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25 Cards in this Set
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Calumniate
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To make false and malicious statements about; slander
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capacious
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capable of holding much; spacious or roomy
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canard
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a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor
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capricious
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Witty
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captious
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difficult to please
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carnage
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the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre
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Carnal
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pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or hte body, its passions and appetites
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Carping
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Naggingly critical or complaining
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Carrion
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Dead and Putrefying flesh
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Castigate
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To criticize or reprimand severely
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Cataclysm
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Any violent upheavel, esp. one of a social or political nature
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Catechism
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A similar Book of instruction in other subjects
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Cathartic
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The purging of hte Emotions or relieving of emiotional tensions
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Caustic
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Severely critical or sarcastic
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Cavil
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To raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault wiht unnecessarily
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Chary
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Cautios or careful; wary
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Casm
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A yawning fissure or deep cleft in the earths surface; gorge
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Chattel
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Law, a movable article of personal property
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Chicanery
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Deception of trickery or sophistry; a trick
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Churlish
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Like a churl; boorish; rude
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Clarion
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Clear and shrill
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Coadjutor
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An assistant
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Coalesce
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To grow together or into one body
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Cogent
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Convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling
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Cogitate
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To htink hard; ponder; meditate
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