(adj) careful to consider all circumstances and consequences; caution; wary; watchful; vigilant
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circum- around specere- to look
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circumvent
(verb) to avoid by artful maneuvering; to skirt; to evade; to elude; to circle around
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circum- around venire- to come circumvention (noun)
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cadaverous
(adj) like a cadaver; pale; ghastly or gaunt; haggard
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from cadere- to fall (Italian?)
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calumny
(noun) a false and malicious statement meant to hurt someone's reputation; slander
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calumnious (adj)
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castigate
(verb) to critisize severly; rebuke severly especially by harsh public critisism
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caustic
(adj) corrosive; sarcastic; marked by sharp, biting wit; scathing
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kaustos- burning
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celerity
(noun) swiftness in acting or moving
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keles- fast horse or ship
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chuavinism
(noun) unreasoning devotion to one's own race, gender, country, etc; fanatical patriotism; jingoism; bias
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chuavinistic (adj) after Nicolas Chuavin- a soldier of Napoleon
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choleric
(adj) having a quick temper; having an irascible nature; bilious; hot tempered; irritable
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compunction
(noun) a feeling of hesitation, doubt, or uneasiness; anxiety arising from awareness of guilt; distress of mind over anticipated actions or results; a twinge of misgiving; scruple; qualm