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30 Cards in this Set
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CANDID
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impartial and honest in speech
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CADGE
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to sponge, beg, or mooch
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CAJOLE
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to inveigle, coax, wheedle, sweet-talk
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CALUMNIATE
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to slander, make false accusation
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CANON
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an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature
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CAPRICIOUS
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changing one's mind quickly and often
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CASTIGATE
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to punish or criticize harshly
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CARDINAL
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of basic importance or consequence, primary
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CARET
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an insertion mark (^) used by editors and proofreaders
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CATALYST
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something that brings about a change in something else
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CAUSTIC
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biting in wit; burning or stinging
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CENSURE
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to criticize severly; to officially rebuke
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CHAOS
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great disorder or confusion
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CHARY
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wary, cautious; sparing
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CHASTEN
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to chastise or correct; subdue
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CHAUVINIST
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someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs
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CHICANERY
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trickery or subterfuge
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CHIMERA
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an illusion; originally, an imaginary fire-breathing she-monster
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CHULRLISH
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borish, vulgar, loutish; difficult and intractable
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COALESCE
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to come together; to fuse or unite
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CODA
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concluding section to a musical or literary piece, something that concludes or completes
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COGENT
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convincing and well-reasoned
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COMMENSURATE
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matching, corresponding, or proportionate in degree, size, amount, or other property
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COMPLAISANCE
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willingness to comply with the wishes of others
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CONNOISSEUR
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an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
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CONDONE
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to overlook, pardon, or disregard
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CONTEMN
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to scorn or despise
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CONTENSIOUS
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argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
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CONTIGUOUS
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sharing a border; touching; adjacent
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CONTRITE
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regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness
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