CHARLATAN

Someone who pretends to have skills or knowledge that they dont really posess.

E.g: Decieved by the charlatan's words, I bought that Weight reduction pills.

CHARY

Charecterized by great caution and wariness

E.g: I am rather chary of making too many idiotic mistakes

CHASE

Cut a groove into

E.g : With a hammer, he carefully chased an intircate design onto the surface of the chalice.

CHASTE

1. Something very simple in style, without very much decoration.
2. Morally pure (Not experienced sexual intercourse)

E.g:

1. He married a holy woman, who was innocent and chaste.
2. Just looking at his chaste clothes, you could guess how simplistic his lifestyle was.

CHASTEN

Censure severly; Correct by punishment or discipline

E.g: He has clearly not been chastened by his thirteen days in detention

CHASTISE

Censure severely; reprimand

E.g: The Securities Commission chastised the firm but imposed no fine.

CHAUVINIST

Biased devotion

E.g: Grandpa's chauvinism towards old school cricket was quite evident in his words.

CHECKERED

Marked by changes in  fortune

E.g : He has had a checkered business career.

CHERUB

A sweet innocent baby; angelic looking

E.g: My niece is definitely a cherub

CHICANERY

Use of tricks to decieve someone

E.g : The lawyer used a lot of misrepresentation and chicanery to confuse the judicicary and win the case.

CHISEL

1. Swindle or cheat
2. A Wedge like tool used for cutting

E.g: Those bastards chiseled me out of all my money.

CHIVALROUS

Charecterized by courtesy, graciousness and good manners, especially towards women

E.g: The "Ladies first" principle is considered to be a chivalrous principle

CHOLERIC

Charecterized by anger and hot temper

E.g: Harbhajan Singh's choleric outburst at Shoaib Akthar litreally certified that emotions were high throughout the match

CHORTLE

Laugh silently or with restraint

E.g: There was silence for a moment, then Larry began chortling like an idiot.

CHRONIC

1. Being long lasting and reccurent; charecterized by long suffering
2. Habitual

E.g: Anyone who does not believe that smoking is an addiction has never been a chronic smoker.

CHURLISH

Unfriendly, bad tempered, impolite

E.g: The room was so lovely it seemed churlish to argue.

CLIATED

Having minute hairs

E.g: The Paramecium is a ciliated, one celled animal

CIPHER

1. Someone who has no power and is used by other people to achieve a particular purpose; A nonentity
2. Secret code

E.g:He was little more than a cipher who faithfully carried out Sonia Gandhi's commands.

CIRCUMLOCUTION

An indirect way of expressing something

E.g:It was always when you most wanted a direct answer that Mushaaraf came up with a circumlocution.

CIRCUMSCRIBE

To limit or confine or restrict

E.g: There are laws circumscribing the right of individual citizens to cause bodily harm to others

CISTERN

A reservoir or water tank

E.g: To deal with the dry summers, the government advised all farmers to store water in cisterns.

CLAIRVOYANT

Foreseeing the future

E.g: Drishika had the power of clairvoyance

CLAMBER

Climb awkwardly

E.g: Reaching the crest was a real clamber.

CLAMOR

Loud and persistent outcry from many people

E.g: Ignoring the clamorous sound by the vuvuzela's was a bigger challenge than confronting a penalty shoot!.

CLAUSTROPHOBIA

A fear of being closed in a confined space

E.g: His fellow classmates laughed at this claustrophobia and often threatened to lock him in his room

CLAVICLE

Collar bone

E.g: He broke his clavicle during the standoff in the pub

CLEFT

A split or indentation into something

E.g : We saw the bird man enter into a narrow cleft in the

rock.

CLEMENCY

1. Leniency and compassion shown towards offenders by a person or agency responsible for administering justice
2. Good weather with comfortable temperatures.

E.g: Seventeen prisoners held on death row are to be executed after their pleas for clemency were turned down.

CLIQUE

A small, exclusive group

E.g: My Coorgi friends often move around in a clique.

CLOYING

something that you find unpleasant because it is much too sweet, or too sentimental.

E.g: The film is too cloyingly sentimental.

CODDLE

Treat gently, pamper. Protect too much

E.g: Don't coddle the kids too much, Harry told Sally.

COEVAL

Of the same period; a person of nearly the same age as another

E.g: Coeval with dinosaurs, dragons flourished during the Mesoziac period

COGENT

Strong and convincing

E.g: The film makes its points with cogency and force.

COGNATE

Things that are related together

E.g: The words "Maa" is congnate to "Mother"

COGNIZANCE

1. take notice of something or acknowledge something
2. knowledge or understanding

E.g: During the election campaign, the two candidates were kept in full cognizance of the international situation

COHORT

1. A group of people having approximately the same age
2. A group of supporters

E.g: Alexander and his cohorts conquered almost the whole world

COIFFURE

The arrangement of hair

E.g: You can make your statement with your choice of coiffure, she said.

COLANDER

A utensil with perforated bottom, used for straining

E.g: Before serving the spaghetti, place it in a colander to drain it.