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40 Cards in this Set
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cataclysm
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n. deluge n. upheaval
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caption
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n. title n. chapter heading n. text under illustraion
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cataract
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n. great waterfall n. eye abnormality
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carousal
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n. drunken celebration
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catapult
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n. slingshot n. a hurling machine
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castigate
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vb. punish
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catastrophe
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n. disaster
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cathartic
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n. something that cleans
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carmine
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n. rich red
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carcinogenic
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adj. causing cancer
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catalyst
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n. agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged
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capillary
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adj. having a very fine hole
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capacious
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adj. spacious
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canto
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n. division of a long poem
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catharsis
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n. purging or cleansing of any passage of the body
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caparison
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n. showy harness or ornamentation for a horse
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capitulate
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vb. surrender
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catechism
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n. book for religious instruction n. instruction by question and answer
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canvass
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vb. dtermine votes, etc.
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catholic
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adj. broadly sympathetic adj. not limited
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carat
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n. unit of weight for precious stones n. measure of fineness of gold
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carnal
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adj. fleshly
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casuistry
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n. sublte or sophisticated reasoning resulting in small differences
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captious
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adj. faultfinding
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capricious
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adj. fickle adj. incaluable
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carafe
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n. glass water bottle n. decorative bottle
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cardinal
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adj. chief
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caricature
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n. distortion n. burlesque
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caprice
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n. sudden instinct
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carnage
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n. destruction of life
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careen
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vb. lurch vb. sway from side to side
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cartographer
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n. maker of maps or charts
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carping
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adj. finding fault
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carnivorous
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adj. meat-eating
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casualty
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n. serious or fatal accident
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carte blanche
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n. unlimited authority or freedom
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carrion
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n. rotting flesh of a dead body
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caste
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n. one of the heridtary classes in Hindu society
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caryatid
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n. sculptured column of a female figure
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cascade
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n. small waterfall
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