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37 Cards in this Set
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Cacophony
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harsh, jarring noise
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Candid
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impartial and honest in speech
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Capricious
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changing one's mind quickly and often
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Castigate
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to punish or criticize harshly
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Catalyst
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something that brings about a change in something else
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Caustic
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biting in wit
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Chaos
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great disorder or confused situation
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Chauvinist
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someone prejudiced in favor of group that he or she belongs to
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Chicanery
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deception by means of craft or guile
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Circumspect
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cautious, aware of potential consequences
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Coalesce
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to grow together to form a single whole
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Cogent
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convincing and well-reasoned
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Condone
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to overlook, pardon or disregard
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Connoisseur
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a person with expert knowledge or discriminating tastes
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Convoluted
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intricate and complicated
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Corroborate
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supporting evidence
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Credulous
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too trusting; gullible
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Crescendo
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steadily increasing in volume or force
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Dupe
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to deceive or a person who is easily deceived
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Dogmatic
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dictatorial in one's opinions
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Dogma
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a firmly held opinion, especially a religious belief
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Dissonance
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a harsh and disagreeable combination, especially of sounds
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Dissemble
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to present a false appearance, to disguise one's real intentions or character
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Disparate
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fundamentally different; entirely unlike
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Discern
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to perceive or recognize
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Disabuse
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set right, free from error
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Dirge
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a funeral hymn or mournful speech
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Dilettante
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someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
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Dilatory
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intended to delay
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Dilate
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to make larger, expand
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Diffident
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lacking self-confidence
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Diatribe
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an abusive, condemnatory speech
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Desultory
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jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
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Desiccate
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to dry out thoroughly
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Deride
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to speak of or treat with contempt, to mock
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Deference
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respect, courtesy
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Decorum
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appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety
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