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confound
Ex. No mystery could confound Sherlock Holmes for long. |
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confront
Ex. All I ask is the chance to confront my accusers face to face. |
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conscientious
Ex. A conscientious editor, she checked every definition for its accuracy. |
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consensus
Ex. Holmes judged puddings and explanations on their consistency: he liked his puddings without lumps and his explanations without improbabilities. |
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consistency
Ex. Because he trusted his therapist completely, he discussed his feelings openly with her without feeling the least constraint. |
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| absence of contradictions; dependability; uniformity; degree of thickness |
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constraint
Ex. Because he trusted his therapist completely, he discussed his feelings openly with her without feeling the least constraint. |
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| compulsion; repression of feelings |
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contagion
Ex. Fearing contagion, they took great steps to prevent the spread of the disease. |
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contemporary
Ex. Though Charlottel Bronte and George Eliot were contemporaries, the two novelists depicted their Victorian world in markedly different ways. |
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| person belonging to the same period |
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contend
Ex. Sociologist Harry Edwards contends that young African-American athletes are exploited by some college recruiters. |
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| struggle; compete; assert earnestly |
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contentious
Ex. Disagreeing violently with the referees' ruling, the coach became so contentious that they threw him out of the game. |
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