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BAREFACED
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ADJ. SHAMELESS; BOLD; UNCONCEALED
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BAROQUE
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ADJ. HIGLY ORNATE
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SUSLU PUSLU
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BARRAGE
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N. BARRIER LAID DOWN BY ARTILLERY FIRE; OVERWHELMING PROFUSION
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YAYLIM ATESI
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BARRISTER
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N. COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
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AVUKAT
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BARTERER
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N. TRADER WHO EXCHANGES GOODS AND NOT MONEY
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TRADER, BARGAINER
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BASK
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V. LUXURIATE; TAKE PLEASURE IN WARMTH
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GUNESLENMEK, güneşe uzanıp yatmak
(OLD NORSE) BATHASK=BATHE |
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BASTION
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N. STRONGHOLD; SOMETHING SEEN AS A SOURCE OF PROTECTION
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BASTILLE=BASKIN
STATION KALE |
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BATE
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V. LET DOWN; RESTRAIN
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ABATE
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BATED
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ADJ. ABATED; SUSPENDED
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ABATE
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BAUBLE
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N. TRINKET; TRIFLE
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(OLD FRENCH) BAUBEL=PLAYTHING
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BAWDY
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ADJ. INDECENT; OBSCENE
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BEATIFIC
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ADJ. SHOWING OR PRODUCING JOY; BLISSFUL
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BEATIFY
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V. BLESS OR SANCTIFY; PROCLAIM SOMEONE DEAD TO BE ONE OF THE BLESSED.
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AZIZ MERTEBESINE YUKSELTMEK
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BEATITUDE
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N. BLESSEDNESS; STATE OF BLISS
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BEDIZEN
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V. DRESS WITH VULGAR FINERY; DRESS UP TASTELESSLY
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BEDRAGGLE
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V. WET THOROUGHLY
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DRAG
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BEELINE
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N. DIRECT, QUICK ROUTE
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BEFUDDLE
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V. CONFUSE THOROUGHLY
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BEGET
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V. FATHER; PRODUCE; GIVE RISE TO
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BEGRUDGE
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V. RESENT
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BEGUILE
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V. MISLEAD OR DELUDE; CHEAT; PASS TIME
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BEHEMOTH
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N. HUGE CRETAURE; SOMETHING OF MONSTROUS SIZE OR POWER.
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BEAST
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BEHOLDEN
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ADJ. OBLIGATED; INDEBTED
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BORCLU; MINNETTAR
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BEHOOVE
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V. BE NECESSARY OR PROPER FOR; BE INCUMBENT UPON.
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BELABOR
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V. EXPLAIN OR GO OVER EXCESSIVELY OR TO A RIDICULOUS DEGREE; ASSSAIL VERBALLY
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BELEAGUER
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V. BESIEGE OR ATTACK; HARASS
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BELIE
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V. CONTRADICT; GIVE A FALSE IMPRESSION
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BE-LIE
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BELITTLE
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V. DISPARAGE; DEPRECATE
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BELLICOSE
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ADJ. WARLIKE; PUGNACIOUS; NATURALLY INCLINED TO FIGHT
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BATTLE
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BELLIGERENT
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ADJ. QUARRELSOME
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BENI GEREN=GERGIN=KAVGACI
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BEMOAN
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V. LAMENT; EXPRESS DISAPPROVAL OF.
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BEMUSED
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ADJ. CONFUSED; LOST IN THOUGHT; PREOCCUPIED
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MUSE
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BENEDICTION
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N. BLESSING
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PAPA BENEDIKT
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BENEFACTOR
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N. GIFT GIVER; PATRON
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BENEFIT GIVER
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BENEFICIENT
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ADJ. KINDLY; DOING GOOD
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HI-FRE
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BENEFICIAL
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ADJ. HELPFUL; USEFUL
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BENEFICIARY
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N. PERSON ENTITLED TO BENEFITS OR PROCEEDS OF AN INSURANCE POLICY OR WILL.
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BENEVOLENT
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ADJ. GENEROUS; CHARITABLE
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BENIGN
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ADJ. KINDLY; FAVORABLE; NOT MALIGNANT
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BENIGNITY
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N. THE QUALITY OF BEING GENTLE AND KIND.
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BENISON
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N. BLESSING
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BENT
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ADJ. DETERMINED; NATURAL TALENT OR INCLINATION
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BENT=EGIK BUGUK=EGILMIS, OLMUS
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BEQUEATH
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V. LEAVE SOMEONE BY MEANS OF A WILL; HAND DOWN
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BE QUIT
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BEQUEST
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N. THE ACT OF GIVING, LEAVING BY WILL.
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BERATE
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V. SCOLD STRONGLY
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RATE=RAGE
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BEREAVEMENT
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N. STATE OF BEING DEPRIVE OF SOMETHING VALUABLE OR BELOVED.
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BEREFT
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BEREFT
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ADJ. DEPRIVED OF; LACKING
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BE LEFT (WITHOUT STH)
USE WITH `OF` BEREFT OF STH |
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BERSERK
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FRENZIED
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Word History: When we say that we are going berserk, we may not realize how extreme a state this might be. Our adjective comes from the noun berserker, or berserk, which is from the Old Norse word berserkr, "a wild warrior or champion." Such warriors wore hides of bears, which explains the probable origin of berserkr as a compound of *bera, "bear," and serkr, "shirt, coat." These berserkers became frenzied in battle, howling like animals, foaming at the mouth, and biting the edges of their iron shields. Berserker is first recorded in English in the early 19th century, long after these wild warriors ceased to exist.
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BESIEGE
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V. SURROUND WITH ARMED FORCES; HARASS (WITH REQUESTS).
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KUSATMAK
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BESMIRCH
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V. SOIL (MAKE DIRTY); DEFILE;
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BESTIAL
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DJ. BESATLIKE; BRUTAL; INHUMAN
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BESTOW
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V. CONFER
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The Queen bestowed a knighthood on him.
vermek, ihsan etmek |
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BETOKEN
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V. SIGNIFY; INDICATE
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BE A TOKEN=SYMBOLIZE
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BEVY
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N. LARGE GROUP
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BEE
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BICAMERAL
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ADJ. TWO-CHAMBERED, AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY
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[bi- + Latin camera chamber]
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BICKER
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V. QUARREL
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FLICKER
[Middle English bikeren, to attack.] |
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BIENNIAL
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ADJ. EVERY TWO YEARS
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BIFURCATED
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ADJ. DIVIDED INTO TWO BRANCHES; FORKED
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FORK
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BIGOTRY
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N. STUBBORN INTOLERANCE
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BI GOT= BY GOD (ONE GOD) Word History: Bigots may have more in common with God than one might think. Legend has it that Rollo, the first duke of Normandy, refused to kiss the foot of the French king Charles III, uttering the phrase bi got, his borrowing of the assumed Old English equivalent of our expression by God. Although this story is almost surely apocryphal, it is true that bigot was used by the French as a term of abuse for the Normans, but not in a religious sense. Later, however, the word, or very possibly a homonym, was used abusively in French for the Beguines, members of a Roman Catholic lay sisterhood. From the 15th century on Old French bigot meant "an excessively devoted or hypocritical person." Bigot is first recorded in English in 1598 with the sense "a superstitious hypocrite." |
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BILIOUS
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ADJ. SUFFERING FROM A LIVER COMPLAINT; PEEVISHLY ILL HUMORED.
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[Latin biliosus full of bile]
BILE=SAFRA HIRCINLIK |
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BILK
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V. SWINDLE; CHEAT
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[Perhaps alteration of balk.]
DOLANDIRMAK BILL=FATURA |
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BILLOWING
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ADJ. SWELLING OUT IN WAVES; SURGING
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PILLOW=YASTIK GIBI DALGALI
[From Old Norse bylgja, a wave; see bhelgh- in Indo-European roots.] |
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BIVOUAC
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N. TEMPORARY ENCAMPMENT
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[French, from German dialectal beiwacht, supplementary night watch : bei-, beside (from Middle High German bi-, from Old High German; see ambhi in Indo-European roots) + Wacht, watch, vigil (from Middle High German wahte, from Old High German wahta; see weg- in Indo-European roots).]
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BLANCH
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V. BLEACH; WHITEN
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BLAND
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ADJ. SOOTHING OR MILD; AGREEBALE
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BLEND=KARMA=YUMUSAK [Latin blandus, caressing, flattering; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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BLANDISH
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V. CAJOLE; COAX WITH FLATTERY
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BLAND
[Middle English blandishen, from Old French blandir, blandiss-, from Latin blandr, from blandus, flattering; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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BLANDISHMENT
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N. FLATTERY
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BLARE
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N. LOUD, HARSH ROAR OR SCREECH ; DAZZLING BLAZE OF LIGHT.
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BALIR CADISI
blare v blare [bleə] (often with out) to make a loud, harsh sound The radio blared (out music).sketter bas bas bağırmak, bangır bangır ötmek n the blare of trumpets.gürültü, patirti |
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BLASE
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ADJ. BORED WITH PLEASURE OR DISSIPATION; Uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence.; Unconcerned
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BLUZ=BLUZ GIBI SUNMUS=DUYGULARI SUNMUS
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BLATANT
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ADJ. EXTREMELT OBVIOUS; LOUDLY OFFENSIVE
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BLUNT
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BLIGHTED
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ADJ. SUFERING FROM A DISEASE;DESTROYED
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LIGHT=ISIKSIZ
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BLITHE
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ADJ. CAREFREE AND UNCONCERNED (PERHAPS FOOLISHLY SO); CHEERFUL AND GAY.
MARY ANTOINNETTE`S FAMOUS REMARK `LET THEM EAT CAKE!` EPITOMIZES HER BLITHE IGNORANCE OF THE HARSH REALITIES ENDURED BY THE COMMON PEOPLE. |
BLISS
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BLOWHARD
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N. TALKATIVE BOASTER
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BALONU PATLAYAN KIMSE=PALAVRACI
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BLUDGEON
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N. CLUB; HEAVY-HEADED WEAPON.
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BLOOD
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BLUFF
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ADJ. ROUGH BUT GOOD-NATURED
N. PRETENSE (OF STRENGHT); DECEPTION; HIGH CLIFF |
BLUNT
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