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badger
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pester; annoy continually with demands; persuade by asking again and again; Ex. The children badgered me into taking them into the cinema; N: a kind of mountain animal
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badinage
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teasing conversation; banter; joking talk
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baffle
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frustrate; perplex
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bait
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harass; tease; torment; Ex. badger baiting; N: food or other lure used to catch fish or trap animals
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baleful
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evil; malignant in intent or effect; deadly; having a malign influence; portending evil; ominous; threatening; Ex. baleful look
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balk
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stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue; foil; stop or get in the way of; frustrate
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ballast
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heavy substance used to add stability or weight; V. supply with ballast
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nbalm
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something that relieves pain; oily liquid with a pleasant smell from trees
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pang
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sudden sharp feeling of pain
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balmy
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soft and mild (of air); fragrant
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banal
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hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; clich\'ed
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bandy
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discuss lightly or glibly; discuss in a frivolous manner; exchange (words) heatedly; quarrel; Ex. bandy words with
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bane
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posion; cause of ruin; ADJ. baneful: harmful; poisonous
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bantering
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joking talk; good-naturedly ridiculing; N.V. banter
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barb
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sharp projection from fishhook, arrow, or other object; openly cutting remark
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