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comestible
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fit to be eaten
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rhymes with "edible" |
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complement
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to make completee
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comport
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to conduct or behave oneself
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com (with)<br />
port (carry) conduct oneself when you are at the port of authority |
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compunction
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remorseful feeling
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com<br /><br />
punc (prick)<br /> together puncture Judas when he hung there. an unction of puncture which feels remorseful |
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conflagration
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a great fire, as of many buildings, forest, and the like
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flag to make it bigger
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confluence
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the place where streams meet
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con + flu
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congeal
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to coagulate
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con + gel, gel is at first liquid and then coagulates to form glue
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conjoin
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to unite
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consternation
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panic
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panic at the stern of the boat
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constrict
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to bind
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two sides become so strict that they bind TOGETHER
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continguous
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touching or joining at the edges
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the contiguous united states
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contumacious
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rebellious
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con (together)
tuma (tummy) |
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cornucopia
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the horn of plenty, symbol of peace and prosperity
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lost of corn on the cops
utopia of the horn |
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corporeal
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of a material nature, physical
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corporate and rea
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corroboration
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confirmation
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robots celebration
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countervail
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to offset
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the voting booth/counter has a veil in which all the ballots are offset
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covert
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concealed, especially for an evil purpose
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convert covertly
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crass
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coarse or thick in nature or structure as opposed to fine or thin
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cupidity
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avarice
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cupid is fat and greedy
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cursory
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rapid and superficial
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cursive
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curtail
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to cut off or cut short
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curl tail to prevent it from being cut off
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cynosure
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that to which general interest is directed
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sino agreement, sure!
Asians are more groupy and focus on the general interest |
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deign
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to deem worthy of notice or account
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a dame can reign, like queen esther
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deleterious
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hurtful, morally or physically
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delete
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delineate
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to represent by sketch or diagram
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many liness
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deluge
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to overwhem with a flood of water
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luge looks like and inner tube
lug a huge flood of water behind you |
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demagogue
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an unprincipled politician
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dem + magog
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denizen
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inhabitant
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den + citizen
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denouement
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that part of a play or story where the mystery is cleared up
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de - know
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