| A | B |
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| calumny | false and malicious statement meant to hurt someone's reputation |
| bumptious | disagreeably conceited; arrogant or forward |
| circumvent | to surround with evils; entrap; to get the better of by craft or ingenuity |
| chauvinistic | characterized by unreasoning boastful devotion to one's country; fanatical devotion to one's race or sex with contempt for other races or the opposite sex |
| clandestine | kept secret or hidden for some illicit purpose |
| coalition | a union; a combination; a temporary alliance of factions or nations for a specific purpose |
| collateral | a security given as a pledge for the fulfillment of an obligation; side by side; parallel in time, rank, or importance |
| climactic | in the order of the final element; constituting the turning point of a drama |
| cogitation | the act of thinking seriously and deeply; pondering; meditation |
| commensurate | corresponding in extent or degree; proportionate; equal in measure or size |
| circumscribe | to trace a line around; encircle; to set off or mark the limits of |
| castigate | to punish or rebuke severely, esp. by harsh public criticism |
| bureaucracy | the administration of government through departments and subdivisions managed by sets of appointed officials following an inflexible routine |
| caustic | that can burn, eat away, or destroy tissue by chemical action; corrosive; sarcastic in utterance |
| cadaverous | ghastly, gaunt; of or like a corpse |
| celerity | speed; swiftness in moving or acting |
| choleric | having a quick temper or irascible nature |
| collusion | conspiracy; a secret agreement for illegal purposes |
| coalesce | to grow together, as the halves of a broken bone; to unite or merge into a single body |
| colloquy | a conference; a conversation, esp. a lliterary work written as dialogue |
