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36 Cards in this Set
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cacophonous
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unpleasant or harsh-sounding
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cadge
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to beg; sponge
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callous
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thick-skinned; insensitive
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calumny
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false and malicious accusation; slander
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canard
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false, deliberately misleading story
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canon
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an established principle; a basis or standard for judgement; a group of literary works
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cant
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insincere talk; language of a particular group
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cantankerous
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irritable; ill-humored
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capricious
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fickle
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captious
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faultfinding; intended to entrap, as in an arguement
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cardinal
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of foremost importance
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carnal
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of the flesh or body; related to physical appetites
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carping
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to find fault; complain
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cartography
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science of making maps
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caste
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any of the hereditary social classes of Hindu society; social stratification
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castigation
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punishment; chastisement; criticism
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cataclysm
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a violent upheaval that causes great destruction and change
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catalyst
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something causing change
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categorial
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absolute; without exception
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caucus
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smaller group within an organization
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causal
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involving a cause
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caustic
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sarcastically biting; burning
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celestial
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concerning the sky or heavens; sublime
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centrifugal
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moving away from the center
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centripetal
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moving or directed toward a center
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champion
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to defend or support
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chasten
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to correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subdue
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chicanery
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trickery; fraud
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chivalry
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the qualities idealized by knighthood such as bravery and gallantry toward women
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churlish
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rude; boorish
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circuitous
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roundabout
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clairvoyant
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one who can predict the future; psychic
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clamor
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noisy outcry
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clique
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a small, exclusive group
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cloister
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to confine; seclude
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coagulate
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thicken; congeal
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