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Week 10 Flashcards

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Bulwark

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2 : a strong support or protection

Ex: democratic principles that stand as a bulwark against tyranny

a bulwark of freedom

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Stodgy

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: BORING, DULL

Ex: out on a peaceful rather stodgy Sunday boat trip

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Boomtown

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a town enjoying a business and population boom

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Staritlaced

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excessively strict in manners, morals, or opinion

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Lion’s share

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the largest portion

Ex: received the lion’s share of the research money

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To depredate

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to lay waste : PLUNDER, RAVAGE

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Congenial

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: SOCIABLE, GENIAL

Ex: a congenial host

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Congenial

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: SOCIABLE, GENIAL

Ex: a congenial host

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Travail

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c : AGONY, TORMENT

Ex: no greater travail than that of parents who have suffered the death of a child

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Braggadocio

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arrogant pretension : COCKINESS

Ex: the air of swaggering braggadocio that all important men are expected to show in fighting

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