Catholicity: acceptance, the beliefs and practices of Christianity, universal existence
Example: [The history of the changes in the Liturgy is further instructive as to the Catholicity of the Church’s doctrine]
Caucus: a small group within an organization or a meeting of such a group
Example: [the party held a caucus to elect a leader]
Causal: relating to cause, causative
Example: [causal relationships/links]
Caustic: sarcastic, biting, scathing able to burn
Example: [caustic remarks]
Cauterize (Cauterise): to sear
Example: [the doctor cauterized the wound]
Cavalcade: a procession or sequence
Cavil: raise trivial objections quibble
Example: [The one cavil I have about the book is that it is written as a diary]
Cavort: leap around, jump about, play, prance about, skip about
Example: [At that moment the animal began to cavort, and backed into a flower-bed]
Cede: to surrender possession of something transfer ownership
Example: [Hong Kong was ceded to Britain after the Opium War]
Celebrity: widespread acclaim fame
Example: [a film celebrity]
Celerity: quick moving or acting
Example: [The forage and baggage came into camp promptly, and this contributed greatly to celerity of movement and comfort for man and beast]
Celestial: heavenly
Example: [The moon is a celestial body]
Celibate: abstaining from sex
Censor: to prohibit publication by law
Censorious: severely critical condemning speech
Example: [censorious people delight in casting blame]
Censure: criticize or find fault with condemn
Example: [His dishonest behavior came under severe censure]
Census: official periodic count of the population
Example: [According to the census of 1901 their total number approached one million, being those who could read and write English]
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Centaur: half man and half horse mythical figure
Example: [statue of the centaur]
Centenary: Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years.
Centigrade: a unit of measuring temperature
Centimeter: A length of one hundredth of a meter.
Centrifugal: departing from the center radiating
Example: [centrifugal force]
Centrifuge: sieve, separator, rotating device which separates substances, filter
Example: [The procedure involves the use of a centrifuge to separate red blood cells from whole blood]
Centripetal: tending toward the center
Example: [centripetal force]
Centurion: A captain of one hundred soldiers in the ancient Roman
Ceramics: pottery
Example: [made of ceramics]
Cereal: Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds.
Cerebral: pertaining to the brain
Example: [cerebral films]
Cerebration: thought
Example: [mathematics problems sometimes require much cerebration]
Ceremonious: Observant of ritual
Example: [ceremonious and polite behavior]
Certitude: confidence of certainty assurance
Cessation: a stopping
Example: [a smoking cessation program]
Cession: as of possessions or rights Surrender
Example: [the cession of Alaska to USA]
Chafe: abrade
Example: [The bracelet was so tight that it started to chafe]
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Chaff: worthless products of an endeavor
Example: [separate the wheat from the chaff]
Chagrin: embarrassment, shame, humiliation
Example: [My children have never shown an interest in music, much to my chagrin]
Chalice: cup goblet
Example: [they drank from a chalice]
Chameleon: changeable in appearance
Example: [like a chameleon, he assumed the political thinking of every group he met]
Champ: to chew noisily
Example: [we were amused by the way he champed his food]
Champion: to defend or support
Example: [an Olympic champion]
Chaos: utter disorder and confusion
Example: [The country’s at war and everything is in chaos]
Chaotic: in utter disorder
Example: [a chaotic situation]
Characterize: illustrate, describe, be characteristic of somebody or something, portray
Example: [Corresponding to the difference in musical instruments is that of the noise instruments which characterize the two regions]
Charisma: a natural power which some people have to influence or attract people
Example: [a charismatic leader]
Charismatic: having an engaging personality, appealing, charming, magnetic
Example: [to have a charismatic presence]
Charlatan: fake quack
Example: [the charlatan was caught]
Chary: watchful, cautious, extremely shy
Example: [I’m a bit chary of using a travel agency that doesn’t have official registration]
Chasm: deep, a long, narrow hole in rock or ice
Example: [bottom of the chasm]
Chassis: framework and working parts of an automobile
Example: [chassis of a car]
Chaste: virgin pure
Example: [They exchanged a few chaste kisses]
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