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, fall10. com position, put
2. col lect, choose, gather11. com peer (par), equal
3. col lide, strike12. con cur, run
4. col loquy, talk13. con fide, faith
5. com mingle, mix14. con cord, heart
6. com miserate, pity15. con flict, strike
7. com motion, move16. con gregate, flock
8. com mute, change17. con tact, touch
9. com pany, bread18. 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.