SAT word list 11
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 congenial | pleasant; friendly |
| congenital | existing at birth |
| conglomeration | mass of material sticking together |
| congruent | in agreement; corresponding |
| conjecture | surmise; guess |
| conjugal | pertaining to marriage |
| conjure | summon a devil; practice magic; imagine or invent |
| connivance | assistance; permission to offend |
| connoisseur | person competent to act as a judge of art; a lover of an art |
| connotation | suggested or implied meaning of an expression |
| connubial | pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state |
| conscientious | scrupulous; careful |
| consecrate | dedicate; sanctify |
| consensus | general agreement |
| consequential | pompous; important; self-important |
| conservatory | school of the fine arts |
| consign | deliver officially; entrust; set apart |
| consistency | absence of contradictions; dependability; uniformity; degree of thickness |
| console | lessen sadness or disappointment; give comfort |
| consolidation | unification |
| consonance | harmony; agreement |
| consort | associate with; husband or wife |
| conspicuous | easily seen; noticeable; striking |
| conspiracy | treacherous plot |
| constituent | supporter |
| constraint | compulsion; repression of feelings |
| construe | explain; interpret |
| consummate | complete |
| contagion | infection |
| contaminate | pollute |
| contemporary | person belonging to the same period |
| contempt | scorn; disdain |
| contend | struggle; compete; assert earnestly |
| contention | claim; thesis |
| contentious | quarrelsome |
| contest | dispute |
| context | writings preceding and following the passage quoted |
| contiguous | adjacent to; touching upon |
| continence | self-restraint; sexual chastity |
| contingent | dependent on |
| contingent | group that makes up part of a gathering |
| contortions | twistings; distortions |
| contraband | illegal trade |
| contract | compress or shrink; make a pledge |
| contravene | contradict; oppose |
| contrite | penitent; sorry |
| contrived | forced; artificial; not spontaneous |
| controvert | oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict |
| conundrum | riddle |
| convene | assemble |
| convention | social or moral custom |
| conventional | ordinary; typical |
| converge | approach; tend to meet; come together |
| conversant | familiar with |
| converse | opposite; chat; talk informally |
| convex | curving outward |
| conveyance | vehicle; transfer |
| conviction | judgment that someone is guilty or a crime |
| convivial | festive; gay; characterized by joviality |
| convoke | call together |
| convoluted | coiled around; involved; intricate |
| copious | plentiful |
| cordial | gracious; heartfelt |
| cordon | extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress |
| cornucopia | horn overflowing with fruit and grain; symbol of abundance |
| corollary | consequence; accompaniment |
| coronation | ceremony of crowing a queen or king |
| corporeal | bodily; material |
| corpulent | very fat |
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