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38 Cards in this Set
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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 in 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 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, bellicose, pugnacious, warlike
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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 something 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 something (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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bolster
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give greatly needed support
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boorish
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crude, offensive, rude
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brash
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hasty, rush, cheeky, saucy
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brass
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yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
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brazen
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made of brass
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breach
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opening, broken place, breaking
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brittle
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easily broken
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broach
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bring up, announce, begin to talk about
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brook
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to tolerate, endure
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buoyant
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able to float, light-hearted
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burgeon
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grow forth, send out, buds
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burnish
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to polish, rub to a shine
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