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vocabulary 16-30
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Arcane | Secret, mysterious |
| archetypal | original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are copies; prototype |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| avarice | excessive desire for wealth or gain; greediness; cupidity |
| befogged | to make foggy; obscure; confused |
| bellicose | inclining to start quarrels or warfare; belligerent |
| blight | something that impairs or destroys; ruin |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent; rowdy; high-spirited |
| braggadocio | empty boasting; cockiness |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct; pretense of bravery; foolhardiness |
| brazen | impudent; shamelessly bold |
| cadaverous | relating to a corpse; pallid; livid; emaciated |
| cadence | rhythmic sequence or flow of sounds in language |
| callous | feeling no emotion; feeling no sympathy for others |
| calumny | malicious uttering of false charges intended to damage others' reputations |