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Vocab Lesson 10
Juniors
| Word | Definition | Synonym | Antonym |
|---|---|---|---|
| coerce | v. to force someone to do something against his or her will by using undue pressure, threats, intimidation or physical violence | ||
| cogent | adj. forceful and convincing; to the point | adj. powerful, potent, effective, telling, persuasive | adj. weak, ineffective, unconvincing |
| cohere | v. to hold or stick together into an orderly, logical, and unified whole | v. coalesce, combine, gel | v. separate, fall apart, come apart, come asunder |
| collaborate | v. to work together on some kind of joint project | v. cooperate, team up, join forces | v. work by oneself, dissociate oneself from, part company |
| compatible | adj. capable of use with some other brand or model | adj. harmonious, agreeable, like-minded, consistent | adj. incompatible, antagonistic, inconsistent |
| complacent | adj. overly self-satified; smug | adj. content(ed), self-content(ed) | adj. dissatisfied, disconten(ed), malcontent |
| concise | adj. saying a lot in a few words | adj. brief, compact, succinct, terse | adj. wordy, prolix, verbose, garrulous, loquacious |
| condone | v. to overlook or disregard an offense, thereby implying forgiveness, acceptance | v. ignore, accept, countenance, stomach, tolerate | v. condemn, denounce, disapprove |
| confrontation | n. a face-to-face encounter, usually (but not always) suggesting a hostile attitude | n. showdown, face-off, shoot-out | (blank) |
| conjecture | n. a conclusion based on inadequate evidence; a guess; v. to conclude from inadequate evidence; to guess | n. surmise, supposition, presumption; v. surmise, suppose,, presume, suspect | n. fact, certainty; v. demonstrate, substantiate |