Word List 8 Flashcards by Joseline lu | Brainscape

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Canto

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Division of a long poem

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Canvass

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Determine votes

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Capacious

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Spacious

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Capacity

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Mental or physical ability

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Capitulate

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Surrender

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Caprice

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Sudden

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Capricious

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Unpredictable; fickle

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Cardinal

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Chief

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Cardiologist

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A doctor specializing in the heart

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Careen

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Lurch; sway from side to side

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Carnage

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Destruction of life

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Camal

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Fleshly

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Carping

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Finding fault

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Cascade

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Small waterfall

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Castigate

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Criticize severely

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Casualty

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Serious or fatal accident

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Cataclysm

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Violent upheaval; deluge

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Catapult

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Slingshot; a hurling machine

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Cataract

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Great waterfall

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Catcall

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Shout of disapproval; boo

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Catechism

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Book for religious instruction

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Categorical

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Without exception; unqualified; absolute

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Cater to

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Supply something desired

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Catharsis

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Purging or cleansing of any passage of the body

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Catholic

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Broadly sympathetic; liberal

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Caucus

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Private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy

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Caulk

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Fill in cracks

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Causal

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Implying a cause-and-effect relationship

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Caustic

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Burning; sarcastically biting

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Cavalcade

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Procession; parade

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Cavalier

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Offhand or casual; haughty

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Cavil

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Make frivolous objections

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Cede

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Yield to; surrender formally

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Celebrated

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Famous; well-known

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Celerity

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Speed; rapidity

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Celestial

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Heavenly; relating to the sky

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Celibate

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Unmarried

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Censor

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Overseer of morals

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Censorious

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Critical

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Censure

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Blame; criticize

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Centigrade

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Measure of temperature used widely in Europe

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Centrifugal

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Departing from the center

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Cerebral

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Pertaining to the brains

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Cerebration

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Thoughts

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Ceremonious

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Marked by formality

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Certitude

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Certainty

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Cessation

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Stoppage

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Cession

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Yielding to another; ceding

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Chafe

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Warm by rubbing

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Chaff

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Worthless product of an endeavor

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Chaffing

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Bantering; joking

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Chagrin

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Vexation; disappointment

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Chalice

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Goblet; consecrated cup