To _bisect_ a line is to _cut_ it into _two_ equal parts.

11. _Bivalve._ Having _two doors_; as the clam. (Each side or shell is
comparable to a door, opening and shutting on a hinge.)

12. _Balances_ are so called because they consist of _two plates_ or
pans suspended from the balance beam.

#con (col com cor)# = with, together.

1. col _lapse_, slip, fall
2. col _lect_, choose, gather
3. col _lide_, strike
4. col _loquy_, talk
5. com _mingle_, mix
6. com _miser_ate, pity
7. com _motion_, move
8. com _mute_, change
9. com _pany_, bread
10. com _posit_ion, put
11. com _peer_ (_par_), equal
12. con _cur_, run
13. con _fide_, faith
14. con _cord_, heart
15. con _flict_, strike
16. con _greg_ate, flock
17. con _tact_, touch
18. cor _robor_ ate, strength

1. A building _collapses_ when its sides _fall together_; when it
tumbles down.

2. To _collect_ botanical specimens is to _gather_ them _together_.

3. Two objects _collide_ when they _strike together_.

4. A _colloquy_ is a _talking together_ of two or more people.

5. _Commingle_ means to _mix together_; as people in society.

6. _Commiserate._ To feel sorrow, pain or _pity_ (_with_ another).

7. A _commotion_ is a _moving together_; a tumult.

8. _Commute._ To _change_ one thing (_with_) for another; to exchange.
To substitute a less thing for a greater.

9. _Company_ formerly meant an assembly of people eating _bread
together_.

10. _Composition._ The act of _putting_ parts _together_ to produce a
harmonious whole.

11. One's _compeer_ is the _equal with_ himself in rank, age, prowess,
etc.

12. Two people _concur_ in regard to a matter when their minds _run
together_; when they agree.

13. To _confide_ in one is to have _faith_ in him; to intrust secrets
_with_ him.

14. _Concord_ means literally _heart with_ heart; agreement; harmony.

15. _Conflict._ A _striking together_; hostile contest.

16. To _congregate_ means to _flock_ or assemble _together_.

17. _Contact._ A _touching together_; a close union of bodies.

18. _Corroborate._ To _strengthen_; to make more certain; to confirm.
Two statements _corroborate_ when one agrees _with_ the other; each
thus _strengthens_ the other.

#de# = down, from.

1. de _capi_ tate, head
2. de _cid_ uous, fall
3. de _fine_, end, limit
4. de _grade_, step, degree
5. de _ject_ ed, cast
6. de _pose_, place put
7. de _preci_ ate, price
8. de _scend_, climb
9. de _spic_ able, look
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