MinD Sep 28 - Oct 04 Flashcards

(38 cards)

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Conscript (v)

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To register, enlist, draft, induce, recruit

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Consecrate (v)

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To make or declare sacred

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Conservatory (n)

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A school for the teaching of music, act or art; a room usually connected to a house in which plants are grown and kept, a greenhouse

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Consign (v)

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To deliver, transfer, entrust or give up

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Connubial (adj)

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Relating to marriage or the state of being married

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Consolidate (v)

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To join together to become more effective, to become stronger, to combine into a whole, unify

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Consonant (adj)

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In agreement, harmonious

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Conspiracy (n)

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A secret agreement, plot

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Confound (v)

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To confuse or surprise; to perplex or bewilder; to amaze

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Confraternity (n)

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A fraternal union; brotherhood

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Confront (v)

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To bring face to face, encounter

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Congenital (adj)

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Heredity

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Connive (v)

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To join secretly in a plot; conspire; to support a wrong doing by ignoring or failing to report it

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Congruent (adj)

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Equivalent, compatible, of the same shape

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Conjecture (v)

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To guess, figure out with little evidence

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Conjoin (v)

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To join or act together

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Conjugal (adj)

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Connected with marriage or the relationship between husband and wife

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Conjure (v)

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To call forth using magic

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Consternation (n)

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A feeling of anxiety, shock or confusion; a state of dismay

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Constituency (n)

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The body of voters from a district represented by an elected official; a group of supporters for anything

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Construe (v)

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Contempt (n)

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A strong feeling of combined dislike and lack of respect; scorn

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Contemptuous (adj)

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Feeling contempt; disdainful; scornful

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Contentious (adj)

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Argumentative; quarrelsome

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Contiguous (adj)
Adjoining; side by side
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Continuum (n)
A continuous whole without clear division into parts
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Contort (v)
To twist or bend out of shape
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Contravention (n)
Contrary; opposition
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Contretemps (n)
An unlucky event, often happening in public and causing social embarrassment
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Contrived (adj)
False, artificial, not spontaneous, obviously planned
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Controvert (v)
To dispute, opposed by reasoning, refute
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Contumely (adv)
Contemptuous rudeness, arrogance, an insulting act or comment
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Convene (v)
To gather together; to assemble especially for a formal meeting
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Convex (adj)
Curved or rounded like an exterior sphere or circle
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Convolution (n)
A complexity of coils, twists, and folds
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Cornucopia (n)
Bounty, plenty, affluence, an abundance
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Corollary (n)
Something that results from something else; a natural result or consequence
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Corporal (adj)
Affecting or related to the body as in punishment