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Today's words

1 companion

He was a good friend, a dependable companion.

2 comfort

It's a comfort talking to you.

3 comic

The play is both comic and tragic.

4 comparable

There is a necktie, comparable fabric, comparable pattern.

5 comparative

The task was accomplished with comparative ease.

6 commemorate

The Duanwu Festival, also called the Dragon Boat Festival, is to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan.

7 compare

The point of the lesson is to compare the two countries.

8 commence

The meeting is scheduled to commence at noon.

9 comparison

I enclose the two plans for comparison.

10 commend

The reports commend her bravery.

11 compartment

He sat in the corner of a second-class compartment.

12 comment

I am not in a position to comment.

13 compass

A compass needle points north.

14 commerce

They have made their fortunes from industry and commerce.

15 compassion

Confucianism and Taoism both stress the importance of compassion.

16 commercial

The proposal makes sound commercial sense.

17 compatible

The new system will be compatible with existing equipment.

18 commission

He gets a basic salary plus commission.

19 compel

Nothing can compel me to do such a thing.

20 commit

Your commit message should be at the top of the log.

21 compensate

Nothing can compensate for the loss of a loved one.

22 committee

The committee meets on Fridays.

23 compete

We can't compete with them on price.

24 commodity

Crude oil is the world's most important commodity.

25 competent

He's very competent in his work.

26 common

It's not a word in common usage.

27 Competition

Competition for jobs is acute.

28 commonplace

Be not content with the commonplace in character.

29 competitive

It's hard to maintain competitive pricing.

30 commonwealth

Puerto Rico remains a US commonwealth, not a state.

31 compile

The book took 10 years to compile.

32 communicate

He was eager to communicate his ideas to the group.

33 complain

I was too cowardly to complain.

34 communication

Good communication is key to our success.

35 complaint

You have no grounds for complaint.

36 communism

37 complement

There will be a written examination to complement the practical test.

38 community

The centre will serve the whole community.

39 complete

We were in complete agreement.

40 commute

So how long is your commute?

41 complex

He was an unusually complex man.

42 compact

Their bodies are sleek and compact.

43 complicate

I do not wish to complicate the task more than is necessary.

44 complicated

The instructions look very complicated.

45 conception

The plan was brilliant in its conception but failed because of lack of money.

46 compliment

Don't be upset—I'm sure she meant it as a compliment.

47 concern

He assumed an air of concern.

48 comply

She must be made to comply with the rules.

49 concert

The concert had been a great success.

50 component

Attitudes have a behavioral component.

51 concession

He was ready to make a concession.

52 compose

Ten men compose the committee.

53 concise

Burton's text is concise and informative.

54 composite

The document was a composite of information from various sources.

55 conclude

What do you conclude from that?

56 composition

We had to write a composition on the subject "My Pet."

57 conclusion

What led you to this conclusion?

58 compound

A compound sentence contains two or more clauses.

59 concrete

We sat on the concrete floor.

60 comprehend

I just cannot comprehend your attitude.

61 concurrent

Parallel and concurrent collectors.

62 comprehension

This was utterly beyond her comprehension.

63 condemn

The Church has a duty to condemn violence.

64 comprehensive

The idea was to create a comprehensive road map of the Web.

65 condense

When you summarize, you condense an extended idea or argument into a sentence or more in your own words.

66 compress

This system uses powerful microchips to compress huge amounts of data onto a CD-ROM.

67 condition

The piano was in good condition.

68 comprise

The bytes that comprise the compiled pattern are copied exactly.

69 conduct

The newspaper breached the code of conduct on privacy.

70 compromise

I refuse to compromise my principles.

71 conductor

Graphite is a highly efficient conductor of electricity.

72 compulsory

There is a compulsory course in statistics.

73 confer

I will now confer a benefit on him.

74 compute

So, how will we compute that?

75 conference

It was a good-humoured conference.

76 confess

She was reluctant to confess her ignorance.

77 comrade

Better be careful of your bookish approach, comrade.

78 confidence

I have every confidence in you.

79 conceal

He didn't attempt to dissimulate or conceal his true feelings.

80 confident

She was in a relaxed, confident mood.

81 concede

I had to concede the logic of this.

82 confidential

My letter is, of course, strictly private and confidential.

83 conceive

She is unable to conceive.

84 concentrate

We need to concentrate on our core business.

85 confine

He did not confine himself to the one language.

86 concept

Ten years on, the original concept was wearing well.

87 confirm

Can you confirm what happened?

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