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lesson 3 - red
january 12,2012
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10th Grade
01/12/2012
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bombast
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impressive but meaningless language
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bona fide
 Definition
in good faith
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boor
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a rude or impolite person
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bovine
 Definition
pertaining to cows or cattle
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bowdlerize
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to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc.
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brevity
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briefness; short duration
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bucolic
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pertaining to the countryside; rural rustic
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cajole
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to coax, to persuade, to wheedle
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callow
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young and inexperienced
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carcinogen
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causing cancer
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carrion
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decaying flesh
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cataclysm
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a violent change
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cataract
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large waterfall; abnormality of the eye
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caveat
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a warning
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carnal
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sensual, sexual
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