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30 Cards in this Set
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to schold or rebuke severely
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berate
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puzzle; to confuse hopelessly
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bewilder
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mental learning or inclination; partiality; bent
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bias
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the bulge of a bareel or cask
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bilge
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to cheat or swindle; defraud
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bilk
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flattering act or remark meant to persuade
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blandishment
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disagreeable loud or boisterous
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blatant
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carefree; showing a gay, cheerful disposition
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blithe
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rowdy; noisy and unruly
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boisterous
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a long, narrow cushion or pillow; to support
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boister
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blessing; welcome benefit
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boon
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a rude, akward or ill-mannered person
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boor
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person whose beliefs, attitudes, and practices are conventionally middle-class
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bougeois
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like brass in color, quality, or hardness; impudent
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brazen
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a breaking or being broken
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breach
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width; lack of narowness
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breadth
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the quality of being brief
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brevity
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projecting structure built against a wall to support or reinfore it
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buttress
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student at a military school; younger son or brother
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cadet
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to beg or get by begging
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cadge
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to coax with flattery and insincere talk
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cajole
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part of a horseshoe that projects downward to prevent slipping
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calk
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unfeeling; lacking pity or mercy
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callous
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loyal, warm, friendly, feeling among comrades
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comaraderie
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honest or frank
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candid
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roomy; spacious
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capacious
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whim; a sudden, impulsive change
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caprice
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erraticl flighty; tending to change abruptly
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capricious
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heading or title, as of an article
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caption
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tending to find fault
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carping
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