Calumny
slander, defamation
Celerity
cheerful speed
Cerebral
intellectual
Chagrin
embarrassment
Circumscribed
defined or limited; isolated
Cloying
oversweet; saccharine
Confound
to confuse; to perplex; to befuddle
Conjecture
a guess
Constituents
voters
Consummate
complete; perfect
Convoluted
complicated, complex
Crude
rude; lacking refinement
Curtail
to cut short; abridge
Debased
morally low; base
Decorous
having propriety
Denuded
made ineffective or infertile
Desultory
aimless; lacking a plan or purpose
Diaphanous
sheer, gauzy, see-through; transparent
Didactic
relating to instruction, lecturing
Dilatory
lacking goals or purpose; aimless
Din
noise
Dirge
a funeral song
Discomfited
embarrassed; disconcerted
Discretionary
based on personal choice; showing prudence
Disingenuous
dishonest; crafty
Disposed
behaviorally inclined
Divine
heavenly; godly