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Circumvent (sur-kuhm-vent) to avoid by going around; to encircle; to outwit Verb From Latin circum (around) and venire (to come) Many different things can be circumvented: To circumvent an enemy (to encircle) To circumvent a lake (go around it instead of sailing over it) To circumvent the rules (avoid them or find ways around them)

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Circumvent (sur-kuhm-vent) to avoid by going around; to encircle; to outwit

Verb

From Latin circum (around) and venire (to come)

Many different things can be circumvented:

To circumvent an enemy (to encircle)

To circumvent a lake (go around it instead of sailing over it)

To circumvent the rules (avoid them or find ways around them)

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Citadel (sit-uh-del) a fortress

Noun

From Middle Latin civitas (city)

Related to citizen

In earlier days, “city” came to mean “fort” because cities were small and each had a fortress to protect it

Synonym: stronghold

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Cogitate (koj-i-teyt) to ponder or

think deeply

verb

From Latin co plus agitare (to

move, to drive)

Noun form: cogitation (deep

thought)

Adjective form: cogitative

(thoughtful)

Synonyms: plan, ponder, plot,

meditate

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comatose (kom-uh-tohs )

unconscious; inactive

Adjective

from Greek koma (sleep)

when one is in a coma, they are

totally unconscious; when one is

comatose, one may be unconscious

or in a state that resembles

unconsciousness

synonyms: catatonic, vegetative,

stupefied

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fewer vs. less Use “fewer” when you can reasonably count what

you’re referring to: I have fewer friends now than I had when I was younger. You can reasonably count friends.

Use “less” when you can’t reasonably count what you’re referring to:

My boyfriend has less hair on his back now that he’s gotten his back waxed.

You can’t reasonably count hair. Which ones are correct?

I have less ice cream in my bowl than she does. I have less complaints about this class than that one. I ran fewer miles tonight than I did last night. I ran less miles tonight than I did last night.

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conflagration (kon-fluh-grey-shuhn ) a large, destructive fire

noun

from Latin com (up) plus flagrare

(to burn)

may also refer to a burning fever

or a violent conflict

a conflagrator may be someone

who sets a fire, but also someone

who stirs up a crowd with

remarks

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contretemps (kon-truh-tahn)an embarrassing incident noun

from French contre (against) plus temps (time)

is singular despite the “s” at the end

originated in the sport of fencing; an inopportune move was considered a move “out of time”

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conveyance (kuhn-vey-uhns) a means

of transporting; a vehicle

noun

from Latin com plus via (road)

may refer to anything that transports or to

something that transfers, such as a deed that

transfers property from one person to another

verb- convey (to carry)

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corona (kuh-roh-nuh) a halo of light around the sun or moon noun

from Latin corona (crown)

related to coroner (a public officer who investigates deaths) because it was originally an office of the crown

related to coronary (related to the heart) and corolla (a circle of leaves surrounding a flower)

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cryptic (krip-tik) secret; mysterious adjective

from Greek kryptos

related to crypt (burial place or vault)

sometimes involves a code or a cipher

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