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74 Cards in this Set
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canto
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n. division of a long poem
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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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capacity
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n. mental or physical ability; role; ability to accomodate
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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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caption
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n. title; chapter heading; text under illustration
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captious
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adj. faultfinding
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carafe
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n. glass water bottle; decanter
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carapace
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n. shell covering the back (of a turtle, crab, etc.)
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carat
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n. unit of weight for precious stones; measure of fineness of gold
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carcinogenic
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adj. causing cancer
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cardinal
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adj. chief
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cardiologist
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n. doctor specializing in ailments of the heart
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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. set of bells capable of being played
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carnage
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n. destruction of life
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carnal
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adj. fleshly
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carnivorous
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adj. meat-eating
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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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carrion
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n. rotting flesh of a dead body
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cartographer
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n. map maker
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cascade
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n. small waterfall
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caste
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n. one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society, social startification; prestige
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*castigation
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n. punishment; severe criticism
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casualty
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n. serious or fatal accident
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cataclysm
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n. deluge; upheaval
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*catalyst
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n. agent that influences the pace of a chemical reaction while it remains unaffected and unchanged; person or thing that causes action
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catapult
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n. slingshot; hurlling machine
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cataract
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n. great waterfall; eye abnormality
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catastrophe
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n. calamity; disaster
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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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cauterize
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v. burn with hot iron or caustic
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cavalcade
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n. 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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cede
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v. yield (title, territory) to; surrender formally
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celerity
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n. speed; rapidity
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celestial
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adj. heavenly
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celibate
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adj. abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried
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censor
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n. overseer of morals; person who eliminates inappropriate matter
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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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centaur
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n. mythical figure; half man and half horse
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centigrade
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adj. denoting a widely used temperature scale
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centrifugal
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adj. radiating; departing from the center
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centrifuge
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n. machine that separates substances by whirling them
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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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cerebral
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adj. pertaining to the brain or intellect
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cerebration
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n. thought
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ceremonious
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adj. marked by formality
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certitude
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n. certainty
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cessation
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n. stoppage
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cession
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n. yielding (something to another); ceding
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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 (cause by humiliation or injured pride); disappointment
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chalice
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n. goblet; consecrated cup
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chameleon
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n. lizard that changes color in different situations
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