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52 Cards in this Set
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charlatan
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n. quack; pretender to knowledge
she felt duped by a charlatan |
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chary
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adj. cautious; sparing or restrained about giving
he was chary in investing money |
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chase
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v. ornament a metal surface by indenting
he carefully chased the intricate design |
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chasm
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n. abyss
they could not see the bottom of the chasm |
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chassis
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n. framework and working parts of an automobile
the chassis was unharmed after the accident |
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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 chastened by experience adj. humbled; subdued; rebuked |
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chastise
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v. punish or scold; reprimand
she chastised her son |
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chauvinist
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n. blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group or cause
a chauvinist can't recognize any faults in his country a male chauvinist can't recognize how biased his is of his own sex |
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check
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v. stop motion; curb or restrain
you better check your temper! |
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checkered
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adj. marked by changes in fortune
During his checkered career, |
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cherubic
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adj. angelic; innocent-looking
cherubic smile cherubic child |
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chicanery
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n. trickery; deception
those lawyers used chicanery to win the case |
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chide
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v. scold
Grandma began to chide steven for his lying |
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chimerical
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adj. fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative
his chimerical scheme to make a fortune |
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chisel
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v. swindle or cheat; cut with a chisel
he chiseled me out of a $100 |
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chivalrous
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adj. courteous; faithful; brave
Chivalrous behavior involves noble words and good deeds |
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choleric
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adj. hot-tempered
he hates his gfs choleric nature |
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chortle
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v. chuckle with delight
she chortled with joy |
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chronicle
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v. report; record (in chronological order)
chronicle the star's latest escapades |
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churlish
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adj. boorish; rude
churlish manners |
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cipher
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n. nonentity; worthless person or thing
her ex-husband is a total cipher n. secret code he could not decode the msg sent to him in cipher |
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circomlocution
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n. unnecessarily wordy and indirect speech; evasive language
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circumscribe
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v. limit narrowly; confine or restrict; define
the state tried to circumscribe the queen's power |
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circumspect
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adj. prudent; cautious
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circumvent
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v. outwit; baffle
in order to circumvent the enemy... |
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cistern
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n. reservoir or water tank
store water in the cistern |
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citadel
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n. fortress
the citadel overlooked the city |
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clairvoyant
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adj. n. having foresight; fortuneteller
clairvoyant warning |
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clamber
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v. climb by crawling
She clambered over the wall |
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clamor
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n. noise
clamor of the chidren |
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clangor
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n. loud, resounding noise
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
we woke to the clarion call of the bugle |
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cleave
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v. split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to
the wet clothes cleaved onto me he would cleave to his post |
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clemency
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n. disposition to be lenient; mildness, as of the weather
The Judge was known for her clemency for first time offenders |
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clime
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n. region; climate
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cloister
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n. monastery or convent
the nuns lived in the cloister |
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clout
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n. great influence (especially political or social)
Gatsby wondered whether he had enough clout to be admitted to the exclusive club |
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cloying
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distasteful (b/c excessive)
the cloying sweetness of standard wedding cakes |
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coddle
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v. treat gently; pamper
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codicil
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n. supplement to the body of a will
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codify
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v. arrange (laws, rules) as a code; classify
we need to take the varying rules and codify them into a national health code |
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coercion
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n. use of force to get someone to obey
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coeval
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adj. living at the same time as; comtemporary
coeval with the dinosaur, the pterodatyl flourished during the Mesozoic era |
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cog
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n. tooth projecting from a wheel
a bicycle chain moves through a series of cogs |
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cogent
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adj. convincing
cogent reasons for doing so |
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cogitate
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v. think over
cogitate on this problem; the solution will come |
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cognate
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adj. related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature
Mother is cognate to the latin word "mater" |
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cognizance
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n. knowledge
they were kept in full cognizance of the situation |
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cohorts
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n. armed band
the roman cohorts conquered most of the world |
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coin
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v. make coins; invent or fabricate
counterfitters coin fakes slanderers coin nasty rumors writers coin words |
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colander
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n. utensil with perforated bottom used for straining
use a colander to drain the speghetti |
