Champion-colander Flashcards by Adina Anghelache | Brainscape

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Chary

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Cautious

Sparing or restrained about giving

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Chase

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Ornament a metal surface by indenting

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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

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Chauvinist

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Blindly devoted patriot

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Checkered

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Marked by changes in fortune

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Cherubic

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Angelic

Innocent looking

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Chicanery

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Trickery

Deception

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Chide

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Scold

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Chimerical

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Fantastically improbable

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Chisel

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Wedgelike tool for cutting

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Chisel

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Swindle

Cheat

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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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Ciliated

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Having minute hairs

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Cipher

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Nonentity, worthless person or thing

Secret code

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Circlet

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Small ring, band

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Circumlocution

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Indirect or roundabout expression

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Circumvent

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Outwit, baffle

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Clamber

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Climb by crawling

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Clamor

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Noise

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Clangor

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Loud, resounding noise

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Clapper

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Striker of a bell

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Clarion

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Shrill, trumpet-like sound

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Cleave

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Split or sever
Cling to
Remain faithful to

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Cleft

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Split

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Clemency

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Disposition to be lenient

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Climactic

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Relating to the highest point

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Cloister

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Monastery or convent

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Cloying

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Distasteful

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Coalesce

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Combine

Fuse

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Coda

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Concluding section of a musical or literary composition

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Coddle

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Treat gently

Pamper

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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 (laws, rules) as a code, classify

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Coeval

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Living at the same time

Contemporary

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Cog

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Tooth projecting from a wheel

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Cogent

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Convincing

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Cogitate

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Think over

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Cognate

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Related linguistically
Allied by blood
Similar in nature

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Cognizance

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Knowledge

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Cohere

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Stick together

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Coiffure

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Hairstyle

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Coin

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Make coins

Invent or fabricate

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Colander

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Utensil with perforated bottom used for straining