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1
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cadge

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to beg or get by begging

ex) why is that rich guy always trying to cadge a meal?

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cajole

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to flatter, coax, persuade

ex) the teacher cajoled the lazy student into completing his assignment

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calamitous

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disastrous, catastrophic

ex) scientists believe that the effort of pollution on the environment will be calamitous

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callous

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thick-skinned, insensitive

ex) the callous boy laughed at the miserable beggar

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callow

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immature

ex) though still a callow youth, he had~

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calumny

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false&malicious accusation, slander

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camaraderie

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good will and rapport among friends

ex) there’s a great camaraderie in Ms. Smith’s class

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canard

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false, deliberately misleading rumor or story

ex) the comedian likes to repeat the old canard that new jersey is a cultural desert

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canon

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an established principle; standard for judging

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canonize

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to declare a person a saint, raise to highest honors

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cant

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insincere talk; language of a particular group

ex) after the editor removed the cant from the senator’s speech, little was left

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cantankerous

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irritable; ill humored

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canvas

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to examine thoroughly; conduct a poll

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carte blanche

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unrestricted power

ex) the recording studio gave the rock band carte blanche to create the best record they could

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caste

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카스트 제도

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castigate

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to punish, chastize, criticize

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casuistry

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false or excessively subtle reasoning

ex) the judge accused the lawyer of casuistry when she offered ten meanings of the word is

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pseudopsia

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an optical illusion

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pseudodox

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false doctrine

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pseudomorph

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false or irregular form

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pseudocyesis

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false pregnancy

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psyche

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the mind

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psychic

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perceptive of nonmaterial, spiritual forces; originating in the mind

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psychedelic

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mind-expanding

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punctilio

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a fine point of etiquette

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punctual

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prompt

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punctate

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like a point; ending in a point

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putative

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suppsoed

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repute

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consider; suppose

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reputed

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suposed to be such

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inquest

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an investigation; court or legal proceeding

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inquistion

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an investigation; act of inquiring

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inquirer

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one who asks a question

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requisite

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required

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erect

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fix in an upright position

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erectile

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able to be raised to an upright position

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rectitude

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moral uprightness

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rectilinear

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bounded by straight lines

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recto

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right-hand page of a book

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retrograde

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having a backward motion or direction

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retroactive

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applying to an earlier time

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42
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retrokject

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throw back

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43
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retrovirus

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a virus that synthesizes DNA from RNA instead of the reverse

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categorical

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absolute, without exception

ex) my answer is categorical; no exception will be made

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catharsis

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purification, cleansing

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46
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cathartic

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relating to purification, cleansing

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47
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caucus

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smaller group within an organization

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48
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causality

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cause-and-effect relationship

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cause celebre

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any controversy that attracts great public attention

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caustic

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sarcastically biting;burning

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cavalier

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carefree, happy; showing offhand disregard; dismissive

ex) his cavalier approach annoys me; i prefer a systematic and careful approach

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caveat

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a warning; a qualification or explanation

ex) the experienced businessman added several important caveats to the contract

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cavort

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to frolic/장난치다

ex) the young couple cavorted on the beach all afternoon

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cede

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to surrender possession of something

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celibate

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abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried

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censorious

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severely critical

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57
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cerebral

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intellectually sophisticated

ex) Joe’s interests tend toward cerebral subjects sch as literature/science

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cessation

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halt

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chagrin

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shame, embarrassment

ex) to his chagrin, john realized he has forgotten to say thank you to the man that saved his life

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chalice

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cup

ex) the winner of golf tournament receives a silver chalice

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charlatan

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fake

ex) ~by the state helps protect the public from charlatans

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chary

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cautious

63
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chauvinism

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fanatical patriotism

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cherubic

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sweet, innocent, resembling an angel

65
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chicanery

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trickery, fraud

66
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chide

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to scold

67
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chimera

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something that is fantastic; fanciful mental illusion

ex) tim’s goal is a chimera

68
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chivalry

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the qualities idealized by knighthood such as bravery

69
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choleric

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short-tempered

70
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chromatic

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relating to color

71
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churlish

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rude; boorish

ex) the hotel guest apologized for his churlish behavior

72
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cipher

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1) secret code

2) non-entity; worthless person or thing

73
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circumscribe

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to limit narrowly; restrict

ex) the educator believes that a child’s reading should not be circumscribed

74
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ridibund

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easily moved to laughter

75
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prerogative

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a special right or privilege

76
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rogatory

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requesting information

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rogation

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solemn prayer

78
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derogatory

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disparaging; belittling

79
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sanctimonious

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pretending to be pious or righteous

80
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scibile

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something that is possible to know

81
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sciolism

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conceited and shallow knowledgeability

82
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conceit

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자만심, 자부심

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prescient

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having foresight

84
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nescient

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absence of knowledge; ignorance

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scopic

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visual

86
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periscope

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optical instrument used to see things from a position not in at direct line of sight

87
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colonoscope

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long, flexible instrument used to visually examine the colon

88
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prescribe

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set down a rule; recommend a treatment

89
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nondescript

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lacking interesting or distinctive qualities; dull

90
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secede

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withdraw from membership in an alliance

91
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secretive

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not open or frank

92
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sectile

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relating to a mineral that can be cut smoothly by a knife

93
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intersection

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the process or result of cutting across or through

94
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secant

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a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points

95
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sequel

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something that follows

96
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inconsequential

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insignificant;unimportant

97
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obsequious

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overly submissive

98
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sequatious

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disposed to follow another

99
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semiterrestial

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partially living on land

100
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semiannual

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occurring twice a year

101
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semiaquatic

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not entirely adapted for living in water

102
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semitaur

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in mythology, a creature that is half-man and half-bull

103
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circumspect

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cautious, wary

hillary has adopted a circumspect approach

104
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clamber

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to climb by crawling

105
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clamor

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noisy outcry

106
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claustrophobia

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fear of small confined places

107
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clemency

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noun) lenient

ex) the prisoner appealed to the warden for clemency

108
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cloister

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to confine; seclude

ex) the writer cloistered herself in a cabin

109
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coagulate

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thicken, congeal

110
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coalesce

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to cause to become one
ex) the class coalesced as the year went on
111
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coalition

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an alliance

ex) a coalition of nations combined their forces to defeat the aggressor

112
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coda

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concluding part of literary or musical composition; something that summarizes or concludes
ex) the novel’s coda suggests several ways to interpret the work

113
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codification

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systematization

ex) codification of the state’s law was completed in 1886

114
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coercion

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use of force

115
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cognate

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related, similar

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cognizant

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informed; conscious; aware

117
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cognomen

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a surname; a nickname

ex) the two-hundred-pound football tackle is known by his cognomen “little john”

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coherence

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condition of being intelligible an understandable

ex) coherence is considered a major virtue

119
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conhesion

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the act or process of sticking together

ex) crime tends to rise when there is poor social cohesion

120
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collage

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artistic composition of materials pasted over a surface

121
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colloquy

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dialogue,conversation

ex) the university sponsored a colloquy on social problems

122
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commiseration

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expression of pity

123
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commodity

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something that can be turned to commercial advantage

ex) information is increasingly becoming a commodity

124
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comune

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to be very sensitive and receptive to something

ex) the poet went for a walk to commune with nature

125
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communicable

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transmittable

ex) outbreak of a communicable disease

126
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compendium

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a brief, comprehensive summary

127
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awash

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covered, filled, crowded

128
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prosthetic

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of or relating to artificial body part

129
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swindle

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to cheat out of money

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bugbear

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persistent problem or source of annoyance

131
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paranoia

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baseless or excessive suspicion of the motives of others

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redouble

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to double, echo

133
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chummy

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friendly; intimate

134
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gaffe

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faux pas, a significant error/ mistake

135
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sliding scale

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차등제

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interlocutor

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대화 상대

137
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exasperate

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몹시 화나다

138
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pillory

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강력히 비판하다

139
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hold water

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if a reason, argument, or explanation holds water it is true

140
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per se

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본질적으로

141
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level

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솔직하다

142
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tarmac

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material used for making road surfaces

143
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noose

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올가미/ 자승자박하다

144
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sensate

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perceived by the senses

145
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sentisection

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vivisection preformed without the use of anesthesia

146
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solarium

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room exposed to sunlight

147
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solarize

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expose to sunlight

148
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solstice

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the point of time when the sun in furthest from the equator

149
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soliterraneous

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relating to the meteorological effect of sun and earth

150
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solarimeter

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device that measures the flux of the sun’s radiation

151
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solute

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a substance dissolved in another one

152
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dissolution

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disintegration; debauchery

153
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somnambulance

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walking in one’s sleep

154
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somniloquence

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talking in one’s sleep

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