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| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| cereal | noun | For breakfast we will eat hot cereal. | ground grain |
| ceremony | noun | The wedding was a solemn ceremony. | ritual |
| certain | adj. | He faced certain death. | definite |
| adj. | He is certain he is right. | positive | |
| adj. | They want a certain person. | definite | |
| certainly | adv. | She is certainly the best one. | absolutely |
| certificate | noun | A certificate went to each student. | document |
| chain | noun | He wore a gold chain around her neck. | necklace |
| noun | A strange chain of events followed. | secession | |
| verb | They were chained together. | fastened | |
| chair | noun | She was sitting in a chair. | seat |
| verb | He chaired the meeting. | led | |
| chairman | noun | Chairman Mao founded modern China. | leader in charge |