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61 Cards in this Set
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cache
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hiding place
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cacophonous
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unpleasant sounding
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cajole
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coax
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callous
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unsympathetic
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calumniate
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slander
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candor
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frankness; candidness
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cantankerous
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ill natured; quarrelsome
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capacious
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spacious
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capitulate
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surrender
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captious
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fault-finding
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carrion
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rotting flesh
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castigate
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punish
investigate - prove guilty - punish |
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cathartic
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cleansing; allowing a release of stress or tension
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caustic
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burning; bitter wit
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cauterize
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burn tissue
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cavil
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raise trivial objections
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celerity
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swiftness; speed
accelerate |
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censure
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blame
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cerebration
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thought
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chagrin
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embarrassment
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charlatan
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fake
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chaste
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pure
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chicanery
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trickery
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chimerical
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far out; bizarre
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choleric
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hot tempered
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churlish
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rude
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clemency
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leniency towards an enemy
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cogent
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clear; logical
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cogitate
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to think about deeply
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cognizant
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aware
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comely
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attractive; agreeable
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comestible
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food
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commensurate
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equal; proportional
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commiserate
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be miserable together
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comport
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behave in a particuway
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compunction
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remorse
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congenital
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existing at birth
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conjugal
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marriage
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contrition
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remorse
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convoke
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call together
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corporal
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bodily
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corpulent
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fat
opulent corp |
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countermand
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cancel a command
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corroborate
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testify in agreement
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covert
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secret
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cower
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shrink in fear
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crass
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uncultured
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credulity
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gullibility
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crestfallen
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dejected; miserable
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crux
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main point; central issue
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crux-
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Latin word for cross
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cull
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to select; weed out
"college admissions officers cull the bets apps from the pile" |
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cupidity
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greed; avarice
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cower
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shrink in fear
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crass
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uncultured
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credulity
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gullibility
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crestfallen
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dejected; miserable
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crux
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main point; central issue
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crux-
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Latin word for cross
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cull
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to select; weed out
"college admissions officers cull the bets apps from the pile" |
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cupidity
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greed; avarice
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