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23 Cards in this Set
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Cabal |
a group of conspirators; the acts of such a group; a clique |
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Cache |
a hiding place; the things hidden in a secret place |
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Cacophony |
harsh-sounding mixture of words, voices or sounds |
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Cadence |
rhythm; the rise and fall of sounds |
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Cajole |
to persuade someone to do something he or she doesn't want to do |
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Calamity |
a disaster |
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Callous |
insensitive; emotionally hardened |
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Callow |
immature |
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Calumny |
slander; a maliciously false statement |
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Candor |
truthfulness; sincere honesty |
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Canon |
a rule or law, especially a religious one; a body of rules or laws; an official set of holy books; an authoritative list; the set of works by an author that are accepted as authentic |
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Cant |
insincere or hypocritical speech |
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Canvass |
to seek votes or opinions; to conduct a survey |
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Capacious |
spacious; roomy; commodious |
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Capital |
the town or city that is the seat of government; money, equipment and poverty owned by a business; wealth used in creating more wealth |
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Capitalism |
an economic system in which businesses are owned by private citizens (not by the government) and in which the resulting products and services are sold with relatively little government control |
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Capitulate |
to surrender; to give up or give in |
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Capricious |
unpredictable; likely to change at any moment |
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Captivate |
to fascinate; to enchant; to enrapture |
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Carcinogenic |
causing cancer |
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Cardinal |
most important; chief |
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Careen |
to swerve; to move rapidly without control; to lean to one side |
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Caricature |
a portrait or description that is purposely distorted or exaggerated, often to prove some point about its subject |
