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-grad, gress

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  • go, step.
  • gradual: step by step, by degrees.
  • H.T.R: gradual
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-graph, gram

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  • writing.
  • telegram: instantaneous message over great distance.
  • H.T.R: telegram.
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-greg

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  • flock, herd
  • gregarious: tending to a group as in a herd.
  • H.T.R: The Walking Dead
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-helio

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  • sun.
  • heliograph: instrument that uses the sun’s rays to send signals.
  • H.T.R: high and hot.
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-it, itiner

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  • journey, road.
  • itinerary: plan of journey.
  • H.T.R: itinere-to plan in Latin.
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-jac, jact, jec

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  • to throw.
  • ejaculatory: casting or throwing out.
  • H.T.R: ejaculatory.
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-jur, jurat

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  • to swear.
  • jury: group of men and women sworn to seek the truth.
  • H.T.R: jury.
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-labor, laborat

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  • to work.
  • laborious: difficult.
  • H.T.R: laborare- to work in Latin.
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-leg, lect, lig

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  • to choose, to read.
  • legible: able to be read.
  • H.T.R: lecture.
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-leg

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  • law.
  • legitimate: lawful.
  • H.T.R: legal.
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-liber, libr

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  • book.
  • library: collection of books.
  • H.T.R: legere- to read in Latin.
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-liber

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  • free.
  • liberation: the fact of setting free.
  • H.T.R: liberty!
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-log

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  • word, study.
  • monologue: speech by one person.
  • H.T.R: think logical and study.
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-loqu, locut

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  • to talk.
  • loquacious: talkative.
  • H.T.R: loquacious.
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-luc

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  • light.
  • lucid: clear.
  • H.T.R: lucid.
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-magn

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  • great.
  • magnify: enlarge.
  • H.T.R: magna-great in Latin.
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-mal

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  • bad.
  • malevolent: wishing evil.
  • H.T.R: mal- bad in Spanish.
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-man

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  • hand
  • manufacture: create (by hand)
  • H.T.R: Mano- hand in Spanish.
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-mar

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  • sea
  • submarine: undersea craft
  • H.T.R: mar- sea in Spanish.
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-log

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  • word, study.
  • monologue: speech by one person.
  • H.T.R: think logical and study.
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-loqu, locut

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  • to talk.
  • loquacious: talkative.
  • H.T.R: loquacious.
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-luc

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  • light.
  • lucid: clear.
  • H.T.R: lucid.
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-magn

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  • great.
  • magnify: enlarge.
  • H.T.R: magna-great in Latin.
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-mal

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  • bad.
  • malevolent: wishing evil.
  • H.T.R: mal- bad in Spanish.
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-man

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  • hand
  • manufacture: create (by hand)
  • H.T.R: Mano- hand in Spanish.
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-mar

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  • sea
  • submarine: undersea craft
  • H.T.R: mar- sea in Spanish.
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-mater, matr

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  • mother.
  • maternal: pertaining to motherhood.
  • H.T.R: mater- mother in Latin.
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-mit, miss

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  • to send.
  • dismiss: send away.
  • H.T.R: missile.
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-mob, mot, mov

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  • move.
  • mobility: ability to move.
  • H.T.R: mobilize.
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-mon, monit

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  • to warn.
  • premonition: foreboding.
  • H.T.R: monere- to warn in Latin.
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-mori, mort

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  • to die.
  • immortal: not dying.
  • H.T.R: mortality.
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-morph

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  • shape, form.
  • metamorphosis: change of shape.
  • H.T.R: pottery.
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-mut

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  • change.
  • mutate: undergo a great change.
  • H.T.R: mutate.
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-nat

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  • born.
  • prenatal: before birth.
  • H.T.R: prenatal.
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-nav

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  • ship.
  • navigate: sail a ship.
  • H.T.R: navigate.
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Breadth (n.)

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  • width, extent.
  • We were impressed by the breadth of her knowledge.
  • H.T.R: bread is wide.
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Brevity (n.)

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  • conciseness.
  • Brevity is essential when you send a telegram or cablegram; you are changed for every word.
  • H.T.R: very clear.
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Bristling (adj.)

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  • rising like bristles, showing irritation.
  • The dog stood there, bristling with anger.
  • H.T.R: mad.
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Brittle (adj.)

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  • easily broken, difficult.
  • My employer’s self-control was as brittle as an egg shell.
  • H.T.R: brittle, break.
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Broach (v.)

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  • introduce, open up.
  • Jack did not even try to broach the subject of religion with his in-laws.
  • H.T.R: brochure.
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Browbeat (v.)

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  • bully, intimidate.
  • Billy resisted Ted’s attempts browbeat him into handing over his lunch money.
  • H.T.R: beat.
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Brunt (n.)

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  • main impact or shock.
  • Tom Sawyer claimed credit for painting the fence, but the brunt of the work fell on others.
  • H.T.R: punch, pow.
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Brusque (adj.)

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  • blunt, abrupt.
  • Was Bruce too brusque when he brushed off Bob’s request with a curt “Not now!”?
  • H.T.R: rude.
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Buccaneer (n.)

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  • pirate.
  • At Disneyland the Pirates of the Caribbean sing a song about their lives as bloody buccaneer.
  • H.T.R: eye patch.
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Bucolic (adj.)

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  • rustic, pastoral.
  • Fileld with browsing cows and bleating sheep, the meadow was a charmingly bucolic sight.
  • H.T.R: countryside.
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Buffet (v.)

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  • slap, batter, knock about.
  • To buffet something is to rough it up.
  • H.T.R: muffet.
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Buffoonery (n.)

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  • clowning.
  • In the Ace Ventura movies, Jim Carrey’s buffoonery was hilarious: like Bozo the clown, he’s a natural buffoon.
  • H.T.R: the word is pretty silly itself.
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Bulwark (n.)

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  • earthwork or other strong defense, person who defends.
  • The navy is our principal bulwark against invasion.
  • H.T.R: punching bag.
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Bumptious (adj.)

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  • self-assertive.
  • His classmates called him a show-off because of his bumptious airs.
  • H.T.R: confidence.
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Bungle (v.)

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  • mismanage, blunder.
  • Don’t butch this assignment, Bumstead; if you bungle the job, you’re fired!
  • H.T.R: mistake.
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Buoyant (adj.)

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  • able to float, cheerful and optimistic.
  • When the boat capsized, her buoyant life jacket kept Jody afloat.
  • H.T.R: bouncy.
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Burgeon (v.)

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  • grow forth, sent out buds.
  • In the spring, plants that burgeon are a promise of the beauty that come.
  • H.T.R: flower bud.
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Burlesque (v.)

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  • give an imitation that ridicules.
  • Rick Moranis burlesques Darth Vader.
  • H.T.R: movie with Christina Aguilera.
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Burly (adj.)

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  • husky, muscular.
  • The burly mover lifted the packing crate with ease.
  • H.T.R: burly, big shoulders.
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Burnish (v.)

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  • make shiny by rubbing, polish.
  • The maid burnished the brass fixtures until they reflected the lamplight.
  • H.T.R: shine bright like a diamond.
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Bustle (v.)

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  • move about energetically, teem.
  • David bustled about the house packing for the camping trip.
  • H.T.R: my best friend.
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Buttress (v.)

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  • support, prop up.
  • The attorney came up with several far-fetched arguments in a vain attempt to buttress his weak case.
  • H.T.R: your butt gives you support.
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Buxom (adj.)

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  • plump, full-bosomed.
  • Fashion models are usually slim and willowy rather than buxom.
  • H.T.R: flower.
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Cabal (n.)

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  • small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests.
  • The cabal was defeated when the scheme was discovered.
  • H.T.R: cable keeps things together.
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Cache (n.)

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  • hiding place.
  • The detectives followed the suspect until he led them to the cache where he stored his loot.
  • H.T.R: hope no one catches it.
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Cacophonous (adj.)

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  • discordant, inharmonious.
  • Do the students in the orchestra enjoy the cacophonous sounds they make when they’re tuning up?
  • H.T.R: jarring.
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Cadaver (n.)

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  • corpse.
  • In some states, it is illegal to diss cadavers.
  • H.T.R: c for cadaver and c for corpse.
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Cadence (n.)

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  • rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds) beat.
  • Marching down the road, the troops sang out, following the cadence set by the sergeant.
  • H.T.R: like a rollercoaster for music.
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Cajole (v.)

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  • coax, wheedle.
  • Diane tried to cajole her father into letting her drive the family car.
  • H.T.R: persuade.
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Calamity (n.)

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  • disaster, misery.
  • As news of the calamity spread, offers of relief poured in to the stricken community.
  • H.T.R: danger.
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Caldron (n.)

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  • large kettle.
  • The savage, heating the caldron, wanted Cruz to stay over for dinner.
  • H.T.R: kettle cooked.
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Caliber (n.)

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  • ability, quality.
  • The scholarship committee searched for students of high caliber.
  • H.T.R: work hard.
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Callous (adj.)

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  • hardened, unfeeling.
  • He had worked in the hospital for so many years that he was callous to the suffering in the wards.
  • H.T.R: callouses.
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Callow (adj.)

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  • youthful, immature, inexperienced.
  • As a freshman, Jack was sure he was a man of the world and when he became a sophomore, he made fun of the freshmen as callow youths.
  • H.T.R: young.
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Calorific (adj.)

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  • heat-producing.
  • Coal is much more calorific than green wood,
  • H.T.R: hot.
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Calumny (n.)

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  • malicious misrepresentation, slander.
  • He could endure his financial failure, but he could not bear the calumny that his foes heaped upon him.
  • H.T.R: false.
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Camaraderie (n.)

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  • good-fellowship.
  • What he loved best about his job was the sense of camaraderie he and his co-workers shared.
  • H.T.R: friendly.
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Candor (n.)

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  • frankness, open honesty.
  • Jack can carry candor too far: when he told Jill his honest opinion of her, she nearly slapped him.
  • H.T.R: blunt.
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Canny (adj.)

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  • shrewd, thrifty.
  • The canny Scotsman was more than a match for the swindlers.
  • H.T.R: judgement.
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Cant (n.)

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  • insincere expressions of piety, jargon of thieves.
  • Shocked by news of the minister’s love affairs, the worshippers dismissed his talk about the sacredness of marriage as mere cant. Cant is a form of hypocrisy: those who can, pray; those who cant, pretend.
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Cantankerous (adj.)

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  • ill humored, irritable.
  • Constantly complaining about his treatment and refusing to cooperate with the hospital staff, he was a cantankerous patient.
  • H.T.R: me in school.
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Canter (n.)

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  • slow gallop.
  • because the racehorse had outdistanced its competition so easily, the reporter wrote that the race was won in a canter.
  • H.T.R: horses.
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Canto (n.)

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  • division of a long poem.
  • Dante’s poetic masterpiece The Divine Comedy is divided into cantos.
  • H.T.R: divide.
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Canvass (v.)

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  • determine votes, etc.
  • After canvassing the sentiments of his constituents, the congressman was confident that he represented the majority opinion of his district.
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Capacious (adj.)

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  • spacious.
  • In the capacious rotunda of the railroad terminal, thousands of travelers lingered while waiting for their train.
  • H.T.R: roomy.
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Capitulate (v.)

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  • surrender.
  • the enemy was warned to capitulate or face annihilation.
  • H.T.R: gave up.
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Capricious (adj.)

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  • unpredictable, fickle, fanciful.
  • The storm was capricious: it changed course constantly.
  • H.T.R: never know what’s going to happen next.
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Captivate (v.)

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  • charm or enthrall.

- Bart and Lisa were captivated by their new nanny’s winning manner.

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Cardinal (adj.)

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  • chief.
  • If you want to increase your word power, the cardinal rule of vocabulary-building is to read.
  • H.T.R: superiority.
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Careen (v.)

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  • lurch, sway from side to side.
  • The taxicab careened wildly as it rounded the corner.
  • H.T.R: when you have to pee.
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Caricature (n.)

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  • exaggerated picture or description, distortion.
  • The cartonist’s caricature of Pesident Bush grossly exaggerated the size of his ears.
  • H.T.R: hyperbole.
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Carnal (adj.)

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  • fleshly.
  • Is the public more interested in carnal pleasures than in spiritual matters? Compare the number of people who read Playbiy daily to the number of those who read the Bible everyday.
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Carping (adj.)

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  • finding fault.

- A carping critic is a nit-picker: he loves to point out flaws. If you don’t like this definition, feel free to carp.

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Castigate (v.)

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  • criticize severely, punish.
  • When the teacher threatened that she would castigate the mischievous boys if they didn’t behave, they shaped up in a hurry.
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Cataclysm (n.)

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  • violent upheaval, deluge.

- The Russian Revolution was a political and social cataclysm that overturned czarist society.

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Cataract (n.)

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  • great waterfall, eye abnormality.
  • She gazed with awe at the mighty cataract known as Niagara Falls.
  • H.T.R: Niagara Falls.

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