Vocabulary Words - Second Grade - C:

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• cage
  (n.) A box with metal bars where you keep animals.
  
  
• call
  (v.) To telephone someone.
  (v.) To say someone's name loudly because you want his or her attention.
  (n.) A telephone call or a short visit.
  (v.) To speak in a loud voice; to telephone someone.
  
  
• camp
  (n.) A place where people go to be in nature for a short time.
  (v.) To leave home to be in nature for a short time.
  
  
• can't
  (v.) Also can not, to not be able to do something.
  
  
• cannot
  (v.) The negative of can.
  
  
• cap
  (n.) A hat.
  (n.) A cover for an open part.
  
  
• cape
  (n.) A coat with no sleeves that you tie around your neck.
  
  
• car
  (n.) Also automobile, a thing with four wheels and a motor that people sit in to go somewhere.
  (n.) A vehicle with four wheels and an engine that a small number of people use to travel.
  
  
• care
  (v.) To have great interest or concern in someone or something.
  (v.) To do things for someone who cannot do them alone.
  
  
• careful
  (adj.) Paying close attention so you don't cause a problem or make a mistake.
  
  
• carry
  (v.) To hold something or someone and move it to another place.
  
  
• cart
  (n.) A thing with two or four wheels that is open at the top. You put things in it, and you push it or pull it..
  (n.) A small vehicle .
  
  
• carve
  (v.) To cut something out of a hard thing, like wood or rock.
  (v.) To cut words or pictures into the outside part of something.
  
  
• case
  (n.) A box that locks or closes tightly.
  (n.) A specific situation.
  (n.) A situation where someone broke the law.
  
  
• cast
  (n.) A thing that fits the shape of something and does not move easily.
  (n.) The actors in a show or movie.
  
  
• catch
  (v.) To take hold of something or someone that is moving.
  (v.) To take hold of someone or something that is hiding.
  
  
• cave
  (n.) A hole in the ground.
  
  
• chair
  (n.) The person who is in charge of a meeting or project.
  (n.) A seat with four legs and a back.
  (n.) A piece of furniture that you can sit on.
  
  
• check
  (v.) To make sure that something is right.
  (n.) A piece of paper that you get from the bank and use as money.
  (n.) A piece of paper from a bank that you sign to pay someone a specific amount of money.
  (n.) In a restaurant, a list of food you have ordered and its price.
  (n.) A special printed pieces of paper you can sign and use to pay for things.
  (v.) To test something to make sure it is correct.
  
  
• cheek
  (n.) The side of the face below the eye.
  
  
• chew
  (v.) To move your jaw to grind up food.
  
  
• chick
  (n.) A young bird.
  
  
• child
  (n.) A person before he or she becomes an adult.
  (n.) A son or daughter.
  
  
• chill
  (n.) A cold or fearful feeling that comes suddenly.
  (v.) To make something cold.
  
  
• chime
  (v.) To make a high, light sound.
  
  

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