Jul 25, 2008

SAT Prep | Vocabulary Group 3

compatible – adj. – in agreement with; harmonious

complacent – adj. – content; self-satisfied; smug

compliant – adj. – yielding; obedient

comprehensive – adj. – all-inclusive; complete; thorough

compromise – v. – to settle by mutual adjustment

concede – v. – 1. to acknowledge; admit; 2. to surrender; to abandon one’s position

concise – adj. – in few words; brief; condensed

condescend – v. – to come down from one’s position or dignity

condone – v. – to overlook; to forgive

conspicuous – adj. – easy to see; noticeable

consternation – n. – amazement or terror that causes confusion

consummation – n. – the completion; finish

contemporary – adj. – living or happening at the same time; modern

contempt – n. – scorn; disrespect

contrite – adj. – regretful; sorrowful

conventional – adj. – traditional; common; routine

cower – v. – to crouch down in fear or shame

defamation – n. – harming a name or reputation; slandering

deference – adj. – yielding to the opinion of another

deliberate – 1. v. – to consider carefully; to weigh in the mind; 2. adj. –
intentional

denounce – v. – to speak out against; condemn

depict – v. – to portray in words; to present a visual image

deplete – v. – to reduce; to empty

depravity – n. – moral corruption; badness

deride – v. – to ridicule; to laugh at with scorn