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 | 10. com position, put |
| 2. col lect, choose, gather | 11. com peer (par), equal |
| 3. col lide, strike | 12. con cur, run |
| 4. col loquy, talk | 13. con fide, faith |
| 5. com mingle, mix | 14. con cord, heart |
| 6. com miserate, pity | 15. con flict, strike |
| 7. com motion, move | 16. con gregate, flock |
| 8. com mute, change | 17. con tact, touch |
| 9. com pany, bread | 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.