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53 Cards in this Set
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collate
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examine to verify authenticity
arrange in order |
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collateral
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security given for loan
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colloquy
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informal discussion
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collusion
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conspiring in fraudulent scheme
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colossus
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huge statue
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comatose
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in coma or very sleepy
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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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draft for military purposes
take for public use |
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commemorative
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remembering, honouring
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commensurate
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proportionate
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commiserate
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feel or express sympathy or pity for
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commodious
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spacious and comfy
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communal
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shared
group of people |
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compact
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agreement, contract
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compendium
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brief comprehensive summary
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compilation
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list of statistical info in tabular/book form
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complacency
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self satisfaction, smugness
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complaisant
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eager to please, too polite, obligin
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complement
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complete, consummate, make perfect
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complicity
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involvement in crime, participation
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comport
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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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compunction
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remorse
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compromise
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make mutual concessions/endanger interests of
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compute
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reckon; calculate
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concatenate
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coincidentally occur like links in chain
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conceit
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vanity
whimsical idea extravagant metaphor |
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concentric
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same center
bull's eye |
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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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act of yielding
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conciliatory
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reconciling
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conclave
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private meeting
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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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condign
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appropriate, well deserved
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condiment
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food seasoning, spice
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condole
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express sympathethic sorrow
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condone
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excuse, overlook, give approval
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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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conflagration
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great fire
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conflate
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fuse, confuse, two becoming one
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confluence
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flowing together, crowd
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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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present at birth
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