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08 PrimaryField=1 SecondaryField=3 GroupField=2 TagField=4 [DATA] word part of speech definition high-frequency canto noun division of a long poem canvass verb determine votes, etc. capacious adjective spacious capitulate verb surrender caprice noun whim capricious adjective fickle; incalculable * caption noun title; chapter heading; text under illustration captious adjective faultfinding carafe noun glass water bottle; decanter carat noun unit of weight of precious stones; measure of fineness of gold carcinogenic adjective causing cancer cardinal adjective chief careen verb lurch; sway from side to side caricature noun distortion; burlesque carnage noun destruction of life carnal adjective fleshy carnivorous adjective meat-eating carousal noun drunken relief carping adjective finding fault carrion noun rotting flesh of a dead body carte blanche noun unlimited authority or freedom cartographer noun map-maker cascade noun small waterfall caste noun one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society castigate verb punish casualty noun serious or fatal accident cataclysm noun deluge; upheaval catalyst noun agent which brings about a chemical change while it rema ins unaffected and unchanged catapult noun slingshot; a hurling machine cataract noun great waterfall; eye abnormality catastrophe noun calamity catechism noun book of religious instruction; instruction by question a nd answer categorical adjective without exceptions; unqualified; absolute catharsis noun purging or cleansing away any passage of the body cathartic noun purgative catholic adjective broadly sympathetic; liberal caucus noun private meeting of members of a party to select officers or dete rmine policy causal adjective implying a cause-and-effect relationship caustic adjective burning; sarcastically biting cauterize verb burn with hot iron or caustic cavalcade noun procession; parade cavil verb make frivolous objections cede verb transfer; yield title to celerity noun speed; rapidity celestial adjective heavenly celibate adjective unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse censor noun overseer of morals; person who reads to eliminate inappropriate remarks

censorious censure verb centaur noun centigrade centrifugal centripetal centurion cerebral cerebration ceremonious cessation cession noun chafe verb chaff noun chaffing chagrin noun chalice noun chameleon

adjective critical * blame; criticize * mythical figure, half man and half horse adjective measure of temperature used widely in Europe adjective radiating, departing from the center adjective tending toward the center noun Roman army officer adjective pertaining to the brain or intellect noun thought adjective marked by formality noun stopping yielding to another, ceding warm by rubbing; make sore by rubbing worthless products of an endeavor adjective bantering; joking vexation; disappointment goblet; consecrated cup noun lizard that changes color in different situations