GRE-1061Word Flashcards
(200 cards)
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abacus
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frame with balls for calculating
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abate
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to lessen
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abdication
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giving up power
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aberration
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straying away from normal
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abet
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to encourage wrong doing
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abhor
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to hate
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abide
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to be faithful
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abjure
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to promise to give up
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abraded
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worn away by friction
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abrogate
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to take back by authority
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abscond
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to run from law
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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abut
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to border
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abysmal
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bottomless
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acarpous
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no longer fertile
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acclaimed
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praised
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accolade
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praise
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accretion
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many things to one
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adamant
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stubborn
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admonitory
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containing warning
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adorn
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to add beauty
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adulteration
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making unpure
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affable
A
friendly
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affinity
close connection
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aggravate
to make worse
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agile
quick-moving
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agog
eager
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ail
to be sick
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alacrity
eager readiness
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alcove
a partially enclosed place
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allegiance
loyalty
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alleviate
to make less
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alloy
to mix with something inferior
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aloof
indifferent
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amalgamate
to combine
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ambidextrous
able to use both hands equally
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ambiguous
unclear
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ambivalent
having different meanings
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ameliorate
to make better
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amortize
to end by setting aside money
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anguish
severe suffering
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animosity
hate
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antidote
medicine to cure disease
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antithetical
direct opposite
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apartheid
brutal racial discrimination
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aplomb
self confidence
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apostate
one who abandons beliefs
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apotheosis
glorification to godliness
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appease
to calm
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apprehensive
feeling fear of the future
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apprise
to inform
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approbation
approval
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apropos
appropriate to the situation
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apt
well-suited
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arabesque
a complex ornate design
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arboreal
related to trees
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ardor
enthusiasm
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arduous
laborious
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argot
jargon
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arrant
in the highest degree
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arrogance
having superior attitude
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articulate
to speak distinctly
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ascend
to move up
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ascertain
to get to know
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ascetic
practicing self-denial
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ascribe
to consider to be the origin
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aseptic
surgically clean
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asperity
harshness
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aspersion
slander
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assail
to attack violently
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assiduous
hard-working
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assuage
to make less
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asterisk
substitution mark
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astringent
substance that shrinks
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astute
clever
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atonement
repayment
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attenuate
to make thin
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attune
to bring into harmony
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audacious
bold
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augury
omen
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august
majestic
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auspicious
favorable
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austere
severely moral
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auxiliary
supporting
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aver
to prove
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aversion
strong dislike
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avid
eager
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avow
declare openly
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baleful
harmful
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balk
to get in the way of
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baneful
causing harm
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barrage
obstacle built across a river
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barren
unable to have children
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bask
to enjoy warmth and light
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beatify
to bless
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bedizen
to adorn in cheap showy manner
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belabor
to beat hard
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bellicose
warlike
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belligerent
waging war
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benefactor
person who gives help
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benevolence
wishing good
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benign
kind
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bequest
act of passing on to another
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berate
to scold sharply
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bereft
to rob of something
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bewilder
to confuse
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bigot
narrow-minded person
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bilge
protuberance of a cask
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blandishment
cajole
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blandness
not irritating or stimulating
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blatant
loud
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blithe
carefree
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bogus
fake
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boisterous
noisy
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bolster
to give greatly needed support
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boorish
rude
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brash
hasty
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brass
yellow metal
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brazen
made of brass
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breach
to break in
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brittle
easily broken
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broach
to begin to talk about
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brook
to tolerate
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buoyant
light-hearted
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burgeon
to begin to grow
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burnish
to polish
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cabal
a scheme
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cadge
to get by begging
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cajole
to use flattery to persuade
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calipers
metal leg supports
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calumny
slander
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candid
straight-forward
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cant
insincere talk
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cantankerous
bad-tempered
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canvass
to discuss thoroughly
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castigate
to correct with punishment
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castigation
severe punishment
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catalyst
substance that causes speedup
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caustic
biting and sarcastic
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censure
official rebuke
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centurion
leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
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chary
cautious
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chastened
corrected
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chastisement
punishment
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chauvinist
a blindly devoted patriot
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chicanery
trickery
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chisel
steel tool for shaping materials
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churl
bad-tempered person
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clamor
to complain loudly
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clientele
customers
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clinch
to settle
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cling
to fasten
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clot
lump formed from liquid
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cloture
method to end debate
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coagulation
to change to thick and solid state
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coalescing
coming into one
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coax
to get something with flattery
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coda
passage at end of music
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coddle
to treat with care
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coerce
to compel
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coeval
coexisting
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cogent
convincing
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cogitate
to meditate
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cognizant
fully aware
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colander
draining bowl
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collusion
secret meeting
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combustion
process of burning
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commemorate
to honor with ceremony
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commodious
roomy
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commuter
person who travels regularly
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complaisance
willingness to please
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compunction
feeling regret
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conceal
hide
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conceit
high opinion of one's self
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conciliatory
comforting
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concord
agreement
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concur
to agree
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condense
to increase in density
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condone
to forgive
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congeal
to make stiff
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conjoin
to join together
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connoisseur
person with good judgement
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connotation
suggestion in addition to
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consequential
pompous
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console
to comfort
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conspicuous
easily seen
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consternation
fear
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constrain
to compel
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constrict
to make tight
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consume
to get to end of
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consummate
to make perfect
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contemn
to hate
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contentious
argumentative
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contiguous
touching
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contrite
feeling regret
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contumacious
rebellious
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conundrum
riddle
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conviction
strong belief
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convoke
to summon
