consummation (kon's'u-ma'shun), achievement; end. contagious (kon-ta'jus), catching. contemplate (kon'tem-plat), view; study. contemptible (kon-temp'ti-b'l), deserving disdain; despised. contemptuous (kon-temp'tu-us), scornful. contention (kon-ten'shun), strife. contexture (kon-teks'tur), system, texture. continuity (kon'ti-nu'i-ti), the being continuous. contrite (kon'trit), humbly penitent. contrition (kon-trish'un), self reproach. contumely (kon'tu-me-li), disdain, scorn. convene (kon-ven'), assemble. convex (kon'veks), rising or swelling into a rounded form; opposite from concave. convoluted (kon'vo-lut'ed), rolled together, one part upon another. convulse (kon-vuls') contract violently and irregularly. coof (koof), coot (koot), a kind of duck. copious (ko'pi-us), plentiful. coppice (kop is), a grove of growth. corbel (kor'bel), a bracket. cordage (kor'daj), anything made of rope or cord. corroborate (ko-rob'o-rat), make more certain, confirm. corrupt (ko-rupt'), change from good to bad. corse (kors), a corpse. corselet (kors'let), breastplate. Corsica (kor'si-ka), an island in the Mediterranean, belonging to France, the birthplace of Napoleon. Cossacks (kos'aks), a military people inhabiting the steppes of Russia. council (koun'sil), assembly or meeting, assembly for advice. counsel (koun'sel), interchange of opinions; advise. countenance (koun'ti-nans), appearance of the face, the features. counterfeit (koun'ter-fit), that which resembles another thing; carry on a deception. counterpart (koun'ter-part'), a copy, duplicate. Coureur-de-bois (koo'rur'de-bwa'), a class of men, French by birth, who, through long association with the Indians were only half civilized. Their chief occupation was conducting the canoes of the traders along the lakes and rivers of the interior. courier (koo'rl-er), a messenger. Court of St. James, the official name of the British court. St. James's Palace was formerly the royal residentce. courteous (kur'te-us), polite. courtesy (kur'te-si), good breeding. cove (kov), a small inlet or bay. covertly (kuv'ert-li), secretly. covet (kuv'et), long for. craft (kraft), art or skill; a vessel. crag (krag), steep, rugged rock. Craigie House (krag'i), the house in Cambridge in which Longfellow lived from 1836 until his death. During the Revolution, it had been Washington's headquarters. crane (kran), an iron arm fastened to a fireplace and used for supporting kettles over the fire, cranny (kran'i), a chink. crank (krank), top-heavy. craven (kra'v'n), coward; faint-hearted. craw (kro), crop or stomach. credentials (kre-den'shalz), testimonies of the bearer's right to recognition. creditor (kred'i-ter), one to whom money is due. credulous (kred'e-lus), apt to believe on slight evidence. Creeks (krekz), a powerful confederation of Indians who occupied the greater part of Alabama and Georgia.