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Word Smart lesson 23
complacent-concise
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Language - English
10th Grade
11/15/2008

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Term
complacent (adj)
Definition
self satisfied; overly pleased w/ onself. ex: the football team won so many games that it became complacent, and the worst team in the league snuck up and beat it. to fall into complacency is to become comfortably uncaring about the world around you. complaisant
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complement (v) and n
Definition
to complete or fill up; to be the perfect counterpart. flowers complemented decorations. or ice cream was perfect complement to dinner
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complicity(n)
Definition
participation in wrongdoing; act of being accomlice. ex:complicity among the students mad it impossible to find out which had commited the crime
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comprehensive (adj)
Definition
covering or including everything. insurance policy was comprehensive covered all losses
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comprise (v)
Definition
to consist of. a company comprises employees. employees compose/constitute a company
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conciliatory (adj)
Definition
making peace; attemptiing to resolve dispute thru goodwill. to be conciliatory is to kiss/make up. the formerly warring countries were conciliatory @ the treaty conference
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reconcile (v)
Definition
to bring two things into aggreement. the accountant managed 2 reconcile company books w/ cash on hand only thru creativity
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concise (adj)
Definition
brief and to the point, succint. the scientists xplanagion was concise; it was brief and it helped us understand the difficult concept.
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