180 Flashcards by Min Young Park | Brainscape

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benevolent

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marked by goodness

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benign

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favorable

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bequeath

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to pass on

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berate

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to scold vehemently

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bereft

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without

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beseech

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to beg

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bias

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prejudice

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bilk

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cheat

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blandish

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to coax by using flattery

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blight

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a disease

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boisterous

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loud and full of energy

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bombastic

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excessively confident

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boon

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a gift

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bourgeois

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a middle-class person

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brazen

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excessively bold

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brusque

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short

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buffet

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to strike with force

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burnish

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to polish

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buttress

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to support

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cacophony

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tremendous noise

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cadence

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a rhythm

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cajole

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to urge

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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

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callous

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harsh

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calumny

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an attempt to spoil someone else’s reputation by spreading lies

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camaraderie

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brotherhood

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candor

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honesty

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canny

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shrewd

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capacious

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very spacious