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发信人: bonjovi (bonjovi), 信区: Flyingoverseas
标 题: Barron's word list 10
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2001年03月12日13:17:45 星期一), 站内信件
collaborate work together; cooperate treasonably with the enemy
collage work of art put together from fragments
scrap small bit or fragment; discarded waste material; fight; Ex. a scrap of
paper/cloth; V: break into parts for disposal; discard as worthless; fight;
quarrel
scraps leftover food
scrappy quarrelsome
collate examine and compare in order to verify authenticity; arrange in orde
r (the sheets of a book before they are bound)
collateral security given for loan; ADJ: secondary; descended from the same
person but through different sons or daughters
collation a light meal; collating
colloquial pertaining to conversational or common speech; informal; N. collo
quialism: colloquial expression
colloquy informal discussion; conversation
collusion conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others; V. c
ollude
colossal huge
colossus gigantic statue; person or thing of great size or importance
comatose in a coma; extremely sleepy
coma deep prolonged unconsciousness caused by disease, poison, or a severe
blow
combustible easily burned; N. CF. combustion
comely attractive; agreeable; having a pleasing appearance
homely not good-looking; unattractive
comestible something fit to be eaten
comeuppance deserts; well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke
deserts what someone deserves
comity courtesy; civility; Ex. comity of nations
commandeer take (private property) for military use without needing permissi
on or giving payment; draft for military purposes
draft first rough form; conscription; draught; V: make a draft of; conscrip
t
draught current of air (through a room or to a fire); act of pulling roads;
act of swallowing liquid or amount of liquid swallowed at a time
commemorative remembering; honoring the memory of; Ex. commemorative stamp
commemorate honor the memory of; serve as a memorial to; Ex. commemorate the
100th anniversary/those who died in the war
commensurate equal in extent; of the same size
commiserate feel or express pity or sympathy for
commodious spacious and comfortable
communal held in common; public; of a group of people; of a commune
commune small (often rural) community whose members share work and income; V
: exchange thoughts or feelings; Ex. commune with nature
compact agreement; contract; ADJ: tightly packed; firm; brief; concise; Ex.
compact statement
compatible harmonious; in harmony with; able to exist together
compelling overpowering; irresistible in effect; holding one's attention; th
at compels one to do something; Ex. a compelling adventure story; V. compel
compulsion compelling; strong desire that is difficult to control; irresisti
ble impulse
compulsory obligatory; that must be done
compulsive resulting from compulsion
compendium brief, comprehensive summary; ADJ. compendious
compensatory making up for; repaying
compilation listing of information in tabular or book form; compiling
compile assemble; gather; accumulate; make (a report or a book) from facts a
nd information found in various places; Ex. compile a dictionary
complacency self-satisfaction; smugness; ADJ. complacent
smug self-satisfied; complacent
complaisant trying to please; obliging; willing to please others
complement complete; consummate; make perfect; N.
complementary serving to complete something
compliance conformity in fulfilling requirements; readiness to yield; dispos
ition to yield to others; V. comply
compliant readily acting in accordance with a rule, order, or the wishes or
others; yielding; comforming to requirements
complicity participation; involvement (in a questionable act or a crime)
component element; ingredient
comport bear one's self; behave; Ex. comport oneself; N. comportment
deport send out of the country; behave; N. deportation, deportment
bearing deportment; connection
composure mental calmness
compound combine; produce by combining; increase; make worse by adding to or
increasing; exacerbate; Ex. compound an error; ADJ: consisting of two or mo
re parts; N: combination of two or more parts; area enclosed by a wall conta
ining a group of buildings; Ex. factory compound; CF. complex
comprehensive broad; including a lot or everything; thorough; inclusive
comprehend include; understand
compress force into less space; squeeze; contract; put into fewer words; N:
thick mass of cloth pressed to part of the body to stop bleeding or swelling
, reduce fever, etc.
comprise include; consist of
compromise adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the inter
ests or reputation of; put into danger, disrepute, or a dishonorable positio
n; Ex. compromise one's principle; N.
compunction remorse; strong uneasiness caused by guilt
compute reckon; calculate
reckon count; calculate; regard as; think; suppose
concatenate link as in a chain
concave hollow; curved inwards; OP. convex
concede admit; acknowledge as being true (often reluctantly); yield; grant;
Ex. concede a goal
conceit vanity or self-love; too high opinion of one's own value; extravagan
t metaphor (in poetry)
vain full of self-admiration; conceited; without result; unsuccessful; N. v
anity
concentric having a common center
conception beginning; forming of an idea; fertilization; V. conceive: form a
n idea in the mind; devise; become pregnant; CF. inception
concerted mutually agreed on; done together by agreement; Ex. concerted effo
rt; CF. in concert: working together
concession an act of yielding; conceding; something conceded; point, right,
etc. given unwillingly; privilege of maintaining a business in a certain pla
ce; Ex. oil concessions in the North sea; CF. concessionaire
conciliatory reconciling; soothing; V. conciliate: reconcile; soothe; win th
e friendly feelings (by removing anger)
concise brief and compact
conclave private secret meeting
conclusive decisive; ending all debate
concoct prepare by mixing or combining; make up in concert; devise (somethin
g false) so as to deceive; Ex. concoct an elaborate excuse for being late; N
. concoction
concomitant that which accompanies; Ex. Deafnes is a frequent concommitant o
f old age; ADJ: existing or happening together with something else
concord harmony; accord
concordat formal agreement
concur agree; coincide; happen at the same time
concurrent happening at the same time; in agreement
condescend (derog.) bestow courtesies with a superior air; descend to the le
vel of one considered inferior
condign adequate; (of punishment) severe and well deserved
condiments seasonings; spices
condole express condolences; N. condolence: sympathy for someone who has ex
perienced great sorrow
condone overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
conducive helpful; contributive; V. conduce; Ex. conduce to/towards
conduit aqueduct; passageway for fluids
confidant(confidante) trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret)
confide tell in confidence (to a person one trusts); be confident about
confidence self-assurance; calm unworried feeling based on a strong belief i
n one's abilities; strong belief in the ability of a person or plan; trust o
r faith in a person or thing; something confided; secret; Ex. confidence in
your ability; Ex. I'm telling you this in confidence; Ex. exchange confidenc
es about their boyfriends; ADJ. confides nt
confidential spoken or written in secret; trusted with private matters; Ex.
confidential secretary
confine shut in an enclosed space; restrict; keep within limits; N. confine
ment
confiscate seize; take possession of (private property) by official order (u
su. as a punishment); commandeer
conflagration great fire
confluence flowing together; the place where two rivers flow together; crowd
; gathering together
conformity harmony; agreement with established rules or customs; similarity;
Ex. behave in conformity with; V. conform: be similar; act in agreement; co
mply; Ex. conform to the rule; CF. conformans ce
conformist person who uncritically conforms to the customs of a group; OP.
nonconformist: one who does not conform to accepted beliefs of norn ms
confound confuse; puzzle
congeal freeze; coagulate
congenial pleasant; friendly; in agreement with one's tastes and nature; Ex.
congenial weather
congenital existing at birth
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