| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| cab | the place in an engine or lorry where the drive sits. The same word also means a taxi |
| cabbage | a vegetable with green or purple leaves growing tightly together in a round ball |
| cabin | a small house or hut made of logs or other rough materials. The same word also means a room for passengers on a ship or aeroplane |
| cabinet | a kind of cupboard with glass doors where you keep ornaments or collections of things, a council of ministers |
| cable | a very strong thick rope, sometimes made of pieces of wire twisted together |
| cackle | the loud excited noise made by hens |
| cactus | a plant with thick leaves and stems, often covered with prickles, which grows in hot dry countries. You can also grow small ones as house plants |
| cad | a mean vulgar fellow |
| caddly | a small airtight box to keep tea in |
| cadet | a boy or young man who is learning to be an officer in the army or navy or air force |
| cafe | (say caffay) a place where you can buy a meal or a snack; a small restaurant |
| cafeteria | an eating-place where you fetch your own food from a counter |
| cage | a box or room with bars, where birds or animals are kept |
| cajole | to coax, persuade by flattery |
| cajolery | flattery |
| cake | a sweet food made of flour, eggs and sugar and baked in an oven. The same word also means a small flat lump of something, like a cake of soap |
| calamity | something awful that happens, like an earthquake or an aeroplane crash in which many people are killed or hurt |
| calculate | to adjust, estimate, arrange |
| calendar | a list of all the days and a dates in each week and each month of a year |
| calf | a young cow or bull. The same word also means the thick part of the back or your leg below the knee |
| call | to shout or cry out. The same word also means to stop at someone’s house for a short time |
| callous | unfeeling, hardened, hard |
| calm | quiet; still. The same word also means not getting upset or excited when something unusual happens |
| camel | a big animal with a long neck and one or tow humps on its back. It carries people or things from place to place in some hot countries |
| camera | a kind of box for taking photographs |
| camouflage | to disguise something so that it is hidden from the enemy |
| camp | to live outdoors in a tent. The same word also means the place where the tents are set up |
| campaign | organised course of action, series of operation |
| can | a small airtight metal container for food or liquids. The same word also means to be able to do something |
| canary | a small yellow bird kept as pet because of its sweet song |
| cancel | to revoke, set aside, abolish, suppress |
| candle | a rounded stick of wax with a wick through the middle. It burns and gives light |
| candlestick | a holder for a candle |
| cane | the hard stem of plant or small palm tree. The same word also means a light walking stick |
| canel | a very big ditch, dug across land and filled with water so that ships and boats can move along it |
| cannon | a big heavy gun, sometimes on wheels |
| canoe | a narrow light boat. You use a paddle to make it move through the water |
| canon | a rule of doctrine or discipline, a law in general |
| canopy | a covering hung over a throne or a bed |
| canteen | a place in a factory or office building where food and drinks are sold to the people who work there |
| canvas | tough strong cloth used for tents and sails and for painting pictures on |
| canvass | to discuss, examine, solicit votes |
| cap | a small soft hat, usually with a peak |
| capacity | the greatest amount a container will hold |
| cape | a piece of clothing without sleeves that goes over the back and shoulders and fastens round the neck. The same word also means a point of land sticking out into the tea |
| caper | to leap or jump about happily |
| capital | a large letter of the alphabet, like A, B, C. The same word also means the chief city in a country |
| capitation | tax or rent per head |
| capsule | a tiny container for medicine, which melts after you have swallowed it. The same word also means the closed cabin of a spacecraft |
| captain | a person who is in charge of a group of people, like soldiers, sailors or a football team |
Stressed and Unstressed
In English sentences content words are stressed while structural words are generally not.