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Word List 5
ELA Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Constitution | System of laws and principles according to which a state is governed; physical makeup of a person |
| Constrain | To make somebody do something by strong moral persuasion or force; To inhibit |
| Constraint | Something that limits one's freedom of action or feelings |
| Constrict | To inhibit; To make something tighter, smaller or narrower |
| Construction | Syntactical arrangement |
| Constructive | Promoting improvement or development |
| Construe | To explain or interpret; To translate orally |
| Consult | To consider; Ask the advice or opinion of; Refer to; Confer; Consultation |
| Consummate | Complete or perfect; To finish; Accomplish |
| Consumption | The act or process of consuming |
| Contact | To touch; To get in communication with |
| Contagious | Easily passed from person to person; Communicable |
| Containment | Keeping something within limits |
| Contemplate | To think about intently |
| Contemplation | An act of considering with attention; Intention; Expectation |
| Contemplative | Marked by or given to contemplation; A person who practices contemplation |
| Contemporary | Simultaneous; Modern; Current |
| Contempt | The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn |
| Contemptible | Despicable |
| Contemptuous | Showing contempt |
| Content | Satisfied; The state of being content |
| Contention | The act of dispute; Discord; A statement one argues for as valid |
| Context | Words that come before and after a word, phrase, or statement |
| Continental | Of, relating to, or characteristic of a continent |
| Continuation | A resumption after an interruption; Without stopping |
| Contradict | To affirm the contrary of a statement, et cetera |
| Contradictory | Involving, causing, or constituting a contradiction |
| Contrary | Being so different as to be at opposite extremes; Being opposite to or in conflict with each other |
| Contravene | To conflicts with; Violate |
| Contrite | Feeling contrition; Repentant |
| Contrition | Remorse for having done wrong |
| Contrive | To think up; Devise; Scheme |
| Control | Something used as a standard against which the results of a study can be measured |
| Controversial | Causing controversy |
| Controversy | Dispute; Quarrel; Strife |
| Conventional | Based on convention |
| converge | To come together at one point; To come together and unite in a common interest of focus |
| Conversant | Familiar or acquainted; Versed |
| Converse | To exchange thoughts and opinions in speech; Opposite; An opposite |
| Convertible | Capable of being converted; An automobile with a canvas top that can be folded back or removed |
| Convex | Curving outward |
| Convince | To make somebody feel certain; To persuade |
| Convivial | Having something to do with a feast or festive activity |
| Convoluted | Coiled; spiraled; Extremely involved; Intricate; Complicated |
| Coordinate | To cause different parts, limbs to function together efficiently; Of equal importance, rank , or degree |
| Copious | Very plentiful; Abundant |
| Cordiality | Sincere affection and kindness |
| Core | Center of fruits; The most important part; To take out the core of something |
| Correlate | To establish a mutual or reciprocal relation |
| Correlated | Mutually or reciprocally related |
| Corroborate | To bolster; To make more certain; To strengthen |
| Corroboration | The act of corroborating |
| Corrosive | Tending or having the power to corrode |
| Corruption | Impairment of integrity, virtue, or moral principle |
| Cosmic | Of or relating to the cosmos |
| Csompolitan | Having worldwide rather than limited or provincial scope or bearing; A person who has traveled widely and feels equally at home everywhere |
| Coterie | A close circle of friends who share a common interest or background; Clique |
| Countenance | To sanction; The look on a person's face |
| Counteract | To act directly against; Neutralize, or undo the effect of opposing action |
| Counterbalance | To act as a balance to somebody/something |
| Counterclockwise | In a direction opposite to that in which the hands of a clock rotate as viewed from in front |
| Counterfeit | To make an imitation of money, picture, etc. usually in order to deceive or defraud; Made in imitation of something else with intent to decieve |
| Counterpart | A person or thing that corresponds to or has the same function as |
| Counterproductive | Having the opposite effect to that intended |
| Countless | Too numerous to be counted |
| Court | To seek the affections of; To seek to gain or achieve |
| Courteous | Marked by respect for and consideration of others |
| Covet | To want ardently |
| Cozy | Marked by or providing contentment or comfort; Friendly |
| Craft | Occupation, especially one that needs skill |
| Crash | To break violently and noisily; To enter or attend without invitation or paying; To break or go to pieces with or as if with violence and noise |
| Crater | A bowl-shaped cavity at the mouth of a volcano; A pit made by an exploding bomb |
| Crawl | To move slowly in a prone position without or as if without use of limbs |
| Credible | Offering reasonable grounds for being believed |
| Credulous | tending to believe too readily; Easily convinced |
| Creed | A brief authoritative formula of religious belief; A set of fundamental beliefs |
| Crestfallen | Dejected, disheartened, or humbled |
| Crimson | Any of several deep purplish reds; Of the color crimson; To make crimson; To me come crimson |
| Cringe | To shrink from something dangerous or painful; To act in a timid, servile manner; Fawn |
| Criss-cross | To go or pass back and forth |
| Criterion | Standard by which something is judged |
| Critic | One who expresses a reasoned opinion on any matter especially involving a judgment of its value, truth, etc. |
| Critical | Looking for faults; Of or at a crisis |
| Criticize | To evaluate; Find fault with |
| Critique | Critical analysis |
| Crooked | Dishonest; Not straight |
| Crossfire | The firing of guns from two or more directions at the same time, so that the bullets cross |
| Crumple | To cresh together into creases or wrinkles; To fall apart |
| Cryptic | Mysterious; Baffling |
| Crystalline | Resembling crystal; Strikingly clear or sparkling |
| Culinary | Of the kitchen; Of cooking |
| Culminate | To rise to or form a summit; To bring to a head or to the highest point |
| Culpable | Deserving Blame; Bleameworthy |
| Cumbersome | Hard to handle or deal with; Clumsy |
| Cursory | Superficial; Hasty |
| Curt | Brief, especially to the point of rudeness; Terse |
| Curtail | To make something shorter or less |
| Custodian | A person who has the custody or care of something; Caretaker |
| Customary | According to custom |
| Cyclical | Recurring in cycles |
| Cynical | Captious, peevish, having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic |
| Damped | To make something slightly wet; Make a fire burn less strongly by reducing the flow of air to it |
| Dampen | To make damp; Moisten; To deaden; Depress |
| Dappled | Covered with spots of a different color |
| Daunt | To dishearten; Dismay |
| Dearth | Scarcity |
| Debase | To make lower in value, quality, or dignity |
| Debatable | Open to dispute |
| Debate | Formal argument of a question |
| Debauch | To lead away from virtue or excellence; An act or occasion of debauchery |
| Debilitate | To make weak or feeble; Weaken |
| Decadence | The process of becoming decadent |
| Decelerate | To reduce the speed; To decrease the rate of progress |
| Deceptive | Tending or having power to deceive |
| Deciduous | Not lasting; Ephemeral; Falling off or out; Shedding leaves annually |
| Decimate | To destroy or kill a large part |
| Decipher | To decode; To make out the meaning |
| Decisive | Having the power or quality of deciding; Resolute; Unquestionable |
| Decisiveness | The ability to make decisions quickly and effectively; The conclusive nature of an issue that has been settled or a result that has been produced |
| Decline | To become smaller, weaker, fewer; Gradual and continuous loss of strength, power or numbers |
| Decompose | To rot; Decay |
| Decorous | Marked by propriety and good taste |
| Decorum | Propriety and good taste in behavior, dress; Etiquette |
| Decrepit | Broken down or worn out by old age, illness, or long use |
| Decry | To denounce; To depreciate officially; Desparage |
| Defamation | The act of defaming another |
| Default | Failure to perform as task or fulfill an obligation; Failure to do something required by duty or law; A failure to pay financial debts; To fail to fulfill a contract, agreement, or duty |
| Defecate | To clarify |
| Defect | Fault; Flaw; Forsake a cause or party |
| Defense | The action of fighting against attack |
| Defensive | Devoted to resisting or preventing aggression or attack |
| Defer | To yield with courtesy; To put off to a future time; Delay |
| Deference | Courteous regard or respect |
| Deferential | Showing deference |
| Defiance | Open disobedience |
| Defiant | Bold, impudent |
| Deficiency | Absence of something essential, Incompleteness; Shortage |
| Deficient | Lacking in some necessary quality or element; Not up to a normal standard or complement |
| Definite | Clear; Not doubtful |
| Definitive | Clear and having final authority; Conclusive |
| Defrost | To release from a frozen state; To free from ice |
| Deft | Skillful in a quick, sure, and easy way; Dexterous |
| Defunct | Dead or extinct |
| Defy | To refuse to respect somebody as an authority |
| Dehumanize | To deprive of human qualities, personality, or spirit |
| Deign | To condescend to do something; Stoop; To condescend to give or grant |
| Deleterious | Harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way; Injurious |
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shanshi000
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