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cache
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n. a hiding place; stockpile
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The robbers hid their loot in a secret cache they were certain that no one new about.
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cacophony
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n. a jarring, unpleasant noise
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The sound of nails on a chalkboard can be describes as a cacophony.
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calumny
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n. a false and malicious accusation; misrepresentation
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Some politicians use calumnies as part of their campaining strategy.
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cantankerous
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adj. having a difficult, uncooperative, or stubborn disposition
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The cantankerous patient refused to hold still to get his blood pressure taken.
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captious
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adj. marked by the tendency to point out trivial faults; intended to confuse in an argument
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Whenever she was angry, she would make captious remarks to bring everyone else down as well.
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cataclysmic
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adj. severely destructive
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The effects of no parental supervision at an after prom party could be cataclysmic.
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catalyst
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n. something that provokes or speeds up significant change, especially without being affected by the consequences
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Ryan was the catalyst that spurred his team to victory.
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caucus
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n. a closed committee within a political party; a private committee meeting
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The President met with the caucus to discuss the stock market crash.
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caustic
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adj. biting, sarcastic
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His caustic comments really hurt my feelings.
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cede
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v. to surrender possesion of something
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I ceded my favortie necklace to my rival after losing a bet.
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celerity
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n. speed, haste
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censorious
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adj. critical; tending to blame and condemn
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certitude
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n. assurance; freedom from doubt
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cessation
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n. a temporary or complete halt
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chary
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adj. watchful, cautious, extremely shy
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chimerical
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adj. fanciful, imaginary, impossible
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circuitous
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adj. indirect, roundabout
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circumvent
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v. to go around; avoid
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cloying
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adj. sickly sweet; excessive
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coagulate
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v. to clot; to cause to thicken
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cogent
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adj. logically forceful, compelling, convincing
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colloquial
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adj. characteristic of informal speech
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commute
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v. to change a penalty to a less severe one
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complacent
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adj. self-satisfied, smug
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compliant
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adj. submissive, yielding
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concomitant
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adj. existing concurrently
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concord
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n. agreement
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condole
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v. to grieve; to express sympathy
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conflagration
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n. big, destructive fire
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confluence
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n. the act of two things flowing together; the junction or meeting place where two things meet
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consanguineous
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adj. having the same lineage or ancestry; related by blood
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consternation
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n. an intense state of fear or dismay
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constituent
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n. component, part; citizen, voter
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constraint
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n. something that restricts or confines within prescribed bounds
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contemptuous
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adj. scornful, expressing contempt
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contentious
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adj. quarrelsome, disagreeable, belligerent
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contiguous
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adj. sharing a boundary; neighboring
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continence
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n. self-control, self-restraint
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convalesce
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v. to recover gradually from an illness
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convergence
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n. the state of separate elements joining or coming together
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coquette
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n. a flirtatious woman
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coterie
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n. an intimate group of persons with a similar purpose
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countervail
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v. to act or react with equal force
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covert
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adj. secretive, not openly shown
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cull
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v. to select, weed out
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cumulative
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adj. increasing, collective
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curt
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adj. abrupt, short with words
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