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Word List 10
Collaborate - Congenital
Word | Definition |
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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 |