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14 Cards in this Set
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Subdue |
The bring somebody or something under control especially by using force |
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Reproof |
Disapprove or blame |
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Chasten |
To correct by punishment or reproof, restrain or subdue |
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Chicanery |
Trickery, fraud, using complicated plans and language to trick people |
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Chivalry |
Qualities considered ideal by knighthood such as bravery and gallantry toward women |
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Churlish |
Rude and boorish |
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Circuitous |
Roundabout, long and not Direct |
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Clairvoyant |
Someone who can predict the future and communicate the dead, psychic |
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Clamor |
Noisy outcry, demanding something loudly, vociferously demand |
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Clique |
A small and exclusive group of people. A close-knit group of people forming a closed circle letting no one else in, like a mafia |
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Seclude |
To keep yourself or someone away from contact with other people |
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Confine |
To keep somebody or something or yourself inside the limits of an activity subject or area and etc. |
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Cloister |
Verb: To confine or seclude Adjective: cloistered: shut away from the world Noun: cloister: monastery or convent |
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Coagulate |
Thicken , congeal, become partially solid |
