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 Word Meaning with Alphabet "C"




  • Cautious - Adjective - Showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
  • Cadaverous - Adjective - Of or like a corpse.
  • Cadge - Verb - To borrow without intent to repay.
  • Cajole - Verb - To persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax.
  • Callous - Adjective - Made hard; hardened.
  • Calumny - Noun - The act of uttering calumnies; slander; defamation.
  • Caprice - Noun - A sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
  • Capricious - Adjective - Obsolete . fanciful or witty.
  • Caricature - Noun - Any imitation or copy so distorted or inferior as to be ludicrous.
  • Cavalier - Noun - A horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
  • Censure - Noun - An official reprimand, as by a legislative body of one of its members.
  • Cerebrate - Verb - To use the mind; think or think about.
  • Chaffing - Noun - Good-natured ridicule or teasing; raillery.
  • Challenge - Noun - A call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill, strength, etc.
  • Changing - Verb - To give and take reciprocally; interchange: to change places with someone.
  • Chide - Verb - To harass, nag, impel, or the like by chiding: She chided him into apologizing.
  • Chimera - Noun - Any similarly grotesque monster having disparate parts, especially as depicted in decorative art.
  • Churlish - Adjective - Like a churl; boorish; rude: churlish behavior.
  • Circuitous - Adjective - Roundabout; not direct: a circuitous route; a circuitous argument.
  • Cloying - Adjective - Overly ingratiating or sentimental.
  • Clumsy - Adjective - Awkwardly done or made; unwieldy; ill-contrived: He made a clumsy, embarrassed apology.
  • Coax - Verb - To obtain by coaxing: We coaxed the secret from him.
  • Cogitate - Verb - To think hard; ponder; meditate: to cogitate about a problem.
  • Collation - Noun - A light meal that may be permitted on days of general fast.
  • Colossal - Adjective - Extraordinarily great in size, extent, or degree; gigantic; huge.
  • Comestible - Noun - Usually, comestibles. articles of food; edibles: The table was spread with all kinds of comestibles.
  • Commandeered - Verb - To order or force into active military service.
  • Commendations - Noun - The act of commending; recommendation; praise: commendation for a job well done.
  • Commenting - Noun - A remark, observation, or criticism: a comment about the weather.
  • Compatible - Adjective - Capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
  • Complain - Verb - To tell of one's pains, ailments, etc.: to complain of a backache.
  • Concern - Verb - To relate to; be connected with; be of interest or importance to; affect: The water shortage concerns us all.
  • Concord - Noun - Agreement between things; mutual fitness; harmony.
  • Conformity - Noun - Action in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes, practices, etc.
  • Congruence - Noun - The quality or state of agreeing or corresponding.
  • Consanguineous - Adjective - Having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood.
  • Consequential - Adjective - Following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
  • Conservatism - Noun - The principles and practices of political conservatives.
  • Consistent - Adjective - Agreeing or accordant; compatible; not self-contradictory: His views and actions are consistent.
  • Consonance - Noun - Correspondence of sounds; harmony of sounds.
  • Contrition - Noun - Sincere penitence or remorse.
  • Corpulent - Adjective - Large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat.
  • Countenance - Noun - Appearance, especially the look or expression of the face: a sad countenance.
  • Countermanded - Verb - To revoke or cancel (a command, order, etc.).
  • Coy - Adjective - Artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
  • Crabbed - Adjective - Grouchy; ill-natured; irritable; churlish.
  • Creative - Adjective - Having the quality or power of creating.
  • Credible - Adjective - Capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement.
  • Cumbersome - Adjective - Burdensome; troublesome.
  • Curmudgeon - Noun - A bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person.
  • Curmudgeon - Noun - A bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person.

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Astute - adjective - of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious: an astute analysis.

Burlesque - Noun - An artistic composition, especially literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock dignity.

Cloying - Adjective - Overly ingratiating or sentimental.

Demure - Adjective - characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.

Expurgate - Verb - to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness.

Fawning - Noun - a young deer, especially an unweaned one.

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