Word List 06 Deck 2 Page 2 Flashcards

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Avow

A

To swear by

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Balk

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To hesitate suddenly

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Barracks

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Housing for soldiers

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Becalmed

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Made peaceful or still

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Bellicose

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Warlike in manner

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6
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Berate

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To scold

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7
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Bicker

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To argue about unimportant things

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Bland

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Without any taste

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9
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Blunderbuss

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Old-fashioned Shotfun

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Bourgeois

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Middle-class

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Browbeat

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To intimidate

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12
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Burnish

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To polish

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13
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Cacophonous

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Harsh-sounding

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14
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Callow

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Immature

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Castigate

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To punish or criticize harshly

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Catharsis

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Sudden emotional relief

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Caustic

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Unkind

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Ceremonious

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Formal

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Charted

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Planned

20
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Cherubic

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Angelic

21
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Circuitous

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Roundabout

22
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Cite

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To quote

23
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Clemency

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Mercy

24
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Coerce

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To force someone to do something

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Coherent

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Logical