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CIRCUMSPECT

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Heedful of circumstances and potential consequences; prudent

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CIRCUMSCRIBE

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To limit narrowly; restrict

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CIRCUMVENT

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To avoid or get around by artful maneuvering

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COAGULATE

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To cause transformation of (a liquid or solid, for example) into or as if into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass

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COALITION

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An alliance, especially a temporary one, of people, factions, parties, or nations

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COGENT

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Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning; convincing

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COHERENT

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Sticking together; cohering

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COLLABORATE

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To work together; especially in a joint intellectual effort

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COLLOQUIAL

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Informal speech or writing

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COMMENDABLE

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To be worthy, qualified, or desirable

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COMMUNAL

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Of, or belonging to, or shared by the people of a community; public

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COMPILATION

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Something, such as set of data, a report, or an anthology, that is compiled

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COMPLACENCY

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A feeling of contentment or self-satisfaction, especially when coupled with an unawareness of danger or trouble

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COMPLAISANT

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Exhibiting a desire or willingness to please; cheerfully obliging

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COMPLICITY

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Involvement as an accomplice in a questionable act or a crime

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CONCILIATE

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To overcome the distrust or animosity of; appease

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CONDEMN

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To express strong disapproval of

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CONDONED

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To overlook, forgive, or disregard (an offense)

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CONFLUENCE

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A gathering, flowing, or meeting together at one juncture or point

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CONFOUND

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To cause to become confused or perplexed

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CONGLOMERATE

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A collected heterogenous mass; a cluster

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CONJECTURE

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A guess based on incomplete evidence

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CONSCIENTIOUS

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Guided by or in accordance with the dictates of conscience; principled

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CONSENSUS

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An opinion or position reached by a group as a whole or by majority will; general agreement

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CONSPICUOUS
Attracting attention, as by being unusual or remarkable; noticeable
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CONTEMPORARY
Current; modern
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CONTEMPTUOUS
Manifesting or feeling contempt; scornful
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CONTENTIOUS
Given to contention; quarrelsome
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CONVERSANT
Familiar, as by study or experience
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CONVEY
To take or carry from one place to another; transport; to communicate to make known; impart
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CONVIVIALITY
Fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable
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COPIOUS
Large in quantity; abundant
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CORDIAL
Friendly
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COUNTERINTUITIVE
Contrary to what intuition or common sense would indicate
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COVET
To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's)
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CRAVEN
Characterized by abject fear; cowardly
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CREDIBLE
Capable of being believed; plausible
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CREDULOUS
Disposed to believe too readily; gullible
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CULLED
To remove rejected members or parts from (a herd, for example)
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CULTIVATE
To promote the growth of; to nurture; foster
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CURATORS
One that managed or oversees, as the administrative director of a museum collection or a library
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CURSORY
Performed with haste and scant attention to detail
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CURTAILED
To cut short; abbreviate
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CYNIC
A person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness
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DALLIANCE
Frivolous spending of time; dawdling; playful flirtation
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DAUNTING
Discouraging
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DEARTH
A scarce supply; a lack
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DECORUM
Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety
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DECRY
To condemn openly
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DEFICIENT
Inadequate in amount or degree; insufficient
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DEFT
Skillful
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DEIGN
To think it appropriate to one's dignity; condescend
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DELINQUENT
Failing to do what law or duty requires; overdue in payment
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DEMISTIFY
To make less mysterious; clarify
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DENOTATION
The act of denoting; indication
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DENOUNCE
To condemn openly as being evil I reprehensible
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DERISIVE
Mocking; jeering
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DESECRATE
To violate the sacredness of; profane
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DETERRED
To prevent or discourage from acting, as by means of fear or doubt
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DEVOTEE
One who is ardently devoted to something; an enthusiast or advocate
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DEVOUR
To eat up greedily; to destroy, consume, or waste
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DICHOTOMY
Division into two usually contradictory parts or opinions
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DIFFIDENCE
The quality or star of being diffident; timidity or shyness
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DILAPIDATED
To bring or fall into a state of partial ruin, decay, or disrepair
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DILETTANTE
A dabbler in an art or a field of knowledge
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DILIGENT
Marked by persevering, painstaking effort
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DIMINISH
To make smaller or less or to cause to appear so; to detract from the authority, reputation, or prestige of
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DIRGE
A funeral song
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DISCOMFITED
To make uneasy or perplexed; disconcert
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DISCONCERTED
To upset the self-possession of; ruffle, to frustrate (plans, for example) by throwing into disorder; disarrange
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DISINGENUOUS
Not straightforward or candid; crafty
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DISPARAGING
To speak of in a slighting way; belittle
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DISPARITY
The condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or degree; difference
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DISPUTABLE
Open to dispute; debatable
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DISSOLUTE
Lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices
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DIVISIVE
Creating dissension or discord
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DOGMATIC
Characterized by an authoritative, arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
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DOMINEERING
To rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly; tyrannize
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DOUR
Unyielding; stubborn
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DRAB
Faded and dull in appearance
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DROLL
Amusingly odd or whimsically comical
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DRUDGERY
Tedious, menial, or unpleasant work
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DUBIOUS
Fraught with uncertainty or doubt; undecided, of questionable character
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DYNAMISM
Continuous change, activity, or progress; vigor
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ECCENTRIC
Departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
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ECLIPSE
To obscure or diminish in importance, fame, or reputation
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EDIBLE
Something fit to be eaten; food
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EFFICACIOUS
Producing or capable of producing a desired effect
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EFFRONTERY
Brazen boldness; presumptuousness
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EFFUSIVE
Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy, profuse; overflowing
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EGALITARIAN
Affirming, promoting, or characterized by belief in equal political, economic, social, and civil rights for all people
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ELABORATE
To express at greater length or in greater detail
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ELITIST
The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources
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ELUSIVE
Tending to elude capture, perception, comprehension, or memory
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EMANATE
To come or send forth, as from a source
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EMINENT
Towering or standing out above other, of high rank, station, or quality; noteworthy
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EMPATHY
Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives
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EMPIRICAL
Guided by practical experience and not theory; relying on or derived from observation or experiment
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ENDORSE
To give approval of or support to, especially by public statement; sanction
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ENERVATED
To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of

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