circuit | the regular journey around a territory by a person performing duties. |
circuitous | roundabout components. |
circumference | lit. a line carried around; the outer boundary line around a circular area. |
circumlocution | a roundabout way of saying something. |
circumnavigate | to sail around. |
circumscribe | lit. to write a line around the bounds; to limit; to confine. |
circumspect | cautious; carefur to consider possible consequences. |
circumstance | lit. something standing around; a fact or event accompanying another fact or event. |
circumvent | lit. to come around; to get around or to overcome by artful manuvering; to prevent. |
coherent | lit. sticking together; having an orderly relation of parts. |
collaborate | to labor together. |
collusion | lit. playing together; a secret agreement between two or more persons for a deceitful purpose. |
commensurate | lit. measured together; equal in measure or size; proportionate. |
commiserate | to sympathize. |
commotion | people moving together; social disorder. |
complicate | lit. to fold together; to make intricate or involved. |
composition | a putting together of parts to form a whole. |
compunction | lit. a prick of conscience; an uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt; a slight regret. |
condone | to forgive or overlook (an offense) |
congenital | lit. born together; existing at birth. |
consensus | lit. a feeling together; general agreement. |
consummate | lit. summed up together; completer or perfect in every respect. |
contemporary | lit. together in time; belonging to the same age. |
convene | to come together formally. |
convivial | fond of eating, drinking, and being sociable together. |
correlate | to relate together; to show relationship. |
credence | belief; acceptance as true. |
credentials | documents that cause other to believe in one. |
credibility | trustworthiness. |
credible | believeable. |
credit | trust, as financial credit; a source of honor, as a credit to one's family. |
credulity | tendency too readily on too little evidence; gullibility. |
credulous | believing too readily on too little evidence; gullible. |
creed | a formal statement of religious or other belief, as the creed or church. |
discredit | lit. not to believe; to distrust; to destroy belief in. |
incredible | unbelievable. |
incredulity | tendency to not believe readily; skepticism. |
incredulous | not believing readily; disbelieving. |
miscreant | originally, an unbeliever in religion; now, an evildoer or criminal. |