| A | B |
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| carnal | adj. fleshly |
| carnivorous | adj. meat-eating |
| carousal | n. drunken revel |
| carping | n. petty criticism; fault-finding |
| carrion | n. rotting flesh of a dead body |
| cartographer | n. map-maker |
| cascade | n. small waterfall |
| caste | n. one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society, social stratification; prestige |
| castigation | n. punishment; severe criticism |
| casualty | n. serious or fatal accident |
| cataclysm | n. deluge; upheaval |
| catalyst | n. agent that brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged |
| catapult | n. slingshot; hurling machine |
| cataract | n. great waterfall; eye abnormality |
| catastrophe | n. calamity; disaster |
| catcall | n. shout of disapproval; boo |
| catechism | n. book for religious instructin; instruction by question and answer |
| categorical | adj. without exceptions; unqualified; absolute |
| catharsis | n. purging or cleansing of any passage of the body |
| cathartic | n. purgative |
| catholic | dj. universal; wide-ranging liberal |
| caucus | n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy |
| caulk | v. to make watertight (by glugging seams) |
| causal | adj. implying a cause-and-effect relationship |
| caustic | adj. burning; sarcastically biting |
| cauterize | v. burn with hot iron or caustic |
| cavalcade | n. procession; parade |
| cavalier | adj. casual and offhand; orrogant |
| cavil | v. make frivolous objections |
| cede | v. yield (title, territory) to; surrender formally |
| celerity | n. speed; rapidity |
| celestial | adj. heavenly |
| celibate | adj. abstaining from sexual intercouse; unmarried |
| censor | n. overseer of morals; person who eliminates inappropriate matter |
| censorious | adj. critical |
