List 1C Flashcards by Wesley Chee | Brainscape

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COMPLICITY

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participation in a bad act or a crime

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COMPOSED

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calm

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COMPROMISE

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to expose to danger or suspicion

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CONCEDE

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to acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true

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CONCILIATE

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to bring peace, quiet, or calm to; to relieve

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CONCISE

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expressing much in few words

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CONCORD

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agreement

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CONCUR

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to agree

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CONDESCEND

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to deal with people in a superior manner

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CONDONE

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to excuse or overlook

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CONFORM

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to be similar; to adapt

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CONFOUND

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to confuse

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CONJECTURE

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guesswork

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CONSCIENTIOUS

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thorough and careful

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CONSENSUS

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general agreement

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CONSOLIDATE

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to combine

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CONSTITUENT

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a component

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CONSTRAIN

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to hold back; to restrict

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CONSTRUE

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to interpret

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CONTEMPT

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a lack of respect and intense dislike

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CONTEND

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to compete; to argue

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CONTRITE

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feeling or expressing remorse

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CONTRIVED

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obviously planned or made up

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CONVIVIAL

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sociable

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CONVOLUTED

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complicated

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COPIOUS

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plentiful, abundant

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CORDIAL

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friendly, warm, polite

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CORROBORATE

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to strengthen or support with evidence

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CREDIBLE

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believable

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CUNNING

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clever, sneaky

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CURSORY

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performed with haste and little attention to detail

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CURTAIL

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to cut short

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CYNICAL

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believing that people are motivated by selfishness; pessimistic

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DAUNT

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to intimidate or lessen one’s courage

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DEARTH

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a scarce supply

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DEBILITATE

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to weaken

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DEBUNK

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to disprove or expose the falseness of

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DECORUM

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correct or appropriate behavior

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DECRY

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to condemn openly

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DEFER

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to submit or yield to another’s wish or opinion

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DELETERIOUS

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harmful

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DELINEATE

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to depict or describe

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DEMEAN

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to lower in status or worth

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DENIGRATE

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to attack the reputation of

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DENOUNCE

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to condemn openly

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DEPRECATE

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to mildly insult or belittle

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DERIDE

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to speak of or treat with cruelty

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DESPAIR

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a complete loss of hope

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DESPONDENT

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depressed, having no hope

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DETER

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to prevent or discourage from acting