| Question |
Answer |
| cognizance |
knowledge; ADJ. cognizant; having knowledge; aware |
| cohabit |
live together |
| cohere |
stick together |
| cohesion |
tendency to keep together |
| cohorts |
group of people who share some common quality; armed band; a group of between 300 and 600 soldiers under one commander (in the ancient Rome) |
| coiffure |
hairstyle |
| coin |
make coins; invent or fabricate (a word or phrase); N. coinage: word or phrase recently invented |
| coincidence |
the chance occurrence, at the same time, of two or more seemingly connected events; V. coincide: happen at the same time; be in agreement; CF. coincident; CF. coincidental |
| colander |
utensil with perforated bottom used for straining |
| collaborate |
work together; cooperate treasonably with the enemy |
| collage |
work of art put together from fragments |
| collate |
examine and compare in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order (the sheets of a book before they are bound) |
| collateral |
security given for loan; ADJ: secondary; descended from the same person but through different sons or daughters |
| collation |
a light meal; collating |
| collected |
composed; calm; self-possessed |
| colloquial |
pertaining to conversational or common speech; informal; N. colloquialism: colloquial expression |
| colloquy |
informal discussion; conversation |
| collusion |
conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others; V. collude |
| colossal |
huge |
| colossus |
gigantic statue; person or thing of great size or importance |
| coma |
deep prolonged unconsciousness caused by disease, poison, or a severe blow |
| comatose |
in a coma; extremely sleepy |
| combustible |
easily burned; N. CF. combustion |
| comeback |
retort; quick clever reply; return to former status |
| comely |
attractive; agreeable; having a pleasing appearance |
| comestible |
something fit to be eaten |
| comeuppance |
deserts; well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke |
| comity |
courtesy; civility; Ex. comity of nations |
| commandeer |
take (private property) for military use without needing permission or giving payment; draft for military purposes |
| commemorate |
honor the memory of; serve as a memorial to; Ex. commemorate the 100th anniversary/those who died in the war |
| commemorative |
remembering; honoring the memory of; Ex. commemorative stamp |
| commensurate |
equal in extent; of the same size |
| commiserate |
feel or express pity or sympathy for |
| commodious |
spacious and comfortable |
| commonplace |
ordinary; N: something ordinary or common; trite remark |
| commonwealth |
nation governed by the people; republic; people of a nation |
| communal |
held in common; public; of a group of people; of a commune |
| commune |
small (often rural) community whose members share work and income; V: exchange thoughts or feelings; Ex. commune with nature |
| compact |
agreement; contract; ADJ: tightly packed; firm; brief; concise; Ex. compact statement |
| compartment |
one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided |
| compassion |
sympathy for the suffering of others; ADJ. compassionate |
| compatible |
harmonious; in harmony with; able to exist together |
| compelling |
overpowering; irresistible in effect; holding one's attention; that compels one to do something; Ex. a compelling adventure story; V. compel |
| compendium |
brief, comprehensive summary; ADJ. compendious |
| compensatory |
making up for; repaying |
| compilation |
listing of information in tabular or book form; compiling |
| compile |
assemble; gather; accumulate; make (a report or a book) from facts and information found in various places; Ex. compile a dictionary |
| complacency |
self-satisfaction; smugness; ADJ. complacent |
| complaisant |
trying to please; obliging; willing to please others |
| complement |
complete; consummate; make perfect; N. |
| complementary |
serving to complete something |
| compliance |
conformity in fulfilling requirements; readiness to yield; disposition to yield to others; V. comply |
| compliant |
readily acting in accordance with a rule, order, or the wishes or others; yielding; comforming to requirements |
| complicity |
participation; involvement (in a questionable act or a crime) |
| component |
element; ingredient |
| comport |
bear one's self; behave; Ex. comport oneself; N. comportment |
| compost |
mixture of decaying organic matter used as fertilizer; V: put or make compost |
| composure |
mental calmness |
| compound |
combine; produce by combining; increase; make worse by adding to or increasing; exacerbate; Ex. compound an error; ADJ: consisting of two or more parts; N: combination of two or more parts; area enclosed by a wall containing a group of buildings; |
| comprehend |
include; understand |
| comprehensive |
broad; including a lot or everything; thorough; inclusive |
| compress |
force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words; N: thick mass of cloth pressed to part of the body to stop bleeding or swelling, reduce fever, etc. |
| comprise |
include; consist of |
| compromise |
adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of; put into danger, disrepute, or a dishonorable position; Ex. compromise one's principle; N. |
| compulsion |
compelling; strong desire that is difficult to control; irresistible impulse |
| compulsive |
resulting from compulsion |
| compulsory |
obligatory; that must be done |
| compunction |
remorse; strong uneasiness caused by guilt |
| compute |
reckon; calculate |
| concatenate |
link as in a chain |
| concave |
hollow; curved inwards; OP. convex |
| concede |
admit; acknowledge as being true (often reluctantly); yield; grant; Ex. concede a goal |
| conceit |
vanity or self-love; too high opinion of one's own value; extravagant metaphor (in poetry) |
| concentric |
having a common center |
| conception |
beginning; forming of an idea; fertilization; V. conceive: form an idea in the mind; devise; become pregnant; CF. inception |
| concerted |
mutually agreed on; done together by agreement; Ex. concerted effort; CF. in concert: working together |
| concession |
an act of yielding; conceding; something conceded; point, right, etc. given unwillingly; privilege of maintaining a business in a certain place; Ex. oil concessions in the North sea; CF. concessionaire |
| conciliatory |
reconciling; soothing; V. conciliate: reconcile; soothe; win the friendly feelings (by removing anger) |
| concise |
brief and compact |
| conclave |
private secret meeting |
| conclusive |
decisive; ending all debate |
| concoct |
prepare by mixing or combining; make up in concert; devise (something false) so as to deceive; Ex. concoct an elaborate excuse for being late; N. concoction |
| concomitant |
that which accompanies; Ex. Deafnes is a frequent concommitant of old age; ADJ: existing or happening together with something else |
| concord |
harmony; accord |
| concordat |
formal agreement |
| concur |
agree; coincide; happen at the same time |
| concurrent |
happening at the same time; in agreement |
| condescend |
(derog.) bestow courtesies with a superior air; descend to the level of one considered inferior |
| condign |
adequate; (of punishment) severe and well deserved |
| condiments |
seasonings; spices |
| condole |
express condolences; N. condolence: sympathy for someone who has experienced great sorrow |
| condone |
overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse |
| conducive |
helpful; contributive; V. conduce; Ex. conduce to/towards |
| conduit |
aqueduct; passageway for fluids |
| confidant(confidante) |
trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret) |
| confide |
tell in confidence (to a person one trusts); be confident about |
| confidence |
self-assurance; calm unworried feeling based on a strong belief in one's abilities; strong belief in the ability of a person or plan; trust or faith in a person or thing; something confided; secret; Ex. confidence in your ability; Ex. I'm telling yo |
| confidential |
spoken or written in secret; trusted with private matters; Ex. confidential secretary |
| confine |
shut in an enclosed space; restrict; keep within limits; N. confinement |
| confiscate |
seize; take possession of (private property) by official order (usu. as a punishment); commandeer |
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