® Caricature: distortion, burlesque: The cartoonist caricature senators sleeping on the job.
® Carnage: destruction of life: The carnage that can be caused by atomic warfare adds to the responsibilities of world leaders.
® Carnivorous: meat-eating: The lion is a carnivorous animal.
® Catastrophe: calamity sudden great disaster: His brother’s death was a catastrophe for the family.
® Censor: Overseer of morals, person who reads to eliminate inappropriate remarks: This film has been censored by the censor-board.
® Cession: yielding to another, ceding: The cession of Alaska to the United States is discussed in this chapter.
® Checkered: marked by changes in fortune: During his checkered career he had lived in palatial mansions and in dreary boardinghouses.
® Choleric: hot-tempered: His flushed, angry face indicated a choleric nature.
® Chronic: long established as a disease: She has developed chronic chest congestion.
® Circumscribe: limit, confine: His illness circumscribe his activities.
® Circumspect: prudent, cautious: Investigating before acting, he tried always to be circumspect.
® Circumvent: outwit, baffle: The swindler tried to circumvent the law.
® Coerce: force, repress: Do not coerce me into doing this, I hate force.
® Cognizance: knowledge: During the election campaign, the two candidates were kept in full cognizance of the international situation.
® Cohere: stick together: Solids have a greater tendency to cohere than liquids.
® Cohesion: force which keeps parts together: In order to preserve our cohesion, we must not let minor difference interface with our major purposes.
® Coincident: occurring at the same time: Our arrival at the same time was coincident.
® Collaborate: work together: Two writers collaborated in preparing this book.
® Collateral: security given for loan: The sum you wish to borrow is so large that it must be secured by collateral.
® Collusion: conspiring in a fraudulent scheme: The swindlers were found guilty of collusion.
® Comity: courtesy, civility: A spirit of comity should exist among nations.
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