COLLATERAL

money or property which is used as a guarantee that someone will repay a loan

E.g: Most people here cannot borrow from banks because they lack collateral.

COLLATION

1. Assembling in proper numerical or logical sequence
2. a light informal meal

E.g: Tea, sandwiches and cookies were offered at the collation

COLLUSION

A secret agreement

E.g: Pakistan in collusion with China lobbied hard to keep India out of the UN Security Council.

COMATOSE

1. In coma
2. in a deep sleep, usually because of tiredness or having drunk too much alcohol

E.g: Grandpa lies comatose on the sofa.

COMELY

Attractive

E.g: I would love to have a comely wife

COMESTIBLE

Any substance that can be used as food

E.g: The roasted chicken and fried fish along with other comestibles made the party memorable.

COMEUPPANCE

An outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved

E.g: The central character is a bad man who shoots people and gets his comeuppance.

COMITY

a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect

E.g: A spirit of comity should exist among India and Pakistan.

COMPACT

Agreement or contract

E.g: The signers of the Coalition Compact were establishing a form of government

COMPLAISANT

Overly polite, obliging

E.g: Someone complaisant yeilds to others as he has an excessive need to please others.

COMPLICITY

Involvement with other people in an illegal activity or plan

E.g: Recently a number of policemen were sentenced to death for their complicity in the murder

COMPORT

Behave properly

E.g: He comported himself with great dignity

COMPUNCTION

A feeling of deep regret

E.g: He has no compunction about relating how he killed his father.

CONCEIT

Having great pride in your abilities or achievements

E.g: He knew, without conceit, he was considered a genius.

CONCERTED

Mutually agreed on; done together

E.g: Its time for concerted action against Naxals, the Home Minister said.

CONCILIATORY

Making or willing to make concessions

E.g: The President's speech was hailed as a conciliatory gesture toward business.

CONCOCT

Prepeare by combining or mixing several things together

E.g: Mr Ferguson said the prisoner concocted the story to get a lighter sentence.

CONCOMITANT

something that happens at the same time as another thing and is connected with it.

E.g: This approach was concomitant with the move away from relying solely on official records.

CONDESCEND

Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

E.g: I wont condescend to reading other people's mail

CONDIGN

Fitting or appropriate and deserved

E.g: To brood over a guilty man's just and condign punishment makes no sense to me.

CONDUIT

1. small tunnel, pipe, or channel through which water or electrical wires go.
2. a person or country that links two or more other people or countries.

E.g: Pakistan became a conduit for drugs produced in Afghanistan.

CONFOUND

Confuse; puzzle

E.g: No mystrey could confound Sherlock Holmes for long

CONGEAL

becomes very thick and sticky and almost solid

E.g: The blood had started to congeal.

CONGENTIAL

Existing at birth

E.g: Doctors are able to cure some congential deformities through operations