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50 Cards in this Set
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carrion
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dead and decaying flesh
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castigate
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to punish or criticize severely
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cataclysm
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a violent change or upheaval
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catharsis
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an act of purging or purification
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censure
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to criticize sharply
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centrifugal
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moving away from a center
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chaff
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worthless matter
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chagrin
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embarrassment
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charlatan
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fraud, faker
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chaste
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morally pure
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chauvinism
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fanatical patriotism
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chattel
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slave, bondman
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chicanery
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trickery, deception
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chide
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to scold
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chimerical
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fantastic, imaginary
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chronicle
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record of history
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circumspect
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watchful
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citadel
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a fortress commanding a city
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civility
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politeness, courtesy
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clandestine
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held in or conducted with secrecy
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claret
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a dark red
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clime
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climate
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coerce
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to force
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coffer
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a chest or box used
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cogent
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convincing
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cogitate
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think, ponder, meditation
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cognate
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related
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cognizant
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awareness
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collate
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to assemble in proper order
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collusion
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secret agreement to defraud another
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commensurate
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proportional
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commissary
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a store for equipment and provisions
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commodious
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comfortably spacious
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complacent
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contented
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compunction
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remorse, a feeling of regret
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concatenation
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to link together in a series
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conclave
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a private gathering
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concomitant
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accompanying, attending
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condolence
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to express sympathetic sorrow
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configuration
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arrangement: shape
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congeal
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freeze, solidify
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congenital
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existing from birth
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congruent
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agreeing
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coniferous
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bear cones
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conjecture
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guess
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connote
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to suggest; to imply
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connubial
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of or relating to marriage
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conscript
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to force into service
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consort
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partner; companion (husband/wife)
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consternation
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amazed dismay and confusion
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