C-12

Countenance - approve, support, tolerate

Usage -  He had a pleasant countenance. 

Link - sounds like count+nancy+face...the father said that to her daughter Nancy, that he will count the number of faces from now onwards, with whom she go out and do it.....

Countermand - cancel, revoke (an order)

Usage - He was forced to obey the countermand.

Link - for all computer engineers....sounds like counter + command....so in a loop countermand the previous command(i.e. iteration) and execute the next command...

Coup - highly successful action or sudden attack, a brilliant and notable success

Usage - Beating them in the game was a major coup for the Arsenals. 

Link -  Imagine word cup( Coup). One gets cup when they achieve something...

Covenant - binding agreement between two groups or people; compact

Usage - The holy covenant could not be flouted.

Link - for all chemistry fans....sounds like covalent...Covalent means a kind of bonding, Covenant means binding between people...

Link - covenant = split it cove sounds like(cow) + n(and) + ant(aunty) ;aunty made an agreement with cow to give 5 litre of milk daily...and its cow who will be giving milk not aunty... :P

Covetous - avaricious, desirous of (someone else's possessions) 

Usage - Cinderella’s covetous sisters tried their best to marry the prince. 

Link - sounds like cove(love) + to + US ; because of excessive greed and the love for money covetous people go to USA...also some go to do it with foreigners....

Cower - shrink quivering as from fear

Usage - She was cowering in front of him to avoid the assault. 

Link -  A coward cowers from fear while the bold and the brave do not.

Coy - shy(flirtatiously), showing a (pretended) lack of self-confidence

Usage - She was very coy with him.

Link - sounds like TOY--some children have SHYNESS for sharing their toys with others...even if they share they pretend they are happy but are not...

Cozen - cheat

Usage - He cozened the money out of the old man

Link - Instead of a DOZEN, he took 13 bananas, cheating the shopkeeper...

Link2 - my cousin cozened me and stole my zen car...

Crabbed - sour, bad-tempered, annoyed and irritable

Usage - She was being very crabbed to him. 

Link -  sounds like crab..CRAB is a peevish, bad tempered and is irritable in nature and it also tends to bite.. so a CRAB represents properties of a crabbed person.

Crass - very unrefined, grossly insensible 

Usage - She found him crass and vulgar.

Link - crass reminds grass.. so grass eating animals have unrefined behavior like cow....but a lion can be dangerous...

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