ISEE Lower Level Vocabulary > Group 5
Contaminate
Verb: make something impure by exposure to something harmful
Context
Noun: circumstances forming the setting of an event or idea
Continental
Adjective: forming or belonging to a continent
Continuous
Adjective: without interruption
Controversy
Noun: disagreement
Convenient
Adjective: fitting in well with a person’s needs, activities, or plans
Convince
Verb: cause someone to believe firmly in the truth of something
Cooperate
Verb: act jointly; work toward the same end
Cope
Verb: to deal effectively with something difficult
Cordial
Adjective: warm and friendly
Corporate
Adjective: of or relating to a corporation
Council
Noun: an legislative body constituted and meeting regularly
Coward
Noun: a person who lacks courage in dangerous, trying circumstances
Crisis
Noun: a time of intense difficulty or danger
Cultivate
Verb: to prepare and use land for crops; to develop a skill or quality
Culture
Noun: the arts of human intellectual achievement collectively
Cumulative
Adjective: increasing in quantity or degree by successive additions
Cycle
Noun: a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order
Debt
Noun: something that is owed or due
Decay
Verb: to rot or decompose
Deceit
Noun: the action of deceiving someone by concealing the truth
Decent
Adjective: conforming with generally accepted standards
Declare
Verb: to say something in an emphatic manner
Decline
Verb: become smaller; politely refuse
Deductive
Adjective: characterized by the inference of particular instance
Defeat
Verb: to overcome someone in a battle or contest
Defend
Verb: to protect from harm or danger
Delay
Verb: to make (someone or something) late or slow
Deliberate
Adjective: done consciously and intentionally
Delicate
Adjective: very fine in texture; fragile