Cohort

(n.) a group; band

1. The cohort of teens gathered at the athletic field.

Collaborate

(v.) to work together; cooperate

1. The two builders collaborated to get the house finished.

Colloquial

(adj.) having to do with conversation; informal speech

1. The colloquial reference indicated the free spirit of the group.
2. When you listen to the difference between spoken colloquial conversation and written work, you realize how good an ear a novelist must have to write authentic dialogue.

Collusion

(n.) secret agreement for an illegal purpose

1. The authority discovered a collusion between the director and treasurer.

Comeliness

(n.) beauty; attractiveness in appearance or behavior

1. The comeliness of the woman attracted everyone's attention.

Commiserate

(v.) to show sympathy for

1. The hurricane victims commiserated about the loss of their homes.

Commodious

(adj.) spacious and convenient; roomy

1. The new home was so commodious that many new pieces of furniture needed to be purchased.

Communal

(adj.) shared or common ownership

1. The communal nature of the project made everyone pitch in to help.

Compatible

(adj.) in agreement with; harmonious

1. When repairing an automobile, it is necessary to use parts compatible with that make and model.

Complacent

(adj.) content; self-satisfied; smug

1. The CEO worries regularly that his firm's winning ways will make it complacent.
2. The candidate was so complacent with his poll numbers that he virtually stopped campaigning.

Complaisance

(n.) the quality of being agreeable or eager to please

1. The complaisance of the new assistant made it easy for the managers to give him a lot of work without worrying that he may complain.

Compliant

(adj.) complying; obeying; yielding

1. Compliant actions should be reinforced.
2. The slave was compliant with every order to avoid being whipped.

Comport

(v.) fitting in

1. It was easy to comport to the new group of employees.

Comprehensive

(adj.) all-inclusive; complete; thorough

1. It's the only health facility around to offer comprehensive care.

Compromise

(v.) to settle by mutual adjustment

1. Labor leaders and the automakers compromised by agreeing to a starting wage of $16 an hour in exchange for concessions on health-care premiums.

Concede

(v.) to acknowledge; admit; to surrender; to abandon one's position

1. After much wrangling, the conceded that the minister had a point.
2. Satisfied with the recount, the mayor conceded graciously.

Conceit

(n.) an exaggerated personal opinion

1. The man's belief that he was the best player on the team was pure conceit.

Conciliation

(n.) an attempt to make friendly or placate

1. The attempt at conciliation failed.

Conciliatory

(adj.) to reconcile

1. The diplomat sought to take a conciliatory approach to keep the talks going.

Concise

(adj.) in few words; brief; condensed

1. The concise instructions were printed on two pages rather than the customary five.

Conclave

(n.) any private meeting or closed assembly

1. The conclave was to meet in the executive suite.

Condescend

(v.) to come down from one's position or dignity

1. The arrogant, rich man was usually condescending towards his servants.

Condone

(v.) to overlook; to forgive

1. The loving and forgiving mother condoned her son's life of crime
2. I will condone your actions of negligence.

Confluence

(n.) a thing which is joined together

1. Great cities often lie at the confluence of great rivers.

Confound

(v.) to lump together, causing confusion; to damn

1. The problem confounded our ability to solve it.
2. Confound you, you scoundrel!

Conglomeration

(n.) a collection or mixture of various things

1. The conglomeration is made up of four different interest groups.
2. The soup was a conglomeration of meats and vegetables.

Conjoin

(v.) to combine

1. The classes will conjoin to do the play.

Conjure

(v.) to call upon or appeal to; to cause to be, appear, come

1. The smell of the dinner conjured images of childhood.
2. The magician conjured a rabbit out of a hat.

Connivance

(n.) secret cooperation in wrongdoing

1. With the guard's connivance, the convict was able to make his escape.

Connoisseur

(n.) expert; authority (usually refers to a wine or food expert)

1. They allowed her to choose the wine for dinner since she was the connoisseur.