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- bane, n.
- poison, the cause of injury or mischief
- beatify, v.
- to make happy, to bless, to ascribe extraordinary virtue to, to regard
as saintly or blessed
- bedizen, v.
- to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner
- bilge, n.
- the protuberance of a cask, usually around the middle
- blandishment, n.
- flattery, enticement
- breach, n.
- the act of breaking or state of being broken, a gap, a break, or rupture
- broach, v.
- to open up, to mention a subject
- bruit, n.
- clamor, uproar
- burnish, v.
- to polish by friction
- cajole, v.
- to coax, to wheedle
- calcify, v.
- to change into a hard, stony condition
- calk, v.
- to stop up cracks with filler to prevent the admission of water
- calumniate, v.
- to slander, to accuse a person falsely
- capitulate, v.
- to surrender, to give up, to stop resisting
- capricious, adj.
- whimsical, fickle, changeable
- castigate, v.
- to chastise, to correct by punishing
- chastened, adj.
- corrected, punished
- coda, n.
- a final passage in music bringing a composition to a formal close
- codicil, n.
- an appendix or supplement, an addition to a will
- coeval, adj.
- of the same period, existing at the same time
- cognizant, adj.
- having knowledge of something, informed
- coltish, adj.
- wanton, frisky, gay
- compendium, n.
- a summary, an abstract
- conjoin, v.
- to join together, to unite
- contemn, v.
- to scorn or despise
- contentious, adj.
- argumentative, quarrelsome
- contumacious, adj.
- insubordinate, rebellious, disobedient
- conundrum, n.
- a perplexing question, a riddle
- convoluted, adj.
- rolled up in the form of spiral, coiled
- countenance, v.
- to favor, to approve, to give support to
- craven, adj.
- cowardly, base
- cupidity, n.
- inordinate greed for wealth or power
- daunt, v.
- to frighten or intimidate
- dearth, n.
- scarcity, lack
- debacle, n.
- a breakup, an overthrow, a sudden great disaster
- demur, v.
- to hesitate, to take exception to, to object
- denouement, n.
- the outcome, the solution, the unraveling of a plot
- derelict, adj.
- remiss. negligent
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