| Term | Definition |
| caustic | bitter, biting, acidic |
| cavort | to leap about, behave boisterously |
| censure | 1.harsh criticism 2.to rebuke formally |
| cerebral | related to the intellect |
| chaos | absolute disorder |
| chastise | to criticize severely |
| cherish | to feel or show affection toward something |
| chide | to voice disapproval |
| choreography | the arrangement of dances |
| chronicle | 1.a written history 2.to write a history |
| chronological | arranged in order of time |
| circuitous | roundabout |
| circumlocution | indirect and wordy language |
| circumscribed | marked off, bounded |
| circumspect | cautious |
| circumvent | to get around |
| clairvoyant | able to perceive things that normal people cannot |
| clamor | 1.loud noise 2.to loudly insist |
| clandestine | secret |
| cleave | 1.to divide into parts 2.to stick together firmly |
| criteria | standards by which something is judged |
| culmination | the climax toward which somehting progresses |