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cacophony

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Harsh sounding mixture or words, voice or sounds

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cadence

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rythm

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cajole

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to persuade someone to do something

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callow

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immature

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candor

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truthfulness

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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

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capricious

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unpredictable

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caricature

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a portrait or description that is purposely distorted or exaggerated

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castigate

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to criticize severely

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catalyst

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in chemistry; in anyone or anything that makes something happen withour being directly involved in it

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categorical

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unconditional

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catharsis

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purification that brings emotional reliefs

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catholic

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universal

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caustic

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like acid, corrosive

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celibacy

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abstince from sex

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censure

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to condemn severely from doing something bad (비난하다)

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cerebral

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brainy

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chagrin

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humiliation

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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

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chasm

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a deep, gaping hole

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chastise

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to inflict punishment on

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chicanery

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trickery

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chimera

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an illusion

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choleric

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hot tempered

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chronic

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constant

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chronicle

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record of events in order of time

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circuitous

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roundabout

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circumlocution

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an indirect expression

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circumscribe

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to draw a line around

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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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civil

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polite

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clemency

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mercy

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cliche

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an overused saying or idea

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clique

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an exclusive group bound togeher by some shared quality

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coalesce

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to come together as one; to fuse; to unite

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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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cognitive

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dealing with how we know the wold around us through our senses; MENTAL

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cognizant

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aware

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coherent

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holding together

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colloquial

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conservational

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collusion

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conspiracy

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commenstrate

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equal

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compelling

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forceful

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compendium

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a summary

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complacent

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self-satisfied

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complement

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to complete or fill up

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complicity

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participation in wrong doing

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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

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concilliatory

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making peace

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concise

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brief and to the point

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concord

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harmony

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concurrent

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happening at the same time

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condescend

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to stoop to someone elses level

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condone

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to overlook

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conducive

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promoting

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confluence

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a flowing together

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congenial

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agreeably suitable

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congenital

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a trait of condition acquired between conception and birth

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conjecture

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to guess

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conjure

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to summon or bring into being as if magic

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connoisseur

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an expert related to art or taste

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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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consonant

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harmonious

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corollary

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something that follows

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corroborate

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to confirm

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cosmopolitan

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home in many places or situations

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countenance

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face

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coup

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a brilliant victory

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covenant

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a solemn agreement

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covert

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secret

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covet

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to wish enviously

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credulous

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eager to believe

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criterion

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standard

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cryptic

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mysterious

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culinary

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related to cooking or the kitchen

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culminate

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climax

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culpable

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deserving blame

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cursory

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hasty

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curtail

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to shorten

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cynic

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one who deeply distrust human nature

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