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27 Cards in this Set
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bacchanalian
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orgiastic; like wild drunken revelry
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baleful
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something that exerts an evil influence or foreshadows evil
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baneful
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something that is poisonous or deadly
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barrister
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lawyer
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bawdy
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obscene; coarse; humorous
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beatific
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displaying or imparting joy
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begrudge
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to envy; to resent
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beguile
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to trick
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belated
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delayer; late
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bellicose
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violent; warlike
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benevolent
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kind
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berate
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to scold severely
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bereft
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lacking something needed
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betroth
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to become engaged
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biennial
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every two years
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bland
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not stimulating; dull
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blandishment
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flattery
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blighted
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ruined; destroyed; withered
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boisterous
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rowdy
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bombastic
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grandiloquent (wordy, pompous) in speech or writing
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braggadocio
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cockiness; a braggart
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brevity
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briefness
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brusque
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brief; curt; gruff; idscourteous
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bucolic
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pastoral; typical of farms and rural life
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bumptious
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self-assertive
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burgeon
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to grow; sprout; flourish
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burnish
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to polish
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