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G800_11-15 Flashcards

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bucolic

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characteristic of the countryside; rustic; pastoral

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burgeon

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to grow and flourish

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burnish

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to polish

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buttress

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to reinforce; support

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cacophonous

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unpleasant or harsh-sounding

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cadge

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to beg; sponge

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callous

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thick-skinned; insensitive

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calumny

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false and malicious accusation; slander

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canard

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false; deliberately misleading story

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canon

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an established set of principles; a basis or standard for judgment; a group of literary works

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cant

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insincere talk; language of a particular group

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cantankerous

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irritable; ill-humored

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capricious

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fickle

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captious

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faultfinding; intended to entrap, as in an argument (Not …ing)

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cardinal

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of foremost importance

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carnal

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of the flesh or body; related to physical appetities

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carping

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to find fault; complain (Not ….ous)

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cartography

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science of making maps

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caste

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any of the hereditary social classes in Hindu society; social stratification

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castigation

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punishment; chastisement; criticism

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cataclysm

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a violent upheaval that causes great destruction and change

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catalyst

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something that causes change

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categorical

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absolute; without exception; expressed clearly and in a way that shows that you are very sure about what you are saying

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caucus

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smaller group within an organization

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causal

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involving a cause

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caustic

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burning; stinging; causing corrosion

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celestial

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concerned with sky or heavens; sublime

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centrifugal

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moving away from a center

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centripetal

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moving or directed toward a center

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champion

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to defend or support (Not b…), Sport competition

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chasten

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to correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subdue

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chicanery

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trickery; fraud

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chivalry

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the qualities idealized by knighthood such as bravery and gallantry toward women

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churlish

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rude; boorish

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circuitous

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roundabout

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clairvoyant

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one who can predict the future; psychic

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clamor

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noisy outcry

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clique

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a small, exclusive group

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cloister

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to confine; seclude

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coagulate

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thicken; congeal

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coalesce

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to cause to become one

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coda

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concluding part of a literary or musical composition; something that summarizes or concludes

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codify

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to systematize

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cognizant

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informed; conscious; aware

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collage

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artistic composition of materials pasted over a surface; an assemblage of diverse elements

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commensurate

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proportional

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compendium

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brief, comprehensive summary

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complacent

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self-satisfied

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complaisant

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overly polite; willingness to comply with the wishes of others

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complement

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something that completes or makes up a whole

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