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12th Grade
01/26/2012

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Categorical
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n, unconditional;absolute
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Catharsis
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n, purification that brings emotional relief or renewal
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Catholic
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adj, universal; embracing everything
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Caustic
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adj, like acid;corrosive
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Celibacy
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n, abstinence from sex
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Censure
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v, condemn severely for doing something bad
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Cerebral
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adj, brainy;intellectual
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Chagrin
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n, humiliation; embarrassed disappointment
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Charisma
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n, a magical-seeming ability to attract followers of inspire loyalty
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Charlatan
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n, fraud; quack; con man
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Chasm
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n, a deep, gaping hole; a gorge
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Chastise
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v, to inflict punishment on; to discipline
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Chicanery
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n, trickery;deceitfulness; artifice; especially legal or political
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Chimera
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n, an illusion; a foolish fancy
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Choleric
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adj, hot-tempered;quick to anger
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Chronic
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adj, constant;lasting a long time; inveterate
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Chronicle
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n, a record of events in order of time; a history
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