Practice Words B & C Flashcards by Megan Jobe | Brainscape

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Bolster

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To support; to prop up

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Banal

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Predictable, cliched, boring

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Bombastic

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Pompous in speech and manner

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Cacophony

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Harsh, jarring noise

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Capricious

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Changing one’s mind quickly and often

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Castigate

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To punish or criticize harshly

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Caustic

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Biting in wit

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Chauvinist

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Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs

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Chicanery

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Deception by means of craft or guile

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Cogent

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Convincing and well reasoned

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Condone

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To overlook, pardon, or disregard

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Concoluted

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Intricate and complicated

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Credulous

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Too trusting: gullible

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