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38 Cards in this Set
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bequeath (v) |
leave to someone by means of will; hand down |
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berate (v) |
scold strongly |
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beseech (v) |
beg, plead with |
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beset (v) |
harass/trouble; hem in |
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besiege (v) |
surround with armed forces; harass |
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besmirch (v) |
soil, defile (impair, debase, degrade) |
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biennial (Adj) |
every two years |
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bigotry (n) |
stubborn intolerance |
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bland (adj) |
soothing or mild/agreeable |
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blare (n) |
loud, harsh roar or screech |
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blasé (adj) |
bored with pleasure or dissipation (excess)--trying to act cool |
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blasphemy (n) |
irreverence; sacrilege; cursing |
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bleak (adj) |
cold/cheerless; unlikely to be favorable |
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blighted (adj) |
suffering from disease; destroyed |
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blithe (adj) |
carefree and unconcerned |
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blunder (n) |
error |
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bluster (v) |
blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully |
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bode (v) |
foreshadow
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bohemian (Adj) |
unconventional |
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boisterous (adj) |
violent; rough; noisy |
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bolster (v) |
support, reinforce |
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boon (n) |
blessing/benefit |
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boorish (adj) |
rude; insensitive |
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bountiful (adj) |
abundant, graciously generous |
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bourgeois (adj) |
middle class, selfishly materialistic |
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bravado (n) |
swagger; assumed air of defiance (resistance to authority) |
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brawn (n) |
muscular strength; sturdiness |
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brazen (adj) |
insolent (lack of respect) |
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brittle (adj) |
easily broken, difficult |
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broach (v) |
introduce; open up |
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brook (v) |
tolerate; endure |
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browbeat (v) |
bully; intimidate |
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brunt (n) |
main impact/shock |
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brusque (adj) |
blunt/abrupt |
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bulwark (n) |
earthwork or other strong defense |
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bungle (v) |
mismanage, blunder (careless mistake) |
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buoyant (Adj) |
able to float, cheerful and optimisitc
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burgeoning (Adj) |
flourishing; growing quickly |
