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• Sarah’s mom conditioned her going to the party on her being home by 59
10 P.M. at the latest.
• Ulie’s outer garb is conditioned on the weather report.
• After shampooing, it helps to condition one’s hair.
[-ed, -ing] [Syn. state]
conduct (KON duhct for n., kuhn DUHCT for vt.) n. 1. the process or way of
managing or directing; 2. how one acts; behavior —vt. 1. to show the way to; to
lead; to guide; to escort; 2. to manage, control, or direct; 3. to behave; 4. to be able
to transmit, convey, or carry
• Hands-on conduct is how Rocio handles her investments.
• Richard has never been sent to the office for bad conduct.
• The tour guide conducts a new group every half hour.
• While Leonard Bernstien was music director of the New York
Philharmonic, he frequently conducted his own works.
• Children should conduct themselves properly in public.
• Aluminum conducts heat better than steel but not as well as copper.
[-ed, -ing, -ible adj., -ibility adv.]
confirm (kuhn FIRM) vt. 1. to strengthen; establish; encourage; 2. to make valid
by formal approval; to ratify; 3. to prove truth, validity, or authenticity of; 4. to
cause to go through the religious ceremony of confirmation
• We should confirm our reservations to make sure they hold our spaces on
tomorrow morning’s flight.
• The appointment of a Supreme Court justice must be confirmed by a two-
thirds vote of the Senate to be valid.
• Ruth contacted the manufacturer to confirm that the model on sale was the
latest one.
• Ray’s parents arranged for him to be confirmed.
[-ed, -ing, -ation n.] [Syn. verify, validate]
confiscate (KON fis kayt) vt. 1. to seize (private property) for the public treas-
ury, usually as a penalty; 2. to seize by or as by authority; appropriate —adj. 1.
taken away; 2. having property seized
• In some states, automobiles driven while under the influence of an intoxi-
cant are confiscated.
• A counterfeit bill is always confiscated by the bank teller who spots it, on
authority of the Treasury Department.
• Vera sued the city, trying to recover her confiscated car.
• Bill hadn’t yet delivered his confiscated handgun.
[confiscated, confiscating, confiscator, confiscation n.]
conflate (kuhnf LAYT) vt. to combine or mix (for example, two different read-
ings into a single text); to bring together; to fuse; to join or meld
• There is a tendency in some corners to conflate all drug use into a single
dreadful statistic.
• Ralph’s film conflates the the past and present through skillful use of
flashbacks.