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cant

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n. insincere talk; language of a particular group

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cantankerous

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adj. irritable; ill-humored

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capricious

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adj. fickle

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captious

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adj. faultfinding; intended to entrap, as in an argument

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cardinal

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adj. of foremost importance

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carnal

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adj. of the flesh or body; related to physical appetites

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carping

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v. to find fault; complain

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cartography

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n. science of making maps

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caste

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n. any of the hereditary social classes of Hindu society; social stratification

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castigation

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n. punishment; chastisement; criticism

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