10-12 Flashcards
collate
examine and compare to verify authenticity
collateral
security given for loan; secondary, descended from the same person
collation
light meal; collating
collusion
conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others
comely
attractive; agreeable
comestible
edible
comeuppance
well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke
comity
courtesy, civility
commandeer
take for military use without needing permission or giving payment
draught
current of air; act of pulling roads; act of swallowing liquid
commensurate
equal in extent
commiserate
feel or express pity or sympathy for
commodious
spacious; comfortable
commune
small community whose members share work and income; exchange thoughts or feelings
compact
agreement; contract
compendium
brief, comprehensive summary
compensatory
making up for; repaying
complacency
self-satisfaction; smugness
complaisant
trying to please; obliging
complicity
participation
compunction
remorse; uneasiness caused by guilt
concatenate
link as in a chain
concede
admit; acknowledge as being true
conceit
vanity or self-love; extravagant metaphor
concentric
having a common center
concerted
mutually agreed on
conciliatory
reconciling; coothing
conclave
private secret meeting
concomitant
that which accompanies
concord
harmony; accord
concordat
formal agreement
concurrent
happening at the same time; in agreement
condign
adequate; severe and well deserved (punishment)
condole
express condolences
conducive
helpful; contributive
conduit
aqueduct; passageway for fluids
confluence
flowing together; gathering together
congeal
freeze; coagulate
congruence
corresponding of parts
connivance
pretense of ignorance
connubial
pertaining to marriage
consanguinity
kinship; relationship by birth
conscript
draftee; person forced into military service
consign
sent to a person or place for sale; deliver officially; entrust; set apart
consolidation
unification
consonance
harmony; agreement
consort
associate with; keep company; husband or wife of a ruler
consternation
great shock; dismay
constituent
supporter; voter
constraint
restraint; repression of feelings
construe
explain; interpret
contend
struggle; compete
contention
assertion
contentious
quarrelsome
continence
self-restraint; sexual chastity, control over bladder and bowel functions
contingent
dependent on something uncertain or in the future; accidental
contravene
contradict; oppose
contrite
penitent; repentant
contrived
unnatural and forced; not spontaneous
contumacious
stubborn and disobedient
contusion
bruise
convene
come together
conversant
familiar with; having knowledge of
converse, adj
opposite
conveyance
vehicle; transfer; act of conveying
convivial
plesantly merry; festive; joyous
convoke
call together
convoluted
coiled around; twisted; involved; complicated
convulsion
violent uncontrollable shaking movement
coquette
flirtatious
cordon
extended line of men or fortifications
cornice
projecting molding on building
corollary
natural consequence
corpulent
very fat
corroborate
confirm; support; strengthen
corrugated
wrinkled; ridged
coterie
group that meets socially
countenance
approve; support; face; appearance
countermand
cancel; revoke
coup
highly successful action or sudden attack
covenant
binding agreement between two groups of people; promise
covert
secret; hidden; implied
cow
terrorize; intimidate
cower
shrink quivering as from fear
coy
shy, pretend lack of confidence; coquettish
cozen
cheat; hoodwink; swindle
peevish
bad-tempered; irritable
crass
very unrefined; grossly insensible
craven
cowardly
credo
creed
creed
system of religious or ethical belief
crestfallen
dejected; dispirited
crevice
crack; fissure
crone
hag; ugly woman
crotchety
eccentric; odd
cruz
essential or main point
adj: crucial
cull
pick out from others; reject; collect ingo
culvert
artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road
cumbersome
heavy and awkward to carry or wear
cupidity
greed
cursory
casual; done with little attention to detail
curtail
shorte; reduce
cynosure
object of general attentiont
dais
raised platform for speakers or other important people
dally
trifle with
dank
damp; unpleasantly wet
dappled
spotted
dawdle
loiter; hang aroung
dearth
scarcity
débâcle
sudden disastrous downfall or defeat
debase
degrade; reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem
debauch
corrupt morally
debilitate
weaken
bout
match; short period of great activity
debonair
friendly, charming and fashionably dressed
debunk
expose as false
decadence
decay; fall to a lower level
