| A | B |
|---|
| circumvent | (verb) to surround and trap by cleverness |
| commiseration | (noun) sympathy; pity |
| clandestine | (adj) concealed; secret; covert |
| complement | (noun) a complete set; (verb) to make complete |
| commensurate | (adj) in proper proportion |
| congruent | (adj) coinciding exactly; in agreement |
| congenital | (adj) present at birth but not hereditary |
| collusion | (noun) a secret agreement between two or more people for some wrong or deceitful purpose |
| colloquy | (noun) a conversation or conference, usually formal |
| configuration | (noun) shape; outline |
| climactic | (adj) the most intense part of a story |
| coalesce | (verb) to grow together; to merge; to unite |
| coalition | (noun) an alliance; a temporary union |
| comprehensive | (adj) large in scope and content; able to understand fully |
| concomitant | (adj) accompanying; existing or happening at the same time; (noun) an accompaniment |
| conclave | (noun) a confidential or private meeting |
| condiment | (noun) a seasoning used to give food flavor |
| confederation | (noun) a group united in some shared purpose; a league of nations |
| cogitation | (noun) serious thought; meditation |
| collateral | (noun) something used as a security for a loan; (adj) parallel; secondary |
| connotation | (noun) the suggested meaning of a word; an implication |
| convoke | (verb) to call together |
| convivial | (adj) sociable |
| consensus | (noun) a majority opinion |
| consonant | (noun) any letter that is not a vowel (adj) in harmony or agreement |
| contrition | (noun) remorse for wrong doing |
| consternation | (noun) great fear or shock that leaves one confused |
| contemptuous | (adj) scornful; showing or feeling contempt |
| consummate | (adj) of the highest degree (verb) to raise to the highest degree |
| constituent | (adj) necessary in making up a whole (noun) a necessary part or element; a voter represented by an elected official |
| corollary | (noun) something that follows once something has been proven; a natural consequence |
| corroborate | (verb) to support or strengthen an idea or statement; to confirm |
| credulous | (adj) too ready to believe; gullible |
| culpable | (adj) deserving blame; at fault |
| debacle | (noun) a sudden colapse or overthrow; a rout |
| debility | (noun) an abnormal weakness |
| cumbersome | (adj) clumsy; hard to move |
| crystallize | (verb) to form into crystals; to take on a definite shape |
| credence | (noun) belief; acceptance as valid or true |
| correlate | (verb) to put two things into mutual relation |
| desist | (verb) to cease; to stop doing something |
| defray | (verb) to furnish money for; to pay costs or expense for |
| desecrate | (verb) to treat something sacred without respect |
| degenerate | (noun) a person having low moral standards; (verb) to decline in physial, mental, or moral qualities; (adj) deteriorated |
| delineate | (verb) to draw an outline of; to sketch out; to portray |
| dereliction | (noun) abandonment; desertion |
| depreciate | (verb) to lessen in value or in price; to belittle |
| demeanor | (noun) outward behavior |
| deprecate | (verb) to express strong disapproval of something |
| denote | (verb) to be a sign of; to indicate |
