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conscript
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a person compulsorily enrolled for military service
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consecrate
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to declare sacred
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contend
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to assert
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contentious
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quarrelsome; causing quarrels
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contiguous
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touching; neighboring; connecting without a break
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continence
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self-control; abstention from sexual activity
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contrite
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very sorrowful for a wrong; seeking forgiveness
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contumacious
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disobedient; rebellious
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conundrum
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riddle; puzzle with no solution
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convention
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practice widely observed in a group; custom; accepted technique or device
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converge
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to approach; come together; tend to meet
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convex
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curved outward
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convivial
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sociable
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convoluted
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twisted; complicated
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copious
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abundant; plentiful
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coquette
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woman who flirts
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cornucopia
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horn overflowing with fruit and grain; state of abundance
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cosmology
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study of the universe as a totality; theory of the origin and structure of the universe
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covert
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hidden; secret
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covetous
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desiring something owned by another
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cozen
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to mislead by trick or fraud; decieve
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craven
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cowardly
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credence
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acceptance of something as true
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credo
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statement of belief or principle; creed
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daunt
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to discourage; intimidate; dishearten
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dearth
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scarcity
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debauchery
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corruption
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decorum
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proper behavior
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defame
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to malign; harm someone's reputation
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default
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to fail to act
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deference
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respect; regard for another's wish
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defunct
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no longer existing
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delineate
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to represent or depict
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demographic
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related to population balance
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demotic
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pertaining to people
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demur
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to express doubt; question or oppose
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denigrate
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to slur someone's reputation
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denizen
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an inhabitant; a regular visitor
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denouement
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outcome; unraveling of the plot of a play or work of literature
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clairvoyant
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one who can predict the future; psychic
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