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camouflage(verb, cover, ease, moderate, hide)
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change(verb, reduce, ease, lessen, lift)
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chasten
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clear(maintain, defend, spare, relieve, forget)
1
cloak(verb, cover, ease, moderate, diminish)
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close(verb, decline, reduce, moderate, lower)
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comfort(verb, reduce, cool, ease, lessen)
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commute(clear, forget, excuse, spring, pocket)
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conceal truth(verb, expression, hide, white, doctor)
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confute(maintain, defend, uphold, prove, refute)
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constrain
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contract(verb, decline, reduce, moderate, diminish)
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control
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cool(verb, dull, check, ease, moderate)
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cop a plea(expression, idiom, deliberate, excuse, justify)
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cop out(expression, deliberate, excuse, justify, vindicate)
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corroborate(maintain, defend, uphold, prove, refute)
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cover(verb, ease, moderate, finish, defend)
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cover up(verb, expression, hide, white, doctor)
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curtail(verb, decline, reduce, moderate, lower)
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