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120 Cards in this Set
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Abacus
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Frame with balls for calculating
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Abate
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To lessen in intensity or degree
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Abdication
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To relinquish (power or responsibility) formally
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Aberration
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Straying away/different from what is normal
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Abet
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To approve, encourage, and support; urge and help on
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Abeyance
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Condition of being temporarily set aside; suspension
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Abhor
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To hate, to detest
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Abide
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To be faithful; to endure
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Abjure
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To renounce under oath; forswear
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Abraded
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To wear down or rub away by friction
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Abrogate
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Repeal or annul by authority
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Abscond
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To leave quickly and secretly (to avoid arrest)
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Abstruse
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Difficult to comprehend, obscure
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Abut
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To touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent
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Abysmal
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Bottomless extreme
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Acclaimed
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To praise enthusiastically and often publicly; applaud
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Accolade
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Praise, approval
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Accretion
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Increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion
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Acumen
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Quick, keen, or accurate knowledge or insight
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Adamant
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Impervious to pleas, appeals, or reason; stubbornly unyielding
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Admonitory
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Containing warning
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Adorn
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Add beauty; decorate
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Adulation
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Excessive praise and intense adoration
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Adulteration
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Making impure, poorer in quality, to corrupt
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Aesthetic
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Of or concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste
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Affable
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Polite and friendly
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Affinity
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Close connection and relationship
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Aggrandize
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To make larger or greater in power
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Aggravate
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Make worse, irritate
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Agile
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Active, quick moving
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Agog
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Full of keen anticipation or excitement; eager
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Ail
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To feel ill or have pain
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Alacrity
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Eager and cheerful readiness
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Alchemy
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A medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals
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Alcove
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A recess or partially enclosed place
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Allegiance
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Duty to, support, loyalty
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Alleviate
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Make (pain) easier to bear
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Alloy
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To debase by mixing with something inferior
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Aloof
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Reserved, indifferent
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Amalgamate
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Mix, to combine several elements into a whole
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Ambidextrous
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Able to use the left hand or right hand equally well
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Ambiguous
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Doubtful, uncertain
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Ambivalent
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Characterized by a mixture of opposite feelings or attitudes
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Ameliorate
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Improve, make better or more tolerable
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Amenable
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Agreeable; responsive to suggestion
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Amortize
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End (a debt) by setting aside money, repay
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Anachronism
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Something chronologically out of order
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Anguish
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Severe suffering
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Animosity
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Strong dislike
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Anomalous
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Irregular; deviating from the norm
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Antidote
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Medicine used against a poison or disease
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Antipathy
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Dislike, hostility, extreme opposition or aversion
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Antithetical
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Being in diametrical opposition
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Apartheid
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Brutal racial discrimination
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Aplomb
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Self-confidence
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Apostate
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One who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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Apotheosis
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Elevation to a preeminate or transcendent position
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Appease
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Make quiet or calm
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Apprehensive
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Grasping understanding fear; unhappy feeling about the future
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Apprise
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Give notice, to inform
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Approbation
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An expression of warm approval; praise
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Apropos
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Appropriate to the situation
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Apt
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Having a natural tendency; inclined
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Arabesque
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A complex ornate design
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Arboreal
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Of connected with trees
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Ardor
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Strong enthusiasm or devotion
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Arduous
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Steep difficult ascent; laborious
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Argot
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A specialized vocabulary used by a particular group
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Arrant
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Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative)
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Arrogance
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Proud, superior manner of behavior
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Articulate
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Speak distinctly
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Ascertain
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To discover with certainty through examination
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Ascetic
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Practicing self-denial, austere, stark
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Ascribe
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To attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin
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Aseptic
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Surgically clean
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Asperity
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Roughness,harshness; ill-tempered, irritability
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Aspersion
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An unfavorable or damaging remark; slander
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Assail
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To attack with or as if with violent blows; assault
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Assiduous
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Constant in application or attention; diligent
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Assuage
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To make less severe, ease, relieve
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Astringent
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Substance that shrinks
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Astute
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Clever, showing shrewdness an discernment
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Atonement
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Amends or reparation made for an injury or wrong; expiation
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Attenuate
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To reduce in force, value, amount, or degree; weaken
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Attune
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Bring into harmony
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Audacious
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Daring, foolishly bold, fearless
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Augury
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A sign of something coming; an omen
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August
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Majestic; venerable
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Auspicious
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Marked by success; prosperous
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Austere
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Severely moral, also strict, simple, and plain
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Auxiliary
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Giving assistance or support; helping; also used as a reserve
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Aver
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Affirm, to declare to be true
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Aversion
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Strong dislike
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Avid
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Eager, greedy
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Avow
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To acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly; confess
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Baleful
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Harmful, ominous, causing evil
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Balk
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To stop short and refuse to go on
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Banal
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Trite and overly common
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Baneful
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Causing harm or ruin; destructive
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Barrage
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Artificial obstacle built across a river
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Bask
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To enjoy warmth and light
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Beatify
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To make blessedly happy
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Bedizen
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To ornament or dress in a showy or gaudy manner
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Belabor
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To discuss repeatedly or at length; harp on
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Bellicose
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Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious
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Benevolence
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An inclination to perform kind, charitable acts
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Benign
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Kind and gentle; mild
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Bequest
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Arrangement at death, legacy, inheritance
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Berate
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Scold sharply
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Bewilder
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Puzzle, confuse
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Bilge
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The bulging part of a barrel or cask
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Blandishment
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To coax by flattery or wheedling; cajole
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Blandness
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Polite manner, comforting, uninteresting
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Blatant
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Noisy and rough
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Blithe
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Cheerful, casual, carefree
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Bogus
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Sham, counterfeit, not genuine
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Boisterous
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Loud, noisy, rough; lacking restraint
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Bolster
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Give greatly needed support
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Bombast
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Grandiloquent, pompous speech or writing
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Boorish
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Crude; offensive, rude
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