1.clergy n.牧師；神職人員(priests or ministers)

例:Separation of church and state barred Protestant clergy from the role that priests assumed in Brazil.

派生詞:clerical(a．牧師的；辦事員的)

2.client n.委托人(a person who engages the professional advice or services of another)；顧客(customer)

例:The firm is having difficulty retaining its clients of long standing.

派生詞:clientele(n.訴訟委托人，客戶)

3.cliff n．懸崖，峭壁(steep, high face of rock, esp. at the edge of the sea)

聯想記憶：cli（看作climb爬）+ff（像兩個鉤子）--用鉤子在懸崖峭壁上爬一懸崖，峭壁

例:They launched themselves by jumping from cliffs, and dropping from trees.

4.clinging a.粘著的(sticky)

詞根記憶：來自cling(v.粘緊，附著)

例:The workers removed the clinging vine from the brick wall.

5.clockwise a./ad.j順時針方向白勺(地)(in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock)

詞根記憶：clock+wise(以…方向)一以鐘走的方向_+順時針方向的

例:a clockwise direction順時針方向

6.clog v.妨礙(to obstruct)；阻塞(to block up)

聯想記憶：圓木(log)一般很重，擱在c后自然是妨礙(clog)了

例:The recent surge in the number of airplane flights has clogged the nation's air-traffic control system.

7.clot n.凝塊(a thickened lump formed within a liquid);v.使凝結成塊(to thicken into a clot)

例:According to a study published in The New England Journa! of Medicine, aspirin prevents blood clots just as well as a commonly used and more expensive blood-thinning drug does.

派生詞:cloture(n.討論終結)

8.clurnp n.叢，簇(a group of things clustered together);v.使密集(to form sth. in a group)

詞根記憶：和lump(n.塊，團)一起記

例:The brim of the hat was decorated with a clump of silk flowers.

9.cluster n.（任何的）群，堆，團(number of people, animals or things grouped closely together);v.使聚集在_起(to surround sb./sth. closely)

詞根記憶：clust( =clot凝成塊)+er--凝塊一團

例:clusters of houses房屋建筑群//clusterad suburban houses密集的郊區(qū)房屋

10.coalition n.結合，聯合( union)

例:A coalition of lawyers defended the workers in court.