7/4 Flashcards
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Bastion
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Defender
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base
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Dishonorable
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Bedazzle
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Impress greatly
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Beguile
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Deceive
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Belabor
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Attack with words
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Belie
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Give a wrong idea of
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Bellicose
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Eager to fight
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Belligerent
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Angry and ready to fight
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Berate
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Scold sharply
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Bereave
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Deprive by death
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Besiege
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Surround a place with armed forces to make one surrender
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Bigot
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Person who holds strong beliefs and is intolerant of those who disagree
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Bilateral
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Including 2 people/countries
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Binary
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Involving a pair
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Bombast
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Meaningless words
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Bombastic
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Empty and meaningless
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Boon
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Favor
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Brackish
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Slightly salty
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Brandish
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Wave something in triumphant/threatening way
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Bravado
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Show, swagger
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Brazen
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Shameless
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Breakdown
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Collapse, failure
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Brusque
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Blatant
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Bungle
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Do something badly
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Buoy
Keep someone cheerful
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Burgeon
Grow rapidly
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Buttress
Support or strengthen
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Byzantine
Of Byzantium
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Cadence
Rhythm
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Cadre
Small group of people
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Calumny
False statement made to damage someone's character
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Candor
Being honest
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Canon
General rule
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Capacious
Roomy
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Capitulate
Surrender
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Capricious
Impulsive
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Carnal
Of the body; sexual or sensual
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Champion
Defend
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Charismatic
Inspiring
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Charlatan
Imposter
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Chasten
Correct, discipline
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Chastise
Discipline
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Chauvinistic
Overly patriotic
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Cherubic
With a plump and innocent face
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Chicanery
Deception by clever or cunning means
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Chimerical
Unreal
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Chronic
Lasting for a long time
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Churlish
Rude
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Circuitous
Indirect
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Circumlocution
Use of many words to say something that could be said in a few words
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Circumscribe
Limit ones power
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Circumvent
Avoid
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Citadel
Fortress
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Clamor
Defend
| Loud noise
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Clandestine
Done secret
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Clergy
Priest
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Clout
Power or influence
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Cloying
Too sweet
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Coagulation
Change from liquid to solid
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Coalesce
Unite
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Coalition
Combination, alliance
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Coddle
Pamper
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Coercion
Use of force to get something done
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Cogent
Convincing
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Cognizant
Aware of something
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Colloquial
Used in conversation
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Commodious
Roomy
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Communal
Shared
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Compendious
Concise
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Complacency
Self-content
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Complacent
Content
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Complement
Thing that goes well
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Compound
Mix
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Compulsive
Obsessive
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Compunction
Feelings of guilt
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Conciliatory
Willing to end a disagreement
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Concoct
Invent
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Concomitant
Happening at the same time
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Concordant
In agreement
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Condescension
Disdain
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Conditional
Depending on something
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Conditioned
Accustomed
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Condone
To pardon
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Confining
Limiting
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Conflagration
Great fire
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Congenital
Existing from birth
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Conglomeration
Medley, assortment
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Consecrate
To make holy
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Connive
To act slyly
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Conscientious
Careful to do something correctly and well
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Conjecture
A guess
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Consign
Give to another
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Consternation
Surprise and fear or worry
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Constituency
District that has its own member of parliament or assembly
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Consummate
Highly skilled
| Complete
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Contemptuous
Feeling or showing contempt
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Contentious
Likely to cause argument
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Contiguous
Touching
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Contravene
Break a law or rule
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Contrite
Showing guilt
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Contortion
Twisting out
