Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
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coconut | a very large nut with milky liquid inside |
cod | a large sea fish caught for food |
code | secret words or signals used to send messages |
coffee | a hot drink made from ground-up roasted coffee beans |
coffin | a large wooden or metal box that a dead body is put into |
cohere | to stick together, to be consistent |
coil | to wind in rings |
coin | a piece of money made of metal |
coke | fuel made from coal when the gas has been baked out of it |
cold | the opposite of hot. A fire is hot and ice is cold. The same word also means an illness which affects the nose and throat |
collapse | to fall to pieces or to fall down |
collar | the part of a garment round the neck |
colleague | a co-worker, an associate, a partner of joint office |
collect | to bring together or gather together |
collection | the things you collect, such as a collection of stamps, seashells or old coins |
college | a place where you can go on studying after you have left secondary school |
collide | to bump or run into something |
collie | a large long haired sheep dog |
colliery | a coal mine |
color | paint with hue |
colour | Red, yellow, green are colours |
colt | a young horse |
column | a pillar. The same word also means a line of soldiers and a list of numbers |
comb | a short piece of plastic of metal with teeth in it, used to tidy your hair |
combat | to fight, action, opposition, a fighting |
combine | to mix or join together |
combine-harvester | a farm machine that does tow jobs. It harvests the grain and then threshes it. |
come | to move near |
comedian | an actor who makes people laugh |
comedy | a funny play or film |
comfortable | to be feeling at ease, without pain or worry |
comic | a picture paper for children |
command | to tell someone he must do something |
commence | to begin |
comment | to make remarks, illustration, explanatory remarks |
commit | to do something, usually something wrong like a crime |
commitment | a sending to prison, pledge, imprisonment |
committee | a small number of people who meet together to arrange things |
common | ordinary; usual. The same word also means an open piece of ground that doesn’ belong to one person |
commotion | noise and fuss |
companion | someone who goes somewhere with you; a friend |
companionable | sociable, worth company |
company | a group of people working together in a business. The same word also mans a group of people who are guests at a party |
compare | to say how things are alike or different; to show whether one thing is better or worse than another |
compass | an instrument for showing north, south, east and west |
compasses | a tool for drawing a circle |
compel | to force someone to do something |
compete | to be in a test or race to see who is best |
competition | a test of how much people know or how good they are at something. The winner usually gets a prize |
complain | to tell about something that is upsetting you, or that you think is wrong |
Examples of Blending
1.Manimal (man + animal)
2.Hi-tech (high + technology)
3.Brunch (breakfast + lunch)