SAT VOCABS (C)
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- covenant
- a solemn agreement; a contract; a pledge
- circumlocution
- an indirect expression; use of wordy or evasive language
- cursory
- hasty; superficial
- curtail
- to shorten; to cut short
- condescend
- to stoop to someone else's level, usually in an offensive way; to partronize
- consonant
- harmonious; in agreement
- chicanery
- trickery; decitfulness; artifice, especially legal or political
- corroborate
- to confirm; to back up with evidence
- conjure
- to summon or bring into being as if by magic
- cogent
- powerfully convincing
- conciliatory
- making peace; attempting to resolve a dispute through goodwill
- chasm
- a deep, gaping hole; a gorge
- contrived
- artificial; labored
- concurrent
- happening at the same time; parallel
- cognitive
- dealing iwth how we know the world around us through our senses; mental
- culinary
- relating to cooking or the kitchen
- civil
- polite; civilized; courteous
- coherent
- holding together; making sense
- contentious
- argumentative; quarrelsome
- condone
- to overlook; to permit to happen
- conjecture
- to guess; to deduce or infer on slight evidence
- circumbent
- to frustrate as though by surrounding
- chastise
- to inflict punishment on; to discipline
- consecrate
- to make or declare sacred
- contiguous
- side by side; adjoining
- corollary
- something that follows; a natural consequence
- contingent
- dependent; possible
- confluence
- a flowing together, especially of rivers; the place where they begin to flow together
- congenital
- describing a trait or condition acquired between conception and birth; innate
- collusion
- conspiracy; secret cooperation
- conductive
- promoting
- consummate
- perfect; complete; supremely skillful
- clique
- an exclusive group bound together by some shared quality or interest
- complement
- to complete or fill up; to be the perfect counterpart
- cliche
- an overused saying or idea
- cynic
- one who deeply distrusts human nature; one who believes humans are motivated only by selfishness
- covert
- secret; hidden
- comprise
- to consist of
- chronicle
- a record of events in order of time; a history
- criterion
- standard; basis for judgemnet
- concord
- harmony; agreement
- circumscribe
- to draw a line around; to set the limits; to define; to restrict
- commensurate
- equal; proportionate
- concise
- brief and to the point; succinct
- clemency
- mercy; forgiveness; mildness
- coup
- a brilliant victory or accomplishment; the violent overthrow of a government by a small internal group
- connoisseur
- an expert, particularly in matters of art or taste
- countenance
- face; facial expression, especially an encouraging one
- coalesce
- to come together as one; to fuse; to unite
- contrite
- admitting guilt; especially feeling remorseful
- consensus
- unanimity or general agreement
- compendium
- a summary; an abridgement
- complacent
- self-satisfied; overly pleased with oneself; contented to a fault
- cryptic
- mysterious; mystifying
- credulous
- eager to believe; gullible
- comprehensive
- covering or including everything
- convivial
- fond of partying; festive
- cosmopolitan
- at home in many places or situations; internationally sophisticated
- covet
- to wish for enviously
- compelling
- forceful; causing to yield
- culpable
- deserving blame; guilty
- chronic
- constant; lasting a long time; inveterate
- cognizant
- aware; conscious
- circuitous
- roundabout; not following a direct path
- construe
- to interpret
- circumspect
- cautious
- complicity
- participation in wrongdoing; the act of being an accomplice
- congenial
- agreaably suitable; pleasant
- choleric
- hot-tempered; quick to anger
- culminate
- to climax; to reach full effect
- colloquial
- conversational; informal in language
- chimera
- an illusion; a foolish fancy
- conventional
- common; customary; unexceptional
- copious
- abundant; plentiful
- coerce
- to force someone to do or not to do something