Part 15

ng; intercourse, communication. commercial, a. mercantile. commit, v. intrust, consign; perpetrate, do. common, a. public, general; customary, usual, ordinary, unexceptional, commonplace, inconspicuous, average, mediocre; plebeian, proletarian. commonalty, n. populace, proletariate, proletariat, varletry, _bourgeoisie_, ruck, rank and file, the common people. commonly, adv. ordinarily, generally, customarily. common man. commoner, proletary, plebeian. commonplace, a. ordinary, banal, hackneyed, trite, platitudinous, prosaic. commonplace, n. platitude, banality. commotion, n. agitation, tumult, disturbance, turmoil, riot, perturbation, flurry, furore. communion, n. participation, sharing, communication: association, fellowship. communion, n. eucharist, Lord's Supper, sacrament: viaticum. Associated Words: elements, host, wafer, chalice, paten, credence, corporal, eucharistic, ciborium, ostension, purificator, impanation, transubstantiation, consubstantiation, concomitance, post-communion, ante-communion, volipresence, ostensorium, monstrance, _sursum corda_, dominicale, celebrant, communicant, consistentes, intinction. communism, n. socialism, humanitarianism, Fourierism, Saint Simonianism, phalansterism. compact, a. close, solid, dense, crowded, impenetrable, serried. compact, n. covenant, agreement, pact, treaty, contract. companion, n. associate, comrade, intimate, consort, partner, fellow, mate, chum, compeer, confederate, accomplice, ally, colleague, crony, confrère, concomitant, accessory. companionable, a. affable, congenial, genial. companionship, n. association, intimacy, fellowship, society, company. company, n. guest, visitor; fellowship, companionship, association, society; companion, escort; assembly, group, concourse, crowd; corporation, syndicate, firm, house; troupe; band, guild. See society. Antonyms: seclusion, loneliness, retirement, host. compare, v. collate, liken. comparison, n. collation; illustration, similitude, simile. compass, n. Associated Words: binnacle, gimbal. compass, n. extent, reach, sweep. compassion, n. pity, sympathy, commiseration, condolence mercy. compel, v. force, make, constrain, oblige, necessitate, coerce, drive, dragoon, overpower. compelling, a. forcible, coercive, constraining, imperative, compulsory. Antonyms: elective, optional, discretional. compelling, n. compulsion, coercion, constraint, duress, force. compendium, n. epitome, summary, digest. competency, n. fitness, ability, qualification, efficiency, proficiency, capability. competent, a. qualified, capable, efficient, proficient, able. Antonym: incompetent. competition, n. emulation, rivalry, contention, strife. competitor, n. rival, contestant, opponent, antagonist. complain, v. murmur, repine, grumble, whine, croak. complaining, a. murmuring, repining, querimonious, querulous, discontented, grumbling. complaint, n. murmur, plaint, lamentation; malady, ailment, disease; accusation, allegation, information. complete, v. finish, consummate, perfect. complete, a. entire, consummate, whole, integral, plenary, unabridged, intact. completion, n. consummation, integration, elaboration, finishing, realization, effectuation. complex, a. composite, compound, mixed; complicated, intricate, involved. Antonyms: incomplex, simple, obvious. complexity, n. intricacy, entanglement, complication. compliance, n. yielding, concession, submission, obedience, acquiescence. compliant, a. yielding, obedient, tractable, submissive, flexible. complicated, a. complex, intricate, involved, entangled, complicate. complication, n. intricacy, entanglement, involution, complexity, snarl, confusion, imbroglio. Antonyms: disentanglement, simplicity. composure, n. self-possession, calmness, sedateness, equanimity. compound, n. combination, mixture, concoction, amalgamation, intermixture, conglomeration, farrago, medley, synthesis, salmagundi, jumble, olio, hodgepodge, olla podrida. comprehend, v. understand, fathom, grasp; embrace, comprise, embody, contain. comprehension, n. understanding, apprehension. Antonyms: incomprehension, inapprehension. comprise, v. comprehend, include, embrace, involve, contain, embody. compulsion, n. constraint, coercion, obligation, coaction. Antonyms: discretion, spontaneity, volition, election, free-will. compulsory, a. constraining, coercive, obligatory, unavoidable. Antonyms: optional, discretional, elective. compunction, n. qualm, contrition, remorse, regret, sting of conscience. compute, v. reckon, calculate, enumerate, rate, estimate. comrade, n. associate, companion, mate, compeer. comradeship, n. association, _camaraderie_. concave, a. rounded, vaulted. Antonym: convex. concealed, a. hidden, latent, secreted, clandestine, disguised. concealment, n. secretion, hiding; secrecy, latency, privacy, seclusion, retirement; suppression. conceit, n. idea, conception, fancy; whim, caprice, vagary, freak; priggery, vanity, egotism, self-conceit, inflation, self-glorification, overweening, conceitedness. conceited, a. egotistical, priggish, bombastic, bumptious, vain, overweening, self-conceited. concentrate, v. centralize, focus, consolidate; condense, rectify. concentration, n. centralization, consolidation; condensation. concept, n. conception, notion, idea. conception, n. ideation, imagination; idea, concept, notion, impression. concern, n. business, affair; moment, importance, interest, weight, consequence; solicitude, anxiety, uneasiness care; firm, house, company, partnership. Antonyms: unconcern, inconsequence. concerned, a. solicitous, worried, anxious, apprehensive, troubled, uneasy. Antonyms: unconcerned, indifferent. concerning, prep. regarding, about, respecting, touching, with reference to. concert, n. accordance, concurrence, harmony; musicale. concise, a. epigrammatic, sententious, succinct, laconic, pithy. Antonyms: diffuse, prolix. conclude, v. decide, determine, resolve; end, close; infer, deduce; effect, arrange. conclusion, n. decision, determination; inference, deduction, corollary, illation; close, end, peroration, finale, completion, dénouement, l'envoy. concoct, v. compound, mix; devise, contrive, invent, excogitate. concrete, a. solidified, consolidated; specific, special, particular. concretion, n. solidification, lapidescence, stone; clot, coagulation. concubine, n. paramour, odalisque; pl. harem, seraglio. condemn, v. denounce, anathematize, curse, execrate, reprobate, doom, ban. Antonyms: exonerate, exculpate, vindicate, absolve, justify, praise. condemnation, n. denunciation, reprobation, execration, ban. condemnatory, a. denunciatory, condemning. condense, v. abridge, epitomize, reduce; compress, concentrate. condescend, v. deign, vouchsafe. condition, n. state, plight, category, predicament, situation, stipulation, provision, proviso, term, prerequisite. conditional, a. contingent, subject, provisory. conduce, v. lead, tend, contribute, redound, subserve, advance. conduct, v. lead, pilot, escort, guide, attend, convoy; administer, manage. conduct, n. guidance, management, leadership, administration, behavior, deportment. confederate, a. confederated, federated, allied, leagued. confederation, n. coalition, federation, league, confederacy, union. confess, v. acknowledge, own, admit, avow; divulge, disclose, reveal. confession, n. acknowledgment, avowal, admission; confiteor; shrift; exomologesis. Associated Words: shrive, shrift, confessional, shriven, shriver, shrift, father. confidence, n. reliance, trust, faith, dependence; assurance, certainty. Antonyms: See doubt. confidence game. swindle. confident, a. sure, undoubting, sanguine, reliant, undaunted. confine, n. boundary, border, frontier, limit. confine, v. restrain, restrict, limit, circumscribe, pinion, inclose, bound; immure, imprison, incarcerate. confinement, n. restraint, imprisonment, durance, duress, incarceration, immurement, limbo; limitation, circumscription; lying-in, childbirth. confines, n. pl. boundaries, borders, precincts, outskirts, purlieus, marches, frontiers. confirm, v. ratify, verify, corroborate, substantiate. Antonyms: See abrogate. confirmation, n. ratification, corroboration, substantiation, verification. conflict, n. clashing, antagonism, encounter, opposition, battle, struggle, strife, skirmish, contest, combat, affray, fray, scrimmage. conflict, v. clash, interfere, collide, be contradictory. conflicting, a. contending, contradictory, contrary, opposing. confound, v. confuse, disconcert, abash, nonplus, bewilder. confounded, a. confused, disconcerted, abashed; (Colloq.) extreme, excessive, odious, detestable. confuse, v. disconcert, perplex, abash, fluster, embarrass, chagrin, pose, nonplus, bewilder, obfuscate, discompose, addle, obscure, confound, derange. confusion, n. disorder, tumult, turmoil, disarray, jumble, chaos; babel, pandemonium, commotion; abashment, chagrin, agitation, disconcertion, mortification, consternation fluster, perturbation, discomposure, flustration, obfuscation, distraction, flurry. confutation, n. disproof, refutation. Confute, v. refute, disprove. congenial, a. kindred, sympathetic; suited, suitable, agreeable, genial. congratulate, v. felicitate, gratulate. Antonyms: commiserate, condole with. congratulation, n. felicitation, gratulation. conjecture, n. surmise, supposition.--v. surmise, guess, speculate. conjuration, n. incantation, enchantment, spell, sorcery, magic art. conjurer, n. sorcerer, magician, wizard, diviner, exorcist, enchanter. connect, v. join, link, couple, attach, unite, affiliate; implicate. connected, a. joined, coupled, linked, affiliated, related, akin, associated. connection, n. union, alliance, relationship, junction, conjunction, affiliation, association, filiation; implication, relative, relation, kinsman; bond, tie, link, coupling vinculum. Antonyms: disconnection, detachment, isolation, incoherence. conquer, v. defeat, overpower, down, vanquish, triumph, overthrow, subdue, subjugate. conqueror, n. subjugator, subduer, vanquisher, victor; conquistador. conquest, n. subjection, subjugation, victory, mastery, triumph, reduction, overthrow, rout. conscience, n. Associated Words: casuistry, Erinys, compunction, qualm. conscientious, a. scrupulous, just, upright, high- minded. conscionable, a. reasonable, just. conscious, a. cognizant, aware, sensible, apprised; sentient, percipient, knowing. Antonyms: See unconscious. consecrate, v. dedicate, sanctify, hallow. consent, v. agree, accord, concur, accede, yield, assent, acquiesce, comply, permit. Antonyms: dissent, disagree, refuse. consent, n. concurrence, acquiescence, compliance, approval, permission, agreement. consequence, n. result, effect, issue, event, sequence, sequel, outcome, upshot, eventuality; pursuance; importance, moment, weight. Antonym: inconsequence. conservation, n. preservation, maintenance, keeping. conserve, v. save, preserve. consider, v. meditate on, ponder, contemplate, think about; regard, heed. considerate, a. thoughtful, circumspect, heedful, mindful Antonyms: See inconsiderate. consideration, n. deliberation, advisement, contemplation, deference; motive, reason. console, v. comfort, cheer, condole with, solace, sympathize with. consolidate, v. solidify, compress, concrete; unify, merge, incorporate, combine. consolidation, n. unification, union, combination, incorporation. consonant, n. Associated Words: spirant, fricative, surd, sibilant. conspicuous, a. salient, noticeable, prominent, manifest. Antonym: inconspicuous. conspiracy, n.