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Canvass

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V. Determine votes, etc.

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Canto

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N. Division of a long poem

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Capacious

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Adj. Spacious

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Capitulate

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V. Surrender

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Capricious

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Adj. Unpredictable; fickle; fanciful

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Cardinal

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Adj. Chief

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Careen

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V. Lurch; sway from side to side

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Carnal

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Adj. Fleshy

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Carping

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Adj. Finding fault

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Castigate

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V. Criticize severely; punish

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Cataclysm

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N. Violent upheaval; deluge

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Catalyst

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N. Agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged

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Cataract

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N. Great waterfall; Eye abnormality

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Catechism

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N. Book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer

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Categorical

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Adj. Without exceptions; unqualified; absolute

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Catharsis

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N. Purging or cleansing of any passage of the body

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Catholic

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Adj. Broadly sympathetic; liberal

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Caucus

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N. Private meeting of members of the party to select officers or determine policy

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Caulk

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V. Make watertight by filling in cracks

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Causal

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Adj. Implying a cause-and-effect relationship

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Cavalcade

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N. Procession; parade

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Cavalier

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Adj. Offhand or casual; haughty

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Cavil

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V. Make frivolous objections

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Celerity

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N. Speed; rapidity

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Celibate

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Adj. Unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse

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Censorious

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Adj. Critical

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Censure

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V. Blame; criticize

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Centrifugal

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Adj. Radiating; departing from the center

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Centripetal

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Adj. Tending toward the center

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Cerebration

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N. Thought

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Cessation

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N. Stoppage

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Cession

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N. Yielding to another; ceding

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Chaff

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N. Worthless products of an endeavor

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Chaffing

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Adj. Bantering; joking

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Chagrin

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N. Vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride); disappointment