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195 Cards in this Set
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blurt
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utter impulsively
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bluster
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blow in heavy gusts;threaten emptily;bully
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bode
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foreshadow;portend
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bolt
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door bar;fastening pin or screw;length of fabric;fasten down;dash or dart off;GOBBLE DOWN.
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bouillon
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clear beef soup
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bourgeios
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middle class;selfish;materialistic;dully conventional
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bowdlerize
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expurgate;censor
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brackish
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somewhat salty
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brandish
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wave around;flourish
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brazen
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insolent;arrogant
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brindled
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tawny or grayish with streaks or spots
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brocade
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rich;figured fabric
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brooch
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ornamental clasp
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brook
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tolerate;endure
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buccaneer
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pirate[// reference to the 1s on ships]
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buffet
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table with food also slap;batter;knock out
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buffoonery
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clowning
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bugaboo
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bugbear;object of baseless terror
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bullion
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gold and silver in form of bars
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bulwark
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earthwork or other strong defense;a person who defends
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bungle
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mismanage;blunder
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cache
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hiding place
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cadaverous
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corpse;deadlike
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caldron
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large kettle
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callous
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hardened
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canard
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unfounded rumour
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canker
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any ulcerous sore;evil
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canny
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shrewd;thrifty
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cantata
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story set to music;to be sung in chorus
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canter
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slow gallop;fastest pace of horse
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canto
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division of long poem
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canvass
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determine or seek opnions;votes
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carafe
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glass water bottle;decanter;wide mouthed bottle used to serve beverages
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carapace
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shell covering turtle,crab etc
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careen
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lurch;sway 4m 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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fleshly
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carousal
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drunken revel
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carrion
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rotten flesh of dead body
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cascade
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small waterfall
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cataclysm
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upheaval;deluge
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catapult
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machine or devise used to launch airplane
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catcall
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shout disapproval
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catechism
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book for religious inst;inst by qs and ans form
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categorical
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without exception;unqualified;absolute
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catharsis
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purging or cleaning any passage of body
/ purgative,cleaning by medicenes |
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caucus
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private meeting
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caulk
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to make watertight
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cavalier
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casual and offhand;arrogant
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cavil
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to make frivolous/trivial objections
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cede
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yield;surrender formally
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celibate
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unmarried;abstaining from sexual intercourse
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centaur
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mythical figure;half horse and half man
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cerebration
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thought
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certitude
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certain
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cession
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surrender of territory to another;ceding
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chalice
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goblet;consecrated/sacred cup
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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 endeavors
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categorical
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without exception;unqualified;absolute
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catharsis
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purging or cleaning any passage of body
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caucus
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private meeting
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caulk
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to make watertight
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cavalier
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casual and offhand;arrogant
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cavil
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to make frivolous/trivial objections
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cede
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yield;surrender formally
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celibate
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unmarried;abstaining from sexual intercourse
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centaur
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mythical figure;half horse and half man
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cerebration
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thought
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certitude
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certain
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cession
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surrender of territory to another;ceding
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chalice
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goblet;consecrated/sacred cup
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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 endeavors/mock,good natured ridicule or teasing
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chasm
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abyss;depth
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chassis
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framework and working parts of automobile
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check
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stop motion;curb;restraint
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chaste/
chasten/ chastise |
pure/
discipline;punish to correct/ punish |
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checkered
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marked by changes in fortune
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chide
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scold
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chisel
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tool for cutting also swindle or cheat
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chivalrous
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courteous;faithful;brave
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chortle
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chuckle with delight
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ciliated
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having minute hairs or 1 celled animal
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cipher
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secret code
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circumspect
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prudent;cautious
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circumvent
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outwit;baffle
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cistern
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reservoir;water tank
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citadel
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fortress;fort which protects every1
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clairvoyant
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fortune teller;having forsight
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clangor
/clapper/ /clarion |
loud;resounding noise/
striker[tongue] of bell/ shrill;trumpet like sound |
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clemency
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disposition to be lenient;mildness as of weather
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clientele
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body of customers
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cloister
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monastery;convent
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clout
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great influence
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cloying
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distasteful[because of excessive]sweet or sentimental
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codicil
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supplement to the body of a will
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cog
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tooth projecting from wheel[bicycle]
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cognate
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related linguistically;allied by blood;similar or akin in nature
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cognitive
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having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental process
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cognizance
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knowledge
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cohorts
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armed band
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colander
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utensil with perforated bottom for straining
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colossus
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gigantic statue
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collate
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examine in order to verify authenticity;arrange in order
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collation
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light meal
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colloquial/colloquy
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informal;pertaining to conversational or common speach
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collusion-conspiring in fraudulent scheme/
colossal |
huge
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comestible
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something fit to be eaten
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comeuppance
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rebuke;censure;deserts
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comity
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courtesy;civility
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commiserate
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feel or express pithy or sympathy
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compendium
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brief comprehensive
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complacency
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self satisfaction;smugness
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complaisant
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trying to please;obliging
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complicity
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involvement
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comport
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bear 1s self;behave
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compunction
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remorse;regret
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conceit
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vanity or self love;whimsical idea;extravagant metaphor
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concentric
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having common center
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conception
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beginning;forming of idea
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conclave
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private meeting
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concomitant
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that which accompanies
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concur
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agree
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condescend
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bestow courtesies with superior air
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condign
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adequate
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condiments
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seasons;spices
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conduit
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adequate;passageways for fluids
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confluence
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flowing together
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confound
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puzzle;confuse
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congeal
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freeze;coagulate
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conifer
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pine tree;cone bearing tree
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conjecture
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surmise;guess
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conjure
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summon a devil;practice magic;imagine or invent
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connivance
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accomplice;pretense to ignore something wrong;assisting;permission to offend
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connoisseur
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lover of art or act as judge
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connubial
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pertaining to marriage or matrimonial state
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consanguinity
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kinship
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conscientious
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careful;scrupulous
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conservatory
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school of arts
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consign
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deliver officially;entrust;set apart
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consort
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associate with/husband or wife
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construe
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explain;interpret
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contagion
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infection
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contention
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claim;thesis
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continence
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self-restraint;sexual chastity
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contortions
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twistings;windings
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contumacious
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disobedient;resisting authority
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contrusions
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bruise
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convene
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assemble
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conventional
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ordinary
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converse
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opposite
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conveyance
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vehicle;transfer
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cornice
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projecting molding on building[usually above columns]
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corollary
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consequence;accompaniment
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corpulent
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very fat
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countenance[v]
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approve;tolerate/
face |
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countermand
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cancel;revoke
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contingent
/ conversant |
group that makes up part of gathering
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coup
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highly successful;sudden action
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covenant
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agreement
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covetous
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avarice;eagerly desirous
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cow
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terrorize;intimidate
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crabbled
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sour;peevish
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crabbed
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querulous
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credence
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belief
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credo;creed
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system of religious or ethical belief
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crone
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hag;withered;witch like old woman
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crochety
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eccentric;whimsical
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cull
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pick out;reject
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culmination
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attainment to the highest point
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culvert
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artificial channel for water
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cupidity
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greed
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curator
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manager;supreintendent
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curmudgeon
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churlish;miserly individual
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cursory
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casual;hastily done
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cynical
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skeptical or distrustful of human motives
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dabble
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work at non serious fashion;splash around
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dals
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raised platform for guests of honor
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dally
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trifle with;procastinate
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dank
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damp;moist;humid
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dapper
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neat and trim
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dappled
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spotted
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daub
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smear[with paint]
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debauch
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corrupt;seduce from virtue
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debiliate
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weaken;enfeeble
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debonair
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friendly;aiming to please
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debunk
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expose as false;worthless;exaggerated
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decadence
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decay
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decant
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pour off gently
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decapitate
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behead;cut off head
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abominable
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detestable;extremely unpleasant;very bad
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gallant
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chivalrous;courageous
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oafish
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rude;boorish
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