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17 Cards in this Set
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bilious
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suffering from indigestion; sick from having too much bile; irritable; easily irritated
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bilk
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swindle; cheat
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billowing
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swelling out in waves; surging
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billow
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large wave of water; a great swell or surge (of smoke)
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bivouac
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temporary encampment; camp without tents
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bizarre
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fantastic; violently contrasting; noticeably odd; strikingly unconventional
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blanch
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bleach; whiten; make white or pale
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bland
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soothing or mild (food); agreeable; causing no trouble or offence
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blandishment
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flattery
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blare
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loud or harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light
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blasé
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bored with pleasure or dissipation; uninterested or bored
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blasphemy
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irreverence; sacrilege; cursing; bad language about God or holy things
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blatant
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extremely (offensively) obvious; loudly offensive
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bleak
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cold or cheerless; frigid; unlikely to be favorable; depressing
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blighted
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suffering from a disease; destroyed
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blight
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plant disease
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blithe (blithesome)
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gay; joyous
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