C- common (part 3)

complicit

(adj) đồng lõa, tòng phạm

• By keeping her daughter’s affair a secret, Maddie became … in it.

comprehensive

(adj) including everything

compress

(v) to apply pressure, squeeze together (nén, ép)

• Lynn ….ed her lips into a frown.

compunction

(n) sự hối hận, sự ăn năn

concede

(v) thừa nhận, nhượng bộ, công nhận điều gì đúng

• Andrew had to … that what his mother said about Diana made sense.

conciliatory

(Adj) friendly, agreeable

• I took Amanda’s invitation to dinner as a very … gesture.

concise

(adj) brief and direct in expression

concoct

(v) pha chế (vật lý), bịa đặt, dàn dựng

• She …ed the most ridiculous story to explain her absence.

Concomitant

(adj) đi kèm với, xảy ra đồng thời, song song với 1 sự việc khác

• His dislike of hard work carried with it a .. lack of funds.

Condolence

(n) an expression of sympathy in sorrow (sự chia buồn)

• Brian lamely offered his … on the loss of his sister’s rommate’s cat.

condone

(v) tha thứ, bỏ qua, dung túng

conduit

(n) ống dẫn, kênh dẫn, vật trung gian để truyền tải sth

• The water flowed through the … into the container.

confection

(n) a sweet, fancy food

confidant

(n) bạn tâm tình, tri kỷ, người đáng tin cậy

conflagration

(n) great fire

• The …. consumed the entire building.

confluence

(n) a gathering together

• A … of different factors made tonight the perfect night.

conformist

(n) người tuân thủ, người theo chủ nghĩa tuân thủ

confound

(v) make sb bối rối, ngạc nhiên tột độ

• MG …ed the policemen pursuing him by covering his tracks.

congeal

(v) to thicken into a solid

• The sauce had …ed into a thick paste.

congenial

(adj) pleasantly agreeable

• His … manner made him popular wherever he went.

congregation

(n) a gathering of people, esp for religious services

congruity

(n) sự tương hợp, phù hợp

• Bill and Sarah achieved a perfect … of opinion.

connive

(v) to plot, scheme

• She …d to get me to give up my vacation plans

consecrate

(v) hiến dâng, cúng dâng

• Arvin …d his spare bedroom as a shrine to Christina.

consensus

(n) sự đồng thuận, sự nhất trí, quan điểm chung

• reach a ….

consign

(v) gửi, giao phó, ký gửi

• Unwillingly, he …ed his mother to a nursing home.

consolation

(n) sự an ủi, sự giải khuây

• Darren found Alex’s presence to be a … for his suffering.

consonant

(adj) in harmony, phụ âm

• The singer’s … voices were beautiful.

constituent

(n) an essential part

• The most important … of her perfume is sth called ambergris.

construe

(v) to interpret

• He ….d her throwing his clothes out the window as a signal that she wanted him to leave