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vocab #3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| augment | to increase or enlarge |
| auspicious | favorable or fortunate |
| austere | somber or ascetic |
| autonomous | independent |
| avarice | greed |
| baleful | ominous or sinister |
| bathos | triteness or anti-climax |
| benediction | blessing or approval |
| beneficent | beneficial |
| benevolent | kind or generous |
| benign | gracious or favorable |
| blithe | joyous or cheerful |
| bucolic | rustic or rural |
| bumptious | noisily self- assertive or obtrusive |
| cacophony | dissonance or harsh sound |
| cadaverous | corpse-like or emaciated |
| cadance | rhythm |
| calumny | slander or false accusation |
| capricious | unpredictable |
| captious | critical |