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45 Cards in this Set
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bate
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let down; restrain
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bauble
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trinket; trifle
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bedizen
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dress with vulgar finery
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bedraggle
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wet thoroughly
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beholden
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obligated; indebted
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behoove
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be necessary or proper for; be incumbent upon
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beset
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harass or trouble; hem in
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besmirch
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soil, defile
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betoken
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signify; indicate
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betroth
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become engaged to marry
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bevy
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large group
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bilious
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suffering from liver complaint; peevishly ill humored
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bilk
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swindle; cheat
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billowing
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swelling out in waves; surging
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bland
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soothing or mild; agreeable
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blandish
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cajole; coax with flattery
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blandishment
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flattery
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blighted
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suffering from a disease; destroyed
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blithe
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carefree and unconcerned; cheerful and gay
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blowhard
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talkative boaster
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bludgeon
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club; heavy-headed weapon
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bluster
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blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully
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boon
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blessing; benefit
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boorish
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rude, insensitive
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brackish
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somewhat saline
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brawn
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muscular strength; sturdiness
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brazen
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insolent
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brindled
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tawny or grayish with streaks or spots
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bristling
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rising like bristles; showing irritation
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broach
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introduce; open up
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brocade
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rich, figured fabric
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brook
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tolerate; endure
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browbeat
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bully; intimidate
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brunt
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main impact or shock
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buffet
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slap; batter; kock about
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bungle
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mismanage; blunder
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buoyant
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able to float; cheerful and optimistic
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burnish
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make shiny by rubbing; polish
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callow
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youthful; immature; inexperienced
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calumny
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mailicious misrepresentation; slander
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canker
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any ulcerous sore; any evil
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canny
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shrewd; thrifty
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cant
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insincere expressions of piety; jargon of thieves
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cantankerous
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ill-humored; irritable
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canter
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slow gallop
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