SAT Vocab 5 Flashcards
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cohesion n.
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Consistency.
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cohesive adj.
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Having the property of consistency.
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coincide v.
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To correspond.
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coincidence n.
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A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident.
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coincident adj.
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Taking place at the same time.
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collaborate v.
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To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits.
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collapse v.
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To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail.
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collapsible adj.
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That may or can collapse.
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colleague n.
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An associate in professional employment.
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collective adj.
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Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into a mass, or sum.
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collector n.
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One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
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collegian n.
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A college student.
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collide v.
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To meet and strike violently.
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collier n.
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One who works in a coal-mine.
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collision n.
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Violent contact.
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colloquial adj.
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Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary.
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colloquialism n.
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Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation.
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colloquy n.
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Conversation.
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collusion n.
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A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose.
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colossus n.
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Any strikingly great person or object.
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comely adj.
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Handsome.
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comestible adj.
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Fit to be eaten.
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comical adj.
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Funny.
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commemorate v.
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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 charged 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 of.
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conciliatory adj.
Tending to reconcile.
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conclusive 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 conducting 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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connive 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 voters 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.
Worthy 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 a sense of sin.
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contrivance n.
The act 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 rightful 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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convalesce v.
To recover after a sickness.
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convalescence n.
The state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
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convalescent adj.
Recovering health after sickness.
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convene v.
To summon 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.
