| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| coconut | a very large nut with milky liquid inside |
| cod | a large sea fish caught for food |
| code | secret words or signals used to send messages |
| coffee | a hot drink made from ground-up roasted coffee beans |
| coffin | a large wooden or metal box that a dead body is put into |
| cohere | to stick together, to be consistent |
| coil | to wind in rings |
| coin | a piece of money made of metal |
| coke | fuel made from coal when the gas has been baked out of it |
| cold | the opposite of hot. A fire is hot and ice is cold. The same word also means an illness which affects the nose and throat |
| collapse | to fall to pieces or to fall down |
| collar | the part of a garment round the neck |
| colleague | a co-worker, an associate, a partner of joint office |
| collect | to bring together or gather together |
| collection | the things you collect, such as a collection of stamps, seashells or old coins |
| college | a place where you can go on studying after you have left secondary school |
| collide | to bump or run into something |
| collie | a large long haired sheep dog |
| colliery | a coal mine |
| color | paint with hue |
| colour | Red, yellow, green are colours |
| colt | a young horse |
| column | a pillar. The same word also means a line of soldiers and a list of numbers |
| comb | a short piece of plastic of metal with teeth in it, used to tidy your hair |
| combat | to fight, action, opposition, a fighting |
| combine | to mix or join together |
| combine-harvester | a farm machine that does tow jobs. It harvests the grain and then threshes it. |
| come | to move near |
| comedian | an actor who makes people laugh |
| comedy | a funny play or film |
| comfortable | to be feeling at ease, without pain or worry |
| comic | a picture paper for children |
| command | to tell someone he must do something |
| commence | to begin |
| comment | to make remarks, illustration, explanatory remarks |
| commit | to do something, usually something wrong like a crime |
| commitment | a sending to prison, pledge, imprisonment |
| committee | a small number of people who meet together to arrange things |
| common | ordinary; usual. The same word also means an open piece of ground that doesn’ belong to one person |
| commotion | noise and fuss |
| companion | someone who goes somewhere with you; a friend |
| companionable | sociable, worth company |
| company | a group of people working together in a business. The same word also mans a group of people who are guests at a party |
| compare | to say how things are alike or different; to show whether one thing is better or worse than another |
| compass | an instrument for showing north, south, east and west |
| compasses | a tool for drawing a circle |
| compel | to force someone to do something |
| compete | to be in a test or race to see who is best |
| competition | a test of how much people know or how good they are at something. The winner usually gets a prize |
| complain | to tell about something that is upsetting you, or that you think is wrong |
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.