Vocab 2 Flashcards by amanda schubert

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benighted

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unenlightened

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berate

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to scold harshly

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bestial

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beastly, animal like

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betoken

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to indicate, signify, give evidence of

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bevy

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group

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bilk

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to cheat, defraud

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blandish

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to coax with flattery

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blithe

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to afflict, destroy

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bombastic

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using high sounding but meaningless language

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bonhomie

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good natured geniality, atmosphere of good cheer

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boon

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blessing, something to be thankful for

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bourgeois

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middle class

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broach

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to mention or suggest for the first time

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brusque

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rough and abrupt in manner

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burgeon

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to sprout or flourish

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bursar

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treasure

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butt

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person or thing that is object of ridicule

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cacophonous

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jarring, unpleasantly noisy

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callow

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immature, lacking sophistication

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calumny

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false and malicious accusation, misrepresentation, slander

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canvass

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to examine thoroughly, conduct a poll

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capacious

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large, roomy, expansive

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capitulate

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to submit completely, surrender

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capricious

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whimsical, without much though

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carnal

of the flesh

carp

to find fault, complain constantly

castigate

to punish, chastise, criticize severely

catharsis

purification, cleansing

cavalier

carefree, happy, with lordly disdain

censorious

severely critical

certitude

assurance, certainty

chagrin

shame, embarrassment

champion

to defend or support

charlatan

quack, fake

chary

watchful, cautious, extremely shy

chicanery

trickery, fraud, deception

chimerical

fanciful

choleric

easily angered, short tempered

circumspect

cautious, wary

citadel

fortress, tower

clairvoyant

having extrasensory perception, psychic

clandestine

secretive, concealed for a darker purpose

coagulate

to clot or change from a liquid to a solid

coalesce

to grow together or to cause to unite as one

coffer

strongbox

cogent

logically forceful, convincing

cognate

related, similar, akin

cognomen

family name, nickname

collateral

accompanying

colloquial

characteristic of informal speech

comeliness

physical grace and beauty

commensurate

proportional

commute

to change a penalty to a less severe one

complacent

self satisfied, smug

compliant

submissive and yielding

complicity

knowing partnership in wrongdoing

compunction

feeling of uneasiness caused by guilt or regret

concerto

musical composition for orchestra and soloist

conciliatory

overcoming distrust or hostility

conflagration

big destructive fire