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CACOPHONY
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harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance,
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CADGE
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to sponge, beg, or mooch,
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CAJOLE
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to inveigle, coax, wheedle, sweet-talk,
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CALUMNIATE
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to slander, make a false accusation,
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CANON
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an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature,
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CAPRICIOUS
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inclined to change ones mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable,
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CARDINAL
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of basic importance or consequence; primary,
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CARET
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an inserion mark (^) used by editors and proofreaders,
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CASTIGATION
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sever criticism or punishment,
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CATALYST
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a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change,
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CAUSTIC
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burning or stinging; causing corrosion,
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CENSURE
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to criticize severely; to officially rebuke,
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CHARY
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wary; cautious; sparing,
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CHASTEN
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to chastise or correct; subdue,
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CHAUVINIST
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one blindly devoted to a group of which one is a member,
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CHICANERY
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trickery or subterfuge,
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CHIMERA
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an illusion; originally, an imaginary fire-breathing she-monster,
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CHURLISH
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boorish, vulgar, loutish; difficult and intractable,
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COALESCE
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to come together; to fuse or unite,
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CODA
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concluding section to a musical or literary piece, something that concludes or completes,
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COGENT
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appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing,
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COLOR
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to change as if by dyeing, influence, distort, or gloss over,
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COMMENSURATE
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matching, corresponding, or proportionate in degree, size, amount or other property,
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COMPLAISANCE
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the willingness to comply with the wishes of others,
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CONNOISSEUR
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an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert,
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CONSEQUENTIAL
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pompous, self-important,
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CONTEMN
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to scorn or despise,
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CONTENTIOUS
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argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement,
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CONTIGUOUS
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sharing a border; touching; adjacent,
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CONTRITE
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regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness,
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CONVENTION
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a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude,
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CONVOLUTED
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complex or complicated,
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CORRIGIBLE
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capable of being set right, correctable, reparable,
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COUNTENANCE
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to approve of or tolerate,
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COZEN
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to deceive, beguile, hoodwink,
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CRAVEN
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contemptibly fainthearted, pusillanimous, lacking any courage,
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CREDULOUS
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tending to believe too readily; gullible,
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CULPABLE
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deserving blame,
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CYNICISM
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an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness,
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DAMP
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to diminish the intensity or check something, such as a sound or feeling,
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DAUNT
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to intimidate or dismay (disappoint_,
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DEARTH
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smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; lack,
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DEBACLE
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rout, fiasco, complete failure,
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DECORUM
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politeness or appropriateness of conduct or behavior,
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DEMUR
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to question or oppose,
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DENIGRATE
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blacken, belittle, sully, defame, disparage,
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DENOUEMENT
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an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot,
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DEPRECATE
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to disparage or belittle,
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DEPREDATE
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to plunder, pillage, ravage or destroy; to exploit in a predatory manner,
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DERISION
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scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment,
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DERIVATIVE
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unoriginal, obtained from another source,
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DESICCATE
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to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull,
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DESUETUDE
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disuse,
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DESULTORY
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random; thoughtless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose,
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DETRACTION
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slandering, verbal attack, aspersion,
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DIAPHANOUS
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transparent, gauzy,
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DIATRIBE
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a harsh denunciation,
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DIDACTIC
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intended to teach or instruct,
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DIE
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a tool used for shaping,
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DIFFIDENT
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reserved, shy, unassuming; lacking in self-confidence,
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DIGRESS
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to stray from the point; to go off on a tangent,
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DILATORY
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causing delay, procrastinating,
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DILETTANTE
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one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge,
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DIN
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loud sustained noise,
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DISABUSE
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to undeceive; to set right,
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DISCOMFIT
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to defeat, put down,
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DISCORDANT
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conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound,
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DISCRETION
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cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions,
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DISINTERESTED
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free from self-interest; unbiased,
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DISPARAGE
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to slight or belittle,
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DISPARATE
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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar,
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DISSEMBLE
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to disguise or conceal; to mislead,
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DISSOLUTION
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disintegration, looseness in morals,
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DISTRAIT
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distracted; absent-minded, especially due to anxiety,
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DIVULGE
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to disclose something secret,
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DOGGEREL
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trivial, poorly constructed verse,
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DOGMATIC
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authoritatively and or arrogantly assertive of principles, which often cannot be proved; stubbornly opinionated,
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DROSS
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slag, waste or foreign matter, impurity, surface scum,
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DULCET
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melodious, harmonious, mellifluous,
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DYNAMO
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generator; forceful, energetic person,
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