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| cede | to withdraw; to give up, as by treaty |
| celerity | swiftness of action or motion; speed |
| celestial | of or pertaining to heaven or the sky above |
| celibacy | abstinence from sex |
| censor | one who examines material to as ascertain whether it is objectionable |
| censure | to condemn severly for misconduct |
| cerebellum | part of the brain, between the cerebrum and brain stem, that controls muscle coordination and equilibrium |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain; describing an imtellectual person |
| certify | to confirm formally; verify |
| cessation | a stopping or ceasing, coming to an end |
| chafe | to createfriction; irratate; to rub |
| chaff | anything worthless; the husks separated from grain |
| chagrin | humiliation; disappointment |
| chalet | a kind of Swiss farmhouse with overhanging eaves |
| chameleon | a lizard that changes colors; a highly changeable person |
| champion | to defend or fight for; advocate; to support |
| channel | to direct into a particular place or situation |
| chanteuse | female singer in cabarets and night clubs |
| charisma | ability to attract followers |
| charlatan | quack; fraud |
| chary | vigilant, careful, cautious, wary |
| chasm | a deep opening; a gorge |
| chaste | morally pure; without obscenity |
| chastise | to discipline; punish |
| chateau | a French estate, manor, castle or large house in the country (chateaux-plural) |
| chattel | an item of personal, movable property, slave |
| check | bring to a standstill, to stop to hold back, to block |
| chemotherapy | use of chemical agnts in the treatment of disease, esp. cancer |
| cherub | an angel represented in arts as a beautiful, chubby child with small wings |
| chicanery | deceitfulness; trickery |
| chide | scold; reprove |
| chimerical | fanciful; imaginary; absurd |
| chintzy | qaudy; cheap; tacky |
| chloroform | colorless, volatile, toxic liquid that produces anesthesia |
| choleric | hot-tempered; quick to anger |
| chord | three or four musical notes played together |
| chortle | to express with a snorting chuckle; to laught with pleasure and glee |
| chronic | continuing for a long time; continuous |
| chronicle | a history; record of events |
| chronology | an order or events from the earliest to the lastest |
| churl | a rude or vuglar person; a crude or illiterate peasant or yokel |
| chutzpah | brazen, audacious behavior that is sometimes admired but often rude |
