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Basic Vocabulary 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| charge - The students charge to the buses during dismissal. | Move quickly and violently. |
| chase - My dog likes to chase a ball. | To run after something. |
| cheat - No one likes to play games with someone who likes to cheat all the time. | To do something that is not fair during a game or a test. |
| chimney - You should have a chimney cleaned once a year. | The pathway that smoke is carried from a fire through a wall to the outside of the building |
| clothing - Most clothing is machine washable. | clothes; garments worn to cover the body |
| collar - The dog's collar was missing. | The part of a shirt that goes around your neck. |
| committee - An agreement was reached by the students on the Senior Dance committee. | A special group delegated to consider some matter. |
| competition - The swimming team won first place in the competition and received a trophy. | An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. |
| courteous - The courteous boy gave his seat on the bus to an elderly man with a cane. | Characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners. |
| crawl - We watched the turtle slowly crawl across the road. | To move slowly on the ground using your hands and knees. |
| creation - James won first place with his beautiful butterfly garden creation. | The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new. |
| crowd - The boisterous crowd at the concert was jumping up and down and dancing. | A large number of things or people gathered together in the same place. |
| cycle - The rock cycle takes many years. | A periodically repeated sequence of events. |
| daughter - The boss's daughter worked in the office over the summer. | A female human offspring. |
| dawn - The rooster crows at the crack of dawn. | The start of the day when the Sun is just starting to rise. |
| deaf - Some deaf people use their hands to communicate. | Someone who cannot hear or has great trouble hearing. |
| decide - The football players huddled together to decide their next play. | to make a choice between two or more things |
| defy - It is not wise to defy your parents when they ask you to do something. | to go against authority or rules. |
| diaper - The disposable diaper was a wonderful invention. | Garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement. |
| disappear - The magician made the rabbit disappear. | To go out of sight so that you are no longer seen. |