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Bluster (v)
to blow in heavy gusts
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Bode (v)
foreshadow; portend
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Bohemian (adj)
unconventional (in an artistic way)
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Boon (n)
blessing; benefit
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Brackish (adj)
somewhat saline
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Brindled (adj)
tawny or grayish with streaks or spots
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Broach (v)
to introduce; open up
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Brocade (n)
rich, figured fabric
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Brooch (n)
ornamental clasp
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Brook (v)
to tolerate; endure
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Browbeat (v)
bully; intimidate
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Brusque (adj)
blunt; abrupt
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Bucolic (adj)
rustic;pastoral
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Buffet (v)
slap; batter; knock about
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Bugaboo (n)
bugbear; object of baseless terror
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Bulwark (n)
earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
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Cadge (v)
beg; mooch; panhandle
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Callow (adj)
youthful; immature; inexperienced
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Calorific (adj)
heat-producing
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Cameo (n)
shell or jewel carved in relief
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Canny (adj)
shrewd; thrifty
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cant (n)
insencere expressions of piety; jargon of thieves
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Cantankerous (adj)
ill-humored; irritable
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canto (n)
division of a long poem
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Capillary (adj)
having very fine bore
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Captious (adj)
faultfinding
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Carafe (n)
glass water bottle; decanter
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Careen (v)
to lurch; sway from side to side
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Carillon (n)
set of bells capable of being played
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Carousal (n)
drunken revel
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Carping (n)
petty criticism; fault-finding
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Carrion (n)
rotting flesh of a dead body
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Catechism (n)
book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer
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Caucus (n)
private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
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Cavil (v)
to make frivolous objections
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Celerity (n)
speed; rapidity
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Censorious (adj)
critical
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Censure (v)
to blame or criticize
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Chaff (n)
worthless products of an endeavor
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Chaffing (adj)
bantering; joking
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Chagrin (n)
vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment
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Chary (adj)
cautious; sparing or restrained about giving
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Chase (v)
ornament a metal surface by indenting
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Chasten (v)
correct by punishment or scolding; restrain
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Chastened (adj)
humbled; subdued; rebuked
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Check (v)
stop motion; curb or restrain
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Chisel (v)
to swindle or cheat; cut with a chisel
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Choleric (adj)
hot-tempered
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chortle (v)
chuckle with delight
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Churlish (adj)
boorish; rude
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Cipher (n, n)
- nonentity; wothless person or thing
- secret code
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Circlet (n)
small ring; band
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Circuitous (adj)
roundabout
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Cistern (n)
resevoir or water tank
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Clamber (v)
climb by crawling
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Clapper (n)
striker (tongue) of a bell
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Clemency (n)
disposition to be lenient; mildness, as of the weather
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Clime (n)
region; climate
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Cloister (n)
monestary or convent
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Coda (n)
concluding section of a musical or literary composition
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Codocil (n)
supplement to the body of a will
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Codify (v)
arrange (laws, rules) as a code; classify
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Coeval (adj)
living at the same time as; contemporary
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Cog (n)
tooth projecting from a wheel
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Cognate (adj)
related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature
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