gre实战词汇：新东方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 (in a questionable act or a crime)

component

element; ingredient

comport

bear one's 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 one's 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 (often reluctantly); yield; grant; Ex. concede a goal

conceit

vanity or self-love; too high opinion of one's own value; extravagant metaphor (in poetry)

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 (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 (something 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 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

(derog.) bestow courtesies with a superior air; descend to the level 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 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(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 in one's 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. I'm 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 (private property) by official order (usu. as a punishment); 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 one's 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 (usu. evergreen); cone-bearing tree; ADJ. coniferous; CF. deciduous; CF. evergreen

conjecture

surmise; guess; V.

conjugal

pertaining to marriage

conjure

cause to appear by magic; summon (a devil or a spirit) by magical power; practice magic (esp. by very quick movement of the hands); 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 (of a wrong); cooperate secretly in an illegal action; conspire

connoisseur

person competent to act as a judge of art, etc. (whose judgments are respected); a lover of an art

connotation

suggested or implied meaning of an expression; V. connote

connubial

pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state

consanguineous(consanguine)

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 one's life to helping the poor