Vocab 61-90 Flashcards by Angelo Borges | Brainscape

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Bourgeois

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Middle class

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Bovine

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Sluggish, stupid, fat, like a cow

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Bravado

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Boldness intended to impress or intimidate

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Burgeon

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To expand, flourish, blossom

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Cabal

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A small group joined secretly; a conspiracy

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Cajole

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To persuade

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Camaraderie

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Fellowship, good comradeship

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Canon

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A code of laws, basis of judgement

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Careen

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To toss over from side to side

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Celibacy

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Abstinence from sex

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Censure

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To condemn severely, punish, judge

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Cerebral

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Relating to the brain, intellectual, brainy

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Chagrin

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Embarrassment, humiliation, disappointment

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Choleric

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Hot-tempered or easily angered

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Circuitous

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Indirect, roundabout

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Circumvent

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To frustrate by going around, to mislead

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Clandestine

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Secret, done secretly

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Clemency

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Mild weather; leniency

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Coalesce

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To form into one unified mass, to come together

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Cogent

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Convincing; compelling, valid

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Colloquial

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Ordinary, informal conversation and expression

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Collusion

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Secret cooperation, often to cheat or deceive

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Commensurate

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Corresponding in size or degree

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Complacency

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Smug and overly satisfied with one’s self or achievements

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Conciliatory

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Peace-making or resolving through good will

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Condone

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To overlook, excuse, permit

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Conducive

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Leading to a result, contributing, helpful

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Congenial

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Friendly, pleasant, agreeable

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Congenital

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Innate, something you’re born with

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Conjecture

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Inference, guess