carping:finding fault

catholic:broadly sympathetic; liberal

caustic:burning; sarcastically biting

celestial:heavenly

celibate:unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse

centigrade:measure of temperature used widely in Europe

centrifugal:radiating; departing from the center

cerebral:pertaining to the brain of intellect

chaffing:bantering; joking

chaotic:in utter disorder

chary:cautiously watchful

chaste:pure

checkered:marked by changes in fortune

chimerical:fantastic; highly imaginative

choleric:hot-tempered

chronic:long established as a disease

churlish:boorish; rude

ciliated:having minute hairs

circuitous:roundabout

circumspect:prudent; cautious

clairvoyant:having foresight

clandestine:secret

clarion:shrill trumpetlike sound

climactic:relating to the highest point

cogent:convincing

cognate:allied by blood; of the same or kindred nature

coincident:occurring at the same time

colossal:huge

combustible:easily burned

comely:attractive; agreeable

commensurate:equal in extent

commodious:spacious and comfortable

compatible:harmonious; in harmony with

complacent:self-satisfied

complaisant:trying to please; obliging

compliant:yielding

concentric:having a common center

concise:brief and compact

concurrent:happening at the same time

condign:adequate; deservedly severe

congenital:existing at birth

conjugal:pertaining to marriage

connubial:pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state

consummate:complete

contentious:quarrelsome

contiguous:adjacent to; touching upon

contingent:conditional

contrite:penitent

contumacious:disobedient; resisting authority

conversant:familiar with

convivial:festive; gay; characterized by joviality

copious:plentiful

corporeal:bodily; material

corpulent:very fat

corrosive:eating away by chemicals or disease

cosmic:pertaining to the universe; vast

covert:secret; hidden; implied

covetous:avaricious; eagerly desirous of

coy:shy; modest; coquettish

crabbed:sour; peevish

crass:very unrefined; grossly insensible

craven:cowardly

crestfallen:dejected; dispirited

cryptic:mysterious; hidden; secret

culinary:relating to cooking

cursory:casual; hastily done