4000 Duolingo Vocabulary List

cabinetmaker:
n. a woodworker who specializes in making furniture;

cadaverous:
a. like a corpse; pale; Having appearance or color of dead human body

calculate:
v. compute; determine; estimate

calculation:
n. planning something carefully and intentionally

calibration:
n. adjustment; the process of checking a measuring instrument to see if it is accurate

calm:
a. freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity

camouflage:
v. exploit natural surroundings to disguise something; conceal

campaign:
n. battle; a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

canal:
n. an artificial channel filled with water; tube or duct

cancellation:
n. act of canceling; calling off some arrangement

candidate:
n. a person who is considered for something; a person who is nominated for an office, prize, or honor

cane:
n. any plant with long, hard, elastic stems;  walking stick

cannibalism:
n. the practice of eating the flesh of your kind

cannon:
n. great gun; firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force; loop at the top of a bell by which it is hung

canopy:
n. covering; umbrella; a cover fixed over a seat or bed

canvas:
n. heavy closely woven fabric; background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative

canyon:
n. narrow chasm with cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water; a gorge

capability:
n. quality of being capable; capacity; skill

capable:
a. having the ability required for a specific task

capacity:
n. mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate