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compulsory

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obligatory; that must be done

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compulsive

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resulting from compulsion

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compendium

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brief, comprehensive summary; ADJ. compendious

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compensatory

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making up for; repaying

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compilation

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listing of information in tabular or book form; compiling

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compile

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

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complacency

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self-satisfaction; smugness; ADJ. complacent

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smug

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self-satisfied; complacent

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complaisant

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trying to please; obliging; willing to please others

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complement

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complete; consummate; make perfect; N.

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complementary

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serving to complete something

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compliance

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

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compliant

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

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complicity

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

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component

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element; ingredient

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comport

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bear one's self; behave; Ex. comport oneself; N. comportment

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deport

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send out of the country; behave; N. deportation, deportment

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bearing

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deportment; connection

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composure

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mental calmness

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compound

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combine; produce by combining; increase; make worse by adding to or increasing; exacerbate; Ex. compound an error; ADJ: consisting of two or more parts; N: combination of two or more parts; area enclosed by a wall containing a group of buildings; Ex. factory compound; CF. complex

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comprehensive

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broad; including a lot or everything; thorough; inclusive

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compress

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force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words; N: thick mass of cloth pressed to part of the body to stop bleeding or swelling, reduce fever, etc.

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comprise

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include; consist of

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compromise

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adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of; put into danger, disrepute, or a dishonorable position; Ex. compromise one's principle; N.

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compunction

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remorse; strong uneasiness caused by guilt

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compute

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reckon; calculate

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reckon

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count; calculate; regard as; think; suppose

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concatenate

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link as in a chain

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concave

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hollow; curved inwards; OP. convex

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concede

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

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conceit

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vanity or self-love; too high opinion of one's own value; extravagant metaphor (in poetry)

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vain

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full of self-admiration; conceited; without result; unsuccessful; N. vanity

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concentric

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having a common center

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conception

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beginning; forming of an idea; fertilization; V. conceive: form an idea in the mind; devise; become pregnant; CF. inception

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concerted

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mutually agreed on; done together by agreement; Ex. concerted effort; CF. in concert: working together

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concession

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an act of yielding; conceding; something conceded; point, right, etc. given unwillingly; privilege of maintaining a business in a certain place; Ex. oil concessions in the North sea; CF. concessionaire

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conciliatory

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reconciling; soothing; V. conciliate: reconcile; soothe; win the friendly feelings (by removing anger)

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concise

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brief and compact

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conclave

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private secret meeting

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conclusive

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decisive; ending all debate

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concoct

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prepare by mixing or combining; make up in concert; devise (something false) so as to deceive; Ex. concoct an elaborate excuse for being late; N. concoction

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concomitant

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that which accompanies; Ex. Deafnes is a frequent concommitant of old age; ADJ: existing or happening together with something else

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concord

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harmony; accord

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concordat

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formal agreement

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concur

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agree; coincide; happen at the same time

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concurrent

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happening at the same time; in agreement

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condescend

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(derog.) bestow courtesies with a superior air; descend to the level of one considered inferior

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condign

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adequate; (of punishment) severe and well deserved

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condiments

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seasonings; spices

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condole

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express condolences; N. condolence: sympathy for someone who has experienced great sorrow

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condone

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overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse

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conducive

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helpful; contributive; V. conduce; Ex. conduce to/towards

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conduit

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aqueduct; passageway for fluids

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confidant(confidante)

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trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret)

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confide

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tell in confidence (to a person one trusts); be confident about

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confidence

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self-assurance; calm unworried feeling based on a strong belief in one's abilities; strong belief in the ability of a person or plan; trust or faith in a person or thing; something confided; secret; Ex. confidence in your ability; Ex. I'm telling you this in confidence; Ex. exchange confidences about their boyfriends; ADJ. confident

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confidential

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spoken or written in secret; trusted with private matters; Ex. confidential secretary

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confine

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shut in an enclosed space; restrict; keep within limits; N. confinement

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confiscate

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seize; take possession of (private property) by official order (usu. as a punishment); commandeer

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conflagration

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great fire