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canon

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a rule of law

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cant

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insincere

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canvass

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to seek votes

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capacious

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spacious

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capital

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main town or money owned by business

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capitalism

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free enterprise

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capitulate

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to surrender

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capricious

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unpredictable

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carcinogenic

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causing cancer

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cardinal

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most important

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careen

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to serve

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cariculture

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a portrait that is exaggerated

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cartography

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making maps

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cascade

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a waterfall

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castigate

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to criticize

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cataclysm

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a violent upheaval

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catalyst

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anything that makes something happen w/o being directly involved in(chem)

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categorical

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unconditional

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catharsis

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purification

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catholic

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universal

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caucus

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a meeting

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caustic

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like acid

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cavalier

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arrogant

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cavil

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to quibble

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captivate

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to fascinate

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celibacy

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abstaining from sexual relations

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censure

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to condemn

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celebral

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brainy

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chaff

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worthless stuff

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chagrin

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humiliation

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chamelion

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a highly changeable person

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champion

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to support

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channel

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to direct

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charisma

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ability of attracting followers

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charlatan

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fraud

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chasm

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a deep understanding

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chaste

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pure

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chastise

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to inflict punishment on

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cherub

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a cute child

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chicanery

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trickery

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chimera

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an illusion

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choleric

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hot-tempered

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chortle

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to chuckle

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chronic

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constantc

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chronicle

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a record of events in order of time

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churl

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a rude person / boor

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chutzpah

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audacity

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cipher

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code, zero

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circuitous

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roundabout

50
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circumlocution

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talkng in circles