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60 Cards in this Set
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compunction
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feeling of uneasiness caused by guilt or regret
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conciliatory
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overcoming distrust or hostility
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condone
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to pardon, forgive; overlook, jstify, or excuse a fault
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conduit
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tube, pipe, or similar passage
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conflagration
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big, destructive fire
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confound
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to baffle, confuse
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congeal
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to become thick or solid, as a liquid freezing, coagulate
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congenial
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similar in tastes and habits
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conglomerate
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n. anything composed of heterogeneous materials or elements, also companies; adj. consisting of parts so gathered, clustered; v. to bring together into a cohering mass
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consolidate
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to combine, incorporate, merge
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constrained
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forced, compelled, obliged
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construe
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to explain or interpret
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contentious
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quarrelsome, disagreeable, belligerent
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continence
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self-control, self-restraint
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contravene
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to contradict, deny, act contrary to
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contrite
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deeply sorrowful and repentant for a wrong
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conundrum
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riddle, puzzle or problem with no solution
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convalescence
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gradual recovery after an illness
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convene
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to meet, come together, assemble
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convoluted
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twisted, coiled ; complicated, intricately involved
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copious
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abundant, plentiful
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corroborate
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to confirm
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cosmopolitan
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free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments, at home all over the world
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coterie
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small group of people with a similar purpose
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covert
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hidden, secret
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covet
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to desire something possessed by another strongly
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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 or real
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creed
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statement of belief or principle
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culmination
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climax, final stage
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culpable
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guilty
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cupidity
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greed
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curmudgeon
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cranky person
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cursory
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hastily done, superficial
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curt
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abrupt, blunt
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curtail
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to shorten
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cynic
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person who distrusts the motives of others
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daunt
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to discourage, intimidate
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dearth
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lack, scarcity, insufficiency
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debase
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to degrade or lower in quality or stature
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drivel
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stupid talk; slobber
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droll
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amusing in an odd way or in a wry, subtle way
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dulcet
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pleasant sounding, soothing to the ear
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dupe
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to deceive, trick; a fool or pawn
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duplicity
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deception, dishonesty, double-dealing
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dyspeptic
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suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable
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ebb
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to fade away, recede
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ebullient
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exhilarated, full of enthusiasm and high spirits
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eclectic
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selecting from various sources
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ecstatic
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joyful
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edict
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law, command, official public order
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edifice
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building
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efface
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to erase or make illegible
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edify
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to instruct morally and spiritually
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effervescent
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bubbling; vivacious, lively
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effigy
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stuffed doll; likeness of a person
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effrontery
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shamless or impudent boldness, audacity
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effulgent
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brilliantly shining
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effusive
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epressing emotion without restraint
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