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GRE DEFINITION CLOUT TO COLLOQ
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English
Graduate
04/24/2006

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clout
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N. great influence (especially political or social).
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cloying
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ADJ. distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental.
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coagulate
Definition
v thickens congeal; clot
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coalesce
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v. combine; fuse.
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coalition
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N. partnership; league; union.
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coda
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N. concluding section of a musical or literary composition; something that rounds out, summarizes, or concludes.
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coddle
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v. treat gently; pamper
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codicil
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N. supplement to the body of a will.
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codify
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v. arrange (laws, rules) as a code; classify.
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coercion
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N. use of force to get someone to obey.
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coeval
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AdJ. living at the same time as; contemporary.
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cog
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N. tooth projecting from a wheel.
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cogent
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ADJ convincing
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cogitate
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v. think over.
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cognate
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ADJ. related linguistically; allied by blood; simila or akin in nature.
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cognitive
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ADJ. having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes.
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cognizance
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N. knowledge.
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cohabit
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v. live together.
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cohere
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v. stick together.
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cohesion
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N. tendency to keep together.
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cohorts
Definition
N. armed band.
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coifture
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N. hairstyle.
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coin
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v. make coins; invent or fabricate.
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coincidence
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N. the chance occurrence, at the same time of two or more seemingly connected events.
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colander
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N. utensil with perforated bottom used for straining.
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collabovate
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v. work together
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collage
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N. work of art put together from fragments.
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collateral
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N. security given fof loan.
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collation
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N. a light nneat,
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colloquial
Definition
ADJ. pertaining to conversational or common speech; informal.
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