C Flashcards

(50 cards)

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a restaurant providing food, drink, music, a dance floor, and often a floor show.

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Cabaret

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gymnastic exercises designed to develop physical health and vigor, usually performed with little or no special apparatus.

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Calisthenics

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made hard; hardened

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Callous

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a technique of engraving upon a gem or other stone, as onyx, in such a way that an underlying stone of one color is exposed as a background for a low-relief design of another color.

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Cameos

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the act, means, or result of obscuring things to deceive an enemy, as by painting or screening objects so that they are lost to view in the background, or by making up objects that from a distance have the appearance of fortifications, guns, roads,

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Camouflage

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an artilleryman

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Cannoneer

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disagreeable to deal with

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Cantankerous

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having power and ability; efficient; competent:

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Capably

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of, pertaining to, or affecting the heart and lungs: cardiopulmonary laboratory.

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Cardiopulmonary

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a picture, description

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Caricature

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Flesh Eating

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Carnivorous

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a sudden and widespread disaster

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Catastrophe

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any general or comprehensive division; a class.

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Category

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swiftness; speed.

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Celerity

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a plant, Apium graveolens, of the parsley family, whose leafstalks are eaten raw or cooked.

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Celery

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an area set apart for or containing graves, tombs, or funeral urns, especially one that is not a churchyard; burial ground; graveyard.

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Cemetery

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a container , usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible

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Censer

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18
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Changing

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Changeable

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19
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a dense growth of shrubs or small trees

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Chaparral

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someone who accompanies and supervises a group, esp of young people, usually when in public places

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Chaperone

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Characteristic

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Characteristic

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A distinguishing feature or quality

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Chrysanthemum

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to bring out of a savage, uneducated, or rude state;

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to make clean

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the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region,
Climate
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a commissioned officer of similar rank in the armed forces of some other nations.
Colonel
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more than adequate or sufficient
Comfortable
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to call to remembrance
Commemorate
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the act of burying someone's body in a grave
Committal
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able to take part in a trial
Competent
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a person who knows a lot about something
Connoisseur
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something that happens as a result of a particular action or set of conditions
Consequence
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something that happens as a result of a particular action or set of conditions
Consequently
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large in size, amount, or quantity
Considerable
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used to state that the opposite of what was said before is true
Contrary
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argument that involves many people who strongly disagree about something
Controversy
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the process or period of becoming well again after an illness or injury
Convalescence
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a quality or situation that makes something easy or useful for someone by reducing the amount of work or time required to do something
Convenience
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a container that is shaped like a horn and is full of fruits and flowers
Cornucopia
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to cause (someone or something) to become dishonest, immoral,
Corruptible
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very brave : having or showing courage
Courageous
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polite behavior that shows respect for other people
Courtesy
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a deep, narrow opening or crack in an area of thick ice or rock
Crevasse
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involving illegal activity : relating to crime
Criminal
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to feel disgust or embarrassment and often to show this feeling by a movement of your face or body
Cringe
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to express disapproval of (someone or something)
Criticize
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a type of roll that has a curved shape and that is usually eaten at breakfast
Croissant
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a room under a church in which people are buried after they have died
Crypt
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a person (especially an old man) who is easily annoyed or angered and who often complains
Curmudgeon
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a person who has negative opinions about other people and about the things people do
Cynic