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Canto - Chameleon

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Canto   division of a long poem  
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Canvass   to solicit votes; to examine carefully  
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Capacious   spacious  
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Capacity   mental or physical ability; role; ability to accommodate  
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Capillary   having a very fine bore  
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Capitulate   to surrender  
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Caprice   whim  
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Capricious   unpredictable; fickle  
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Caption   title; chapter heading; text under illustration  
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Captious   faultfinding  
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Carafe   glass water bottle; decanter  
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Carapace   shell covering the back (of turtle, crab)  
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Carat   unit of weight for precious stones; measure of fineness of gold  
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Carcinogenic   causing cancer  
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Cardinal   chief  
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Cardiologist   doctor specializing in ailments of the heart  
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Careen   to lurch; sway from side to side  
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Caricature   distortion; burlesque  
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Carillon   a set of bells capable of being played  
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Carnage   destruction of life  
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Carnal   fleshly  
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Carnivorous   meat-eating  
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Carousal   drunken revel  
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Carping   petty criticism; fault-finding  
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Carrion   rotting flesh of a dead body  
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Cartographer   map-maker  
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Cascade   small waterfall  
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Caste   one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society; social stratification; prestige  
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Castigation   punishment; severe criticism  
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Casualty   serious or fatal accident  
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Cataclysm   deluge; upheaval  
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Catalyst   agent that brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged  
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Catapult   slingshot; hurling machine  
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Cataract   great waterfall; eye abnormality  
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Catastrophe   calamity; disaster  
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Catcall   shout of disapproval; boo  
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Catechism   book for religious instruction  
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Categorical   without exceptions; unqualified; absolute  
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Catharsis   purging or cleansing of any passage of the body  
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Cathartic   purgative  
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Catholic   universal; wide-ranging liberal  
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Caucus   private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy  
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Caulk   to make watertight (by plugging seams)  
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Causal   implying a cause-and-effect relationship  
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Caustic   burning; sarcastically biting  
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Cauterize   to burn with hot iron or caustic  
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Cavalcade   procession; parade  
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Cavalier   casual and offhand; arrogant  
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Cavil   to make frivolous objections  
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Cede   yield to; surrender formally  
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Celerity   speed; rapidity  
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Celestial   heavenly  
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Celibate   abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried  
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Censor   overseer of morals; person who eliminates inappropriate matter  
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Censorious   critical  
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Censure   to blame; to criticize  
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Centaur   mythical figure, half man half horse  
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Centigrade   denoting a widely used temperature scale  
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Centrifuge   machine that separates substances by whirling them  
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Centripetal   tending toward the center  
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Centurion   Roman army officer  
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Cerebral   pertaining to the brain or intellect  
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Cerebration   thought  
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Ceremonious   marked by formality  
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Certitude   certainty  
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Cessation   stoppage  
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Cession   yielding to another; ceding  
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Chafe   to warm by rubbing <chafe cold hands>; to wear or abrade by rubbing; make sore by rubbing  
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Chaff   worthless matter; refuse  
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Chaffing   bantering; joking  
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Chagrin   distress caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure  
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Chalice   goblet; consecrated cup  
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Chameleon   lizard that changes color in different situations  
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