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60 Cards in this Set
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blessing
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bent
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determined; Ex. bent on advancing in the business; N: natural talent or inclination
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bequeath
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leave to someone by means of a will; hand down in his will; N. bequest
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berate
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scold strongly
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bereavement
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state of being deprived of something valuable or beloved; state of being bereaved or bereft
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bereaved
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deprived of (someone beloved through death)
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bereft
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deprived of (something valuable); lacking
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berserk
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mad with violent anger; frenzied; madly excited
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beseech
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beg; plead with
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beset
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harass or trouble from all directions; hem in
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hem
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surround tightly so that movement is impossible; Ex. hem in; N.
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besiege
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surround with armed forces; harass (with requests); annoy continually
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besmirch
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soil; defile; make dirty
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bestial
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beastlike; brutal; inhuman; very cruel
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bestow
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confer
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betoken
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signify; indicate; be a sign of
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token
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outward sign; Ex. a token of our gratitude
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betray
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be unfaithful; reveal (unconsciously or unwillingly); Ex. Her trembling hands betray her anxiety.
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betroth
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become engaged to marry
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bevy
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large group; Ex. a bevy of starlets
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bicameral
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two-chambered as a legislative body
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bicker
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quarrel
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biennial
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every two years
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bifurcated
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divided into two branches; forked
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bigotry
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stubborn intolerance
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bigot
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one who is intolerant (in matters of religion or politics)
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intolerant
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not willing to accept ways of thinking different from one's own; CF. tolerant; CF. tolerate
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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); V: surge, swell, roll in billows
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swell
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long wave of water that moves continuously without breaking; V.
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surge
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powerful movement of or like a wave; V.
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bivouac
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temporary encampment; camp without tents; V.
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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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screech
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unpleasant high sharp sound; shriek; V.
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dazzle
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make blind with a sudden intense light; amaze; fill with wonder
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blas\'e
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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; V. blasphem; ADJ. blasphemous; CF. sacrilege
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blatant
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extremely (offensively) obvious; loudly offensive; Ex. blatant lie; N. blatancy
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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; V: infect with blight; ruin; destroy
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blithe(blithesome)
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gay; joyous
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bloated
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(unpleasantly) swollen or puffed as with water or air
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blowhard
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talkative boaster; braggart
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bludgeon
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club; heavy-headed weapon; V.
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bluff
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pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff; ADJ: rough but good-natured
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blunder
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error; stupid mistake
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blurt
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utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement
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bluster
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blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully; speak in a noisy or bullying manner; CF. breeze, gust, gale
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bully
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one who is habitually cruel to weaker people; V.
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bode
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foreshadow; portend
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bogus
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counterfeit; not authentic; intentionally false; Ex. bogus interview
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bohemian
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unconventional (in an artistic way)
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boisterous
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violent; rough; noisy |
