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39 Cards in this Set
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Badinage
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(n) teasing conversation
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Baleful
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(adj) threatening, menacing
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Balk
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(v) foil
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Ballast
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(n) heavy substance used to add stability or weight
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Bandy
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(v) to discuss lightly or glibly ; exchange heatedly
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Bastion
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(n) stronghold
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Bate
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(v) let down, restrain
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Beautify
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(v) bless or sanctify; proclaim someone dead to be one of the blessed
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Beautitude
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(n) state of bliss; blessedness
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Bedizen
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(v) dress with vulgar finery
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Bedraggle
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(v) wet thoroughly
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Beguile
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(v) to trick, cheat
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Beleager
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(v) besiege or attack
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Belie
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(v) contradict
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Bellicose
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(adj) warlike, pugnacious
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Bemused
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(adj) confused, lost in thought
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Benediction
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(n) blessing
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Beneficent
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(adj) kindly, doing good
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Benison
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(n) blessing
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Beset
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(v) harrass or trouble; hem in
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Besmirch
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(v) soil, defile
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Bilious
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(adj) suffering from a liver complaint; peevishly ill humoured.
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Bivouac
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(n) temporary encampment
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Blandish
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(v) cajole, coax with flattery
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Blandishment
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(n) flattery
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Blase
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(adj) bored with pleasure or dissipation
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Blithe
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(adj) carefree and unconcerned
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Blowhard
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(n) talkative boaster
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Bluff
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(adj) rough and good natured
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Bluster
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(v) threaten emptily, bully
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Bovine
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(adj) placid and dull
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Bowdlerize
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(v) expurgate - remove matter that is deemed unsuitable (ex., from a book)
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Brindled
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(adj) tawny or grayish with streaks or spots
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Browbeat
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(v) bully
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Buccaneer
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(n) pirate
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Buffet
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(v) slap, batter, knock about
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Bugaboo
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(n) bugbear, object of baseless terror
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Bulwark
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(n) earthwork or other strong defense
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Burlesque
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(v) give an imitation that ridicules
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