| A | B |
|---|
| connived | cooperated secretly; plotted; schemed |
| warder | a prison official; a keeper or guard |
| connoisseur | an expert in distinguishing and judging values, especially in fine arrts, fine foods, wines, etc. |
| connote | to suggest; to imply |
| consanguinity | blood relationship |
| conscript | to compel or force into service; drafted or compelled to serve; one so compelled |
| biennial | occuring every two years; lasting two years |
| bimetallism | a monetary standard based on fixed, related values of two metals, usually gold and silver |
| mercenary | influenced by desire for money; acting only for pay; greedy; one who is hired, esp,: a soldier hired by a foreign government |
| prototype | the first of its kind; the original model to which others must conform |
| protract | to draw out; to prolong; to extend |
| mercurial | lively; quick; changeable; volatile; fickle; poertaining to or having the qualities of mercury |
| metamorphosis | change in structure or form; transformation of characteristics, circumstances, etc. |
| metaphor | a figure of speech calling one thing to imply likeness (without using "like" or "as," etc., which creates a simile). |
| metaphysical | pertaining to speculation about ultimate reality; beyond the physical world and traditional sciences; extremely abstract or subtle |
| blanch | to become or turn pale; to make white; to bleach; to scald edibles |
| blatant | obvious; conspicuous, offensively loud |
| mandatory | authoritatively required; obligatory |
| lugubrious | excessively dismal; mournful |
| luminous | giving forth light; bright; shining; easily understood |
