C Words

Question 1

calamitous

Answer 1

catastrophic, disastrous, involving calamity

Question 2

callous

Answer 2

feeling or showing no sympathy

Question 3

calumny

Answer 3

a false and slanderous statement

Question 4

canny

Answer 4

having or showing shrewdness and good judgement

Question 5

canonize

Answer 5

treat or regard as being above reproach or of great significance

Question 6

cerebral

Answer 6

intellectual rather than emotional or physical

Question 7

check

Answer 7

stop or slow down the progress of something desirable

Question 8

circumscribe

Answer 8

restrict something

Question 9

circumstantial

Answer 9

pointing indirectly toward someone’s guilt but not conclusively proving it

Question 10

clangor

Answer 10

continuous loud banging or ringing

Question 11

clerical

Answer 11

related to the clergy

relating to work in an office

Question 12

coalesce

Answer 12

come together to form one mass or whole

Question 13

cogent

Answer 13

clear, logical, convincing

Question 14

collusion

Answer 14

secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy

Question 15

commensurate

Answer 15

corresponding in size or degree, in proportion

Question 16

commonplace

Answer 16

a usual or ordinary thing

Question 17

complacent

Answer 17

showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements

Question 18

complementary

Answer 18

acting or serving to complete, completing

Question 19

corroborate

Answer 19

confirming or giving support to a theory

Question 20

complacent

Answer 20

showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements

Question 21

complementary

Answer 21

acting or serving to complete; completing

Question 22

compliance

Answer 22

unworthy or excessive acquiesence

Question 23

condone

Answer 23

accept and allow behavior that is considered wrong

Question 24

confound

Answer 24

cause surprise or confusion, especially by acting against their expectations

Question 25

consensus

Answer 25

general agreement

Question 26

contemptuoius

Answer 26

feeling or expressing angry disgust, as at something unworthy or wicked

Question 27

contend

Answer 27

struggle to surmount a difficulty

assert something as a position in an argument

engage in a competition to win something

Question 28

corroborate

Answer 28

confirm or give support to a statement

Question 29

counterintuitive

Answer 29

contrary to intuition or to common sense but true

Question 30

cow

Answer 30

to cause someone to submit to one’s wishes by intimidation

Question 31

crafty

Answer 31

clever at achieving aims by deceitful methods

Question 32

cunning

Answer 32

same as crafty

achieving aims by deceitful methods

Question 33

cursory

Answer 33

hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed

Question 34

curtail

Answer 34

to make less by cutting off some part