contraband |
illegal trade; smuggling; smuggled goods; ADJ. |
contravene |
contradict; oppose; violate (a rule, law, or custom); N. contravention |
contrite |
penitent; repentant; N. contrition |
contrivance |
something contrived; machine or apparatus; clever deceitful plan; scheme |
contrive |
invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation); manage; Ex. contrive to attract his attention |
contrived |
unnatural and forced; artificial; not spontaneous; Ex. The ending was rather contrived. |
controvert |
oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict; ADJ. controversial; N. controversy |
contumacious |
stubborn and disobedient; resisting authority (esp. disobedient to an order made by a court) |
contusion |
bruise |
conundrum |
riddle; difficult problem |
convene |
come together; assemble; call to meet; Ex. convene the council |
convention |
social or moral custom; established practice; formal meeting; international agreement |
conventional |
ordinary; typical; not nuclear; Ex. conventional weapons |
converge |
approach; tend to meet; come together |
conversant |
familiar with; having knowledge of |
converse |
opposite; ADJ. |
convert |
one who has adopted a different religion or opinion; V: change into another form; (persuade to) adopt a particular religion or belief |
convex |
curving outward |
conveyance |
vehicle; transfer; act of conveying; Ex. public conveyance |
conviction |
judgment that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief |
convivial |
pleasantly merry; festive; joyous; gay; characterized by joviality; jovial |
convoke |
call together; Ex. convoke Parliament; N. convocation |
convoluted |
coiled around; twisted; involved; complicated; intricate; complex; N. convolution: twist; one of the convex folds of the surface of the brain |
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