10-12 Flashcards by Weiwei Meng

collate

examine and compare to verify authenticity

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collateral

security given for loan; secondary, descended from the same person

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collation

light meal; collating

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collusion

conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others

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comely

attractive; agreeable

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comestible

edible

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comeuppance

well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke

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comity

courtesy, civility

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commandeer

take for military use without needing permission or giving payment

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draught

current of air; act of pulling roads; act of swallowing liquid

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commensurate

equal in extent

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commiserate

feel or express pity or sympathy for

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commodious

spacious; comfortable

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commune

small community whose members share work and income; exchange thoughts or feelings

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compact

agreement; contract

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compendium

brief, comprehensive summary

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compensatory

making up for; repaying

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complacency

self-satisfaction; smugness

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complaisant

trying to please; obliging

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complicity

participation

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compunction

remorse; uneasiness caused by guilt

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concatenate

link as in a chain

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concede

admit; acknowledge as being true

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conceit

vanity or self-love; extravagant metaphor

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concentric

having a common center

concerted

mutually agreed on

conciliatory

reconciling; coothing

conclave

private secret meeting

concomitant

that which accompanies

concord

harmony; accord

concordat

formal agreement

concurrent

happening at the same time; in agreement

condign

adequate; severe and well deserved (punishment)

condole

express condolences

conducive

helpful; contributive

conduit

aqueduct; passageway for fluids

confluence

flowing together; gathering together

congeal

freeze; coagulate

congruence

corresponding of parts

connivance

pretense of ignorance

connubial

pertaining to marriage

consanguinity

kinship; relationship by birth

conscript

draftee; person forced into military service

consign

sent to a person or place for sale; deliver officially; entrust; set apart

consolidation

unification

consonance

harmony; agreement

consort

associate with; keep company; husband or wife of a ruler

consternation

great shock; dismay

constituent

supporter; voter

constraint

restraint; repression of feelings

construe

explain; interpret

contend

struggle; compete

contention

assertion

contentious

quarrelsome

continence

self-restraint; sexual chastity, control over bladder and bowel functions

contingent

dependent on something uncertain or in the future; accidental

contravene

contradict; oppose

contrite

penitent; repentant

contrived

unnatural and forced; not spontaneous

contumacious

stubborn and disobedient

contusion

bruise

convene

come together

conversant

familiar with; having knowledge of

converse, adj

opposite

conveyance

vehicle; transfer; act of conveying

convivial

plesantly merry; festive; joyous

convoke

call together

convoluted

coiled around; twisted; involved; complicated

convulsion

violent uncontrollable shaking movement

coquette

flirtatious

cordon

extended line of men or fortifications

cornice

projecting molding on building

corollary

natural consequence

corpulent

very fat

corroborate

confirm; support; strengthen

corrugated

wrinkled; ridged

coterie

group that meets socially

countenance

approve; support; face; appearance

countermand

cancel; revoke

coup

highly successful action or sudden attack

covenant

binding agreement between two groups of people; promise

covert

secret; hidden; implied

cow

terrorize; intimidate

cower

shrink quivering as from fear

coy

shy, pretend lack of confidence; coquettish

cozen

cheat; hoodwink; swindle

peevish

bad-tempered; irritable

crass

very unrefined; grossly insensible

craven

cowardly

credo

creed

system of religious or ethical belief

crestfallen

dejected; dispirited

crevice

crack; fissure

crone

hag; ugly woman

crotchety

eccentric; odd

cruz

essential or main point | adj: crucial

cull

pick out from others; reject; collect ingo

culvert

artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road

cumbersome

heavy and awkward to carry or wear

cupidity

greed

cursory

casual; done with little attention to detail

curtail

shorte; reduce

cynosure

object of general attentiont

dais

raised platform for speakers or other important people

dally

trifle with

dank

damp; unpleasantly wet

dappled

spotted

dawdle

loiter; hang aroung

dearth

scarcity

débâcle

sudden disastrous downfall or defeat

debase

degrade; reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem

debauch

corrupt morally

debilitate

weaken

bout

match; short period of great activity

debonair

friendly, charming and fashionably dressed

debunk

expose as false

decadence

decay; fall to a lower level

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