1. cogent - fatuous
2. cognizance - ignorance
3. cognizant - ignorant
4. cognoscitive - unconscious
5. cohesion - independence
6. colloquial - polished
7. comatose - alert
8. comity - discord
9. commodious - limited
10. commodious - cramped
11. commodious - cramped
12. compatible - in disagreement with
13. compendious - verbose
14. complacency - dissatisfaction
15. complaisance - churlishness
mensurable discuss | |
| Definition: | (adjective) Capable of being measured. |
| Synonyms: | measurable |
| Usage: | The mensurable increase in the cost of oil has had wide-reaching effects on the country's economy. |
  ParasitoidsA parasitoid is an organism that spends a significant part of its life attached to or inside a single host, which it feeds on and ultimately kills. Parasitoid larvae are dependent on a host during development, but adult parasitoids are free-living insects. In a typical parasitic relationship, the parasite and host coexist without lethal damage to the host. However, in a parasitoid relationship, the host is killed, typically before it can produce offspring. What is a hyperparasite? More... Discuss |
 Catherine of Aragon Married by Proxy to Arthur, Prince of Wales (1499)Catherine of Aragon is known as the first of King Henry VIII's six wives, but before they were wed, she was married to his older brother Arthur. Catherine was the youngest daughter of Spain's Ferdinand II and Isabella I, and her marriage to Arthur was primarily political. In fact, Arthur and Catherine were married by proxy before they had even met, in a ceremony attended by their representatives. The marriage was short-lived, as Arthur died young. When did Arthur and Catherine finally meet? More... Discuss |
 Malcolm X (1925)Malcolm X was an African-American activist. His home was burned by the KKK when he was a child, and he joined the Nation of Islam in prison as an adult. Upon his release in 1952, he renounced his "slave name," Little, and took the surname X, representing his lost African ancestral surname. He became a minister and soon rose to prominence campaigning for black separatism, but he publicly broke with the militant Black Muslims in 1964 after a pilgrimage to Mecca. Who assassinated him the next year? More... Discuss |
 A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.Charles Dickens (1812-1870) Discuss |
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