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Question 1

compile

Answer 1

Assemble; gather; accumulate; make ( a report or a book) from facts and information found in various places; ex. compile a dictionary

Question 2

complacency

Answer 2

self-satisfaction; ; smugness; adj. Complacent

Question 3

complaisant

Answer 3

trying to please ; obliging ; willing to please others

Question 4

complement

Answer 4

complete; consummate; make perfect; n

Question 5

complementary

Answer 5

serving to complete something

Question 6

compliance

Answer 6

conformity in fulfilling requirements; readiness to yield; disposition to yield to others; v. comply

Question 7

compliant

Answer 7

readily acting in accordance with a rule, order, or the wishes of others; yielding; conforming to requirements`

Question 8

complicity

Answer 8

Participation ; involvement ( in a questionable act or a crime)

Question 9

component

Answer 9

Element; ingredient

Question 10

comport

Answer 10

bear one’s self; behave ; ex. comport oneself; n. comportment

Question 11

compost

Answer 11

mixture of decaying organic matter used as a fertilizer; v: put or make compost

Question 12

composure

Answer 12

mental calmness

Question 13

compound

Answer 13

combine; produce by combining; increase ; make worse by adding or increasing; exacerbate; ex. compound an error ; adj: consisting of two or more parts

Question 14

comprehend

Answer 14

include; understand

Question 15

comprehensive

Answer 15

broad; including a lot of everything; thorough; inclusive

Question 16

compress

Answer 16

force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words

Question 17

comprise

Answer 17

include; consist of

Question 18

compromise

Answer 18

adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of; put into danger, disrepute

Question 19

compulsion

Answer 19

compelling; strong desire that is difficult to control; irresistible impulse

Question 20

compulsive

Answer 20

resulting from compulsion

Question 21

compulsory

Answer 21

obligatory; that must be done

Question 22

compunction

Answer 22

remorse; strong uneasiness caused by guilt

Question 23

compute

Answer 23

reckon; calculate

Question 24

concatenate

Answer 24

Link as in a chain

Question 25

cancave

Answer 25

hollow; curved inwards; op. convex

Question 26

concede

Answer 26

admit; acknowledge as being true (often reluctantly) ; yield; grant; ex. concede a goal