connive

Definition of connive

Verbs

encourage or assent to illegally or criminally
Type of:
accede, acquiesce, assent
to agree or express agreement
form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
Synonyms:
intrigue, scheme
Type of:
plot
plan secretly, usually something illegal

Vocabulary Lists for connive

John Knowles's A Separate Peace »(79 words)
Words from A Separate Peace for study.
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  • aesthete
  • ambiguously
  • anarchy

Vocab 5000 part #2 »(497 words)
  • beatify
  • beatitude
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  • becalm
  • beck

mega »(3106 words)
  • anomaly
  • equivocal
  • lucid
  • precipitate
  • abstain

Aggregate »(1997 words)
  • prescient
  • iniquity
  • disenfranchisement
  • expropriation
  • triumvirate

adumbrate, adverse, advert »(1105 words)
  • adumbrate
  • adverse
  • advert
  • advisory
  • aeronaut

C-list »(392 words)
  • carillon
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  • clapper
  • clamber
  • contrivance

Unfamilar Words »(116 words)
  • terseness
  • guileful
  • knavish
  • scrivener
  • deprecatory

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