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Cajole
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To fool with flattery or flase promises; coax; deceive
verb |
Sounds like: Cage hole
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Candor
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Honesty; frankness
noun |
Looks like: Can door
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Capacious
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Large; roomy; spacious
adj |
Sounds like: Car patients
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Capitulate
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Surrender; yield
Verb |
Looks like: Capital late
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Capricious
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Unpredictable
adj |
Looks like: Cap riches
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Castigate
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Scold; punish
verb |
Sounds like: Curse the gate
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Caustic
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Burning, either with chemicals or sarcasm
adj |
Sounds like: Caw stick
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Celerity
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Speed
noun |
Looks like: celery
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Censure
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To criticize
verb |
Sounds like: Send ashore
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Chasten
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Punish; discipline; castigate
verb |
Sounds like: Chase sin
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Chastise
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Scold; punish; castigate
verb |
Sounds like: Chase ties
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Choler
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Anger
noun |
Sounds like: collar
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Circumscribe
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Draw a line around; define limits; confine; restrict
verb |
Looks like: circus crib
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Circumspect
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Cautious
adj |
Sounds like: Search inspect
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Clemency
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Mercy
noun |
Sounds like: Clam in sea
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Cloister
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Secluded or isolated from the outisde world; also, a place of seclusion
noun |
Sounds like: Closed oyster
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Coalesce
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Unite; grow together
verb |
Sounds like: Coal S
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Coerce
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To force someone by threatening or physically overpowering him
verb |
Sounds like: Course
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Complacent
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Self-satisfied; unconcerned
adj |
Sounds like: Come play, cent
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Compliant
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Following someone else's demands; conforming; obeying
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Looks almost exactly like: Complaint
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