SAT words from 'constituency' to 'convergent'
Words alphabetically from 'constituency' to 'convergent' from the monster 5000-word at http://www.freevocabulary.com/
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- constituency
- The inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.
- constituent
- One who has the right to vote at an election.
- constrict
- To bind.
- consul
- An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
- consulate
- The place in which a consul transacts official business.
- consummate
- To bring to completion.
- consumption
- Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out, etc.
- consumptive
- Designed for gradual destruction.
- contagion
- The communication of disease from person to person.
- contagious
- Transmitting disease.
- contaminate
- To pollute.
- contemplate
- To consider thoughtfully.
- contemporaneous
- Living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
- contemporary
- Living or existing at the same time.
- contemptible
- Worthy of scorn or disdain.
- contemptuous
- Disdainful.
- contender
- One who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry.
- contiguity
- Proximity.
- contiguous
- Touching or joining at the edge or boundary.
- continence
- Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and passion.
- contingency
- Possibility of happening.
- contingent
- Not predictable.
- continuance
- Permanence.
- continuation
- Prolongation.
- continuity
- Uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation, or development.
- continuous
- Connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence.
- contort
- To twist into a misshapen form.
- contraband
- Trade forbidden by law or treaty.
- contradiction
- The assertion of the opposite of that which has been said.
- contradictory
- Inconsistent with itself.
- contraposition
- A placing opposite.
- contravene
- To prevent or obstruct the operation of.
- contribution
- The act of giving for a common purpose.
- contributor
- One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
- contrite
- Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
- contrivance
- The act planning, devising, inventing, or adapting something to or for a special purpose.
- contrive
- To manage or carry through by some device or scheme.
- control
- To exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over.
- controller
- One who or that which regulates or directs.
- contumacious
- Rebellious.
- contumacy
- Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
- contuse
- To bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
- contusion
- A bruise.
- convalesce
- To recover after a sickness.
- convalescence
- The state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
- convalescent
- Recovering health after sickness.
- convene
- To summon or cause to assemble.
- convenience
- Fitness, as of time or place.
- converge
- To cause to incline and approach nearer together.
- convergent
- Tending to one point.