| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| complaint | expression of grief, accusation, charge |
| complete | whole, with nothing missing |
| complex | of various parts, complicated, intricate |
| complicated | not easy or simple, difficult to understand |
| compliment | something nice said about someone to please him |
| composition | things put together to make a whole thing. A number of notes make a musical composition, and words written down make a written composition |
| comprehend | to understand, grasp mentally |
| comprehension | the ability to understand |
| compress | to press together |
| conceal | to hide; to keep secret |
| conceited | thinking too highly of yourself |
| concentrate | to bring together in one place: to think hard about one thing |
| concern | to do with; to interest or trouble yourself with |
| concert | a musical entertainment |
| conclave | a private apartment, a close assembly |
| conclude | to end or finish something |
| concrete | a mixture of cement, gravel and water that dries as hard as stone |
| concur | to unite, agree, assent |
| condense | to make something smaller or shorter by taking part of it away. Condensed milk has some of the liquid taken out of it to make it thicker and smaller in quantity |
| condition | how something or someone is |
| condole | to grieve with another, sympathize |
| condolence | expression of sympathy, grief |
| conduct | to guide; to lead; to be in charge. The same word also means behavior |
| conductor | someone who collects bus or train tickets. The same word also means a man who stands in front of orchestra and beats time |
| cone | something round at the bottom and pointed at the top, like an icecream cone or a clown’s hat. The same word also means the fruits of pine or fir trees, which are cone shaped |
| confess | to say that you have done wrong; to won up to something |
| confetti | tiny bits of coloured paper thrown at a wedding for good luck |
| confuse | to mix up; to mistake one thing for another |
| confusion | disorder, embarrassment, tumult |
| congratulate | to tell a person you are glad about something good that has happened to him |
| congregation | people gathered together in a church |
| conjuror | someone who can do magic tricks |
| connect | to join or fasten together |
| conquer | to win; to overcome |
| conquest | victory |
| conscious | knowing what is going on; able to hear and understand what is happening around you |
| consensus | agreement, unanimity |
| consent | to agree |
| conservatory | a heated greenhouse where plants can be grown |
| consider | to think carefully about something |
| considerable | rather large; much |
| considerate | kind to others; thoughtful about how other people feel |
| consonants | the sounds of a language other than vowels. They are written by all the letters of the alphabet except a e i o u |
| constable | a policeman |
| constrain | to compel, force, imprison |
| construct | to build or make |
| contain | to hold something inside. A bottle contains milk |
| container | something that holds things inside, such as a box or bottle |
| content | satisfaction, contentment |
| contented | happy; pleased with what you have |
Non-defining relative clause
Non-defining relative clauses are placed after nouns which are definite already.
The adjective clause which does not define the noun before it but gives additional information about the noun is called the non-defining relative clause.