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Canvass

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V. Determine votes, etc.

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Canto

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N. Division of a long poem

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Capacious

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Adj. Spacious

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Capitulate

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V. Surrender

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Capricious

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Adj. Unpredictable; fickle; fanciful

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Cardinal

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Adj. Chief

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Careen

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V. Lurch; sway from side to side

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Carnal

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Adj. Fleshy

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Carping

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Adj. Finding fault

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Castigate

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V. Criticize severely; punish

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Cataclysm

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N. Violent upheaval; deluge

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Catalyst

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N. Agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged

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Cataract

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N. Great waterfall; Eye abnormality

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Catechism

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N. Book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer

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Categorical

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Adj. Without exceptions; unqualified; absolute

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Catharsis

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N. Purging or cleansing of any passage of the body

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Catholic

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Adj. Broadly sympathetic; liberal

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Caucus

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N. Private meeting of members of the party to select officers or determine policy

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Caulk

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V. Make watertight by filling in cracks

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Causal

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Adj. Implying a cause-and-effect relationship

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Cavalcade

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N. Procession; parade

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Cavalier

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Adj. Offhand or casual; haughty

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Cavil

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V. Make frivolous objections

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Celerity

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N. Speed; rapidity

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Celibate
Adj. Unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse
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Censorious
Adj. Critical
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Censure
V. Blame; criticize
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Centrifugal
Adj. Radiating; departing from the center
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Centripetal
Adj. Tending toward the center
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Cerebration
N. Thought
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Cessation
N. Stoppage
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Cession
N. Yielding to another; ceding
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Chaff
N. Worthless products of an endeavor
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Chaffing
Adj. Bantering; joking
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Chagrin
N. Vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride); disappointment