Words 8/19/12

Question 1

cleave

Answer 1

to fasten tightly; to split or divide

Question 2

clemency

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forgiveness, mercy

Question 3

climactic

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pertaining to the highest or most important point

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clinch

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to make final, to settle

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clout

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power and influence over other people; a powerful blow

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cloy

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to become weary with an excess of something

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coagulate

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to cause to become thickened

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coalesce

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to unite, to grow together

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coddle

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to overprotect, to pamper

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codger

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an eccentric old guy

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coerce

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to force someone by threatening or overpowering him

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cogent

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very convincing

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cogitate

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to think very careful

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cognizant

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conscious, aware

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cohort

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friend or associate

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coiffure

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hairdo

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collate

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to assemble in proper order

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collateral

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security offered for payment of a debt

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colloquial

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street language

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collusion

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a secret agreement, conspiracy

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combustible

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easy to excite

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comity

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social harmony

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commemorate

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to honor a memory in a special way

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commensurate

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proportionate, equal

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commiserate

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to feel or express sympathy for someone's unhappiness

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commodity

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something bought and sold

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compatible

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able to function in harmony with others

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compendium

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a concise summary

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compensate

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to be equivalent to

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competent

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qualified and capable

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compile

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to collect and arrange together

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complacent

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self-satisfied

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complaisant

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amenable, cordial

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compliant

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willingness to adhere

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complicity

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sharing in wrongdoing

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compliment

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an admiring remark

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compote

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dessert of fruit cooked in syrup

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compunction

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remorse

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concave

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curved inward like the interior of a sphere

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concede

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to admit unwillingly that something is true

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concentric

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of circles of spheres having the same center

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concert

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a shared purpose

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conclave

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gathering of a group, secret assembly

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concomitant

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accompanying, happening together and connected with

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condescend

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to patronize

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condone

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to allow to happen

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conducive

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promoting, contributing

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confederate

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an accomplice

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confer

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to give, grant, or bestow

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confidant

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person with whom one can share feelings and secrets

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confiscate

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to take or seize by authority

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conflagration

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a large destructive fire

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confluence

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flowing together

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conform

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to make the same

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confound

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to confuse and surprise, to amaze

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confraternity

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brotherhood

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congeal

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to jell, to change from a liquid to a solid state

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congenital

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hereditary

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conjoin

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to join or act together

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conjugal

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connected with marriage

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connive

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to conspire, to join secretly in a plot

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connote

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to convey, to imply

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connubial

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relating to marriage

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conscript

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to register, to enlist

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consecrate

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to make or declare sacred

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consign

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to deliver, transfer

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consolidate

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to combine into a whole

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consonant

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in agreement, harmonious

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conspiracy

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a secret plot

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consternation

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

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constituency

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a group of supporters for anything

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construe

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to interpret

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consummate

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perfectly skillful

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contemptuous

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disdainful, scornful

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contentious

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quarrelsome

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contingent

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dependent upon

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contort

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to twist or bend

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contraband

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smuggled illegal goods

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contravention

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contrary, opposition

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contretemps

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an unlucky event

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contrived

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false, artificial, not spontaneous

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controvert

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to dispute, oppose by reasoning

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contumely

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arrogantly

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conundrum

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a dilemma

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converge

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to come together

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converse

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the opposite

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convex

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curved like an exterior sphere

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convey

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to express, communicate

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conviction

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a determined belief

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convivial

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sociable

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copious

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abundant, plentiful

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cornucopia

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an abundance

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corollary

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something that results from something else

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corporal

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related to the body as in punishment

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corporeal

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tangible, material

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corpulent

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fat, obese

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corroborate

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to support, confirm

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corrosive

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causing something to be destroyed

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corrugated

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shaped or bent into ridges

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counsel

Answer 100

advice