| A | B |
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| cavil (KAVV-ill) | to find fault unnecessaily, to raise trivial objections |
| cavort | to bound or prance about in a sprightly manner; to have lively fun |
| spell Romanian dictator | Ceausescu |
| celadon | a pale to very pale green |
| celerity | swiftness of action or motion; speed |
| celibate (2) | abstaining from sex; unmarried |
| celluloid (can mean) | the cinema, motion pictures "there are no heroes but in c____" |
| cenacle | a clique or circle; esp. of writers |
| cenotaph | a monument erected in honor of someones whose remains lie elsewhere |
| censure | to criticize severely, blame; to express strong disapproval of |
| centrifugal (can mean) | tending or directed away from centralization |
| centripetal | tending or directed toward centralization |
| cephalic | relating to the head |
| cerebrate | to use the power of reason; think |
| cervix | the neck |
| C-section | cesarean section (Caesar was said to have been born from this operation) |
| chafe (2) | to annoy; to warm by rubbing |
| chaff | to make fun of in a good-natured way; tease |
| chamfer | to cut off the edge or corner of; to cut a groove in |
| chapfallen | being in low spirits |
| charade | a readily perceived pretense; a travesty |
| spell charlie horse | Charley Horse |
| chary | very cautious, wary |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or reproof |
| chastise | to punish, as by beating; to criticize severely |
| chauvinism (2) | militant devotion to and glorification of one's country; prejudiced belief in the superiority of one's own gender, group, or kind |
| César Chávez | labor organizer who formed the National Farm Workers Association |
| cherub | a winged celestial being |
| chevron | a badge or insignia consisting of stripes meeting at an angle, worn on the sleeve of a military uniform |
| chi | the vital force believed in Taoism to be inherent in all things. |
| chicane, chicanery | to resort to tricks or subterfuges; deception by trickery |
| chide | to scold mildly, to express disapproval |
| chiliad (2) | a group that contains 1000 elements, one thousand years |
| chimera (2) | having two types of genetic material inside you; a fanciful mental illusion or fabrication |
| chimerical | created by or as if by a widly fanciful imagination; given to unrealistic fantasies |
| chirk | to make or become cheerful |
| chit (2) | a short letter or note (a restaurant check); a child |
| chivvy or chivy | to vex or harass with petty attacks |
| chock-a-block, chock-full | squeezed together "they were c___ in the stands" |
| choleric (CAH-ler-ic) | easily angered, bad-tempered |
