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Cache: A hidden store of things



Cash: Money in coins or notes





Cannon:



1. A large, heavy piece of artillery formerly used in warfare



2. (Billiards or snooker) A stroke in which the cue ball strikes two balls successfully



3. Collide with something forcefully or at an angle



Canon:



1. A general rule or principle by which something is judged



2. The degree or the law of a Church



3. A collection or the list of sacred books accepted as genuine





Canvas: A strong coarse unbleached cloth used to make sails, tents etc… and as a surface for oil painting



Canvass:



1. Solicit votes from voters



2. Propose an idea or a plan for discussion





Capital:



1. The most important city or a town of a country or a region, usually the seat of government and administration



2. Wealth owned by a person or an association or invested, lent or borrowed



3. A capital letter



4. (Of an offence or charge) Liable to attract the death penalty



Capitol:



1. (In the USA) A building housing a legislative assembly



2. (The Capitol) The temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome





Carat:



1. A unit of weight for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams



2. (USA spelling of karat) A measure of the purity of Gold, pure gold being 24 carats



Caret:A proofreader’s mark (^) placed below a line of text to indicate a proposed insertion or correction



Carrot: A tapering orange-colored root eaten as a vegetable





Cast:



1. Throw forcefully in a specified direction



2. Cause (light or shadow) to appear on a surface



3. Discard



4. Shape (metal or other material) by pouring into a mould while molten



5. Register( a vote)



6. Throw the hooked and baited end of a fishing line into the water



7. cast a magic spell to take effect



8. The actors taking part in a play or film



Caste: 1. each of hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution (untouchables) and of social status



2. (In some social insects) A physically distinct kind of individual with a particular function(Entomology)





Cede: Give up (power or territory)



Seed: A plant’s unit of reproduction through which another plant is capable of growing





Cell:



1. A small room in which a prisoner is kept locked or in which a monk or a nun sleeps



2. A small group of people forming a nucleus of a political party



3. A device containing electrodes immersed in electrolyte, used for current generation or electrolysis



Sell: Give or hand over in exchange for money





Censor: An official who examines material that is to be published or a film that is to be screened and deletes or edits parts considered offensive to societal sensibilities or a threat to the security of the society



Sensor: A device which detects or measures a physical property





Cite:



1. Quote (a book or author) as evidence for an argument or belief



2. Praise for a courageous act in an official dispatch



Sight:



1. The faculty or the power of seeing



2. The action or the fact of seeing someone or something



Site:



1. An area of ground on which something is located



2. The place where a particular event or activity is occurring or has occurred





Coarse:



1. Rough or harsh in texture, unrefined



2. (Of a person’s features) Not elegantly formed or well proportioned



3. (Of a person’s character or his speech) Rude or vulgar



Course:



1. The route or direction followed by a ship, aircraft, road or a river



2. The way in which something progresses or develops



3. A dish forming one of the successive parts of meal



4. A series or lectures or lessons in a particular subject



5. An area of land prepared for racing, golf or any other sport





Complacent: Smug and uncritically satisfied with oneself or one’s achievements, self-satisfied



Complaisant: Willingness to please others or to accept their behavior without protest





Complement:



1. A thing that contributes extra features to something else and thereby enhances and improves it



2. The number or quantity the makes something complete



Compliment: A polite expression of praise or admiration





Conch: A tropical marine mollusk



Conk:



1. (Of a machine) break down



2. Faint or go to sleep or die





Coo:



1. (Of a pigeon or dove) Make a softy murmuring sound



2. (Of a person) To speak in a soft and gentle voice



Coup:



1. A sudden and violent seizure of power from a government



2. An unexpected and notably successful act Homonyms Index



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