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10 Cards in this Set
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Cacophony
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Harsh-sounding mixture of words, voices or sounds
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Cadence
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Rhythm; the rise and fall of sounds
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Cajole
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To persuade someone to do something he or she doesn't want
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Callow
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Immature
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Candor
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Truthfulness; sincere honesty
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Capitalism
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Free enterprise; an economic system in which businesses are owned by private citizens and in which the resulting products and services are sold with relatively little government control
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Capitulate
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To surrender; to give up or give in
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Caprcious
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Unpredictable; likely to change at any moment
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Caricature
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a portrait or description that is purposely distorted or exaggerated, often to some about its subject
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Castigate
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To criticize severely
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