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37 Cards in this Set
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cabal |
group untied to plot, esp. the overthrow of authority |
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cache |
hiding place, something hidden in a secure place |
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caduceus |
the emblem of the medical profession (a staff with intertwined snakes and wings at the top)
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cajole |
to persuade a reluctant person to do something, to coax |
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caliber gauge |
the diameter of the bore of a gun the size of a shotgun; measure of the interior diameter of the barrel |
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calumny |
a lie told to damage another's reputation; slader |
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capitulate |
to cease resisting; to surrender (often after negotiations) |
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capricious |
unpredictable; governed by a whim |
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captious |
critical; fault finding |
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carp |
to complain |
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catharsis bathos pathos |
purification of emotions, esp. through art sentimentalism; overdone pathos; triteness; anticlimax something that evokes pity, compassion, or sowrrow |
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catholic |
universal provincial; parochial∫ |
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cavil |
to raise trivial objections; to nitpick |
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cerulean |
resembling the blue of the sky |
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chaff dross slag tailings |
waste material from the threshing of wheat waste material from molten metal scoria; refuse from the melting of metals or reduction of ore waste material from the preparation of ores or grains |
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chalice |
a bowl-shaped drinking cup |
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chauvinism |
excessive or blind patriotism [derived from Nicholas Chauvin, a character in a French play] |
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chicanery |
trickery; artful deception |
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chimerical |
fantastically visionary; wildly fanciful |
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choleric |
easily angered or irritated |
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Cimmerian stygian |
(1)adj. shrouded in gloom and darkness; (2) n. a mythical people described by Homer as dwelling in gloom
(1) dark and gloomy; (2) relating to the Styx (in Greek mythology, the river of the underworld) |
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circumlocution |
an indirect expression; wordy or evasive language |
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circumspect |
considering all options; cautious |
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clandestine |
surreptitious; secret |
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clemency |
an act of leniency; mercy |
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cloy glut |
to satiate to oversupply; to satiate |
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coalesce |
to grow together; to unite into a whole |
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cogent |
pertinent; compelling; convincing |
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colloquial |
of or relating to conversation; characteristic of informal speech |
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collusion |
a secret agreement, esp. for an illegal purpose |
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contumacious |
rebellious; stubbornly disobedient; renegade |
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cooper |
a maker of casks or barrels |
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corroborate |
to confirm; to back up with evidence |
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cowl |
(1) a hood; (2) a cover for an engine |
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croupier |
a collector and payer of bets at a casino |
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cynophobia |
the fear of dogs |
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cynosure |
the center of interest |
