Word List 7 Flashcards
(74 cards)
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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
Insolent
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Breach
Breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap
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Breadth
Width; extent
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Brevity
Conciseness
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Brindled
Tawny or grayish with streaks or spots
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Bristling
Showing irritation
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Brittle
Easily broken; difficult
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Broach
Introduce; open up
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Browbeat
Bully; intimidate
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Brunt
Main impact or shock
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Brusque
Blunt; abrupt
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Buccaneer
Pirate
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Bucolic
Rustic; pastoral
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Buffet
Slap; batter
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Buffoonery
Clowning
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Bullion
Gold and silver in the form of bars
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Bulwark
Earthwork or other strong defense
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Bumptious
Self-assertive
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Bungalow
Small cottage
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Bungle
Mismanage
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Buoyant
Able to float
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Burgeon
Grow forth; send out buds
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Burlesque
Give an imitation that ridicules
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Burly
Muscular
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Burnish
Make shiny by rubbing
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Bustle
Move about energetically
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Buttress
Support; prop up
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Buxom
Plump; full-blossomed
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Cabal
Small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
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Cache
Hiding place
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Cacophonous
Discordant; inharmonious
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Cadaver
Corpse
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Cadaverous
Like a corpse; pale
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Cadence
Rhythmic rise and fall
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Cajole
Coax; wheedle
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Calamity
Disaster; misery
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Calculated
Deliberately planned; likely
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Caliber
Ability; quality
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Callous
Hardened; unfeeling
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Callow
Youthful
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Calorific
Heat-producing
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Calumny
Malicious misrepresentation; slander
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Camaraderie
Good fellowship
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Cameo
Shell or jewel carved
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Candor
Frankness; open honesty
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Canine
Related to dogs
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Canny
Shrewd; thrifty
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Cant
Insincere expressions of piety
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Cantankerous
Irritable
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Canter
Slow gallop
