1 Cabinet – n. a group of ministers that helps lead a government
2 Call – v. to give a name to (“I call myself John.”); to ask for or request
(“They called for an end to the fighting.”)
3 Calm – adj. quiet; peaceful; opposite tense
4 Camera
– n. a device for taking pictures
5 Camp – n. a place with temporary housing
6 Campaign
– n. a competition by opposing political candidates
seeking support from voters; a connected series of military actions during a
war
7 Can – v. to be able to; to have the right to; n. a container
used to hold liquid or food, usually made of metal
8 Cancel
– v. to end; to stop
9 Cancer
– n. a disease in which dangerous cells grow quickly and
destroy parts of the body
10 Candidate
– n. a person who seeks or is nominated for an office or
an honor
11 Capital
–n. the official center of a government; the city where
a country’s government is
12 Capture –
v. to make a person or animal a prisoner; to seize or
take by force; to get control of
13 Car – n. a vehicle with wheels used to carry people; an auto-mobile; a part of
a train
14 care – v. to like; to protect; to feel worry or interest
15 Career –
n. a chosen profession; a person’s working life (“The
actor’s career lasted for thirty years.”)
16 Careful
– adj. acting safely; with much thought
17
carry – v. to take
something or someone from one place to another
18 case (court) – n. a legal action
19 case (medical) – n. an incident of disease (“There was only
one case of chicken pox at the school.”)
20 cat – n. a small animal that often lives with humans
21 Catch –
v. to seize after a chase; to stop and seize with the
hands
22 Cause –
v. to make happen; n. the thing or
person that pro-duces a result
23 Ceasefire
– n. a halt in fighting, usually by agreement
24 Celebrate
– v. to honor a person or event with special activities
25 cell – n. a small mass of living material that is part of all plants and animals
26 center
– n. the middle of something; the place in the middle; a
place that is the main point of an activity
27 century
– n. one hundred years
28 Ceremony
– n. an act or series of acts done in a special way
established by tradition
29 Chairman –
n. a person leading a meeting or an organized group
30 Champion
– n. the best; the winner
31 Chance
– n. a possibility of winning or losing or that something
will happen
32 Change
– v. to make different; to become different
33 Charge
– v. to accuse someone of something, usually a crime; n. a statement in which someone is accused of something
34 Chase –
v. to run or go after someone or something
35 Cheat –
v. to get by a trick; to steal from
36 Cheer –
v. to shout approval or praise
37 Chemicals
– n. elements found in nature or made by people;
substances used in the science of chemistry
38 Chemistry
– n. the scientific study of substances, what they are
made of, how they act under different conditions, and how they form other
substances
39 Chief –
n. the head or leader of a group; adj. leading; most important
40 Child –
n. a baby; a boy or girl
41 Children
– n. more than one child
42 Choose
– v. to decide between two or more
43 Chromosome
– n. a line of genes; most human cells contain 46 chromosomes
44 Circle
– n. a closed shape that has all its points equally
distant from the center, like an “O”
45 Citizen
– n. a person who is a member of a country by birth or by
law
46 City – n. any important large town
47 Civilian
– adj. not military
48 civil rights – n. the political, economic and social rights given
equally to all people of a nation
49 Claim –
v. to say something as a fact
50 Clash – n. a battle; v. to fight or oppose
51 Class –
n. a group of students who meet to study the same
subject; also a social or economic group. (“They were members of the middle
class.”)
52 Clean –
v. to make pure; adj. free from dirt
or harmful substances (“clean water”)
53 Clear –
adj. easy to see or see through; easily understood
54 Clergy
– n. a body of officials within areligious organization
55 Climate
– n. the normal weather conditions of a place
56 Climb –
v. to go up or down something by using the feet and
sometimes the hands
57 Clock –
n. a device that measures and shows time
58 Close –
v. to make something not open; adj. near to
59 Cloth –
n. a material made from plants, chemicals, animal hair
and other substances
60 Clothes
– n. what people wear
61 Cloud –
n. a mass of fog high in the sky
62 Coal – n. a solid black substance used as fuel
63 Coalition
– n. forces, groups or nations joined together
64 Coast –
n. land on the edge of the ocean
65 Coffee
– n. a drink made from the plant of the same name
66 Cold – adj. not warm; having or feeling great coolness or a low temperature
67 Collapse
– v. to fall down or inward suddenly; to break down or
fail suddenly in strength, health or power. (“The building collapsed in the
earthquake.” “The government collapsed after a vote in parliament.”)
68 Collect
– v. to bring or gather together in one place; to demand
and receive (“collect taxes”)
69 College
– n. a small university
70 Colony
– n. land controlled by another country or government
71 Color –
n. the different effects of light on the eye, making
blue, red, brown, black, yellow and others
72 Combine
– v. to mix or bring together
73 Come – v. to move toward; to arrive
74 Command
– v. to order; to have power over something
75 Comment
– v. to say something about; to express an opinion about
something
76 Committee – n. a group of people given special work
77 Common
– adj. usual; same for all(“a common purpose”)
78 Communicate – v. to tell; to give or exchange information
79 community–
n. a group of people living together in one place or
area
80 Company
– n. a business organized for trade, industrial or other
purposes
81 Compare
– v. to examine what is different or similar
82 Compete
– v. to try to do as well as, or better than, another or
others
83 Complete
– adj. having all parts; ended or finished
84 Complex
– adj. of or having many parts that are difficult to
understand; not simple
85 Compound
– n. a substance containing two or more elements
86 Compromise
– n. the settlement of an argument where each side agrees
to accept less than first demanded
87 Computer
– n. an electronic machine for storing and organ-izing
information, and for communicating with others
88 Concern
– n. interest, worry (“express concern about”); v. to fear (“to be concerned”)
89 Condemn
– v. to say a person or action is wrong or bad
90 Condition
– n. something declared necessary to complete an
agreement; a person’s health
91 Conference
– n. a meeting
92 Confirm
– v. to approve; to say that something is true
93 Conflict
– n. a fight; a battle, especially a long one
94 Congratulate – v. to praise a person or to express pleasure for success
or good luck
95 Congress
– n. the organization of people elected to make the laws
of the United States (the House of Represen-tatives and the Senate); a similar
organization in other countries
96 Connect
– v. to join one thing to another; to unite; to link
97 Conservative – n. one who usually supports tradition and opposes great
change
98 Consider
– v. to give thought to; to think about carefully
99 Constitution – n. the written general laws and ideas that form a
nation’s system of government
100 Contact
– n. the act of touching or being close to a person or
thing (“He was in contact with animals that had the disease.”) v. to meet or communicate with (“He wanted to contact his local
official.”)
101 Contain
– v. to hold; to include
102 Container
– n. a box, bottle or can used to hold something
103 Continent
– n. any of the seven great land areas of the world
104 Continue
– v. to go on doing or being
105 Control
– v. to direct; to have power over
106 Convention
– n. a large meeting for a special purpose
107 Cook – v. to heat food before eating it
108 Cool – adj. almost cold
109 Cooperate
– v. to act or work together
110 Copy – v. to make something exactly like another; n. something
made to look exactly like another
111 Corn – n. a food grain
112 Correct
– adj. true; free from mistakes; v. to change to what is right
113 Corruption
– n. actions taken to gain money or power that are legally
or morally wrong
114 Cost – n. the price or value of something (“The cost of the book is five
dollars.”); v. to be valued at
115 Count –
v. to speak or add numbers
116 Country
– n. a nation; the territory of a nation; land away from
cities
117 Court –
n. where trials take place; where judges make deci-sions
about law
118 Cover –
v. to put something over a person or thing; n. any-thing that is put over a person or thing
119 Cow – n. a farm animal used for its milk
120 Crash –
v. to fall violently; to hit with great force
121 Create
– v. to make; to give life or form to
122 Creature
– n. any living being; any animal or human
123 Credit
– n. an agreement that payments will be made at a later
time
124 Crew – n. a group of people working together
125 Crime –
n. an act that violates a law
126 Criminal
– n. a person who is responsible for a crime
127 Crisis
– n. an extremely important time when some-thing may
become much better or worse; a dangerous situation
128 Criticize
– v. to say what is wrong with something or someone; to
condemn; to judge
129 Crops –
n. plants that are grown and gathered for food, such as
grains, fruits and vegetables
130 Cross –
v. to go from one side to another; to go across
131 Crowd –
n. a large number of people gathered in one place
132 Crush –
v. to damage or destroy by great weight; to defeat
completely
133 Cry – v. to express or show sorrow or pain
134 Culture
– n. all the beliefs, traditions and arts of a group or
population
135 Cure – v. to improve health; to make well (“The doctor can cure the disease.”); n. something that makes a sick person well (“Antibiotics are a cure for
infection.”)
136 Curfew
– n. an order to people to stay off the streets or to
close their businesses
137 Current
– n. movement of air, water or electricity; adj. belonging to the present time (“She found the report in a current
publication.”)
138 Custom
– n. a long–established belief or activity of a people
139 Customs
– n. taxes on imports
140 Cut – v. to divide or injure with a sharp tool; to make less; to reduce
