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Bovine

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Like a cow in nature and shape; stupid, fat

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Bourgeois

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Middle class; materialistic interests

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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

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Cabal

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A small group joined in a secret intrigue; a conspiracy

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Cajole

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To persuade, coax

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Camaraderie

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Comradeship; good fellowship

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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 lurch or toss from side to side

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Celibacy

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Abstinence from sex

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Censure

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To condemn severely, judge, punish

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Cerebral

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Relating to the brain

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Chagrin

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Embarrassment

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Choleric

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Easily angered

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Circuitous

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Indirect

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Circumvent

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To frustrate by going around

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Clandestine

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Secret; done secretly

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Clemency

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Leniency; mercy

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Coalesce

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To form into one unified mass

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Cogent

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Convincing