| Term | Definition |
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Caput, Capitis |
Head |
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Capitalist |
A person who has invested personal wealth in business, a very wealthy person |
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Capitulation |
Surrender; ending resistance |
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decapitate |
to cut off the head of; to behead |
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precipice |
a very steep or vertical face of a cliff or rock |
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precipitate |
to throw down from a great height, to make happen suddenly or quickly |
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recapitulation |
the restatement of a main idea, a summary or concise review |
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Cerebrum |
brain |
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cerebral |
pertaining to the brain, intellectual |
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cerebration |
the action of thinking; thought |
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Facies |
face, form, shape |
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deface |
to mar or spoil the appearance or surface of (something) |
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efface |
1. to wipe out; to obliterate. Also, to make less clear, as if rubbing out 2. to make oneself inconspicous |
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facade |
1. a face of a building 2. the face or front of anything, especially an artificial or false front |
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facet |
one of the many sides of a cut stone or jewel 2. one aspect of a situation, or of a tooth |
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frons, frontis |
front, forehead, face |
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affront |
to insult intentionally; to offend or embarrass, an insult or offensive act |
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confront |
to stand or come directly in front of 2. to face with defiance or hostility |
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effrontery |
flippant or insulting boldness; audacity |