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cabal
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small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
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cache
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hiding place
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cacophonous
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*discordant; inharmonious
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cadge
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beg; mooch; panhandle
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calculated
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deliberately planned; likely
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callow
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youthful; immature; inexperienced
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calorific
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heat-producing
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calumny
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malicious misrepresentation; slander
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cameo
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shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special appearance in a minor role in a film
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canard
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false or unfounded story; fabricated report
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canker
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any uncerous sore; any evil
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canny
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shrewd; thrifty
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canon
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collection or authoritative list of books (e.g. by an author, or accepted as scripture)
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canon
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(secondary meaning) rule or principle, frequently religious
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cant
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insincere expressions of piety; jargon of thieves
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cantankerous
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ill-humored; irritable
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cantata
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story set to music
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canter
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slow gallop
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canto
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division of a long poem
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canvass
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determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.
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capacity
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mental or physical ability; role; ability to accommodate
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capillary
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having a very fine bore
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capitulate
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surrender
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caprice
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whim
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capricious
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*unpredictable; fickle
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captious
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faultfinding
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carafe
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glass water bottle; decanter
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carapace
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shell covering the back (of a turtle, crab, etc.)
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caricature
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distortion; burlesque
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carillon
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a 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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carping
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petty criticism; fault-finding
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carrion
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rotting flesh of a dead body
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cartographer
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map-maker
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cascade
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small waterfall
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caste
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one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society, social stratification; prestige
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castigation
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*punishment; severe criticism
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casualty
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serious or fatal accident
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cataclysm
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deluge; upheaval
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cataract
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great waterfall; eye abnormality
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catechism
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book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer
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categorical
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without exceptions; unqualified; absolute
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cathartic
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purgative
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catholic
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universal; wide-ranging liveral
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caucus
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private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
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caulk
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to make watertight (by plugging seams)
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caustic
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*burning; sarcastically biting
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cauterize
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burn with hot iron or caustic
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cavalcade
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procession; parade
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cavalier
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casual and offhand; arrogant
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cavil
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make frivolous objections
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cede
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yield (title, territory) to; surrender formally
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celerity
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speed; rapidity
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celestial
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heavenly
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celibate
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abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried
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censorious
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critical
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censure
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blame; criticize
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centrifugal
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radiating; departing from the center
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centripetal
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tending toward the center
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centurion
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Roman army officer
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cerebration
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thought
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ceremonious
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marked by formality
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certitude
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certainty
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cession
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yielding (something) to another; ceding
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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 an endeavor
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chaffing
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bantering; joking
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chagrin
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vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride); disappointment
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charisma
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divine gift; great popular charm or appeal
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charlatan
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quack; pretender to knowledge
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chary
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cautious; cparing or restrained about giving
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chase
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ornament a metal surface by indenting
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chassis
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framework and working parts of an automobile
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chasten
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correct by punishment or scolding; restrain
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chastened
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humbled; subdued; rebuked
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chauvinist
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blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group or cause
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check
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stop motion; curb or restrain
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checkered
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marked by changes in fortune
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chicanery
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*trickery; deception
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chide
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scold
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chimerical
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fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative
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chisel
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(second meaning) swindle or cheat; cut with a chisel
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choleric
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hot-tempered
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chortle
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chuckle with delight
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churlish
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boorish; rude
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ciliated
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having minute hairs
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cipher
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nonentity; worthless person or thing
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cipher
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(second meaning) secret code
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circlet
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small rind; band
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circuitous
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roundabout
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circumlocution
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unnecessarily wordy and indirect speech; evasive language
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circumscribe
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limit narrowly; confine or restrict; define
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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 or water tank
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citadel
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fortress
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clamber
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climb by crawling
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clamor
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noise
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clangor
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loud, resounding noise
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clapper
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striker (tongue) of a bell
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clarion
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shrill, trumpetlike sound
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clavicle
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collarbone
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cleave
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split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to
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cleft
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split
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clemency
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disposition to be lenient; mildness, as of the weather
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climactic
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relating to the highest point
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clime
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region; climate
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cloister
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monastery or convent
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clout
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great influence (especially political or social)
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cloying
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distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental
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coagulate
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*thicken; congeal; clot
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coalesce
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combine; fuse
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coalition
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partnership; league; union
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coda
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*concluding section of a musical or literary composition; something that rounds out, summarizes, or concludes
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codicil
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supplement to the body of a will
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codify
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arrange (laws, rules) as a code; classify
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coeval
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living at the same time as; contemporary
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cog
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tooth projecting from a wheel
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cogent
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*convincing
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cogitate
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think over
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cognate
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related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature
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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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coin
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make coins; invent or fabricate
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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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a light meal
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colloquy
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informal discussion
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collusion
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conspiring in a fraudulent scheme
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colossus
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gigantic statue
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comely
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attractive; agreeable
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comestible
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something fit to be eaten
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comity
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courtesy; civility
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commandeer
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to draft for military purposes; to take for public use
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commensurate
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*corresponding in extent, degree, amount, etc..; proportionate
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commiserate
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feel or express pity or sympathy for
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commodious
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spacious and comfortable
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compact
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(second meaning) agreement; contract
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compendium
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*brief, comprehensive summary
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compilation
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listing of statistical information in tabular or book form
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complacency
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self-satisfaction; smugness
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complaisant
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*trying to please; overly polite; obliging
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compliant
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*yielding; conforming to requirements
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comport
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bear one's self; behave
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compound
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combine; constitute; pay interest; increase
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compunction
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remorse
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compute
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reckon; calculate
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concatenate
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link as in a chain
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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 a common center
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concerted
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mutually agreed on; done together
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conciliatory
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*reconciling; soothing
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conclave
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private meeting
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concoct
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prepare by combining; make up in concert
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concomitant
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that which accompanies
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concord
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harmony
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condescend
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bestow courtesies with a superior air
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condign
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appropriate; deserved (almost always, in the sense of deservedly severe, as in condign punishment)
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condole
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express sympathetic sorrow
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conduit
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aqueduct; passageway for fluids
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conflagration
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great fire
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conflate
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meld or fuse; confuse; combine into one
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confluence
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flowing together; crowd
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confound
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*confuse; puzzle
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condone
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*overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
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congeal
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freeze; coagulate
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congenial
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pleasant; friendly
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congenital
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existing at birth
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conifer
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pine tree; cone-bearing tree
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conjecture
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infer on the basis of insufficient data; surmise; guess
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conjugal
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pertaining to marriage
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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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pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend
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connoisseur
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*person competent to act as a judge of art, etc.; a lover of art
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connubial
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pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state
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consanguinity
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kinship
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conscientious
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scrupulous; careful
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conscript
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draftee; person forced into military service
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consecrate
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dedicate; sanctify
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consequential
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pompous; self-important
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conservatory
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school of fine arts (especially music or drama)
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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
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consort
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(second meaning) husband or wife
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constituent
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supporter
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constraint
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compulsion; repression of feelings
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consummate
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wholly without flaw; supremely skilled; complete and utter
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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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contentious
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*quarrelsome
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context
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writings preceding and following the passage quoted
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contiguous
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adjacent to; touching upon
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continence
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self-restraint; sexual chastity
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contingent
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(second meaning) group that makes up part of a gathering
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contraband
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illegal trade; smuggling; smuggled goods
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contravene
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contradict; oppose; infringe on or transgress
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contrite
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*penitent
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controvert
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oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict
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contumacious
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disobedient; resisting authority
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contusion
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bruise
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conundrum
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*riddle; difficult problem
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converge
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*approach; tend to meet; come together
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conversant
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familiar with
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converse
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opposite
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convex
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curving outward
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conveyance
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vehicle; transfer
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convivial
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festive; gay; characterized by joviality
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convoke
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call together
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convoluted
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*coiled around; involved; intricate
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copious
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plentiful
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coquette
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flirt
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cordial
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gracious; heartfelt
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cordon
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extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress
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cornice
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projecting molding on building (usually above columns)
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cornucopia
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horn overflowing with fruit and grain; symbol of abundance
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corollary
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consequence; accompaniment
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corporeal
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bodily; material
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corpulent
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very fat
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corroborate
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confirm; support
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corrugated
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wrinkled; ridged
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coterie
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group that meets socially; select circle
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countenance
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approve; tolerate
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countenance
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(second meaning) face
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countermand
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cancel; revoke
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coup
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highly successful action or sudden attack
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covenant
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agreement
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covetous
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avaricious; eagerly desirous of
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cow
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terrorize; intimidate
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cozen
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cheat; hoodwink; swindle
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crabbed
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sour; peevish
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crass
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very unrefined; grossly insensible
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craven
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*cowardly
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credence
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belief
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credulity
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belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naiveté
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crotchety
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eccentric; whimsical
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cubicle
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small chamber used for sleeping
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cuisine
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style of cooking
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cull
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pick out; reject
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culpable
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deserving blame
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culvert
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artificial channel for water
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cumbersome
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heavy; hard to manage
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cupidity
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greed
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curator
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superintendent; manager
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curmudgeon
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churlish, miserly individual
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cursive
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flowing, running
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cursory
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casual; hastily done
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cynosure
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object of general attention
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