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160 Cards in this Set
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cabal
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secret plot
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cacophony
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unpleasant noise
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calamitous
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disastrous
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callous
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thick-skinned, insensitive
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callow
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immature
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candor
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honest expression
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canine
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related to dogs
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cantankerous
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ill-tempered
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canvass
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examine, conduct a poll
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capacious
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roomy
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capitulate
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to surrender unconditionally
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capricious
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acting without thought
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caricature
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cartoon, exaggerated portrait
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carnivorous
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meat-eating
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cartography
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map-making
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cast
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copy, replica
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castigate
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to criticize severely, punishment
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categorical
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without exception
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caustic
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sarcastic
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causality
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cause and effect relationship
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cavalier
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armed horseman
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cavort
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to frolic
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cede
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to surrender possession of
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celestial
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heavenly
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censorious
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severely critical
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censure
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to rebuke
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centrifugal
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moving away from the center
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centripetal
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moving towards the center
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cerebral
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brainy, intellectual
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cessation
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halt
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cession
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act of surrendering
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chafe
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to rub until sore
chafe at = be annoyed |
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chagrin
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angry embarassment
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chalic
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goblet
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chaos
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great disorder and confusion
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charlatan
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quack, fake
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chary
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cautious, shy, frugal
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chasten
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correct by punishment
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chastise
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to scold, punish by beating
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cherub
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an angel
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chicanery
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trickery, fraud
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chide
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to express disapproval
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chimera
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monster
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choleric
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easily angered
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choreography
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art of arranging dances
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chortle
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to chuckle
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chronicler
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historian
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circumlocution
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talk around something
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circumnavigate
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sail completely around
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circumscribe
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to set limits on
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circumvent
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to avoid by going around
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cistern
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tank for rain water
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citadel
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fortress
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civil
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polite, related to citizens
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clairvoyant
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psychic
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clamor
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noisy outcry
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clandestine
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secretive
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claustrophobia
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fear of enclose spaces
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cleave
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to split
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clemency
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mercy
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cloak
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loose garment
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cloister
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to seclude
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cloying
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overly sweet
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coalesce
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to grow together
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coalition
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temporary alliance
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coffer
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strong box
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cogent
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compelling, convincing,
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cognate
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similar
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cohabit
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to live together
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coherent
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lucid, understandable
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colloquial
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conversational
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commission
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authorization, fee paid to agent
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commodious
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roomy
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commute
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to reduce a penalty
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compatriot
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fellow countryman
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compelling
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having powerful effect
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compensate
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to pay back, make up for
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complacent
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self satisfied
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complement
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to complete, perfect
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complicity
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partnership in crime
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comportment
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behavior
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compound
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to combine
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compunction
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unease cause by regret
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concave
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curved inward
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concise
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expressing much in few words
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concord
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agreement
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concur
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to agree
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condescending
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treating other as inferiors
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conduit
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tube, pipe
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confection
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candy, sweets
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confiscate
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to appropriate, sieze
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conflagration
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destructive fire
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conflate
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to combine and confuse
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confluence
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flowing together
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congenital
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existing since birth
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conglormerate
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collection of unrelated things
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conjecture
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prediction
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conjure
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to evoke spirits, cast a spell
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connotation
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suggestion
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consanguineous
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related to blood
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conscientious
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careful and thorough
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consensus
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agreement of opinion
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consolation
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to provide a comfort for loss
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consolidate
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to combine
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consonant
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in agreement with
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construe
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to explain, interpret
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contiguous
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adjacent, touching
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continence
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self control
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contingency
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possible occurence
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contortion
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twisting out of shape
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contravene
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to deny
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contrite
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make up for the things you done
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contumacious
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disobedient
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contumely
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insulting treatment
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conundrum
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riddle, puzzle
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convalescenece
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gradual recovery
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convene
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to come together
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converge
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to move toward a common point
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convex
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curved outward
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convoke
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to call together
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convoluted
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twisted, complicated
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copious
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abundant, plentiful
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coquette
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woman who flirts
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cordial
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friendly
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corporeal
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related to the body
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corpulence
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obesity, bulkiness
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corroborate
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to confirm
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corrugate
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molded with parallel grooves
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corsair
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pirate
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cosmography
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science of the universe
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coterie
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small group with one purpose
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countermand
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to annul (cancel)
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countervail
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to counteract
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coup
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brilliantly executed strategy
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coup d'etat
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sudden overthrow of a government
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coup de grace
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deathblow
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coven
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group of witches
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covert
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hidden secret
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coy
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quiet, shy
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crass
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unrefined
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craven
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cowardly
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credence
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acceptance as true
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credulous
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believing everything people say
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creed
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statement of belief
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crepuscular
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like twilight
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crescendo
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gradual increase in loudness
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cryptic
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puzzling
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cuisine
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style of cooking
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culmination
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climax, final stage
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culpable
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guilty, responsible
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culprit
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guilty person
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cumulative
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resulting from gradual increase
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cupidity
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greed
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curator
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caretaker
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curmudgeon
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cranky person
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curt
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abrupt, blunt
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curtail
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to shorten
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cygnet
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young swan
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cynic
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person distrustful of others
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cynosure
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focal point of attention
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