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Unit 5
Red
18
English
10th Grade
03/28/2012

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Brouhaha
Definition
an uproar; hubub
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Bolster
Definition
To support as in a group; to give a boost; a large pillow
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Boor
Definition
a rude person; someone that is unrefined
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Bootleg
Definition
to smuggle; to make, sell or transport for sale illegally
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Booty
Definition
loot; the spoils of war; good or property seized by force; a valuable prize
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Bovine
Definition
of, relating to, or resembling an animal such as an ox, cow, or buffalo; solid, dull
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Brazen
Definition
bold, shameless; impudent; brass like
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Brink
Definition
edge
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Camaraderie
Definition
comradeship; friendship
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Canopy
Definition
a covering
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Capitulate
Definition
to surrender under certain conditions; to give in
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Carnivore
Definition
a flesh eating animal
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Carrion
Definition
dead and rotting flesh
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Cascade
Definition
a waterfall; anything resembling a waterfall
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Cataclysm
Definition
a violent upheaval or change
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Cataract
Definition
a large waterfall; a flood; an eye abnormality
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Cavalier
Definition
casual; carefree and nonchalant; arrogant disregard; a gallant gentlemen
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Chastise
Definition
to discipline; to criticize severely
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