09-26-2022 Flashcards
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blight
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a plague, disease
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boisterous
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loud and full of energy
3
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bombastic
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excessively confident, pompous
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boon
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a gift or a blessing
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bourgeois
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a middle-class person, capitalist
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brazen
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excessively bold, brash
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brusque
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short, abrupt, dismissive
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buffet
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to strike with force
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burnish
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to polish, shine
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buttress
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to support, hold up
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cacophony
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tremendous noise, disharmonious sound
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cadence
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a rhythm, progression of sound
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cajole
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to urge, coax
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calamity
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an event with disastrous consequences
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calibrate
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to set, standardize
