| Term | Definition |
|---|
| aqueduct | artificial channel for conducting water over a distance |
| conducive | contributive |
| conduct | lead |
| congratulate | express one's pleasure to another person at that person's success |
| corporal | bodily |
| corporation | body authorized by law to act as a single person and to have rights and duties |
| corps | organized body of persons; branch of the military |
| corpse | dead body |
| corpulent | very fat; obese |
| corpus | general collection or body of writings, laws, etc. |
| corpus delicti | body of a victim in a murder case |
| corpuscle | blood cell |
| deduction | taking away |
| duct | tube or channel for conducting a liquid, air, etc. |
| ductile | able to be drawn out or hammered thin |
| esprit de corps | group spirit |
| gracious | pleasant |
| grateful | thankful |
| gratify | give or be a source of pleasure or satisfaction |
| gratis | free |
| gratitude | thankfulness |
| gratuitous | given freely |
| gratuity | tip |
| habeas corpus | writ(order) requiring a detained person to be brought before a court to investigate the legality of that person's detention |
| immortal | imperishable |
| immortality | eternal life |
| incorporate | combine so as to form one body |
| induce | lead on |
| induct | initiate |
| induction | initiation |
| ingrate | ungrateful person |
| ingratiate | establish oneself in the favor or good graces of another |
| moribund | dying |
| mortal (adj.) | fatal |
| mortal (n.) | person |
| mortality | death rate |
| mortician | undertaker |
| mortification | humiliation |
| mortify | humiliate |
| mortuary | funeral home |
| rigor mortis | stiffness of the body that sets in several hours after death |
| seduction | enticement |
| traduce | slander |
| viaduct | bridge for conducting a road or railroad over a valley, river, etc. |
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