1.contemporary a．當代的(modem);同時代的(happenirg．existrg，living, or coming into being during the same period of time);n.同代人(a person who lives or lived at the same time as another)

詞根記憶：con(一起)+tempor(時間)+ary--同時代的;同代人

例:contemporary society當今社會，，Samuel Johnson was Pope's con-temporary.

2.contemptuous a.輕蔑的，傲慢的(disdainful)

詞根記憶：con+tempt(輕視，引誘)+uous--輕蔑的，傲慢的

例:The author's attitude toward public hospitals can best be described as contemptuous and prejudiced.

3.contend v.(with)與困難做斗爭，應付（to strive against difficulties）；主張(to maintain, assert)

例:Those industries had to contend with the fact that other countries banned imports from the country.// Advocates of loyalty programs contend that such programs are beneficial.

派生詞：contention(n.競爭；論點)：contentious(a．有異議的)；contestant(n.競爭者)

4.contiguous a．接近的，接壤的(adjoining)

詞根記憶：cont(共同）+tig(接觸)+uous一相互接觸一接壤的

例:Minnesota is the only of the contiguous forty-eight states that still has a sizable wolf population.

5.contingent a．偶然發生的(occurrent);( on)有條件的(dependent on or conditioned by something else)；n.分遣隊(detachment)

例:Eligibility to buy shares was contingent on employees' agreeing to increased work loads. // Their government has a iarge contingent of armed guards patrolling its borders.

6.contraband n.走私（illegal or prohibited traffic in goods）；走私貨(goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden)

詞根記憶：contra(相反)+band（束縛）一違反禁令得到的東西一走私貨

例:It will become the largest contraband problem faced by the United States Customs Service.

7.contract n.合同，契約(a binding agreement between two or more persons or parties) v.感染（to become affected with）；收縮(to draw together)

詞根記憶：con(共同)+tract(拉)+ion--將雙方拉到一起--合同

例:a labor contract勞動合同//Children who contract measles develop an immunity to the virus.

派生詞：contractor(n．承包人)；contractual(a．合同的)：contraction(n.感染)

8.contraction n.收縮(the action or process of contracting)

例:Spasmodic(一陣陣的)winking is caused by the involuntary contraction of an eyelid muscle.

9.contractor n.承包入；立契約者(one that contracts or is party to a contract)

詞根記憶：來自contract(v.訂約)

例:The contractor and the engineer agree on the cause of the bridge failure, but both blame the other.

同根詞：distract(v.轉移;分心)

10.contradict v.否定( to deny)；反駁(to assert the contrary of)

詞根記憶：contra(反)+dict(說話，斷言)--反著說--反駁

例:They tend to contradict earlier findings about such unemployment.//There is much evidence to contradict this hypothesis.

詞根記憶：contradiction(n.反駁；矛盾)；contradictory(a.對抗的；反駁的)

同根詞：dictator(n.獨裁者)；benediction(n.祝福)