List 4 Flashcards by isabel li

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Brassy

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Shamelessly bold

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Brash

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Hasty and unthinking

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Brattish

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Ill-mannered annoying

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Bravado

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A pretense of bravery

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Bravura

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Brilliant technique in performance

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Brazen

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Marked by boldness

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Breach

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A temporary gap

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Brevity

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Shortness of duration

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Bridle

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To restrain

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Brisk

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Marked by liveliness

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Bristle

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怒发冲冠

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Brittle

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Easily broken

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Broach

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To open for the first time

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Bromide

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A commonplace statement

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Brook

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Tolerate

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Browbeat

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恐吓

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Bruit

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To spread news of

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Buck

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To refuse

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Budge

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To alter a position

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Buffoon

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小丑

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Bulge

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凸起

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Bumptious

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专横傲慢的

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Bungle

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To work clumsily

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Burgeon

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To grow and expand rapidly

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Burlesque

恶搞

Burnish

To make shiny by rubbing

Buttress

扶墙

Byline

署名行

Byzantine

Complicated

Cacophony

Harsh sound

Cadge

Beg

Cajole

Wheedle 哄骗

Calcify

To make inflexible

Calibrate

To standardize

Callous

Unfeeling

Callow

Lacking adult sophistication, immature

Callus

老茧

Calumniate

诽谤

Camaraderie

A spirit of friendly

Cameo

宝石表面的细小浮雕

Camouflage

伪装

Canard

A deliberately misleading story

Candor

Honest expression

Canvass

To examine votes officially

Capitulate

To give up all resistance

Caprice

An impulsive change of mind

Captivate

To attract and hold by charm

Caret

插字符号

Careworn

Showing the effect of grief

Caricature

讽刺画

Carnal

Relating to the physical

Carouse

To drink freely

Carp

吹毛求疵

Cartographer

One that makes maps

Carve

To cut up and serve meat

Castigate

强烈反对

Catalyze

To increase the rate of a chemical reaction by catalysis

Categorical

Being without qualification

Caustic

腐蚀剂

Caveat

警告

Cavern

Large deep cave

Cavil

To find fault unnecessarily

Cavort

雀跃

Cede

To surrender possession of

Censor

审查并删除

Censorious

Highly critical

Censure

To find fault with and criticize

Cessation

A temporary or final ceasing

Chaff

糠

Chagrin

沮丧

Chameleon

变色龙

Champion

To fight for

Charade

An empty or deceptive act

Charlatan

骗子

Chary

Very cautious

Chase

镂雕金属以装饰

Chasm

A deep cleft in the surface

Chauvinistic

Excessive or blind patriotism

Check

To arrest the motion of abruptly