| Term | Definition |
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| conglomeration | n. mass of material sticking together |
| congruent | adj. in agreement; corresponding |
| conifer | n. pine tree; cone-bearing tree |
| conjecture | n. surmise; guess |
| conjugal | adj. pertaining to marriage |
| conjure | v. summon a devil; practice magic; imagine or invent |
| connivance | n. assistance; pretense of ignorance of something wrong; permission to offend |
| connoisseur | n. person competent to act as a judge of art; a lover of an art |
| connotation | n. suggested or implied meaning of an expression |
| connubial | adj. pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state |
| conscientious | adj. scrupulous; careful |
| consecrate | v. dedicate; sanctify |
| consensus | n. general agreement |
| consequential | adj. pompous; important; self-important |
| conservatory | n. school of the fine arts |
| consign | v. deliver officially; entrust; set apart |
| consistency | n. absence of contradictions; dependability; uniformity; degree of thickness |
| console | v. lessen sadness or disappointment; give comfort |
| consolidation | n. unification; process of becoming firmer or stronger |
| consonance | n. harmony; agreement |
| consort | v. associate with |
| consort | n. husband or wife |
| conspiracy | n. treacherous plot |
| constituent | n. supporter |
| constraint | n. compulsion; repression of feelings |
| construe | v. explain; interpret |
| consummate | adj. complete |
| contagion | n. infection |
| contaminate | v. pollute |
| contempt | n. scorn; disdain |
| contend | v. struggle; compete; assert earnestly |
| contention | claim; thesis |
| contentious | adj. quarrelsome |
| contest | v. dispute |
| context | n. writings preceding and following the passage quoted |
| contiguous | adj. adjacent to ; touching upon |
| continence | n. self-restraint; sexual chastity |
| contingent | adj. dependent on; conditional |
| contingent | n. group that makes up part of a gathering |
| contortions | n. twistings; distortions |
| contraband | n. adj. illegal trade; smuggling |
| contravene | v. contradict; oppose; infringe on or transgress |
| contrite | adj. penitent |
| contrived | adj. forced; artificial; not spontaneous |
| controvert | v. oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict |
| contusion | n. bruise |
| conundrum | n. riddle |
| convene | v. assemble |
| convention | n. social or moral custom |
| conventional | adj. ordinary; typical |
| converge | v. approach; tend to meet; come together |
| conversant | adj. familiar with |
| converse | n. opposite |
| converse | v. chat; talk informally |
| convert | n. one who has adopted a different religion or or opinion |
| convex | adj. curving outward |
| conveyance | n. vehicle; transfer |
| conviction | n. judgment that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief |
| convivial | adj. festive; gay; characterized by joviality |
| convoke | v. call togehter |
| convoluted | adj. coiled around; involved; intricate |
| copious | adj. plentiful |
| coquette | n. flirt |
| cordial | adj. gracious; heartfelt |
| cordon | n. extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress |
| cornucopia | n. horn overflowing with fruit and grain; symbol of abundance |
| corollary | n. consequence; accompaniment |
| coronation | n. ceremony of crowning a queen or king |
| corporeal | adj. bodily; material |
| corpulent | adj. very fat |
| correlation | n. mutual relationship |
| corroborate | v. confirm; support |
| corrode | v. destroy by chemical action |
| corrosive | adj. eating away by chemicals or disease |
| corrugated | adj. wrinkled; ridged |
| cosmic | adj. pertaining to the universe; vast |
| cosmopolitan | adj. sophisticated |
| coterie | n. group that meets socially; select circle |
| countenance | v. approve; tolerate |
| countenance | n. face |
| countermand | v. cancel; revoke |
| congruence | n.harmonious relationship |
| consanguinity | n.kinship |
| conscript | n.person forced into millitary forces |
| contiguous | a.adjacent to;touching upon |
| contumacious | .disobedient;resisting authority |
| cornice | n.projecting molding on building |
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