L3 vocab english Flashcards by amelia b | Brainscape

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bombast

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impressive but meaningless language

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bona fide

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in good faith

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boor

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rude, impolite person

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bovine

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pertaining to cows or cattle

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bowdlerize

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to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc

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brevity

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brief, short duration

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bucolic

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pertaining to the countryside; rural, rustic

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cajole

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coax, persuade

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calow

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young, inexperienced

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carcinogen

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causing cancer

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carnal

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sensual, sexual

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carrion

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decaying flesh

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cataclysm

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violent change

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cataract

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large waterfall, eye abnormality

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caveat

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warning

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