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153 Cards in this Set
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bard
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poet
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barefaced
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shameless
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barrage
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barrier; overwhelming profusion
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barrister
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couselor-at-law
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bastion
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stronghold
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bate
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let down; restrain
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bauble
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trinket; trifle
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bawdy
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indecent; obscene
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bedraggle
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wet thoroughly
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beeline
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direct, quick route
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befuddle
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confuse thoroughly
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beget
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father; produce
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begrudge
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resent
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behemoth
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huge creature; something of monstrous size or power
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beholden
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obligated; indebted
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behoove
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be necessary/proper for; be incumbent upon
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belabor
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explain/go over excessively to ridiculous degree
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beleaguer
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beseige/attack; harass
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bemused
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confused
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benison
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blessing
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berate
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scold strongly
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bereavement
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state of being deprived of something valuable
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beset
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harass/trouble
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besiege
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surround w/ armed forces; harass (w/ requests)
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besmirch
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soil, defile
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bestial
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beastlike; brutal
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betoken
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signify, indicate
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betroth
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become engaged to marry
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bevy
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large group
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bifurcated
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divided into 2 branches
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bigotry
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stubborn intolerance
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bilious
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suffering from liver complaint
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bilk
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swindle; cheat
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billowing
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swelling out in waves; surging
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bivouac
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temporary encampment
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blare
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loud, harsh roar/screech; dazzling blaze of light
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blowhard
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talkative boaster
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bludgeon
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club
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bluff
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rough but good-natured
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bluster
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blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully
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bohemian
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unconventional (artistically)
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bombastic
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pompous
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boon
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blessing; benefit
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bowdlerize
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purify, remove obscenities
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brackish
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somehwat saline
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braggadocio
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boasting
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brandish
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wave around; flourish
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bravado
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swagger; assumed air of defiance
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brawn
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muscular strength; sturdiness
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brazen
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insolent
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brindled
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tawny/grayish with streaks/spots
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bristling
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rising like bristles; showing irritation
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brocade
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rich, figured fabric
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brooch
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ornamental clasp
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browbeat
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bully; intimidate
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brunt
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main impact/shock
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brusque
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blunt, abrupt
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buffet
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slap; batter; knock about
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bugaboo
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bugbear; object of baseless terror
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bungle
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mismanage; blunder
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burlesque
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give an imitation that ridicules
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buxom
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plump, jolly
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cabal
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small group of persons secretly united to promote own interests
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cadence
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rhythmic rise/fall
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caldron
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large kettle
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callow
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youthful, immature
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cameo
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shell/jewel carved in relief; star's brief appearance
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canard
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false story
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canker
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ulcerous sore; any evil
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cantankerous
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ill-humored; irritable
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canto
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division of long poem
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canvass
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determine/seek opinions, votes
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capacious
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spacious
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capillary
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having a very fine bore
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caprice
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whim
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captious
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faultfinding
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carafe
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glass water bottle; decanter
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carapace
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shell covering the back (of turtle, crab, etc.)
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carcinogenic
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causing cancer
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careen
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lurch; sway froms ide to side
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carillon
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set of playable bells
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carousal
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drunken revel
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carping
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petty criticism; fault-finding
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carrion
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rotting flesh of a dead body
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cataclysm
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deluge; upheaval
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cataract
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great waterfull
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catcall
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shout of disapproval; boo
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catechism
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book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer
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caulk
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to make watertight
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cauterize
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burn with hot iron/caustic
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cavalcade
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procession; parade
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cavil
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make frivolous objections
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centurion
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Roman army officer
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cerebration
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thought
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chaff
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worthless products of an endeavor
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chaffing
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bantering; joking
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chagrin
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vexation
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charisma
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divine gift
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charlatan
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quack; pretender to knowledge
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chase
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ornament a metal surface by indenting
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chassis
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framework and working parts of a car
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chaste
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pure; virginal; modest
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chastened
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humbled; subdued
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check
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stop motion; curb/restrain
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checkered
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marked by changes in fortune
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chisel
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swindle/cheat
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chivalrous
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courteous; faithful; brave
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choleric
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hot-tempered
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chortle
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chuckle w/ delight
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cipher
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nonentity; worthless person/thing
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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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striker of a bell
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clarion
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shrill, trumpetlike sound
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clavicle
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collarbone
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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 (excessive); excessively sweet, sentimental
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coddle
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treat gently; pamper
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codicil
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supplement to the body of a will
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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 a wheel
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cogitate
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think over
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cognizance
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knowledge
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collate
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examine in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order
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collation
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light meal
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colloquy
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informal discussion
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comestible
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something edible
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comeuppance
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rebuke; deserts
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comity
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courtesy; civility
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commandeer
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to draft for military; to take for public use
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commiserate
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to feel/express pity/sympathy for
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commodious
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spacious, comfortable
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compendium
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brief, comprehensive summary
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complaisant
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trying to please, overly polite, obliging
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complicity
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involvement in a crime
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comport
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bear onesself; behave
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compunction
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remorse
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concerted
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mutually agreed on; done together
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conciliatory
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reconciling; soothing
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conclave
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private meeting
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concord
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harmony
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condign
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appropriate; deserved
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conflagration
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great fire
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conflate
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meld/fuse, confuse, combine into one
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confluence
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flowing together; crowd
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congeal
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freeze, coagulate
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congenial
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pleasant; friendly
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congenital
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existing at birth
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