| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Conflagration | great fire |
| confluence | gathering together |
| conformist | one who behaves the same as others |
| confound | to frustrate, confuse |
| congeal | to thicken into a solid |
| congenial | pleasantly agreeable |
| congregation | a gathering of people, epsecially for reglious services |
| congruity | the quality of being in agreement |
| connive | to plot, scheme |
| consecrate | to dedicate something to a holy purpose |
| consensus | an agreement of opinion |
| consign | to give something over to another's care |
| consolation | ac act of comforting |
| consonant | in harmony |
| constituent | an essential part |
| constrain | to forcibly restrict |
| construe | to interpret |
| consummate | to complete a deal; to complete a marrage ceremony through sexual intercourse |
| consumption | the act of consuming |
| contemporaneous | existing during the same time |
| contentious | having a tendency to quarrel or dispute |
| Contravene | to contradict, oppose, violate |
| contrite | penitent, eager to be forgiven |
| Contusion | bruise, injury |
| Conundrum | puzzle, problem |
| Convene | to call together |
| Convetion | an assembly of people; a rule, custom |
| Convivial | characterized by feasting, drinking, merriemnt |
| Convoluted | intricate, complicated |
| Copious | profuse, abundant |
| Cordial | warm, affectionate |
| Coronation | the act of crowning |
| Corpulence | extreme fattness |
| Corroborate | to support with evidence |
| corrosive | having the tendency to errode or eat away |
| cosmopolitain | sophisticaed, wordly |
| counteract | to neurtralize, make ineffective |
| coup | a brillant, unexpected act' the overthorw of a government assumption of authority |
| Covet | to desire enviously |
| Covert | secretly engaged in |
| Credulity | readiness to believe |
| crescendo | a steady increase in intensity or volume |
| criteria | standards by which something is judged |
| culmination | the climax toward which something progresses |
| culpable | deserving blame |
| cultivate | to nuture, improve, refine |
| cumulative | increasing, building upon itself |
| cunning | sly, clever at being deceitful |
| Cupidity | greed, strong desire |
| cursory | brief to the point of being superficial |
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