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Consummate

(Verb)

Meaning:To complete fully and perfectly
Looks Like:Consommé (clear, meat soup)
Imagine This:When we have a cold, we finish drinking bowls of chicken consommé to the last drop.
Remember This:Consume → Complete fully
Other Forms:Consummation (noun); Consummative (adjective); Consummately (adverb)

Contagion

(Noun)

Meaning:Poison, disease spread by contact
Sounds Like:Contain_gin (alcohol)
Remember This:Gin is clear liquor flavored with juniper berries.Gin itself is not poisonous.But taking drinks, containing gin with any medicine is dangerous because the two will be mixed into a poison in our body. .
Other Forms:Contagious (adjective)

Contend

(Verb)

Meaning:To struggle and compete in a fight or competition
Sounds Like:Content (satisfied)
Imagine This:A boxer will not be content until he defeats his opponent and wins the championship.
Other Forms:Contender (noun)

Contrite

(Adjective)

Meaning:Feeling remorse or sorry for wrongdoing
Looks Like:Contribute (donate)
Imagine This:A rich old man, dying of cancer, was sorry that he did not contribute to the needy and the poor while he was young and healthy.Instead he wasted his entire fortune gambling and doing drugs.After all, he couldn’t take his possessions along with him when he died.
Remember This:We should be generous towards those who are needy.You will feel happy and satisfied to see them being taken care of.
Other Forms:Contrition (noun)

Conundrum

(Noun)

Meaning:A puzzling question; a riddle
Sounds Like:Corn_and_drum
Imagine This:Long ago, in a parade, a school band puzzled the audience because its drummer used corn cobs instead of drum sticks (not the chicken drumstick!)It remains a mystery why the sound of the drum was so good…do you know why ?