| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| cattle | cows, bulls and oxen |
| cauliflower | a cabbage-like vegetable with a large white part in the middle that is good to eat |
| cause | to make something happen |
| caustic | cutting, burning, happen |
| caustic | cutting, burning, corroding |
| caution | carefulness; watchfulness |
| cavalry | soldiers on horseback |
| cave | a big hole in rocks or in the side of a hill |
| cavern | a large cave |
| caw | the loud hoarse cry of a crow |
| cease | to stop |
| cedar | a large coniferous tree |
| ceiling | the top of a room |
| celandine | a yellow wildflower |
| celebration | a party on a special day like a birthday or a national holiday |
| celery | a vegetable with long white stalks and pale green leaves |
| cell | a room where prisoners are kept. The same word also means the small bare room a monk lives in |
| cellar | an underground room where coal and wine and other things are kept |
| cement | a greyish powdered clay mixture that hardness when it is mixed with sand and water. It is used to stick bricks and other building materials together |
| cementery | a place where people who have died are buried |
| censure | severe judgement, expression of disapproval |
| centigrade | divided into a hundred degrees. On a centigrade thermometer freezing point is shown as zero and boiling point at 100 |
| centimetre | a hundredth part of a metre |
| centre | the middle part of anything |
| century | a hundred years |
| cereal | any kind of grain used as food |
| ceremony | an important and special happening, like a wedding or a coronation |
| certain | sure; without any doubt |
| certificate | something written or printed which proves that something is true; written proof that you have passed and examination |
| cessation | stoppage, pause, ceasing |
| chaffinch | a small wild bird with a cheerful song |
| chain | metal rings joined together |
| chair | a single seat with a back to lean against |
| chalk | a soft white stone which can be made into sticks for writing on the blackboard |
| challenge | to invite someone to try to beat you at something, such as running, swimming or wrestling |
| champion | someone who is better at a sport than anyone else. The same word also means to stick up for someone or defend him |
| chance | something that happens without being planned. The same word also means an opportunity |
| chancery | a court of public affairs, a division of court of justice |
| change | to make something different from what is it was before |
| channel | a deep narrow strip of sea-water between tow pieces of land. The same word also means a kind of path through the air used for television programs |
| chant | to sing musically |
| chaos | utter confusion, formless voice |
| chap | a boy or a man |
| chapel | a small church or a separate part of a large church |
| chaplain | a clergy man of the army, navy, court |
| chapter | a selection of a book divided off by numbers chapter1,chapter 2 |
| character | what a person is like. Someone’s character may be good or bad, honest or dishonest, nice or nasty |
| charade | (say sharahd) a game in which you cat out parts of a word and then the whole word |
| charcoal | a hard blackened piece of burnt wood. You can draw pictures with it |
| charge | the cost of something. The same word also means to rush at something. To be in charge is to be in control |
Examples of Clipping
1.Bike (motor-bike)
2.Specs (spectacles)
3.Fax (fascimile)