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vocab 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Combustible | (adj.) capable of catching fire and burning; easily excited (n.) a combustible substance |
| Commemorate | (v.)to serve as a memorial or reminder of; to honor the memory of |
| Compile | (v.)combine together in one work; to make from multiple sources; to gather together |
| Complacency | (n)feeling of quiet pleasure or security; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction |
| Complementary | (adj)forming a complement; complementing someone; goes with well |
| Compliance | (n)Conforming to others will easily act of comforting or yielding |
| Composure | (n)Serene, self-controlled state of mind, calmness |
| Comprehension | (n)Act or process of understanding' power to grasp ideas; ability to know |
| Concede | (v)Acknowledge as true or right; admit; grant as a right or privilege |
| Conciliatory | (adj)Tending to overcome the distrust, placate, win over |
| Concise | (adj)Expressing a lot with few words |
| Cite | (v)To quote; summon officially; recall |
| Cleave | (v)To adhere closely; stick; cling; remain faithful |
| Coalesce | (v)to grow together, form one mass; to cause to unite in one mass |
| Cliché | (n.)Sentence or phase that has lost it's meaning because of over use (adj.) Trite; stereotyped |
| Colloquial | (adj)Using conversation; appropriate for ordinary conversation rather than formal speech; informal |
| Coercion | (n)use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance |