1.contemporary a．当代的(modem);同时代的(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)

词根记忆：con(一起)+tempor(时间)+ary--同时代的;同代人

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

2.contemptuous a.轻蔑的，傲慢的(disdainful)

词根记忆：con+tempt(轻视，引诱)+uous--轻蔑的，傲慢的

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

3.contend v.(with)与困难做斗争，应付（to strive against difficulties）；主张(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.

派生词：contention(n.竞争；论点)：contentious(a．有异议的)；contestant(n.竞争者)

4.contiguous a．接近的，接壤的(adjoining)

词根记忆：cont(共同）+tig(接触)+uous一相互接触一接壤的

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

5.contingent a．偶然发生的(occurrent);( on)有条件的(dependent on or conditioned by something else)；n.分遣队(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）；走私货(goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden)

词根记忆：contra(相反)+band（束缚）一违反禁令得到的东西一走私货

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

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

词根记忆：con(共同)+tract(拉)+ion--将双方拉到一起--合同

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

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

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

例:Spasmodic(一阵阵的)winking is caused by the involuntary contraction of an eyelid muscle.

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

词根记忆：来自contract(v.订约)

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

同根词：distract(v.转移;分心)

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

词根记忆：contra(反)+dict(说话，断言)--反着说--反驳

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

词根记忆：contradiction(n.反驳；矛盾)；contradictory(a.对抗的；反驳的)

同根词：dictator(n.独裁者)；benediction(n.祝福)