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102 Cards in this Set

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convivial

friendly

connubial

of marriage

craven

cowardly

cajole

coax, wheedle

callous

heartless

curtail

cut down

complicity

involvement

connoisseur

savour

conspicuous

prominently visible

candour

frankness

criterion

standard of judging

cursory

hasty, casual

contiguous

adjacent

chequered

marked by ups and downs

canard

rumour

carnal

flashly

chicanery

trickery, false argument

circumvent

outwit

circumscribe

confined limit

cessation

terminating

clairvoyant

fortuneteller

circumspect

cautious, prudent

confiscate

cease, commandeer

cognizance

awareness, knowledge

charade

guessing the word from action, pretence

chivalry

courage marked with honour, courtesy

charlatan

fraud, quack

chubby

round faced, plump

conjure

to make happen with magic

choleric

easily made angry

contravene

violent, conflict

catchword

slogan

chimerical

mythical, fanciful

cataclysm

provoke

compassion

kind, benevolent

conjecture

guess

crux

gist

covet

desire eagerly

cupidity

greed for sth

caveat

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consort

the husband or the wife of the ruler

consortium

an association of companies

consanguine

same family related by blood

congenital

occurring since birth

crusade

struggle or movement

coffers

treasury

castigate

criticize

concoct

invent excuse

capitalise

used to once advantage

culminate

reach the highest point

checkmate

obstruct, defeat

cordial

warm, heart felt

carousal

noisy revelry, feast

curb

check control

cinderella

something long neglected

colossal

gignatic

cavalier

without being serious, discourteous

convalescent

a person recovering from illness

coeval

of the same origin

crunch

important and unpleasant situation, shortage

descry

seen from distance

delirium

violent excitement

disseminate

spread widely

duress

forcible restrained, threat

decrepit

worn out by age

desultory

aimless

devious

go astray, erratic

diabolical

devilish

debility

weakness

debonair

friendly, pleasing

derelict

abandon, negligent

destitute

extremly poor

dipsomanic

having crave for liquor, inebriated

debutant

amateur

discerning

having insight

dissolute

loose in morals

denigrate

lacken, disparage

doleful

sorrowful

disconsolate

sad, grieving

distraught

distracted by anxiety

diatribe

bitter scolding, invective

discursive

rambling, tortuous

delectable

delightful

disparate

dissimilar

denizen

inhaitants

dispassionate

calm, impartial

deviate

go away from



detente

easing of strong relations

doyen

a person of repute in his field

drudgery

unpleasant work

defalcation

misappropriation, embezzlement

dementia

mental weakness

diaspora

the dispersion or spread of any people from their original homeland
dilettante
without real commitment or knowledge.
dispel
make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear.
docile
ready to accept control or instruction; submissive.

delinquent

tending to commit crime, particularly minor crime.

dismal

causing a mood of gloom or depression.

discrepancy

an illogical or surprising lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts

deviant

a person different from customary character

delirious

in an acutely disturbed state of mind characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence; affected by delirium.

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