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51 Cards in this Set
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champion
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support militantly
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charlatan
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quack, pretender of knowledge
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chary
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caution; sparing/restrained about giving
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chase
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ornament metal by indenting
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chassis
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car skeleton
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chasten
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correct by punishment/scolding
restrain |
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chastened
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humbled, subdued, rebuked
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chauvinist
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zealous adherent to group or cause or country
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check
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stop motion
curb/ restrain |
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cherckered
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marked by changes in fortune
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chicanery
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trickery, deception
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chimerical
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fantastically improbable, highly unrealistic, imaginative
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chisel
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swindle/cheat
cut with chisel |
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chortle
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chuckle with delight
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to chronicle
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report, record
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churlish
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boorish, rude
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cipher
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non entity, worthless person or thing
secret code |
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circlet
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small ring, band
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circuitou
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roundabout
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circumlocution
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unnecessary wording and indirect speech, evasive lang
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circumscribe
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limit, confine, define
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circumspect
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prudent, cautious
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circumvent
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outwit, baffle
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cistern
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reservoir/ water tank
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clamber
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climb by crawling
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clamor
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noise
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clangor
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loud, resounding noise
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clapper
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tongue of bell
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clarion
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shrill, trumpetlike sound
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cleave
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split, sever
cling to remain faithful to also, cleavage n. and cloven adj |
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cleft
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split
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clemency
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disposition to be lenient
mildness of weather |
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climactic
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relating to highest point
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clime
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region, climate
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cloister
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monastery convent
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clout
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great influence
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cloying
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distasteful because excessively sweet or sentimental
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coagulate
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thicken, congeal, clot
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coda
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end of piece of music or literature
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coddle
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pamper, treat gently
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codicil
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supplement to body of will
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codify
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arrange as code
classify |
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coeval
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living at the same time as
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cog
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tooth projecting from wheel
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cogent
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convincing
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cogitate
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think over
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cognate
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related linguistically
allied by blood similar |
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cognizance
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knowledge
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cohere
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stick together
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cohorts
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armed band
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coin
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make money,
invent/fabricate |
