ESL ACT Vocabulary
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n. a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman |
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cowhand |
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n. a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback |
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cozy |
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a. Syn. comfortable; relaxing comfortable; relaxing |
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crab |
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n. a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply |
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crack |
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v. break into simpler molecules by means of heat; split; hit forcefully; pass through |
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crater |
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n. a bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano |
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credence |
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n. Syn. credit; faith credit; faith |
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credential |
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n. Syn. certificate; warrant certificate; warrant |
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credit |
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n. Syn. reputation; prestige arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services; money available for a client to borrow |
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creditor |
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n. Syn. debtor a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists |
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crimson |
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a. Syn. bloody bloody |
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crosscut |
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a. a diagonal path; a route shorter than the usual one |
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crumble |
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v. Syn. fall apart; disintegrate break into small pieces; cause to fall in pieces |
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crystalline |
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a. consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals |
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crystallization |
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n. a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation |
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crystallize |
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v. assume crystalline form; cause to take on a definite and clear shape |
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cubism |
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n. an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes |
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cucumber |
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n. cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons |
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culture |
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n. Syn. civilization all the knowledge and values shared by a society ; foster; raising of plants or animals |
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cupboard |
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n. a small room or cabinet used for storage space |