Vocab braintrain 3/12 Flashcards by Marianne Promentilla | Brainscape

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biennial

A

occurs 2 in a year

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bland

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mild

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blasphemy

A

profane remark about God

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bondage

A

slavery

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blatant

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objectively loud

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boorish

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rude

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bounty

A

reward

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bourgeois

A

middle class

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bovine

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pertaining to ox, cow

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brusque

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abrupt in manner

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beurocracy

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government through bureaus

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canvass

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survey

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caprice

A

impulsive change of mind

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captivate

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to fascinate

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carnage

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to slaughter

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carp

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to complain constantly

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carrion

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decaying flesh

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castigate

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to punish

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centure

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to criticize sharply

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centrifugal

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moving away from the center

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chaff

A

worthless matter

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chagrin

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embarasmment

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chaste

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morally pure

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chauvinism

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fanatical patrotism

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chide

A

to scold

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chronicle

A

record of historical events

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circumspect

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watchful

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colloquial

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informal

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coerce

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to force

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commensurate

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proportionate

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compassion

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pity of distress of another

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complacent

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contended

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concommitant

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accompanying

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condolence

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expression of sympathy

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configuration

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arrangement, shape

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congenital

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existing since birth

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congruent

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aggreeing

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conferous

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cone-bearing

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connote

A

imply

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consort

A

husband and wife companion, to be in agreement