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coarse (KORS, KOHRS) (adjective)
Inferior quality, rough textured; crude: The language the mob used was coarse and angry.
The carpenter used a coarse grade of sandpaper when he started the project.
course (KORS, KOHRS) (noun)
1. A path or direction of movement: The bird watchers tracked the course of the swans when they returned for the summer.
2. Typical or normal action: In the normal course of events, the students would start their summer vacation in July.
3. One of several parts of a meal: The host served a delicious soup as the first course at the banquet.
4. A topic relating to the study of a particular subject: Grant intends to take a course in archeology at the university the following year.
2. Typical or normal action: In the normal course of events, the students would start their summer vacation in July.
3. One of several parts of a meal: The host served a delicious soup as the first course at the banquet.
4. A topic relating to the study of a particular subject: Grant intends to take a course in archeology at the university the following year.
While taking the course in school, we often had to endure coarse conversation from one guy who was loud in taste, manner, and mouth.
The rough track caused the athletes to complain about the coarse course.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group C; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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1. A class in a sequence of classes, particularly at the college level: Jim was told that he must study hard to pass his courses.
2. A continuous movement forward in space or time: In the course of a year, Tamara will have spent a lot of money for her university classes.
3. The direction or path taken by moving water, or runners in a race, or the specific playing area for a sport; such as, golf: Cheering spectators packed the edges of the course followed by the runners in the marathon.
4. A particular dish or portion of food served as a separate part of a meal: The banquet will be a formal dinner of five courses.
2. A continuous movement forward in space or time: In the course of a year, Tamara will have spent a lot of money for her university classes.
3. The direction or path taken by moving water, or runners in a race, or the specific playing area for a sport; such as, golf: Cheering spectators packed the edges of the course followed by the runners in the marathon.
4. A particular dish or portion of food served as a separate part of a meal: The banquet will be a formal dinner of five courses.
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curr-, cur-, cor-, cour-
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(Greek: running, course; race, racecourse)