Vocabulary and Synonyms

To confound means to confuse, perplex, or mix things up so they become unclear. Option A ('underline') is incorrect - that refers to marking text. Option B ('person celebrated for wisdom') describes a sage. Option D refers to a Roman censor, a government official.

To congeal means to change from liquid to solid, to freeze or become thick/firm. Option A ('state with less truth than seems warranted') describes exaggeration or hyperbole. Option B ('lascivious') means lustful or lewd. Option D ('severely critical') describes harsh or stringent judgment.

Congenital means pleasant, agreeable, or compatible with one's nature or temperament. Option A ('funeral director') describes an undertaker. Option B ('prominent') means notable or conspicuous. Option D ('blame') is a verb meaning to censure or hold responsible.

Congenital means existing at or from birth, acquired during development in the uterus. Option A ('moving with wavelike motion') might describe undulation. Option B ('salty') describes saline. Option D ('mythical figure half man and half horse') describes a centaur.

A conglomerate is a corporation consisting of several different, often unrelated business divisions or subsidiary companies. Option A ('dig up') describes excavation. Option B refers to sallow or jaundiced appearance. Option D describes the Centigrade temperature scale.

A conglomeration is a mass of material or parts that stick together, a confused mixture or collection. Option A ('not earthly') describes celestial or unearthly. Option B ('healthful') means salubrious. Option D ('radiating') refers to emitting rays or energy.

Congruence means correspondence or compatibility between parts, agreement or harmony. Option A ('plain') describes simple or unadorned. Option B ('tending to improve') means ameliorative or beneficial. Option D describes a centrifuge.

A conifer is a type of tree, typically evergreen, that bears cones (like pine, spruce, fir). Option A ('entirely acceptable') describes something admissible. Option B refers to sanctimonious behavior. Option D describes a Roman centurion.

Concise means expressing much in few words - brief and compact in expression. Option C is correct. Option A describes symmetry/balance, B refers to archipelagoes, and D is an unrelated negative character description.

A conclave is a private, secret meeting, especially one with restricted attendees like cardinals electing a pope. Option C is correct. Options A (simultaneous), B (public records), and D (rumbling sound) describe unrelated concepts.

Context refers to the parts of a text that come before and after a particular passage, helping to explain its meaning. Option C is correct. Options A (uproar), B (suppressing), and D (confusion) are unrelated to this literary concept.

Conjure means to cause something to appear as if by magic or invocation. Option C correctly identifies this meaning. Options A (liberate - opposite of confine), B (bloody), and D (formal) are incorrect.

Connivance is the pretense of ignorance of something wrong or improper - knowingly overlooking wrongdoing. Option C is correct. Options A (immature), B (optimistic), and D (certainty) don't match this definition.

A connoisseur is an expert judge in matters of taste - someone with knowledgeable appreciation of art, food, or other fine things. Option C is correct. Options A (remove priest's office), B (reduce), and D (halt) are unrelated.

Connotation refers to the suggested or implied meaning of an expression - the associations it carries beyond its literal definition. Option C is correct. Options A (clumsy), B (sarcastic remark), and D (compliant) don't match this linguistic term.