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21 Cards in this Set
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balk
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v. to stop short and refuse to go on
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The girl balked when she reached the top of the 100ft water slide.
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ballast
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n. a structure that helps to stabilize or steady
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The boy built ballasts to help stabilize his mini fortress.
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beatific
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adj. displaying calmness and joy; relating to a state of celestial happiness
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The angel in the painting looked beatific.
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becalm
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v. to stop the progress of, to soothe
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Poseidon becalmed the ocean waves for ships when he was in a good mood.
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becloud
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v. to make less visible; obscure or blur
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Her excitement for school beclouded her sadness for summer's end.
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bedraggled
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adj. soiled, wet and limp, dilapidated
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Even though her teddy bear was old and bedraggled, she loved as if it were new.
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beget
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v. to produce, especially as an effect or outgrowth; to bring about
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Rain begets flowers.
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behemoth
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n. something of monstrous size or power; huge creature
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The snowman turned into a behemoth after several hours of snow.
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beneficent
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adj. pertaining to an act of kindness
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The beneficent man donated the money anonymously.
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berate
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v. to scold harshly
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My mother berated me for being rude.
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bilious
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adj. ill-tempered, sickly, ailing; peevish, irritable, cranky
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The bilious little boy threw a fit at the slightest inconvenience.
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blasphemous
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adj. cursing, profane; extremely irreverent
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The blasphemous sailor stereotype is quite untrue in most cases.
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blatant
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adj. completely obvious and conspicuous, especially in an offensive and crass manner
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The principal was greatly angered when he saw students blatantly breaking the rules.
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blithely
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adv. merrily, lightheartedly cheerful; without appropriate thought
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The girl blithely accepted the boy's promise that he would pay her back.
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bombastic
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adj. high-sounding but meaningless; ostentatiously lofty in style
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His bombastic speech made him the least popular of the canidates running for student council president.
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bovine
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adj. relating to cows; having qualities characteristic of a cow, such as sluggishness or dullness
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Everyone at the dinner party was repulsed by the man's bovine attitude.
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braggart
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n. a person who brags or boasts in a loud and empty manner
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It was a wonder that Ralph had any friends; he was a complete braggart!
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broach
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v. to mention or suggest for the first time
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She found it hard to broach the topic of her getting a tattoo to her parents.
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bucolic
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adj. pastoral, rural
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I prefer quiet, bucolic neighborhoods as opposed to the large cities.
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burnish
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v. to polish; to make smooth and bright
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She burnished her new wooden table until it gleamed.
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bursar
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n. a treasurer or keeper of funds
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We chose the math wiz to be the club's bursar.
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