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65 Cards in this Set
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to urge, coax
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cajole
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to set, standardize
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calibrate
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shrewd, careful
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canny
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1. (n.) a piece of cloth on which an artist paints
2. (v.) to cover, inspect |
canvas
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capacious
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commodious
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to surrender
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capitulate
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whimsical, arbitrary
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capricious
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to party, celebrate
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carouse
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to annoy, pester
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carp
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to charge, inspire
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catalyze
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a meeting usually held by people working toward the same goal
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caucus
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acerbic
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caustic
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to leap about, behave boisterously
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cavort
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1. (n.) harsh criticism
2. (v.) to rebuke formally |
censure
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to voice disapproval
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chide
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roundabout
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circuitous
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indirect and wordy language
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circumlocution
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marked off, bounded
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circumscribed
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cautious
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circumspect
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to get around
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circumvent
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loud noise
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clamor
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1. (v.) to divide into parts
2. (v.) to stick together firmly |
cleave
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sickeningly sweet
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cloying
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to thicken, clot
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coagulate
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to fuse into a whole
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coalesce
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a person who makes or repairs shoes
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cobbler
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to make somebody do something by force or threat
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coerce
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intellectually convincing
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cogent
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aware, mindful
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cognizant
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secondary
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collateral
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secret agreement, conspiracy
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collusion
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a gigantic statue or thing
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colossus
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self-satisfied ignorance of danger
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complacency
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being an accomplice in a wrongful act
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complicit
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contrition
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compunction
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to accept as valid
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concede
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friendly, agreeable
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conciliatory
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accompanying in a subordinate fashion
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concomitant
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a pipe or channel through which something pa
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conduit
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a sweet, fancy food
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confection
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a gathering together
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confluence
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to frustrate, confuse
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confound
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to thicken into a solid
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congeal
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the quality of being in agreement
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congruity
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to give something over to another’s care
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consign
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in harmony
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consonant
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an essential part
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constituent
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to interpret
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construe
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existing during the same time
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contemporaneous
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having a tendency to quarrel or dispute
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contentious
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to contradict, oppose, violate
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contravene
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penitent, eager to be forgiven
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contrite
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bruise, injury
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contusion
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puzzle, problem
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conundrum
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to call together
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convene
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intricate, complicated
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convoluted
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profuse, abundant
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copious
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warm, affectionate
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cordial
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the act of crowning
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coronation
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to support with evidence
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corroborate
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secretly engaged in
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covert
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readiness to believe
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credulity
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the climax toward which something progresses
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culmination
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abruptly and rudely short
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curt
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to reduce, lessen
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curtail
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