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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