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| Circumscribed | restrict (something) within limits (Their movements were strictly monitored and circumscribed.) |
| Circumspect | cautious and unwilling to take risks (The officials were very circumspect in their statements.) |
| Circumvent | to get around (I found it quite easy to circumvent security) |
| Clairvoyant | a person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact (If I was clairvoyant, I could win the lottery very easily.) |
| Clamor | a loud and confused noise, especially that of people shouting vehemently. (The questions rose to a clamor.) |
| Clandestine | kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit. (She deserved better than these clandestine meetings.) |
| Cleave | split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain (The large ax his father used to cleave wood for the fire.) |
| Clemency | mercy; lenience (After he forgot their anniversary, Jack could only beg Jill for clemency.) |
| Clergy | the body of all people ordained for religious duties, especially in the Christian Church. (All marriages were to be solemnized by the clergy.) |
| Cloying | sickeningly sweet (A romantic, rather cloying story.) |
| Coagulate | (of a fluid, especially blood) change to a solid or semisolid state. (Blood had coagulated around the edges of the wound.) |
| Coalesce | to fuse into a whole (The puddles had coalesced into shallow streams.) |
| Cobbler | a person who mends shoes as a job ( I had my neighborhood cobbler replace my worn-out leather soles with new ones.) |
| Coerce | persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats. (They were coerced into silence.) |
| Cogent | (of an argument or case) clear, logical, and convincing. (Irene’s arguments in favor of abstinence were so cogent that I could not resist them.) |
| Cognizant | having knowledge or being aware of. (Statesmen must be cognizant of the political boundaries within which they work.) |
| Coherent | (of an argument, theory, or policy) logical and consistent (He was too distraught to deliver a coherent statement.) |
| Collateral | something pledged as security for repayment of a loan, to be forfeited in the event of a default (She put up her house as collateral for the loan.) |
| Colloquial | characteristics of informal conversation (Adam’s essay on sexual response in primates was marked down because it contained too many colloquial expressions.) |
| Collusion | secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially in order to cheat or deceive others (The three law students worked in collusion to steal the final exam.) |
| Colossus | 1. a person or thing of enormous size, importance, or ability. 2. A gigantic statue (For 56 years, the ancient city of Rhodes featured a colossus standing astride its harbor.) |
| Combustion | the act or process of burning something (The unexpected combustion of the prosecution’s evidence forced the judge to dismiss the case against Ramirez.) |
| Commendation | a notice of approval or recognition; praise (The detectives received commendations for bravery.) |
| Commensurate | corresponding in size or degree; in proportion (Salary will be commensurate with experience.) |
| Commodious | (especially of furniture or a building) roomy and comfortable (Holden invited the three women to join him in the back seat of the taxicab, assuring them that the car was quite commodious.) |
| Compelling | evoking interest, attention, or admiration in a powerfully irresistible way (Eliot's speech was so compelling that Jasmine accepted his proposal on the spot.) |
| Compensate | to make an appropriate payment for something (Payments were made to farmers to compensate them for cuts in subsidies.) |
| Complacency | a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements (The figures are better, but there are no grounds for complacency.) |
| Complement | a thing that completes or brings to perfection (The libretto proved a perfect complement to the music) |
| Compliant | inclined to agree with others or obey rules, especially to an excessive degree; acquiescent (Zoe had very strong opinions about what to do on a first date, Matt was very absolutely compliant.) |
| Complicit | being an accomplice in an illegal activity or wrongdoing (all of these people are complicit is some criminal conspiracy) |
| Compliment | a polite expression of praise or admiration (I blushed crimson when Emma gave me a compliment on my new haircut.) |
| Compound | a thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture (The air smelled like a compound of diesel and gasoline fumes.) |
| Comprehensive | complete; including all or nearly all elements or aspects of something. (She sent me a comprehensive list of the ingredients needed to cook rabbit soufflé.) |
| Compress | flatten by pressure; squeeze; press (The shirt can be folded and compressed into a small bag) |
| Compunctioni | distress caused by feeling guilty (He felt compunction for the shabby way he treated her.) |
| Concede | admit that something is true or valid after first denying or resisting it (I had to concede that I'd overreacted.) |
| Conciliatory | intended or likely to placate or pacify; friendly (I took Amanda's invitation to dinner as very conciliatory gesture.) |
| Concise | brief but comprehensive (Gordon did not like to waste time, and his instructions to Brenda were nothing if not concise.) |
| Concoct | to fabricate, make up (She concocted the most ridiculous story to explain her absence.) |
| Concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way (His dislike of hard work carried with it a concomitant lack of funds.) |
| Concord | harmonious agreement (Julie and Harold began the evening with a disagreement, but ended it in a state of perfect concord.) |
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