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crabbed |
sour; bad-tempered; peevish; difficult to read as handwriting
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peevish
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bad-tempered; irritable; V. peeve: make angry
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crass
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very unrefined; grossly insensible; crude and undiscriminating; Ex. crass behavior
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craven
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cowardly
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credence
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belief
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credo
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creed
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credulity
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belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivet\'e; ADJ. credulous
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creed
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system of religious or ethical belief
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crescendo
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increase in the volume or intensity as in a musical passage; climax; CF. crescent
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far-fetched
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too improbable to be believed; implausible; Ex. far-fetched story
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overture
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musical introduction to a long musical piece; first offer or proposal (to begin talks in the hope of reaching an agreement); Ex. overtures for peace
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crestfallen
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dejected; dispirited
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crest
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top (as of a hill or wave); showy feathers on the head of a bird
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crevice
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crack; fissure
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cringe
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shrink back as if in fear; cower
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criteria
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standards used in judging; CF. criterion
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crone
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hag; ugly old woman
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crotchety
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(of someone old) eccentric; odd; whimsical; bad-tempered; N. crotchet: odd or whimsical notion
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crux
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essential or main point; Ex. the crux of the problem; ADJ. crucial: of deciding importance
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crypt
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secret recess or vault usually used for burial; underground room (under a church)
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cryptic
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mysterious; hidden; secret
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cubicle
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small chamber used for sleeping or work
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compartment
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one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided
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cuisine
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style of cooking; Ex. French cuisine
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culinary
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relating to cooking or kitchen
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cull
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pick out from others (to kill the weakest members); reject; select; collect (information); N.
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culmination
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highest point; climax; V. culminate in: reach the highest point in; end in; Ex. a series of minor clashes culminating in war
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culpable
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deserving blame; blameworthy
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culprit
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one guilty of a crime
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culvert
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artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road
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cumbersome
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heavy and awkward to carry or wear; burdensome; Ex. cumbersome parcel/uniform
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cumulative
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growing by addition; accumulative
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cupidity
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greed (for wealth); CF. cupid; CF. Cupid
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curator
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superintendent; manager (in charge of a museum or a library)
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curmudgeon
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churlish, miserly individual; bad-tempered old person
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cursive
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(of writing) flowing; running; having the successive letters joined
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cursory
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casual; hastily done with little attention to detail
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curtail
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shorten; reduce
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cynical
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skeptical or distrustful of human motives; N. cynicism; CF. cynic: person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness
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cynosure
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object of general attention; person or thing that is a center of attention; CF. Ursa Minor |
