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19 Cards in this Set
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Baleful
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Destructive; harmful
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Balm
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Ointment for soothing pain, something that comforts or sooths
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Banal
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Boring; common; ordinary; dull
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Baneful
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Poisonous, harmful, destructive
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Beguile
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To deceive by charm; to make time pass by pleasantly
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Belie
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To give a false idea; fail to fulfil a promise
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Belligerant
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Persons or nations are at war; constant fighting; quarrelsome
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Benediction
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Good wishes, a blessing
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Benevolent
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Friendly; generous; helpful
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Benign
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Gentle; kind-hearted; harmless
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Bequeath
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To hand down something by will; pass on
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Bias
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Rejudice; bent; tendency
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Bilk
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Cheat; to defraud; swindle
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Blight
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Anything that causes decay, death, or disease
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Bolster
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To support; to encourage
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ombast
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Speech intended to capture the attention of the audience, high- sounding language
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Boorish
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Crudely insensitive; rude person
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Brevity
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Shortness; conciseness
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Bumptious
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Offensively self-important
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