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Word List 4
ELA Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Circumscribe | To restrict. Restrain; Limit |
| Circumspect | Careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences |
| Circumvent | To bypass; To get the bettor of or prevent from happening by craft or ingenuity |
| Cite | To speak or write words taken from a passage |
| Civil | Relating to the state; Relating to the citizens of a country |
| Civility | Politeness |
| Claim | To request something |
| Clamber | To climb awkwardly |
| Clamor | A loud. sustained noise |
| Clannish | Tending to associate closely with one's own group and to avoid others |
| Clarification | An interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding |
| Clarify | To cause something to become clear to understand |
| Clause | A stipulation in a document |
| Claustrophobic | Affected with or inclined to claustrophobia |
| Cleave | To divide with an axe; to split; Separate |
| Clemency | Mildness, especially of weather; Mercy |
| Cliche | A trite phrase or expression |
| Climactic | Of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| Climate | The prevailing set of conditions |
| Clinical | Of, relating to, or conducted in or as if in a clinic; Coldy objective |
| Clog | To obstruct; An obstruction |
| Closet | Closely private; A small room where clothing and personal objects are kept |
| Clumsy | Lacking Grace; Awkward |
| Clutter | A collection of things lying about in an untidy mass |
| Coalesce | Come together to form one mass or whole |
| Commentary | Spoken description of an event as it happens; Set of explanatory notes on a book |
| Commentator | One who gives a commentary |
| Commercialize | To manage on a business basis for profit |
| Commingle | To mix up |
| Commiserate | To feel or show sorrow or pity for somebody |
| Commission | Piece of work given to somebody to do; Payment to somebody for selling goods |
| Commitment | An agreement or pledge to do something in the future |
| Committed | Devoted to a cause |
| Commidious | Offering plenty of room; Spacious; Roomy |
| Commodity | Any article of commerce |
| Communal | Held in common |
| Comparison | Act of comparing |
| Compass | Scope; Range |
| Compassion | Sorrow for the sufferings or trouble of others |
| Compassionate | Sympathetic |
| Compel | To force or constrain |
| Compelling | Keenly interesting; Captivating |
| Compendium | Summary; Abstract |
| Compensatory | Compensating |
| Competence | The quality or state of being competent |
| Competing | Rivalrous |
| Complacence | Satisfaction with oneself |
| Complacency | Self-satisfaction |
| Complacent | Self-satisfied; Smug |
| Complementary | Combining well to form a whole |
| Compliance | Obedience to a rule, agreement or demand |
| Compliant | Complying; Yielding; Submissive |
| Complicate | To make something more difficult to do |
| Compliment | Praise; Flattery |
| Component | Any of the parts of which something is made |
| Composed | Tranquil; Self-possessed; Be made or formed from several parts |
| Composure | Tranquility; Equanimity |
| Compound | Something formed by a union of elements or parts especially; To mix something together |
| Comprehend | To understand something fully; To include |
| Comprehensible | That can be understood |
| Comprehensively | In a way that includes or deals with all or nearly all elements or aspects of something |
| Compromise | To settle by concessions; To lay open to danger or disrepute |
| Concede | To admit; To make a concession |
| Conceive | To imagine; To become pregnant |
| Concentrate | To bring into one main body |
| Concentration | The act or process of concentrating; a concentrated mass or thing; The amount of a component in a given area or volume |
| Concentric | Having a common center |
| Conceptual | Of, relating to, or consisting of concepts |
| Conciliatory | Intended or likely to conciliate |
| Conclusive | Of, relating to, or being a conclusion; Convincing |
| Concoction | A strange or unusual mixture of things |
| Concomitiant | Accompanying; Attendent |
| Concurrent | Operating or occurring at the same time; Acting in conjunction |
| Condemnation | Censure; Blame |
| Condense | To cause something to become thicker |
| Condescending | Behaving as though one is better or more important that others |
| Condone | To treat an offense as if it were not serious |
| Cone | Solid body that narrows to a point from a circular flat base |
| Confide | To show confidence by imparting secrets; To tell confidentially |
| Confidently | Certainly |
| Configuration | Arrangement of parts; Form; Contour; Outline |
| Confine | To keep a person or an animal in a restricted space; Restrain |
| Conflagration | A big, destructive fire |
| Conflate | To combine or mix |
| Conflict | A clash between ideas; Opposition |
| Conformity | Action in accordance with some specified standard or authority |
| Confound | To puzzle and surprise somebody |
| Confront | To face; To face or oppose defiantly or antagonistically |
| Confrontation | The clashing of forces or ideas |
| Confusion | An act or instance of confusing; A confused mass or mixture |
| Congenial | Having the same tastes and temperament; Companionable; Amiable; Agreeable |
| Congenital | Existing as such at birth; Innate |
| Congruent | Having identical shape and size |
| Congruity | The quality or state of being congruent or congruous; a point of agreement |
| Congruous | Being in agreement, harmony, or correspondence |
| Conifer | A tree that has leaves like needles |
| Conjecture | An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information; Form an opinion or supposition about (something) on the basis of incomplete information |
| Conjure | To call or bring to mind; Evoke; To practice; Magic or legerdemain |
| Connive | To feign ignorance of another's wrongdoing; To conspire |
| Connoisseur | A person who has expert knowledge and keen discrimination in some field in the fine arts or in matters of taste |
| Connotation | Idea or notion suggested in addition to its explicit meaning or denotation |
| Conquer | To take possession of something by force |
| Conscientious | Careful to do what one ought to do; scrupulous |
| Consciousness | Awareness; Mind; The normal state of conscious life |
| Consecutive | Following one after the other in order |
| Conserve | To keep in a safe or sound state |
| Considerable | Great in amount or size; Worth consideration |
| Consign | To give over to another's care |
| Consort | To keep company; To associate with; Husband or wife |
| Conspiracy | Plan made by conspiring |
| Constant | Unchanging; A figure, quality, or measurement that stays the same |
| Consternation | Great fear or shock |
| Constituent | Component; Element; a member or a constituency |
| Constiitute | To form a whole; To establish |
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