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contaminate

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vt.

to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association

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contempt

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n.

the act of despising: the state of mind of one who despises; disdain

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content

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adj.

feeling or manifesting satisfaction with one’s possessions, status or situation

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contentious

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adj.

exhibiting an often perverse and wearisome tendency to quarrels and disputes

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contort

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v.

to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression

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contradictory

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adj.

involving, causing or constituting a contradiction

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contravene

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v.

to oppose in argument; contradict

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contrite

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adj.

grieving and penitent for sin or shortcoming

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control

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n.

an individual or group used as a standard of comparison in a control experiment

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contumacious

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adj.

stubbornly disobedient; rebellious

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convalesce

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vi.

to recover health and strength gradually after sickness or weakness

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convene

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v.

to come together in a body

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convenience

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n.

something (as an appliance, device, or service) conductive to comfort or ease

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convention

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n.

usage or custom especially in social matters

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conventional

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adj.

lacking originality or individuality; trite

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convergent

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adj.

tending to move toward one point or to approach each other; converging

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conversant

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adj.

having frequent or familiar association

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convert

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vt.
n.
to bring over from one belief, view or party to another

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convex

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adj.

curved or rounded like the exterior of a sphere

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convey

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vt.

to transfer or deliver to another

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conviction

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n.

a strong persuasion or belief

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convoke

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v.

to call together to a meeting

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convoluted

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adj. 盘绕的，卷曲的； 复杂的

involved, intricate

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convulsion

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n.

an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles

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coop
n. | a cage or small enclosure(as for poultry)
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copious
adj. | present in large quantity; taking place on a large scale
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copiousness
n. | plentiful in number
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coquette
n. | a woman who endeavours without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men
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cord
n. | a unit of wood cut for fuel equal to a stack 4*4*8 feet or 128 cubic feet
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cordiality
n. | sincere affection and kindness; cordial
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cordon
n. | a line of persons or objects around a person or place
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cornucopia
n. | a inexhaustible store; abundance
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coronation
n. | the act or occasion of crowning; also: accession to the highest office
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corporeal
adj. having, consisting of or relating to a physical material body; as not spiritual or not immaterial or intangible; substantial
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corral
vt. n. a pen or enclosure for confining or capturing livestock
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corroborate
vt. | to support with evidence or authority; make more certain
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corrosive
adj. | tending or having the power to corrode
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cosmopolitan
n. | having world wide rather than limited or provincial scope or bearing
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cosset
to treat as a pet; pamper
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countenance
n. v. to extend approval or toleration to; sanction
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counterfeit
n. | made in imitation of something else with intent to deceive; forged
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court
n. vt. to seek the affections of; especially: to seek to win a pledge of marriage from
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courtesy
n. | a courteous act or expression
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coven
n. | an assembly or band of usually 13 witches
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covetous
adj. | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions
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cow
v. | to destroy the resolve or courage of
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cowardice
n. | lack of courage or resolution
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cower
vi. | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers or dismays
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cozen
v. | to mislead by means of a petty trick or fraud; deceive
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cramp
adj. | restricted, narrowed
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crass
adj. | having or indicating such grossness of mind as precludes delicacy and discrimination
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craven
adj. | lacking the least bit of courage; contemptibly fainthearted
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craving
n. | an intense, urgent or abnormal desire or longing
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credence
n. | acceptance as true or valid; belief
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credulous
adj. | ready to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence
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creek
n. | a natural stream of water normally smaller than and often tributary to a river
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creep
vi. | to move slowly, quietly and carefully, esppo as not to attract attention
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crescendo
n. | a gradual increase; specifically: a gradual increase in volume of a musical passage
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crest
n. | the top of a wave
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crestfallen
adj. | feeling shame or humiliation; dejected
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cronyism
n. partiality to cronies especially as evidenced in the appointment of political hangers-on to office without regard to their qualifications
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croon
v. to sing or speak in a gentle murmuring manner; especially: to sing in a soft intimate manner adapted to amplifying systems
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crouch
v. | to bend or bow servilely; cringe
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crown
vt. | to place a crown or wreath on the head of; specifically: to invest with regal dignity and power
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crucial
adj. | important or essential as resolving acrisis; decisive
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crude
adj. | marked by the primitive, gross or elemental or by uncultivated simplicity or vulgarity
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crutch
n. | a support typically fitting under the armpit for use by the disabled in walking
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crux
n. | an essential point requiring resolution or resolving an outcome
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cryptic
adj. | having or seeming to have a hidden or ambiguous meaning; mysterious
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cuisine
n. | manner of preparing food; style of cooking; also: the food prepared
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culpable
adj. | meriting cndemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful
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cultivated
adj. | refined, educated
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cumbersome
adj. | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk
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cunning
adj. | characterized by williness and trickery
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curator
n. one that has the care and superintendence of something; especially : one in charge of a museum, zoo, or other plae of exhibit
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curmudgeon
n. | a crusty, ill-tempered and usually old man.
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curriculum
n. | a group of related courses, often in a special field of study.
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cursory
adj. | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced; hasty
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curt
adj. | sparing of words; terse
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curtail
vt. | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part
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cyclone
n. | a storm or system of winds that rotates about a center of low atmospheric pressure and often brings heavy rain.
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cynical
adj. | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic; especially: contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives
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dab
v. | a gentle touch or stroke; pat
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dabble
vi. | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest
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daft
adj. | silly, foolish
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dagger
n. | a sharp pointed knife for stabbing
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damn
v. | to eclare
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damp
adj. v. moisture, humidity, dampness
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dampen
v. | to check or diminish the activity or vigor of; to become deadened or depressed
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damper
n. | a dulling or deadening influence
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dandy
n. | a man who gives exaggerated attention to personal appearance
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dapper
adj. | neat and trim in appearance
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dappled
adj. | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background
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daredevil
n. | a recklessly bold person
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dart
vi. | to move suddenly or rapidly fall
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dashing
adj. | splendid
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daunt
vt. | to lessen the courage of; cow, subdue
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dawdle
v. | to move lackadaisically
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deactivate
vt. | to make inactive or ineffective

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