| A | B |
|---|
| counterpart | thing that completes another; things very much alike |
| coup | highly successful action or sudden attack |
| couple | join;unite |
| courier | messenger |
| covenant | agreement |
| covert | secret;hidden;implied |
| covetous | avaricious;eagerly desirous of |
| cow | terrorize;intimidate |
| cower | shrink quivering, as from fear |
| coy | shy;modest;coquettish |
| cozen | cheat;hoodwink;swindle |
| crabbed | sour;peevish |
| crass | very unrefined; grossly insensible |
| craven | cowardly |
| credence | belief |
| credo | creed |
| credulity | belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivete |
| creed | system of religious or ethical belief |
| crescendo | increase in volume or intensity, as in a musical passage;climax |
| crestfallen | dejected;dispirtied |
| crevice | crack;fissure |
| cringe | shrink back, as if in fear |
| criteria | standards used in judging |
| crone | hag |
| crotchety | eccentric;whimsical |
| cruz | essential or main point |
| crypt | secret recess or vault usually used for burial |
| cryptic | mysterious;hidden;secret |
| cubicle | small chamber used for sleeping |
| cuisine | style of cooking |
| culinary | relating to cooking |
| cull | pick out;reject |
| culmination | attainment of highest point |
| culpable | desrving blame |
| culvert | artificial channel for water |
| cumbersome | heavy;hard to manage |
| cumulative | growing by addition |
| cupidity | greed |
| curator | superintendent;manager |
| curmudgeon | churlish;miserly individual |
| cursive | flowing, running |
| cursory | casual;hastily done |
| curtail | shorten;reduce |
| cynical | skeptical or distrustful of human motives |
| cynosure | object of general attention |
| dabble | work at in nonserious fashion;splash around |
| dais | raised platfrom for guests of honor |
| dally | trifle with; procrastinate |
| dank | damp |
| dapper | neat and trim |
| dappled | spotted |
| daub | smear (as with paint) |
| daunt | intimidate;frighten |
| dauntless | bold |
| dawdle | loiter;waste time |
| deadlock | standstill;stalemate |
| deadpan | wooden;impassive |
| dearth | scarcity |
| debacle | sudden downfall;complete disaster |
| debase | reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade |
| debauch | corrupt;seduce from virtue |
| debilitate | weaken; enfeeble |
| debonair | friendly; aiming to please |
| debris | rubble |
| debunk | expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc.;ridicule |
| debutante | young woman making formal entrance into society |
| decadence | decay |
| decant | pour off gently |
| decapitate | behead |
| declerate | slow down |
