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59 Cards in this Set
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Bluster
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Blow in hevy gusts, threaten, emptily, bully
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Bode
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forercast, augur, foreshadow
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Bohemian
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Unconventional
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BOLSTER
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Support, reinforce
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Bolt
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Dash or dart, fasten (dorr), length of fabric
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BOMBASTIC
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inflated language, pompous, florid, turgid
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Boon
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Blessing, benefit
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BOORISH
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Rude, insensitive
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Burgeois
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middle class, dully conventional, selfishly materialistic
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Bowdlerize
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expurgate (written work) by removing or editing passages considered vulgar
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Boycott
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Refrain from buying or using
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Brackish
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Saline
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Braggadocio
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boasting
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Braggart
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Boaster
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Brandish
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Wave around, flourish
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bravado
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swagger - a pretentious, swaggering display of courage., brag, bluster, bombast, braggadocio
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Brawn
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Muscular strength, sturdiness
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Brazen
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Insolent, shameless or imprudent,defiant
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Brevity
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Conciseness
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Brindled
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grayish or tawnish with streaks or spots
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Broach
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open, introduce
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Brocade
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Rich, figured fabric
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Brook
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tolerate, endure
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browbeat
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Bully, intimidate
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Brunt
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main impact or shock
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brusque
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blunt abrupt
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Bucolic
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rustic, pastoral (rural)
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Buffet (v)
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slap, batter, knock about
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Bugaboo
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Bugbear, causes fear or terror
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Bulwark
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strong defense or earthwork
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Bureaucracy
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overregulated
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BURGEON
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Grow forth, send out buds
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burlesque
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imitation that ridicules
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BURNISH
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make shiny by rubbing, polish
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BUTTRESS
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support, prop up
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buxom
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full-bosomed, plump, jolly
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cabal
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small grp of people secretly united to promote their own interests
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CACOPHONOUS
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inharmonious, discordant
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cadaver
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corspe
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cadence
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rhythmic rise and fall (words or sound)
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Cadge
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bag, smooch, panhandle
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Cajole
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coax, wheedle
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Calamity
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disaster, misery
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Caldron
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large kettle
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Callous
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Hardening, unfeeling
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Callow
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immature, youthful
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Calorific
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Heat producing
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Calumny
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malicious misinterpretation, slander
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Cameo
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star's special appearance in a minor role in a film, shell or jewel carved in relief
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canard
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false, unfounded story, fabricated
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candor
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open honesty, frankness
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Canker
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ulcerous sore, any evil
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Canny
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shrewd, thrify
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Canon (n)
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collection or authoritive list of books
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Canon (v)
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rule, principle, frequently religious
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cant
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insincere expressions of peity
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cantankerous
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ill-humored, irritable
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cantata
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story set to music, sunk my chorus
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Canter
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slow gallop
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