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blunder
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error
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blurt
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to utter impulsively
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bluster
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blow in heavy gusts; bully; threaten emptily
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lust for weed
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bode
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foreshadow; portend
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to bode well - to predict good
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bogus
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counterfeit; not authentic
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bohemian
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unconventional (in an artistic way)
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If Jamie was bohemian he would be an artist in an UNCONVENTIONAL way.
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* bolster
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support; reinforce
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bolt - noun
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door bar; fastening pin or screw; length of fabric
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Door bar - is a heavy bar that prevents a door from opening
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bolt - verb
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dash or dart off; fasten (a door); gobble down
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bombardment
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attack (as with missiles)
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* bombastic
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pompous; using inflated language
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Enita is Mr. Bombastic
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boon
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blessing; benefit
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Boone is such a blessing to idiot football heads in NC. It benefits them in having a place for it to be ok to be drunk in public It is a benefit and a blessing to the football world
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* boorish
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rude; insensitive
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a boor's grunting
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bouillon
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clear beef soup
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bountiful
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abundant; graciously generous
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bourgeois
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middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
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bovine
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cowlike; placid and dull
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bowdlerize
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expurgate
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expurgate - to clean; remove offensive parts of a book
They bowldered through to get rid of all the bad stuff. The bowlder cleaned everything out on the way through. |
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boycott
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refrain from buying or using
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brackish
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somewhat saline or salty
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Barack is good and salt is a good taste
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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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Eminem was put in prison for blandishing his weapon and then slapping the bouncer with it.
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bravado
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swagger; assumed air of defiance
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brawn
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muscular strength; sturdiness
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brazen
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insolent
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insolent means boldly rude or disrespectful
Amanda is brazen when it comes to being drunk around cops |
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breach
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breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap
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In DM, all of the spaces in between are breaches-- you got to breach the breaches. A breach in the brain is a fissure.
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breadth
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width; extent
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brevity
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conciseness
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brindled
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tawny or grayish with streaks or spots
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bristling
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rising like bristles; showing irritation
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this is the stupidest definition and I show irritation because of it.
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brittle
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easily broken; difficult
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broach
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introduce; open up
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brocade
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rich, figured fabric
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brochure
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pamphlet
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brooch
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ornamental clasp
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brook
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to tolerate; endure
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Brook would not brook with her sister Brittany who was a troublemaker of all sorts. Brook should not have to brook with Brittany.
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browbeat
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bully; intimidate
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also bluster
The hard work of beating ones brow until it sweats can be easily taken away by a browbeat maneuver by a bully. |
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browse
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graze; skim or glance at casually
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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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buccaneer
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pirate
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bucolic
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rustic; pastoral
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the old Buck's out on the farm
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buffet
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table with food set out for people to serve themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set out.
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buffoonery
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clowning
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buffet -verb
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slap; batter; knock about
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Fat obese people in this country would buffet another to get ahead in line for the mash potatoes while people in the Sudan are starving
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bugaboo
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bugbear; object of baseless terror
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bullion
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gold and silver in the form of bars
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bulwark
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earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
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also bastion
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bungle
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mismanage; blunder
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bureaucracy
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overregulated administrative system marked by red tape
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* burgeon
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grow forth; send out buds
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emerge... usually referring to plants
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burlesque
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to give an imitation that ridicules
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A burlesque show is typically seen as males dressing as women but it is really anything that a parody of something to make fun
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* burnish
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make shiny by rubbing; polishing
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burnish the wood furnishings or burnish the magic lamp
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* buttress
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to support; prop up
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buxom
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full blossomed; plump; jolly
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Santa Clause is a buxom fellow
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cabal
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small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
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cache
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hiding place
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* cacophonous
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discordant; inharmonious
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cadaver
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corpse
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cadaverous
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like a corpse; pale
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From his cadaverous behavior, we could see how to disease ravaged him
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cadence
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rhythmic rise and fall (or words or sounds); beat
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cadge
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to beg; mooch; panhandle
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also beseech
People who can escape college without having to cadge others could be considered asinine for not taking advantage of their surroundings or dilligent for abiding by their morals. |
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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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calculated
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deliberately planned; likely
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caldron
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large kettle
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caliber
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ability; quality
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calligraphy
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beautiful writing; excellent penmanship
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callous
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hardened; unfeeling
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callow
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youthful; immature
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calorific
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heat-producing
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calumny
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malicious misrepresentation; slander
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camaraderie
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good fellowship
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cameo
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shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special appearance as a minor role in a film
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camouflage
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to disguise; conceal
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canard
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false or unfounded story; fabricated report
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also apocryphal
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candor
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frankness; open honesty
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also barefaced
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canine
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related to dogs; doglike
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canker
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any ulcerous sore; any evil
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canny
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shrewd; thrifty
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canon
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collection or authoritative list of books (by author, etc.)
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canon
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rule or principle, frequently religious
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cant
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insincere expressions of piety; jargon of thieves
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ass. with arcane
ass. with apostate |
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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, to be sung by a chorus
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Ohhhhhhhhh Canadaaaaaaaa!!!!!!
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canter
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slow gallop
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