Words that begin with C
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. churlish
A. To talk or utter in a ___ manner
2. culpable
B. Small cake baked in a muffin tin (plural)
3. cameo
C. Deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
4. conquer
D. An event resulting in great loss and misfortune
5. captured
E. A line of units following one after another (plural)
6. crawling
F. A mythical being that is half man and half horse (plural)
7. cackled
G. To feel as if ___ with insects
8. cupcakes
H. A military unit or region under the control of a single officer
9. command
I. To bring under control by force or authority
10. counting
J. Any of various types of ___ (plural)
11. columns
K. Having calluses
12. cabbages
L. To determine the number or amount of
13. collects
M. To succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
14. calamity
N. Rude and boorish
15. callous
O. A short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England (plural)
16. cannibal
P. A state of being relaxed and feeling no pain (plural)
17. cannon
Q. Engraving or carving in low relief on a stone
18. camels
R. A large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
19. capitals
S. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions (plural)
20. cemetery
T. To measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in
21. caviler
U. A disputant who quibbles
22. centaurs
V. A tract of land used for burials
23. clocked
W. A person who eats human flesh
24. comforts
X. One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names (plural)