list 6 deck 2 Flashcards by Nicolas Lozada | Brainscape

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Autocratic

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Favoring complete rule by one person

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Avow

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To swear by

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Balk

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To hesitate suddenly

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Barracks

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Housing for soldiers

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Becalmed

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Made peaceful or still

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Bellicose

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Warlike in manner

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Berate

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To scold; to criticize

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Bicker

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To argue about unimportant things

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Abase

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To lower; to humble

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Bland

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Without any taste

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Blunderbuss

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Old fashioned shotgun

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Bourgeois

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Middle-class; conformist and materialistic

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Browbeat

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To intimidate; to bully

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Burnish

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To polish; to shine

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Cacophonous

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Harsh-sounding; not harmonious

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Callow

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Immature; inexperienced

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Castigate

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To punish or criticize harshly

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Catharsis

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Sudden emotional relief

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Caustic

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Unkind; bitter; sarcastic

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Ceremonious

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Formal