GRE备考：GRE阅读词汇笔记(12)

　　complement

　　complete; consummate; make perfect; N.

　　complementary

　　serving to complete something

　　compliance

　　conformity in fulfilling requirements; readiness to yield; disposition 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

　　component

　　element; ingredient

　　comport

　　bear ones self; behave; Ex. comport oneself; N. comportment

　　compost

　　mixture of decaying organic matter used as fertilizer; V: put or make compost

　　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 more parts; N: combination of two or more parts; area enclosed by a wall containing a group of buildings;

　　comprehend

　　include; understand

　　comprehensive

　　broad; including a lot or everything; thorough; inclusive

　　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 interests or reputation of; put into danger, disrepute, or a dishonorable position; Ex. compromise ones principle; N.

　　compulsion

　　compelling; strong desire that is difficult to control; irresistible impulse

　　compulsive

　　resulting from compulsion

　　compulsory

　　obligatory; that must be done

　　compunction

　　remorse; strong uneasiness caused by guilt

　　compute

　　reckon; calculate

　　concatenate

　　link as in a chain

　　concave

　　hollow; curved inwards; OP. convex

　　concede

　　admit; acknowledge as being true ; yield; grant; Ex. concede a goal

　　conceit

　　vanity or self-love; too high opinion of ones own value; extravagant metaphor

　　concentric

　　having a common center

　　conception

　　beginning; forming of an idea; fertilization; V. conceive: form an idea in the mind; devise; become pregnant; CF. inception

　　concerted

　　mutually agreed on; done together by agreement; Ex. concerted effort; 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 place; Ex. oil concessions in the North sea; CF. concessionaire

　　conciliatory

　　reconciling; soothing; V. conciliate: reconcile; soothe; win the friendly feelings

　　concise

　　brief and compact

　　conclave

　　private secret meeting

　　conclusive

　　decisive; ending all debate

　　concoct

　　prepare by mixing or combining; make up in concert; devise so as to deceive; Ex. concoct an elaborate excuse for being late; N. concoction

　　concomitant

　　that which accompanies; Ex. Deafnes is a frequent concommitant of 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

　　bestow courtesies with a superior air; descend to the level of one considered inferior

　　condign

　　adequate; severe and well deserved

　　condiments

　　seasonings; spices

　　condole

　　express condolences; N. condolence: sympathy for someone who has experienced great sorrow

　　condone

　　overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse

　　conducive

　　helpful; contributive; V. conduce; Ex. conduce to/towards

　　conduit

　　aqueduct; passageway for fluids

　　confidant

　　trusted friend

　　confide

　　tell in confidence ; be confident about

　　confidence

　　self-assurance; calm unworried feeling based on a strong belief in ones abilities; strong belief in the ability of a person or plan; trust or faith in a person or thing; something confided; secret; Ex. confidence in your ability; Ex. Im telling yo

　　confidential

　　spoken or written in secret; trusted with private matters; Ex. confidential secretary

　　confine

　　shut in an enclosed space; restrict; keep within limits; N. confinement

　　confiscate

　　seize; take possession of by official order ; commandeer

　　conflagration

　　great fire

　　confluence

　　flowing together; the place where two rivers flow together; crowd; gathering together

　　conformist

　　person who uncritically conforms to the customs of a group; OP. nonconformist: one who does not conform to accepted beliefs of norms

　　conformity

　　harmony; agreement with established rules or customs; similarity; Ex. behave in conformity with; V. conform: be similar; act in agreement; comply; Ex. conform to the rule; CF. conformance

　　confound

　　confuse; puzzle

　　congeal

　　freeze; coagulate

　　congenial

　　pleasant; friendly; in agreement with ones tastes and nature; Ex. congenial weather

　　congenital

　　existing at birth

　　conglomerate

　　corporation made up of several different companies in diversified fields; mass of various material gathered together; rock consisting of small stones held together by clay; V.

　　conglomeration

　　mass of material sticking together

　　congruence

　　correspondence of parts; harmonious relationship; CF. congruity

　　congruent

　　in agreement; harmonious; corresponding; coinciding exactly; CF. congruous

　　conifer

　　pine tree ; cone-bearing tree; ADJ. coniferous; CF. deciduous; CF. evergreen

　　conjecture

　　surmise; guess; V.

　　conjugal

　　pertaining to marriage

　　conjure

　　cause to appear by magic; summon by magical power; practice magic ; evoke; conjure up: bring into the mind; Ex. The magician conjured a rabbit out of his hat.

　　connivance

　　pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend; V. connive: feign ignorance ; cooperate secretly in an illegal action; conspire

　　connoisseur

　　person competent to act as a judge of art, etc. ; a lover of an art

　　connotation

　　suggested or implied meaning of an expression; V. connote

　　connubial

　　pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state

　　consanguineous

　　having a common ancestor

　　consanguinity

　　kinship; relationship by birth

　　conscientious

　　scrupulous; through and careful; Ex. conscientious worker

　　conscript

　　draftee; person forced into military service; V.

　　consecrate

　　dedicate; sanctify; declare as sacred; Ex. consecrate ones life to helping the poor