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GRE baron 10

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comeuppance
n. deserved fate or condign punishment

eg. his rudeness will result in a comeuppance
collaborate
v. - work together
- cooperate as a traitor

eg. We collaborated with another research group
commandeer
v. confiscate, seize, take possession of, hijack

eg. commandeer all the automobiles in the village
complaisant
adj. ready to please, obliging, willingness to do a favor for others

ant. antagonistic, disagreeable, discontented, dissatisfied, obstinate
colossal
adj. huge, immense

eg. a colossal building
colossus
n. gigantic statue

eg. colossus of Lincoln
comatose
adj. in a coma, extremely sleepy, unconscious

ant. insomnia
combustible
adj. easily burned

eg. combustible materials
comestible
n. suitable food, edible, victual
commemorative
adj. remembering, memorable

eg. commemorative stamps/plaque
commensurate
adj. appropriate, corresponding

eg. pay should be commensurate with the time worked
commodious
adj. convenient, spacious and comfortable, capacious
communal
adj. shared, for public use

eg. communal property of the spouses
compact
n. agreement, contract, covenant
adj. condensed
compatible
adj. harmonious, suited, congenital

eg. compatible TV section
compensatory
adj. repaying, making up for, redeeming, remunerative, redress, reimburse

eg. compensatory education program
compilation
n. list of statistical information

eg. the compilation of available scholarship
complacency
n. self-satisfaction, contentment

eg. we need to improve, no room for complacency
complement
v. complete, make perfect

eg. Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish
compliant
adj. obedient, yielding, amenable, meek, docile, tractable

ant. recalcitrant
complicity
n. involvement in a crime, collusion

ant. ignorance, innocence, refusal
comport
v. behave well, fit

eg. comport with your high status
composure
n. calmness

eg. he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity
compound
v. combine, conflate, merge

eg. Common salt is a compound of sodium and chlorine
comprehensive
adj. inclusive, complete

ant. exclusive, particular, selective, specific
compunction
n. regret, sorrow, remorse
compromise
v. make mutual concessions, accommodate

ant. contest, controversy, dispute, dissension, dissent, quarrel
concatenate
v. link as in a chain, string

eg. concatenate these events
concave
adj. curved inward, depressed

ant. convex, distended
conceit
n. fall and excessive pride in (power, ablility), haughtiness

eg. he is a great man in his own conceit
concentric
adj. having the same center

eg. concentric circles
concerted
adj. united, conjunctive, collaborative

eg. the concerted influence of fire and strong wind
conciliatory
adj. soothing, appeasing, yielding

eg. a conciliatory approach / attitude / gesture / move
concise
adj. brief and compact, compendious, crisp, terse, laconic, curt, truncated, elliptical, pithy, sententious
conclave
n. private meeting, parley, caucus
concoct
v. mix ingredients, cook up, invent (a story)

eg. The soup was concocted from up to a dozen different kinds of fish.
concomitant
adj. accompanying, consequential, resultant

eg. the concomitant savings were considerable
concord
n. harmony, unity, agreement

eg. living in concord with neighboring states
concur
v. agree, concord, acquiesce, assent
concurrent
adj. meanwhile, concomitant, at the same time, simultaneous

eg. a series of concurrent events
condescend
v. grant, allow, deign, patronize

eg. When giving a talk, be careful not to condescend to your audience
condign
adj. deserved, appropriate, merited

eg. severe and condign punishment
conducive
adj. helpful, contributive, able to conduct electricity

eg. proper diet are conducive to good health
confine
v. constrain, detain, throttle, circumscribe, trammel, bound

ant. liberate, release
confiscate
v. seize, commandeer, take over, sequester, impound

eg. Their land was confiscated after the war
conflagration
n. great and destructive fire, inferno, holocaust

eg. conflagration can destroy forests
conflate
v. fuse, combine, merge

eg. The issues of race and class are separate and should not be conflated.
confound
v. baffle, confuse and surprise, befuddle, fuddle, discombobulate

eg. The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists
congenial
adj. pleasant, friendly, compatible

eg. a congenial atmosphere to work in
congeal
v. freeze, condense, coagulate, clot

ant. dissolve, liquify, melt
eg. congealed blood
congenital
adj. existing at birth
(Bẩm sinh)

eg. congenital malfunction
collate
v. collect info to examine and compare


eg. to collate data / information / figures
comely
adj. attractive (=personable), agreeable

ant. bad-looking, despicable, disagreeable, offensive, repellent, repulsive, revolting, ugly
commiserate
v. sympathize, pity, condole
compelling
adj. irresistible, overpowering, very impressive that you cant resist

eg. Her latest book makes compelling reading. compelling evidence
conformity
n. action that obeys the rules of society, compliance, submission

eg. regulations that are in conformity with European law
collusion
n. cooperation for cheating purpose, complicity

eg. The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers
conduit
n. passageway for fluids, large pipe
(Cống, ống cáp)
confluence
n. the place where two rivers' flows become one
confidant
n. trusted friend
condone
v. overlook a problem, forgive, pardon
condole
v. sympathize, commiserate
condiment
n. spice (salt, pepper, mustard,...)
concession
n. an act of yielding
concede
v. admit, cede, give in
comprise
v. include, consist of
compress
v. squeeze, make more compact
compliance
n. obedience, readiness to fulfill requirements

ant. defiance, denial, disagreement, disobedience
complementary
adj. combining well to make a whole, completing

eg. his personality is complementary to her
compendium
v/n. brief, comprehensive overview
coma
n. deep unconsciousness
colloquy
n. informal discussion
colloquial
adj. informal, conversational
collation
n. a light meal
collateral
n. security given for loan
adj. side by side, parallel

eg. that large amount of money must be secured by collateral
collage
n. put fragment together (in art)
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