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?