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a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action


Spelling Word: caustic
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a. unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse


Spelling Word: celibate
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a. benevolent; kind and not judging people in a negative way


Spelling Word: charitable
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a. difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageable


Spelling Word: churlish
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v. split with or as if with a sharp instrument; pierce or penetrate; remain faithful to


Spelling Word: cleave
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n. cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; the sound of heavy treading


Spelling Word: clump
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a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function


Spelling Word: cognate
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n. rebuke; punishment or retribution that one deserves; outcome which is justly deserved


Spelling Word: comeuppance
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v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with


Spelling Word: confront
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n. act of gathering or heaping together or forming a mass


Spelling Word: congestion