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The killing of many people; massacre
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Carnage
I as in the middle of the carnage at the world trade centers when they were attacked on 9/11. |
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dead and decaying flesh
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carrion
Vultures and buzzards feed on carrion, otherwise known as road kill. |
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embodied in human form
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incarnate
Jesus Christ was God incarnate. |
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Any honor, award, or expression of approval
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accolade
Lauren Lakey has received accolades every year from her peers for being a great cheerleader. |
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A low neckline on a garment or a garment with a low neckline
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decolletage
All the guys loved it when the ladies wore decolletages. |
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relateing to or having an effect on the human body
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corporal
Corporal punishment should be allowed in our schools again. |
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Characteristic of or resembling the physical body
Having material substance; able to be seen |
corporeal
Was the ghost imaginary or corporeal? |
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a military organization of officers or of officers and enlistees
an army unit a group of people having purpose and direction in common |
corps
The corps at A&M is a great organization to belong to. |
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excessively bulky; fat
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corpulent
My daddy was getting a little corpulent, but he is working out to solve that problem. |
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a body or collection of writings
a structure of special character in an animal body |
corpus
Lauren loves the twighlight corpus. |
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harmony; agreement
to grant or bestow upon to agree |
accord
They were in complete accord when they signed the documents. |
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hearty; warm; sincere
stimulating |
cordial
Although they didn't like eachother at all, the two families were very cordial at the wedding. |
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a state of agreement; harmony
an alphabetical index of all the words in a test or corpus of texts, showing every occurrence of a word |
concordance
It is interesting to look at the concordance bible to see how many times certain words were used. |
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to oturn into bone; to become bony
to become rigid (in behavior, habits, or beliefs) |
ossify
A baby's skull does not ossify fully until after they are born. |
