Barrons 11 (Conglomerate to Countermand)
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- copious
- plentiful
- connotation
- suggested or implied meaning of an expression; V. connote
- contest
- dispute; argue about the rightness of; compete for; try to win; Ex. contest the election results; Ex. contest a seat in Parliament; N.
- cordial
- warmly friendly; gracious; heartfelt; Ex. cordial welcome
- continence
- self-restraint; sexual chastity; sexual abstinence; voluntary control over bladder and bowel functions; ADJ. continent
- correlation
- mutual relationship
- correlate
- either of the correlated things; V.
- conglomerate
- corporation made up of several different companies in diversified fields; mass of various material gathered together; rock consisting of small stones held together by clay; V.
- consequential
- self-important; significant; consequent; following as a result; Ex. consequential air; CF. subsequent
- contention
- assertion; claim; thesis; struggling; competition
- corrosive
- eating away by chemicals or disease; (of language) fierce
- conglomeration
- mass of material sticking together
- corollary
- natural consequence (which naturally follows from something else)
- convert
- one who has adopted a different religion or opinion; V: change into another form; (persuade to) adopt a particular religion or belief
- contiguous
- adjacent to; touching upon
- connubial
- pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state
- conjugal
- pertaining to marriage
- contrive
- invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation); manage; Ex. contrive to attract his attention
- consternation
- great shock; dismay
- corpus
- collection (of writings or information); Ex. the corpus of Shakespear's works; Cf. corpse
- contravene
- contradict; oppose; violate (a rule, law, or custom); N. contravention
- connivance
- pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend; V. connive: feign ignorance (of a wrong); cooperate secretly in an illegal action; conspire
- convoluted
- coiled around; twisted; involved; complicated; intricate; complex; N. convolution: twist; one of the convex folds of the surface of the brain
- convex
- curving outward
- contend
- struggle; compete; assert earnestly; state strongly
- consanguinity
- kinship; relationship by birth
- connoisseur
- person competent to act as a judge of art, etc. (whose judgments are respected); a lover of an art
- consistency
- absence of contradictions; uniformity; degree of thickness or firmness; Ex. consistency of thick cream; CF. viscous
- coquette
- flirt; flirtatious woman; woman who tries to attract the admiration of men without sincere feelings; V.
- consign
- send to a person or place for sale; deliver officially; entrust; put into the care of another; set apart (for a special purpose); N. consignment; CF. consignor, consignee
- conviction
- judgment that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief
- conjecture
- surmise; guess; V.
- contentious
- quarrelsome; controversial; likely to cause arguments
- contumacious
- stubborn and disobedient; resisting authority (esp. disobedient to an order made by a court)
- corporeal
- bodily (rather than spiritual); of a bodily form; material; tangible
- consonance
- harmony; agreement
- contrivance
- something contrived; machine or apparatus; clever deceitful plan; scheme
- conversant
- familiar with; having knowledge of
- converge
- approach; tend to meet; come together
- consensus
- general agreement; opinion reached by a group
- contempt
- scorn; disdain; ADJ. contemptuous; CF. contemptible
- conservatory(conservatoire)
- school of the fine arts (especially music or drama); glass-enclosed area; CF. conservancy
- consecrate
- dedicate; sanctify; declare as sacred; Ex. consecrate one's life to helping the poor
- cosmic
- pertaining to the universe; vast
- coroner
- public official who investigates any death thought to be of other than natural causes
- conspire
- take part in a conspiracy; (of events) work together; combine; Ex. Events conspired to produce great difficulties.
- convivial
- pleasantly merry; festive; joyous; gay; characterized by joviality; jovial
- consort
- associate with; keep company; N: husband or wife (or a ruler)
- contrived
- unnatural and forced; artificial; not spontaneous; Ex. The ending was rather contrived.
- conventional
- ordinary; typical; not nuclear; Ex. conventional weapons
- converse
- opposite; ADJ.
- congruence
- correspondence of parts; harmonious relationship; CF. congruity
- contagion
- infection (by contact); ADJ. contagious; CF. infectious: that can be passed by infection in the air
- consonant
- harmonious; in agreement; N.
- convene
- come together; assemble; call to meet; Ex. convene the council
- countermand
- cancel; revoke (an order)
- coterie
- group that meets socially; select circle; close group of people with shared interests
- cornice
- projecting molding on building (usually above columns or pillars);
- constituent
- supporter; voter; member of a constituency; component
- contraband
- illegal trade; smuggling; smuggled goods; ADJ.
- consanguineous(consanguine)
- having a common ancestor
- constitution
- constituting; system of laws; composition of something; physical makeup or structure of a person; Ex. men with strong constitutions
- corroborate
- confirm; support; strengthen
- console
- lessen sadness or disappointment; give comfort; allay the sorrow of; N. consolation
- conscientious
- scrupulous; through and careful; Ex. conscientious worker
- corrugated
- wrinkled; ridged
- conundrum
- riddle; difficult problem
- contusion
- bruise
- contrite
- penitent; repentant; N. contrition
- countenance
- approve; support; tolerate; Ex. countenance his rude behavior; N: face; appearance
- conifer
- pine tree (usu. evergreen); cone-bearing tree; ADJ. coniferous; CF. deciduous; CF. evergreen
- context
- writings preceding and following the passage quoted; circumstance in which an event occurs
- consolidation
- unification; process of becoming firmer or stronger; V. consolidate: merge; strengthen
- convoke
- call together; Ex. convoke Parliament; N. convocation
- constraint
- restraint; compulsion; repression of feelings; reticence; V. constrain: hold back; restrain; compel; oblige; confine forcibly; imprison
- construe
- explain; interpret; Ex. construe her silence as meaning that she agreed; CF. misconstrue
- constituency
- voters represented by an elected official; district so represented; group of supporters (or constituents)
- corpulent
- very fat; N. corpulence
- contaminate
- pollute
- congruent
- in agreement; harmonious; corresponding; coinciding exactly; CF. congruous
- conspiracy
- treacherous plot; secret plan against the law (by two or more people)
- corrode
- destroy or wear away gradually by chemical action (over a long period)
- corpuscle
- red or white cell in the blood
- cordon
- extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress; V.
- controvert
- oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict; ADJ. controversial; N. controversy
- contortions
- twistings; distortions; V. contort: twist violently out of shape; CF. contortionist
- conscript
- draftee; person forced into military service; V.
- convulsion
- violent uncontrollable shaking movement (caused by illness); V. convulse; ADJ. convulsive
- conveyance
- vehicle; transfer; act of conveying; Ex. public conveyance
- conjure
- cause to appear by magic; summon (a devil or a spirit) by magical power; practice magic (esp. by very quick movement of the hands); evoke; conjure up: bring into the mind; Ex. The magician conjured a rabbit out of his hat.
- convention
- social or moral custom; established practice; formal meeting; international agreement
- cornucopia
- horn (or horn-shaped container) overflowing with fruit and grain; symbol of abundance; horn of plenty
- contingent
- dependent on something uncertain or in the future; conditional; happening by chance; accidental; N: a group of soldiers, ships to a larger force; CF. contingency: future event that may or may not occur; possibility; Ex. prepare for every contingency
- consummate
- complete; V.