Comprehensive Vocabulary Guide: Definitions and Examples

C

Circumnavigate

To sail or travel all the way around.

Citadel

A fortress defending a city.

Clandestine

Concealed or secret for an evil purpose.

Classic

Of the highest quality.

Cleave

To cling.

Climatic

Having to do with the climate.

Cloister

Covered walk, with columns on one side.

Clone

An exact duplicate.

Clout

A blow.

Cloy

To cause to feel too full when eating; overly sweet.

Coddle

To baby.

Cogitate

To ponder.

Cohort

A group.

Commemorate

To honor the memory of.

Commiserate

To express sorrow or sympathy for.

Commodious

Spacious, roomy.

Compatible

Harmonious.

Competent

Capable.

Compile

To gather together.

Comply

To act or be in accordance with.

Composed

Calm.

Compromise

A settlement of differences in which each side gives up something.

Compunction

Remorse.

Concave

Curved inward.

Concede

To acknowledge as true or right.

Concentric

Having the same center.

Concert

Combined action, agreement.

Concoct

To create by mixing ingredients.

Concomitant

Following from.

Confederate

An ally.

Confer

To exchange ideas.

Confidant

A person whom secrets can be shared.

Configuration

Arrangement.

Conflagration

A large fire.

Confluence

A flowing together.

Confound

To bewilder.

Congeal

To solidify.

Conjugal

Having to do with marriage.

Connive

To conspire.

Conservatory

A greenhouse, usually one attached to another structure.

U

Uproar

Noisy excitement or confusion.

S

Strut

To walk with overconfidence.

Spurious

False.

W

Wayward

Going one's own way.

O

Optimism

Hope.

S

Slight

An insult.

A

Affectation

Artificial behavior.

E

Enhance

To improve.

Extreme

Intense.

M

Malice

Ill will.