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Sachin S.
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  1. cacophonous
    having an unpleasant sound
  2. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  3. castigation
    verbal punishment
  4. catalyst
    substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction
  5. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  6. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  7. coagulate
    change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
  8. coda
    the closing section of a musical composition
  9. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  10. commensurate
    corresponding in size or degree or extent
  11. compendium
    a publication containing a variety of works
  12. complaisant
    showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
  13. compliant
    disposed to act in accordance with someone's wishes
  14. conciliatory
    making or willing to make concessions
  15. condone
    excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
  16. confound
    be confusing or perplexing to
  17. connoisseur
    an expert able to appreciate a field
  18. contention
    the act of competing as for profit or a prize
  19. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  20. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  21. conundrum
    a difficult problem
  22. converge
    be adjacent or come together
  23. convoluted
    highly complex or intricate
  24. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
  25. daunt
    cause to lose courage
  26. decorum
    propriety in manners and conduct
  27. default
    an option that is selected automatically
  28. deference
    courteous regard for people's feelings
  29. delineate
    represented accurately or precisely
  30. denigrate
    attack the good name and reputation of someone
  31. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
  32. derivative
    a compound obtained from another compound
  33. desiccate
    lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
  34. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  35. deterrent
    something immaterial that interferes with action or progress
  36. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  37. dichotomy
    a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
  38. diffidence
    lack of self-assurance
  39. diffuse
    spread out; not concentrated in one place
  40. digression
    a message that departs from the main subject
  41. dirge
    a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
  42. disabuse
    free somebody from an erroneous belief
  43. discerning
    having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
  44. discordant
    not in agreement or harmony
  45. discredit
    the state of being held in low esteem
  46. discrepancy
    a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
  47. discrete
    constituting a separate entity or part
  48. disingenuous
    not straightforward or candid
  49. disinterested
    unaffected by concern for one's own welfare
  50. disjointed
    taken apart at the points of connection
  51. dismiss
    stop associating with
  52. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  53. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  54. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  55. disseminate
    cause to become widely known
  56. dissolution
    separation into component parts
  57. dissonance
    disagreeable sounds
  58. distend
    cause to expand as if by internal pressure
  59. distill
    undergo condensation
  60. diverge
    move or draw apart
  61. divest
    take away possessions from someone
  62. document
    a representation of a person's thinking with symbolic marks
  63. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  64. dormant
    inactive but capable of becoming active
  65. dupe
    fool or hoax
  66. dawdling
    the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working
Created on Tue Mar 06 02:49:23 EST 2012 (updated Mon Mar 19 13:56:10 EDT 2012)

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