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Social Studies Card
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chattel | A personal possession |
| Chronology | the arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence |
| Circumnavigate | sail all the way around |
| Clemency | mercy |
| Comestible | an item of food. |
| Comical | amusing |
| Commemorate | recall and show respect for (someone or something) in a ceremony |
| Commentary | an expression of opinions or offering of explanations about an event or situation. |
| Commingle | mix or blend |
| Cartridge | a container holding a spool of photographic film, a quantity of ink, or other item or substance, designed for insertion into a mechanism |
| Caste | each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status |
| Caucus | a meeting of the members of a legislative body who are members of a particular political party, to select candidates or decide policy. |
| Diplomatic | of or concerning the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations. |
| Dispensation | exemption from a rule or usual requirement. |
| Diverse | showing a great deal of variety |
| Docile | ready to accept control or instruction |
| Dowry | ready to accept control or instruction |
| Dragoon | a member of any of several cavalry regiments in the British army. |
| Excruciate | in extreme |
| Excursion | a short journey or trip |
| Excusable | able to be justified or forgiven |
| Exasperate | irritate intensely |
| Constituency | a body of voters in a specified area who elect a representative to a legislative body. |
| Conscientious | wishing to do what is right, esp. to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly. |
| Conscious | aware of and responding to one's surroundings |
| Conscript | enlist (someone) compulsorily, typically into the armed services |
| Consecrate | make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred |
| Consecutive | following continuously |
| Consensus | general agreement |