6001 - 7000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 24 |
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Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
cozy | adj. | They lived in a rather cozy cottage. | comfortable and warm |
crag | noun | They climbed up to the crag. | projecting mass of rock |
cram | verb | She would cram all her belonging into her suitcase. | force into small space |
verb | She spent all night to cram for the test. | hasty study | |
cramp | verb | She felt a severe cramp in her leg. | muscle spasm causing pain |
crate | noun | The machinery came shipped in a crate. | slatted wooden case |
crib | noun | The child slept quietly in her crib. | bed with high sides |
verb | Unfortunately he would crib ideas from others. | steal answers, solutions | |
crusade | noun | He went on a crusade for the truth. | movement for a cause |
verb | He crusaded for a change in the law. | movement against an abuse | |