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: SAT Vocabulary
- congeries
congeries
Definition:
a collection or assortment
Synonym:
aggregation
congeries
at the Free Dictionary
congeries
at Dictionary.com
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External definitions:
con·ge·ries
(k
n-jîr
z
, k
n
j
-r
z
)
n.
(used with a sing. verb)
A collection; an aggregation:
an urban mass or congeries divided by the river"
John Updike.
[Latin
congeri
s
, from
congerere
,
to heap up
; see congest ].
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