Barron's Word List 10

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collateral

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adj.
1. Situated or running side by side; parallel.
2. Coinciding in tendency or effect; concomitant or accompanying.
3. Serving to support or corroborate: collateral evidence.
4. Of a secondary nature; subordinate: collateral target damage from a bombing run.
5. Of, relating to, or guaranteed by a security pledged against the performance of an obligation: a collateral loan.
6. Having an ancestor in common but descended from a different line.


n.
1. Property acceptable as security for a loan or other obligation.
2. A collateral relative.

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collation

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n.
1. The act or process of collating. - # To examine and compare carefully in order to note points of disagreement.
# To assemble in proper numerical or logical sequence.

2. a. A light meal permitted on fast days.
b. A light meal.

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colloquy vs. colloquium

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n.
1. A conversation, especially a formal one.
2. A written dialogue.

n.
1. An informal meeting for the exchange of views.
2. An academic seminar on a broad field of study, usually led by a different lecturer at each meeting.

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collusion

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n. A secret agreement between two or more parties for a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose.

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colossus

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n. pl. co·los·si (-lŏs'ī') or co·los·sus·es

1. A huge statue.
2. Something likened to a huge statue, as in size or importance: a colossus of bureaucracy.

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comestible

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adj. Fit to be eaten; edible.

n. Something that can be eaten as food: meat, cheese, and other comestibles.

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comeuppance

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n. A punishment or retribution that one deserves; one's just deserts: "It's a chance to strike back at the critical brotherhood and give each his comeuppance for evaluative sins of the past" (Judith Crist).

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comity

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n.
1. mutual courtesy; civility.
2. Also called comity of nations. courtesy between nations, as in respect shown by one country for the laws, judicial decisions, and institutions of another.

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commodious

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–adjective
1. spacious and convenient; roomy: a commodious apartment.
2. ample or adequate for a particular purpose: a commodious harbor.

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compendium

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n.
1. a brief treatment or account of a subject, esp. an extensive subject; concise treatise: a compendium of medicine.
2. a summary, epitome, or abridgment.
3. a full list or inventory: a compendium of their complaints.

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complacency

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n. a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.

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complaisant

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adj. inclined or disposed to please; obliging; agreeable or gracious; compliant: the most complaisant child I've ever met.

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complement

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n.
1. something that completes or makes perfect: A good wine is a complement to a good meal.
2. the quantity or amount that completes anything: We now have a full complement of packers.
3. either of two parts or things needed to complete the whole; counterpart.

Complement, supplement both mean to make additions to something. To complement is to provide something felt to be lacking or needed; it is often applied to putting together two things, each of which supplies what is lacking in the other, to make a complete whole: Two statements from different points of view may complement each other. To supplement is merely to add to: Some additional remarks may supplement his address.

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comport

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–verb (used with object)
1. to bear or conduct (oneself); behave: He comported himself with dignity.
–verb (used without object)
2. to be in agreement, harmony, or conformity (usually followed by with): His statement does not comport with the facts.

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compunction

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n.
1. A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt. See Synonyms at penitence.
2. A sting of conscience or a pang of doubt aroused by wrongdoing or the prospect of wrongdoing. See Synonyms at qualm.

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concatenate

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–verb (used with object)
1. to link together; unite in a series or chain.
–adjective
2. linked together, as in a chain.

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conceit

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n.
imagination; fancy.
a fancy; whim; fanciful notion.
an elaborate, fanciful metaphor, esp. of a strained or far-fetched nature.
the use of such metaphors as a literary characteristic, esp. in poetry.
a fancy, purely decorative article.

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conclave

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–noun
1. a private or secret meeting.
2. an assembly or gathering, esp. one that has special authority, power, or influence: a conclave of political leaders.
3. the assembly or meeting of the cardinals for the election of a pope.
4. the body of cardinals; the College of Cardinals.
5. the place in which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church meet in private for the election of a pope.

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concomitant

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–adjective
1. existing or occurring with something else, often in a lesser way; accompanying; concurrent: an event and its concomitant circumstances.

–noun
2. a concomitant quality, circumstance, or thing.

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concord

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–noun
1. agreement between persons, groups, nations, etc.; concurrence in attitudes, feelings, etc.; unanimity; accord: There was complete concord among the delegates.
2. agreement between things; mutual fitness; harmony.
4. peace; amity.
5. a treaty; compact; covenant.

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condign

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–adjective
well-deserved; fitting; adequate; used esp. for punishment - condign punishment.

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conflagration

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–noun
a destructive fire, usually an extensive one.

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conflate

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tr.v. con·flat·ed, con·flat·ing, con·flates
1. To bring together; meld or fuse: "The problems [with the biopic] include . . . dates moved around, lovers deleted, many characters conflated into one" (Ty Burr).
2. To combine (two variant texts, for example) into one whole.