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SAT Words 20

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conundrum (n.) puzzle, problem (Interpreting Jane’s behavior was a constant _____.)
convene (v.) to call together (Jason _____d his entire extended family for a discussion.)
convention 1. (n.) an assembly of people (The hotel was full because of the cattleranchers’ _____.) 2. (n.) a rule, custom (The cattle-ranchers have a _____ that you take off your boots before entering their houses.)
convivial (adj.) characterized by feasting, drinking, merriment (The restaurant’s _____ atmosphere put me immediately at ease.)
convoluted (adj.) intricate, complicated (Grace’s story was so _____ that I couldn’t follow it.)
copious (adj.) profuse, abundant (_____ amounts of Snapple were imbibed in the cafeteria.)
cordial (adj.) warm, affectionate (His _____ greeting melted my anger at once.)
coronation (n.) the act of crowning (The new king’s _____ occurred the day after his father’s death.)
corpulence (adj.) extreme fatness (Henry’s _____ did not make him any less attractive to his charming, svelte wife.)
corroborate (v.) to support with evidence (Luke’s seemingly outrageous claim was _____d by witnesses.)
corrosive (adj.) having the tendency to erode or eat away (The effect of the chemical was highly _____.)
cosmopolitan (adj.) sophisticated, worldly (Lloyd’s education and upbringing were _____, so he felt right at home among the powerful and learned.)
counteract (v.) to neutralize, make ineffective (The antidote _____d the effect of the poison.)
coup 1. (n.) a brilliant, unexpected act (Al pulled off a _____ when he got a date with Kim by purposely getting hit by her car.) 2. (n.) the overthrow of a government and assumption of authority (In their _____ attempt, the army officers stormed Congress.)
covet (v.) to desire enviously (I _____d Moses’s house, wife, and car.)
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