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84 Cards in this Set
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champion
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v. support militantly
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chaotic
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adj. in utter disorder
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charisma
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n. divine gift; great popular charm or appeal
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charlatan
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n. quack; pretender to konwledge
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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 indenting
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chasm
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n. abyss
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chassis
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n. framework and working parts of an automobile
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chaste
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adj. pure; virginal; modest
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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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adj. humbled; subdued; rebuked
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chastise
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v. punish or scold; reprimand
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chauvinist
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n. blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group or cause
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check
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v. stop motion; curb or restrain
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checkered
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adj. marked by changes in fortune
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cherubic
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adj. angelic; innocent-looking
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chicanery
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n. trickery; deception
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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. wedgelike tool for cutting
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chisel
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v. swindle or cheat; cut with a chisel
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chivalrous
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adj. courteous; faithful; brave
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choleric
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adj. hot-tempered
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choreography
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n. art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
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chortle
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v. chuckle with delight
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chronic
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adj. long established, as a disease
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chronicle
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v. report; record (in chronological order).
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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 persion or thing
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cipher
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n. secret code
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circlet
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n. small ring; band
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circuitous
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adj. roundabout
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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 restrict; define
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circumspect
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adj. prudent; cautious
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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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citadel
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n. fortress
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cite
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v. quote; commend
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civil
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adj. having to do with citizens or the state; courteous and polite
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clairvoyant
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adj., n. having foresight; fortuneteller
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clamber
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v. climb by crawling
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clamor
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n. noise
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clandestine
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adj. secret
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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 a bell
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clarion
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adj. shrill, trumpetlike sound
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claustrophobia
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n. fear of being locked in
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calvicle
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n. collarbone
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cleave
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v. split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to
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cleft
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n. split, a narrow break
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clemency
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n. disposition to be lenient; mildness, as of the weather
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cliche
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n. phrase dulled in meaning by repetition
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clientele
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n. body of customers
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climactic
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adj. relating to the highest point
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clime
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n. region; climate
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clique
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n. small, exclusive group
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cloister
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n. monastery or convent
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clout
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n. great influence (especially political or social).
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cloying
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adj. distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental
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coagulate
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v. thicken; congeal; clot
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coalesce
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v. combine; fuse
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coalition
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n. partnership; league; union
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coda
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n. concluding section of a musical or literary composition; something that rounds out, summarizes, or concludes
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coddle
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v. treat gently; pamper
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codicil
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n. supplement to the body of a will
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codify
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v. arrange (laws, rules) as a code; classify
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coercion
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n. use of force to get someone to obey
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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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cogitate
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v. think over
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cognate
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adj. related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature
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cognitive
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adj. having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes.
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cognizance
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n. knowledge
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cohabit
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v. live together
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cohere
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v. stick together
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cohesion
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n. tendency to keep together
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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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coin
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v. make coins; invent or fabricate
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coincidence
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n. the chane occurrence, at the same time, of two or more seemingly connected events
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colander
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n. utensil with perforated bottom used for straining.
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