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Broadcasting Word Quiz #2
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 1
01/27/2009

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Barbarous
Definition
uncivilized, savage or crude
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Beige
Definition
Light grayish brown
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Benign
Definition
gracious, not malignant
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Bizzare
Definition
markedly unusual, especially whimsically strange or odd
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Blase
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unimpressed, as or as if from excess of worldy pleasures
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Blatant
Definition
brazenly obvious; offensively noisy or loud
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Bourgeois
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a member of the middle class
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Bureaucracy
Definition
administration characterized by excessive red tape and routine
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Cabana
Definition
a small cabin for use of a bathhouse
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Cabana
Definition
a small cabin for use of a bathhouse
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Capitulate
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to surrender unconditionally or stipulated terms
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Catastrophic
Definition
suddenly disastrous; disastrously concluded
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Cello
Definition
the third largest member of the violin family
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Chamois
Definition
a soft pliable leather dresses with oil
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Chargrin
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a feeling of vexation marked by dissapointment or humiliation
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Chaotic
Definition
wholly confused or disorder
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charisma
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the special quality that gives an individual influence over large numbers of people
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Chasm
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a deep cleft in the earths surface; gorge
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Chicanery
Definition
Trickery or Deception by the cunning or clever devices
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Clandestine
Definition
done in secrecy or concealment
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Coercion
Definition
force or the power to use force to obtain compliance
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Colloquial
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Appropriate to ordinary converstaion rather than formal speech or writing
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Column
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A vertical row or list; a vertical arrangement on a page of horizontal lines
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Comely
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Pleasing in Apperance ; fair
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Communique
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an official bulletin or communication, usually to the press or to the public
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Complacent
Definition
Pleased with one's situation, often while unaware of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied
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Compromise
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a settlement of differences by mutual concessions
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Comptroller
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A person who checks finaces of a business firm
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Comptroller
Definition
A person who checks finaces of a business firm
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Concerto
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A composition for one or more instruments with orchestral accompaniment
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Conciliatory
Definition
Tending to overcome the distrust or hostility of
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