12 Flashcards
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cant
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n. insincere talk; language of a particular group
2
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cantankerous
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adj. irritable; ill-humored
3
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capricious
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adj. fickle
4
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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
7
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carping
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v. to find fault; complain
8
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cartography
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n. science of making maps
9
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caste
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n. any of the hereditary social classes of Hindu society; social stratification
10
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castigation
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n. punishment; chastisement; criticism