to bustle	to move about energetically
to buttress	to support, to prop up
buxom	plump, vigorous, jolly
cabal	small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
cache	hiding place
cacophonous	discordant, inharmonious
cadaver	corpse
cadaverous	like a corpse/ pale
cadence	rhythmic rise and fall
to cajole	to coax, to wheedle
calamity	disaster, misery
calculated	deliberately planned, likely
caldron	large kettle
caliber	ability/ quality
calligraphy	beautiful writing, excellent penmanship
calluous	hardened, unfeeling
callow	youthful, immature, inexperienced
calorific	heat-producing
calumny	malicious misrepresentation, slander
camaraderie	good-fellowship
to camouflage	to disguise, to conceal
candor	frankness, open honesty
canine	related to dogs, dog-like
canny	shrewd, thrifty
cant	insincere expressions of pity/ jargon of thieves
cantankerous	inn humored, irritable
canter	slow gallop
to canvass	to determine votes
capacious	spacious
capacity	mental or physical ability, role
to capitulate	to surrender