blue book #07

Question 1

coffer

Answer 1

1.
a box or chest, especially one for valuables.

2.
coffers, a treasury; funds:
The coffers of the organization were rapidly filled by the contributions.

Question 2

cogent

Answer 2

1.
convincing or compelling by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.

2.
to the point; relevant; pertinent.

Question 3

cognate

Answer 3

1.
related by birth; of the same parentage, descent, etc.

2.
descended from the same language or form:
such cognate languages as French and Spanish.

3.
allied or similar in nature or quality.

4.
a person or thing cognate with another.

5.
a cognate word:
The English word ‘cold’ is a cognate of German ‘kalt.’

Question 4

cognitive

Answer 4

1.
of or relating to cognition; concerned with the act or process of knowing, perceiving, etc.:
cognitive development; cognitive functioning.

2.
of or relating to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes.

Question 5

cognizant

Answer 5

1.
aware; taking notice, perceiving, realizing:
He was cognizant of the difficulty.

2.
having legal cognizance or jurisdiction.

Question 6

cohabit

Answer 6

1.
to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.

2.
to live together in an intimate relationship.

3.
to dwell with another or share the same place, as different species of animals.

Question 7

coherent

Answer 7

1.
logically connected; consistent:
a coherent argument.

2.
having a natural or due agreement of parts; harmonious:
a coherent design.

3.
cohering; sticking together:
a coherent mass of sticky candies.

Question 8

cohesion

Answer 8

the act or state of being congruous; connecting, uniting, or sticking together.

Question 9

cohort

Answer 9

1.
a group or company:
She has a cohort of admirers.

2.
a companion or associate.

3.
one of the ten divisions in an ancient Roman legion, numbering from 300 to 600 soldiers.

4.
any group of soldiers or warriors.

5.
an accomplice; abettor:
He got off with probation, but his cohorts got ten years apiece.

6.
a group of persons sharing a particular statistical or demographic characteristic:
the cohort of all children born in 1980.

Question 10

coiffure

Answer 10

1.
a style of arranging or combing the hair.

2.
a head covering; headdress.

Question 11

coin

Answer 11

to make; invent; fabricate:

to coin an expression, to coin a word.

Question 12

collaborate

Answer 12

1.
to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work:
They collaborated on a novel.

2.
to cooperate, usually willingly, with an enemy nation, especially with an enemy occupying one’s country:
He collaborated with the Nazis during World War II.

Question 13

collage

Answer 13

1.
an assemblage or occurrence of diverse elements or fragments in unlikely or unexpected juxtaposition:
The experimental play is a collage of sudden scene shifts, long monologues, musical interludes, and slapstick.

2.
to make a collage of:
The artist has collaged old photos, cartoon figures, and telephone numbers into a unique work of art.

Question 14

collateral

Answer 14

1.
security pledged for the payment of a loan:
He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed.

2.
accompanying; auxiliary:
He received a scholarship and collateral aid.

3.
additional; confirming:
collateral evidence; collateral security.

4.
aside from the main subject, course, etc.; secondary:
These accomplishments are merely collateral to his primary goal.

5.
situated at the side:
a collateral wing of a house.

Question 15

collective

Answer 15

1.
forming a whole; combined:
the collective assets of a corporation and its subsidiaries.

2.
of or characteristic of a group of individuals taken together:
the collective wishes of the membership.

3.
organized according to the principles of collectivism:
a collective farm.

Question 16

collegial

Answer 16

1.
collegiate.

2.
of or characterized by the collective responsibility shared by each of a group of colleagues, with minimal supervision from above.

Question 17

colloquial

Answer 17

1.
characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.

2.
involving or using conversation.

Question 18

collusion

Answer 18

1.
a secret agreement, especially for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy:
Some of his employees were acting in collusion to rob him.

2.
a secret understanding between two or more persons to gain something illegally, to defraud another of his or her rights, or to appear as adversaries though in agreement; complicity:
collusion of husband and wife to obtain a divorce.

Question 19

comely

Answer 19

1.
pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair:
a comely face.

2.
proper; seemly; becoming:
comely behavior.

Question 20

commandeer

Answer 20

1.
to order or force into active military service.

2.
to seize (private property) for military or other public use:
The police officer commandeered a taxi and took off after the getaway car.

3.
to seize arbitrarily.

Question 21

commend

Answer 21

1.
to present, mention, or praise as worthy of confidence, notice, kindness, etc.; recommend:
to commend a friend to another; to commend an applicant for employment.

2.
to entrust; give in charge; deliver with confidence:
I commend my child to your care.

3.
to cite or name with approval or special praise:
to commend a soldier for bravery.

Question 22

commensurate

Answer 22

1.
corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree:
Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.

2.
proportionate; adequate:
a solution commensurate to the seriousness of the problem.

3.
having the same measure; of equal extent or duration.

Question 23

commiserate

Answer 23

1.
to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.

2.
to sympathize with:
They commiserated with him over the loss of his job.

Question 24

commission

Answer 24

1.
the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.

2.
the act of authorizing; sending on a mission:
I’ve been commissioned by my friend overseas to find him a cheap apartment in New York.

3.
authority granted for a particular action or function.

Question 25

commodious

Answer 25

1.
spacious and convenient; roomy:
a commodious apartment.

2.
ample or adequate for a particular purpose:
a commodious harbor.

Question 26

commodity

Answer 26

1.
an article of trade or commerce, especially a product as distinguished from a service.

2.
something of use, advantage, or value.

Question 27

communal

Answer 27

1.
used or shared in common by everyone in a group:
a communal jug of wine.

2.
of, by, or belonging to the people of a community; shared or participated in by the public:
communal land; building the playground was a communal project.

3.
pertaining to a commune or a community:
communal life.

4.
engaged in by or involving two or more communities:
communal conflict.

Question 28

communicable

Answer 28

capable of being easily communicated or transmitted:

communicable information; a communicable disease.

Question 29

compatriot

Answer 29

1.
a native or inhabitant of one’s own country; fellow countryman or countrywoman.

2.
of the same country.

Question 30

compelling

Answer 30

1.
persuasive and tending to compel, as to force or push toward a course of action; overpowering:
There were compelling reasons for their divorce.

2.
having a powerful and irresistible effect; requiring acute admiration, attention, or respect:
a man of compelling integrity; a compelling drama.

Question 31

compendious

Answer 31

comprehensive but concise; containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a condensed, packed form:
a compendious history of the world.

Question 32

compensate

Answer 32

1.
to recompense for something:
They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.

2.
to counterbalance; offset; be equivalent to:
He compensated his homely appearance with great personal charm.

3.
to provide or be an equivalent; make up; make amends:
His occasional courtesies did not compensate for his general rudeness.

Question 33

complacent

Answer 33

1.
pleased, especially with oneself or one’s merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied:
The voters are too complacent to change the government.

2.
pleasant; complaisant.

Question 34

complaisant

Answer 34

inclined or disposed to please; obliging; agreeable or gracious; compliant:
the most complaisant child I’ve ever met.

Question 35

complement

Answer 35

1.
something that completes or makes perfect:
A good wine is a complement to a good meal.

2.
the quantity or amount that completes anything:
We now have a full complement of packers.

3.
either of two parts or things needed to complete the whole; counterpart.

4.
to complete; form a complement to:
This belt complements the dress better than that one.

Question 36

compliant

Answer 36

complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way:
a man with a compliant nature.

Question 37

complicity

Answer 37

the state of being an accomplice; partnership or involvement in wrongdoing:
complicity in a crime.

Question 38

comportment

Answer 38

personal bearing or conduct; demeanor; behavior.

Question 39

composed

Answer 39

calm; tranquil; serene:

His composed face reassured the nervous passengers.

Question 40

compound

Answer 40

1.
composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients:
Soap is a compound substance.

2.
having or involving two or more actions or functions:
The mouth is a compound organ.

3.
to put together into a whole; combine:
to compound drugs to form a new medicine.

4.
to make or form by combining parts, elements, etc.; construct:
to compound a new plan from parts of several former plans.

5.
to make up or constitute:
all the organs and members that compound a human body.

6.
to increase or add to:
The misery of his loneliness was now compounded by his poverty.

Question 41

comprehensive

Answer 41

1.
of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive:
a comprehensive study of world affairs.

2.
comprehending or thoroughly understanding with one’s mind; having an extensive mental range or grasp, as of a particular subject or many subjects.

Question 42

compunction

Answer 42

1.
a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse.

2.
any uneasiness or hesitation about the rightness of an action.

Question 43

concave

Answer 43

1.
curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved.

2.
(of a polygon) having at least one interior angle greater than 180°.

Question 44

concede

Answer 44

1.
to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit:
He finally conceded that she was right.

2.
to acknowledge (an opponent’s victory, score, etc.) before it is officially established:
to concede an election before all the votes are counted.

3.
to grant as a right or privilege; yield:
to concede a longer vacation for all employees.

4.
to make concession; yield to pressure or circumstances; admit defeat: She was so persistent that I conceded at last.

Question 45

conceive

Answer 45

1.
to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.):
He conceived the project while he was on vacation.

2.
to form a notion or idea of; imagine.

3.
to hold as an opinion; think; believe:
I can’t conceive that it would be of any use.

4.
to experience or form (a feeling):
to conceive a great love for music.

5.
to express, as in words.

6.
to become pregnant with.

Question 46

concession

Answer 46

1.
the act of conceding or yielding, as a right, a privilege, or a point or fact in an argument:
He made no concession to caution.

2.
the thing or point yielded:
Management offered a shorter workweek as a concession.

3.
something conceded by a government or a controlling authority, as a grant of land, a privilege, or a franchise.

4.
a space or privilege within certain premises for a subsidiary business or service:
the refreshment concession at a movie theater.

Question 47

conciliatory

Answer 47

tending to appease, to reconcile, regain goodwill:

a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.

Question 48

concise

Answer 48

expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse:
a concise explanation of the company’s retirement plan.

Question 49

concoct

Answer 49

1.
to prepare or make by combining ingredients, especially in cookery:
to concoct a meal from leftovers.

2.
to devise; make up; contrive:
to concoct an excuse.

Question 50

concord

Answer 50

1.
agreement between persons, groups, nations, etc.; concurrence in attitudes and feelings; unanimity; accord:
There was complete concord among the delegates.

2.
agreement between things; mutual fitness; harmony.

3.
peace; amity.

Question 51

concur

Answer 51

1.
to accord in opinion; agree:
Do you concur with his statement?

2.
to cooperate; work together; combine; be associated:
Members of both parties concurred.

3.
to coincide; occur at the same time:
His graduation concurred with his birthday.

Question 52

condescending

Answer 52

1.
behaving as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity; patronizing:
They resented the older neighbors’ condescending cordiality.

2.
stooping or deigning to do something:
He would not condescend to misrepresent the facts.

3.
putting aside one’s dignity or superiority voluntarily and assume equality with one regarded as inferior:
He condescended to their intellectual level in order to be understood.

Question 53

conditional

Answer 53

imposing, containing, subject to, or depending on a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or allowed on certain terms:
conditional acceptance.

Question 54

condolence

Answer 54

expression of sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief.

Question 55

condone

Answer 55

1.
to disregard or overlook (something illegal, objectionable, or the like):
The government condoned the computer hacking among rival corporations.

2.
to give tacit approval to:
By his silence, he seemed to condone their behavior.

3.
to pardon or forgive an offense; excuse:
His employers are willing to condone the exaggerations they uncovered in his résumé.

Question 56

conducive

Answer 56

tending to produce; contributive; helpful; favorable:

Good eating habits are conducive to good health.

Question 57

conduit

Answer 57

1.
a pipe, tube, or the like, for conveying water or other fluid.

2.
a similar natural passage.

Question 58

confection

Answer 58

1.
a sweet preparation of fruit or the like, as a preserve or candy.

2.
the process of compounding, preparing, or making something.

3.
a frivolous, amusing, or contrived play, book, or other artistic or literary work.

4.
something made up or confected; a concoction:
He said the charges were a confection of the local police.

5.
something, as a garment or decorative object, that is very delicate, elaborate, or luxurious and usually non-utilitarian.

Question 59

confiscate

Answer 59

1.
to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use.

2.
to seize by or as if by authority; appropriate summarily:
The border guards confiscated our movie cameras.

Question 60

conflagration

Answer 60

a destructive fire, usually an extensive one.

Question 61

conflate

Answer 61

to fuse into one entity; merge:

to conflate dissenting voices into one protest.

Question 62

confluence

Answer 62

1.
a flowing together of two or more streams, rivers, or the like:
the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.

2.
their place of junction:
St. Louis is at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.

3.
a coming together of people or things; concourse.

5.
a crowd or throng; assemblage.

Question 63

conformist

Answer 63

1.
a person who conforms, especially unquestioningly, to the usual practices or standards of a group, society, etc.

2.
of or characterized by conforming, especially in action or appearance; acting in accord with the prevailing standards, attitudes, practices, etc. of a group.

Question 64

confound

Answer 64

1.
to perplex or baffle, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse:
The complicated directions confounded him.

2.
to throw into confusion or disorder:
The revolution confounded the people.

3.
to treat or regard erroneously as identical; mix or associate by mistake:
truth confounded with error.

5.
to mingle so that the elements cannot be distinguished or separated.

Question 65

confrontational

Answer 65

tending toward or ready for confrontation, open conflict:

They came to the meeting with a confrontational attitude.

Question 66

congeal

Answer 66

1.
to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or freezing:
The fat congealed on the top of the soup.

2.
to curdle; coagulate, as a fluid.

3.
to make or become fixed, as ideas, sentiments, or principles:
Some philosophic systems lost their vitality and congealed.

Question 67

congenial

Answer 67

1.
agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character:
congenial surroundings.

2.
suited or adapted in spirit, feeling, temper, etc.; compatible:
a congenial couple.

Question 68

congenital

Answer 68

1.
of or relating to a condition present at birth, whether inherited or caused by the environment, especially the uterine environment.

2.
having by nature a specified character:
a congenital fool.

Question 69

conglomerate

Answer 69

1.
anything composed of heterogeneous materials or elements.

2.
a corporation consisting of a number of subsidiary companies or divisions in a variety of unrelated industries, usually as a result of merger or acquisition.

3.
a rock consisting of pebbles or the like embedded in a finer cementing material; consolidated gravel.

4.
gathered into a rounded mass; consisting of parts so gathered; clustered.

5.
consisting of heterogeneous parts or elements.

Question 70

congruity

Answer 70

1.
the state or quality of being congruous; harmony; appropriateness:
a congruity of ideas.

2.
the state or quality of being geometrically congruent.

3.
a point of agreement.

Question 71

conjecture

Answer 71

1.
the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.

2.
an opinion or theory so formed or expressed; guess; speculation.

3.
to conclude or suppose from grounds or evidence insufficient to ensure reliability.

Question 72

conjugal

Answer 72

1.
of, relating to, or characteristic of marriage:
conjugal vows.

2.
pertaining to the relation between marriage partners.

Question 73

conjure

Answer 73

1.
to effect, produce, bring, etc., by or as by magic:
to conjure a miracle.

2.
to call upon or command (a devil or spirit) by invocation or spell.

3.
to call or bring into existence by or as if by magic:
She seemed to have conjured up the person she was talking about.

4.
to bring to mind; recall:
to conjure up the past.

5.
to appeal to solemnly or earnestly:
I conjure you to hear my plea.

Question 74

connoisseur

Answer 74

1.
a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste:
a connoisseur of modern art.

2.
a discerning judge of the best in any field:
a connoisseur of horses.

Question 75

connotation

Answer 75

1.
the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning:
A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.”

2.
the act of connoting; the suggesting of an additional meaning for a word or expression, apart from its explicit meaning.

2.
something suggested or implied by a word or thing, rather than being explicitly named or described:
Religion has always had a negative connotation for me.

Question 76

consanguineous

Answer 76

having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood.

Question 77

conscientious

Answer 77

1.
governed by conscience; controlled by or done according to one’s inner sense of what is right; principled:
She’s a conscientious judge, who does not let personal prejudices influence her decisions.

2.
careful and painstaking; particular; meticulous; scrupulous:
conscientious application to the work at hand.

Question 78

consecrate

Answer 78

1.
to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity:
to consecrate a new church building.

2.
to make something an object of honor or veneration; hallow:
a custom consecrated by time.

3.
to devote or dedicate to some purpose:
a life consecrated to science.

Question 79

consensus

Answer 79

1.
majority of opinion:
The consensus of the group was that they should meet twice a month.

2.
general agreement or concord; harmony.

Question 80

consequence

Answer 80

1.
the effect, result, or outcome of something occurring earlier:
The accident was the consequence of reckless driving.

2.
the conclusion reached by a line of reasoning; inference.

3.
importance or significance:
a matter of no consequence.

4.
importance in rank or position; distinction:
a man of great consequence in art.

Question 81

conservative

Answer 81

1.
disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.

2.
cautiously moderate or purposefully low:
a conservative estimate.

3.
traditional in style or manner; avoiding novelty or showiness:
conservative suit.

Question 82

consign

Answer 82

1.
to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed by to).

2.
to transfer to another’s custody or charge; entrust.

3.
to set apart for or devote to a special purpose or use:
to consign two afternoons a week to the club.

4.
to banish or set apart in one’s mind; relegate:
to consign unpleasant thoughts to oblivion.

Question 83

consolation

Answer 83

1.
the act of alleviating or lessening grief; solace; comfort for a loss.

2.
the state of being consoled.

3.
someone or something that consoles:
His faith was a consolation during his troubles. Her daughters are a consolation to her.