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5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 39 |
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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 |
| chalk | noun | Use chalk to write on the blackboard. | white marker |
| challenge | noun | He gave a challenge to the people. | invitation |
| verb | She challenged the speaker's words. | questioned | |
| noun | It is a challenge to do that. | trial | |
| champion | noun | She was the Olympic champion. | best person |
| chance | noun | It was a chance he needed to take. | gamble |
| noun | It was chance that brought her here. | luck | |
| verb | He chanced upon his friend. | unexpected meeting | |
| adj. | It was a chance encounter. | accidental | |
| change | noun | We need a change in our life. | another mode |
| verb | You should change your clothes. | replace | |
| noun | He gave change for a dollar. | coins | |
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