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62 Cards in this Set
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cache
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hiding place
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cacophonous
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sounding discordant; terrible and generally unpleasant to listen to; the opposite of euphonious
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cadaver
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corpse
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cajole
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to coax
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callous
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unfeeling; unsympathetic
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calumniate
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to slander
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candor
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frankness; candidness
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cantankerous
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ill-natured; quarrelsome
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capacious
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spacious
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capitulate
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to surrender
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capricious
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unpredictabl; following whim
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captious
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fault-finding
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carrion
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rotting flesh
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castigate
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to punish
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cathartic
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cleansing; allowing a release of tension or emotion
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caustic
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burning; characterized by a bitter wit
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cauterize
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to burn tissue
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cavil
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to raise unnecessary or trivial objections
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celerity
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swiftness; speed
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celibacy/celibate
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without sex; unmarried
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censor
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to remove inappropriate stuff
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censure
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to criticize; blame
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cerebration
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thought
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chagrin
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embarrassment
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charlatan
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quack; someone who pretends hes someone he's not
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chaste
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pure; unspoiled; virginal
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chicanery
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trickery
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chimerical
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far out; bizarre; really heady
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choleric
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hot-tempered; easily made "hot under the collar"
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churlish
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boorish; rude
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ciliated
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having tiny hairs
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circumspect
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prudent; cautious
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clemency
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mildness of temper - especially leniency toward an enemy or in sentencing a criminal
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cogent
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clear; logical ;well-thought-out
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cogitate
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to think about deeply and carefully
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cognizant
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fully informed and aware; conscious
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comely
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attractive; agreeable
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comestible
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food
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commensurate
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equal; proportionate
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commiserate
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to sympathize; be miserable together
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comport
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to behave in a particular way
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compunction/contrition
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strong uneasiness caused by guilt/remorse/repentance
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concupiscence
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sexual desire; lust; sensuality
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concurrent
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at the same time
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congenital
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existing at birth
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conjecture
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statement made without adequate evidence
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conjugal
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pertaining to marriage
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contort
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twist; bend
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controversial
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of, relating to, or causing dispute
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convoke
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to call together; to cause to assemble
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corporal
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of the body; bodily
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corpulent
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obese; having a fat body
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corroborate
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to testify in agreement
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countermand
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to cancel a command
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covert
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concealed, secret
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cower
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to quiver; shrink from fear
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crass
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uncultured
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credulity
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gullibility
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crestfallen
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dejected
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crux
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main point; central issue; heart of the matter
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cull
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to select; weed out
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cupidity
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greed; avarice
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