b-c Flashcards by Ivy Xuan | Brainscape

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buoyant

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able to float

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burlesque

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give imitation that ridicules

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burnish

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polish, make shiny

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buttress

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support, prop up

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cabal

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group of people that secretly promotes their own thing

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cajole

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coax, to get after gentle persuasion

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calamity

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disaster, misery

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callow

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immature

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calumny

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malicious misrespresentation

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canny:

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shrewd, good judgement,
uncanny: mysterious

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cant

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insincere expressions of piety

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canvass

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solicitate votes from

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careen

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sway from side to side, lurch

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carping

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finding fault

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Castigate

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criticize severely, punish

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cavil

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make frivolous objections

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centrifugal

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radiating from the center

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cerebration

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thought

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chafe

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make warm by rubbing, make sore by rubbing

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charlatan

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pretender to knowledge

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chary

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careful

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chasten

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discipline, punish in order to correct

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chauvinist

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blindly devoted patriot

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chide

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scold

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chimerical

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highly improbable, very unrealistically imaginative

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chortle

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chuckle with delight

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churlish

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boor, boorish, rude

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circumspect

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prudent, caucious

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circumvent

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baffle,

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clamber

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climb

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clamor

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noise

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clangor

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lound resounding noise

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cleave

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split or sever, cling to, remain faithful to

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cleft

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split

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coalesce

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combine, fuse

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cogent

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convincing

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collate

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examine in order to verify authenticity

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comely

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attractive, agreeable

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commiserate

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feel deeply sorry for

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complacency

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smugness