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Vocab Quiz #3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Augment | Increase; add to |
| Austere | forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented |
| Authoritarian | Subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will |
| Autonomous | Self-governing |
| Aversion | Firm dislike |
| Belie | Contradict; give a false impression |
| Benevolent | Generous; charitable |
| Bolster | Support; reinforce |
| Braggart | Boaster |
| Brevity | Conciseness |
| Cajole | Coax; Wheedle |
| Calculated | Deliberately planned; likely |
| Candor | Frankness; open honesty |
| Capricious | unpredictable; fickle |
| Censorious | Critical |
| Censure | Blame; criticize |
| Coercion | Use of force to get someone to obey |
| Commemorate | Honor the memory of |
| Compile | Assemble; gather; accumulate |
| Complacency | Self-Satisfaction; smugness |