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Lesson 11

TermDefinitionSentence
Carrion Dead and decaying flesh. Vultures feed on _________.
Incarnate Embodied in human form. Mildred Didrikson Zaharias, who won more tournaments and medals in more sports than anyone in the twentieth century, is athleticism _________.
Accolade Any honor, award, or expression of approval. Her opera received critical _________.
Decolletage A low neckline on a garment or a garment with a low neckline. The drafty medieval castle discouraged _________ on court dresses.
Corporal Relating to or having an effect on the human body. In the nineteenth century _________ punishment usually meant “flogging”: beating with a whip or stick.
Corporeal Characteristic of or resembling the physical body. The twins were identical in both _________ and intellectual qualities.
Corps A military organization of officers or of officers and enlistees. The cadets of the U.S. Marine _________ saluted smartly.
Corpulent Excessively bulky; fat. Some designers specialize in clothes to flatter the _________figure.
Corpus A body or collection of writings. Some people believe that “Paul’s Case” is the masterpiece of Willa Cather’s _________ of short stories.
Accord Harmony; agreement. Her ambitions were not in _________ with those of her parents.
Cordial Hearty; warm; sincere. A _________ exchange of letters between the English poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning began the friendship that led to their marriage in 1846.
Concordance A state of agreement; harmony. The heads of state achieved _________ through patient diplomacy.
Ossify To turn into bone; to become bony. An infant’s skull does not _________ fully until after birth.
Carnage The killing of many people; massacre (sometimes used metaphorically). Civil War photographs reveal the _________ that took place on many battlefields in the both North and South.
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