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counterpart :: a thing that completes another; things very much alikecoup :: highly successful action or sudden attackcouple :: join; unitecourier :: messengercovenant :: agreementcovert :: secret; hidden; impliedcovetous :: avaricious; eagerly desirous ofcow :: terrorize; intimidatecower :: shrink quivering, as from fearcoy :: shy; modest; coquettishcozen :: cheat; hoodwink; swindlecrabbed :: sour; peevishcrass :: very unrefined; grossly insensiblecraven :: cowardlycredence :: beliefcredo :: creed; system of (esp. religious) beliefscredulity :: belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivetécreed :: system of religious or ethical beliefcrescendo :: increase in the volume or intensity, as in a musical passage; climaxcrestfallen :: dejected; dispiritedcrevice :: crack; fissurecringe :: shrink back, as if in fearcriteria :: standards used in judging

crone :: hag i.e. withered old womancrotchety :: eccentric; whimsicalcrux :: essential or main pointcrypt :: vault, esp. one below church used for burial-placecryptic :: mysterious; hidden; secretcubicle :: small chamber used for sleepingcuisine :: style of cooking

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culinary :: relating to cookingcull :: pick out; rejectculmination :: attainment of highest pointculpable :: deserving blameculvert :: artificial channel for watercumbersome :: heavy; hard to managecumulative :: growing by additioncupidity :: greedcurator :: superintendent; managercurmudgeon :: churlish, miserly individualcursive :: flowing, runningcursory :: casual; superficial; hastily donecurtail :: shorten; reducecynical :: skeptical or distrustful of human motivescynosure :: object of general attentiondabble :: work at in a non-serious fashion; splash arounddais :: raised platform for guests of honordally :: to flirt; trifle with; procrastinatedank :: dampdapper :: neat and trimdappled :: spotteddaub :: smear (as with paint)daunt :: intimidate; frighten

dauntless :: bolddawdle :: loiter; waste timedeadlock :: standstill; stalematedeadpan :: wooden; impassivedearth :: scarcitydebacle :: sudden downfall; complete disasterdebase :: reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degradedebauch :: corrupt; seduce from virtuedebilitate :: weaken; enfeebledebonair :: friendly; aiming to pleasedebris :: rubbledebunk :: expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc.; ridiculedebutante :: young woman making formal entrance into society

decadence :: decaydecant :: pour off gentlydecapitate :: beheaddecelerate :: slow down