Sat Vocabulary-C

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Cajole

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coax,wheedle, sycophancy

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Calculated

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deliberately planned, done with full awareness of likely consequences

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Candor

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frankness, open honesty

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Capricious

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sudden and unaccountable changes of mood and behaviour, whimsical, temperamental

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Censorious

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critical of others, condemnatory, deprecatory, reproachful, captious

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Censure

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express severe disapproval, castigate, chastise(rebuke or reprimand), chide, blame, criticize

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Coercion

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use of force to get someone to obey

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Commemorate

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to celebrate, humour the memory of

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Compile

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to gather, to garner, to accumulate

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Complacacency

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self satisfied, smugness

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Compliance

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to yield, to comply, to adhere to

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Composure

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mental calmness

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Comprehensive

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thorough, inclusive

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Concede

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to agree, admit, assent, yield

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Conciliatory

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soothing, pacifying and reconciling, appealing

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Concise

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brief, pithy, succinct, maxim and compact

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Concur

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to agree

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Condone

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pardon, forgive, grant clemency/amnesty, overlook, disregard

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Conflagration

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great fire

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Confound

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puzzled, baffled

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Consensus

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general agreement

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Constraint

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compulsion, limitation, restriction, repression of feelings

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Contend

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to struggle to surmount, to compete, assert earnestly

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Contentious

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argumentative, quarrelsome, controversial

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Contract

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to squeeze, compress, shrink

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Conviction

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firm belief

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Cordial

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pleasant, friendly, gracious, heartfelt

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Corroborate

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to support, to aid, to confirm

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Credulity/credulous

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belief on slight evidence, gullibility, naivety

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Criterion

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standard of judgement

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Cryptic

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secret, mysterious, enigmatic

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Cursory

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hastily done, casual, not thorough or detailed

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Curtail

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to shorten, put an end to, reduce

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Cacophonous

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harsh sounds, discordant, inharmonious

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Carping

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finding fault

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Certitude

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certainty

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Charlatan

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pretender to knowledge, quack, fraud

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Circumlocution

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indirect talk, use of many words instead of fewer words to be vague or evasive

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Cliche

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phrase dulled in meaning by repetition

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Coalesce

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combine, fuse, union

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Colloquial

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pertaining to conversational or common speech

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Combustible

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easily burned

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Complementary

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served to complete something

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Confluence

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flowing together, crowd

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Conjecture

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guess, surmise, opinion formed on basis of incomplete information

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Converge

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approach, tend to meet, come together

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Corrode

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destroy by chemical action

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Corrugated

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wrinkled, ridged

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Culpable

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deserving blame

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Callous

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heartless, uncaring

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Capitulate

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surrender, submit

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Cataclysmic

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catastrophic, calamitous

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Cathartic

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therapeutic, liberating, providing psychological relief through open expressions of strong emotions

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Cerebral

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intellectual, clever

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Circumspect

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cautious, prudent, wary and unwilling to take risks

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Clandestine

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secret, conclealed

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Cloying

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sickly sweet, richness or sentiment

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Commiseration

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pity, sympathy

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Compendious

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giving a lot of information that is comprehensive but concise

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Competence

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capability, skill

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Compunction

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regret

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Condemn

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criticise or attack

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Conformity

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traditionalism, conventionality

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Connoiseur

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expert, specialist

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Consternation

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feeling of anxiety or dismay, disquiet

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Constitute

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comprise, form

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Consummate

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accomplish, complete

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Contempt

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disapproval, dislike

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Conundrum

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puzzle, challenge

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Convivial

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welcoming, friendly

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Convoluted

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complicated, complex

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Covert

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not openly acknowldged or displayed, secret, concealead

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Cultivated

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refined, cultured

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Cynical

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pessimistic, skeptical, believing people are motivated by self interest

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Controversy

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prolonged public dispute, argument

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Contradict

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challenge, oppose, confront

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Contemporary

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existing or occurring or living at the same time

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Commonplace

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ordinary, dull, platitudinous

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Commend

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to mention as worthy of confidence or attention

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Charisma

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personal magnetism that enables an individual to attract or influence people

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Congenial

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agreeable or suitable in nature, friendly, sociable

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Crude

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in a raw or unrefined state, lacking culture, vulgar

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Clamorous

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making a loud and confused noise

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Curmudgeonly

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easily annoyed or angered

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Complaisant

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willing to please others,agreeable

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Carcass

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dead body of an animal

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Credible

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able to believe

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Coherent

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logical and consistent

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Castigate

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reprimand, rebuke

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Conscientious

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wishing to do what is right

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Copious

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abundant

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Conspicous

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easily recognised

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Contemporaneous

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existing or happening at the same time as something else

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Cantankerous

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difficult or irritating to deal with

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Condescend

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patronise

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Carnage

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killing many people

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Calumny

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making false statement for bad reputation of someone, slander

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Clemenecy

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mercy

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Consign

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deliver to a person's custody, assign, commit

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Conjoins

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bring together

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Contiguous

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sharing a common border

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Chicanery

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trickery to achieve a goal

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Crux

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the decisive or most important point at issue

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Cognitive

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the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

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Cohesive

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the action or fact of forming a united whole

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Cavalier

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showing a lack of proper concern; offhand

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Curb

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restrain

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Cartography

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drawing maps

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Covet

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yearn to possess or have

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Conducive

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making a certain situation or outcome likely or possible

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Conceit

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elaborate metaphor, excessive pride in oneself, fanciful expression

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Chauvinist

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person displaying aggressive or exaggerated patriotism

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Concession

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thing that is granted, especially in response to demands; a thing conceded

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Chivalry

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the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code

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Complicity

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wrongdoing, illegal activity