Word List 7 Flashcards by Joseline lu | Brainscape

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Blunder

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Error

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Blurt

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Utter impulsively

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Bluster

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Blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily

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Bode

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Foreshadow; portend

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Bogus

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Counterfeit; not authentic

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Bohemian

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Unconventional

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Boisterous

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Violent; rough; noisy

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Bolster

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Support; reinforce

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Bolt

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Door bar, fasten

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Bombardment

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Attack with missiles

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Bombastic

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Pompous, using inflated language

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Booming

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Deep and resonant; flourishing, thriving

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Boon

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Blessing; benefit

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Boorish

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Rude; insensitive

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Boundless

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Unlimited; vast

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Bountiful

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Abundant; graciously generous

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Bourgeois

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Middle class; dully conventional

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Bovine

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Cowlike; placid and dull

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Bowdlerize

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Expurgate

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Boycott

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Refrain from buying or using

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Braggart

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Boaster

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Brandish

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Wave around; flourish

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Bravado

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Swagger; assumed air of defiance

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Brawn

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Muscular strength

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Brazen

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Insolent

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Breach

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Breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap

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Breadth

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Width; extent

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Brevity

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Conciseness

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Brindled

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Tawny or grayish with streaks or spots

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Bristling

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Showing irritation

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Brittle

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Easily broken; difficult

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Broach

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Introduce; open up

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Browbeat

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Bully; intimidate

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Brunt

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Main impact or shock

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Brusque

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Blunt; abrupt

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Buccaneer

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Pirate

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Bucolic

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Rustic; pastoral

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Buffet

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Slap; batter

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Buffoonery

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Clowning

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Bullion

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Gold and silver in the form of bars

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Bulwark

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Earthwork or other strong defense

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Bumptious

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Self-assertive

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Bungalow

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Small cottage

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Bungle

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Mismanage

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Buoyant

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Able to float

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Burgeon

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Grow forth; send out buds

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Burlesque

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Give an imitation that ridicules

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Burly

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Muscular

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Burnish

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Make shiny by rubbing

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Bustle

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Move about energetically

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Buttress

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Support; prop up

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Buxom

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Plump; full-blossomed

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Cabal

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Small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

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Cache

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Hiding place

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Cacophonous

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Discordant; inharmonious

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Cadaver

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Corpse

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Cadaverous

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Like a corpse; pale

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Cadence

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Rhythmic rise and fall

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Cajole

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Coax; wheedle

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Calamity

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Disaster; misery

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Calculated

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Deliberately planned; likely

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Caliber

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Ability; quality

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Callous

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Hardened; unfeeling

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Callow

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Youthful

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Calorific

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Heat-producing

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Calumny

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Malicious misrepresentation; slander

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Camaraderie

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Good fellowship

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Cameo

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Shell or jewel carved

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Candor

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Frankness; open honesty

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Canine

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Related to dogs

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Canny

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Shrewd; thrifty

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Cant

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Insincere expressions of piety

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Cantankerous

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Irritable

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Canter

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Slow gallop