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CABAL

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a. group of conspirators; the acts of such a group; a clique;

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CACHE

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a. hiding place; the things hidden in a secret place;

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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 to do;

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CALAMITY

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a. disaster;

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CALLOUS

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insensitive; emotionally hardened;

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CALLOW

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immature;

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CALUMNY

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slander; a maliciously false statement;

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CANDOR

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truthfulness; sincere honesty;

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CANON

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a. rule of law especially a religious one; a body of rules of laws; an official set of holy books; an authoritative list; the set of works by an author that are accepted as authentic;

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CANT

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recant; insincere of hypocritical speech;

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CANVASS

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to seek votes or opinions; to conduct a survey;

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CAPACIOUS

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spacious; roomy; commodious;

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CAPITAL

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the town or city that is the seat of government; money equipment and property owned by a business; wealth used in creating more wealth;

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CAPITALISM

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free enterprise;

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CAPITULATE

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to surrender; to give up or give in;

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CAPRICIOUS

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unpredictable; like to change at any moment;

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CAPTIVATE

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to fascinate; to enchant; to enrapture;

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CARCINOGENIC

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causing cancer;

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CARDINAL

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most import; chief;

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CAREEN

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to swerve; to move rapidly without control; to lean to one side;

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CARICATURE

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a. portrait or description that is purposely distorted or exaggerated often to prove some point about its subject;

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CARTOGRAPHY

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the art of making maps and charts;

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CASCADE

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a. waterfall; anything resembling a waterfall;

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CASTIGATE

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to criticize severely; to chastise;

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CATACLYSM

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a. violent upheaval; an earthquake; a horrible flood;

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CATALYST

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in chemistry; anyone or anything that makes something happen without being directly involved in it;

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CATEGORICAL

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unconditional; absolute;

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CATHARSIS

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purification that brings emotional relief or renewal;

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CATHOLIC

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universal; embracing everything;

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CAUCUS

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a. meeting of the members of a political party of political faction; a political group whose members have common interests or goals;

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CAUSTIC

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like acid; corrosive;

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CAVALIER

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knight; arrogant; haughty; carefree; casual;

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CAVIL

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to quibble; to raise trivial objections;

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CELIBACY

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abstinence from sex;

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CENSURE

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to condemn severely for doing something bad;

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CEREBRAL

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brainy; intellectually refined;

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CHAFF

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worthless stuff;

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CHAGRIN

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humiliation; embarrassed disappointment;

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CHAMELEON

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a. highly changeable person;

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CHAMPION

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to defend; to support;

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CHANNEL

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to direct; to cause to follow a certain path;

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CHARISMA

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a. magical seeming ability to attract followers or inspire loyalty;

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CHARLATAN

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fraud; quack; con man;

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CHASM

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a. deep gaping hole; a gorge;

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CHASTE

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pure and unadorned; abstaining from sex;

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CHASTISE

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to inflict punishment on; to discipline;

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CHERUB

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a. super cute chubby cheeked child; a kind of angel;

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CHICANERY

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trickery; deceitfulness; artifice; especially legal or political;

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CHIMERA

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an illusion; a foolish fancy;

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CHOLERIC

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hot tempered; quick to anger;

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CHORTLE

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to chuckle with glee;

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CHRONIC

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constant; lasting a long time; inveterate;

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CHRONICLE

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a. record of events in order of time; a history;

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CHURL

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boor; a rude person; a boor;

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CHUTZPAH

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blatant; brazenness; audacity;

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CIPHER

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zero; a nobody; a code; the solution to a code;

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CIRCUITOUS

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roundabout; not following a direct path;

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CIRCUMLOCUTION

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an indirect expression; use of wordy or evasive language;

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CIRCUMNAVIGATE

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to sail or travel all the way around;

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CIRCUMSCRIBE

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to draw a line around; to set the limits; to define; to restrict;

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CIRCUMSPECT

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cautious;

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CIRCUMVENT

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to frustrate as though by surrounding;

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CITADEL

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a. fortress defending a city; a stronghold; a bulwark;

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CIVIL

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polite; civilized; courteous;

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CLANDESTINE

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arcane; concealed or secret usually for an evil or subversive purpose;

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CLASSIC

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topnotch; of t highest quality; serving as a standard or model;

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CLEAVE

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rent; to cling; to split;

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CLEMENCY

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mercy; forgiveness; mildness;

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CLICHE

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an overused saying or idea;

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CLIMATIC

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having to do with the climate;

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CLIQUE

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an exclusive group bound together by some shared quality or interest;

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CLOISTER

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a. covered walk with columns on one side that runs along the perimeter of a courtyard;

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CLONE

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an exact duplicate; an organism genetically identical to another;

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CLOUT

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a. blow; influence;

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CLOY

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to cause to feel too full especially when indulging in something overly sweet; to become wearisome through excess;

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COALESCE

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to come together as one; to fuse; to unite;

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CODDLE

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to baby;

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COERCE

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to force someone to do or not to do something;

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COGENT

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powerfully convincing;

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COGITATE

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ruminate deliberate to ponder; to meditate; to think carefully;

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COGNITIVE

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dealing with how we know the world around us through our senses; mental;

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COGNIZANT

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aware; conscious;

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COHERENT

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holding together; making sense;

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COHORT

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a. group;

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COLLOQUIAL

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conversational; informal in language;

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COLLUSION

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conspiracy; secret cooperation;

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COMMEMORATE

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to honor the memory of; to serve as a memorial to;

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COMMENSURATE

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equal; proportionate;

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COMMISERATE

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to express sorrow or sympathy for; to sympathize with; to pity;

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COMMODIOUS

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spacious; roomy; capacious;

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COMPATIBLE

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harmonious; capable of functioning working or living together in harmony; consistent;

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COMPELLING

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forceful; causing to yield;

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COMPENDIUM

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a. summary; an abridgment;

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COMPETENT

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capable; qualified;

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COMPILE

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to gather together; to gather together into a book;

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COMPLACENT

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self satisfied; overly pleased with oneself; contented to a fault;

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COMPLEMENT

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to complete or fill up; to be the perfect counterpart;

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COMPLICITY

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participation in wrongdoing; the act of being an accomplice;

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COMPLY

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to act or be in accordance with;

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COMPOSED

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calm; tranquil;

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COMPREHENSIVE

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covering or including everything;

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COMPRISE

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to consist of; to be composed of cf constitute compose;

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COMPROMISE

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a. settlement of differences in which each side gives up something;

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COMPUNCTION

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remorse a feeling of uneasiness at doing something wrong;

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CONCAVE

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curved inward like the inside of a circle or a sphere;

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CONCEDE

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avow; to acknowledge as true or right; to grant or yield;

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CONCENTRIC

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having the same center;

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CONCERT

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combined action; agreement;

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CONCILIATORY

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making peace; attempting to resolve a dispute through goodwill;

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CONCISE

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brief and to the point; succinct;

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CONCOCT

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to create by mixing ingredients; to devise;

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CONCOMITANT

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following from; accompanying; going along with;

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CONCORD

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harmony; agreement;

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CONCURRENT

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happening at the same time; parallel;

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CONDESCEND

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to stoop to someone else's level usually in an offensive way; to patronize;

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CONDONE

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to overlook; to permit to happen;

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CONDUCIVE

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promoting;

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CONFEDERATE

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an ally; an accomplice;

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CONFER

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to exchange ideas; to consult with; to bestow;

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CONFIDANT

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a. person with whom secrets or private thoughts are shared;

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CONFIGURATION

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arrangement;

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CONFLAGRATION

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a. large fire;

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CONFLUENCE

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a. flowing together especially of rivers; place where they begin to flow together;

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CONFOUND

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to confuse; to bewilder; to amaze; to throw into;

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CONGEAL

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to solidify; to jell;

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CONGENIAL

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agreeably suitable; pleasant;

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CONGENITAL

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a. trait or condition acquired between conception and birth; innate;

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CONJECTURE

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to guess; to deduce or infer on slight evidence;

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CONJUGAL

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having to do with marriage;

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CONJURE

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to summon or bring into being as if by magic;

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CONNIVE

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to conspire; to aid or encourage a wrong;

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CONNOISSEUR

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an expert particularly in matter of art or taste;

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CONSPICUOUS

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easily seen; impossible to miss;

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CONSECRATE

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to make or declare sacred;

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CONSENSUS

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unanimity or general agreement;

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CONSERVATORY

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a. greenhouse usually one attached to another structure; a music or drama school;

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CONSIGN

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to hand over; to assign; to entrust; to banish;

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CONSOLIDATE

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to combine or bring together; to solidify; to strengthen;

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CONSONANT

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harmonious; in agreement;

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CONSTERNATION

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sudden confusion;

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CONSTITUENCY

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constitute the group of voters represented by a politician; a group of supporters for anything;

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CONSTRUE

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to interpret;

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CONSUMMATE

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perfect; complete; supremely skillful;

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CONTEMPT

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disdain; disgrace;

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CONTENTIOUS

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argumentative; quarrelsome;

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CONTIGUOUS

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side by side; adjoining;

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CONTINGENT

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dependent; possible;

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CONTINUUM

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a. continuous whole without clear division into parts;

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CONTRABAND

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smuggled goods;

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CONTRETEMPS

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contingent; an embracing occurrence; a mishap;

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CONTRITE

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admitting guilt; especially feeling remorseful;

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CONTRIVED

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artificial; labored;

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CONTUMELY

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rudeness; insolence; arrogance;

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CONUNDRUM

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a. puzzle or problem without a solution;

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CONVENE

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to gather together; to assemble; to meet;

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CONVENTIONAL

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common; customary; unexceptional;

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CONVERSANT

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familiar; experienced;

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CONVERSE

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the opposite;

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CONVEY

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to transport; to conduct; to communicate;

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CONVICTION

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strong belief; a determination of guilt;

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CONVIVIAL

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fond of partying; festive;

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CONVOLUTION

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a. twist or turn; the act of twisting or turning;

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COPIOUS

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abundant; plentiful;

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CORDIAL

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loyalty; gracious; warm; sincere;

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COROLLARY

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something that follows; a natural consequence;

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CORPOREAL

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substantive material; tangible; having substance like the body;

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CORRELATION

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a. mutual relation between two or more things;

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CORROBORATE

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to confirm; to back up with evidence;

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CORROSIVE

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eating away; destructive;

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CORRUGATED

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shaped with folds or waves;

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COSMOPOLITAN

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at home in many places or situations; internationally sophisticated;

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COTERIE

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a. group of close associates; a circle of friends or associates;

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COUNTENANCE

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face; facial expression especially an encouraging one;

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COUP

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a. brilliant victory or accomplishment; the violent overthrow of a government by a small internal group;

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COVENANT

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a. solemn agreement; a contract; a pledge;

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COVERT

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secret; hidden;

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COVET

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to wish for enviously;

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COWER

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to shrink away or huddle up in fear;

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CRASS

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dull; extremely unrefined; gross; stupid;

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CRAVEN

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cowardly;

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CREDULOUS

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eager to believe; gullible;

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CRESCENDO

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a. gradual increase in the volume of a sound; a gradual increase in the intensity of anything;

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CRESTFALLEN

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dejected; dispirited;

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CREVICE

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a. narrow split crack or fissure;

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CRINGE

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to shrink back with fear; to cower; to be servile or suck up in a horrible way;

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CRITERION

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standard;basis for judgment;

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CRITIQUE

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a. critical review;

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CRUX

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the central point; the essence;

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CRYPTIC

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mysterious; mysterious; mystifying;

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CUISINE

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culinary; a style of cooking;

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CULINARY

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relating to cooking or the kitchen;

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CULL

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to pick out from among many; to select; to collect;

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CULMINATE

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to climax; to reach full effect;

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CULPABLE

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deserving blame; guilty;

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CURB

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to restrain or control;

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CURMUDGEON

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a. difficult bad tempered person;

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CURSORY

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hasty; superficial;

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CURTAIL

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to shorten; to cut short;

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CYNIC

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one who deeply distrusts human nature; one who believes humans are motivated only by selfishness;