Word Lists 1-10 Flashcards
(247 cards)
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abasa
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lower, humiliate
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abash
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embarass
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abdicate
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renounce; give up
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aberrant
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abnormal or deviant
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abet
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aid, usually in doing something wrong
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abject
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wretched, lacking pride
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abjure
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renounce upon oath
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abnegation
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repudiation, self-sacrifice
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aboriginal
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being the first of its kind in a region
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abortive
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unsuccessful; fruitless
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abrade
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wear away by friction, scrape, erode
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abscond
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depart secretly and hide
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absolve
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pardon
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abut
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border upon
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abysmal
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bottomless
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accede
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agree
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acclivity
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sharp upslope of a hill
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accord
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agreement
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accost
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approach and speak first to a person
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accoutre
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equip (The fisherman was accoutred with the best supplies) (accoutrements - n.)
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acerbity
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bitterness of speech and temper
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acetic
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vinegary
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acidulous
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slightly sour
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acme
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top, pinnacle
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acrophobia
fear of heights
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actuarial
calculating, pertaining to insurance statistics
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acuity
sharpness
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acumen
mental keenness
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acute
quickly perceptive
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adage
saying; proverb
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addle
muddle
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adjunct
something added on or attached
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admonition
warning
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adroit
skillful
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adulterate
make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
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advent
arrival
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aerie
nest of a large bird of prey
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affected
artificial; pretended
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affidavit
written statement made under oath
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affinity
kinship
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affix
fasten, attach, add on
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affront
insult, offense, intentional act of disrespect
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aggrandize
increase or intensify
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alacrity
cheerful promptness
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alcove
nook; small, recessed section of a room
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alimentary
supplying nourishment
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allay
calm; pacify
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allege
state without proof
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allegory
story in which characters are used as symbols
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alloy (n.)
mixture of metals
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alloy (v.)
mix; make less pure
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aloft
upward
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amalgamate
combine; unite in one body
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amble
moving at an easy pace
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ambulatory
able to walk; not bedridden
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ameliorate
improve
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amenable
readily managed
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amnesia
loss of memory
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amnesty
pardon
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anathema
solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
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anemia
condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles
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anesthetic
substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness
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animus
hostile feeling or intent
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annals
records; history
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antecede
precede
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antecedents
preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later
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anthropocentric
regarding human beings as the center of the universe
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anthropoid
manlike
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anticlimax
letdown in thought or emotion
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antithesis
contrast; direct opposite of or to
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ape
imitate or mimic
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apex
tip; summit; climax
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aplomb
poise; assurance
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apologist
one who writes in defense of a cause or institution
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apostate
one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
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apotheosis
elevation to godhood, an ideal example of something
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appellation
name, title
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append
attach
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apposite
appropriate; fitting
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apprise
inform
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approbation
approval
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apropos
with reference to
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aquiline
curved, hooked
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arbiter
a person with power to decide a dispute
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arbitrator
judge
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arcane
secret; mysterious
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arraign
charge in court; indict
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array
marshal; draw up in order OR clothe, adorn
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arrears
being in debt (in arrears with his payments on the car)
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arrest
stop or slow down
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artifice
deception; trickery
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artless
without guile; open and honest
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ascertain
find out for certain
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ascribe
refer; attribute; assign
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aseptic
preventing infection
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askance
with a sideways or indirect look
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asperity
sharpness (of temper)
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aspersion
slander; slur; derogatory remark
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aspirant
seeker after position or status
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assail
assault
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assay
analyze; evaluate
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assent
agree; accept
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astral
relating to the stars
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asunder
apart; in parts
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atavism
reversion to an earlier type; throwback (In his love for gardening, Martin seemed an atavism to his Tuscan forebears)
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attenuate
make thin, weaken
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attrition
gradual decrease in numbers
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audit
examination of accounts
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august
impressive, majestic
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auspicious
favoring success
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autocratic
having absolute, unchecked power
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automaton
robot
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auxiliary
helper, additional or subsidiary
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aver
assert confidently; affirm
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averse
reluctant; disinclined
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avocation
secondary or minor occupation
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avow
declare openly
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axiom
self-evident truth requiring no proof
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azure
sky blue
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badinage
teasing conversation
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baleful
deadly; having a malign influence; ominous
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balk
foil or thwart; stop short
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ballast
heavy substance used to add stability or weight
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banal
hackneyed; commonplace
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bandy
discuss lightly or glibly
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bane
cause of ruin
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barb
sharp projection from fishhook, etc.
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bard
poet
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baroque
highly ornate
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bate
let down, restrain
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bawdy
indecent; obscene
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beatific
giving bliss; blissful
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beatitude
blessedness; state of bliss
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bedraggle
wet thoroughly; stain with mud
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beget
father; produce; give rise to
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beleaguer
besiege or attack; harassed
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bemoan
lament; express disapproval of
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bemused
confused; lost in thought
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benediction
blessing
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benefactor
gift-giver; patron
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beneficiary
person entitled to the benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
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bereavement
state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved
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bereft
deprived of; lacking
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beset
harass or trouble; hem in
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besmirch
soil; defile
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bestial
beastlike, brutal
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biennial
every two years
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bilious
suffering from indigestion
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bilk
swindle; cheat
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blanch
bleach, whiten
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blandishment
flattery
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blase
bored with pleasure or dissipation
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blithe
gay; joyous; carefree
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bluff (adj.)
rough but good-natured
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bluff (n.)
pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff
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bode
foreshadow; portend
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bombastic
pompous; using inflated language
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boon
blessing; benefit
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boorish
rude; insensitive
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bourgeois
middle class; selfishly materialistic
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bowdlerize
expurgate (remove all traces of)
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brandish
wave around
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browbeat
bully; intimidate
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brusque
blunt; abrupt
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bucolic
rustic; pastoral
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buffet (rhymes with muffet)
slap; batter; knock about
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bulwark
earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
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bumptious
self-assertive (insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like)
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bungle
mismanage; blunder
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bureaucracy
over-regulated administrative system
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burgeon
grow forth; send out buds
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burlesque
give an imitation that ridicules
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burnish
make shiny by rubbing; polish
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cabal
small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
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cache
hiding place
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callous
hardened; unfeeling
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callow
youthful
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calorific
heat-producing
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calumny
malicious, misrepresentation; slander
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cant
insincere expressions of piety; jargon of thieves
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cantankerous
ill humored; irritable
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canter
slow gallop
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canto
division of a long poem
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canvass
determine votes, etc.
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capacious
spacious
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capitulate
surrender
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cardinal
chief
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careen
lurch; sway from side to side
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castigate
criticize severely
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cataclysm
violent upheaval
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categorical
without exceptions; unqualified; absolute
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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
make watertight by filling 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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celerity
speed; rapidity
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cerebration
thought
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cessation
stoppage
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chaff
worthless products of an endeavor
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chaffing
bantering; joking
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chary
cautious
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chasten
discipline
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chauvinist
blindly devoted patriot; blindly devoted to an ideal
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chicanery
trickery, deception
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chide
scold
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chimerical
fantastically improbable
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chisel (v.)
swindle or cheat
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choleric
hot-tempered
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churlish
boorish; rude
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cipher
secret code OR nonentity; worthless person or thing
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circumscribe
limit; confine
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circumspect
prudent; cautious
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clamber
climb by crawling
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clandestine
secret
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clangor
loud, resounding noise
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clemency
disposition to be lenient; mildness, as of the weather
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clime
region, climate
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cloister
monastery or convent
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clout
great influence
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cloying
distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental
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coagulate
thicken; congeal; clot
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codify
arrange (laws, rules) as a code
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cogent
convincing
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cogitate
think over
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cognate
related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature
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coiffure
hairstyle
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collate
examine in order to verify authenticity
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collateral
security given for loan
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collusion
conspiring in a fraudulent scheme
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comely
attractive; agreeable
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comeuppance
rebuke; deserts
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commensurate
equal in extent (to be commensurate with means to be equal to)
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commiserate
feel or express pity or sympathy for
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commodious
spacious ad comfortable
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complaisant
trying to please; obliging
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compunction
remorse
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concentric
having a common center
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concerted
mutually agreed upon
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concomitant
that which accompanies
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concord
harmony
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condole
express sympathetic sorrow
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congeal
freeze; coagulate
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congenial
pleasant; friendly
