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Cache
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A hiding place
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Cabal
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A small, secret group
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Cacophony
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Harsh or unpleasant sound
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Cadaverous
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Pale; ghastly; corpse like
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Cadence
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Rhythm; beat
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Caesura
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Pause
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Cajole
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To coax; to persuade
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Calamitous
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Causing trouble or misery; disastrous
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Caliber
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Degree of worth
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Callous
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Unyielding; insensitive
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Callow
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Young and inexperienced
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Calumny
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A false accusation; slander
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Camaraderie
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Loyalty; friendship
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Canard
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A false story, report or rumor
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Candor
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Honesty; openness; frankness
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Canny
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Shrewd
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Canon
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Rule; law; standard
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Cant
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Insincere statements usually made in a singsong tone
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Cantankerous
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Bad-tempered; quarrelsome
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Canter
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Smooth, easy pace; gallop
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Canvass
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To make a survey
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Capacious
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Spacious; roomy
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Capitulate
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To surrender
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Capricious
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Erratic; impulsive
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Captious
Hard to please; faultfinding
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Carapace
Shell; hard, protective covering
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Cardinal
Principal; chief
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Careen
To swerve; to dip to one side
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Carnage
Slaughter; massacre
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Carouse
To engage in a noisy, drunken party
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Carp
Fish; to complain (v)
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Carrion
Decaying flesh
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Carte Blanche
Freedom to use ones own judgment
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Cartel
Association of business firms
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Cascade
A waterfall
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Castigate
To punish
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Cataclysm
A violent change
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Catacomb
Underground burial place
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Cataract
Large waterfall;
| Abnormality of the eye
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Cathartic
Cleansing
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Catholic
Universal; wide-ranging
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Caucus
A private meeting
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Caustic
Sarcastic; severely critical; corrosive
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Cauterize
To burn
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Cavalcade
A procession; a sequence of events
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Cavalier
A haughty and casually indifferent person
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Caveat
A warning
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Cavil
To quibble; to argue
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Cavort
To leap about; to frolic
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Celerity
Speed; swiftness
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Celestial
Heavenly
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Censure
To criticize sharply
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Centrifugal
Moving away from the center
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Cerebration
Thinking; using ones brain
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Certitude
Sureness; certainty
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Chafe
To irritate; to annoy
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Chaff
Worthless matter
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Chagrin
Embarrassment; complete loss of courage
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Champ
To bite impatiently (v);
| To show impatience
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Charlatan
A fake; a quack
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Charnel
Cemetery; tomb
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Chary
(Of) careful; cautious
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Chasm
A wide gap
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Chastise
To punish; to purify
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Chattel
Slave
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Chauvinism
Fanatical devotion to ones country, sex, religion, etc.
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Cherub
Angel; an innocent person
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Chicanery
Trickery; deception
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Chide
To scold
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Chimerical
Imaginary; fantastic; unreal
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Choreography
The art of handwriting
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Choleric
Easily angered
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Churlish
Rude; I'll-bred
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Cipher
Person or thing of no value; zero
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Circuitous
Roundabout; indirect
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Circumlocution
Roundabout way of speaking
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Circumscribe
To encircle: to limit or confine
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Circumspect
Cautious; careful
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Circumvent
To surround or entrap; to go around or bypass
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Citadel
A fortress
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Clairvoyant
Having great insight; keenly perceptive
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Clamber
To climb with effort or difficulty
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Clamor
Noises
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Clandestine
Secretive; private
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Clangor
Harsh ringing sound
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Clarion
Clear and shrill
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Cleft
Split; divided
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Clemency
Mercy; leniency
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Clime
Climate; region
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Cloistered
Secluded; confined
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Clout
Power; influence
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Cloven
Divided; split
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Coadjutor
Assistant; helper
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Coalesce
To blend; to merge; to fuse
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Coddle
To treat tenderly
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Coerce
To force
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Coffer
A strongbox
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Cog
A gear tooth; a minor part
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Cogent
Convincing
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Cogitate
To think; to consider carefully
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Cognate
Related; relevant
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Cognizant
Aware
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Cognomen
Family name; last name
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Cohort
Colleague; associate; partner
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Collate
To put together in order
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Colloquial
Informal
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Colloquy
Conversation
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Collusion
Conspiracy; an agreement to commit a wrongful act
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Colossal
Huge; enormous
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Combative
Eager to fight; argumentative
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Combustible
Capable of catching fire easily
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Comely
Attractive
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Commendation
Praise
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Comensurate
Proportionate
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Commiserate
To express pity for
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Commodious
Roomy; spacious
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Compendium
Brief summary
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Complacent
Self-satisfied
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Complicity
Partnership in a wrongful act
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Compulsory
Required
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Compunction
Uneasiness; remorse
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Concede
To admit; to grant
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Concentric
Having a common center
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Conception
A beginning; original idea or plan
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Concession
Allowance; the act of yielding
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Conciliate
To soothe the anger of; to win over
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Conclave
Secret meeting
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Concoct
To invent; to devise
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Concomitant
Accompanying; attending
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Concord
Agreement; harmony
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Concourse
A crowd; a wide street
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Condign
Deserved; suitable
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Condone
To excuse; to overlook
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Conducive
Tending to or leading to
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Conduit
Pipe or tube through which fluid or electricity passes
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Conflagration
A large and destructive fire
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Confluent
Merging; flowing together
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Confounded
Confused; amazed
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Congeal
To freeze solid; to thicken
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Congenial
Friendly; agreeable
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Conglomerate
Mass; cluster; corporation
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Congregate
To gather; to assemble
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Congruent
In agreement
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Coniferous
Bearing cones
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Conjecture
To guess
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Conjugal
Pertaining to marriage
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Conjure
To call upon or to command a devil or spirit to practice magic; cast a spell on
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Connivance
Pretended ignorance of another's wrongdoing; conspiracy
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Connoisseur
An expert
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Connote
To suggest or imply
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Connubial
Pertaining to marriage
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Consanguinity
Close relationship, usually by blood
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Consecrate
To make holy
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Consensus
General agreement, especially of opinion
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Console
A musical panel or unit ; to comfort
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Consolidate
To combine; to make or become solid
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Consonant
In agreement or harmony
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Consort
A husband or wife; to associate or to join (v)
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Consternation
Sudden confusion; panic
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Constituents
Voters; supporters
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Construe
To analyze; to interpret
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Consummate
To complete (v); perfect (adj)
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Contemn
To regard with scorn or contempt
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Contemptuous
Scornful
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Contentious
Ready to argue; quarrelsome
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Contiguous
Nearby; neighboring
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Contingent
Possible
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Contraband
Smuggled or stolen goods
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Contravene
To go against; to oppose
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Contretemps
An embarrassing occurrence
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Contrite
Sorrowful; penitent
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Contumacious
Disobedient; obstinate
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Contumely
Rudeness
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Contusion
A bruise
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Conundrum
A riddle
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Convalesce
To recover from an illness
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Convene
To come together; to assemble
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Conventional
Ordinary; usual
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Conversant
Familiar with
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Converse
To talk to someone (v); the opposite (n)
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Conveyence
A vehicle
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Convivial
Sociable; friendly
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Convoke
To call together
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Copious
Plentiful; abundant
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Coquetry
Flirtation
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Corollary
Inference; deduction; consequence
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Corona
Crown; bright circle
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Corporeal
Pertaining to the body
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Corpulent
Fat; fleshy
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Corroborate
To strengthen; to confirm
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Corrugated
Wrinkled; ridged; furrowed
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Cortege
funereal procession; group of followers
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Cosmic
Pertaining to the universe
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Cosmopolitan
Worldly-wise; universal
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Coterie
Close circle of friends
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Countenance
The face (n); to permit, tolerate, or approve (v)
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Countermand
Duplicate; copy
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Coup
A brilliant move; a successful and sudden attack
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Courier
Messenger
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Covert
Hidden; secretive
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Covet
To desire
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Cower
To tremble in fear
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Cozen
To trick
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Crass
Stupid; unrefined
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Craven
Cowardly
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Credence
Belief; trust
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Credulity
Readiness to believe; gullibility
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Creed
A religious belief
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Crescendo
Gradual increase in intensity or loudness
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Crestfallen
Dejected; humbled
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Crone
Hag; withered old woman
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Crony
Close friend
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Crotchety
Grouchy; eccentric
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Crucible
A severe test or trial
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Crux
The essential part
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Cryptic
Mysterious; secretive
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Cudgel
Club; thick stick
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Cull
To select; to pick
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Culminate
To result in; to reach the highest point
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Culpable
Blameworthy
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Cumbersome
Heavy; hard to handle because of size or weight
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Cupidity
Greed
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Curry
To try to win favor by flattery
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Cursory
Superficial; hasty
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Curtail
To cut short
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Cynosure
Center of attention
