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circumlocution

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indirect or very wordy language

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cloying or cloy

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sickeningly sweet or satiate with excess sweetness

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cogent

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intellectually convincing

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commensurate

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corresponding in size or magnitude

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commiserate

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to express or feel sympathy or pity

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complacent

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self-satisfied ignorance or danger

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complicit

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partnership in a wrongful act

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compunction

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distress caused by feeling guilty

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conciliatory

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friendly, agreeable

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10
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concomitant

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accompanying in a subordinate fashion

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condescend

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to lower oneself to an inferior’s level

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confound

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pleasantly agreeable

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congeal

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to thicken into a solid

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14
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connivance or connive

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disregard or tacitly consent to a wrongdoing, to plot or scheme

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consanguinity

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close relationship, denoting people descending from the same ancestor

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consecrate

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to dedicate something to a holy purpose

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consort

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(noun) husband or wife

verb: to associate or join

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consternation

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sudden confusion, panic

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consummate

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verb: to complete
noun: perfect

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contemporaneous

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existing during the same time

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contentious

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having a tendency to quarrel or dispute

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contrite

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eager to be forgiven, sorrowful

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contumacious

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stubborn or willfully disobedient

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contumely

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rudeness

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convene

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to call together

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convoluted

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intricate, complicated

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copious

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abundant, profuse

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corpulence

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fat, fleshy

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corroborate

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to support or strengten, to confirm

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coup

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brilliant, unexpected act

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coterie

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a close group of friends

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countenance

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to tolerate, approve

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covet

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to desire enviously

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cower

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to tremble in fear

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coy

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shy and modest

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crass

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stupid, unrefined

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craven

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cowardly

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crotchety

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eccentric

39
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cupidity

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greed, strong desire

40
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cynic

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fault-finder

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cynosure

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center of attention