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cabal
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n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
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cache
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n. hiding place
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cacophonous
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adj. discordant; inharmonious
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cadaberous
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adj. like a corpse; pale
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cadence
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n. rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat
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cadge
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v. beg; mooch; panhandle
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cajole
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v. coax; wheedle
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calamity
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n. disaster; misery
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calculated
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adj. deliberately planned; likely
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caldron
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n. large kettle
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caliber
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n. abillity;quality
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calligraphy
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n. beautiful writing; excellent penmanship
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callous
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adj. hardened; unfeeling
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callow
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adj. youthful; immature; inexperienced
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calorific
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adj. heat-producing
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cabal
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n. small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
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cache
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n. hiding place
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cacophonous
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adj. discordant; inharmonious
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cadence
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n. rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat
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cadge
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v. beg; mooch; panhandle
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cajole
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v. cozx; wheedle
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caliber
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n. ability; quality
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callow
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adj. youthful; immature; inexperienced
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calorific
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adj. heat-producing
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calumny
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n. malicious misrepresentation; slander
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camaraderie
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n. good-fellowship
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cameo
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n. shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special appearance in a a minor role in a film
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canard
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n. false or unfounded story; fabricated report
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candor
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n. frankness; open honesty
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canker
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n. any ulcerous sore; any evil
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canny
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adj. shrewd; thrifty
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canon
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n. rule or principle, frequently religious
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cant
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n. insincere expressions of piety; jargon of thieves
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cantankerous
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adj. ill-humored; irritable
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cantata
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n. story set to music, to be sung by a chorus
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canter
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n. slow gallop
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canvass
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v. determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.
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capacious
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adj. spacious
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capillary
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adj. having a very fine bore
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capitulate
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v. surrender
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caprice
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n. whim
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capricious
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adj. unpredictable; fickle
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captious
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adj. faultfinding
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cardinal
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adj. chief
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careen
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v. lurch; sway from side to side
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caricature
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n. distortion; burlesque
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carillon
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n. a set of bells capable of being played
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carnal
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adj. fleshy
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carousal
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n. drunken revel
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carping
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n. petty criticism; fault-finding
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cascade
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n. small waterfall
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castigation
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n. punishment; severe criticism
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cataclysm
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n. deluge; upheaval
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cataract
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n. great waterfall; eye abnormality
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catcall
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n. shout of disapproval; boo
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catechism
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n. book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer
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categorical
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adj. without exceptions; unqualified; absolute
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catharsis
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n. purging or cleansing of any passage of the body
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cathartic
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n. purgative
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catholic
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adj. universal; wide-ranging liberal
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caucus
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n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
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caulk
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v. to make watertight (by plugging seams)
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causal
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adj. implying a cause and effect relationship
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caustic
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adj. burning; sarcastically biting
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cavalcade
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adj. procession; parade
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cavalier
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adj. casual and offhand; arrogant
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cavil
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v. make frivolous objections
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celerity
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n. speed; rapidity
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censorious
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adj. critical
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censure
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v. blame; criticize
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centrifugal
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adj. radiating; departing from the center
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centripetal
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adj. tending toward the center
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centurion
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n. roman army officer
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cerebration
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n. thought
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certitude
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n. certainty
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chafe
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v. warm by rubbing; make sore (by rubbing)
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chaff
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n. worthless products of an endeavor
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chaffing
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adj. bantering; joking
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chagrin
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n. vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride); disappointment
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chalice
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n. goblet; consecrated cup
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champion
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v. support militantly
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charlatan
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n. quack; pretender to knowledge
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chary
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adj. cautious; sparing or restrained about giving
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chase
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v. ornament a metal surface by indenting
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chasten
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v. correct by punishment or scolding; restrain
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chastened
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adj. humbled; subdued; rebuked
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chauvinist
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n. blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group or cause
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chicanery
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n. trickery; deception
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chide
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v. scold
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chimerical
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adj. fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative
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chisel
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v. swindle or cheat; cut with a chisel
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choleric
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adj. hot-tempered
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choreography
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n. art of repesenting dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
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churlish
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adj. boorish; rude
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ciliated
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adj. having minute hairs
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cipher
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n. nonentity; worthless person or thing
n. secret code |
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circumlocution
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n. unnecessarily wordy and indirect speech; evasive langauge
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circumscribe
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v. limit narrowly; confine or restict; define
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circumspect
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adj. prudent; cautious
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circumvent
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v. outwit; baffle
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cistern
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n. reservoir or water tank
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citadel
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n. fortress
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clamber
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v. climb by crawling
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clamor
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n. noise
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clandestine
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adj. secret
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clangor
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n. loud, resounding noise
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clapper
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n. striker (tongue) of a bell
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clarion
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adj. shrill, trumpetlike sound
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clavicle
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n. collarbone
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cleave
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v. split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to
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clime
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n. region; climate
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cloister
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n. monastery or convent
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cloying
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adj. distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental
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coalesce
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v. combine; fuse
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coda
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n. concluding section of a musical or literary composition; something that rounds out, summarizes, or concludes
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coddle
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v. treat gently; pamper
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codicil
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n. supplement to the body of a will
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codify
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v. arrange (laws, rules) as a code; classify
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coeval
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adj. living at the same time as; contemporary
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cog
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n. tooth projectiong from a wheel
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cogent
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adj. convincing
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cogitate
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v. think over
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cognate
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adj. related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature
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cognizance
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n. knowledge
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cohabit
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v. live together
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cohere
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v. stick togetehre
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cohorts
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n. armed band
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coiffure
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n. hairstyle
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collate
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v. examine in order to verify authenticity
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collateral
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n. security given for loan
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collation
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n. a light meal
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colloquial
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adj. pertaining to conversational or common speech; informal
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colloquy
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n. informal discussion
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collusion
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n. conspiring in a fraudulent scheme
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colossus
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n. gigantic statue
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comatose
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adj. in a coma; extremely sleepy
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comely
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adj. attractive; agreeable
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comestible
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n something fit to be eaten
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comity
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n. courtexy; civility
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commandeer
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v. to draft for military purposes; to take for public use
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commemorative
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adj. remembering; honoring
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commensurate
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adj. corresponding in extent, degree, amount, etc.; proportionate
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commiserate
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v. feel or express pity or sympathy for
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commodious
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adj. spacious and comfortable
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compact
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n. agreement; contract
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compendium
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v. brief, comprehensive summary
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compensatory
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adj. making up for; repaying
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compilation
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n. listing of statistical information in tabular or book form
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complaisant
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adj. trying to please; overly polite; obliging
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complicity
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n. involvement in a crime; participation
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component
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n. element; ingredient
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comport
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v. bear one's self; behave
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composure
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n. mental calmness
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compound
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v. combine; constitute; pay interest; increase
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comprehensive
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adj. thorough; inclusive
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compunction
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n. remorse
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concatenate
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v. link as in a chain
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concentric
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adj. having a common center
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concerted
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adj. mutually agreed on; done together
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concession
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n. an act of yielding
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conciliatory
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adj. reconciling; soothing
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conclave
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n. private meeting
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concoct
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v. prepare by combining; make up in concert
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concomitant
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n. that which accompanies
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concord
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n. harmony
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concurrent
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adj. happening at the same time
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condescend
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v. bestow courtesies with a superior air
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condign
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adj. appropriate; deserved (almost always, in the sense of deservedly severe, as in condign punishment)
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condole
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v. express sympathetic sorrow
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conducive
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adj. helpful; contributive
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conduit
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n. aqueduct; passageway for fluids
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confidant
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n. trusted friend
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conflagration
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n. great fire
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conflate
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v. meld or fuse; confuse; combine into one
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confluence
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n. flowing together; crowd
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congenial
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adj. pleasant; friendly
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congenital
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adj. existing at birth
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conglomeration
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n. mass of material sticking together
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conjecture
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v. infer on the basis of insufficient data; surmise; guess
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conjugal
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adj. pertaining to marriage
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