b-c Flashcards
1
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buoyant
A
able to float
2
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burlesque
A
give imitation that ridicules
3
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burnish
A
polish, make shiny
4
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buttress
A
support, prop up
5
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cabal
A
group of people that secretly promotes their own thing
6
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cajole
A
coax, to get after gentle persuasion
7
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calamity
A
disaster, misery
8
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callow
A
immature
9
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calumny
A
malicious misrespresentation
10
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canny:
A
shrewd, good judgement,
uncanny: mysterious
11
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cant
A
insincere expressions of piety
12
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canvass
A
solicitate votes from
13
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careen
A
sway from side to side, lurch
14
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carping
A
finding fault
15
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Castigate
A
criticize severely, punish
16
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cavil
A
make frivolous objections
17
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centrifugal
A
radiating from the center
18
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cerebration
A
thought
19
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chafe
A
make warm by rubbing, make sore by rubbing
20
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charlatan
A
pretender to knowledge
21
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chary
A
careful
22
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chasten
A
discipline, punish in order to correct
23
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chauvinist
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blindly devoted patriot
24
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chide
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scold
25
chimerical
highly improbable, very unrealistically imaginative
26
chortle
chuckle with delight
27
churlish
boor, boorish, rude
28
circumspect
prudent, caucious
29
circumvent
baffle,
30
clamber
climb
31
clamor
noise
32
clangor
lound resounding noise
33
cleave
split or sever, cling to, remain faithful to
34
cleft
split
35
coalesce
combine, fuse
36
cogent
convincing
37
collate
examine in order to verify authenticity
38
comely
attractive, agreeable
39
commiserate
feel deeply sorry for
40
complacency
smugness
