 | Term | Definition |
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Callow |
immature |
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Cardinal |
most important; chief |
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Catholic |
universal; embracing everything |
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Cavil |
to quibble; to raise trivial objections |
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Chagrin |
humiliation; embarrassed disappointment |
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Choleric |
hot-tempered; quick to anger |
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Circumspect |
cautious |
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Coalesce |
to come together as one; to fuse; to unite |
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Coda |
a passage concluding a musical composition |
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Cognizant |
fully informed; knowledgeable; aware |
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Collusion |
conspiracy; secret cooperation |
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Commensurate |
equal; proportionate |
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Conciliatory |
making peace; attempting to resolve a dispute through goodwill |
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Consecrate |
to make or declare sacred |
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Consonant |
harmonious; in agreement |
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Consummate |
perfect; complete; supremely skillful |
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Contumely |
rudeness; insolence; arrogance |
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Convivial |
fond of partying; festive |
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Copious |
abundant; plentiful |
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Corroborate |
to confirm; to back up with evidence |
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Coterie |
a select group of close associates |
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Countenance |
face; facial expression |
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Covet |
to wish for enviously |
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Cull |
to pick out from among many; to select; to collect |
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Cursory |
hasty; superficial |
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Daunt |
to make fearful; to intimidate |
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Debacle |
a sudden disastrous collapse, downfall, or defeat; a rout |
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Debauchery |
corruption by sensuality; intemperance; wild living |
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Decorous |
in good taste; orderly; proper |
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Deleterious |
harmful |
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Deluge |
a flood |
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Deprecate |
to express disapproval of |
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Dilapidated |
broken-down; fallen into ruin |
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Discomfit |
to confuse; to disconcert; to thwart the plans of; to defeat in battle |
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Discourse |
to converse; to formally discuss a subject |
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Doggerel |
comic, loose verse |
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Egregious |
extremely bad; flagrant |
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Elucidate |
to explain; to make understandable |
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Enormity |
extreme evil or wickedness |
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Epicure |
a person with refined taste in wine and food |
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Epitome |
the perfect example of something; a paradigm |
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Equanimity |
composure; calm |
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Eschew |
to avoid; to shun |
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Espouse |
to support; to advocate |
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Evince |
to show or demonstrate clearly; manifest |
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Exhort |
to urge strongly |
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Exposition |
a setting forth of meaning or intent; a discourse intended to explain |
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Extol |
to praise highly |
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Facile |
fluent; skillful in a superficial way; easy |
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Fatuous |
foolish; silly; idiotic |
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Fetter |
to restrain; to hamper |
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Flag |
to weaken; to slow down |
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Flippant |
frivolously shallow and disrespectful |
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Foment |
to stir up; to instigate |
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Forbear |
to refrain from; to abstain |
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Founder |
to fail; to collapse; to sink |
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Fulsome |
offensively flattering or insincere; repulsive |
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