censorious adj. Judging severely or harshly. o



census n. An official numbering of the people of a country or district.



centenary adj. Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years.



centiliter n. A hundredth of a liter.



centimeter n. A length of one hundredth of a meter.



centurion n. A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army.



cereal adj. Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds.



ceremonial adj. Characterized by outward form or ceremony.



ceremonious adj. Observant of ritual.



cessation n. Discontinuance, as of action or motion.



cession n. Surrender, as of possessions or rights.



chagrin n. Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors.



chameleon adj. Changeable in appearance.



chancery n. A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.



chaos n. Any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion.



characteristic n. A distinctive feature.



characterize v. To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities.



charlatan n. A quack.



chasm n. A yawning hollow, as in the earth's surface.



chasten v. To purify by affliction.



chastise v. To subject to punitive measures.



chastity n. Sexual or moral purity.



chateau n. A castle or manor-house.



chattel n. Any article of personal property.



check v. To hold back.



chiffon n. A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.



chivalry n. The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices.



cholera n. An acute epidemic disease.



choleric adj. Easily provoked to anger.



choral adj. Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.



Christ n. A title of Jesus



christen v. To name in baptism.



Christendom n. That part of the world where Christianity is generally professed.



chromatic adj. Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color.



chronology n. The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and arrangement of events.



chronometer n. A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision.



cipher v. To calculate arithmetically. (also a noun meaning zero or nothing)



circulate v. To disseminate.



circumference n. The boundary-line of a circle. *



circumlocution n. Indirect or roundabout expression.



circumnavigate v. To sail quite around.



circumscribe v. To confine within bounds.



circumspect adj. Showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration.



citadel n. Any strong fortress.



cite v. To refer to specifically.



claimant n. One who makes a claim or demand, as of right.



clairvoyance n. Intuitive sagacity or perception.



clamorous adj. Urgent in complaint or demand.



clan n. A tribe.



clandestine adj. Surreptitious.



clangor n. Clanking or a ringing, as of arms, chains, or bells; clamor.



clarify v. To render intelligible.



clarion n. A small shrilltrumpet or bugle.



classify v. To arrange in a class or classes on the basis of observed resemblance's and differences.



clearance n. A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with the law and may sail.



clemency n. Mercy.



clement adj. Compassionate. Z${%x8



close-hauled adj. Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible.



clothier n. One who makes or sells cloth or clothing.



clumsy adj. Awkward of movement.



coagulate v. To change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical action, or by a ferment.



coagulant adj. Producing coagulation.



coalescence n. The act or process of coming together so as to form one body, combination, or product.



coalition n. Combination in a body or mass.



coddle v. To treat as a baby or an invalid.



codicil n. A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will.



coerce v. To force. b



coercion n. Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical.



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cogent adj. Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience.



cognate adj. Akin.



cognizant adj. Taking notice.



cohere v. To stick together.



cohesion n. Consistency.



cohesive adj. Having the property of consistency.



coincide v. To correspond. www.taisha.



coincidence n. A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident.



coincident adj. Taking place at the same time.



collaborate v. To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits.



collapse v. To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail.



collapsible adj. That may or can collapse.P



colleague n. An associate in professional employment.



collective adj. Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into a mass, or sum.



collector n. One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.



collegian n. A college student.



collide v. To meet and strike violently.



collier n. One who works in a coal-mine.



collision n. Violent contact.



colloquial adj. Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary.



colloquialism n. Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation.



colloquy n. Conversation.



collusion n. A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose.



colossus n. Any strikingly great person or object.



comely adj. Handsome.



comestible adj. Fit to be eaten.



comical adj. Funny.



commemorate v. To serve as a remembrance of.



commentary n. A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work.



commingle v. To blend.



commissariat n. The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs. n



commission v. To empower.



commitment n. The act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping.



committal n. The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being



commodity n. Something that is bought and sold.



commotion n. A disturbance or violent agitation.



commute v. To put something, especially something less severe, in place of.



comparable adj. Fit to be compared.



comparative adj. Relative.



comparison n. Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.



compensate v. To remunerate.



competence n. Adequate qualification or capacity.



competent adj. Qualified.



competitive adj. characterized by rivalry.



competitor n. A rival.



complacence n. Satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings.



complacent adj. Pleased or satisfied with oneself.



complaisance n. Politeness.



complaisant adj. Agreeable.



complement v. To make complete.



complex adj. Complicated.



compliant adj. Yielding.



complicate v. To make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.



complication n. An intermingling or combination of things or parts, especially in a perplexing manner.



complicity n. Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer.



compliment v. To address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise.



component n. A constituent element or part.



comport v. To conduct or behave (oneself).



composure n. Calmness.



comprehensible adj. Intelligible.



comprehension n. Ability to know.



comprehensive adj. Large in scope or content.



compress v. To press together or into smaller space.



compressible adj. Capable of being pressed into smaller compass.



compression n. Constraint, as by force or authority.



comprise v. To consist of.



compulsion n. Coercion.



compulsory adj. Forced.



compunction n. Remorseful feeling.



compute v. To ascertain by mathematicalcalculation.



concede v. To surrender.



conceit n. Self-flattering opinion.



conceive v. To form an idea, mental image or thought of.



concerto n. A musical composition.



concession n. Anything granted or yielded, or admitted in response to a demand, petition, or claim.



conciliate v. To obtain the friendship of.



conciliatory adj. Tending to reconcile.



conclusive adj. Sufficient to convince or decide.



concord n. Harmony.



concordance n. Harmony.



concur v. To agree.



concurrence n. Agreement.



concurrent adj. Occurring or acting together.



concussion n. A violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden blow.



condensation n. The act or process of making dense or denser.



condense v. To abridge.



condescend v. To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors.



condolence n. Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune.



conduce v. To bring about.



conducive adj. Contributing to an end.l



conductible adj. Capable of being conducted or transmitted.



conduit n. A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.



confectionery n. The candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy. l



confederacy n. A number of states or persons in compact or league with each other, as for mutual aid.



confederate n. One who is united with others in a league, compact, or agreement.



confer v. To bestow.



conferee n. A person with whom another confers.



confessor n. A spiritual advisor.



confidant n. One to whom secrets are entrusted.



confide v. To reveal in trust or confidence.



confidence n. The state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another.



confident adj. Assured. 3n:d.R n



confinement n. Restriction within limits or boundaries.



confiscate v. To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury.



conflagration n. A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like.



confluence n. The place where streams meet.



confluent n. A stream that unites with another.



conformance n. The act or state or conforming.



conformable adj. Harmonious.



conformation n. General structure, form, or outline.



conformity n. Correspondence in form, manner, or use.



confront v. To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles.



congeal v. To coagulate.



congenial adj. Having kindred character or tastes.



congest v. To collect into a mass.



congregate v. To bring together into a crowd.



coniferous adj. Cone-bearing trees.



conjecture n. A guess. w



conjoin v. To unite.



conjugal adj. Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons.



conjugate adj. Joined together in pairs.



conjugation n. The state or condition of being joined together.



conjunction n. The state of being joined together, or the things so joined.



connive v. To be in collusion.



connoisseur n. A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art.



connote v. To mean; signify.



connubial adj. Pertaining to marriage or matrimony.



conquer v. To overcome by force.



consanguineous adj. Descended from the same parent or ancestor.



conscience n. The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct.



conscientious adj. Governed by moral standard.



conscious adj. Aware that one lives, feels, and thinks.



conscript v. To force into military service.