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bluster

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blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully

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bode

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foreshadow; portend

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bohemian

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unconventional

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bolster

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support; reinforce

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bombastic

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pompous; using inflated language

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boon

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blessing; benefit

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boorish

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rude; insensitive

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bowdlerize

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expurgate

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brackish

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somewhat saline

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braggadocio

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boasting

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brandish

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wave around; flourish

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bravado

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swagger; assumed air of defiance

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brazen

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insolent; without shame; bold

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tawny

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brownish yellow

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bristling

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rising like bristles; showing irritation

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brittle

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hard but easily broken; difficult; unstable

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broach

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introduce as a subject; moot; open up

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brook

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tolerate; endure

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browbeat

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bully; intimidate

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brunt

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main impact or shock

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brusque

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blunt; abrupt; curt

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bucolic

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rustic; pastoral

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bugbear

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object of baseless terror

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bullion

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gold and silver in the form of bars

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bungle

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mismanage; blunder; botch; blow; spoil by clumsy behavior

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bureaucracy

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overregulated administrative system marked by red tape

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burgeon

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grow rapidly; grow forth; send out buds

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burlesque

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give an imitation that ridicules

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burnish

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make shiny by rubbing; polish

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buttress

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support; prop up

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buxom

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full-bosomed; plump

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cabal

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small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

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cajole

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persuade by praise or false promise; coax

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callous

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hardened; unfeeling

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callow

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youthful; immature; inexperienced

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calorific

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heat-producing

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calumny

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malicious misrepresentation

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canard

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unfounded false rumor; exaggerated false report

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canker

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any ulcerous sore; any evil

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canny

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shrewd in money matters; thrifty

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cant

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insincere speech or expression of piety; jargon of thieved

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cantankerous

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ill-humored; irritable

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canter

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slow gallop

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44
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canto

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division of a long poem

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canvass

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determine or seek opinions, votes

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capacious

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spacious

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capillary

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having a very fine bore; ressembling a hair; fine and slender

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capitulate

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surrenderl give up all resistance

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caprice

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whim; sudden change of mind without any real cause

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captious

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faultfinding; critical

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carafe

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glass water bottle; decanter

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cardinal

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chief; most important

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careen

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lurch; sway from side to side

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carillon

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a set of bells capable of being plated

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carnal

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fleshy; sensual; concerning the desires of the body

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carousal

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drunken revel

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carping

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petty criticism; fault-finding; fretful complaining

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carrion

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rotting flesh of a dead body

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castigation

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punishment; severe criticism or disapproval

60
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cataract

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great waterfall; eye abnormality

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catcall

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shout of disapproval or displeasure; boo

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catechism

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book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form

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categorical

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without exceptions; absolute

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catharsis

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the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.

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catholic

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universal; general; broad

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caucus

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private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy

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cauterize

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burn with hot iron or caustic substances to stop bleeding and prevent infection

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cavalcade

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procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages

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cavalier

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casual and offhand; arrogant

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cavil

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quibble; make frivolous objections

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cede

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yield to; surrender formally

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celerity

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speed; rapidity

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censorious

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severely critical

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censure

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blame; criticize

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centrifugal

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radiating; departing from the center

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centurion

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Roman army officer

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cerebration

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thought; working of the brain

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cession

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yielding to another; ceding

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chaff

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worthless products of an endeacor

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chaffing

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bantering; joking

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champion

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support militantly; fight for

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chary

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cautious; unwilling to take risks

83
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chase

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ornament a metal surface by indenting

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chassis

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framework and working parts of an automobile

85
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chasten

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discipline; punish in order to correct

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chastise

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punish as by beating; criticize severely

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checkered

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marked by great changes in fortune

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chide

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scold; rebuke

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chimerical

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fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic

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chisel

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swindle or cheat

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choleric

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hot tempered

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chortle

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chuckle with delight

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churlish

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boorish; rude

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cipher

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nonentity; worthless person or thing;

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circomlocution

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indirect or roundabout expressions

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circumscribe

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limit; confine

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circumspect

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prudent; cautious; acting after careful thought

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circumvent

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outwit; defeat by behaving more cleverly; oursmart; baffle

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cistern

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reservoir or water tank

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citadel

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clamber

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climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble

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clandestine

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clangor

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loud resounding sound

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scrimmage

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disorderly fight between two or more people

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cleave

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split or sever; remain faithful to

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cleft

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clemency

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disposition to be lenient; mildness (weather)

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bromide

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platitude; chemical compound used to calm excitement

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climactic

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relating to the highest point

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clime

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cloister

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monastery or convent

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cloud

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great influence; hard blow with fist

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cloying

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distasteful; excessively sweet or sentimental

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coalesce

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combine; fuse

115
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coddle

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treat gently; baby

116
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codicil

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supplement to the body of a will

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codify

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arrange as a code; classify

118
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coeval

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living at the same time as

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cogent

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convincing

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cogitate

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think over; ponder

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cognate

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having common origin; related linguistically

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cognizance

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knowledege

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