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cabal, cable
cabal (kuh BAL) (noun)
A secret group, or a plot, that is devoted to intrigue and to the overthrow of a political system: The cabal consisted of men and women who were committed to achieving a new government, by force if necessary.
cable (KAY buhl) (noun)
A rope, wire, or chain of considerable circumference and strength which may be used to hold or to fasten objects together or, as in telecommunications, to carry electric or message impulses: The workmen installed the new cable for the telephone system.
When the workers were installing the new cable system in the basement, they came across a secret room where it appeared that a cabal of social advocates met.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group C; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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