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cacophony

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jarring, unpleasant noise

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cajole

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to flatter, coax, persuade

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callous

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thick-skinned, insensitive

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callow

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immature, lacking sophistication

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candor

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honesty of expression

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canny

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smart; founded on common sense

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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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caricature

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exaggerated portrait, cartoon

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cartography

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science or art of map making

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castigate

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to punish, chastise, criticize severely

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catalyst

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something causing change without being changed

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catholic (adj.)

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universal; broad and comprehensive

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caucus

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smaller group within an organization; a meeting of such a group

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caustic

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biting, sarcastic; corrosive

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cede

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to surrender possession of something

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censorious

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severely critical

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cessation

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temporary or complete halt

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chagrin

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shame, embarrassment, humiliation

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champion (v.)

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to defend or support

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chaotic

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extremely disorderly

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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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chastise

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to punish, discipline, scold

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chide

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to scold, express disapproval

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chromatic

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relating to color

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circuitous

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roundabout

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circumference

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boundary or distance around a circle or sphere

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circumspect

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cautious, wary

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citadel

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fortress or stronghold

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civil

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polite; relating to citizens

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clairvoyant (adj.)

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having ESP, psychic

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clamor (v.)

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to make a noisy outcry

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clandestine

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secretive

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clemency

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merciful leniency

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cloister (v.)

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to confine, seclude

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coalesce

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to grow together or cause to unite as one

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coddle

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to baby, treat indulgently

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coerce

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to compel by force or intimidation

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cogent

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logically forceful, compelling, convincing

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coherent

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intelligible, lucid, understandable

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collateral (adj.)

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accompanying, secondary

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colloquial

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characteristic of informal speech

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collusion

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collaboration, complicity, conspiracy

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commensurate

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proportional

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commodious

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roomy, spacious

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communicable

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transmittable

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commute

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to change a penalty to a less severe one

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compensate

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to repat or reimburse

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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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compliant

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submissive and yielding

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complicity

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knowing partnership in wrongdoing

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compunction

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feeling of uneasiness caused by guilt or regret

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concave

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curving inward

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concede

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to yield, admit

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conciliatory

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appeasing or disarming

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concur

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to agree

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condone

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to pardon or forgive; overlook, justify, or excuse a fault

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conduit

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tube, pipe, or similar passage

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conflagration

A

big, destructive fire

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confound

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to baffle, perplex

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congeal

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to become thick or solid, as a liquid freezing

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congenial

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similar in tastes and habits

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conglomerate (n.)

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collected group of varied things, large corporation

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conjecture (n.()

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speculation, prediction

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conscientious

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governed by conscience; careful and thorough

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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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unanimity, agreement of opinion or attitude

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consolation

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something providing comfort or solace for a loss or hardship

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consolidate

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to combine, incorporate

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constrained

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forced, compelled; confined, restrained

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construe

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to explain or interpret

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contentious

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quarrelsome, disagreeable, belligerent

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continence

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self-control, self restraint

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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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conundrum

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riddle, puzzle, or problem with no solution

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convalescence

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gradual recovery after an illness

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convene

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to meet, come together, assemble

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conventional

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typical, customary, commonplace

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convex

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curved outward

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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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corroborate

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to confirm, verify

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cosmetic (adj.)

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relating to beauty; affecting the appearance of something

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cosmopolitan

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sophisticated, free from local prejudices

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coterie

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small group of persons with a similar purpose

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covert

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hidden; secret

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covet

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to desire strongly something possessed by another

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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

A

acceptance of something as true or real

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credulous

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gullible, trusting

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creed

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statement of belief or principle

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cryptic

A

puzzling

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cuisine

A

characteristic style of cooking

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culmination

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climax, final stage

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culpable

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guilty, deserving of blame

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cupidity

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greed

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curmudgeon

A

cranky person

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cursory

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hastily done, superficial

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curt

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abrupt, blunt

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curtail

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to shorten

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cynic

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person who distrusts the motives of others

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