| Word |
Definition |
| Collaborate |
to work together |
| Collage |
work of art created from fragments |
| Collate |
to arrange in order |
| Collateral |
security given for loan |
| Collation |
a light meal |
| Colloquial |
pertaining to conversational or common speech; informal |
| Colloquy |
informal discussion |
| Collusion |
a secret agreement for fraudulent purposes |
| Colossal |
huge |
| Colossus |
gigantic statue |
| Comatose |
in a coma; extremely sleepy |
| Combustible |
easily burned |
| Comely |
attractive; agreeable |
| Comestible |
edible |
| Comeuppance |
a punishment or retribution that one deserves; one's just deserts. |
| Comity |
social harmony; mutual courtesy; civility |
| Commandeer |
to draft for military purposes; to take for public use |
| Commemorative |
remembering; honoring |
| Commensurate |
having the same measure; proportionate |
| Commiserate |
to feel or express pity or sympathy for |
| Commodious |
spacious and comfortable |
| Communal |
used in common; pertaining to a commune or community |
| Compact |
(N) agreement; contract |
| Compact |
(ADJ) tightly packed; firm; brief |
| Compatible |
harmonious |
| Compelling |
overpowering; having an irresistible effect |
| Compendium |
an abstract; a brief or comprehensive summary |
| Compensatory |
making up for; repaying |
| Compilation |
listing of statistical information in tabular or book form |
| Compile |
to assemble; to gather; to accumulate |
| Complacency |
self-satisfaction |
| Complaisant |
trying to please; obliging |
| Complement |
to complete; to consummate; to make perfect |
| Complicity |
participation; involvement |
| Component |
element; ingredient |
| Comport |
to behave, in a manner that is expected or proper |
| Composure |
mental calmness |
| Compound |
to combine; to constitute; to pay interest; to increase |
| Comprehensive |
thorough; inclusive |
| Compress |
to close; to squeeze; to contract |
| Comprise |
to include; to consist of |
| Compromise |
to adjust or to settle by making mutal concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of |
| Compunction |
remorse |
| Compute |
to calculate |
| Concatenate |
linked together |
| Concave |
hollow |
| Concede |
to admit; to yield |
| Conceit |
vanity or self-love; whimsical idea; extravagant metaphor |
| Concentric |
having a common center |
| Conception |
beginning; forming of an idea |
| Concerted |
mutually agreed on; done together |
| Concession |
an act of conceding |
| Conciliatory |
reconciling; soothing |
| Concise |
brief and compact |
| Conclave |
private meeting |
| Conclusive |
decisive; ending all debate |
| Concoct |
to prepare by combining; to make up in concert |
| Concomitant |
accompaniment |
| Concord |
harmony |
| Concur |
to agree |
| Concurrent |
happening at the same time |
| Condescend |
to assume an air of superiority |
| Condign |
deserved; appropriate |
| Condone |
to excuse; to forgive; to give tacit approval |
| Conducive |
tending to produce or contribute |
| Conduit |
aqueduct; passageway for fluids |
| Confidant |
trusted friend |
| Confine |
shut in; restrict |
| Confiscate |
to seize; to commandeer |
| Conflagration |
great fire |
| Confluence |
flowing together; crowd |
| Conformity |
act according to accepted standards; compliance |
| Confound |
to confuse; to puzzle |
| Congeal |
to freeze; to coagulate |
| Congenial |
pleasant; friendly |
| Congenital |
existing at birth |
| complementary |
forming a complement; completing |
