SAT- C Flashcards
(208 cards)
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Cabal
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a secret group seeking to overturn something
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Cache
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a hiding place, stockpile
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Cacophony
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a jarring, unpleasant noise
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Cadence
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rhythmic flow of poetry, marching beat
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Cajole
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to flatter, coax, persuade
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Calamity
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disaster, catastrophe
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Calculating
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shrewd, crafty
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Callow
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immature, lacking sophistication
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Calumny
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a false and malicious accusation, mispresentation
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Camaraderie
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trust, sociability amongst friends
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Canard
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a lie
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Candid
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impartial and honest in speech
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Cantankerous
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having a difficult, uncooperative, or stubborn disposition
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Capacious
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large, roomy, expensive
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Capitulate
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to submit completely, surrender
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Capricious
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impulsive, whimsical, without much thought
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Captious
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marked by the tendency to point out trivial faults, intended to confuse in an argument
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Carnivorous
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meat eating
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Carouse
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to partake in drunken amusement, drink excessively
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Cartographer
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someone who makes maps
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Cartography
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science or art of making maps
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Castigate
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to punish, chastise, criticize severely
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Cataclysmic
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severely destructive
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Catalyst
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something that provokes or speeds up significant change, especially without being affected by the consequences
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Catastrophic
of, or relating to, a terrible event or complete failure
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Catharsis
purification, cleansing
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Catholic
universal, broad and comprehensive
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Caucus
a closed committee within a political party, a private committee meeting
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Caustic
biting, sarcastic
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Cavalier
carefree, happy, with lordly disdain
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Cede
to surrender possession of something
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Celerity
speed, haste
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Censor
to examine and suppress information
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Censorious
critical, tending to blame and condemn
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Censure
to find fault with and condemn as wrong, blame
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Centripetal
directed or moving twoard the center
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Cerebral
intellectual
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Certitude
assurance, freedom from doubt
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Cessation
a temporary or complete halt
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Chagrin
shame, embarrassment, humiliation
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Challenge
take exception to, call into question
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Chaos
great disorder or confused situation
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Chapped
reddened by cold or exposure
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Charlatan
quack, fake
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Chary
watchful, cautious, extremely shy
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Chauvinist
someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs
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Cherish
to remember fondly, treat with affection
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Chicanery
trickery, fraud, deception
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Chimerical
fanciful, imaginary, impossible
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Choleric
easily angered, short-tempered
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Chromosome
a threadlike body that carries genes in an organism
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Circuitous
indirect, roundabout
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Circumlocution
roundabout, lengthy way of saying something
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Circumscribe
to encircle, set limits on, confine
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Circumspect
cautious, wary
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Circumvent
to go around, avoid
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Civility
courtesy, politeness
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Clairvoyant
exceptionally insightful, able to fore-see the future
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Clamp
establish by authority
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Clandestine
secretive, concealed for a darker purpose
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Clarity
clearness, clear understanding
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Clemency
merciful leniency
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Cliche
overused expression or idea
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Clientele
body of customers or patrons
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Clique
small exclusive group
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Cloying
sickly sweet, excessive
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Coagulate
to clot, to cause to thicken
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Coalesce
to grow together or cause to unite as one
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Coffer
strongbox, large chest for money
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Cogent
logically forceful, compelling, convincing
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Cognizant
fully informed, conscious
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Coherent
intelligible, lucid, understandable
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Cohesion
act or state of sticking together, close union
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Collaborator
someone who helps on a task
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Collage
assemblage of diverse elements
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Collateral
accompanying
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Colloquial
characteristic of informal speech
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Colloquy
dialogue or conversation, conference
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Collusion
collaboration, complicity, conspiracy
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Colossal
immense, enormous
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Combative
eager to fight
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Combustion
the process of burning
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Comeliness
physical grace and beauty
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Commemorate
to serve as a memorial to
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Commensurate
proportional
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Commentary
series of explanations of interpretations
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Commodious
roomy, spacious
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Commute
to change a penalty to a less severe one
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Comparable
similar or equivalent
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Compassion
sympathy, helpfulness, or mercy
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Compelling
urgently requiring attention, forceful
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Compensate
to repay or reimburse
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Complacence
self-satisfaction, lack of concern
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Complacent
self-satisfied, smug
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Complement
to complete, perfect
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Complex
complicated
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Compliant
submissive, yielding
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Complicity
knowing partnership in wrongdoing
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Composed
serene, calm
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Comprehensible
readily understood
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Comprehensive
very large in scope
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Compulsion
an irrestible impulse to act
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Compunction
feeling of uneasiness caused by guilt or regret
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Compute
to determine by mathematics
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Conceited
holding an unduly high opinion of oneself
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Conceivable
capable of being understood
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Conciliatory
overcoming distrust or hostility
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Concot
to devise using skill and intelligence
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Concomitant
existing concurrently
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Concord
agreement
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Concordant
agreeing
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Condemnation
an expression of strong disapproval
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Condense
to make more concise
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Condescending
possessing an attitude of superiority
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Condole
to grieve, to express sympathy
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Condolence
sympathy for a person's misfortune
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Condone
to pardon or forgive
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Conduit
tube, pipe, or similar passage
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Configuration
arrangement of parts or elements
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Confiscation
seizure by authorities
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Conflagration
big, destructive fire
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Conflict
a clash
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Confluence
the act of two things flowing together, the junction or place where two things meet
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Conformity
similarity in form or character
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Confound
to baffle, perplex
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Confrontational
eager to come face-to-face with
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Congeal
to become thick or solid as a liquid freezing
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Congenital
existing since birth
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Congruity
correspondence, harmony, agreement
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Conjecture
speculation, prediction
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Conjure
to evoke a spirit, cast a spell
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Connoisseur
a person with expert knowledge or discriminating tastes
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Consanguineous
having the same lineage or ancestry, related by blood
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Consecrate
to declare sacred, dedicate to a goal
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Consensus
agreement of opinion or attitude
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Conservatism
inclination to maintain tradiitional values
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Conserve
use sparingly, protect from loss or harm
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Consolation
something providing comfort or solace for a loss or hardship
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Consonant
consistent with, in agreement with
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Constellation
a collection of stars with a perceived design
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Consternation
an intense state of fear or dismay
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Constituent
component, part, citizen, voter
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Constraint
something that rescticts or confines within prescribed bounds
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Construe
to explain or interpret
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Consummate
accomplished, complete, perfect
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Consumption
the act of eating or taking in
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Contagious
spreading from one to another
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Contaminate
to make impure by contact
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Contemplate
to consider carefully
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Contemporary
belonging to the same period of time
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Contemptuous
scornful, expressing contempt
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Content
satisfied
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Contentious
quarrelsome, disagreeable, belligerent
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Contiguous
sharing a boundary, neighboring
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Continence
self-control, self-restraint
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Contract
acquire
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Contradiction
statement opposite to what was already said
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Contravene
to contradict, deny, act contrary to
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Contrite
deeply sorrowful and repentant for a wrong
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Contumacious
rebellious
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Conundrum
riddle, puzzle, or problem with no solution
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Convalesce
to gradually recover from an illness
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Convention
general acceptance of practices or attitudes
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Conventional
typical, customary
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Convergence
the state of separate elements joining or coming together
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Convey
to transport, to make known
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Convict
to find guilty of a crime
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Conviction
fixed or strong belief
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Convivial
sociable, fond of eating, drinking, and people
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Convoke
to call together, summon
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Convoluted
twisted, complicated, involved
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Copious
abundant, plentiful
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Coquette
a flirtatious woman
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Cordial
warm and sincere
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Corporeal
having to do with the body, tangible, material
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Corpulence
obesity, fatness, bulkiness
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Corrective
intended to fix, remedy
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Corroborate
to confirm, verify
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Corrosive
gradually destructive
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Cosmopolitan
pertinent or common to the whole world
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Cosset
to pamper, treat with great care
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Coterie
an intimate group of persons with a similar purpose
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Countenance
facial expression, look of approval or support; to favor, support
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Counteract
to oppose the effects by contrary action
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Countermand
to annul, cancel, make a contrary order
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Countervail
to act or react with equal force
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Covert
secretive, not openly shown
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Crafty
underhanded, devious, or deceptive
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Crass
crude, unrefined
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Craven
cowardly
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Credence
acceptance of something as true or real
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Credo
system of principles or beliefs
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Credulous
gullible, trusting
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Crescendo
gradual increase in volume of sound
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Crude
unrefined, natural, blunt, offensive
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Cue
reminder, prompt
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Cull
to select, weed out
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Culpable
guilty, responsible for wrong
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Cumulative
increasing, collective
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Cunning
given to artful deception
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Cupidity
greed
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Curator
overseer of an exhibition, especially in a museum
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Curmudgeon
cranky person
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Curriculum
the syllabus for a particular class or the courses offered by a school
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Cursory
hastily done, superficial
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Curt
hastily done, superficial
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Curtail
to shorten
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Cylindrical
having the form of a cylinder
