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Words 51-100

WordDefinition
Banal predictable; boring
Belfry bell tower; room in which bell is hung
Bevy group
Bifurcate divide into parts
Bilk to cheat, defraud
Blight to afflict; to destroy
Blithe joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought
Bolster to support; to prop up
Bombastic pompous in speech and manner
Bonhomie good-natured geniality, atmosphere of good cheer
Boor crude person, one lacking manners or taste
Burgeon to grow and flourish
Burnish to polish
Cabal a secret group seeking to overturn something
Cacophony harsh, jarring noise
Calumny a false and malicious accusation, misrepresentation
Canard a lie
Candid impartial and honest in speech
Capricious changing one's mind quickly and often
Cartography science or art of making maps
Castigate to punish or criticize harshly
Catalyst something that brings about a change in something else
Catholic universal, broad and comprehensive
Caustic biting in wit
Chaos great disorder or confused situation
Chauvinist someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs
Chicanery deception by means of craft or guile
Circumspect cautious, aware of potential consequences
Cloying sickly sweet, excessive
Coalesce to grow together to form a single whole
Coffer strongbox; large chest for money
Cogent convincing and well-reasoned
Collusion collaboration, complicity, conspiracy
Condone to overlook, to pardon, to disregard
Connoisseur a person with expert knowledge
Contrite deeply sorrowful and repentant for a wrong
Contumacious rebellious
Convoluted intricate and complicated
Corroborate to support with evidence
Cosset to pamper, to treat with great care
Coterie an intimate group of persons with a similar purpose
Craven lacking courage
Credulous too trusting; gullible
Crescendo steadily increasing in volume or force
Cupidity greed; strong desire
Curmudgeon cranky person, usually old
Debutante young woman making debut in high society
Declivity downward slope
Decorous proper, tasteful, socially correct
Decorum appropriateness of behavior or conduct
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