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169 Cards in this Set
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Abase
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humble, disgrace
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Abeyance
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temporary suppression
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Abject
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miserable, pitiful
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Abut
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to touch
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Accede
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express approval
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Accost
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to approach and speak to someone
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Acquiesce
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to agree, comply quietly
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Adjunct
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something added
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Adumbrate
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to sketch, outline in a shadowy way
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Adventitious
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accidental
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Aerie
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nook or nest built high in the air
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Affected
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pretentious, phony
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Affront
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Aggrieve
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to afflict, distress
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Agrarian
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relating to farming or rural matters
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Allay
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to lessen, ease, or soothe
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Alliteration
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repetition of the beginning sounds of words
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Amortize
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to diminish by installment payments
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Angular
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characterized by sharp angles, lean and gaunt
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Anoint
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to apply oil
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Antedate
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dated prior to the actual occurrence
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Antediluvian
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prehistoric, ancient, beyond measure
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Antepenultimate
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third from last
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Anthropomorphic
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attributing human qualities to non-humans
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Antiquity
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ancient times
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Apace
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done quickly
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Aperture
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an opening or hole
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Aphasia
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inability to speak or use words
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Aphelion
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point in a planet’s orbit that is farthest from the sun
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Aphorism
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short saying
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Aplomb
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poise, confidence
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Apostate
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one who renounces religious faith
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Apocryphal
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not genuine, fictional
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Apothegm
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a short, instructive saying
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Append
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to attach
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Apprise
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to give notice, to inform
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Arbritrary
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depending solely on individual will
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Arboreal
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relating to trees
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Arcane
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secret, obscure
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Archipelago
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large group of islands
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Arrogate
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to demand
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Arsenal
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ammunition storehouse
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Ascribe
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to attribute or assign
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Ashen
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resembling ashes
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Asinine
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lacking judgement
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Askance
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scornfully
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Askew
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crooked, tilted
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Assail
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to attack
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Assent
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express agreement
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Assignation
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appointment for lovers meeting
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Assonance
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resemblance of a sound
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Asunder
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into different parts
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Atone
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make amends for a wrong
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Augury
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prophecy
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Autocrat
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dictator
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Avow
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to state openly
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Awry
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crooked, askew, amiss
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Balk
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to refuse, shirk, prevent
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Balm
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soothing, healing
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Bastion
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fortification, stronghold
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Bay
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to bark
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Belabor
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to insist repeatedly or harp on
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Beleaguer
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to harass, plague
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Belfry
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bell tower
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Belie
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to misrepresent
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Bellow
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to roar, shout
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Bemuse
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to confuse
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Benighted
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unenlightened
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Benison
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blessing
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Bequeath
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to give or leave through will
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Betoken
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to indicate, signify
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Bevy
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group
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Bifurcate
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divide into two parts
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Bilious
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bad-natured
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Bilk
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to cheat
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Billet
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board and lodging for troops
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Blanch
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to pale, take the color out of
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Blight
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to afflict, destroy
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Bluster
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to boast
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Bonhomie
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good-natured geniality
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Boon
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blessing
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Bourgeois
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middle-class
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Brazen
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bold-shameless
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Brigand
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bandit
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Bromide
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a dull commonplace idea
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Brusque
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rough and abrupt in manner
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Buffet
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to strike, hit
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Byway
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a back road
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Cabal
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a secret group seeking to overturn
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Cadence
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rhythmic flow of poetry
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Callous
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think skinned- insensitive
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Callow
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immature, lacking sophistication
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Canard
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a lie
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Canonize
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to declare a person a saint
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Canvass
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to examine thoroughly
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Capitulate
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to submit completely, surrender
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Careen
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to lean to one side
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Carom
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to strike and rebound
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Cast
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copy, replica
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Categorical
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absolute, without exception
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Catholic
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universal
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Caulk
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to make watertight
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Cavalcade
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a procession
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Cavalier
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carefree, happy, without a lordly disdain
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Cavil
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to raise trivial objections
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Cavort
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to frolic, frisk
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Celerity
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quick moving or acting
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Certitude
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assurance, certainty
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Cession
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act of surrendering something
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Chagrin
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shame, embarrassment, humiliation
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Champ
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chew noisily
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Chary
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caution
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Chattel
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piece of personal property
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Cheeky
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lacking prudence or discretion
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Chortle
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to chuckle
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Churlish
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rude
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Circumvent
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to go around, avoid
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Cistern
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tank for rainwater
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Citadel
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fortress or stronghold
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Cleave
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to split
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Clement
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mild
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Cloister
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to confine
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Coddle
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to baby
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Coffer
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strongbox for money
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Cognate
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related, similar, akin
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Cognomen
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family name
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Collateral
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accompanying
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Colloquy
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dialogue
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Collusion
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collaboration
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Comeliness
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physical grace
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Commute
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to change a penalty to a less severe one
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Compendious
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summarizing completely and briefly
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Complacent
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self-satisfied
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Complicity
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knowing partnership in wrongdoing
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Compunctious
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feeling guilty
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Concerto
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musical composition for orchestra and soloist
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Concomitant
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accompanying something
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Conduit
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tube, pipe
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Conflagration
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big, destructive fire
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Confluence
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meeting place
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Congenial
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similar in tastes and habits
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Conglomerate
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collected group of varied things
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Conjugal
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pertaining to marriage
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Consanguineous
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of the same origin
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Consecrate
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to declare sacred
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Consign
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to commit, entrust
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Consonant
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consistent with
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Consummate
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accomplished, perfect
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Continence
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self-control
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Contravene
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to contradict
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Contumacious
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rebellious
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Convalescence
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gradual recovery after an illness
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Convivial
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sociable
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Convoke
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to call together, summon
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Coquette
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woman who flirts
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Corporeal
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having to do with the body
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Cosmography
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science that deals with the universe
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Cosset
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to pamper
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Coterie
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small group of person with a similar purpose
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Countermand
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to annul, cancel
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Countervail
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to counteract
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Coven
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group of witches
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Covert
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hidden, secret
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Cower
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to cringe in fear
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Crass
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crude
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Craven
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cowardly
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Credence
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acceptance of something as true
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Cupidity
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greed
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Cygnet
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young swan
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