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102 Cards in this Set
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cabal
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a scheme or plot, a group of plotters
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cadge
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to get, to get by begging
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cajole
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use flattery or deceit to persuade
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calipers
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metal supports attached to the legs, measuring instrument
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calumny
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slander, aspersion
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candid
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frank, straight-forward
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cant
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insincere talk/jargon
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cantankerous
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bad-tempered/quarrelsome
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canvass
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discuss thoroughly, sort of touting
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castigate
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to chastise correct by punishing
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castigation
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severe punishment
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catalyst
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substance that causes speeding up
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caustic
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biting, sarcastic
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censure
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expression of blame or a disapproval, a rebuke
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centurion
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leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
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chary
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cautious, wary
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chastened
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corrected, punished
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chastisement
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punishment
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chauvinist
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a blindly devoted patriot
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chicanery
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legal trickery/false argument
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chisel
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steel tool for shaping materials
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churl
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bad-tempered person
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clamor
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shout, complain with a lot of noise
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clientele
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customers
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clinch
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come to grips/settle conclusively
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cling
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to resist separation
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clot
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half-solid lump formed from liquid
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cloture
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closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
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coagulation
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change to a thick and solid state
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coalescing
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coming together and united into one substance
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coax
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get sombody to do something by kindness
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coda
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passage that completes a piece of music
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coddle
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treat with care and tenderness
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coerce
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compel, to force, to make obedient
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coeval
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of the same period, coexisting
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cogent
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strong, convincing
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cogitate
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think deeply, meditate
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cognizant
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being fully aware of
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cohort
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a group or band of people
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colander
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bowl-shaped vessel with many holes to drain off water
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collusion
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secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
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combustion
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process of burning
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commemorate
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keep the memory of
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commodious
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having plenty of space for what is needed
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commuter
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person who travels regularly
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complaisance
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tending to comply, obliging, willingness to please
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compunction
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feeling of regret for one's actions
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conceal
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hide, keep secret
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conceit
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over-high opinion of, too much pride
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conciliatory
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reconciling, soothing, comforting, mollifying
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concord
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agreement or harmony
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concur
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agree in opinion, happen together
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condense
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increase in density/strength, make laconic
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conduce
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to bring about
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condone
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forgive
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congeal
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make or become stiff and solid
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conjoin
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to join together
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connoisseur
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a person with good judgment (i.e. in art)
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connotation
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suggestion, in addition to
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consequential
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pompous, self-important
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console
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give comfort or sympathy to
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conspicuous
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easily seen, remarkable
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consternation
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surprise and fear, dismany
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constrain
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compel
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constrict
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make tight or smaller
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consume
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get to the end of
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consummate
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perfect, make perfect, complete
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contemn
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to scorn or despise
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contentious
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argumentative, pugnacious, combative, quarrelsome
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contiguous
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touching, neighboring, near
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contrite
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filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing
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contumacious
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insubordinate, rebellious
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conundrum
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a riddle, dilemma, enigma
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conviction
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convincing, firm belief
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convoke
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call together, summon
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convoluted
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complicated, coiled, twisted
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cordial
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warm and sincere
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cordon
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line (of police acting as a guard)
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cornucopia
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abundant supply
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corporeal
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physical, of or for the body
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correlate
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have a mutual relation
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corroboration
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additional strengthening evidence
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countenance
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to favor or approve of
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counterfeit
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forgery
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countervail
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counterbalance
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covert
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disguised
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covetous
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eagerly desirous
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cower
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crouch, shirnk back
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coy
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shy/modest (especially of a girl)
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crass
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very great (e.g. stupidity)
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cravat
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piece of linen worn as a necktie
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craven
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cowardly
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crease
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line made by crushing white line on to ground in cricket
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credulity
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too great a readiness to believe things
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credulous
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ready to believe things
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crush
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press, lose shape, subdue, overwhelm
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cryptic
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secret, with a hidden meaning
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cumbersome
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burdensome, heavy and awkward to carry
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curmudgeon
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bad-tempered person
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curriculum
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course of study
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cursory
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quick, hurried
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curtail
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make shorter than was planned
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