Concomitant
n. existing concurrently
Compliant
adj. yielding
Conjugal
adj. pertaining to marriage agreement
Compunction
n. uneasiness caused by guilt
Concave
adj. curving inward
Conciliatory
adj. overcoming distrust or hostility
Concoct
v. to invent
Compendium
n. brief, comprehensive summary
Complaisant
adj. overly polite; willing to please; obliging
Complement
n. something that completes or makes up a whole
Cloister
v. to confine; seclude
Cloistered
adj. shut away from the world
Chasten
v. to correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subdue
Caustic
adj. sarcastically biting; burning
Centrifugal
adj. moving away from a center
Centripetal
adj. moving or directed towarrd a center
Caucus
n. smaller group within an organization
Castigation
n. punishment; chastisement; criticism
Carping
v. to find fault; complain
Carnal
adj. of the flesh or body; related to physical appetites
Captious
adj. faultfinding; intended to entrap, as in an argument
Cant
n. insincere talk; language of a particular group
Callous
adj. thick-skinned; insensitive
Canon
n. an established principle; a basis or standard for judgment; a group of literary works
Burnish
v. to polish
Cadge
v. to beg; sponge
Bovine
adj. cowlike
Brazen
adj. bold; shameless
Broach
v. to mention for the first time
Beneficent
adj. kindly; doing good