive
Calumny
False and malicious accusation
Canard
False; deliberately misleading story
Canon
An established principle; basis or standard for judgement; group of literary works
Cant
Insincere talk; language of a particular group
Cantankerous
Irritable; ill-humored
Capricious
Fickle
Captious
Fault finding
Cardinal
Of foremost importance
Carnal
Of flesh and body
Carping
To find fault, complain
Cartography
Science of making maps
Caste
Any of the hereditary social classes of Hindu society
Cataclysm
Violent upheaval that caused great destruction and change
Catalyst
Something causing change
Categorical
Absolute; without exception
Caucus
Smaller group within an organization
Causal
Involving cause
Caustic
Sarcastically biting; burning
Celestial
Concerning the sky or heavens
Centrifugal
Moving away from center
Centripetal
Moving or directed towards center
Champion
To defend or support
Chasten
To correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subdue
Chicanery
Trickery; fraud
Chivalry
Knighthood stuff
Churlish
Rude; boorish
Circuitous
Roundabout
Clairvoyant
One who can predict the future
Clamor
Noisy outcry
Clique
Small, exclusive group
Cloister
To confine; seclude
Coagulate
Thicken;
Coagulated blood
Coalesce
Cause to become one
Coda
Concluding part if a literary or musical composition; something that concludes
Codify
Systematize
