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- clobbered Clobbered means hit very hard or badly defeated.
- cognitive C1 Relating to thinking, understanding, and learning.
- compassion Compassion is a feeling of concern for someone who is suffering, together with a desire to help.
- complement C1 A complement is something that completes or improves something else.
- compliment C1 A compliment is a polite, positive remark that expresses praise or admiration.
- concept B1 A concept is an idea or general understanding of something.
- connotation B2 A connotation is the feeling or idea that a word suggests in addition to its basic meaning.
- constituent A constituent is a part of something larger, especially a component of a mixture or a system.
- context B1 Context is the situation or background information that helps you understand something better.
- conundrum C1 A conundrum is a confusing and difficult problem to solve or understand.
- cumulative Increasing by adding new amounts to what already exists.
- cynical B2 Cynical describes believing that people are mainly motivated by self-interest and not sincere.
- defective Defective means having a fault or flaw that prevents something from working properly.
- democracy B1 Democracy is a system of government where people choose their leaders through voting.
- denotation B2 Denotation is the literal, direct meaning of a word.
- depression B1 Depression is a mental health condition that causes persistent sadness and loss of interest in daily life.
- derail To derail is to cause a train to leave its tracks or to make a plan fail or go off course.
- deviated septum A deviated septum is a condition in which the wall between the nostrils is off-center, making breathing through the nos…
- didactic C1 Didactic describes something intended to teach, often in a way that feels too moralizing or instructive.
- discreet C1 Discreet means careful and polite about what you say or do so you do not cause embarrassment or attract attention.