| bungle | mismanage |
| bureeaucracy | a complicated system of administrative agencies and officials |
| buttress | support of reinforcement |
| cajole | to persuade or obtain by flattery or deceit |
| callous | unfeeling or insensitive |
| calumny | a false statement deliberately made up to injure a person |
| candid | fair; unposed |
| cantankerous | foul-tempered and quarrelsome |
| captious | quick to find petty faults or raise trifling objections |
| catholic | broad or widely inclusive |