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1
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chasten

A

discipline, punish in order to correct

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chastise

A

punish

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chauvinist

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blindly devoted patriot

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check

A

stop motion, curb orr restrain

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checkered

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marked by changes in fortune

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chicanery

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trickery, deception

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chide

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scold

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chimerical

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fantastically improbable, highhly unrealistic

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chisel

A

swindle or cheat, cut with a chhisel

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chivalrous

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courteous, faithful, brave

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chronic

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long establishhed as a disease

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chronicle

A

report, record

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cipher

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secret code

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cipher

A

nonentity, worthless person or thing

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circuitous

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roundabout

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circumlocution

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indirect or roundabout expression

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circumscribe

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limit, confine

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circumspect

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prudent, cautious

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circumvent

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outwit, baffle

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cite

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refer to a quote to justify a position, praise, summon someone in court

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civil

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having to do with citizens or the state, courteous or polite

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clamor

A

noise

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clemency

A

disposition to be lenient, mildness as of the weather

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clench

A

close tightly, grasp

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cliché

A

phrase dulled in meaning by repetition, trite theme

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clientele

A

body of customers

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climactic

A

relating to highest point

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clip

A

section of a filmed material

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clique

A

small exclusive group

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clout

A

great influence (political or social)

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coagulate

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thicken, congeal, clot

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coalesce

A

combine, use

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coalition

A

partnership, league

34
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coddle

A

to treat gently

35
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codify

A

arrange (laws or rules) as a code, classify

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coercion

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use o force to get someone to obey

37
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cogent

A

convincing

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cogitate

A

thhink over

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cognitive

A

having to do with knowingor perceiving

40
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cognizance

A

knowledge

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cohere

A

stick together

42
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cohesion

A

tendency to stick together

43
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coin

A

make coins, invented or fabricate

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coincidence

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two or more things occurring at the same time by chance

45
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collaborate

A

work together

46
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collate

A

examine in order to verify authenticity

47
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collateral

A

security given ffor loan

48
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colloquial

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pertaining to conversational or common speech

49
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collusion

A

conspiring in a fraudulent scheme

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colossal

A

huge

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comeuppance

A

rebuke, deserts

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