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Choleric |
Hot-tempered; quick to anger |
When my dad gets in one of his choleric moods, everyone stays clear |
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Circumspect |
Cautious; heedful of situations and potential consequences |
Pats five year old circumspectly looks both ways before crossing the street |
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Circumvent |
To surround; enclose, bypass |
We were able to circumvent the heavy traffic by taking a short-cut |
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Clone |
An exact duplicate |
The scientist cloned a lab rat |
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Coerce |
To force someone by threatening or physically overpowering him |
The burglars confession was coerced by the police |
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Confiscate |
To seize |
The teacher confiscated Billy's gum |
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Continuum |
A continuous whole without clear division into parts |
A spectrum of light is a continuum in which each color blends with its neighbors |
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Conundrum |
A dilemma; any problem or puzzle |
In most mystery novels the conundrum is solved by the end |
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Copious |
Abundant; plentiful |
Farmer brown was overjoyed with his copious crop of tomatoes |
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Corpulent |
Fat;obese |
England's king Henry VII was known for his corpulent build |
