17 Flashcards
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connoisseur
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n. a person possessing expert knowledge or training; a person of informed and discriminating taste
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conscript
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n. person compulsorily enrolled for military service
3
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consecrate
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v. to declare sacred
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contend
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v. to assert
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contentious
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adj. quarrelsome; causing quarrels
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contiguous
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adj. touching; neighboring; connecting without a break
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continence
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n. self-control; abstention from sexual activity
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contrite
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adj. very sorrowful for a wrong
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contumacious
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adj. disobedient; rebellious
10
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conundrum
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n. riddle; puzzle with no solution