English Words with “C” to Enrich Your Vocabulary
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Words starting with “C”
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(358 Words with Meaning in English)
- cabal a group of conspirators
- cabaret night club
- cache hiding place
- cachet prestige
- cacophony dissonance, harsh noise
- cadaver corpse
- cadaverous haggard
- cadence rhythm
- cadet a student of a military academy
- cadge beg
- cadre small group
- cajole encourage, coax
- calamity disaster
- calculating scheming
- caliber ability, character
- callous insensitive
- callow inexperienced
- calumny slander
- camaraderie fellowship
- canaille rabble
- canard hoax
- candid frank, unrehearsed
- candor frankness
- canine pertaining to dogs
- canon rule
- cant insincere speech
- cantankerous peevish
- cantata musical composition
- canvass survey
- capacious spacious
- capillary thin tube
- capital most significant, pertaining to wealth
- capitol legislative building
- capitulate surrender
- capricious fickle, impulsive
- caption title
- captious fond of finding fault in others
- captivate engross, fascinate
- carafe bottle
- carbine rifle
- carcinogenic causing cancer
- carcinoma tumor
- cardinal chief
- cardiologist one who studies the heart
- careen swerve
- carrion decaying flesh
- cartographer mapmaker
- cascade waterfall
- cashmere fine wool from Asia
- Cassandra unheeded prophet
- castigate criticize
- castrate remove the testicles
- casuistry specious reasoning
- cataclysm catastrophe
- catastrophic disastrous
- categorical absolute, certain
- cathartic purgative, purifying
- catholic universal, worldly
- caucus meeting
- cause célèbre celebrated legal case
- caustic scathing (of speech)
- cauterize to sear
- cavalier disdainful, nonchalant
- caveat warning
- caveat emptor buyer beware
- cavil quibble
- cavort frolic
- cede transfer ownership, relinquish
- celestial heavenly
- celibate abstaining from sex
- cenotaph empty tomb, monument
- censorious condemning speech
- censure condemn
- ceramics pottery
- cerebral pertaining to the brain
- cessation a stoping
- chafe abrade
- chagrin embarrassment
- chalice goblet
- champion defend
- chaperon escort
- charade pantomime, sham
- charlatan quack, imposter
- chartreuse greenish yellow
- chary cautious
- chaste pure, virgin
- chasten castigate
- chateau castle
- cheeky brass, forward
- cherub cupid
- cherubic sweet, innocent
- chicanery trickery
- chide scold
- chimerical imaginary, dreamlike
- choleric easily angered
- chortle laugh, snort
- chronic continual (usually of illness)
- chronicle a history, record
- chronology arrangement by time
- churl a boor
- chutzpah gall
- Cimmerian dim, unlit
- cipher zero, nobody, a code
- circa about (of time)
- circuitous roundabout
- circumcise remove the foreskin
- circumlocution roundabout expression
- circumspect cautious
- circumvent evade, thwart
- citadel fortress
- citation summons to appear in court
- clamor noise
- clan extended family
- clandestine secret
- claustrophobia fear of enclosed places
- cleave split
- cleft split
- clemency forgiveness
- clique a small group
- cloister refuge, monastery
- clone duplicate
- clout influence
- cloven split
- cloy glut, to sicken by excess
- cloyed jaded
- co-opt preempt, usurp
- coagulate thicken
- coalesce combine
- coda concluding passage
- coddle pamper
- codicil supplement to a will
- coercion force
- coffer strong box
- cogent well-put, convincing
- cogitate ponder
- cognate from the same source
- cognizant aware, mindful
- cognomen family name
- cohabit live together
- cohere stick together
- cohort an associate
- coiffure hairdo
- collaborate work together
- collar seize, arrest
- collateral securities for a debt
- colloquial informal speech
- colloquy conference
- collusion conspiracy
- colonnade row of columns
- comatose stupor
- combine unite, blend
- commandeer seize for military use
- commemorate observe
- commend praise
- commensurate proportionate
- commiserate empathize
- commissary food store
- commission authorization to perform a task
- commodious spacious
- commodity product
- commodore naval officer
- communion fellowship
- commutation exchange, substitution
- commute lessen punishment
- compact covenant
- compassion kindness
- compatible well-matched, harmonious
- compatriot countryman
- compelling convincing, persuasive
- compendium summary
- compensate make up for
- compensatory redeeming
- competence skillfulness
- compile collect
- complacent self-satisfied, oblivious to coming danger
- compliant submissive, conforming
- complicity guilt by association
- comport to conduct oneself
- composed cool, self-possessed
- compound augment
- comprehensive thorough
- comprise consist of
- compulsive obsessive
- compulsory obligatory
- compunction remorse
- concatenate link
- concave curving inward
- concede yield, grant
- concerted done together, intensive effort
- conch spiral shell
- conciliatory reconciling, restoring goodwill
- concise brief
- conclusive convincing, ending doubt
- concoct devise
- concomitant accompanying, concurrent
- concord accord
- concordat agreement
- concourse throng, open space for a gathering
- concubine mistress
- concur agree
- concurrent simultaneous
- condescend patronize, talk down to
- condiment seasoning
- condolence commiseration
- condone overlook wrong doing, pardon
- conducive helping
- conduit pipe
- confabulate discuss, give a fictitious account of a past event
- confection candy
- confederacy alliance
- confer bestow
- conference meeting
- confidant trusted friend
- confide trust another (with secrets)
- confiscate seize
- conflagration large fire
- confluence flowing together
- confound bewilder
- confront challenge
- confuse perplex
- confute disprove
- congeal solidify
- congenial friendly
- congenital inborn, existing from birth
- congeries pile
- congruence conformity
- coniferous bearing cones
- conjecture hypothesis, speculation
- conjugal pertaining to marriage
- conjure summon
- connive conspire
- connoisseur an expert, gourmet
- consanguineous related by blood
- conscientious honorable, upright
- conscription draft, enlistment
- consecrate make holy
- consecutive one after another
- consensus general agreement
- considered well thought-out, contemplated
- consign assign
- consolation comfort, solice
- console comfort
- consolidate unite, strengthen
- consonant harmonious
- consort spouse
- consortium cartel
- conspicuous obvious
- conspire plot
- constellation arrangement of stars
- consternation anxiety, bewilderment
- constrained confined
- construe interpret
- consummate perfect
- contagion infectious agent
- contemplate meditate
- contempt disdain
- contend struggle
- contented satisfied
- contentious argumentative
- contiguous adjacent, abutting
- continence self-control
- contingent conditional
- contort twist
- contraband illicit goods
- contraction shrinkage
- contractual related to a contract
- contrariety opposition
- contrast difference, comparison
- contravene oppose
- contretemps unfortunate occurrence
- contrite apologetic
- contrive arrange, artificial
- controversial subject to dispute
- controvert dispute
- contumacy disobedience
- contusion bruise
- conundrum puzzle, enigma
- convene assemble (a group)
- conventional customary, standard
- converge come together
- conversant familiar
- converse opposite
- convex curving outward
- convey communicate
- conviction strongly held belief
- convivial sociable, festive
- convocation gathering
- convoke convene, summon
- convoluted twisted, complicated
- copious abundant
- coquette a flirt
- cordial friendly
- cordon bond, chain, barrier
- cornucopia cone-shaped horn filled with fruit
- corollary consequence
- coronation crowning of a sovereign
- corporeal of the body
- corps group of people
- corpulent fat
- corroborate confirm
- cortege procession
- coruscate sparkle
- cosmopolitan worldly, sophisticated
- cosset coddle
- coterie small group
- countenance facial expression
- countermand overrule
- counterstrike strike back
- countervail counterbalance
- coup master stroke, sudden takeover
- coup de grâce final stroke, a blow of mercy
- court-martial military trial
- courtesan prostitute
- courtier member of the king’s court
- covenant agreement, pact
- covert secret
- covet desire
- cower showing fear
- crass crude
- crave desire
- craven cowardly
- credence belief
- credenza buffet
- credulity gullibility
- credulous believing
- creed belief
- crescendo becoming louder
- crestfallen dejected
- crevice crack
- cringe cower
- criterion a standard used in judging
- critique examination, criticism
- croon sing
- cruet bottle
- crux gist, key
- cryptic mysterious, puzzling
- cubism a style of painting
- cudgel club
- culinary pertaining to cooking
- cull pick out, select
- culminate climax
- culpable blameworthy
- culprit offender
- culvert drain
- cumbersome unwieldy
- cumulative accumulate
- cupidity greed
- curb restrain, block
- curmudgeon boor, bad-tempered
- curriculum course of study
- curry seek favor by flattery
- cursory hasty
- curt abrupt, rude
- curtail shorten
- cyclone storm
- cynical scornful of the motives or sincerity of others
- cynosure celebrity, center of attention
- czar Russian emperor