List 1C Flashcards
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COMPLICITY
A
participation in a bad act or a crime
2
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COMPOSED
A
calm
3
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COMPROMISE
A
to expose to danger or suspicion
4
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CONCEDE
A
to acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true
5
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CONCILIATE
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to bring peace, quiet, or calm to; to relieve
6
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CONCISE
A
expressing much in few words
7
Q
CONCORD
A
agreement
8
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CONCUR
A
to agree
9
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CONDESCEND
A
to deal with people in a superior manner
10
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CONDONE
A
to excuse or overlook
11
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CONFORM
A
to be similar; to adapt
12
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CONFOUND
A
to confuse
13
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CONJECTURE
A
guesswork
14
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CONSCIENTIOUS
A
thorough and careful
15
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CONSENSUS
A
general agreement
16
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CONSOLIDATE
A
to combine
17
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CONSTITUENT
A
a component
18
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CONSTRAIN
A
to hold back; to restrict
19
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CONSTRUE
A
to interpret
20
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CONTEMPT
A
a lack of respect and intense dislike
21
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CONTEND
A
to compete; to argue
22
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CONTRITE
A
feeling or expressing remorse
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CONTRIVED
A
obviously planned or made up
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CONVIVIAL
A
sociable
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CONVOLUTED
complicated
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COPIOUS
plentiful, abundant
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CORDIAL
friendly, warm, polite
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CORROBORATE
to strengthen or support with evidence
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CREDIBLE
believable
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CUNNING
clever, sneaky
31
CURSORY
performed with haste and little attention to detail
32
CURTAIL
to cut short
33
CYNICAL
believing that people are motivated by selfishness; pessimistic
34
DAUNT
to intimidate or lessen one's courage
35
DEARTH
a scarce supply
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DEBILITATE
to weaken
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DEBUNK
to disprove or expose the falseness of
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DECORUM
correct or appropriate behavior
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DECRY
to condemn openly
40
DEFER
to submit or yield to another’s wish or opinion
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DELETERIOUS
harmful
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DELINEATE
to depict or describe
43
DEMEAN
to lower in status or worth
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DENIGRATE
to attack the reputation of
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DENOUNCE
to condemn openly
46
DEPRECATE
to mildly insult or belittle
47
DERIDE
to speak of or treat with cruelty
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DESPAIR
a complete loss of hope
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DESPONDENT
depressed, having no hope
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DETER
to prevent or discourage from acting
