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| self satisfied; overly pleased w/ onself. ex: the football team won so many games that it became complacent, and the worst team in the league snuck up and beat it. to fall into complacency is to become comfortably uncaring about the world around you. complaisant |
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| to complete or fill up; to be the perfect counterpart. flowers complemented decorations. or ice cream was perfect complement to dinner |
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| participation in wrongdoing; act of being accomlice. ex:complicity among the students mad it impossible to find out which had commited the crime |
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| covering or including everything. insurance policy was comprehensive covered all losses |
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| to consist of. a company comprises employees. employees compose/constitute a company |
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| making peace; attemptiing to resolve dispute thru goodwill. to be conciliatory is to kiss/make up. the formerly warring countries were conciliatory @ the treaty conference |
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| to bring two things into aggreement. the accountant managed 2 reconcile company books w/ cash on hand only thru creativity |
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| brief and to the point, succint. the scientists xplanagion was concise; it was brief and it helped us understand the difficult concept. |
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