Unit 11-19

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bucolic

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characteristic of countryside, rustic

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burgeon

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to flourish

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burnish

Back 3

to polish

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buttress

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to reinforce, support

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cacophonous

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unpleasant or harsh sounding

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cadge

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to beg, sponge

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callous

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thick-skinned, insensitive

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calumny

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false and malicious accusation, slander

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canard

Back 9

false, deliberately misleading story

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canon

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an established principle, basis for judgement for literary works

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cant

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insencere talk, language of a particular group

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cantankerous

Back 12

irritable, ill-humored

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capricious

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fickle

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captious

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fault finding, intended to entrap, as in an argument

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cardinal

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of foremost importance

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carnal

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of the flesh or body

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carping

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to find fault

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castigation

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punishment, criticism

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cataclysm

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a violent upheaval that causes great destruction and change

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catalyst

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something that causes change

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categorical

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absolute, without exception

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caucus

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smaller group within an organization

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causal

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involving a cause

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caustic

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sarcastically biting, burning

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centrifugal

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moving away from center

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centripetal

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moving or directed toward the center

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champion

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to defend or support

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chasten

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to correct by punishment, to restrain or subdue

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chicanery

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trickery or fraud

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churlish

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rude, boorish

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circuitous

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roundabout

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clairvoyant

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psychic, can predict the future

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clamor

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noisy outcry

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cloister

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to confine, seclude

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coagulate

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thicken, congeal

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coalesce

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to cause to become one

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coda

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concluding part of literary or musical composition, something that summarizes or concludes

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codify

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to systemize

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cognizant

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informed, conscious, aware

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commensurate

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proportional, being the same measure or amount

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compendium

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brief, comprehensive summary

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complacent

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pleased with oneself

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complaisant

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overly polite, willing to please

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compunction

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uneasiness caused by guilt

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conciliatory

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overcoming hostility or distrust

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concomitant

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existing concurrently

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confound

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to baffle, perplex

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congenial

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similar to tastes and habits, friendly, suited to (miss congeniality)

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conjugal

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pertaining to marriage agreement

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conscript

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person forced to enroll in military

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consecrate

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to declare sacred

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contend

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to assert (contender)

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contentious

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quarrelsome

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contiguous

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touching, neighboring, connecting without a break

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continence

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self control, abstinence

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contrite

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very sorrowful for a wrong

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contumacious

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disobedient, rebellious

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conundrum

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puzzle with no solution, riddle

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convivial

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sociable

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coquette

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woman who flirts

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cozen

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to mislead by trick or fraud, deceive

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craven

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cowardly

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credence

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acceptance of something as true

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credo

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statement of belief or principle, creed

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daunt

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to discourage, imtimidate

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dearth

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scarcity

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debauchery

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corruption

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decorum

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proper behavior

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defame

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to harm someone's reputation