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cavil
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to make frivolous objections
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connivance
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a pretense of ignorance from something wrong; assistance; permission to do something wrong
The act of conniving; Knowledge of and tacit consent to the commission of an illegal act by another. |
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commensurate
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proportionate; to an equal extent, amount, degree
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comity
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courtesty; civility
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comeuppance
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rebuke
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collusion
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conspiring in a fraudulent scheme
"in cahoots with" arrangement on a secret plot |
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collateral
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adj.
1. Situated or running side by side; parallel. 2. Coinciding in tendency or effect; concomitant or accompanying. 3. Serving to support or corroborate: collateral evidence. 4. Of a secondary nature; subordinate: collateral target damage from a bombing run. 5. Of, relating to, or guaranteed by a security pledged against the performance of an obligation: a collateral loan. 6. Having an ancestor in common but descended from a different line. n. 1. Property acceptable as security for a loan or other obligation. 2. A collateral relative. |
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collate
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to examine or verify the authenticity of; to arrange in order
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condign
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appropriate; deserved
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condone
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to forgive; to excuse; to give tacit approval
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conduit
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aqueduct; passageway for fluids
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concord
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harmony
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concomitant
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that which accompanies
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conclave
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a private meeting
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concession
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the act of yielding
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conceit
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vanity; self-love
extravagant/whimsical idea/metaphor |
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concede
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to yield to; to admit
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communal
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held in common; a large group
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compunction
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remorse
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cloying
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distasteful; overly sweet or sentimental
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concerted
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mutually agreed on; accomplished together
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complaisant
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trying to please; overly polite; obliging
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complicity
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involvement in a crime; participation
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congenital
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existing at birth
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congenial
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pleasant or friendly
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confluence
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flowing together; crowd
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conflate
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meld/fuse; confuse; combine into one
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cataclysm
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deluge; upheaval
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categorical
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complete; absolute; without exceptions
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catharsis
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cleansing or purging of any passageway of the body
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cathartic
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purgative
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circumspect
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cautious; prudent
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circumvent
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to outwit or baffle
to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
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censorious
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critical
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beset
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trouble; harass
hem in to set or stud with as if with ornaments |
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belie
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to act unworthily according to standards
to misrepresent to contradict to give a false impression of |
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betoken
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to signify; to indicate
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berate
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to scold strongly
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adjuration
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an earnest solemn appeal
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abdicate
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to renounce; to give up
to relinquish power formally |
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bilk
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to swindle or cheat
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beleaguer
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to besiege; to attack/harass
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besiege
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to surround with armed troops; to harass with requests
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circumscribe
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to limit narrowly; to define; to constrict or confine
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circumlocution
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unnecessarily wordy or evasive language; indirect speech
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censure
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to criticize or blame
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coeval
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contemporary; of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration
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bluff (adj)
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rough but good-natured
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