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18 Cards in this Set
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Compile
(verb) |
assemble
gather accumulate example: WE planned to compile a list of awesome words like hogwash and fickle. |
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Complacency
(noun) |
smugness
self- satisfaction After winning 8 gold medals, Michael Phelps deserves to showcase some complacency. |
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Compliance
(noun) |
Readiness to yield
conformity in fulfilling requirements I, not know for my compliance with school requirements, did not want to take P.E. |
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Composure
(noun) |
Mental calmness
Even though she lost, Hillary kept her composure. |
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Comprehensive
(adj) |
Thorough; inclusive
I find existentialistic philosophy too comprehensive and thus tiring. |
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Concede
(verb) |
Admit; Yield
I concede that there are 2 opinions to everything: mine and the wrong one. |
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Conciliatory
(adj) |
reconciling; soothing
to cause a perosn to accept something not desired He was reconciled to his fate |
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Concise
(adj0 |
brief and compact
when you define a new word, be concise; the shorter the definition, the easier it is to remember. |
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Concur
(verb) |
agree
Instead of saying "I object!", why don't lawyers just concur? |
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Condone
(verb) |
overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
We cannot condone Bush's unprecedented use of power. |
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Conflagration
(noun) |
great fire
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Confound
(verb) |
Confuse
puzzle No medical mystery can canfound DR.House for long |
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Consensus
(noun) |
General agreement
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Constraint
(noun) |
compulsion; repression of feelings
DR. House is best known for his constraint |
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Contend
(verb) |
struggle; compete; assert earnestly
He contends that immigrants are exploited at times. |
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Contentious
(adj) |
quarrelsome
Disagreeing lawyers can get conetentious at times. |
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Contract
(verb) |
Compress or shrink
make a pledge catch a disease warm metal expands, cold metal contracts |
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Conviction
(noun) |
judgment that someine is guilt of a crime;
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