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Circumspect |
cautious; prudent; careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences |
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Claustrophobia |
fear of enclosed spaces |
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Cogent |
clear, well thought out |
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Cogitate |
to think about carefully |
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Cohesion |
force that keeps parts together; unity |
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Colloquy |
talking together, a conversation |
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Commensurate |
equal |
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Commiserate |
to sympathize; to be miserable together |
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Complacency |
contented self-satisfaction; total lack of concern |
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Complacent |
self-satisfied |
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Complement |
to complete; bring to perfection |
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Complicity |
assistance in crime; being an accomplice in a wrongdoing |
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Comport |
to behave in a certain way |
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Comprehensive |
completely covering all bases; in-depth |
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Compunction |
anxiety arising over awareness of guilt; distress of mind over anticipated action or result; a twinge of misgiving. |
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Concubine |
mistress |
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Condescend |
to stoop to a lower level |
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Confidant |
one to whom secrets are entrusted |
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Conflagration |
fire or widespread destruction |
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Coniferous |
bearing cones |
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Conjugal |
relating to marriage |
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Consecrate |
to dedicate, to bless |
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Constrict |
to draw together, bind |
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Contemplative |
slowly thinking, pondering or considering something, |
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Contingent |
dependent upon something else |
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Contradict |
to speak against |
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Contrite |
deeply sorry; penitent |
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Contrived |
planned, devised (sometimes negatively) |
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Contumacious |
disobedient; rebellious |
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Contumely |
haughty and contemptuous rudeness; humiliating and insulting treatment or language |
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Conundrum |
a paradoxical, unsolvable, or difficult problem; a dilemma, riddle |
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Convalesce |
to recuperate |
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Converge |
to come together |
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Convivial |
fond of socializing with friends; outgoing, friendly |
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Copious |
plentiful; abundant; ample |
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Corroborate |
to confirm; to back up with evidence |
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Coterie |
set or circle of acquaintances; clique |
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Couth |
refined in behavior, polite |
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Covert |
secret; hidden from sight |
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Covet |
to want enviously |
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Covetous |
desirous; envious |
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Credence |
belief or trust |
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Credible |
believable |
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Credulous |
gullible, overly trusting; inclined to believe |
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Creed |
principles held, often part of a religious doctrine |
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Crestfallen |
dejected, sad |
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Crux |
the most important point |
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Cryptic |
suggests a puzzling terseness that is often intended to discourage understanding |
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Cuisine |
style of cooking |
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Culpable |
worthy of blame |
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Cupidity |
greed |
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Curative |
curing, healing |
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Curt |
terse |
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Daunt |
to discourage, dismay, intimidate |
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Daunting |
discouraging |
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Dearth |
a scarcity; shortage; paucity |
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Debacle |
a total overthrow; devastation |
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Debase |
to sink to lower status; to put down |
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Decimate |
to kill, destroy, eradicate |
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Defer |
to delay, postpone |
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Deferential |
very respectful |
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Deflect |
to turn away, avert |
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Defunct |
dead, no longer in use |
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Degenerate |
(v) to deteriorate |
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Deign |
to condescend |
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Demise |
a death |
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Demur |
to object, refuse |
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Denigrate |
to defame, ridicule |
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Denouement |
the final outcome of a plot |
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Deplore |
to regard as unfortunate, to hate or reject |
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Depraved |
perverted, morally corrupt |
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Depredation |
a robbing |
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Derisive |
mocking, ridiculing, scoffing |
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Desecrate |
to destroy the beauty or sanctity of a special place |
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Desiccate |
to dry out completely |
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Desist |
to stop an action |
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Desultory |
random, often aimless |
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Detriment |
injury; damage; a cause of injury or damage |
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Devoid |
void, empty |
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Diaphanous |
translucent, sheer |
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