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Word List 10
Collaborate - Congenital
| 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. <He finally got his comeuppance for his misbehavior.> |
| 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 <They commiserated with her over her termination.> |
| 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 <condign punishment> |
| 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 |