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1) running side by side, parallel; Ex: The railroad and the main road are collateral.
2)accompanying; auxiliary; Ex: He received a scholarship and collateral aid.
3) additional; confirming; e.g. collateral evidence; collateral security.
4) secured by collateral; e.g. a collateral loan.
5) aside from the main subject, course, etc.; secondary; e.g. These accomplishments are merely collateral to his primary goal. |
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| to feel, show, or express pity or compassion for; to sympathize with; Ex: My friends and I are going over to Susan's house to commiserate with her. |
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| capable of existing together; e.g You and I are not compatible. |
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| feeling or showing satisfaction, sometimes to a fault; self-satisfied |
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required by law or other form of authory
Ex: In Texas, buckling one's seat belt is compulsory. |
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| happening together at the same place; Ex: The army launched concurrent attacks by air, land, and sea. |
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1) to put aside one's dignity or superiority voluntarily and assume equality with one regarded as inferior: He condescended to their intellectual level in order to be understood.
2)ADJ: "condescending"; showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority; E.g. They resented the older neighbors' condescending cordiality. |
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| act of completion or bring to perfection; Ex: The consummation that Christians seek will not be realized in this life. |
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1) a striving together in opposition, especially in verbal argument
2) a striving in rivalry; competition; contest. Ex: The two men are in contention to see which is going to win the coveted prize.
3) a point made in an argument; Ex: My contention is that he is unfit to lead. |
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| sincere sorrow for sin; Ex: Caderousse never displayed any true contrition for his greed and selfishness. |
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1) to plan with cleverness; to plot or scheme; Ex: The boy contrived an idea that would win him lots of friends.
2) to plot (evil, treachery)
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| dependent on some preceding occurrence or condition; Ex: "My loving you is contingent upon your loving me." |
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