| A | B |
|---|
| couture | fashion designs, clothes created by fashion desighners |
| cower | to cringe in fear, to shrink away |
| cranny | a small opening as in a wall or rock face |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage, cowardly |
| creditor | a person or entity to whom money is owed |
| criterion | a standard or rule by which something can be judged, a basis for judgement |
| cubism | a style of art in which the subject matter is portrayed by geometric forms, especially cubes |
| curtail | to truncate or abridge; to lessen, usually by cutting away from |
| curvilinear | formed, bound, or characterized by curved lines |
| damper | one that depresses or restrains, a dulling or deadening influence |
| dauntless | fearless, unintimidated |
| dearth | scarcity, lack |
| debacle | a sudden calamitous downfall, collapse or failure |
| debase | to lower in quality, character, or value |
| decree | an order having force of law |
| deduce | to come to a conclusion by reasoning from the evidence |
| defame | to libel or slander, take away a good name |
| deft | skillful, dexterous |
| demagogue | a leader who obtains power by appealing to the emotions and prejudices of the people |
| demonic | one who works devilishly, having a persistent force of drive, fiendish |
