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Cabal

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A small, secret group

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Cache

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A hiding place

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Cacophony

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Harsh or unpleasant sound

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Cadaverous

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Pale; ghastly;corpselike

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Cadence

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Rhythm

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Caesura

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Pause

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Cajole

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To coax; to persuade

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Calamitous

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Causing trouble or misery; disastrous

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Callow

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Young and inexperienced

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Calumny

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A false accusation

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Canard

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A false story, report, or rumor

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Canny

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Shrewd

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Cant

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Insincere statements usually made in a singsong tone

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Cantankerous

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Bad-tempered; quarrelsome

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Canter

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Smooth, easy pace; gallop

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Canvass

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To make a survey

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Capacious

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Spacious

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Capitulate

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To surrender

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Capricious

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Erratic; impulsive

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Captious

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Hard to please, faultfinding

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Carapace

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Shell

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Carcinogenic

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Causing cancer

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Cardinal

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Principal, chief

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Carren

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To swerve

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Carnage

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Slaughter; massacre

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Carnal

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Sensual; sexual

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Carnivorous

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Flesh-eating

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Carouse

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To engage in a noisy, drunken party

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Carrion

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Decaying flesh

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Carte Blanche

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Freedom to use one’s own judgement

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Cartel

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Association of business firms

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Cartographer

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Map maker

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Caste

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Social class

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Castigate

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To punish

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Cataclysm

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A violent change

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Catacomb

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Underground burial place

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Cathartic

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Cleansing

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Catholic

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Universal; wide-ranging

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Caucus

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A private meeting

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Caustic

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Sarcastic; severely critical, corrosive

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Cavalcade

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A procession; a sequence of events

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Cavalier

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A haughty and casually indifferent person

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Caveat

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A warning

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Cavil

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To quibble

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Cavort

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To leap about; to frolic

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Celerity

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Speed; swiftness

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Celibate

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Unmarried

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Centrifugal

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Moving away from the center

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Cerebration

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Thinking; using one’s brain

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Certitude

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Sureness; certainty

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Cessation

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A stopping; a discontinuance

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Chafe

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To irritate, to annoy

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Chagrin

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Embarrassment; complete loss of courage

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Champ

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To bite impatiently

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Charlatan

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A fake, a quack

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Charnel

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Cemetery; tomb

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Chary

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Careful, cautious

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Chattel

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Slave

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Chauvinism

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Fanatical devotion to one’s country, sex, religion, etc.

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Chicanery

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Trickery; deception

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Chide

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To scold

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Chimerical

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Imaginary; fantastic; unreal

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Chirography

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The art of handwriting

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Chivalrous

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Courteous; courageous; loyal

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Choleric

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Easily angered

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Chronic

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Long-lasting

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Churlish

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Rude; I’ll-bred

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Cipher (sayh-fer)

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Person or thing of no value; zero

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Circuitous

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Roundabout; indirect

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Circumlocution

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Roundabout way of speaking

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Circumscribe

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To encircle; to limit or confine

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Circumspect

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Cautious; careful

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Circumvent

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To surround or entrap; to go around or bypass

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Clairvoyant

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Having great insight;keenly perceptive

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Civility

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Politeness

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Clamor

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Noise

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Clandestine

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Secretive; private

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Clarion

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Clear

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Cleft

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Split; divided

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Clemency

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Mercy; leniency

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Clime

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Climate; region

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Cloistered

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Secluded; confined

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Cloven

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Divided; split

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Coadjutor

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Assistant; helper

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Coalesce

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To blend; to merge; to fuse

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Coffer

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A safe, strongbox

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Cogent

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Convincing

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Cogitate

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Related; relevant

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Cognizant

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Aware

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Cognomen

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Family name; last name

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Cohort

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Colleague; associate; partner

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Collate

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To put together

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Colloquial

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Informal, like slang

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Colloquy

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Conversation

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Collusion

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Conspiracy; agreement to commit a wrongful act

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Comely

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Attractive

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Commendation

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Praise

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Commensurate

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Proportionate

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Commiserate

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To express pity for

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Compendium

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Brief summary

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Complicity

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Partnership in a wrongful act

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Compulsory

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Required

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Compunction

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Uneasiness; remorse

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Concentric

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Having a common center

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Conciliate

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To soothe the anger of; to win over

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Conclave

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Secret meeting

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Concomitant

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Accompanying; attending

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Concourse

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A crowd; a wide street

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Condescend

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To lower oneself to an inferior’s level

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Condign

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Deserved; suitable

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Condolence

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Expression of sorrow

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Conduit

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Pipe or tube through which fluid or electricity passes

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Conflagration

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Shape; arrangement

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Confluent

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Merging; flowing together

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Congeal

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To freeze solid; to thicken

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Congenial

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Friendly; agreement

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Conjugal

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Pertaining to marriage

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Connivance

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Pretended ignorance of another’s wrong-doing; conspiracy

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Connoisseur

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An expert

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Connote

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To suggest or imply

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Connubial

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Pertaining to marriage

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Consanguinity

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Close relationship, usually by blood

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Consecrate

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To make holy

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Consternation

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Sudden confusing; panic

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Constraints

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Restrictions; limits

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Construe

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To analyze; to interpret

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Consummate

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To complete (verb), perfect (adjective)

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Contemn

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To regard with scorn or contempt

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Contemptuous

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Scornful

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Contentious

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Ready to argue, quarrelsome

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Contiguous

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Nearby; nearby

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Contraband

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Smuggled or stolen goods

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Contravene

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To go against; to oppose

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Contretemps

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An embarrassing occurrence

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Contrite

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Sorrowful; penitent

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Contumacious

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Disobedient; obstinate

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Contumely

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Rudeness

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Contusion

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A bruise

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Convalesce

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To recover from an illness

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Conversant

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Familiar with

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Conveyance

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A vehicle

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Convivial

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Sociable; friendly

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Convoke

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To call together

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Coquetry

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Flirtation

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Cornucopia

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Horn of plenty; abundance

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Corollary

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Inference; deduction; consequence

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Corpulent

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Fat; fleshy

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Cortège

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Funereal procession; group of followers

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Cosmopolitan

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Worldly-wise; universal

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Coterie

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Close circle of friends

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Countermand

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To cancel an order

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Counterpart

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Duplicate; copy

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Coup

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A brilliant move; a successful and sudden attack

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Coy

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Shy; modest

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Cozen

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To trick

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Crass

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Stupid; unrefined

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Craven

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Cowardly

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Credence

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Belief; trust

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Crestfallen

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Dejected; humbled

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Crone

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Hag; withered old woman

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Crotchety

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Grouchy; eccentric

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Crux

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The essential part

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Culpable

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Blameworthy

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Cupidity

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Greed

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Cursive

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Running or flowing

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Cursory

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Superficial; hasty

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Curtail

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To cut short

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Cynosure

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Center of attention

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