20-40 Vocab Flashcards by Colleen Marshall | Brainscape

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Cacophonous

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harsh-sounding; not harmonious

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Callow

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immature; inexperienced

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Castigate

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to punish or criticize harshly

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Catharsis

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sudden emotional relief

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Caustic

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unkind; bitter; sarcastic

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Charted

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planned; plotted, mapped

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Cherubic

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angelic; like a baby

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Circuitous

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roundabout; not straightforward

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Clemency

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mercy

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Colloquial

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informal but common speech

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Congenial

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pleasant; friendly

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Conscript

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to force into service (usually military)

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Contentious

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argumentative

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Contusion

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bruise

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Corpulent

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fat

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Cosmopolitan

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Sophisticated; from the city

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Cupidity

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greed

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Debauchery

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corruption; physical self-indulgence

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Decorum

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proper behavior

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Defector

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one who leaves his or her side to join the enemy