capacity

ability; size; space

cardiologist

heart doctor

catastrophe

disaster

cease

stop; end

censure

blame

cerebral hemorrhage

stroke

cessation

stopping

characteristic

feature; mark; trait

chronic

ongoing; constant, long-term

circulation

blood flow

circumstance

condition; event; fact; situation

co-operate

help; work together

coagulate

clot; clump; congeal; set

coerce

force; press

cognition

thinking; thought

cognitive processes

thought processes

cognizant

aware; know; aware of

collaborate

team up; work together

colleague

co-worker; person you work with

commence

begin; start

communicable

catching; infectious

communicate

tell; email; inform; telephone; write

comparable

similar; like

compensate

pay

competence

ability; skill

competent

able; trained; skilled

complete

end; fill out; finish

complimentary

free

comply

follow; obey

compulsion

urge

conceive

imagine; dream up; think up

concerning

about; for; on

conclude

end; finish

conclusive

final; last; firm (evidence)

concur

agree

conduct

carry on; do; run

confide in

open up to, share your thoughts and feelings with

congenital

born with

conscientious

careful; painstaking

consequently

as a result; so

considerable

many; much

console

comfort

conspicuous

obvious; plain; showy

constitute

form; make up

construct

build; make

consult

ask; meet with; see; check with; talk over; talk to

consume

eat; use up

contact

call; talk to; write; e-mail; fax

contagious

spreading

contain

have; hold

contaminate

dirty; poison; pollute; taint

contemplate

study; think

continue to

keep on; still

continuum

range; scale

contraceptive

birth control

contribute

give; add to; help; share

controversy

debate; issue

convenient

handy; useful; easy

correspond

agree with; match; write

corroborate

agree with; confirm

courteous

polite

crisis

immediate problem

criterion

model; rule; standard; test; yardstick

crucial

key

currently

now; right now