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canto
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division of a long poem
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bard is to canto as anecdote is to novel
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canvass
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determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.
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he canvassed the campus for votes. She canvassed the high school for employees
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capacious
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spacious
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Sarah thought this word meant something completely different which turned out not to be the case out all. Capacious means spacious which sounds like capacious and spacious
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capacity
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mental or physical ability; role; ability to accomodate
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The building was filled to capacity and the director did not have the mental capacity to figure out where to put the rest of the people although it was within his capacity as director to do so.
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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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The capeteria was forced to surrender their asinine name or surrender their business.
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caprice
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whim
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Amanda frequently acts on caprice and luckily enough her friends are there to back her up.
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* capricious
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unpredictable; fickle
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Capricious behavior can be initially attracting but then the dialectic to capricious behavior is unreliability; the two go hand in hand.
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caption
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title; chapter heading; text under illustration
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The aptly named caption ably preceded the content to follow
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captious
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faultfinding
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Amanda frequently tries to use captious arguments to belie her own shortcomings
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carafe
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glass water bottle; decanter
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Pass me that carafe of beer out of the freezer. I keep the carafe cold so I can put my giraffe drink inside of it
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carapace
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shell covering the back (of a turtle, crab, etc.)
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When I picked up Tony's turtle he made a beeline into the carapace that he calls his home
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carat
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unit of measurement for precious stones; measure of fineness of gold
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Amanda was not satisfied with 14 carats; she wanted the 27 carat diamond
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carcinogenic
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causing cancer
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Tanning is an irrecoverable carcinogen; but it makes young ladies beautiful so its all ok
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cardinal
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chief; primary; most important
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The cardinal team in baseball is the cardinals.
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cardiologist
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doctor specializing in ailments of the heart
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careen
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lurch; sway from side to side
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Kareem AJ body careened from side to side as he did battle with Bruce Lee
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caricature
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distortion; burlesque
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carillion
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a 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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fleshly
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Pertaining to playboy or flesh of bodies
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carnivorous
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meat eating
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carousal
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drunken revel
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The bacchanalian bunch caroused around and acted out their asinine fantasies
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carping
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petty criticism; fault finding
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also captious
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carrion
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rotting flesh of a dead body
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buzzards eat the carrion left behind by other predators
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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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caste
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one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society, social stratification; prestige
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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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Instead of facing the cataclysm caused by the altar boy scandal, many priests tried to abdicate their positions as cardinal authorities of the church.
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* catalyst
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agent that influences the pace of a chemical reaction while it remains unaffected and unchanged; person or thing that causes action.
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catapult
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slingshot; hurling machine
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cataract
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great waterfall; eye abnormality
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contrast with a cascade
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catastrophe
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calamity; disaster
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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 instructions; instruction by question and answer
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categorical
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without exceptions; unqualified; absolute
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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 ranging 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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to make watertight (by plugging seems)
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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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cauterize
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burn with hot iron or 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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I respect your objections but I don't appreciate that you cavil to minute details.
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cede
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yield (title, territory) to; surrender formally
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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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abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarrried
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censor
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overseer of morals; person who eliminates inappropriate matter
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censorious
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critical
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censure
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blame; criticize
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also captious or carping
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centaur
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mythical figure, half man and half horse
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centigrade
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denoting a widely used temperature scale (same as celsius)
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centrifugal
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radiating; departing from the center
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centrifuge
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machine that separates substances by whirling them
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centripetal
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tending toward the center
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centurion
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Roman army officer
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cerebral
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pertaining to the brain or intellect
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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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certitude
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certainty
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cessation
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stoppage
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cession
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yielding (something) 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 (caused by humiliation or injured pride); disappointment
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chalice
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goblet; consecrated cup
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chameleon
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lizard that changes color in different situations
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