Con and Read

Con

Con verb - To commit to memory.

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Read and con are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Read" instead a verb "Con".

Nearby Word: cony

Read verb - To go over and mentally take in the content of.

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Con and read are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Con" instead a verb "Read". archaic substitute

old	old con	old read
good	good con	good read
short	short con	short read
perfect	perfect con	perfect read
Other adjectives: original, initial, little, bad, transparent, different, overall.

He then reveals that he's never learned to read (to imply that all of his previous novels were the result of a similar con).

Source: Never Learned to Read
Said character is a mafioso type ex-con who can't read (the autobiography was ghostwritten by "the guy who wrote the Spice Girls book").

Source: Never Learned to Read
While Paris and Chakotay visit an alien planet, they're approached by a 'prophet' (read: con-man) who gives interpretations of sacred legends for a 'small fee'.

Source: Eyepatch of Power

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