Word List 8 Flashcards
(53 cards)
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Canto
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Division of a long poem
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Canvass
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Determine votes
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Capacious
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Spacious
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Capacity
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Mental or physical ability
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Capitulate
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Surrender
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Caprice
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Sudden
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Capricious
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Unpredictable; fickle
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Cardinal
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Chief
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Cardiologist
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A doctor specializing in the heart
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Careen
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Lurch; sway from side to side
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Carnage
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Destruction of life
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Camal
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Fleshly
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Carping
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Finding fault
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Cascade
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Small waterfall
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Castigate
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Criticize severely
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Casualty
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Serious or fatal accident
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Cataclysm
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Violent upheaval; deluge
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Catapult
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Slingshot; a hurling machine
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Cataract
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Great waterfall
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Catcall
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Shout of disapproval; boo
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Catechism
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Book for religious instruction
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Categorical
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Without exception; unqualified; absolute
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Cater to
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Supply something desired
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Catharsis
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Purging or cleansing of any passage of the body
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Catholic
Broadly sympathetic; liberal
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Caucus
Private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
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Caulk
Fill in cracks
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Causal
Implying a cause-and-effect relationship
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Caustic
Burning; sarcastically biting
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Cavalcade
Procession; parade
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Cavalier
Offhand or casual; haughty
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Cavil
Make frivolous objections
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Cede
Yield to; surrender formally
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Celebrated
Famous; well-known
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Celerity
Speed; rapidity
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Celestial
Heavenly; relating to the sky
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Celibate
Unmarried
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Censor
Overseer of morals
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Censorious
Critical
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Censure
Blame; criticize
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Centigrade
Measure of temperature used widely in Europe
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Centrifugal
Departing from the center
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Cerebral
Pertaining to the brains
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Cerebration
Thoughts
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Ceremonious
Marked by formality
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Certitude
Certainty
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Cessation
Stoppage
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Cession
Yielding to another; ceding
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Chafe
Warm by rubbing
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Chaff
Worthless product of an endeavor
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Chaffing
Bantering; joking
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Chagrin
Vexation; disappointment
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Chalice
Goblet; consecrated cup
