We’ve been receiving some really good feedback on our previous posts where we enclosed phrases you can use in your speech or speech-writing.  This will now become a regular feature in our posts.  Here are a bunch more:

cabalistic phrase        [cabalistic = secret or hidden meaning]

cadaverous appearance

calamitous course

calculating admiration

callous indifference

calm resignation

calumnious suspicions  [calumnious = harmful and often untrue; discredit]

cantankerous enemy

canting hypocrite  [canting = monotonous platitudes; hypocritically pious]

capacious mind

capricious allurements

captivating speech

cardinal merit

careless parrying

caressing grasp

carping critic

castellated towers
              [castellated = with turrets and battlements like a castle]

casual violation

cataclysmic elements

causelessly frightened

caustic remark

cautious skepticism

cavernous gloom

ceaseless vigilance

celebrated instance

celestial joy

censorious critic

centralized wealth

ceremonious courtesy

cerulean blue           [cerulean = azure; sky-blue]

challenge admiration

chance reflections

changing exigencies     [exigencies = pressing or urgent situation]

chaotic plans

characteristic audacity

charitable allowance

charming radiance

chary instincts         [chary = cautious; wary]

chastened hope

chatty familiarity

cheap resentment

cheery response

chequered career

cherished objects

childlike ingenuousness   [ingenuous = frank; candid.]