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25 Cards in this Set
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Circumspect
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cautious, wary
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Citadel
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fortress or stronghold
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Clairvoyant (adj.)
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having ESP, psychic
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Clandestine
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secretive
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Clemency
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merciful leniency
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Cloister (v.)
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to confine, seclude
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Coalesce
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to grow together or cause to unite as one
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Coddle
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to baby, treat indulgently
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Coerce
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to compel by force or intimidation
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Cogent
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logically forceful, compelling, convincing
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Collateral
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accompanying
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Colloquial
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characteristic of informal speech
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Collusion
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collaboration, complicity, conspiracy
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Commensurate
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proportional
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Commondious
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roomy, spacious
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Commute
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to change a penalty to a less severe one
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Complacent
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self-satisfied, smug
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Complicity
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knowing partnership in wrongdoing
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Compunction
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feeling of uneasiness caused by guilt or regret
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Concede
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to yield, admit
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Conciliatory
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overcoming distrust or hostility
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Concur
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to agree
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Condone
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to pardon or forgive; overlook, justify, or excuse a fault
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Conflagration
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big, destructive fire
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Confound
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to baffle, perplex
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