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Cacophonous

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Unpleasant, harsh sounding

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Cadge

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To beg, sponge

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Callous

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Thick skinned, insensitive

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Calumny

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False and malicious accusation/slander

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Canard

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False, misleading story

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Canon

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Established principle, standard judgement

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Carping

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Find fault, complain

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Caste

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Social classes of Hindu society, social stratification

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Cant

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Insincere talk

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Cantankerous

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Irritable, ill humoured

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Capricious

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Fickle (unpredictable changes)

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Captious

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Faultfinding, intended to entrap

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Cardinal

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Foremost importance

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Carnal

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Flesh or body, related to physical appetite

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Castigation

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Punishment, criticism

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Cataclysm

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Violet upheaval that causes great destruction/change

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Catalyst

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Causing change

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Categorical

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Absolute, without exception

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Caucus

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Smaller group within organization

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Causal

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Involving cause

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Caustic

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Sarcastically biting, burning

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Celestial

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Concerning sky, heavens. Sublime

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Centrifugal

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Moving away from centre

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Centripetal

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Moving or directed towards centre

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Champion

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To defend/support

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Chasten

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To correct by punishment or reproof, restrain or subdue

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Chicanery

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Trickery, fraud

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Chivalry

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Ideal man such as bravery towards women

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Churlish

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Rude, boorish

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Circuitous

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Roundabout

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Clairvoyant

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One who can predict future, psychic

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Clamor

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Noisy outcry

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Clique

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Small exclusive group

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Cloister

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Confine, seclude

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Coagulate

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Thicken, congeal (liquid to solid)

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Coalesce

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To cause or become one

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Coda

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End part of musical , conclusion

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Codify

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To systematize

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Cognizant

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Informed, conscious, aware

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Collage

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Artistic ensemble of elements

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Commensurate

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Proportional

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Compendium

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Brief summary

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Complacent

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Self satisfied

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Complaisant

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Over polite

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Complement

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Something that completes or make up a whole

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Compliant

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Yielding

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Compunction

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Uneasiness caused by guilt

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Concave

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Curving inward

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Conciliatory

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Overcoming distrust or hostility

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Concoct

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Invent

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Concomitant

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Existing concurrently
Happening same time as another

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Condone

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Forgive, overlook

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Confound

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Mix up, confound

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Congenial

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Similar in tastes and habits, friendly

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Conjugal

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Marriage agreement

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Connoisseur

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A person with expert knowledge/ training

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Conscript

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Person compulsorily enrolled for military service

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Conscrate

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To declare sacred

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Contend

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To assert

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Contentious

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Quarrelsome

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Contiguous

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Touching, neighbouring, connecting without break

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Continence

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Self control, abstention from sexual activity

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Contrite

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Very sorrowful for a wrong

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Contumacious

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Disobedient, rebellious

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Conundrum

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Riddle, puzzle with no solution

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Convection

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Practise observers by group, accepted technique

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Converge

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To approach, come together

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Convex

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Curved outward

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Convivial

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Sociable

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Convoluted

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Twisted, complicated

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Copious

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Abundant, plentiful

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Coquette

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Woman who flirts

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Cornucopia

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Horn overflowing with fruit and grain, state of abundance

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Cosmology

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Study of the universe, theory of origin

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Covert

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Hidden, secret

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Covetous

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Desiring something owned by another

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Cozen

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To mislead by trick/fraud

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Craven

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Cowardly

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Credence

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Acceptance of something as true

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Credo

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Statement of belief or principle

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