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28 Cards in this Set
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canon
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rule; law; standard
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cant
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insincere statements usually made in a singsong tone
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cantankerous
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bad-tempered; quarrelsome
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canter
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smooth, easy pace; gallop
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canvass
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to make a survey
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capacious
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spacious; roomy
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capitulate
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to surrender
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capricious
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erratic; impulsive
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captious
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hard to please; faultfinding
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carapace
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shell; hard, protective covering
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carcinogenic
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causing cancer
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cardinal
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principal; chief
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careen
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to swerve; to dip to one side
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caricature
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an exaggerated portrayal
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carnage
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slaughter; massacre
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carnal
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sensual; sexual
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carouse
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to engage in a noisy, drunken party
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carp (two meanings)
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a type of fish (n); to complain (v)
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carrion
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decaying flesh
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carte blanche
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freedom to use one's own judgement
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cartel
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association of business firms
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cartographer
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mapmaker
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castigate
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to punish
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cataclysm
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a violent change
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catacomb
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underground burial place
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cataract (two meanings)
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large waterfall; abnormality of the eye
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cathartic
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cleansing
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catholic
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universal; wide-ranging
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