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1
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Cache

A

Hiding place

Pronounced “cash”

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2
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Cacophonous

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Sounding discordant; terrible and generally unpleasant to listen to

Antonym: euphonious

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Cadaver

A

Corpse

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4
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Cajole

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To coaxe

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5
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Callous

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Unfeeling; unsympathetic

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Calumniate

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To slander

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7
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Calumny

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Slander; defamation

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Candor

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Frankness; candidness

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Cantankerous

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Ill-natured; quarrelsome

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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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Unpredictable; following whim

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13
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Captious

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Fault-finding

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14
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Castigate

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To punish

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15
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Cathartic

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Cleansing; allowing a release of tension or emotion

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16
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Caustic

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Burning; characterized by a bitter whit

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17
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Cauterize

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To burn tissue (usually because a wound isn’t clotting)

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18
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Cavil

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To raise unnecessary or trivial objections

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19
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Celerity

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Swiftness, speed

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20
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Celibate

A

Without sex; unmarried

Celibacy: condition of being celibate

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Censure

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To criticize; blame

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Cerebration

A

Thought

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23
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Chagrin

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Embarrassment

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Charlatan

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Quack; someone who pretend’s he’s someone he’s not

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Chaste

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Pure; unspoiled; virginal

26
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Chicanery

27
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Chimerical

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Far out; bizarre; heady

28
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Choleric

A

Hot tempered

29
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Churlish

A

Boorish; rude

30
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Ciliated

A

Having tiny hairs

31
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Circumspect

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Prudent; cautious

32
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Clemency

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Mildness of temper–especially leniency towards an enemy or in sentencing a criminal

33
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Cogent

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Clear; logical; thought out; pertinent; to the point; relevant;
convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.

34
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Cogitate

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To think about deeply and carefully (similar to ruminate)

35
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Cognizant

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Fully informed and aware; conscious

36
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Comely

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Attractive; agreeable

37
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Comestible

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Food (n)

Edible (adj)

38
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Commensurate

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Equal; proportionate

39
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Commiserate

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To sympathize; empathize with; pity (be miserable together)

40
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Comport

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To behave in a particular way; to be in agreement, harmony, or conformity (usually followed by with ): His statement does not comport with the facts.

41
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Compunction

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Strong uneasiness caused by guilt (similar to remorse, contrition)

42
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Concupiscence

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Sexual desire; lust; sensuality

43
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Concurrent

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At the same time

44
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Congenital

A

Existing at birth

45
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Conjecture

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Statement made without adequate evidence

46
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Conjugal

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Pertaining to marriage

47
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Contort

A

Twist; bend

48
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Contrition

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Remorse; repentance; bitter regret felt owing to wrongdoing

49
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Convoke

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To call together; to cause to assemble

50
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Corporal

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Of the body; bodily

51
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Corpulent

A

Obese; having a fat body

52
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Corroborate

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To testify in agreement

53
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Countermand

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To cancel a command; issue another command, revoking the previous one

54
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Covert

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Secret; concealed (opposite of overt)

55
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Crass

A

Uncultured

56
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Credulity

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Gullibility

57
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Crestfallen

58
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Crux

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Main point; central issue; heart of the manner

59
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Cull

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To select; weed out

60
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Cupidity

A

Greed; avarice

Cupid is the god of desire

61
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Clandestine

A

Kept secret; done secretively (esp. because illicit)

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