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5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 47 |
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| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| coffin | noun | The woman was buried in a coffin. | burial box |
| coil | verb | Please coil up the rope for me. | wind |
| noun | They used a coil of wire. | loops | |
| coin | noun | He had a coin worth 10 cents. | metal money |
| verb | They will coin more money this year. | mint | |
| coincide | verb | This coincides with another meeting. | same time |
| cold | adj. | They wanted a cold glass of water. | chilled |
| noun | He had a bad cold. | nasal congestion | |
| adj. | He was cold to the idea. | indifferent | |
| collapse | noun | The collapse of the bridge was quick. | fall |
| verb | The building collapsed with a bang. | fell down | |
| collar | verb | The police will collar the criminal. | catch |
| colleague | noun | My colleague has been helpful to me. | associate |
| collect | verb | I will collect money from them. | gather |
| verb | You should collect yourself. | compose | |
| collection | noun | I had a collection of postage stamps. | assortment |
| noun | The Church took up a collection. | donations | |
| collective | noun | The farmer's collective was new. | association |
| adj. | Their collective ideas were helpful. | combined | |
| college | noun | The college offered music degrees. | university |
| collide | verb | We collided in the hallway. | bumped |
| colonel | noun | The Colonel was a good officer. | military rank |
| colonial | adj. | The colonial era is past history. | forming colony |
| colonist | noun | The colonist was a hardy person. | settler |
| colony | noun | The colony was started in 1652. | settlement |
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