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98 Cards in this Set
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cache
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hiding place
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cadaver
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corpse
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caldron
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large kettle
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caliber
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ability, quality
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calorific
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heat producing
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calumny
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malicious misrepresentation, slander
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cameo
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shell or jewel carved in relief
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canny
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shrewed, thrifty
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cant
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insincere expressions of piety, jargon of thieves
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cantankerous
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ill humored, irritable
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cantata
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story set to music, to be sung by a chorus
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canter
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slow gallop
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canto
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division of a long poem
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capitulate
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surrender
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caprice
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sudden unexpected fancy, whim
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captivate
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charm or enthrall
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cardinal
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chief
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careen
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lurch, sway from side to side
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carnage
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destruction of life
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carnal
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fleshly
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castigate
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criticize severely, punish
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cataclysm
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upheaval, deluge
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cataract
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great waterfall, eye abnormality
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catcall
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shout of disapproval, boo
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catechism
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book for religious instruction, instruction by question and answer
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cetegorical
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without exceptions, unqualified, absolute
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cater to
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supply something desired (whether good or bad)
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catharsis
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purging or cleansing of any passage of the body
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catholic
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broadly sympathetic, liberal
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caucus
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private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
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caulk
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make watertight by filling in cracks
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causal
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implying a cause-and-effect relationship
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caustic
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burning, sarcastically biting
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cavalcade
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procession, parade
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cavalier
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offhand or casual, haughty
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cavil
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make frivolous objections
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cede
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yield (title ,territory) to, surrender formally
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celebrated
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famous, well-known
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celerity
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speed, rapidity
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celestial
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heavenly
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celibate
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unmarried, abstaining from sex
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censor
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overseer of morals, person who erads to eliminate inappropriate remarks
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centigrade
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measure of temperature used in europe
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centrifugal
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radiating, departing from the center
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centurion
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roman army officer
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cerebration
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thought
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ceremonious
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marked by formality
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cessation
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stoppage
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cession
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yielding to another, ceding
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chafe
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warm by rubbing.. make sore by rubbing
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chaff
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worthless products of an endeavor
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chaffing
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bantering, joking
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chagrin
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vexation, dissapointment
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chalice
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goblet, consecrated cup
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champion
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support militantly
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charisma
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divine giftgreat popular charm or appeal of a political leader
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chary
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cautious, sparing or restrained about giving
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chaste
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pure
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chasten
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discipline, punish to correct
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chauvinist
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blindly devoted patriot
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check
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stop motion, curb or restrain
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checkered
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marked by changes in fortune
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cherubic
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angelic, innocent looking
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chicanery
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trickery, deception
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chide
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scold
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chimerical
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fantastically improbable, highly unrealitic
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chisel
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swindle or cheat
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choleric
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hot tempered
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chortle
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chuckle with delight
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chronic
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long established as a disease
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chronicle
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report, record in chrono order
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churlish
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boorish, rude
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cipher
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nonentity, worthless person or thing
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circumspect
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prudent cautious
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circumvent
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outwit, baffle
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cistern
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reservoire or water tank
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citadel
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fortress
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clairvoyant
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having foresight, fortuneteller
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clamber
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climb by crawling
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clangor
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loud resounding noise
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clapper
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striker of bell
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cleave
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split or sever, cling to, remain faithful to
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cleft
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split
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clemency
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disposition to be lenient, mildness as of weather
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clientele
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body of customers
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clime
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region, climate
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cloister
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monastery or convent
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clout
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great influence (espescially political or social)
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cloying
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distasteful, excessively sweet or sentimental
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coagulate
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thicken, congeal, clot
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coddle
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to treat gently
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codicil
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supplement to the body of a will
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cogent
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convincing
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cogitate
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think over
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cognitive
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having to do with knowing or perceiving
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cognizance
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knowledge
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coiffure
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hairstyle
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colander
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utensil with perforated bottom used for straining
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