canary
n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance |
cannibal
n. human being that eats human flesh; anything that devours its own kind |
capable
a. having the ability required for a specific task |
capacity
n. mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate |
captive
n. prisoner taken by force; one kept in power of another; one charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection |
captivity
n. prison; confinement; state of being a prisoner |
cargo
n. freight carried by a ship, an aircraft, or another vehicle |
cease
v. stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue |
celebrity
n. a widely known person; the state of being well known |
ceremony
n. formal act or set of acts performed as prescribed by ritual or custom |
chant
v. utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice |
checkered
a. divided into squares; diversified in color; marked by great changes or shifts in fortune |
cherish
v. harbor; treasure; treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear |
circumference
n. boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object |
civilian
a. of or relating to nonmilitary life |
clammy
a. having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive |
classify
v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories |
coincide
v. occur at the same time as; correspond |
colossal
a. of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic |
commence
v. have a beginning or origin; originate; start; begin |
commend
v. commit, entrust, or give in charge for care or preservation; recommend as worthy of confidence or regard |
compel
v. force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force |
competing
a. engaging in a contest; being in the state of competition, often unintentionally |
conceal
v. keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; secrete |
conclude
v. enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end |
confederate
n. ally; form a group or unite |
consent
v. agree in opinion or sentiment; be of the same mind; accord; concur; allow |
consequence
n. result; relation of a result to its cause; logical conclusion or inference |
consist
v. be made up or composed; be comprised or contained in |
console
v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort |
conspicuous
a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious |
contempt
n. state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace; disobedience to, or open disrespect of |
content
n. volume; something contained; material, including text and images |
contract
v. constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate |
contribute
v. provide; bestow a quality on |
convert
n. change something into another form; transform |
convict
v. find or declare guilty |
cooperation
n. practice of cooperating; joint operation or action |
cordial
a. gracious; showing warm and friendliness |
corral
n. enclosure for confining livestock; enclosure formed by a circle of wagons for defense against attack during an encampment |
corrode
v. destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away |
crafty
a. relating to, or characterized by, skill; dexterous; skillful |
crimson
a. of a rich deep red color inclining to purple; bloody |
crisis
n. dangerous situation; crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point |
crude
a. being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive |
dainty
n. delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite; gratification or pleasure taken in anything |
dampen
v. moisten; lessen in force or effect |
dapper
a. neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert |
deadly
a. fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death |
debate
n. discussion; dispute; discussion involving opposing points |
deciduous
a. falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth |
decipher
v. convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty |
defect
v. abandon or turn against; cease or change one's loyalty |
degrade
v. reduce level; lower grade of something |
dejected
a. being in low spirits; depressed |
deliberate
v. consider; think about carefully; weigh |
demolish
v. raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to |
dense
a. thick; crowded closely together; compact |
dependable
a. reliable; worthy of being depended on; trustworthy |
deplete
v. decrease fullness of; use up or empty out |
depress
v. lower in spirits; press down |
deputy
n. one appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him; substitute in office |