Vocab 6-8 Etymology Flashcards by anna p | Brainscape

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avarice

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[L, avere, desire]

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avid

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[L, avere, desire]

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badger

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[uncertain, poss. animal]

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baffle

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[uncertain]

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banal

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[OF, ban, summons to military service]

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belligerent

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[L, bellum, war + gerere, wage]

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benign

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[L, bene, well + genus, birth;race]

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bicker

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[ME, bikeren, thrust/attack]

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bizarre

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[Basque, beard]

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bland

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[L, blandus, smooth/soft-spoken]

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bleak

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[ON, bleikr, white/pale]

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blight

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[unknown]

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blithe

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[OE, blithe, sweet/happy]

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boisterous

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[ME, boistous/boistres, violent/fierce]

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bombastic

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[Turkish, pambuk, cotton]

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boorish

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[Dutch, boer, farmer]

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boycott

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[Charles C Boycott]

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brash

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[unknown]

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bravado

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[S, bravo, brave/boastful]

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brusque

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[Italian, brusco, sharp/sour]

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bungle

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[unknown, maybe Swedish, bangla, work poorly]

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bureaucracy

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[F, bureau, desk/office + G, kratos, rule]

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buttress

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[OF, bouter, strike against/butt]

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cajole

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[F, cajoler, to chatter like a jay in a cage]

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callous

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[L, callus, hard skin]

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calumny

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[L, calumnia, trickery/slander]

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candid

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[L, candere, glisten]

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cantankerous

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[Norman F, contek, strife]

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captious

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[L, captio, seizure/deception]

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catholic

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[G, kata, according to + holos, whole + ikos, pertaining to]