6001 - 7000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 15 |
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Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
campus | noun | We live in a dorm on the university campus. | grounds of a school |
canary | noun | We loved to feed our pretty canary. | a yellow bird |
canopy | noun | They were married under a cloth canopy. | protective rooflike covering |
canyon | noun | We hiked down the canyon that afternoon. | narrow chasm, gorge |
caper | noun | The boys had been part of a mischievous caper. | frivolous escapade or prank |
caravan | noun | We saw a caravan of elk passing by. | single file of animals |
noun | The family traveled in a small caravan. | (British) a home on wheels | |
carbon | noun | Coal is made of pure carbon. | nonmetallic element |
carcass | noun | The vulture gathered around the rotting carcass. | dead body of an animal |
cardinal | adj. | He had committed a cardinal error. | foremost important |