Week 4 Flashcards
Canteen, n.
A small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
Canter, v.
To move at a smooth gait, especially of a horse, that is slower than a gallop but faster than a trot.
Capillary, adj.
Resembling a hair: fine, minute, slender.
Capital, adj.
Highly meritorious: most enjoyable.
Capsule, n.
A small soluble container, usually made of gelatin, that encloses a dose of an oral medicine or a vitamin.
Cartilage, n.
A translucent elastic tissue that composes most of the skeleton of the embryos and very young of vertebrates and is for the most part converted into bone in the higher forms.
Casserole, n.
A dish usually having a cover and a handle and in which food may be baked and served.
Catastrophe, n.
A sudden, terrible calamity; disaster.
Caterpillar, n.
The elongated wormlike larva of a butterfly or moth.
Cauliflower, n.
A garden plant that is closely related to cabbage and is grown for food.
Celery, n.
A vegetable with leafstalks that are eaten raw or cooked.
Cement, v.
To join, unite, or cause to adhere by or as if by means of a binding element.
Census, n.
An official enumeration of the population of a country, city, or other administrative district.
Ceramic, adj.
Of or relating to the art of fashioning clay into useful or ornamental objects.
Champagne, adj.
A pale orange yellow to light grayish yellowish brown color.
