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29 Cards in this Set
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Badinage
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playful teasing talk
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Bagatelle
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Of little value, trifle
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Bandy
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To exchange
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Baroque
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Overdecorated, showy
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Bastion
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A strong defense, fort
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Bauble
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Trinket, showy little thing
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Beatitude
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State of bliss
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Bedlam
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A noisy uproar, madhouse
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Beget
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To produce
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Beleaguer
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To encircle, to annoy
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Besmirch
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To make dirty
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Bilk
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To cheat, to swindle
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Bivouac
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Temporary shelter
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Blazon
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To display, to proclaim
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Bludgeon
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Short heavy club
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Bowdlerize
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To censor
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Brazen
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Shameless, impudent
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Brethren
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Brothers
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Brine
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Salty water
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Bruit
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To spread the news
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Bucolic
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Countryside, rural
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Bugbear
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Something causing fear
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Bulwark
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Strong defense
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Bumptious
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Conceited, arrogant
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Buoy
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Floating, to encourage
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Buoyant
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Floating, lively
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Burnish
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To polish
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Buttress
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Any prop or support
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Burlesque
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Ridiculing a serious subject
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