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  1. carping
    persistent petty and unjustified criticism
  2. castigate
    inflict severe punishment on
  3. charisma
    personal attractiveness that enables you to influence others
  4. cavil
    raise trivial objections
  5. chary
    characterized by great caution
  6. congregation
    the act of assembling
  7. condign
    fitting or appropriate and deserved
    same as commensurate
  8. cliche
    a trite or obvious remark
  9. conflagration
    a very intense and uncontrolled fire
  10. colloquial
    characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
  11. contraband
    distributed or sold illicitly
  12. connivance
    agreement on a secret plot
  13. chastise
    scold or criticize severely
    castigate
  14. chauvinist
    a person with a prejudiced belief in his own superiority
  15. calibre
    diameter of a tube or gun barrel
  16. censure
    harsh criticism or disapproval
  17. chagrin
    strong feelings of embarrassment
  18. callow
    young and inexperienced
  19. compunction
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
  20. commodious
    large and roomy
  21. commensurate
    corresponding in size or degree or extent
    condign
  22. construe
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
  23. conclave
    a confidential or secret meeting
  24. crestfallen
    brought low in spirit
  25. corroborate
    give evidence for
  26. consensus
    agreement in the judgment reached by a group as a whole
  27. condone
    excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
  28. contingency
    the state of being dependent on something
  29. collusion
    secret agreement
  30. clemency
    leniency and compassion shown toward offenders
  31. carnage
    the savage and excessive killing of many people
  32. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
    fickle , faithless
  33. chide
    scold or reprimand severely or angrily
  34. conversant
    well informed about or knowing thoroughly
  35. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  36. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  37. colossal
    so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
Created on Wed May 15 13:02:02 EDT 2013 (updated Mon Feb 17 02:28:36 EST 2014)

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