Barron's Gre Vocab 6-10

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barefaced

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adj.
shameless; bold

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baroque

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adj.
highly ornate

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barrage

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n.
barrier laid down by artillery fire; overwhelming profusion

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barrister

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n.
counselor-at-law

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barterer

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n.
trader

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bate

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v.
let down; restrain
...the children had to bate their curiosity until time to open presents...

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bauble

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n.
trinket

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bawdy

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adj.
indecent, obscene
...bawdy remarks...

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beatific

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adj.
showing or producing joy; blissful
...a beatific smile spread accross his face...

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beatify

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v.
bless or sanctify; proclaim someone dead to be one of the blessed

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beatitude

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n.
blessedness; state of bliss

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bedizen

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v.
dress with vulgar finery
...the witch doctors were bedizened in their finest costumes...

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bedraggle

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v.
wet thoroughly
...bedraggled by the storm...

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begrudge

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v.
resent

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beguile

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v.
mislead or delude; cheat; pass time
...he beguiled himself playing long hours of solitaire...

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belabor

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v.
expllain or go over excessively

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beleaguer

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v.
besiege or attach; harrass
...the children bleaguered their babysitter...

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*belie

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v.
contradict; give a false impression
...his coarse interior belied his innate sensitivity...

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bemoan

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v.
lament

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bemused

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adj.
confused

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beneficiary

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n.
person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will

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benison

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n.
blessing

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bent

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adj., n.
determined; natural talent or inclination
...bent on completing the project...
...he had a true bent for high finance...

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bequeath

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v.
leave to someone by means of a will; hand down

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berate

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v.
scold strongly

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bereavement

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n.
state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved

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bereft

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adj.
deprived of; lacking

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beset

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v.
harass or trouble; hem in

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besmirch

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v.
soil, defile

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betoken

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v.
signify; indicate
...the ships betoken Oakland's importance as a port...

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betroth

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v.
become engaged to marry

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bevy

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n.
large group
...a bevy of starlets surrounded the rock star...

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bilious

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adj.
suffering from a liver complaint; peevishly ill humored
...British linguistic purists regard Americanisms with a bilious eye, poincing on each supposed barbarism viciously...

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bilk

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v.
swindle, cheat
...the con man specialized in bilking insurance companies...

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blanch

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v.
bleach, whiten

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blandish

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v.
cajole; coax with flattery

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blandishment

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n.
flattery

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blase

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adj.
bored with pleasure or dissipation

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blighted

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adj.
suffering from a disease; destroyed

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blithe

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adj.
carefree and unconcerned (perhaps foolishly so); cheerful and gay

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blowhard

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n.
talkative boaster

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bluff

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adj.
rough but good natured
...jack had a bluff and hearty manner...

n.
pretense (of strength); decption; high cliff

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bluster

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v.
blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully

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bode

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v.
foreshadow, portend

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bohemian

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adj.
unconventional

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*bolster

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v.
support, reinforce

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bolt

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n.
door bar; fasten pin or screw; length of fabric

v.
dash or dart off; fasten (a door); gobble down
...don't bolt your food...

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*bombastic

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adj.
pompous; using inflated language

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*boorish

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adj.
rude; insensitive
...she ignored his boorish behavior, for she had lost hope of teaching him courtesy...

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boullion

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n.
clear beef soup

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bourgeois

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adj.
middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional

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bowlderize

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v.
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
...bowdlerize a novel...

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brackish

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adj.
somewhat saline

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braggadocio

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adj.
boasting

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brandish

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v.
wave around; flourish

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bravado

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n.
swagger; assumed air of defiance

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brawn

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n.
muscular strength

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brazen

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adj.
insolent

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breach

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n.
break of contract or duty; fissure or gap

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brindled

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adj.
tawny or grayish with streaks or sppots
...the puppies were brindled...

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bristling

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adj.
rising like bristles; showing irritation

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broach

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v.
introduce; open up

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brocade

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n.
rich, figured fabric

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brooch

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n.
ornamental clasp

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brook

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v.
tolerate; endure

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browbeat

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v.
bully; intimidate

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brunt

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n.
main impact or shock

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brusque

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adj.
blunt; abrupt

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buccaneer

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n.
pirate

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buffet

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n.
table set with food out for people to serve themselves; meal of that sort

v.
slap; batter; knock about; to rough up

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bugaboo

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n.
bugbear; object of baseless terror

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bullion

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n.
gold or silver in the form of bars

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bulwark

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n.
earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends

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bungle

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v.
mismanage

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*burgeon

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v.
grow forth; send out buds

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burlesque

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v.
give an imitation that ridicules
...in galaxy quest, alan rickman burlesques mr. spock of star trek...

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*burnish

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v.
make something shiny by rubbing, polish

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buxom

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adj.
full-bosomed; plump; jolly

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cabal

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n.
small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

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cache

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n.
hiding place

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cadence

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n.
rhythmic rise and fall

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cadge

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v.
beg; mooch; panhandle
...bob had to cadge a ride to work since his car was in the shop...

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cajole

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v.
coax; wheedle
...cher had to cajole her father into letting her drive the family car...

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caliber

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n.
ability; quality

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callow

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adj.
youthful; immature; inexperienced

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calorific

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adj.
heat-producing

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calumny

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n.
malicious misrepresentation; slander

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canard

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n.
false or unfounded story; fabricated report

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canker

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n.
any ulcerous sore; any evil

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canny

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adj.
shrewd; thrifty
...the canny scotsman was more than a match for the swindlers...

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canon

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n.
collection or authorative list of books

n.
rule or principle, frequently religious

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cant

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n.
insincere expressions of piety; jargon of thieves

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cantankerous

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adj.
ill-humored; irritable

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cantata

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n.
story set to music, to be sung by a chorus

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canter

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n.
slow gallop

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canto

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n.
a division of a long poem

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canvass

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v.
determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.

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capacious

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adj.
spacious
...the capacious areas of the railroad terminal...

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capillary

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adj.
having a very fine bore

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caprice

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n.
whim

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*capricious

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adj.
unpredictable; fickle
...the storm was capricious, it changed course constantly...

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captious

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adj.
faultfinding
...his criticisms were always captious and frivolous, never offering constructive suggestions...

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carafe

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n.
glass water bottle

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carat

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n.
unit of weight of precious stones; measure of fineness of gold

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cardinal

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adj.
chief

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careen

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v.
lurch; sway from side to side

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carillon

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n.
set of bells capable of being played

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carousal

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n.
drunken revel

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carping

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n., adj
petty criticism; fault-finding
...his constructive comments were free from carping...

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carrion

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n.
rotting flesh of a dead body

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cascade

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n.
small waterfall

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caste

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n.
one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society; social stratification; prestige

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*castigation

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n.
punishment; severe criticism

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cataract

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n.
great waterfall; eye abnormality
...the mighty cataract known as niagara falls...

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catcall

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n.
shout of disapproval; boo
...the catcalls and angry hisses of the crowd...

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catechism

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n.
book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer

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categorical

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adj.
without exceptions; unqualified; absolute

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catharsis

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n.
purging or cleansing of any passage of the body

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cathartic

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n.
purgative

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catholic

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adj.
universal

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caulk

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v.
to make watertight

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*caustic

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adj.
burning; sarcastically biting

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cauterize

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v.
to burn with hot iron or caustic

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cavalcade

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n.
procession; parade

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cavalier

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adj.
casual and offhand; arrogant

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cavil

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v.
make frivolous objections
...the way you cavil about unimportant details...

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cede

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v.
yield (title, territory) to; surrender formally
...cede their french territories back to france...

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celerity

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n.
speed, rapidity

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censorious

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adj.
critical
...censorious people delight in casting blame...

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centripetal

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adj.
tending toward the center

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cerebration

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n.
thought

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chafe

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v.
warm by rubbing; make sore (by rubbing)
...he chafed his hands before the fire...

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chaff

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n.
worthless products of an endeavor

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chaffing

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adj.
bantering; joking

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chagrin

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n.
vexation; disappontment

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champion

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v.
support militantly

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charlatan

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n.
quack; pretender to knowledge
...they'd been duped by a charlatan...

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chary

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adj.
cautious
...he was chary of investing money in junk bonds...

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chase

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v.
ornament a metal surface by indenting
...with his hammer, he carefully chased an intricate design onto the surface of the chalice...

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chassis

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n.
framework and working parts of an automobile

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chasten

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v.
correct by punishment or scolding; restrain
...a child deserves to be chastened for doing wrong...

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chastise

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v.
punish or scold

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chauvinist

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n.
blindly devoted patriot; sealous adherent of a group or cause
...a chauvinist cannot recognize any faults in his country...

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check

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v.
stop motion; curb or restrain

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checkered

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adj.
marked byc hanges in fortune.
...his checkered career...

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cherubic

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adj.
angelic; innocent looking

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*chicanery

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n.
trickery; deception
...the sneaky lawyers depended on chicanery to win the case...

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chimerical

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adj.
fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic

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chisel

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n.
wedgelike tool for cutting

v.
swindle or cheat; cut with a chisel
...he chiseled me out of fifty dollars...

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chivalrous

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adj.
courteous; faithful; brave

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choleric

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adj.
hot-tempered
...his red, angry face indicated a choleric nature...

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chronicle

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v.
report; record

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churlish

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adj.
boorish, rude
...his churlish manners at the party made them vow never to invite him again...

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ciliated

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adj.
having minute hairs

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cipher

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n.
nonentity; worthless person or thing
...she claimed her husband was a worthless cipher and wondered why she had ever married him...

n.
secret code

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circlet

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n.
ring, band

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circumscribe

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v.
limit narrowly, confine or restrict, define

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circumspect

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adj.
prudent; cautious

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circumvent

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v.
outwit; baffle

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cistern

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n.
reservoir or water tank

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cite

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v.
quote; commend

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clairvoyant

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adj., n.
having foresight; fortuneteller

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clamber

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v.
climb by crawling

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clamor

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n.
noise

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clangor

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n.
loud, resounding noise
...the blacksmith was accustomed to the clangor of hammers on steel...

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clapper

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n.
striker (tongue) of a bell

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clarion

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adj.
shrill, trumpetlike sound

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clavicle

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n.
collarbone

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cleave

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v.
split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to

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cleft

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n.
split

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clemency

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n.
disposition to be lenient; mildness, as of the weather

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climactic

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adj.
relating to the highest point

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clime

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n.
region; climate

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clique

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n.
small, exclusive group

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cloying

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adj.
distasteful because excessive; excessively sweet or sentimental

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coalesce

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v.
combine; fuse

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coddle

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v.
treat gently; pamper

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codicil

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n.
supplement of the body of a will
...the lawyers were drawing up codicils to the already complicated will...

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coeval

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adj.
living at the same time as; contemporary

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cog

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n.
tooth projecting from a wheel

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*cognate

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adj.
related linguistically; allied by blood

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cohere

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v.
stick together

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coiffure

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n.
hairstyle

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coin

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v.
make coins; invent or fabricate

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collate

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v.
examine in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order

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collation

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n.
a light meal

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colloquy

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n.
informal discussion

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collusion

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n.
conspiring in a fraudulent scheme

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comeuppance

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n.
rebuke; deserts

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comity

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n.
courtesy; civility

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*commensurate

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adj.
corresponding in extent, degree, amount, etc.; proportionate.

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commiserate

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v.
feel or express pity or sympathy for

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commodious

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adj.
spacious and comfortable

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*compendium

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n.
brief; comprehensive summary

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complacency

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n.
self-satisfaction; smugness

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*complaisant

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adj.
trying to please; overly polite; obliging

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complementary

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adj.
serving to complete something

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*compliant

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adj.
yielding; conforming to requirements

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complicity

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n.
involving in a crime; participation

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compunction

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n.
remorse
...shown no compunction for his heinous crime...

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concatenate

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v.
link as in a chain

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conceit

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n.
vanity or self love; whimsical idea; extravagant metaphor
...expressing himself in amusing conceits and witty turns of phrase...

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concerted

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adj.
mutually agreed upon, done together

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*conciliatory

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adj.
reconciling; soothing

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conclave

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n.
private meeting

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concoct

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v.
to prepare by combining; make up in concert

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concomitant

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n.
that which accompanies
...the turbulent activity and the concomitant din...

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condign

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adj.
appropriate; deserved (almost always in the sense of deservedly severe, as in condign punishment)

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condole

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v.
express sympathetic sorrow

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conflagration

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n.
great fire

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conflate

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v.
meld or fuse; confuse; combine into one

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*confound

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v.
shock, puzzle

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congenial

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adj.
pleasant, friendly

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congenital

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adj.
existing at birth