List 1C Flashcards
COMPLICITY
participation in a bad act or a crime
COMPOSED
calm
COMPROMISE
to expose to danger or suspicion
CONCEDE
to acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true
CONCILIATE
to bring peace, quiet, or calm to; to relieve
CONCISE
expressing much in few words
CONCORD
agreement
CONCUR
to agree
CONDESCEND
to deal with people in a superior manner
CONDONE
to excuse or overlook
CONFORM
to be similar; to adapt
CONFOUND
to confuse
CONJECTURE
guesswork
CONSCIENTIOUS
thorough and careful
CONSENSUS
general agreement
CONSOLIDATE
to combine
CONSTITUENT
a component
CONSTRAIN
to hold back; to restrict
CONSTRUE
to interpret
CONTEMPT
a lack of respect and intense dislike
CONTEND
to compete; to argue
CONTRITE
feeling or expressing remorse
CONTRIVED
obviously planned or made up
CONVIVIAL
sociable
CONVOLUTED
complicated
COPIOUS
plentiful, abundant
CORDIAL
friendly, warm, polite
CORROBORATE
to strengthen or support with evidence
CREDIBLE
believable
CUNNING
clever, sneaky
CURSORY
performed with haste and little attention to detail
CURTAIL
to cut short
CYNICAL
believing that people are motivated by selfishness; pessimistic
DAUNT
to intimidate or lessen one’s courage
DEARTH
a scarce supply
DEBILITATE
to weaken
DEBUNK
to disprove or expose the falseness of
DECORUM
correct or appropriate behavior
DECRY
to condemn openly
DEFER
to submit or yield to another’s wish or opinion
DELETERIOUS
harmful
DELINEATE
to depict or describe
DEMEAN
to lower in status or worth
DENIGRATE
to attack the reputation of
DENOUNCE
to condemn openly
DEPRECATE
to mildly insult or belittle
DERIDE
to speak of or treat with cruelty
DESPAIR
a complete loss of hope
DESPONDENT
depressed, having no hope
DETER
to prevent or discourage from acting