61-80 Flashcards by Carlos Cristobal | Brainscape

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Bovine

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Sluggish, stupid, fat

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Bourgeois

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Middle class; conventional

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Bravado

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Boldness intended to impress or intimidate

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Burgeon

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To expand, flourish or blossom

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Cabal

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A small group joined in secret, a conspiracy

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Cajole

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To persuade, wheedle, coax

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Camaraderie

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Good fellowship, comrades

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Canon

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A code of laws; a basis for judgement

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Careen

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To lean over to one side

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Celibacy

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Abstinence from sex

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Censure

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To severely punish or condemn

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Cerebral

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Relating to the brain, intellectual

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Chagrin

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Embarrassment, humiliation, disappointment

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Choleric

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Hot-tempered, irritable

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Circuitous

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Indirect, roundabout

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Circumvent

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To frustrate by going around, to mislead

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Clandestine

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Secret, done secretly

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Clemency

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Leniency, mercy, mild weather

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Coalesce

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To come into one unified mass

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Cogent

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Convincing, compelling, valid