SAT Vocab List 13

coherent

sticking together; clear communication; show orderly relation

colloquial

characteristic of ordinary conversation

commiserate

to feel or express sorrow

condone

to forgive; to approve

commodious

spacious, roomy

contrite

remorseful, repentant

abstain

to refrain from by choice

impertinent

rude; irrelevant

pertinacious

holding firmly to a belief

tenacity

hanging stubbornly onto something

coexistance

existing together at same time and place

collaborate

to work with another to achieve something

compel

to force somebody to do something

condominium

individually owned housing unit, common spaces owned by all

coeval

having same age, duration, date of origin

colloquium

academic conference

concave

curved inward

consonance

agreement, harmony

corrode

to destroy progressively chemically

incorrigible

impossible to correct or reform

continent

large land masses that make up most of dry land

detain

to hold back or delay

discontented

feeling mildly unhappy

pertain

to have relevance to something

retainer

fee paid to reserve services of professional whenever needed

retention

act of possessing something

continuum

link between two things that blend into each other

continuity

fact of staying the same

sustenance

something that supports life

untenable

lacking qualities like sound reasoning that makes defense possible