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Catalyst |
something that brings about change in something else |
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Caustic |
biting in wit; acerbic, trenchant, mordant |
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Chaos |
great disorder or confused situation; disarray, turmoil |
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Chauvinist |
someone prejudiced in favor of a group that he or she belongs to; biased, partial, partisan |
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Chicanery |
deception by means of craft or guile; artifice, sophistry, subterfuge, pettifoggery |
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Circumspect |
cautious, aware of potential consequences; vigilant, prudent, solicitous |
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Coalesce |
to grow together to form a single whole; amalgamate, fuse, unite |
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Cogent |
convincing and well reasoned; persuasive |
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Condone |
to overlook; pardon or disregard; exculpate, remit, excuse |
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Connoisseur |
a person with expert knowledge or discriminating taste; gastronome, epicure, gourmet |
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Convoluted |
intricate and complicated; Byzantine, intricate, labyrinthine |
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Corroborate |
supporting evidence; confirm, substantiate, verify |
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Credulous |
too trusting; gullible; naive, susceptible |
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Crescendo |
steadily increasing in volume or force |
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Decorum |
appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety; etiquette, decency |
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Deference |
respect, courtesy; obeisance, honor, veneration, reverence, homage |
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Deride |
to speak of or treat with contempt, to mock; ridicule, taunt, jeer |
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Desiccate |
to dry out thoroughly; dehydrate, parch |
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Desultory |
jumping from one thing to another; disconnected; erratic, indiscriminate, haphazard |
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Diatribe |
an abusive, condemnatory speech; fulmination, harangue, tirade, obloquy |
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