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151 Cards in this Set
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cadence
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n. rhythmic rise and fall; beat
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cadge
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v. beg; mooch; panhandle
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cajole
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use flattery or deceit to persuade
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callow
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adj. youthful; immature; inexperienced
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calumny
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a false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation
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canon
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n. a collection or authoritative list of books; n. rule or principle
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cant
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n. insincere expression of piety; jargon of thieves
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cantankerous
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bad-tempered, quarrelsome
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cantata
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n. story set to music, to be sung by a chorus
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canter
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n. slow gallop
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canvass
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to examine carefully or discuss thoroughly; scrutinize
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capacious
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adj. spacious
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caprice
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n. whim
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captious
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adj. faultfinding
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carapace
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n. shell covering the back of a turtle
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carillon
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n. set of bells capable of being played
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carnal
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adj. fleshy
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carousal
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n. drunken revel
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carping
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n. petty criticism; fault-finding
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cataclysm
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n. deluge; upheaval
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cataract
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n. great waterfall; eye abnormality
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catcall
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n. shout of disapproval, boo
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categorical
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adj. without exceptions; unqualified; absolute
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catharsis
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purging or cleansing of any passage of the body
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cathartic
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n. purgative
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caulk
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v. to make watertight by plugging seams
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cavalcade
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n. procession; parade
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cavil
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v. make frivolous objection
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celerity
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n. speed; rapidity
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celibate
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adj. abstaining from sex; unmarried
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censorious
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adj. critical
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centurion
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n. roman army officer
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cerebration
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n. thought
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chaff
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n. worthless products of an endeavor
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chaffing
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adj. bantering joking
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chagrin
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n. vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride); disappointment
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charlatan
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n. quack; pretender to knowledge
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chary
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adj. cautious; sparing or restrained about giving
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chase
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v. ornament a metal surface by striking
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chasten
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v. correct by punishment or scolding; restrain
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chastened
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corrected, punished
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checkered
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adj. marked by changes in fortune
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chide
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v. scold
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chimerical
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adj. fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative
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chisel
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n. wedge like tool for cutting; v. swindle or cheat; cut with a chisel
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choleric
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adj. hot tempered
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chortle
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v. chuckle with delight
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churl
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rude, mal-tempered person
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churlish
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adj. boorish; rude
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ciliated
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adj. having minute hairs
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cipher
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n. nonentity; worthless person or thing
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circumlocution
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n. unnecessarily wordy and indirect speech; evasive language
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circumscribe
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v. limit narrowly; confine or restrain; define
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circumvent
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v. outwit; baffle
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cistern
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n. reservoir or water tank
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clamor
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a lout outcry, a hubbub
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clandestine
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adj. surreptitious or covert
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clangor
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n. loud, resounding noise
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clapper
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n. striker (tongue) of bell
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clarion
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adj. shrill, trumpet like sound
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clavicle
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n. collarbone
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clemency
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n. disposition to be lenient; mildness as of weather
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cliché
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n. phrase dulled in meaning by repetition
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clime
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n. region; climate
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cloture
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closing device (in parliament) to end a debate by voting
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coda
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n. concluding section of musical or literature; summarize or concludes
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codicil
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n. supplement to the body of a will
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coeval
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adj. living at the same time as; contemporary
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cog
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n. tooth projecting from a wheel
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cogent
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adj. convincing
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cognate
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adj. related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature
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cognizance
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n. knowledge
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cohorts
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n. armed band
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coiffure
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n. hairstyle
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collate
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v. to examine in order to verify authenticity
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collation
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n. a light meal
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colloquy
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n. informal discussion
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comely
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adj. attractive; agreeable
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comestible
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n. something fit to be eaten
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comeuppance
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n. rebuke; deserts
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comity
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n. courtesy; civility
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commensurate
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of the same size, extent, or duration as another
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commiserate
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v. feel or express pity or sympathy for
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compendium
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v. brief, comprehensive summary
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compilation
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n. listing of statistical information in tabular or book form
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complacency
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n. self-satisfaction; smugness
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complaisant
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adj. trying to please; overly polite; obliging
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comport
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v. bear one's self; behave
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compunction
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n. remorse
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concentric
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adj. having a common center
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concerted
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adj. mutually agreed on; done together
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conciliatory
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adj. reconciling; soothing
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conclave
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n. private meeting
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concomitant
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n. that which accompanies
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condign
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adj. appropriate; deserved (deservedly severe) condign punishment
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conflagration
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n. great fire
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conflate
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v. meld or fuse; confuse; combine into one
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confluence
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n. flowing together; crowd
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confound
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v. confuse; puzzle
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congeal
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v. freeze; coagulate
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congenial
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adj. pleasant; friendly
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conjecture
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v. infer on the basis of insufficient data; surmise; guess
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connivance
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n. pretense of ignorance or something wrong, permission to offend
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connubial
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adj. pertaining to marriage or to the matrimonial state
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consanguinity
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kinship
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conscript
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n. draftee; (military)
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consequential
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adj. pompous; self important
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consonance
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n. harmony; agreement
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consort
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v. associate with
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consternation
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a state of paralyzing dismay
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constraint
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n. compulsion; repression of feeling
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consummate
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adj. wholly w/o flaw; supremely skilled; complete and utter
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contagion
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n. infection
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contemn
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to score or despise
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contention
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n. claim; thesis
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continence
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n. self-restraint; sexual chastity
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contravene
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v. contradict; To act or be counter to; violate; oppose in argument; gainsay
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contrite
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adj. penitent; feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite.
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controvert
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v. oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict
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conundrum
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a riddle, dilemma, enigma
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conversant
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adj. familiar with
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convex
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adj. curving outward
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conveyance
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n. vehicle transfer
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convivial
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adj. festive; gay
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convoke
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v. call together
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convoluted
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adj. coiled around; involved intricate
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coquette
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n. flirt
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cord
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n. a measurement of cut wood
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cordial
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warm and sincere
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cordon
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n. extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress
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cornice
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n. projecting molding on a building
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corollary
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n. consequence; accompaniment
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corporeal
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of, relating to, or characteristic of the body
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corpulent
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adj. very fat
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corroboration
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additional strengthening evidence, to confirm, verify
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countenance
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n. face; v. approve; tolerate
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countenance
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to give or express approval to; condone
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countermand
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v. cancel; revoke
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covetous
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adj. avaricious; eagerly desirous of
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cower
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crouch, shrink back
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cozen
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v. cheat; hoodwink; swindle
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cravat
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a scarf or band of fabric worn around the neck as a tie
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credulity
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n. belief on slight evidence; gullibility, naiveté
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crotchety
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adj. eccentric; whimsical
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cryptic
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secret with a hidden meaning
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cull
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v. pick out; reject
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culpability
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guilt, responsibility for wrong
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culpable
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adj. deserving blame
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culvert
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n. artificial channel for water
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cursory
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adj. casual; hastily done
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cynosure
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n. object of general attention
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