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Cabal

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a secret group seeking to overturn something

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Cache

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a hiding place, stockpile

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Cacophony

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a jarring, unpleasant noise

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Cadence

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rhythmic flow of poetry, marching beat

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Cajole

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to flatter, coax, persuade

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Calamity

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disaster, catastrophe

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Calculating

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shrewd, crafty

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Callow

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immature, lacking sophistication

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Calumny

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a false and malicious accusation, mispresentation

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Camaraderie

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trust, sociability amongst friends

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Canard

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a lie

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Candid

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impartial and honest in speech

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Cantankerous

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having a difficult, uncooperative, or stubborn disposition

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Capacious

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large, roomy, expensive

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Capitulate

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to submit completely, surrender

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Capricious

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impulsive, whimsical, without much thought

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Captious

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marked by the tendency to point out trivial faults, intended to confuse in an argument

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Carnivorous

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meat eating

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Carouse

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to partake in drunken amusement, drink excessively

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Cartographer

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someone who makes maps

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Cartography

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science or art of making maps

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Castigate

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to punish, chastise, criticize severely

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Cataclysmic

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severely destructive

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Catalyst

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something that provokes or speeds up significant change, especially without being affected by the consequences

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Catastrophic

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of, or relating to, a terrible event or complete failure

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Catharsis

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purification, cleansing

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Catholic

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universal, broad and comprehensive

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Caucus

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a closed committee within a political party, a private committee meeting

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Caustic

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biting, sarcastic

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Cavalier

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carefree, happy, with lordly disdain

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Cede

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to surrender possession of something

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Celerity

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speed, haste

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Censor

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to examine and suppress information

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Censorious

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critical, tending to blame and condemn

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Censure

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to find fault with and condemn as wrong, blame

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Centripetal

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directed or moving twoard the center

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Cerebral

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intellectual

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Certitude

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assurance, freedom from doubt

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Cessation

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a temporary or complete halt

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Chagrin

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shame, embarrassment, humiliation

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Challenge

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take exception to, call into question

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Chaos

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great disorder or confused situation

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Chapped

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reddened by cold or exposure

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Charlatan

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quack, fake

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Chary

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watchful, cautious, extremely shy

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Chauvinist

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someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs

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Cherish

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to remember fondly, treat with affection

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Chicanery

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trickery, fraud, deception

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Chimerical

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fanciful, imaginary, impossible

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Choleric

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easily angered, short-tempered

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Chromosome

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a threadlike body that carries genes in an organism

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Circuitous

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indirect, roundabout

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Circumlocution

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roundabout, lengthy way of saying something

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Circumscribe

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to encircle, set limits on, confine

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Circumspect

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cautious, wary

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Circumvent

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to go around, avoid

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Civility

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courtesy, politeness

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Clairvoyant

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exceptionally insightful, able to fore-see the future

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Clamp

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establish by authority

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Clandestine

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secretive, concealed for a darker purpose

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Clarity

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clearness, clear understanding

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Clemency

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merciful leniency

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Cliche

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overused expression or idea

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Clientele

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body of customers or patrons

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Clique

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small exclusive group

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Cloying

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sickly sweet, excessive

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Coagulate

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to clot, to cause to thicken

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Coalesce

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to grow together or cause to unite as one

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Coffer

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strongbox, large chest for money

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Cogent

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logically forceful, compelling, convincing

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Cognizant

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fully informed, conscious

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Coherent

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intelligible, lucid, understandable

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Cohesion

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act or state of sticking together, close union

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Collaborator

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someone who helps on a task

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Collage

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assemblage of diverse elements

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Collateral

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accompanying

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Colloquial

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characteristic of informal speech

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Colloquy

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dialogue or conversation, conference

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Collusion

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collaboration, complicity, conspiracy

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Colossal

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immense, enormous

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Combative

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eager to fight

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Combustion

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the process of burning

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Comeliness

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physical grace and beauty

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Commemorate

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to serve as a memorial to

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Commensurate

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proportional

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Commentary

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series of explanations of interpretations

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Commodious

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roomy, spacious

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Commute

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to change a penalty to a less severe one

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Comparable

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similar or equivalent

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Compassion

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sympathy, helpfulness, or mercy

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Compelling

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urgently requiring attention, forceful

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Compensate

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to repay or reimburse

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Complacence

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self-satisfaction, lack of concern

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Complacent

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self-satisfied, smug

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Complement

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to complete, perfect

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Complex

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complicated

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Compliant

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submissive, yielding

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Complicity

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knowing partnership in wrongdoing

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Composed

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serene, calm

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Comprehensible

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readily understood

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Comprehensive

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very large in scope

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Compulsion

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an irrestible impulse to act

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Compunction

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feeling of uneasiness caused by guilt or regret

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Compute

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to determine by mathematics

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Conceited

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holding an unduly high opinion of oneself

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Conceivable

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capable of being understood

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Conciliatory

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overcoming distrust or hostility

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Concot

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to devise using skill and intelligence

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Concomitant

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existing concurrently

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Concord

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agreement

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Concordant

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agreeing

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Condemnation

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an expression of strong disapproval

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Condense

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to make more concise

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Condescending

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possessing an attitude of superiority

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Condole

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to grieve, to express sympathy

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Condolence

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sympathy for a person’s misfortune

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Condone

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to pardon or forgive

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Conduit

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tube, pipe, or similar passage

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Configuration

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arrangement of parts or elements

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Confiscation

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seizure by authorities

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Conflagration

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big, destructive fire

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Conflict

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a clash

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Confluence

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the act of two things flowing together, the junction or place where two things meet

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Conformity

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similarity in form or character

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Confound

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to baffle, perplex

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Confrontational

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eager to come face-to-face with

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Congeal

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to become thick or solid as a liquid freezing

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Congenital

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existing since birth

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Congruity

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correspondence, harmony, agreement

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Conjecture

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speculation, prediction

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Conjure

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to evoke a spirit, cast a spell

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Connoisseur

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a person with expert knowledge or discriminating tastes

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Consanguineous

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having the same lineage or ancestry, related by blood

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Consecrate

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to declare sacred, dedicate to a goal

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Consensus

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agreement of opinion or attitude

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Conservatism

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inclination to maintain tradiitional values

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Conserve

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use sparingly, protect from loss or harm

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Consolation

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something providing comfort or solace for a loss or hardship

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Consonant

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consistent with, in agreement with

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Constellation

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a collection of stars with a perceived design

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Consternation

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an intense state of fear or dismay

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Constituent

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component, part, citizen, voter

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Constraint

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something that rescticts or confines within prescribed bounds

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Construe

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to explain or interpret

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Consummate

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accomplished, complete, perfect

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Consumption

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the act of eating or taking in

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Contagious

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spreading from one to another

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Contaminate

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to make impure by contact

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Contemplate

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to consider carefully

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Contemporary

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belonging to the same period of time

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Contemptuous

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scornful, expressing contempt

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Content

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satisfied

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Contentious

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quarrelsome, disagreeable, belligerent

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Contiguous

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sharing a boundary, neighboring

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Continence

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self-control, self-restraint

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Contract

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acquire

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Contradiction

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statement opposite to what was already said

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Contravene

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to contradict, deny, act contrary to

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Contrite

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deeply sorrowful and repentant for a wrong

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Contumacious

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rebellious

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Conundrum

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riddle, puzzle, or problem with no solution

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Convalesce

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to gradually recover from an illness

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Convention

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general acceptance of practices or attitudes

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Conventional

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typical, customary

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Convergence

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the state of separate elements joining or coming together

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Convey

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to transport, to make known

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Convict

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to find guilty of a crime

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Conviction

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fixed or strong belief

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Convivial

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sociable, fond of eating, drinking, and people

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Convoke

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to call together, summon

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Convoluted

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twisted, complicated, involved

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Copious

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abundant, plentiful

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Coquette

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a flirtatious woman

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Cordial

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warm and sincere

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Corporeal

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having to do with the body, tangible, material

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Corpulence

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obesity, fatness, bulkiness

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Corrective

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intended to fix, remedy

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Corroborate

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to confirm, verify

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Corrosive

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gradually destructive

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Cosmopolitan

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pertinent or common to the whole world

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Cosset

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to pamper, treat with great care

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Coterie

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an intimate group of persons with a similar purpose

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Countenance

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facial expression, look of approval or support; to favor, support

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Counteract

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to oppose the effects by contrary action

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Countermand

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to annul, cancel, make a contrary order

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Countervail

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to act or react with equal force

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Covert

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secretive, not openly shown

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Crafty

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underhanded, devious, or deceptive

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Crass

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crude, unrefined

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Craven

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cowardly

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Credence

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acceptance of something as true or real

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Credo

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system of principles or beliefs

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Credulous

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gullible, trusting

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Crescendo

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gradual increase in volume of sound

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Crude

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unrefined, natural, blunt, offensive

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Cue

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reminder, prompt

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Cull

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to select, weed out

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Culpable

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guilty, responsible for wrong

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Cumulative

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increasing, collective

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Cunning

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given to artful deception

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Cupidity

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greed

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Curator

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overseer of an exhibition, especially in a museum

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Curmudgeon

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cranky person

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Curriculum

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the syllabus for a particular class or the courses offered by a school

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Cursory

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hastily done, superficial

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Curt

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hastily done, superficial

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Curtail

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to shorten

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Cylindrical

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having the form of a cylinder

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