B And C Flashcards
Beget
An action that leads to something
Benevolent
Kind
Bestow
Give it to someone (often as titles and honors)
Biological
Related to life
Calibrate
Adjust
Calisthenics
Types of exercise that rely on body weight. Like push ups
Capacity
Measure of its ability to
Celestial
Has to do with outer space
Censure
A punishment for something wrong (often given by governments)
Circulation
Moving back and forth in a predictable pattern
Cognition
Ability to understand something
Colloquial
Colloquial language is every day language (shouldn’t be used with teachers and adults)
Commercial
Buying and selling of goods
Complementary
Goes well with the thing around it
Complimentary
Something provided that is free of charge. Also related to praise
Conflate
Assuming that two things are the same idea
Conjure
Bring something up ( like conjuring images when telling a story)
Consensus
When everyone agrees, there is a consensus.
Consequences
Results of actions
Constitution
1-a body of fundamental principles
2-composition of something
3-a person’s physical state regarding health and strength
Contingent
Relying on other factors to come to be (a camping trip is contingent on the weather)
Conventional
Classic/follows traditional rules
Convey
Get it across (a public speaker should be able to convey his ideas to the brains of others)
Convoke
Call a meeting
Convulsion
A sudden, violent, irregular movement of a limb or the body
Cooperatively
Working in a cooperative manner
Cultivate
Bring it up / try to make it grow or exist
