Mat Vocabulary- B—C

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Baleful

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Harmful, with evil intentions

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Balk

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To refuse, shirk; prevent

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Banal

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Trite, overly common

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Bane

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Something causing death, destruction, or ruin

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Banter

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Playful conversation

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Bastion

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Fortification, stronghold

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Bawdy

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Obscene, lewd

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Bay (verb)

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To bark, especially in a deep, prolonged way

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Behemoth

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Huge creature

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Belabor

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To insist repeatedly or harp on

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Bellicose

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Warlike, aggressive

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Belligerent

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Hostile, tending to fight

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Benighted

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Unenlightened

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Best (verb)

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To get the better of, beat

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Bevy

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Group

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Bilk

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To cheat, defraud

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Bipedal

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Two-footed

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Blandish

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To coax, with flattery

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Blasphemous

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Cursing, profane, irreverent

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Blithe

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Joyful, cheerful, or without appropriate thought

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Boor

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Crude person, one lacking manners or taste

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Brazen

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Middle-class

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Bovine

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Cowlike, relating to cows

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Brazen

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Bold, shameless, impudent; of or like brass

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Breach

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Act of breaking, violation

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Broach (verb)

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To mention or suggest for the first time

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Brusque

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Rough and abrupt in manner

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Bucolic

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Pastoral, rural

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Burgeon

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To sprout or flourish

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Burnish

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To polish, make smooth and bright

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Bustle

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Commotion, energetic activity

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Buttress (verb)

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To reinforce or support

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Cache

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Hiding place, stockpile

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Cacophony

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Jarring, unpleasant noise

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Cajole

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To flatter, coax, persuade

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Callow

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Immature, lacking sophistication

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Calumny

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False and malicious accusation, misrepresentation, slander

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Canny

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Smart, founded on common sense

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Canonize

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To declare a person a saint, raise to highest honors

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Capricious

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Impulsive, whimsical, without much thought

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Caricature

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Exaggerated portrait, cartoon

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Carnivorous

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Meat-eating

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Cartography

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Science or art of making maps

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Castigate

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To punish, chastise, criticize severely

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Catalyst

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Something causing change without being changed itself

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Catharsis

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Purification, cleansing

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Catholic

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Universal, broad and comprehensive

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Celerity

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Speed, swiftness, alacrity

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Censure

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To criticize, find fault

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Chagrin

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Shame, embarrassment, humiliation

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Champion (verb)

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To defend or support

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Charlatan

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Quack, fake

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Chary

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Watchful, cautious, extremely shy

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Cherubic

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Sweet, innocent, resembling a cherub

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Chicanery

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Trickery, fraud, deception

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Chide

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To scold, express disapproval

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Chimerical

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Fanciful, imaginary, visionary

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Choleric

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Easily angered, short tempered

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Chortle

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To chuckle

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Churlish

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Marked by a lack of civility or graciousness

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Circumvent

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To go around, avoid

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Clairvoyant (adjective)

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Having ESP; psychic

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Cloister

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Secretive, concealed for a darker purpose

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Clod

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A chunk of earth or clay

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Cloister (verb)

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To confine, seclude

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Cloying

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Sickly sweet, saccharine

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Coddle

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To baby, treat indulgently

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Coerce

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To compel by force or intimidation

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Cogent

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Logically forceful, compelling, convincing

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Colloquial

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Characteristic of informal speech

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Collusion

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Collaboration, complicity, conspiracy

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Commute

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To change a penalty to a less severe one

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Conjugal

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Pertaining to marriage

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Connive

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To conspire, scheme

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Consecrate

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To declare sacred; dedicate to a goal

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Consonant (adj)

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Consistent with, in agreement with

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Consummate (adjective)

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Accomplished, complete, perfect

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Contemptuous

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Scornful

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Contentious

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Quarrelsome, disagreeable, belligerent

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Contrite

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Deeply sorrowful and repentant for a wrong

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Contimacious

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Stubbornly disobedient

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Contumelious

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Insolently abusive and humiliating

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Convoluted

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Twisted, complicated, involved

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Copious

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Abundant, plentiful

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Corporeal

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Having to do with the body; tangible, material

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Corpulence

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Obesity, fatness, bulkiness

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Coterie

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Small group of persons with a similar purpose

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Countenance (verb)

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To favor, support

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Cryptic

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Puzzling

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Cudgel

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A short, heavy, club

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Cupidity

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Greed

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Curmudgeon

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Cranky person

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Cursory

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Hastily done, superficial