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cataclysm--n.Any overwhelming flood of water.

cataract--n.Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness.

catastrophe--n.Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity.

cathode--n.The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.

Catholicism--n.The system, doctrine, and practice of the Roman Catholic Church.

catholicity--n.Universal prevalence or acceptance.

cat-o-nine-tails--n.An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging inthe army and navy.

caucus--n.A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates.

causal--adj.Indicating or expressing a cause.

caustic--adj.Sarcastic and severe.

cauterize--v.To burn or sear as with a heated iron.

cede--v.To pass title to.

censor--n.An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication.

censorious--adj.Judging severely or harshly.

census--n.An official numbering of the people of a country or district.

centenary--adj.Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years.

centiliter--n.A hundredth of a liter.

centimeter--n.A length of one hundredth of a meter.

centurion--n.A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army.

cereal--adj.Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds.

ceremonial--adj.Characterized by outward form or ceremony.

ceremonious--adj.Observant of ritual.

cessation--n.Discontinuance, as of action or motion.

cession--n.Surrender, as of possessions or rights.

chagrin--n.Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors.

chameleon--adj.Changeable in appearance.

chancery--n.A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court.

chaos--n.Any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter disorder andconfusion.

characteristic--n.A distinctive feature.

characterize--v.To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities.

charlatan--n.A quack.

chasm--n.A yawning hollow, as in the earth's surface.

chasten--v.To purify by affliction.

chastise--v.To subject to punitive measures.

chastity--n.Sexual or moral purity.

chateau--n.A castle or manor-house.

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