| A | B |
|---|
| Bacchanalian | Drunken |
| Badger | Pester; annoy |
| Baleful | Deadly; destructive |
| Balk | Foil |
| Balm | Mild; fragrant |
| Banal | Hackneyed; commonplace; trite |
| Bantering | Good-natured ridiculing |
| Cajole | Coax; wheedle |
| Caliber | Ability; capacity |
| Canard | Unfounded rumor; exaggerated report |
| Candor | Frankness |
| Canny | Shrewd; thrifty |
| Canvass | Determine votes |
| Caprice | Whim |
| Caption | Title; chapter heading; text under illustration |
| Caricature | Distortion; burlesque |
| Carnal | Fleshly |
| Carnage | Destruction of life |
| Carnivorous | Meat-eating |
| Carping | Finding fault |
| Carrion | Rotting flesh of a dead body |
| Carte Blanche | Unlimited authority or freedom |
| Cataclysm | Deluge; upheaval |
| Caustic | Burning; sarcastically biting |
| Cauterize | Burn with hot iron or caustic |
| Cavalcade | Procession; parade |
| Cede | Tranfer; yeild title to |
| Celestial | Heavenly |
| Celibate | Unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse |
| Cerebral | Pertaining to the brain or intellect |
