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69 Cards in this Set
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coup
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n highly successful action or sudden attack; deposition |
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couple
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v join; unite |
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courier
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n messenger |
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covenant
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n agreement, accord |
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covert
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adj secret; hidden; implied; clandestine |
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covetous
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adj avaricious; eagerly desirous of |
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cow
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v terrorize; intimidate; cause (someone) to submit to one's wishes by intimidation. |
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cower
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v shrink quivering, as from fear |
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coy
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adj shy; modest; coquettish |
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cozen
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v cheat; hoodwink; swindle |
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crabbed
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adj contorted and difficult to understand; peevish and bad tempered |
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crass
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adj very unrefined; grossly insensible; stupid |
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craven
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adj/n cowardly |
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credence
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n belief in or acceptance of something as true |
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credo
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n creed |
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credulity
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n belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naiveté |
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creed
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n system of religious or ethical belief |
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crescendo
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n/v increase in the volume or intensity, as in a musical passage; climax |
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crestfallen
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adj dejected; dispirited |
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crevice
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n crack; fissure |
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cringe
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v shrink back, as if in fear |
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criteria
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n standards used in judging |
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crone
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n hag |
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crotchety
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adj irritable; cantankerous |
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crux
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n essential or main point |
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crypt
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n secret recess or vault usually used for burial |
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cryptic
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adj mysterious; hidden; hard to understand |
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cubicle
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n small chamber used for sleeping |
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cuisine
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n style of cooking |
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cull
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v pick out; reject; select from a large quantity |
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culmination
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n attainment of highest point |
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culpable
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adj deserving blame |
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culvert
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n artificial channel for water (compare conduit) |
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cumbersome
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adj heavy; hard to manage |
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cumulative
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adj growing by addition |
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cupidity
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adj greed for money or possessions |
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curator
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n superintendent; the custodian of a collection |
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curmudgeon
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n churlish, miserly individual; a bad-tempered or surly person |
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cursive
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adj flowing, running |
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cursory
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adj casual; hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed. |
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curtail
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v shorten; reduce; restrict |
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cynical
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adj skeptical or distrustful of human motives |
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cynosure (of all eyes)
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n object of general attention |
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dabble
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v work at in a non serious fashion; splash around |
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dais
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n raised platform for guests of honor |
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dally
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v trifle with; procrastinate; loiter |
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damp
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v lessen in intensity; diminish; mute |
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dank
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adj damp |
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dapper
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adj (of a man) neat and trim in dress and appearance |
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dappled
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adj spotted |
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daub
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v/n smear (as with paint) |
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daunt
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v intimidate; frighten |
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dauntless
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adj bold |
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dawdle
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v loiter; waste time |
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deadlock
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n/v standstill; stalemate |
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deadpan
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adj wooden; impersonal; emotion less |
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dearth
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n scarcity |
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debacle
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n sudden downfall; complete disaster |
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debase
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v reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade |
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debauch
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v corrupt; seduce from virtue (n: debauchery) |
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debilitate
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v weaken; enfeeble |
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debonair
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adj friendly and cheerful; aiming to please; charming |
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debris
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n rubble. |
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debunk
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v expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc; ridicule |
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debutante
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n young woman making formal entrance into society |
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decadence
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n decay |
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decant
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v pour off gently |
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decapitate
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v behead |
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decelerate
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v slow down |
