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cabal
- a small group of secret plotters ; a secret of political clique or faction
- s.conspiracy ; intrique ; scheme
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cache
- hiding place
- s.bury ; conceal ; screen ; stash (a secret store of something)
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cacophony
a harsh discordance of sound ; dissonance
s.discord ; harshness ; noise
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cadence
- rhythmic rise and fall ; beat ; regular beat of sound rythm
- s.beat ; measure ; meter ; swing
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calumny
- a false or malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something
- s.defamation ; lie
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camaraderie
a.reclusiveness ; unsociability
good-fellowship ; a mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together.
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camouflage
- a mean of concealment or a disguise that creates the effect of being part of the natural surrounding
- s.cloak ; dissimulate ; dress up
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candor
a.deception ; guile
- s.fairness ; honesty ; veracity (a conformity to fact)
- candid ; frankness or sincerity of expression
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capacious
a.exiguous (a very small in size or amount)
- s.ample ; roomy ; wide
- spacious
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castigate
- s.punish ; correct ; discipline
- to chastise ; criticize severely
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catalyst
- an agent of change
- s.goad (a thing that stimulates someone into action) ; incentive ; spur ; stimulant
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caucus
- private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy
- s.assembly ; encounter ; gathering
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caustic
a.genial (friendly and cheerful)
- capable of dissolving by chemical action ; highly critical
- s.mordacious (denoting or using biting sarcasm) ; salty ; sarcastic
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cavalcade
- procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages ; parade
- s.array ; drill ; train
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chaos
- great disorder or confusion
- s.confusion ; clutter (a collection of things lying about in an untidy mass) ; muddle (an untidy or disorganized state or collection)
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charlatan
- pretender to knowledge
- s.quack
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chary
- cautious ; unwilling to take risks ; sparing or restrained about giving
- s.calculating ; considerable ; discreet ; guarded ; wary
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chauvinist
- prejudiced belief in the superiority of one's own group
- s.bigot ( a person is bigoted) bigoted = obstinately convinced of the superiority or correctness of one's own opinions and prejudiced against those who hold different opinion) ; jingoist (extreme patriotism) , sexist (prejudiced, discriminated, on the basis of sex)
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chicanery
- deception by trickery
- s.dishonesty , fraud , trickery
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choleric
- hot-tempered ; bad-tempered ; easily angered
- s.irascible ; cranky(ill-tempered) ; ratty (bad-tempered, irritable) ; testy
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chortle
- chuckle with delight
- s.laugh ; giggle ; snicker(give a smothered (covering nose and mouth) or half-suppressed laugh) ;titter = giggle
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churlish
a.courtly
- s.cloddish (foolish, clumsy) ; clownish (unsophisticated) ; lowbred (vulgar breeding) ; uncultured
- boorish ; rude
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citadel
- fortress
- s.fort ; stronghold
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clandestine
a.open
- skept or done in secret
- s.covert ; stealthy ; surreptitious ; undercover
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clarity
a.obscurity
- s.clearness ; lucidity ; plainness
- the quality or condition of being clear
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coalesce
- combine ; fuse
- s.join ; associate ; connect ; link ; unit
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coddle
- treat gently ; indulge excessively ; pamper(indulge with every attention comfort or kindness) ; mollycoddle (treat very indulgently or protectively)
- s.cater ; cotton ; humor ; indulge ; spoil
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cogent
- forcefully convincing , clear ; logical ; coherent
- s.valid ; convincing ; satisfactory ; solid ; sound
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cohere
a.cleave (chop up)
- to stick or hold together
- s.adhere ; cling
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coherent
a.disorganized ; irrational ; unintelligible ; muddled
- having clarity or intelligibility ; united as or forming a whole ; reasonable ; cogent
- s.articulate ; comprehensible ; logical ; organized ; sound
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collusion
- conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others
- secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy esp. in order to cheat or deceive others.
- s.complicity ; connivance (willingness to be involved in wrongdoings)
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comely
a.homely
- attractive ; agreeable ; pleasing appearance
- s.beautiful ; attractive ; handsome ; lovely
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comeuppance
- well-deserved punishment or misfortunate ; rebuke (expression of sharp disapproval)
- s.due (of the proper quality or extent) ; lumps ; merit
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commensurate
- equal in extent ;of the same size ; corresponding in size or degree
- s.proportional ; equal ; symmetrical
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complaisant
- willingly compliant or accepting of the status quo ; agreeable
- s.easy ; good-natured ; mild
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comprehensive
- large in scope ; including much
- s.encyclopedic ; inclusive
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compunction
- strong uneasiness caused by guilt
- s.penitence(feeling sorrow and regret for having done wrong) ; contriteness ; remorse ; repentance
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conclave
- private secret meeting
- s.assembly ; conference ; gathering
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concord
- harmony ; accord
- s.agreement = concordance ; tune
- a.discord
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condescending
a.approachable ; friendly ; humble
- s.arrogant ; disdainful ; lofty ; superior
- to descend to the level of one consider inferior
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condone
- to overlook ; forgive without protest or censure
- s.excuse ; forgive ; pardon
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conflagration
a large destructive fire
s.holocaust(destruction on a mass scale) ; inferno( a large fire that is dangerously out of control)
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congruence
- correspondence of parts ; harmonious relationship
- s.accordance ; coherence ; harmony ; similarity
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consensus
a.disagreement
- s.accord ; consent ; harmony ; unity
- an opinion or position reached by a group as a whole or by a majority will
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consonance
a.discord
- s.accord ; concord ; tune
- harmony ; agreement
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consternation
- great shock ; dismay (cause someone to feel consternation and distress)
- s.fear ; alarm ; horror ; panic
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contemptuous
a.humble ; polite ; respected ; shy
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s.audacious ; bold ; derisive ; disrespectful ; haughty ; scornful(feeling or expressing contempt or derision)
manifesting (display/show or be evidence) or feeling contempt= feeling that a person or thing is beneath consideration, worthless (scorn;disdain;disrespect) ; scornful
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convivial
a.taciturn ; stolid (calm ;dependable; showing little emotion)
- s.social ; companionable
- pleasantly merry ; festive ; joyous ; gay ; characterized by joviality ; jovial
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convoluted
- intricate ; complex ; intricately folded, twisted or coiled
- s.winding (moving in a twisting or spiral course) ; meandering (winding) ; serpentine (like snake) ; sinuous (having many curves and turns)
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copious
a.meager
- s.abundant ; ample ; bountiful
- plentiful
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cordon
- s.enclose
- extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress ; a line or circle of police, soldiers, or guards preventing access to or from an area or building
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corpulent
- s.fleshy ; heavy ; obese ; stout (fat or of heavy build)
- very fat
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s.authenticate ; justify ; verify
to strengthen or support ; confirm or give support to a statement
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coup |koō|
- s.action ; feat(an achievement that requires great courage,skill or strength); overthrow (remove forcibly from power) ; upset
- brilliantly executed stratagem
- 1 (also coup d'état) a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government : he was overthrown in an army coup.
- 2 a notable or successful stroke or move : it was a major coup to get such a prestigious contract.
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craven |ˈkrāvən|
- cowardly ; a coward
- s.chicken ; coward ; pusillanimous (showing a lack of courage; timid)
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credulous
a.incredulous ; skeptical
- s.unsuspecting ; unsuspicious ; unwary (not cautious, not aware of possible dangers)
- disposed to believe to readily ; gullible
- cresendo
- s.apex ; crest (the top of something) ; rise ; summit ; surge
- a gradual increase in the volume of sound
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crux
- essential or main point
- s.substance ; core ; gist ; meat ; thrust = gist
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cryptic
- having an ambiguous or hidden meaning
- s.dark ; enigmatic (mysterious) ; mystifying
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cull
- pick out from others (to kill the weakest members); reject ; select ; collect
- s.glean(extract information from various sources) ; extract ; gather
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curmudgeon
- churlish ; miserly individual ; bad-tempered old person
- s.faultfinder ; grumbler ( a person who complains or protests about something in a bad-tempered but typically muted way) ; moaner (a person expressing physical or mental suffering or equal pleasure)
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curtail |kərˈtāl|
a.extended
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s.abbreviate ; abridge ; cut ;retrench
shorten ; reduce
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