Vocab Sheet 3 Flashcards

1
Q

Noisily or offensively loud or clamorous

A

Blatant

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2
Q

Joyous

A

Blithe

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3
Q

A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors etc.

A

Boatswain

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4
Q

Unchecked merriment or animal spirits

A

Boisterous

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5
Q

Rude

A

Boorish

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6
Q

A vain boasted

A

Braggart

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7
Q

A wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear

A

Brandish

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8
Q

Objects of curiosity or for decoration

A

Bric-a-brac

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9
Q

A coarse, heavy shoe

A

Brogan

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10
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An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside

A

Brooch

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11
Q

Anything that gives security or defense

A

Bulwark

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12
Q

Full of offensive and aggressive self-conceit

A

Bumptious

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13
Q

A treasurer

A

Bursar

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14
Q

Superstitious devotion to ones religion

A

Cabalism

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15
Q

Without experience of the world

A

Callow

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16
Q

To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity

A

Cant

17
Q

To surrender or stipulate terms

A

Capitulate

18
Q

Dead and putrefying flesh

A

Carrion

19
Q

To punish

A

Castigate