Note: The root -port means “carry,” as in the words import (carry in), export
(carry out), and transport (carry across). In this context, comport has to do with
how you carry yourself.
Comport yourself in a comfortable way.
compunction
strong uneasiness caused by guilt
(see REMORSE, CONTRITION)
I felt compunction about puncturing your tires with Japanese throwing stars, but
I went ahead and did it anyway.
concurrent
at the same time
Note: This is another decodable word:
John Adams’s and Thomas Jefferson’s deaths were concurrent; they both died on
July 4, 1826.
conjecture
statement made without adequate evidence
“Can Jack surely reach that conclusion?” I asked. “Or is it only a conjecture?”
consenus
majority opinion
Collectively, we came to a consensus that the zombies can’t sense us if we
slather ourselves in peanut butter.
contrition
remorse; repentance; bitter regret felt owing to wrongdoing
When Trish broke the priceless gorilla sculpture, she was overcome with
contrition.
convey