C Flashcards
Words that start with the letter C
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Cabal
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n. A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose
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Cabinet
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n. The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a nation
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Cabalism
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n. Superstitious devotion to one’s religion
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Cacophony
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n. A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones
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Cadaverous
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adj. Resembling a corpse
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Cadence
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n. Rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops
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Cadenza
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n. An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument
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Caitiff
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adj. Cowardly
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Cajole
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v. To impose on or dupe by flattering speech
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Cajolery
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n. Delusive speech
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Calculable
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adj. That may by estimated by reckoning
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Calculus
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n. A concretion formed in various parts of the body resembling a pebble in hardness
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Callosity
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n. The state of being hard and insensible
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Callow
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adj. Without experience of the world
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Calorie
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n. Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade
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Calumny
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n. Slander
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Calvary
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n. The place where Christ was crucified
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Calvinism
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n. The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin
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Calvinize
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n. To teach or imbue with the doctrines of Calvinism
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Came
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n. A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows
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Cameo
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n. Any small engraved or carved work in relief
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Campaign
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n. A complete series of connected military operations
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Canaanite
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n. A member of one of the three tribes that dwelt in the land of Canaan, or western Palestine
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Canary
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adj. Of a bright but delicate yellow
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Candid
adj. Straightforward
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Candor
n. The quality of frankness or outspokenness
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Canine
adj. Characteristic of a dog
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Canon
n. Any rule or law
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Cant
v. To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity
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Cantata
n. A choral composition
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Canto
n. One of the divisions of an extended poem
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Cantonment
n. The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered
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Capacious
adj. Roomy
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Capillary
n. A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells
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Capitulate
v. To surrender or stipulate terms
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Caprice
n. A whim
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Caption
n. A heading, as of a chapter, section, document, etc...
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Captious
adj. Hypercritical
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Captivate
v. To fascinate, as by excellence, eloquence, or beauty
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Carcass
n. The dead body of an animal
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Cardiac
adj. Pertaining to the heart
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Cardinal
adj. Of prime or special importance
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Caret
n. A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted
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Caricature
n. A picture or description in which natural characteristics are exaggerated or distorted
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Carnage
n. Massacre
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Carnal
adj. Sensual
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Carnivorous
adj. Eating or living on flesh
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Carouse
v. To drink deeply and in boisterous or jovial manner
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Carrion
n. Dead and putrefying flesh
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Cartilage
n. An elastic animal tissue of firm consistence
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Cartridge
n. A charge for a firearm, or for blasting
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Caste
n. The division of society on artificial grounds
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Castigate
v. To punish
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Casual
adj. Accidental, by chance
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Casualty
n. A fatal or serious accident or disaster
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Cataclysm
n. Any overwhelming flood of water
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Cataract
n. Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness
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Catastrophe
n. Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity
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Cathode
n. The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery
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Catholicism
n. The system, doctrine, and practice of the Roman Catholic Church
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Catholicity
n. Universal prevalence or acceptance
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Cat-o-nine-tails
n. An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy
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Caucus
n. A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates
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Causal
adj. Indicating or expressing a cause
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Caustic
adj. Sarcastic and severe
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Cauterize
v. To burn or sear as with a heated iron
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Cede
v. To pass title to
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Censor
n. An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication
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Censorious
adj. Judging severely or harshly
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Census
n. An official numbering of the people of a country or district
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Centenary
adj. Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years
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Centiliter
n. A hundredth of a liter
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Centimeter
A length of one hundredth of a meter
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Centurion
n. A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army
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Cereal
adj. Pertaining to the edible grain or farinaceous seeds
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Ceremonial
adj. Characterized by outward form or ceremony
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Ceremonious
adj. Observant of ritual
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Cessation
n. Discontinuance, as of action or motion
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Cession
n. Surrender, as of possessions or rights
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Chagrin
n. Keen vexation, annoyance, or mortification, as at one's failures or errors
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Chameleon
adj. Changeable in appearance
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Chancery
n. A court of equity, as distinguished from a common-law court
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Chaos
n. Any condition of which the elements or parts are in utter disorder and confusion
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Characteristic
n. A distinctive feature
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Characterize
v. To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities
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Charlatan
n. A quack
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Chasm
n. A yawning hollow, as in the earth's surface
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Chasten
v. To purify by affliction
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Chastise
v. To subject to punitive measures
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Chastity
n. Sexual or moral purity
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Chateau
n. A castle or manor-house
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Chattel
n. Any article of personal property
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Check
v. To hold back
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Chiffon
n. A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc...
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Chivalry
n. The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices
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Cholera
n. An acute epidemic disease
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Choleric
adj. Easily provoked to anger
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Choral
adj. Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir
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Christ
n. A title of Jesus
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Christen
v. To name in baptism
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Christendom
n. That part of the world where Christianity is generally professed
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Chromatic
adj. Belonging, relating to, or abounding in color
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Chronology
n. The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and arrangement of events
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Chronometer
n. A portable timekeeper of the highest attainable precision
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Cipher
v. To calculate arithmetically (also a noun meaning zero or nothing)
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Circulate
v. To disseminate
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Circumference
n. The boundary-line of a circle
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Circumlocution
n. Indirect or roundabout expression
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Circumnavigate
v. To sail quite around
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Circumscribe
v. To confine within bounds
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Circumspect
adj. Showing watchfulness, caution, or careful consideration
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Citadel
n. Any strong fortress
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Cite
v. To refer to specifically
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Claimant
n. One who makes a claim or demand, as of right
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Clairvoyance
n. Intuitive sagacity or perception
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Clamorous
adj. Urgent in complaint or demand
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Clan
n. A tribe
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Clandestine
adj. Surreptitious
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Clangor
n. Clanking or a ringing, as of arms, chains, or bells; clamor
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Clarify
v. To render intelligible
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Clarion
n. A small shrill trumpet or bugle
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Classify
v. To arrange in a class or classes on the basis of observed resemblance; and differences
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Clearance
n. A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with the law and may sail
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Clemency
n. Mercy
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Clement
adj. Compassionate
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Close-Hauled
adj. Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible
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Clothier
n. One who makes or sells cloth or clothing
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Clumsy
adj. Awkward of movement
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Coagulate
v. To change into a clot or a jelly, as by heat, by chemical action, or by a ferment
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Coagulant
adj. Production coagulation
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Coalescence
n. The act or process of coming together so as to form one body, combination, or product
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Coalition
n. Combination in a body or mass
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Coddle
v. To treat as a baby or an invalid
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Codicil
n. A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will
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Coerce
v. To force
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Coercion
n. Forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical
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Coercive
adj. Serving or tending to force
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Cogent
adj. Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience
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Cognate
adj. Akin
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Cognizant
adj. Taking notice
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Cohere
v. To stick together
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Cohesion
n. Consistency
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Cohesive
adj. Having the property of consistency
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Coincide
v. To correspond
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Coincidence
n. A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident
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Coincident
adj. Taking place at the same time
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Collaborate
v. To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits
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Collapse
v. To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail
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Collapsible
adj. That may or can collapse
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Colleague
n. An associate in professional employment
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Collective
adj. Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into mass, or sum
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Collector
n. One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like
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Collegian
n. A college student
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Collide
v. To meet and strike violently
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Collier
n. One who works in a coal-mine
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Collision
n. Violent contact
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Colloquial
adj. Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary
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Colloquialism
n. Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation
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Colloquy
n. Conversation
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Collusion
n. A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose
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Colossus
n. Any strikingly great person or object
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Comely
adj. Handsome
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Comestible
adj. Fit to be eaten
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Comical
adj. Funny
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Commemorate
v. To serve as a remembrance of
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Commentary
n. A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work
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Commingle
v. To blend
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Commissariat
n. The department of an army changed with the provision of its food and water and daily needs
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Commission
v. To empower
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Commitment
n. The act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping
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Committal
n. The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
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Commodity
n. Something that is bought and sold
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Commotion
n. A disturbance or violent agitation
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Commute
v. To put something, especially something less severe, in place of
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Comparable
adj. Fit to be compared
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Comparative
adj. Relative
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Comparison
n. Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness
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Compensate
v. To remunerate
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Competence
n. Adequate qualification or capacity
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Competent
adj. Qualified
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Competitive
adj. Characterized by rivalry
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Competitor
n. A rival
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Complacence
n. Satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings
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Complacent
adj. Pleased or satisfied with oneself
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Complaisance
n. Politeness
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Complaisant
adj. Agreeable
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Complement
v. To make complete
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Complex
adj. Complicated
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Compliant
adj. Yielding
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Complicate
v. To make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with
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Complication
n. An intermingling or combination of things or parts, especially in a perplexing manner
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Complicity
n. Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer
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Compliment
v. To address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise
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Component
n. A constituent element or part
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Comport
v. To conduct or behave (oneself)
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Composure
n. Calmness
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Comprehensible
adj. Intelligible
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Comprehension
n. Ability to know
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Comprehensive
adj. Large in scope or content
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Compress
v. To press together or into smaller space
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Compressible
adj. Capable of being pressed into smaller compass
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Compression
n. Constraint, as by force or authority
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Comprise
v. To consist of
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Compulsion
n. Coercion
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Compulsory
adj. Forced
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Compunction
n. Remorseful feeling
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Compute
v. To ascertain by mathematical calculation
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Concede
v. To surrender
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Conceit
n. Self-flattering opinion
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Conceive
v. To form an idea, mental image or thought of
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Concerto
n. A musical composition
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Concession
n. Anything granted or yielded, or admitted in response to a demand, petition, or claim
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Conciliate
v. To obtain the friendship ofC
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Conciliatory
adj. Sufficient to convince or decide
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Concord
n. Harmony
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Concordance
n. Harmony
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Concur
v. To agree
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Concurrence
n. Agreement
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Concurrent
adj. Occurring or acting together
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Concussion
n. A violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden blow
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Condensation
n. The act or process of making dense or denser
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Condense
v. To abridge
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Condescend
v. To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors
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Condolence
n. Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune
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Conduce
v. To bring about
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Conducive
adj. Contributing to an end
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Conductible
adj. Capable of being conducted or transmitted
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Conduit
n. A means for conduction something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid
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Confectionery
n. The candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy
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Confederacy
n. A number of states or persons in compact or league with each other, as for mutual aid
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Confederate
n. One who is united with others in a league, compact, or agreement
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Confer
v. To bestow
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Conferee
n. A person with whom another confers
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Confessor
n. A spiritual advisor
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Confidant
n. One to whom secrets are entrusted
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Confide
v. To reveal in trust or confidence
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Confidence
n. The state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another
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Confident
adj. Assured
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Confinement
n. Restriction within limits or boundaries
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Confiscate
v. To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury
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Conflagration
n. A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like
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Confluence
n. The place where streams meet
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Confluent
n. A stream that unites with another
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Conformance
n. The act or state or conforming
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Conformable
adj. Harmonious
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Conformation
n. General structure, form or outline
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Conformity
n. Correspondence in form, manner, or use
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Confront
v. To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles
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Congeal
v. To coagulate
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Congenial
adj. Having kindred character or tastes
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Congest
v. To collect into a mass
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Congregate
v. To bring together into a crowd
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Coniferous
adj. Cone-bearing trees
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Conjecture
n. A guess
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Conjoin
v. To unite
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Conjugal
adj. Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons
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Conjugate
adj. Joined together in pairs
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Conjugation
n. The state or condition of being joined together
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Conjunction
n. The state of being joined together, or the things so joined
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Cnonnive
v. To be in collusion
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Connoisseur
n. A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art
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Connote
v. To mean; signify
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Connubial
adj. Pertaining to marriage or matrimony
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Conquer
v. To overcome by force
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Consanguineous
adj. Descended from the same parent or ancestor
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Conscience
n. The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct
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Conscientious
adj. Governed by moral standard
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Conscious
adj. Aware that one lives, feels, and thinks
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Conscript
v. To force into military service
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Consecrate
v. To set apart as sacred
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Consecutive
adj. Following in uninterrupted succession
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Consensus
n. A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons
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Conservatism
n. Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things
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Conservative
adj. Adhering to the existing order of things
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Conservatory
n. An institution for instruction and training in music and declamation
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Consign
v. To entrust
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Consignee
n. A person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted
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Consignor
n. One who entrusts
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Consistency
n. A state of permanence
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Console
v. To comfort
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Consolidate
v. To combine into one body or system
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Consonance
n. The state or quality of being in accord with
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Consonant
adj. Being in agreement or harmony with
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Consort
n. A companion or associate
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Conspicuous
adj. Clearly visible
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Conspirator
n. One who agrees with others to cooperate in accomplishing some unlawful purpose
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Conspire
v. To plot
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Constable
n. An officer whose duty is to maintain the peace
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Constellation
n. An arbitrary assemblage or group of stars
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Consternation
n. Panic
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Constituency
n. The inhabitants or votes in a district represented in a legislative body
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Constituent
n. One who has the right to vote at an election
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Constrict
v. To bind
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Consul
n. An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country
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Consulate
n. The place in which a consul transacts official business
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Consummate
v. To bring to completion
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Consumption
n. Gradual destruction, as by burning, eating, etc., or by using up, wearing out, etc...
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Consumptive
adj. Designed for gradual destruction
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Contagion
n. The communication of disease from person to person
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Contagious
adj. Transmitting disease
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Contaminate
v. To pollute
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Contemplate
v. To consider thoughtfully
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Contemporaneous
adj. Living, occurring, or existing at the same time
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Contemporary
adj. Living or existing at the same time
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Contemptible
adj. Worth of scorn or disdain
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Contemptuous
adj. Disdainful
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Contender
n. One who exerts oneself in opposition or rivalry
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Contiguity
n. Proximity
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Contiguous
adj. Touching or joining at the edge or boundary
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Continence
n. Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and passion
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Contingency
n. Possibility of happening
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Contingent
adj. Not predictable
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Continuance
n. Permanence
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Continuation
n. Prolongation
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Continuity
n. Uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation, or development
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Continuous
adj. Connected, extended, or prolonged without separation or interruption of sequence
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Contort
v. To twist into a misshapen form
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Contraband
n. Trade forbidden by law or treaty
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Contradiction
n. The assertion of the opposite of that which has been said
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Contradictory
adj. Inconsistent with itself
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Contraposition
n. A placing opposite
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Contravene
v. To prevent or obstruct the operation of
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Contribution
n. The act of giving for a common purpose
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Contributor
n. One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose
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Contrite
adj. Broken in spirit because of sense of sin
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Contrivance
n. The act of planning, devising, inventing or adapting something to or for a special purpose
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Contrive
v. To manage or carry through by some device or scheme
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Control
v. To exercise a directing, restraining, or governing influence over
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Controller
n. One who or that which regulates or directs
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Contumacious
adj. Rebellious
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Contumacy
n. Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightfully authority
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Contuse
v. To bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin
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Contusion
n. A bruise
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Convalescent
adj. Recovering health after sickness
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Convene
v. To summor or cause to assemble
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Convenience
n. Fitness, as of time or place
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Converge
v. To cause to incline and approach nearer together
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Convergent
adj. Tending to one point
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Conversant
adj. Thoroughly informed
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Conversion
n. Change from one state or position to another, or from one form to another
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Convertible
adj. Interchangeable
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Convex
adj. Curving like the segment of the globe or of the surface of a circle
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Conveyance
n. That by which anything is transported
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Convival
adj. Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking
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Convolution
n. A winding motion
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Convolve
v. To move with a circling or winding motion
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Convoy
n. A protecting force accompanying property in course of transportation
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Convulse
v. To cause spasms in
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Convulsion
n. A violent and abnormal muscular contraction of the body
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Copious
adj. Plenteous
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Coquette
n. A flirt
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Cornice
n. An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling
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Cornucopia
n. The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity
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Corollary
n. A proposition following so obviously from another that it requires little demonstration
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Coronation
n. The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch
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Coronet
n. Inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various degrees of noble rank less than sovereign
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Corporal
adj. Belonging or relating to the body as opposed to the mind
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Corporate
adj. Belonging to a corporation
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Corporeal
adj. Of a material nature; physical
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Corps
n. A number or body of persons in some way associated or acting together
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Corpse
n. A dead body
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Corpulent
adj. Obese
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Corpuscle
n. A minute particle of matter
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Correlate
v. To put in some relation of connection or correspondence
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Correlative
adj. Mutually involving or implying one another
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Corrigible
adj. Capable of reformation
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Corroborate
v. To strengthen, as proof or conviction
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Corroboration
n. Confirmation
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Corrode
v. To ruin or destroy little by little
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Corrosion
n. Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration
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Corrosive
n. That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration
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Corruptible
adj. Open to bribery
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Corruption
n. Loss of purity or integrity
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Cosmetic
adj. Pertaining to the art of beautifying, especially the complexion
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Cosmic
adj. Pertaining to the universe
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Cosmogony
n. A doctrine of creation or of the origin of the universe
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Cosmography
n. The science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology
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Cosmology
n. The general science of the universe
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Cosmopolitan
adj. Common to all the world
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Cosmopolitanism
n. A cosmopolitan character
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Cosmos
n. The world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and arrangement
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Counter-claim
n. A cross-demand alleged by a defendant in his favor against the plaintiff
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Counteract
v. To act in opposition to
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Counterbalance
v. To oppose with an equal force
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Countercharge
v. To accuse in return
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Counterfeit
adj. Made to resemble something else
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Counterpart
n. Something taken with another for the completion of either
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Countervail
v. To offset
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Counting-house
n. A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc...
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Countryman
n. A rustic
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Courageous
adj. Brave
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Course
n. Line of motion or direction
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Courser
n. A fleet and spirited horse
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Courtesy
n. Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually
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Covenant
n. An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties
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Covert
adj. Concealed, especially for an evil purpose
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Covey
n. A flock of quails or partridges
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Cower
v. To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame
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Coxswain
n. One who steers a rowboat, or one who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew under an officer
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Crag
n. A rugged, rocky projection on a cliff or ledge
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Cranium
n. The skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the brain
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Crass
adj. Coarse or thick in nature or structure, as opposed to thin or fine
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Craving
n. A vehement desire
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Creak
n. A sharp, harsh, squeaking sound
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Creamery
n. A butter-making establishment
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Creamy
adj. Resembling or containing cream
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Credence
n. Belief
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Credible
adj. Believable
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Credulous
adj. Easily deceived
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Creed
n. A formal summary of fundamental points of religious belief
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Crematory
adj. A place for cremating dead bodies
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Crevasse
n. A deep crack or fissure in the ice of a glacier
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Crevice
n. A small fissure, as between two contiguous surfaces
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Criterion
n. A standard by which to determine the correctness of a judgment or conclusion
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Critique
n. A criticism or critical review
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Crockery
n. Earthenware made from baked clay
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Crucible
n. A trying and purifying test or agency
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Crusade
n. Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in behalf of an idea or principle
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Crustacean
adj. Pertaining to a division of arthropods, containing lobsters, crabs, crawfish, etc...
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Crustaceous
adj. Having a crust-like shell
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Crypogram
n. Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning
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Crystallize
v. To bring together or give fixed shape to
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Cudgel
n. A short thick stick used as a club
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Culinary
adj. Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen
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Cull
v. To pick or sort out from the rest
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Culpable
adj. Guilty
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Culprit
n. A guilty person
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Culvert
n. Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal
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Cupidity
n. Avarice
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Curable
adj. Capable of being remedied or corrected
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Curator
n. A person having charge as of a library or museum
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Curio
n. A piece of bric-a-brac
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Cursive
adj. Writing in which the letters are joined together
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Cursory
adj. Rapid and superficial
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Curt
adj. Concise, compressed, and abrupt in act or expression
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Curtail
v. To cut off or cut short
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Curtsy
n. A downward movement of the body by bending the knees
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Cycloid
adj. Like a circle
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Cygnet
n. A young swan
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Cynical
adj. Exhibiting moral skepticism
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Cynicism
n. Contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value
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Cynosure
n. That to which general interest or attention is directed
