GRE Master Words IV
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- Convivial (adj)
- festive; gay
- Consequential (adj)
- pompous; self-important
- Contagion (n)
- infection
- Cogitate (v)
- think over
- Clime (n)
- region; climate
- Contumacious (adj)
- stubbornly disobedient; resisting authority
- Connivance (n)
- pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend
- Contravene (v)
- contradict; oppose; infringe or transgress
- Controvert (v)
- oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict
- Coalesce (v)
- combine; fuse
- Concomitant (n)
- that which accompanies
- Compunction (n)
- remorse
- Coup (n)
- highly successful action
- Consummate (adj)
- wholly without flaw; supremely skilled; complete and utter
- Conveyance (n)
- vehicle; the act of conveying
- Collate (v)
- examine to note points of disagreement
- Comestible (n)
- something fit to be eaten
- Continence (n)
- self-restraint; abstinence
- Conflagration (n)
- great fire
- Coeval (adj)
- living at the same time as; contemporary
- Cornice (n)
- projecting molding on a building usually above columns
- Cordial (adj)
- gracious; heartfelt
- Colloquy (n)
- informal discussion
- Consort (n)
- husband or wife
- Coiffure (n)
- hairstyle
- Cordon (n)
- extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress
- Contusion (n)
- bruise
- Countermand (v)
- cancel; revoke
- Codicil (n)
- supplement to the body of a will
- Commodious (adj)
- spacious and comfortable
- Covetous (adj)
- avaricious; eagerly desirous of
- Consonance (n)
- harmony; agreement
- Condone (v)
- forgive; overlook intentionally
- Comport (v)
- bear one's self; behave
- Complacency (n)
- self-satisfaction; smugness
- Cozen (v)
- cheat; swindle
- Cleft (n)
- split
- Conclave (n)
- private meeting
- Clemency (n)
- disposition to be lenient; mildness as of weather
- Cohort (n)
- armed band; a group
- Convoke (v)
- call together
- Conflate (v)
- meld or fuse; confuse; combine into one
- Collation (n)
- a light meal
- Countenance (v)
- tolerate; approve
- Confluence (n)
- flowing together; crowd
- Complicity (n)
- involvement in a crime; participation
- Coterie (n)
- group that meets socially; select circle
- Consign (v)
- deliver officially; entrust; set apart
- Comity (n)
- courtesy; civility
- Cleave (v)
- remain faithful to; cling to; split or sever