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82 Cards in this Set
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collaborate
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work together
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collage
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work of art put together from fragments
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collate
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examine in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order
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collateral
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security given for a loan
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collation
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a light meal
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colloquial
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pertaining to conversational or common speech; informal
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colloquy
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informal discussion
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collusion
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conspiring in a fraudulent scheme
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colossal
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huge
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colossus
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gigantic statue
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comatose
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in a coma; extremely sleepy
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combustible
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easily burned
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comely
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attractive; agreeable
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comestible
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something fit to be eaten
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comeuppance
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rebuke; deserts
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comity
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courtesy; civility
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commandeer
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to draft for military purposed; to take for public use
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commemorative
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remembering; honoring
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commensurate
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corresponding in extent, degree, amount, etc.; proportionate
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commiserate
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feel or express pity or sympathy for
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commodious
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spacious and comfortable
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communal
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held in common; a group of people
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compact
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agreement; contract
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compact
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tightly packed; firm; brief
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compatible
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harmonious; in harmony with
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compelling
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overpowering; irresistible in effect
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compendium
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brief; comprehensive summary
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compensatory
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making up for; repaying
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compilation
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listing of statistical information in tabular or book form
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compile
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assemble; gather; accumulate
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complacency
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self-satisfaction; smugness
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complaisant
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trying to please; overly polite; obliging
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complement
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complete; consummate; make perfect
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complementary
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serving to complete something
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compliance
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readiness to yield; conformity in fulfilling requirements
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compliant
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yielding; conforming to requirements
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complicity
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involvement in a crime; participation
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component
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element; ingredient
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comport
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bear one's self; behave
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composure
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mental calmness
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compound
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combine; constitute; pay interest; increase
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comprehensive
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thorough; inclusive
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compress
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squeeze or press together; make more compact
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comprise
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include; consist of
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compromise
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adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of
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compunction
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remorse
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compute
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reckon; calculate
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concatenate
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link as in a chain
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concave
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hollow
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concede
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admit; yield
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conceit
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vanity of self-love; whimsical idea; extravagant metaphor
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concentric
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having a common center
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conception
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beginning; forming an idea
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concerted
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mutually agreed on; done together
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concession
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an act of yielding
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conciliatory
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reconciling; soothing
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concise
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brief and compact
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conclave
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private meeting
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conclusive
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decisive; ending all debate
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concoct
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prepare by combining; make up in concert
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concomitant
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that which accompanies
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concord
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harmony
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concur
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agree
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concurrent
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happening at the same time
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condescend
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bestow courtesies with a superior air
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condign
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appropriate; deserved (almost always, in the sense of deservedly severs, as in condign punishment)
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condiment
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food seasoning; spice
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condole
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express sympathetic sorrow
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condone
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overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
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conducive
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helpful; contributive
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conduit
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aqueduct; passageway for fluids
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confidant
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trusted friend
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confine
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shut in; restrict
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confiscate
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seize; commandeer
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conflagration
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great fire
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conflate
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meld or fuse; confuse; combine into one
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confluence
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flowing together; crowd
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conformity
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harmony; agreement
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confound
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confuse; puzzle
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congeal
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freeze; coagulate
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congenial
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pleasant; friendly
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congenital
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existing at birth
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