Barrons 13 Flashcards

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Compensatory

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Making up for; repaying

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Complacency

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Smugness (excessive pride in oneself); self-satisfaction

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Complement

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  1. ) Something that completes or fills up

2. ) Number or quantity needed to make something complete

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Complement (v)

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To complete; to consummate; make perfect

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Complementary

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Serving to complete something

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Complicity

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Participation; involvement

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Compound (v)

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  1. ) to make up into a whole
  2. ) to combine ingredients
  3. ) to make something bad worse
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Confound

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To confuse; puzzle

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Congenial

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Pleasant; friendly

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Congenital

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Existing at birth

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Conglomeration

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Mass of material sticking together

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Congruent

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In agreement; corresponding

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Conjecture

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Surmise (support that something is true without any proof or evidence); guess

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Conjure

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To summon a devil; practice magic; imagine or invent

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Connivance

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Assistance; pretense of ignorance of something wrong; permission to offend

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Connoisseur

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Persons competent to act as a judge of art, etc.; a lover of an art

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Consecrate

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To dedicate; sanctify

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Consolidation

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Process of becoming firmer or stronger

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Conspicuous

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Easily seen; noticeable; striking

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Conformity

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State of obeying regulations, standards ;behavior that matches the behavior of most others in a group

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Comprehensive

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Thorough and inclusive