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48 Cards in this Set

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cavil
to make frivolous objections
connivance
a pretense of ignorance from something wrong; assistance; permission to do something wrong

The act of conniving; Knowledge of and tacit consent to the commission of an illegal act by another.
commensurate
proportionate; to an equal extent, amount, degree
comity
courtesty; civility
comeuppance
rebuke
collusion
conspiring in a fraudulent scheme

"in cahoots with"

arrangement on a secret plot
collateral
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.
collate
to examine or verify the authenticity of; to arrange in order
condign
appropriate; deserved
condone
to forgive; to excuse; to give tacit approval
conduit
aqueduct; passageway for fluids
concord
harmony
concomitant
that which accompanies
conclave
a private meeting
concession
the act of yielding
conceit
vanity; self-love

extravagant/whimsical
idea/metaphor
concede
to yield to; to admit
communal
held in common; a large group
compunction
remorse
cloying
distasteful; overly sweet or sentimental
concerted
mutually agreed on; accomplished together
complaisant
trying to please; overly polite; obliging
complicity
involvement in a crime; participation
congenital
existing at birth
congenial
pleasant or friendly
confluence
flowing together; crowd
conflate
meld/fuse; confuse; combine into one
cataclysm
deluge; upheaval
categorical
complete; absolute; without exceptions
catharsis
cleansing or purging of any passageway of the body
cathartic
purgative
circumspect
cautious; prudent
circumvent
to outwit or baffle

to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem
censorious
critical
beset
trouble; harass

hem in

to set or stud with as if with ornaments
belie
to act unworthily according to standards

to misrepresent

to contradict

to give a false impression of
betoken
to signify; to indicate
berate
to scold strongly
adjuration
an earnest solemn appeal
abdicate
to renounce; to give up

to relinquish power formally
bilk
to swindle or cheat
beleaguer
to besiege; to attack/harass
besiege
to surround with armed troops; to harass with requests
circumscribe
to limit narrowly; to define; to constrict or confine
circumlocution
unnecessarily wordy or evasive language; indirect speech
censure
to criticize or blame
coeval
contemporary; of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration
bluff (adj)
rough but good-natured