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English
12th Grade
08/20/2012

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bombast
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noun impressive but meaningless language
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bona fide
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noun in good faith
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boor
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adj a rude or impolite person
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bovine
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adj pertaining to cows or cattle
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bowdlerize
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verb to remove offensive passages of a play,novel,etc.
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brevity
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noun briefness;short duration
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bucolic
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adj pertaining to the countryside;rural,rustic
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cajole
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verb to coax,to persuade,to wheedle
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callow
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adj young and inexperianced
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carcinogen
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noun causing cancer
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carnal
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adj sensual,sexual
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carrion
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noun decaying flesh
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cataclysm
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noun a violent change
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cataract
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noun 1.large waterfall 2.abnormality of the eye
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caveat
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noun a warning
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