| Term | Definition |
|---|
| callow | lacking experience of life; without experience of the world |
| candid | honest, straightforward, informal, natural |
| capacious | roomy, large |
| cognizant | aware of, taking notice |
| conciliatory | overcoming distrust or hostility; tending to reconcile |
| conspicuous | clearly visible; standing out |
| contiguous | touching or joining at the edge or boundary |
| contrite | deeply sorrowful, repentant; feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses |
| copious | plentiful; abundant; large in number or quantity (especially of discourse) |
| corporeal | physical; of a material nature; affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit |
| counterfeit | fake; made to resemble something else |
| covert | secret or hidden; concealed, especially for an evil purpose |
| crass | coarse;(to describe people): so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility |
| credulous | easily deceived; showing a lack of judgment or experience |
| deleterious | harmful; morally or physically bad |
| diaphanous | transparent; see-through |
| didactic | having to do with teaching; instructive (especially excessively) |
| dilatory | slow; tending to cause delay |
| disconsolate | hopelessly sad; cheerless; causing dejection |
| discreet | marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint; judicious |
| disheveled | disordered; disorderly; untidy |
| distraught | deeply agitated especially from emotion; bewildered; very, very upset |
| dogmatic | opinionated; rigidly fixed in opinion; characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles |
| dubious | doubtful; open to doubt or suspicion |
| draconian | extremely harsh, severe; Ex. draconian punishment; CF. Draco: Athenian politician |
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