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15 Cards in this Set
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Bombast |
Impressive but meaningless language |
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bona fide |
in good faith |
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boor |
a rude or impolite person |
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bovine |
pertaining to cows or cattle |
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bowdlerize |
to remove offensive passages of a play, novel etc. |
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brevity |
briefness; short duration |
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bucolic |
pertaining to the countryside; rural, rustic |
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cajole |
to coax, to persuade, to wheedle |
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callow |
young and inexperienced |
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carcinogen |
causing cancer |
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carnal |
sensual, sexual |
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carrion |
decaying flesh |
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cataclysm |
a violent change |
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cataract |
large waterfall; abnormality of the eye |
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caveat |
a warning |