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Vocabulary Unit 7

Vocabulary Unit 7. Concede. Admit ; yield I concede that I don’t know much about the history of music. Conciliatory. Overcoming hostility or distrust After her argument with her boyfriend, Jane made a conciliatory gesture and bought him a CD by his favorite band. Concise.

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Vocabulary Unit 7

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  1. Vocabulary Unit 7

  2. Concede Admit; yield I concede that I don’t know much about the history of music.

  3. Conciliatory Overcoming hostility or distrust After her argument with her boyfriend, Jane made a conciliatory gesture and bought him a CD by his favorite band.

  4. Concise Brief and compact Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” is a model of concise writing.

  5. Conflagration Great fire The retreating army started a conflagration in order to destroy supplies that could be used by the advancing forces.

  6. Confound Confuse; puzzle The American watching a cricket match in Britain was confounded by the complex rules of the game.

  7. Contend Assert earnestly In our next debate, our team must contend that “science has done more harm than good.”

  8. Contentious Quarrelsome; causing quarrels Jean seems to be a naturally contentious person; I said that weather seems fine today and she replied that it wasn’t true because there were some clouds in the sky.

  9. Conviction Strongly held belief; judgment that someone is guilty of a crime During a debate you should speak with conviction to help persuade the judges of the correctness of your argument.

  10. Cordial Gracious; heartfelt Despite being separated, Bill and Laura still have cordial relations with one another.

  11. Corrode Destroy by chemical action; deteriorate Water pipes in many cities built early in the last century are beginning to corrode.

  12. Criterion Standard used in judging One criterion of a good vocabulary-building book is that words are reinforced in the student’s mind.

  13. Cryptic Mysterious; hidden; secret The only reply Mrs. Thomas got from her daughter Jessica when she asked her where she had been was a cryptic reply, “Out.”

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