660 | cabal | n. | A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose. |
661 | cabalism | n. | Superstitious devotion to one's religion. |
662 | cabinet | n. | The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a nation. |
663 | cacophony | n. | A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones. |
664 | cadaverous | adj. | Resembling a corpse. |
665 | cadence | n. | Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops. |
666 | cadenza | n. | An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument. |
667 | caitiff | adj. | Cowardly. |
668 | cajole | v. | To impose on or dupe by flattering speech. |
669 | cajolery | n. | Delusive speech. |
670 | calculable | adj. | That may be estimated by reckoning. |
671 | calculus | n. | A concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness. |
672 | callosity | n. | The state of being hard and insensible. |
673 | callow | adj. | Without experience of the world. |
674 | calorie | n. | Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade. |
675 | calumny | n. | Slander. |
676 | Calvary | n. | The place where Christ was crucified. |
677 | Calvinism | n. | The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin. |
678 | Calvinize | v. | To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism. |
679 | came | n. | A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows. |
680 | cameo | n. | Any small engraved or carved work in relief. |
681 | campaign | n. | A complete series of connected military operations. |
682 | Canaanite | n. | A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or western Palestine. |
683 | canary | adj. | Of a bright but delicate yellow. |
684 | candid | adj. | Straightforward. |
685 | candor | n. | The quality of frankness or outspokenness. |
686 | canine | adj. | Characteristic of a dog. |
687 | canon | n. | Any rule or law. |
688 | cant | v. | To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity. |
689 | cantata | n. | A choral composition. |
690 | canto | n. | One of the divisions of an extended poem. |
691 | cantonment | n. | The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered. |
692 | capacious | adj. | Roomy. |
693 | capillary | n. | A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells. |
694 | capitulate | v. | To surrender or stipulate terms. |
695 | caprice | n. | A whim. |
696 | caption | n. | A heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc. |
697 | captious | adj. | Hypercritical. |
698 | captivate | v. | To fascinate, as by excellence. eloquence, or beauty. |
699 | carcass | n. | The dead body of an animal. |
700 | cardiac | adj. | Pertaining to the heart. |
701 | cardinal | adj. | Of prime or special importance. |
702 | caret | n. | A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted. |
703 | caricature | n. | a picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted. |
704 | carnage | n. | Massacre. |
705 | carnal | adj. | Sensual. |
706 | carnivorous | adj. | Eating or living on flesh. |
707 | carouse | v. | To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner. |
708 | carrion | n. | Dead and putrefying flesh. |
709 | cartilage | n. | An elastic animal tissue of firm consistence. |
710 | cartridge | n. | A charge for a firearm, or for blasting. |
711 | caste | n. | The division of society on artificial grounds. |
712 | castigate | v. | To punish. |
713 | casual | adj. | Accidental, by chance. |
714 | casualty | n. | A fatal or serious accident or disaster. |
715 | cataclysm | n. | Any overwhelming flood of water. |
716 | cataract | n. | Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness. |
717 | catastrophe | n. | Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity. |
718 | cathode | n. | The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery. |
719 | Catholicism | n. | The system, doctrine, and practice of the Roman Catholic Church. |
720 | catholicity | n. | Universal prevalence or acceptance. |
721 | cat-o-nine-tails | n. | An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy. |
722 | caucus | n. | A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates. |
723 | causal | adj. | Indicating or expressing a cause. |
724 | caustic | adj. | Sarcastic and severe. |
725 | cauterize | v. | To burn or sear as with a heated iron. |
726 | cede | v. | To pass title to. |
727 | censor | n. | An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication. |
728 | censorious | adj. | Judging severely or harshly. |
729 | census | n. | An official numbering of the people of a country or district. |
730 | centenary | adj. | Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years. |
731 | centiliter | n. | A hundredth of a liter. |
732 | centimeter | n. | A length of one hundredth of a meter. |
733 | centurion | n. | A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army. |
734 | cereal | adj. | Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds. |
735 | ceremonial | adj. | Characterized by outward form or ceremony. |
736 | ceremonious | adj. | Observant of ritual. |
737 | cessation | n. | Discontinuance, as of action or motion. |
738 | cession | n. | Surrender, as of possessions or rights. |
739 | chagrin | n. | Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors. |
740 | chameleon | adj. | Changeable in appearance. |
741 | chancery | n. | A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court. |
742 | chaos | n. | Any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion. |
743 | characteristic | n. | A distinctive feature. |
744 | characterize | v. | To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities. |
745 | charlatan | n. | A quack. |
746 | chasm | n. | A yawning hollow, as in the earth's surface. |
747 | chasten | v. | To purify by affliction. |
748 | chastise | v. | To subject to punitive measures. |
749 | chastity | n. | Sexual or moral purity. |
750 | chateau | n. | A castle or manor-house. |
751 | chattel | n. | Any article of personal property. |
752 | check | v. | To hold back. |
753 | chiffon | n. | A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc. |
754 | chivalry | n. | The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices. |
755 | cholera | n. | An acute epidemic disease. |
756 | choleric | adj. | Easily provoked to anger. |
757 | choral | adj. | Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir. |
758 | Christ | n. | A title of Jesus |
759 | christen | v. | To name in baptism. |
760 | Christendom | n. | That part of the world where Christianity is generally professed. |
761 | chromatic | adj. | Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color. |
762 | chronology | n. | The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and arrangement of events. |
763 | chronometer | n. | A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision. |
764 | cipher | v. | To calculate arithmetically. (also a noun meaning zero or nothing) |
765 | circulate | v. | To disseminate. |
766 | circumference | n. | The boundary-line of a circle. |
767 | circumlocution | n. | Indirect or roundabout expression. |
768 | circumnavigate | v. | To sail quite around. |
769 | circumscribe | v. | To confine within bounds. |
770 | circumspect | adj. | Showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration. |
771 | citadel | n. | Any strong fortress. |
772 | cite | v. | To refer to specifically. |
773 | claimant | n. | One who makes a claim or demand, as of right. |
774 | clairvoyance | n. | Intuitive sagacity or perception. |
775 | clamorous | adj. | Urgent in complaint or demand. |
776 | clan | n. | A tribe. |
777 | clandestine | adj. | Surreptitious. |
778 | clangor | n. | Clanking or a ringing, as of arms, chains, or bells; clamor. |
779 | clarify | v. | To render intelligible. |
780 | clarion | n. | A small shrill trumpet or bugle. |
781 | classify | v. | To arrange in a class or classes on the basis of observed resemblance’s and differences. |
782 | clearance | n. | A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with the law and may sail. |
783 | clemency | n. | Mercy. |
784 | clement | adj. | Compassionate. |
785 | close-hauled | adj. | Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible. |
786 | clothier | n. | One who makes or sells cloth or clothing. |
787 | clumsy | adj. | Awkward of movement. |
788 | coagulate | v. | To change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical action, or by a ferment. |
789 | coagulant | adj. | Producing coagulation. |
790 | coalescence | n. | The act or process of coming together so as to form one body, combination, or product. |
791 | coalition | n. | Combination in a body or mass. |
792 | coddle | v. | To treat as a baby or an invalid. |
793 | codicil | n. | A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will. |
794 | coerce | v. | To force. |
795 | coercion | n. | Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical. |
796 | coercive | adj. | Serving or tending to force. |
797 | cogent | adj. | Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience. |
798 | cognate | adj. | Akin. |
799 | cognizant | adj. | Taking notice. |
800 | cohere | v. | To stick together. |
801 | cohesion | n. | Consistency. |
802 | cohesive | adj. | Having the property of consistency. |
803 | coincide | v. | To correspond. |
804 | coincidence | n. | A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident. |
805 | coincident | adj. | Taking place at the same time. |
806 | collaborate | v. | To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits. |
807 | collapse | v. | To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail. |
808 | collapsible | adj. | That may or can collapse. |
809 | colleague | n. | An associate in professional employment. |
810 | collective | adj. | Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into a mass, or sum. |
811 | collector | n. | One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like. |
812 | collegian | n. | A college student. |
813 | collide | v. | To meet and strike violently. |
814 | collier | n. | One who works in a coal-mine. |
815 | collision | n. | Violent contact. |
816 | colloquial | adj. | Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary. |
817 | colloquialism | n. | Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation. |
818 | colloquy | n. | Conversation. |
819 | collusion | n. | A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose. |
820 | colossus | n. | Any strikingly great person or object. |
821 | comely | adj. | Handsome. |
822 | comestible | adj. | Fit to be eaten. |
823 | comical | adj. | Funny. |
824 | commemorate | v. | To serve as a remembrance of. |
825 | commentary | n. | A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work. |
826 | commingle | v. | To blend. |
827 | commissariat | n. | The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs. |
828 | commission | v. | To empower. |
829 | commitment | n. | The act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping. |
830 | committal | n. | The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being |
831 | commodity | n. | Something that is bought and sold. |
832 | commotion | n. | A disturbance or violent agitation. |
833 | commute | v. | To put something, especially something less severe, in place of. |
834 | comparable | adj. | Fit to be compared. |
835 | comparative | adj. | Relative. |
836 | comparison | n. | Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness. |
837 | compensate | v. | To remunerate. |
838 | competence | n. | Adequate qualification or capacity. |
839 | competent | adj. | Qualified. |
840 | competitive | adj. | characterized by rivalry. |
841 | competitor | n. | A rival. |
842 | complacence | n. | Satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings. |
843 | complacent | adj. | Pleased or satisfied with oneself. |
844 | complaisance | n. | Politeness. |
845 | complaisant | adj. | Agreeable. |
846 | complement | v. | To make complete. |
847 | complex | adj. | Complicated. |
848 | compliant | adj. | Yielding. |
849 | complicate | v. | To make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with. |
850 | complication | n. | An intermingling or combination of things or parts, especially in a perplexing manner. |
851 | complicity | n. | Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer. |
852 | compliment | v. | To address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise. |
853 | component | n. | A constituent element or part. |
854 | comport | v. | To conduct or behave (oneself). |
855 | composure | n. | Calmness. |
856 | comprehensible | adj. | Intelligible. |
857 | comprehension | n. | Ability to know. |
858 | comprehensive | adj. | Large in scope or content. |
859 | compress | v. | To press together or into smaller space. |
860 | compressible | adj. | Capable of being pressed into smaller compass. |
861 | compression | n. | Constraint, as by force or authority. |
862 | comprise | v. | To consist of. |
863 | compulsion | n. | Coercion. |
864 | compulsory | adj. | Forced. |
865 | compunction | n. | Remorseful feeling. |
866 | compute | v. | To ascertain by mathematical calculation. |
867 | concede | v. | To surrender. |
868 | conceit | n. | Self-flattering opinion. |
869 | conceive | v. | To form an idea, mental image or thought of. |
870 | concerto | n. | A musical composition. |
871 | concession | n. | Anything granted or yielded, or admitted in response to a demand, petition, or claim. |
872 | conciliate | v. | To obtain the friendship of. |
873 | conciliatory | adj. | Tending to reconcile. |
874 | conclusive | adj. | Sufficient to convince or decide. |
875 | concord | n. | Harmony. |
876 | concordance | n. | Harmony. |
877 | concur | v. | To agree. |
878 | concurrence | n. | Agreement. |
879 | concurrent | adj. | Occurring or acting together. |
880 | concussion | n. | A violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden blow. |
881 | condensation | n. | The act or process of making dense or denser. |
882 | condense | v. | To abridge. |
883 | condescend | v. | To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors. |
884 | condolence | n. | Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune. |
885 | conduce | v. | To bring about. |
886 | conducive | adj. | Contributing to an end. |
887 | conductible | adj. | Capable of being conducted or transmitted. |
888 | conduit | n. | A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid. |
889 | confectionery | n. | The candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy. |
890 | confederacy | n. | A number of states or persons in compact or league with each other, as for mutual aid. |
891 | confederate | n. | One who is united with others in a league, compact, or agreement. |
892 | confer | v. | To bestow. |
893 | conferee | n. | A person with whom another confers. |
894 | confessor | n. | A spiritual advisor. |
895 | confidant | n. | One to whom secrets are entrusted. |
896 | confide | v. | To reveal in trust or confidence. |
897 | confidence | n. | The state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another. |
898 | confident | adj. | Assured. |
899 | confinement | n. | Restriction within limits or boundaries. |
900 | confiscate | v. | To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury. |
901 | conflagration | n. | A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like. |
902 | confluence | n. | The place where streams meet. |
903 | confluent | n. | A stream that unites with another. |
904 | conformance | n. | The act or state or conforming. |
905 | conformable | adj. | Harmonious. |
906 | conformation | n. | General structure, form, or outline. |
907 | conformity | n. | Correspondence in form, manner, or use. |
908 | confront | v. | To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles. |
909 | congeal | v. | To coagulate. |
910 | congenial | adj. | Having kindred character or tastes. |
911 | congest | v. | To collect into a mass. |
912 | congregate | v. | To bring together into a crowd. |
913 | coniferous | adj. | Cone-bearing trees. |
914 | conjecture | n. | A guess. |
915 | conjoin | v. | To unite. |
916 | conjugal | adj. | Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons. |
917 | conjugate | adj. | Joined together in pairs. |
918 | conjugation | n. | The state or condition of being joined together. |
919 | conjunction | n. | The state of being joined together, or the things so joined. |
920 | connive | v. | To be in collusion. |
921 | connoisseur | n. | A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art. |
922 | connote | v. | To mean; signify. |
923 | connubial | adj. | Pertaining to marriage or matrimony. |
924 | conquer | v. | To overcome by force. |
925 | consanguineous | adj. | Descended from the same parent or ancestor. |
926 | conscience | n. | The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct. |
927 | conscientious | adj. | Governed by moral standard. |
928 | conscious | adj. | Aware that one lives, feels, and thinks. |
929 | conscript | v. | To force into military service. |
930 | consecrate | v. | To set apart as sacred. |
931 | consecutive | adj. | Following in uninterrupted succession. |
932 | consensus | n. | A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons. |
933 | conservatism | n. | Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things. |
934 | conservative | adj. | Adhering to the existing order of things. |
935 | conservatory | n. | An institution for instruction and training in music and declamation. |
936 | consign | v. | To entrust. |
937 | consignee | n. | A person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted. |
938 | consignor | n. | One who entrusts. |
939 | consistency | n. | A state of permanence. |
940 | console | v. | To comfort. |
941 | consolidate | v. | To combine into one body or system. |
942 | consonance | n. | The state or quality of being in accord with. |
943 | consonant | adj. | Being in agreement or harmony with. |
944 | consort | n. | A companion or associate. |
945 | conspicuous | adj. | Clearly visible. |
946 | conspirator | n. | One who agrees with others to cooperate in accomplishing some unlawful purpose. |
947 | conspire | v. | To plot. |
948 | constable | n. | An officer whose duty is to maintain the peace. |
949 | constellation | n. | An arbitrary assemblage or group of stars. |
950 | consternation | n. | Panic. |
951 | constituency | n. | The inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body. |
952 | constituent | n. | One who has the right to vote at an election. |
953 | constrict | v. | To bind. |
954 | consul | n. | An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country. |
955 | consulate | n. | The place in which a consul transacts official business. |
956 | consummate | v. | To bring to completion. |
957 | consumption | n. | Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out, etc. |
958 | consumptive | adj. | Designed for gradual destruction. |
959 | contagion | n. | The communication of disease from person to person. |
960 | contagious | adj. | Transmitting disease. |
961 | contaminate | v. | To pollute. |
962 | contemplate | v. | To consider thoughtfully. |
963 | contemporaneous | adj. | Living, occurring, or existing at the same time. |
964 | contemporary | adj. | Living or existing at the same time. |
965 | contemptible | adj. | Worthy of scorn or disdain. |
966 | contemptuous | adj. | Disdainful. |
967 | contender | n. | One who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry. |
968 | contiguity | n. | Proximity. |
969 | contiguous | adj. | Touching or joining at the edge or boundary. |
970 | continence | n. | Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and passion. |
971 | contingency | n. | Possibility of happening. |
972 | contingent | adj. | Not predictable. |
973 | continuance | n. | Permanence. |
974 | continuation | n. | Prolongation. |
975 | continuity | n. | Uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation, or development. |
976 | continuous | adj. | Connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence. |
977 | contort | v. | To twist into a misshapen form. |
978 | contraband | n. | Trade forbidden by law or treaty. |
979 | contradiction | n. | The assertion of the opposite of that which has been said. |
980 | contradictory | adj. | Inconsistent with itself. |
981 | contraposition | n. | A placing opposite. |
982 | contravene | v. | To prevent or obstruct the operation of. |
983 | contribution | n. | The act of giving for a common purpose. |
984 | contributor | n. | One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose. |
985 | contrite | adj. | Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin. |
986 | contrivance | n. | The act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose. |
987 | contrive | v. | To manage or carry through by some device or scheme. |
988 | control | v. | To exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over. |
989 | controller | n. | One who or that which regulates or directs. |
990 | contumacious | adj. | Rebellious. |
991 | contumacy | n. | Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority. |
992 | contuse | v. | To bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin. |
993 | contusion | n. | A bruise. |
994 | convalesce | v. | To recover after a sickness. |
995 | convalescence | n. | The state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease. |
996 | convalescent | adj. | Recovering health after sickness. |
997 | convene | v. | To summon or cause to assemble. |
998 | convenience | n. | Fitness, as of time or place. |
999 | converge | v. | To cause to incline and approach nearer together. |
1000 | convergent | adj. | Tending to one point. |
1001 | conversant | adj. | Thoroughly informed. |
1002 | conversion | n. | Change from one state or position to another, or from one form to another. |
1003 | convertible | adj. | Interchangeable. |
1004 | convex | adj. | Curving like the segment of the globe or of the surface of a circle. |
1005 | conveyance | n. | That by which anything is transported. |
1006 | convivial | adj. | Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking. |
1007 | convolution | n. | A winding motion. |
1008 | convolve | v. | To move with a circling or winding motion. |
1009 | convoy | n. | A protecting force accompanying property in course of transportation. |
1010 | convulse | v. | To cause spasms in. |
1011 | convulsion | n. | A violent and abnormal muscular contraction of the body. |
1012 | copious | adj. | Plenteous. |
1013 | coquette | n. | A flirt. |
1014 | cornice | n. | An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling. |
1015 | cornucopia | n. | The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity. |
1016 | corollary | n. | A proposition following so obviously from another that it requires little demonstration. |
1017 | coronation | n. | The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch. |
1018 | coronet | n. | Inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various degrees of noble rank less than sovereign. |
1019 | corporal | adj. | Belonging or relating to the body as opposed to the mind. |
1020 | corporate | adj. | Belonging to a corporation. |
1021 | corporeal | adj. | Of a material nature; physical. |
1022 | corps | n. | A number or body of persons in some way associated or acting together. |
1023 | corpse | n. | A dead body. |
1024 | corpulent | adj. | Obese. |
1025 | corpuscle | n. | A minute particle of matter. |
1026 | correlate | v. | To put in some relation of connection or correspondence. |
1027 | correlative | adj. | Mutually involving or implying one another. |
1028 | corrigible | adj. | Capable of reformation. |
1029 | corroborate | v. | To strengthen, as proof or conviction. |
1030 | corroboration | n. | Confirmation. |
1031 | corrode | v. | To ruin or destroy little by little. |
1032 | corrosion | n. | Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration. |
1033 | corrosive | n. | That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration. |
1034 | corruptible | adj. | Open to bribery. |
1035 | corruption | n. | Loss of purity or integrity. |
1036 | cosmetic | adj. | Pertaining to the art of beautifying, especially the complexion. |
1037 | cosmic | adj. | Pertaining to the universe. |
1038 | cosmogony | n. | A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe. |
1039 | cosmography | n. | The science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology. |
1040 | cosmology | n. | The general science of the universe. |
1041 | cosmopolitan | adj. | Common to all the world. |
1042 | cosmopolitanism | n. | A cosmopolitan character. |
1043 | cosmos | n. | The world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and arrangement. |
1044 | counter-claim | n. | A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff. |
1045 | counteract | v. | To act in opposition to. |
1046 | counterbalance | v. | To oppose with an equal force. |
1047 | countercharge | v. | To accuse in return. |
1048 | counterfeit | adj. | Made to resemble something else. |
1049 | counterpart | n. | Something taken with another for the completion of either. |
1050 | countervail | v. | To offset. |
1051 | counting-house | n. | A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc. |
1052 | countryman | n. | A rustic. |
1053 | courageous | adj. | Brave. |
1054 | course | n. | Line of motion or direction. |
1055 | courser | n. | A fleet and spirited horse. |
1056 | courtesy | n. | Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually. |
1057 | covenant | n. | An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties. |
1058 | covert | adj. | Concealed, especially for an evil purpose. |
1059 | covey | n. | A flock of quails or partridges. |
1060 | cower | v. | To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame. |
1061 | coxswain | n. | One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew under an officer. |
1062 | crag | n. | A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge. |
1063 | cranium | n. | The skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the brain. |
1064 | crass | adj. | Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine. |
1065 | craving | n. | A vehement desire. |
1066 | creak | n. | A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound. |
1067 | creamery | n. | A butter-making establishment. |
1068 | creamy | adj. | Resembling or containing cream. |
1069 | credence | n. | Belief. |
1070 | credible | adj. | Believable. |
1071 | credulous | adj. | Easily deceived. |
1072 | creed | n. | A formal summary of fundamental points of religious belief. |
1073 | crematory | adj. | A place for cremating dead bodies. |
1074 | crevasse | n. | A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier. |
1075 | crevice | n. | A small fissure, as between two contiguous surfaces. |
1076 | criterion | n. | A standard by which to determine the correctness of a judgment or conclusion. |
1077 | critique | n. | A criticism or critical review. |
1078 | crockery | n. | Earthenware made from baked clay. |
1079 | crucible | n. | A trying and purifying test or agency. |
1080 | crusade | n. | Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in behalf of an idea or principle. |
1081 | crustacean | adj. | Pertaining to a division of arthropods, containing lobsters, crabs, crawfish, etc. |
1082 | crustaceous | adj. | Having a crust-like shell. |
1083 | cryptogram | n. | Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning. |
1084 | crystallize | v. | To bring together or give fixed shape to. |
1085 | cudgel | n. | A short thick stick used as a club. |
1086 | culinary | adj. | Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen. |
1087 | cull | v. | To pick or sort out from the rest. |
1088 | culpable | adj. | Guilty. |
1089 | culprit | n. | A guilty person. |
1090 | culvert | n. | Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal. |
1091 | cupidity | n. | Avarice. |
1092 | curable | adj. | Capable of being remedied or corrected. |
1093 | curator | n. | A person having charge as of a library or museum. |
1094 | curio | n. | A piece of bric-a-brac. |
1095 | cursive | adj. | Writing in which the letters are joined together. |
1096 | cursory | adj. | Rapid and superficial. |
1097 | curt | adj. | Concise, compressed, and abrupt in act or expression. |
1098 | curtail | v. | To cut off or cut short. |
1099 | curtsy | n. | A downward movement of the body by bending the knees. |
1100 | cycloid | adj. | Like a circle. |
1101 | cygnet | n. | A young swan. |
1102 | cynical | adj. | Exhibiting moral skepticism. |
1103 | cynicism | n. | Contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value. |
1104 | cynosure | n. | That to which general interest or attention is directed. |
Friday, 7 May 2010
Vocabulary Builder C
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