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Vocabulary 1D
Boorish-cogent
Term | Definition |
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Boorish | Rude |
Brevity | Briefness |
Brusque | Curt; brief to the point of rude |
Burnish | To make brilliant or shining |
Cacophony | A disagreeable or discordant sound |
Cajole | To convince by flattering speech |
Calibrate | To standardize; to assess |
Callow | Young and inexperienced |
Capacious | Roomy |
Capitulate | To surrender |
Castigate | To punish |
Caustic | Sarcastic and severe |
Censure | To criticize severely |
Chagrin | Embarrassment or dismay |
Chicanery | The use of trickery to deceive |
Circumscribe | To limit or restrict |
Circumstantial | Based on inference rather than conclusive proof |
Cloying | Excessively sweet |
Coerce | To force |
Cogent | Strongly persuasive |