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50 Cards in this Set
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1: collation
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A light meal; collating
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2: comely
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Attractive; agreeable; having a pleasing appearance
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3: comestible
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Something fit to be eaten
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4: comity
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Courtesy; civility; Ex. comity of nations
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5: commiserate
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Feel or express pity or sympathy for
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6: complicity
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Participation; involvement (in a questionable act or a crime)
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7: comport
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Bear one's self; behave; Ex. comport oneself; n. comportment
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8: compunction
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Remorse; strong uneasiness caused by guilt
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9: concerted
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Mutually agreed on; done together by agreement; Ex. concerted effort; CF. in concert: working together
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10: conclave
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Private secret meeting
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11: concomitant
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That which accompanies; Ex. Deafnes is a frequent concomitant of old age; ADJ: existing or happening together with something else
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12: concord
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Harmony; accord
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13: condign
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Adequate; (of punishment) severe and well deserved
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14: conducive
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Helpful; contributive; v. conduce; Ex. conduce to/towards
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15: conduit
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Aqueduct; passageway for fluids
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16: conflagration
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Great fire
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17: conflate
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To fuse into one entity; merge: to conflate dissenting voices into one protest [dictionary.com]
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18: confluence
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Flowing together; the place where two rivers flow together; crowd; gathering together
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19: congenital wl1
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Existing at birth
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20: conifer
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Pine tree (usu. evergreen); cone-bearing tree; adj. coniferous; CF. deciduous; CF. evergreen
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21: connivance
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Pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend; v. connive: feign ignorance (of a wrong); cooperate secretly in an illegal action; conspire
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22: connubial
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Pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state
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23: consanguinity
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Kinship; relationship by birth
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24: consign
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Send to a person or place for sale; deliver officially; entrust; put into the care of another; set apart (for a special purpose); n. consignment; CF. consignor, consignee
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25: consonance
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Harmony; agreement
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26: continence
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Self-restraint; sexual chastity; sexual abstinence; voluntary control over bladder and bowel functions; adj. continent
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27: contingent
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Dependent on something uncertain or in the future; conditional; happening by chance; accidental; N: a group of soldiers, ships to a larger force; CF. contingency: future event that may or may not occur; possibility; Ex. prepare for every contingency
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28: contravene
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Contradict; oppose; violate (a rule, law, or custom); n. contravention
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29: contumacious
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Stubborn and disobedient; resisting authority (esp. disobedient to an order made by a court)
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30: conversant
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Familiar with; having knowledge of
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31: conveyance
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Vehicle; transfer; act of conveying; Ex. public conveyance
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32: convivial
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Pleasantly merry; festive; joyous; gay; characterized by joviality; jovial
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33: convoke
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Call together; Ex. convoke Parliament; n. convocation
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34: coquette
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Flirt; flirtatious woman; woman who tries to attract the admiration of men without sincere feelings; v.
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35: cordon
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Extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress; v.
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36: cornice
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Projecting molding on building (usually above columns or pillars);
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37: corporeal
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Bodily (rather than spiritual); of a bodily form; material; tangible
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38: corpulent
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Very fat; n. corpulence
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39: coterie
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Group that meets socially; select circle; close group of people with shared interests
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40: countenance wl2
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Approve; support; tolerate; Ex. countenance his rude behavior; N: face; appearance
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41: cou[p?]
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Highly successful action or sudden attack; coup(s) d'\'etat; CF. coup de gr\^ace: deathblow or shot which kills
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42: coy
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Shy (flirtatiously); showing a (pretended) lack of self-confidence; modest; coquettish; CF. job offer
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43: cozen
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Cheat; hoodwink; swindle
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44: crescendo
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Increase in the volume or intensity as in a musical passage; climax; CF. crescent
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45: culvert
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Artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road
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46: cupidity
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Greed (for wealth); CF. cupid; CF. Cupid
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47: cursive
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(Of writing) flowing; running; having the successive letters joined
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48: cynosure
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Object of general attention; person or thing that is a center of attention; CF. Ursa Minor
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49: dapper
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Neat and trim (in appearance); (of small men) neat in appearance and quick in movements; neat; spry
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50: dappled
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Spotted
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