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Baconian
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Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy.
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badger
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To pester.
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baffle
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To foil or frustrate.
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bailiff
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An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.
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baize
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A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
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bale
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A large package prepared for transportation or storage.
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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 to subside
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abdication
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giving up control authority
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aberration
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straying away from what is normal
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abet
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help/encourage smb (in doing wrong)
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abeyance
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suspended action
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abhor
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to hate to detest
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abide
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be faithful to endure
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abjure
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promise or swear to give up
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abraded
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rubbed off worn 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 go away suddenly (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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border on
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abysmal
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bottomless extreme
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acarpous
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effete no longer fertile worn out
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acclaimed
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welcomed with shouts and approval
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accolade
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praise approval
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accretion
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the growing of separate things into one
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adamant
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kind of stone inflexible
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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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adulteration
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making unpure poorer in quality
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affable
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polite and friendly
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affinity
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close connection relationship
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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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eager/excited
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ail
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trouble be ill
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alacrity
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eager and cheerful readiness
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alcove
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recess/partially enclosed place
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allegiance
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duty 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 combine unite societies
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ambidextrous
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able to use the left hand or the right equally well
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ambiguous
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doubtful uncertain
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ambivalent
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having both of two contrary meanings
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ameliorate
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improve make better
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amortize
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end (a debt) by setting aside money
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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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antidote
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medicine used against a poison or a disease
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antithetical
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direct opposing
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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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deification glorification to godliness
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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 future
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apprise
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give notice to inform
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approbation
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approval
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apropos
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appropriate to the situation apt
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apt
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well-suited quick-witted
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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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enthusiasm
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arduous
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steep difficult ascent laborious
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argot
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jargon slang
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arrant
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in the highest degree
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arrogance
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proud superior manner of behaviour
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articulate
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speak distinctly connect by joints
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ascend
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go or come up
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ascertain
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get to know
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ascetic
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practicing self-denial austere stark
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ascribe
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consider to be the origin of or belonging to
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aseptic
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surgically clean
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asperity
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roughness harshness ill temper irritability
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aspersion
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slander
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assail
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with attack violently
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assiduous
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diligent hard-working sedulous
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assuage
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make smth (pain desire) less
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asterisk
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the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)
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astringent
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substance that shrinks
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astute
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clever quick at seeing to get an advantage
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atonement
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repayment death of Jesus
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attenuate
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make thin. weaken enervate
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attune
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bring into harmony
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audacious
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daring foolishly bold impudent
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augury
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omen sign
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august
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majestic venerable
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auspicious
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favorable successful prosperous
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austere
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severely moral and strict simple and plain
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auxiliary
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helping supporting
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aver
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affirm assert prove justify
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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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admit. Declare openly
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baleful
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harmful ominous causing evil
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balk
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obstacle purposely to get on the way of
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baneful
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causing harm or ruin pernicious destructive
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barrage
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artificial obstacle built across a river
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barren
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not good enough unable to have young ones without value
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bask
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in enjoy warmth and light
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beatify
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to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to
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bedizen
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to adorn especially in a cheap showy manner
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belabor
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beat hard
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bellicose
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belligerent pugnacious warlike
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belligerent
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(person nation) waging war
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benefactor
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person who has given help
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benevolence
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wish or activity in doing good
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benign
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kind and gentle mild (climate)
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bequest
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arrangement to give smth at death
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berate
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scold sharply
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bereft
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rob or dispossess of smth (material)
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bewilder
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puzzle confuse
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bigot
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stubborn narrow-minded person
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bilge
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bulge the protuberance of a cask
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blandishment
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flattery coaxing
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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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