| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| complaint | expression of grief, accusation, charge |
| complete | whole, with nothing missing |
| complex | of various parts, complicated, intricate |
| complicated | not easy or simple, difficult to understand |
| compliment | something nice said about someone to please him |
| composition | things put together to make a whole thing. A number of notes make a musical composition, and words written down make a written composition |
| comprehend | to understand, grasp mentally |
| comprehension | the ability to understand |
| compress | to press together |
| conceal | to hide; to keep secret |
| conceited | thinking too highly of yourself |
| concentrate | to bring together in one place: to think hard about one thing |
| concern | to do with; to interest or trouble yourself with |
| concert | a musical entertainment |
| conclave | a private apartment, a close assembly |
| conclude | to end or finish something |
| concrete | a mixture of cement, gravel and water that dries as hard as stone |
| concur | to unite, agree, assent |
| condense | to make something smaller or shorter by taking part of it away. Condensed milk has some of the liquid taken out of it to make it thicker and smaller in quantity |
| condition | how something or someone is |
| condole | to grieve with another, sympathize |
| condolence | expression of sympathy, grief |
| conduct | to guide; to lead; to be in charge. The same word also means behavior |
| conductor | someone who collects bus or train tickets. The same word also means a man who stands in front of orchestra and beats time |
| cone | something round at the bottom and pointed at the top, like an icecream cone or a clown’s hat. The same word also means the fruits of pine or fir trees, which are cone shaped |
| confess | to say that you have done wrong; to won up to something |
| confetti | tiny bits of coloured paper thrown at a wedding for good luck |
| confuse | to mix up; to mistake one thing for another |
| confusion | disorder, embarrassment, tumult |
| congratulate | to tell a person you are glad about something good that has happened to him |
| congregation | people gathered together in a church |
| conjuror | someone who can do magic tricks |
| connect | to join or fasten together |
| conquer | to win; to overcome |
| conquest | victory |
| conscious | knowing what is going on; able to hear and understand what is happening around you |
| consensus | agreement, unanimity |
| consent | to agree |
| conservatory | a heated greenhouse where plants can be grown |
| consider | to think carefully about something |
| considerable | rather large; much |
| considerate | kind to others; thoughtful about how other people feel |
| consonants | the sounds of a language other than vowels. They are written by all the letters of the alphabet except a e i o u |
| constable | a policeman |
| constrain | to compel, force, imprison |
| construct | to build or make |
| contain | to hold something inside. A bottle contains milk |
| container | something that holds things inside, such as a box or bottle |
| content | satisfaction, contentment |
| contented | happy; pleased with what you have |
Abbreviation An abbreviation is a short form of a word or expression. Abbreviations are used for words used frequently.