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Collate
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v. examine in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order. they collated the newly found manuscripts to determine their age.
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Colloquy
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n. informal discussion. While a colloqium often is a fromal seminar or conference, a colloquy tradtionally is merley a conversational exchange.
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Collusion
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n. conspiring in a fraudulent scheme. The swindlers were found guilty of collusion.
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Comely
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adj. attractive; agreeable. I would rather have a poor and comely wife than a rich and homely one.
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Comestible
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n. something fit to be eaten. The roast turkey and torh comestibles, the wines, and the excellent service made this Thanksgiving dinner particularly memorable.
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Comeuppance
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n. rebuke; deserts. After his earlier rudeness, we were delighted to see him get his comeuppance.
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Commensurate
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adj. correponding in extent, degree, amount, etc. proportionate. Women are exceedingly able to get jobs that are commensurate with their capacities.
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Commodious
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adj. spacious and comfortable. After sleeping in small roadside cabins, they found their hotel sutie commodious.
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Compendium
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n. brief, comprehensive summary. This text can serve as a compendium of the tremendous amount of new material being developed in this field.
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Complaisant
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adjy. tyring to pelase; overly polite; obliging. Codependents are often complaisant.
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Compunction
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n. remorse. Sociopaths show no compunction.
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Concatenate
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v. link as in a chain. It is difficult to undersand how these events could concatenate as they did without outside assistance.
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Concave
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adj. hollow. The travellers found refuge in a concave groove on the hill.
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Concentric
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adj. having a common center. The target was made of concentric circles.
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Conclave
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n. private meeting. He was present at all thei conclaves as an unofficial observer.
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Concomitant
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n. that which accompanies. I love the concomitant joy of winning.
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Condign
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adj. appropriate; deserved (almost alwways, in the sense of deservedly severs, as in condign punishment). To be concerned about a possible miscarriage of justice is rational; to brood over a guilty man's just and condign punishment makes no sense.
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Condole
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v. express sympathetic sorrow.
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Confluence
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n. flowing together; crowd. They built the city at the confluence of two rivers.
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Congenital
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adj. existing at birth. He had a congenital heart deffect.
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