| Term | Definition |
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| champion | support militantly; fight for; N: person who fights for or supports strongly (a principle, movement, person, etc.) |
| s championship | position of champion; defense or support; competition held to determine a champion |
| chaotic | in utter disorder |
| charisma | divine gift; great popular charm or appeal; magnetism |
| n charlatan | quack; pretender to knowledge (esp. in medicine) |
| n chary | cautious; unwilling to take risks; sparing or restrained about giving; OP. bold |
| n chase | ornament a metal surface by indenting; follow rapidly to catch |
| chasm | abyss; very deep crack |
| n chassis | framework and working parts of an automobile; framework to which components are attached |
| chaste | morally pure; virginal; abstaining from illicit sexual acts; modest; simple (of a style of writing); not highly decorated; austere |
| n chasten | discipline; punish in order to correct; CF. castigate |
| n chastise | punish as by beating; criticize severely |
| chauvinist | blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group, cause, or sex; ADJ. chauvinistic; CF. chauvinism; Nicolas Chauvin |
| check | stop motion; curb or restrain |
| n checkered(chequered) | marked by great changes in fortune; with many changes of fortuene; CF. checked: having a pattern of squares; SYN - vicissitude; quirks; vagaries; |
| n cherubic | angelic; innocent-looking; N. cherub; CF. seraph: winged angel of the highest order |
| n chicanery | trickery; deception; chic=girl-plays trickery on guys |
| n chide | scold; rebuke (someone who has done wrong) |
| n chimerical | fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; N. chimera: unreal fancy; fire-breathing female creature; chemical-ly modified creature. |
| n chisel | swindle or cheat, bilk, mulct, diddle, gyp; N: wedgelike tool for cutting |
| s chip | lose a small piece from the surface or edge; N: small piece broken off something; CF. French fry; Potato chip/crisp |
| chivalrous | courteous; faithful; brave; N. chivalry |
| n choleric | hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily angered; CF. cholera |
| n choreography | art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances |
| s chore | daily domestic task (such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping); unpleasant task |
| n chortle | chuckle with delight; N. |
| s chuckle | laugh quietly |
| chronic | long established as a disease |
| chronicle | report; record (in chronological order) |
| n churlish | boorish; rude; N. churl: boor; yahoo |
| n ciliated | having minute hairs; CF. cilium; CF. cilia: eyelash |
| cipher | nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero; secret code; V. |
| circlet | small ring; band of gold, silver, jewel, etc. (worn on the head, arms, or neck as decoration) |
| circuitous | roundabout |
| s circuit | closed circular line around an area; circumference; regularly repeated journey from place to place |
| circumlocution | indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly) |
| circumscribe | limit; confine; draw a line around; outline, delineate |
| n circumspect | prudent; cautious; acting after careful thought; wary, cagy |
| circumvent | outwit; defeat by behaving more cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get around |
| n cistern | reservoir or water tank |
| citadel | fortress |
| cite | quote; commend; Ex. cited for bravery in an official record;adduce-provide evidence |
| civil | having to do with citizens; not military or religious; courteous and polite; Ex. married in a civil ceremony; Ex. civil strife/disorder/law; N. civility; CF. civic |
| clairvoyant | having foresight; fortuneteller; N. clairvoyance; CF-Clair=clear,voya=vision |
| s hindsight | understanding the nature of an event after it has actually happened |
| n clamber | climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble |
| clamor | loud continous noise; continuous demand or complaint made by a large number of people; V: make a clamor; express (a demand) continually and loudly; ADJ. clamorous |
| clandestine | secret |
| s chaperon | older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman |
| n clangor | loud resounding noise; sound of repeated clanging |
| n clapper | striker (tongue) of a bell |
| s clap | strike the palms of the hands together with a sudden explosive sound; come together suddenly with a sharp sound; put or send promptly; Ex. clap the thief in jail; N: clapping; loud or explosive sound; CF. applause |
| n clarion | shrill, trumpetlike sound; kind of trumpet used in former times |
| claustrophobia | fear of being locked in |
| n clavicle | collarbone |
| s scrimmage | disorderly fight between two or more people |
| cleave | split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to; N. cleavage; ADJ. cloven; riven |
| n cleft | N: split |
| n clemency | disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments; mildness as of the weather; ADJ. clement |
| clich\'e | phrase dulled in meaning by repetition; platitude; ADJ. clich\'ed |
| s bromide | platitude; chemical compound used to calm excitement |
| n clientele | body of customers |
| climactic | relating to the highest point; N. climax; CF. climatic |
| n clime | climate |
| n clique | small exclusive group of people |
| cloister | monastery or convent |
| n clout | great influence (especially political or social); hard blow with fist |
| cloying | distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental; V. cloy: become unpleasant through too much sweetness or excess |
| n coagulate | congeal; thicken; clot; N. coagulant |
| s clot | half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or blood); V. |
| s pudding | hot sweet dish |
| coalesce | combine; fuse; N. coalescence |
| coalition | partnership; league; union of separate political parties |
| n coda | concluding section of a musical or literary composition |
| n coddle | treat gently; indulge excessively; pamper; mollycoddle; baby; cook in water just below boiling point; Ex. coddled eggs |
| n codicil | supplement to the body of a will; later addition to a will |
| codify | arrange (laws or rules) as a code; classify; N. code: system of words used instead of ordinary writing; collection of laws, rules, established social customs |
| coercion | use of force to get someone to object; compelling; V. coerce |
| n coeval | living at the same time as; existing during the same period of time; contemporary; of the same age |
| n cog | tooth projecting from a wheel |
| cogent | convincing; believable; compelling; cogent- 'compelling,' from the verb cogere, from co- 'together' + agere 'drive.' co- augur=portend |
| cogitate | think over; ponder |
| cognate | having a common origin; related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature; Ex. cognate languages; N. |
| cognitive | having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes; N. cognition: the mental process of knowing |
| cognizance | knowledge; ADJ. cognizant; having knowledge; aware |
| n cohabit | live together |
| cohere | stick together |
| cohesion | tendency to keep together |
| n cohorts | group of people who share some common quality; armed band; a group of between 300 and 600 soldiers under one commander (in the ancient Rome) |
| n coiffure | hairstyle |
| coin | make coins; invent or fabricate (a word or phrase); N. coinage: word or phrase recently invented |
| coincidence | the chance occurrence, at the same time, of two or more seemingly connected events; V. coincide: happen at the same time; be in agreement; CF. coincident; CF. coincidental |
| n colander | utensil with perforated bottom used for straining |
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