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Word Meaning with Alphabet "C"
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- 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.
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- 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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