coherence: n. logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; state of cohering or sticking together | colander: n. bowl-shaped strainer, used to wash or drain foods |
collate: v. to assemble something in a logical sequence | collateral: n. guarantee, usually in the form of an asset, for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay |
colloquial: a. of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty | commandeer: v. force into military service; take for public use; seize for military use; take arbitrarily or by force |
commentariat: n. all commentators of the news media collectively | commodious: a. spacious and comfortable; fit; proper; convenient |
compensatory: a. serving to compensate or as compensation; making amends; repaying | complaisant: a. trying to please; showing cheerful willingness to do favors for others |
complementary: a. serving to fill out or to complete; supplying mutual needs or offsetting mutual lacks | complicity: n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing |
concerted: a. planned or accomplished together; combined | concoct: v. prepare by mixing ingredients, as in cooking; devise, using skill and intelligence |
concomitantly: ad. existing concurrently; in company or combination | concubine: n. in certain societies, such as imperial China, a woman contracted to a man as a secondary wife, often having few legal rights and low social status |
condole: v. grieve; express sympathy; speak sympathetically to one in pain, grief, or misfortune | conduit: n. pipe or channel for conveying fluids; tube for enclosing electric wires or cable |
confetti: n. small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions | conflagration: n. large destructive fire |
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