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155 Cards in this Set
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cadence
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rhythmical movement
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caitiff
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cowardly
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cajole
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to fool someone with flattering speech
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cajolery
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deceptive speech
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callow
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unsophisticated
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calumny
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slander
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canon
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law
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cant
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speak in a sing-song and preachy tone
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capacious
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roomy
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caprice
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whim
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captious
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hypercritical
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cardinal
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important
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carnal
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having to do with the flesh
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carrion
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dead and rotting flesh
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castigate
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punish
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casual
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by chance
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cataclysm
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violent event of upheaval
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caustic
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severely sarcastic
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cauterize
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to burn or sear
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cede
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pass a title to
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censor
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someone who has the power to suppress material considered unsuitable
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cessation
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stopping something
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cession
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surrender of rights
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chagrin
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annoyance at one's errors
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charlatan
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a cheat
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chasten
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to purify through suffering
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chattel
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personal property
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check
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hold back
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choleric
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easily angered
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chromatic
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relating to color
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circumlocution
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roundabout way of speaking
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circumscribe
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to place with boundaries
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circumspect
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showing vigilance
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claimant
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one who demands something as a right
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clamorous
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urgently demanding
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clandestine
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secret
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clangor
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clanking noise
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clemency
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mercy
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clement
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compassionate
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coagulate
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o change into a clot or jelly
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coalescence
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coming together
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coalition
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fusion into a whole
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coddle
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to treat like a baby
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codicil
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a supplement explaining a will or revoking a part of it
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cogent
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appealing to good sense
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cognate
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like something else
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cognizant
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noticing
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cohesion
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consistency
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collier
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one who works in a coal mine
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colloquial
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peculiar to common speech
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colloquialism
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figure of speech used only in conversation
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colloquy
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conversation
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collusion
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secret conspiracy toward wrongful purpose
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comely
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attractive
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commission
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to give power to
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commute
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to travel frequently or to make less severe
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complacence vs. complaisance
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self-satisfaction vs. politeness
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complaisant
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pleasant
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complement
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complete
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complaint
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obsequious
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complicity
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participation in wrong doing
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comport
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to behave oneself
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comprehension
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ability to know
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compression
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forcible restraint
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compulsion
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do by force
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compunction
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remorse
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compute
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to verify by calculation
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concede
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surrender
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conceit
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self-flattering opinion
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conciliate
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to become friends with
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concilliatory
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tending to make peace
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concurrent
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happening together
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condensation
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process of making dense
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condense
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abridge
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conduce
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bring about
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conduit
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means of conducting something
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confederate
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one united with others for a common cause
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confer
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bestow
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confidant
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one to whom secrets are entrusted
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confidence
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a feeling of trust
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confident
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self-assured
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conflagration
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a great fire
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congenial
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having similar interests
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congest
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to press into one mass
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conjugal
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related to marriage
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conjugate
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joined in pairs
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conjunction
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being joined together
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connive
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to form a nefarious plot with
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connubial
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having to do with marriage
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consanguineous
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descended from a common ancestor
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conscience
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moral preception
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conscious
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awareness of one's existance
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conscript
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to draft into military service
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consign
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to entrust
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consignee
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a perosn to whom goods have been entrusted
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consistency
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permanent state
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consonance
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harmony
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consonant
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being in harmony
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consort
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companion
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consternation
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panic
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constituency
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voters in district
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constrict
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bind
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consummate
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complete
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consumption
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gradual destruction by wearing out
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contagion
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passing on of a disease from person to person
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contemporaneous
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living at the same time
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contemporary
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living at the same tiem
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contiguity
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touching an edge
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contiguous
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touching an edge
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continence
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self-restraint
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contingency
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possibility
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contingent
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not predictable
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contraven
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obstruct
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contrive
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scheme
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contrivance
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intending something to be used for a special purpose
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contrite
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guilty
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contumacious
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rebellious
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contumacy
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rebelliousness
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contusion
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bruise
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convalesce
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to recover after an illness
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convalescence
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gradually restoring health after an illness
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convergent
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approaching one point
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conversant
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well-informed
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conveyance
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means by which something is carried
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convivial
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given to sociable and lively eating and drinking
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convolution
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winding motion
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convolve
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to move with a winding motion
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convulse
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to cause spasms in
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coquette
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flirt
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corollary
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natural consequence
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corporal
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related to the body
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corporeal
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material
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corpuscle
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small particle of matter
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correlative
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involving mutually
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corrigible
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capable of improvement
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corroborate
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to strengthen one's convictions
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corroboration
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confirmation
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cosmopolitan
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common throughout the world
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counteract
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to remove the effects of something else
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counterbalance
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to oppose with equal vehemance
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counterpart
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one that closely resembles another
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countervail
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offset
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crag
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a rugged projection
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crass
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course
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credence
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belief
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credulous
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gullible
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criterion
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standard by which to draw a correct conclusion
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crucible
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a test which purifies
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crystilize
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to take definite and permanent form
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cull
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to select or sort
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cupidity
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avarice
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cursory
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quick and superficial
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cygnet
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a young swan
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cynicism
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contempt for what others value
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cynosure
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center of attention
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