| chicanery | The use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose | |
| chagrin | A feeling of irritation, disappointment, or embarrassment | |
| cerebral | Of or relating to the brain or intellect | |
| censure | Express severe disapproval of (someone or something), typically in a formal statement | |
| celerity | Swiftness of movement | |
| causal | Relating to or acting as a cause. | |
| caterwaul | To make a shrill howling or wailing noise like that of a cat | |
| castigate | To reprimand or criticize someone severely | |
| caricatured | Made an exaggerated representation of someone or something that is usually humorous or mocking in nature | |
| cardinal | Of fundamental importance; principal | |