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Wary; cautious; sparing
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Chary (adj)
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Char was a wary, cautious person.
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To chastise (criticize severely) or correct; subdue
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Chasten (v)
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When Chase was ten he wasa corrected for sucking his thumb.
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One blindly devoted to a group of which one is a member
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Chauvinist (n)
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Trickery or subterfuge (to evade a rule)
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Chicanery (n)
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The chic canary tricked its owner into thinking it was dead.
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An illusion; originally, an imaginary fire-breathing she monster
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Chimera (n)
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The Chimes of Ra was just an illusion
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Boorish, vulgar, loutish; difficult and intractable
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Churlish (adj)
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To hurl is rude.
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To come together; to fuse of unite
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Coalesce (v)
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The Coal miners came togther and united for the cause.
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Concluding section to a musical or literary piece, something that concludes or completes
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Coda (n)
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Cracking the code "A" will conclude or complete the mystery.
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Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
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Cogent (adj)
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The co-agent convicned the criminal to his reason for murder.
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