Study Material for TOEFL Preparation | Alphabet C

cabal - a scheme or plot, a group of plotters
cadge - to beg, to get by begging
calipers - metal supports attached to the legs, measuring instrument
calumniate - to slander, present false accusal
calumny - slander, aspersion
candid - frank, straight-forward
canvass - discuss thoroughly; sort of touting
capricious- fickle, whimsical, given to change, unpredictable
castigate - to chastise, correct by punishing
castigation - severe punishment
casual - happening by chance, careless
catalyst - substance that causes speeding up
caustic - biting, sarcastic
censure - expression of blame or disapproval; a rebuke
census - official counting of the population
centurion - leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
chary - cautious, wary
chastened- corrected, punished
chastisement - punishment
chauvinist- a blindly devoted patriot
chisel - steel tool for shaping materials
churl - bad-tempered person
cite - give as an example
clamor - shout, complain with a lot of noise
cleanse - make pure, thoroughly clean
cling to - resist separation
clot - half-solid lump formed from liquid
cloture - closing, device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
coalescing - coming together and uniting into one substance
coax - get smb to do smth by kindness
coddle - treat with care and tenderness
coerce - compel, to force to make obedient
coeval - of the same period, coexisting
cogent - strong, convincing
cogitate - think deeply, mediate
cognition- knowing, awareness (emotionless)
cognizant - being fully aware of
coherent - sticking together
colander - bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water
collaborate- work in partnership
collusion - secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
combustion - process of burning
commemorate - keep the memory of
commend - praise
commendable - worthy of praise
commingle - mingle together
commuter - person who travels regularly
complacently- with self-satisfaction
complaisance - tending to comply, obliging, willingness to please
comply - act in accordance
compound - mix or combine
comprise - be composed of
compunction- feeling of regret for one's action
conceal - hide, keep secret
conceit - over-high opinion of, too much pride
conciliatory - reconciling, soothing, comforting, mollifying
concord - agreement or harmony
concur- agree in opinion, happen together
condense - increase in density, strength, make laconic
condone - forgive
congeal - make or become stiff and solid
conjoin - to join together
connoisseur - a person with good judgement (e.g.. in art)
connotation - suggestion in addition to
consent - give agreement or permission
consequential - pompous, self important
consolation - consoling or being consoled
console- give comfort or sympathy to
conspicuous- easily seen; remarkable
consternation- surprise and fear, dismay
constrict - make tight or smaller
consume - get to the end of
contemn - to scorn or despise
contentious - argumentative, pugnacious, combative, quarrelsome
contiguous- touching, neighboring, near
contrite - filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing
contumacious- insubordinate, rebellious
conundrum- a riddle, dilemma, enigma
conviction - convincing; firm belief
convoke - call together, summon
convoluted - complicated; coiled, twisted
cord - twisted strands
cordial - warm and sincere
cordon - line (of police acting as a guard)
corporeal - physical; of or for the body
correlate- have a mutual relation
corroboration- additional, strengthening evidence
countenance - to favor or approve of
counterfeit - forgery
countervail - counterbalance
covert - disguised
covetous - eagerly desirous
cower - crouch; shrink back
craven - cowardly
crease - line made by crushing; white line on the ground in cricket
credulity - too great a readiness to believe things
credulous - ready to believe things
crush - press, lose shape, subdue, overwhelm
cryptic - secret, with a hidden meaning
cumbersome - burdensome, heavy and awkward to carry
curmudgeon- bad-tempered person
curriculum- course of study
cursory - quick, hurried
curtail - make shorter then was planned
cynic - person who see no good in anything