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  1. Someone who plans the steps and moves in a dance

Choreographer

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  1. A word describing a disease persisting for a long time or recurring again and again

Chronic

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  1. A factual written account of important or historical events in the order of their occurrence

Chronicle

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  1. An arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence

Chronology

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  1. An instrument for measuring time accurately

Chronometer

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  1. Someone who is rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

Churlish

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  1. A term for extreme self-confidence or audacity

Chutzpah

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  1. A word that refers to the use of many words where only a few are necessary

Circumlocution

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  1. Clues available at a scene

Evidence

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  1. A fortress typically one on high ground above a city

Citadel

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  1. The word for climbing or moving with difficulty or a lot of effort, typically using one's hands and feet

Clamber

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  1. The term for making a loud and confused noise

Clamorous

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  1. A word that refers to a loud appeal or demand

Clamour

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  1. An extreme fear of being in a small confined place

Claustrophobia

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  1. All the customers of a business

Clientele

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  1. A room in a public building where outdoor clothes or luggage may be left

Cloakroom

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  1. The sound made by a hen

Cluck

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  1. The land beside a sea

Coast

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  1. The term for a spider’s home

Cobweb

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  1. A small compartment in an aircraft for the pilot

Cockpit

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  1. A drink usually made from a mixture of one or more alcoholic drinks

Cocktail

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  1. An instruction that is added later to a will, usually to change a part of it

Codicil

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  1. The use of force or threats to get someone to agree to something

Coercion

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  1. A strongbox or small chest for holding valuables

Coffer

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  1. A collection of slaves

Coffle

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  1. A remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection

Coincidence

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  1. A person that one works with at the same place, in a profession, or in a business

Colleague

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  1. Mutual discourse

Colloquy

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  1. A gigantic statue

Colossus

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  1. A word that means to keep a great person or event in people's memory

Commemorate

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  1. Money given to an agent on sales

Commission

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  1. Having a strong feeling of sympathy with a desire to help

Compassion

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  1. People who belong to the same country

Compatriots

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  1. A person who introduces the performers or contestants in a variety show

Compere

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  1. Being satisfied, with no desire to change or improve

Complacent

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  1. A word that means to make perfect or complete

Complement

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  1. A remark that expresses approval or admiration

Compliment

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  1. One who sets type for books, newspapers, etc.

Compositor

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  1. Having too much pride in yourself and what you do

Conceited

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  1. Capable of being imagined or grasped mentally

Conceivable

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  1. Having a common center, as circles or spheres

Concentric

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  1. Living together of a man and woman without being married to each other

Concubinage

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  1. An apartment building in which each apartment is owned separately by the people living in it, but also contains shared areas

Condominium

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  1. To forgive or pardon some wrongdoing or an offense

Condone

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  1. A company or person that makes or sells sweets or chocolate

Confectioner

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  1. To own up to something as true

Confess

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  1. An arrangement of parts or elements in a particular form or figure

Configuration

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  1. To officially take something away from somebody

Confiscate

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  1. Combustibles – flammable

Conflagrant

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  1. The place where two or more rivers meet

Confluence

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  1. Something pertaining to an individual from birth

Congenital

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  1. A corporation made up of a number of different companies that operate in diversified fields

Conglomerate