Words Flashcards
circumlocution
indirect or very wordy language
cloying or cloy
sickeningly sweet or satiate with excess sweetness
cogent
intellectually convincing
commensurate
corresponding in size or magnitude
commiserate
to express or feel sympathy or pity
complacent
self-satisfied ignorance or danger
complicit
partnership in a wrongful act
compunction
distress caused by feeling guilty
conciliatory
friendly, agreeable
concomitant
accompanying in a subordinate fashion
condescend
to lower oneself to an inferior’s level
confound
pleasantly agreeable
congeal
to thicken into a solid
connivance or connive
disregard or tacitly consent to a wrongdoing, to plot or scheme
consanguinity
close relationship, denoting people descending from the same ancestor
consecrate
to dedicate something to a holy purpose
consort
(noun) husband or wife
verb: to associate or join
consternation
sudden confusion, panic
consummate
verb: to complete
noun: perfect
contemporaneous
existing during the same time
contentious
having a tendency to quarrel or dispute
contrite
eager to be forgiven, sorrowful
contumacious
stubborn or willfully disobedient
contumely
rudeness
convene
to call together
convoluted
intricate, complicated
copious
abundant, profuse
corpulence
fat, fleshy
corroborate
to support or strengten, to confirm
coup
brilliant, unexpected act
coterie
a close group of friends
countenance
to tolerate, approve
covet
to desire enviously
cower
to tremble in fear
coy
shy and modest
crass
stupid, unrefined
craven
cowardly
crotchety
eccentric
cupidity
greed, strong desire
cynic
fault-finder
cynosure
center of attention