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40 Cards in this Set
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capitulate
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to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms; to give in
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capricious
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unpredictable;fickle; 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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agent that increases the rate of a chemical action; person or thing that causes action
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caustic
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burning; sarcastically biting
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chicanery
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trickery; deception by means of craft or guile
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circuitous
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roundabout, indirect
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circumambulate
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to walk about or around
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circumscribe
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to draw a line around
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coagulate
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to thicken; congeal; clot
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coda
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concluding section of a musical literary composition; something that summarizes or concludes
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cogent
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convincing and well reasoned; clear
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commensurate
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corresponding in extent, degree, etc.; proportionate
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compendium
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brief, comprehensive summary
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complacent
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self-satisified, unconcerned
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complaisant
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trying to please; overly polite; obliging
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compliant
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yielding; conforming to requirements
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compunction
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a feeling of uneasiness for doing wrong
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concentric
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having a common center
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conciliate
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to placate, win over, please
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conciliatory
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reconciling; soothing
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condone
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to overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
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conflagration
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a large destructive fire
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confluence
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merging into one
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confound
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to confuse; puzzle
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congenital
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existing or as such from birth
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connoisseur
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person competent to act as a judge of art; a lover of art
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contention
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claim; thesis
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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contravene
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to come into conflict with
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contrite
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feeling regret and sorrow for one's sins or offenses; penitent
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conundrum
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riddle; difficult problem
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convalescent
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recovering from illness
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converge
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to approach; tend to meet; come together
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convoke
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to call together
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convoluted
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intricate and complicated
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corroborate
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to provide supporting evidence
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craven
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cowardly
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credulous
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too trusting; gullible
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cursory
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going rapidly over something; hasty; superficial
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