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GRE: Set 10
compu-conte
30
Language - English
Graduate
01/12/2011
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compunction
 Definition
feeling of uneasiness caused by guilt or regret
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compunctious
 Definition
feeling guilty or having misgivings
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concatenate
 Definition
linked together
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concede
 Definition
to yield, admit
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conciliatory
 Definition
overcoming distrust or hostility
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concomitant
 Definition
accompanying something
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concord
 Definition
agreement
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condone
 Definition
to pardon or forgive; overlook, justify, or excuse a fault
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conduit
 Definition
tube, pipe, or similar passage
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confection
 Definition
something sweet to eat
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confiscate
 Definition
to appropriate, seize
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conflagration
 Definition
big, destructive fire
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confluence
 Definition
meeting place, meeting of two streams
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confound
 Definition
to baffle, perplex
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congenial
 Definition
similar in tastes and habits
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congruity
 Definition
correspondence, harmony, agreement
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conjugal
 Definition
pertaining to marriage
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consanguineous
 Definition
of the same origin; related by blood
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conscientious
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governed by conscience; careful and thorough
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consecrate
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to declare sacred; dedicate to a goal
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consequential
 Definition
important
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consign
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to commit, entrust
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consonant (adj)
 Definition
consistent with, in agreement with
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constituent
 Definition
component, part; citizen, voter
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constrict
 Definition
to inhibit
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construe
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to explain or interpret
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consummate (adj)
 Definition
accomplished, complete, perfect
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consummate (v)
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to complete, fulfill
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contend
 Definition
to battle, clash; compete
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contentious
 Definition
quarrelsome, disagreeable, belligerent
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