61. cache, cash
1. Cache - a hiding place
2. Cash - ready money

62. calendar, calender, colander
1. Calendar - a record of time
2. Calender - a machine used in finishing paper and cloth
3. Colander - a strainer

63. callous, callus
1. Callous - hardened
2. Callus - a hardened surface

64. can, may
1. Can - the ability to do something
2. May - the permission to do something

65. canvas, canvass
1. Canvas - a coarse cloth
2. Canvass - to solicit

66. capital, capitol, Capitol
1. capital - a city serving as the seat of government
2. capitol - the building in which a state government meets
3. Capitol - the building where the U.S, Congress meets

67. carat, caret, carrot, karat
1. Carat - the weight of a stone such as a diamond
2. Caret - this mark ^
3. Carrot - an orange vegetable

68. carton, cartoon
1. Carton - a pasteboard box
2. Cartoon - a caricature

69. casual, causal
1. Casual - without formality
2. Causal - constituting a cause

70. cease, seize
1. Cease - to stop
2. Seize - to grasp

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