# cad cas cid

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  1. accident
    an unfortunate mishap
    Accident: ( ac: intensive , cid: fall )
  2. cadaver
    the dead body of a human being
    Medical students must practice surgery by dissecting cadavers.
  3. cadence
    the accent in a metrical foot of verse
    The poetry is easy to recognize because of its charasteristc cadence.
  4. decadence
    the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
    Russian communist used to regard sex and violence on U.S. television as signs of western decadence.
  5. cascade
    a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
    Her cascade of hair got her into shampoo commercial.
  6. casual
    without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
    It’s not a formal party so you may come in casual wear.
  7. casualty
    someone injured or killed in an accident
    Iraq Sustained heavy casualty during the Gulf war
  8. occasion
    an event that occurs at a critical time
    Colledge graduation is an import occasion in one’s life
    Occident: (oc: toward, cid: fall )
  9. coincidence
    the property of two things happening at the same time
    By coincidence, six busload of tourists arrived at the senic spot at the same time.
    Coincidence: ( co: together , in , cid: befall)
  10. deciduous
    shedding foliage at the end of the growing season
    A deciduous tree loses its most or all of its leaves in the fall.
    Deciduous: (de: down, cid: fall)
  11. incidentally
    by the way (used to introduce a new topic)
    If you want to mension something interesting, but not quite relevant to your topic, you might start by saying incidentally.
    Incidentally: (in, cid: befall)
  12. decay
    the organic phenomenon of rotting
    If not properly refrigerated overleft food decays quickly in the summer.
Created on Sat Aug 17 02:44:56 EDT 2013 (updated Sat Aug 17 02:50:13 EDT 2013)

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