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n. a small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests


Spelling Word: cabal
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n. a woodworker who specializes in making furniture;


Spelling Word: cabinetmaker
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a. youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers


Spelling Word: callow
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n. anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment


Spelling Word: chagrin
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n. combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together


Spelling Word: chord
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n. device for gripping and holding; a tense, critical situation


Spelling Word: clutch
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n. power of proving or of producing belief; quality of being highly probable or convincing; force; credibility


Spelling Word: cogency
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n. a series of connected spirals or concentric rings formed by gathering or winding; spiral pipe or series of spiral pipes


Spelling Word: coil
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n. characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech


Spelling Word: colloquialism
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a. closely and firmly united or packed together; briefly giving a gist of something


Spelling Word: compact