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49 Cards in this Set
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canto
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division of long poem
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to canvass
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determine/seek opinions, votes
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capacious
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spacious
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capillary
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having a very fine bore
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capitulate
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surrender
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caprice
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whim
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capricious
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unpredictable, fickle
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captious
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faultfinding
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carafe
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glass water bottle
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careen
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lurch, sway side to side
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carillon
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set of bells capable of being played
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carnage
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destruction of life
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carnal
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fleshy
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carousal
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drunken revel
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carping
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petty criticism, fault-finding
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carrion
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fotting flesh of dead body
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cartographer
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map maker
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cascade
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small waterfall
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castigation
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punishment, severe criticism
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casualty
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serious or fatal accident
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cataclysm
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deluge, upheaval
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cataract
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eye abnormality/ great waterfall
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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 / teaching by questions and answer
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categorical
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absolute, no exceptions
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catharsis
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purging or cleansing of any passage of the body
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cathartic
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purgative
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catholic
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universal, wide randing liberal
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cault
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make watertight by sealing seams
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caustic
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burning, sarcastically biting
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cauterize
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burn with hot iron/ caustic
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cavalcade
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procession, parade
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cavalier
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casual and offhand, arrogant
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cavil
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make frivolous objections
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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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censorious
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kritic
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censure
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blame, criticize
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centigrade
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temperature scale
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centrifugal
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radiation, departing from centre
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centripetal
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tending towards centre
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centurian
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roman army officer
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cerebral
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pertaining to brain/intellect
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cerebration
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thought
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cession
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yielding something to another/ceding
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chafe
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warm or 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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humiliation, disappointment
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