Canard

ca·nard play_w2(“C0060500″) (k-närd)n.

1. An unfounded or false, deliberately misleading story.

eg:- People are spreading canards about the ICL going belly up

Clarion

clar·i·on (klr-n) adj. Loud and clear: a clarion call to resistance. n. Music 1. A medieval trumpet with a shrill clear tone. 2. The sound of this instrument or a sound resembling it.

Coax

coax

v. coaxed, coax·ing, coax·es

v.tr.

1. To persuade or try to persuade by pleading or flattery; cajole.

2. To obtain by persistent persuasion: coaxed the secret out of the child.

Cronyism

cro·ny·ism (krn-zm)
n.
Favoritism shown to old friends without regard for their qualifications, as in political appointments to office.

Corroborate

cor·rob·o·rate play_w2(“C0661800″) (k-rb-rt)

tr.v. cor·rob·o·rat·ed, cor·rob·o·rat·ing, cor·rob·o·rates

To strengthen or support with other evidence; make more certain. See Synonyms at confirm.

Chaste

chaste play_w2(“C0258300″) (chst)

adj. chast·er, chast·est

1. Morally pure in thought or conduct; decent and modest.

2.

a. Not having experienced sexual intercourse; virginal.

b. Abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse.

c. Abstaining from all sexual intercourse; celibate.

3. Pure or simple in design or style; austere.

Congregation

con·gre·ga·tion play_w2(“C0569100″) (knggr-gshn)

n.

1. The act of assembling.

2. A body of assembled people or things; a gathering.

3.

a. A group of people gathered for religious worship.

b. The members of a specific religious group who regularly worship at a church or synagogue.

4. Roman Catholic Church

a. A religious institute in which only simple vows, not solemn vows, are taken.

b. A division of the Curia.

Careen

ca·reen play_w2(“C0110600″) (k-rn)

v. ca·reened, ca·reen·ing, ca·reens

v.intr.

1. To lurch or swerve while in motion.

2. To rush headlong or carelessly; career: “He careened through foreign territories on a desperate kind of blitz” Anne Tyler.

3. Nautical

a. To lean to one side, as a ship sailing in the wind.

b. To turn a ship on its side for cleaning, caulking, or repairing.

Consternation

con·ster·na·tion play_w(“C0589400″) (knstr-nshn)n. A state of paralyzing dismay

Capricious

ca·pri·cious play_w(“C0090600″) (k-prshs, -prshs)

adj.

Characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable. See Synonyms at arbitrary.