Webster Essential Vocabulary

Quick Review #94.

Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

C: GRE Words 263

1. concentrate


2. concentration


3. conciliatory


4. concur


5. condone


6. consistent


7. conspirator


8. contemplative


9. contentious


10. contradiction


11. conventional


12. convivial

a. belligerent

b. customary

c. plotter

d. denial

e. pensive

f. jovial

g. density

h. forgive

i. agree

j. focus

k. compatible

l. pacifying

convoluted(KAHN vuh LOO tid) adj. 1. coiled or spiraled; 2. very involved;
complicated

• Most hoses are convolutedfor storage purposes.


• A 20-mile-long convolutedunpaved highway climbs from the foot of Pike’s
  Peak to its summit.


• The series of alliances that led to the outbreak of World War I was very
  convoluted.
  [-ly adv.] [Syn. complicated]
  copious(KO pee uhs) adj. 1. abundant; very plentiful; 2. wordy; using language
  to a great extent; 3. full of information


• Always take copiousnotes during college lectures.


• Fidel Castro’s speeches are always copious.


• Copiousinformation about careers is available in The Occupational Outlook
  Handbook,published by the U.S. Department of Labor.
  [Syn. plentiful, profuse]
  corona(kuh ROH nuh) n. 1. a crown or tiara, or something resembling same;

2. a ring of light surrounding a bright object (like the sun’s corona); 3. an extra
   whorl of flower parts (as the cuplike shape in daffodils) formed between the inner
   petals and the stamens

•A coronamight grace a king’s head.

• The sun’s coronamakes a striking display when the sun’s disk is in total
  eclipse.


• Thecoronaof a daffodil is what gives this spring flower its unique shape.