C Words: Vocabulary

C Words: Vocabulary

Categorizing Words

• Cognitive Words: related to mental processes or thinking
  • Cerebral (relating to the brain)
  • Concept (an idea or notion)
  • Cognition (the process of knowing or perceiving)
• Commercial Words: related to business or trade
  • Commerce (the activity of buying and selling)
  • Capital (wealth or resources)
  • Consumer (a person who buys goods or services)
• Creative Words: related to art, imagination, or innovation
  • Craft (a skill or activity involving creative work)
  • Conceptual (relating to ideas or concepts)
  • Creative (having the ability to create new ideas)

Words with Multiple Meanings

• Civic: relating to citizens or a city (e.g. civic duty) or relating to a community (e.g. civic center)
• Civil: relating to citizens or a country (e.g. civil rights) or polite and courteous (e.g. civil behavior)
• Crucial: extremely important or critical (e.g. a crucial decision) or shaped like a cross (e.g. a crucial joint)

Word Families

• Cede: to give up or surrender
  • Concede (to admit or acknowledge)
  • Cedent (a person or entity that gives up something)
  • Cession (the act of giving up something)
• Cite: to quote or reference
  • Citation (a quote or reference)
  • Cited (quoted or referenced)
  • Citator (a person or thing that cites)

Idiomatic Expressions

• Cut to the chase: to get to the point or main issue
• Call it a day: to stop what you're doing and go home
• Cost an arm and a leg: to be very expensive

Word Origins

• Cacophony: from Greek kakophonia, meaning "bad sound"
• Chaos: from Greek khaos, meaning "void" or "emptiness"
• Catharsis: from Greek katharsis, meaning "purification" or "cleansing"

Other Interesting Words

• Cacography: poor or ungrammatical writing or handwriting
• Chiaroscurist: a painter who specializes in the use of chiaroscuro (an artistic technique using strong contrasts of light and dark)
• Cymotrichous: having wavy hair

C Words: Vocabulary

• Cognitive Words relate to mental processes or thinking, including:
  • Cerebral (relating to the brain)
  • Concept (an idea or notion)
  • Cognition (the process of knowing or perceiving)
• Commercial Words relate to business or trade, including:
  • Commerce (the activity of buying and selling)
  • Capital (wealth or resources)
  • Consumer (a person who buys goods or services)
• Creative Words relate to art, imagination, or innovation, including:
  • Craft (a skill or activity involving creative work)
  • Conceptual (relating to ideas or concepts)
  • Creative (having the ability to create new ideas)

Words with Multiple Meanings

• Civic can relate to:
  • Citizens or a city (e.g. civic duty)
  • A community (e.g. civic center)
• Civil can relate to:
  • Citizens or a country (e.g. civil rights)
  • Polite and courteous behavior (e.g. civil behavior)
• Crucial can mean:
  • Extremely important or critical (e.g. a crucial decision)
  • Shaped like a cross (e.g. a crucial joint)

Word Families

• Cede is related to:
  • Concede (to admit or acknowledge)
  • Cedent (a person or entity that gives up something)
  • Cession (the act of giving up something)
• Cite is related to:
  • Citation (a quote or reference)
  • Cited (quoted or referenced)
  • Citator (a person or thing that cites)

Idiomatic Expressions

• Cut to the chase: get to the point or main issue
• Call it a day: stop what you're doing and go home
• Cost an arm and a leg: be very expensive

Word Origins

• Cacophony comes from Greek kakophonia, meaning "bad sound"
• Chaos comes from Greek khaos, meaning "void" or "emptiness"
• Catharsis comes from Greek katharsis, meaning "purification" or "cleansing"

Other Interesting Words

• Cacography: poor or ungrammatical writing or handwriting
• Chiaroscurist: a painter who specializes in the use of chiaroscuro (an artistic technique using strong contrasts of light and dark)
• Cymotrichous: having wavy hair

Classify C words into cognitive, commercial, and creative categories. Test your knowledge of vocabulary related to mental processes, business, and art.